A Frontier Army Surgeon
by Byrne, Bernard J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Item Price
$500.00$425.00
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About This Item
Cranford, N.J.: Allen Printing Co., 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. M.J. Amato. Limited First Edition, No. 128 of 130 copies; SIGNED by the author's wife on limitation plate; 8vo, blue cloth; vg- (boards bowed; edges of boards heavily worn; blue cloth; spine sunned; spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; corners bumped and worn to boards; front pastedown wrinkled with small tear to top end of hinge; eps and pages toned) in good dj (toned; edges heavily chipped, torn, and worn; spine browned and chipped in two places; spine ends chipped off; long tears to panels along spine; rear panel almost detached from spine; non-acidic Filmoplast P used to close tears along edge where front flap and panel meet) with a vg- custom cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped leather title piece (panels rubbed and worn; shelfworn; one panel sunned); also included is a fair plastic dj used to cover paper dj (heavily chipped; large sections missing; torn) 160pp. Dustjacket points: front panel reads, 'A Frontier Army Surgeon' is well-written, entertaining, containing a great deal of excellent and unusual material. It records in authentic fashion a fascinating period on the frontier' / Beverly Smith of the American Magazine; on the flap there are three more quotes from reviews, the price $5.00, and the publisher's imprint. Howes B1078.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5470
- Title
- A Frontier Army Surgeon
- Author
- Byrne, Bernard J
- Illustrator
- M.J. Amato
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Allen Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cranford, N.J.
- Date Published
- 1935
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; Medicine;
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Page 1 Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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