DEVILS, DRUGS, AND DOCTORS The Story Of the Science of Healing from Medicine-Man to Doctor
by HAGGARD, Howard W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-VG/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1929. 1st U.K. edition same year as U.S. . Blue Cloth. Good-VG/No Jacket. 17 Cms x 24.5 Cms. f/piece+xxii+405+ Harpers pub. colophon, text ills. throughout, 15 further plates ex-pagination; slight edge-tanning throughout (probably common to all copies by now), otherwise internally excellent being clean, tight & unmarked with good end-gutters; covers clean and bright but slight rubbing to corners, spine ends & some edges reduces rating from unqualified VG. Fairly uncommon in UK, a nice copy of this deservedly highly successful popular history of medicine which covers virtually all topics from venereal disease tom vaccination.
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- Bookseller
- Douglas Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011528
- Title
- DEVILS, DRUGS, AND DOCTORS The Story Of the Science of Healing from Medicine-Man to Doctor
- Author
- HAGGARD, Howard W
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st U.K. edition same year as U.S.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 17 Cms x 24.5 Cms
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- history of medicine
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