Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1940 Second printing of the second edition, with the rare dustcover. SIGNED by Harrison on the front free endpaper ("Tinsley R. Harrison"). Photograph of Harrison as young man neatly pasted to the front pastedown (high quality black/white glossy, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches). Book very good plus, very near fine (slight edgewear; book has been carefully read; pages clean, with no markings other than Harrison's signature; binding tight and square). Dark red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 502 pp., bibliography, index, numerous figures and tables. Dustcover about good minus (rare in any condition), now in archival mylar jacket. Tinsley Harrison carried the baton in medicine that William Osler left behind (h t t p : / / s c e p t i c e m i a . c o m / 2 0 1 2 / 0 2 / 1 6 / r e m e m b e r i n g - t i n s l e y - h a r r i s o n - t h e - o s l e r i a n - p h y s i c i a n / --- leave out the spaces in this url). (3214044). Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

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Bookseller: Boojum and Snark Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3295
Title: Failure of the Circulation
Author: Harrison, Tinsley Randolph
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition
Publisher: Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore
Date Published: 1940
Keywords: MEDICINE, SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, HISTORY, ALFRED BLALOCK, WILLIAM OSLER
Bookseller catalogs: Science;

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