A Manual of Practical Hygiene
by Parkes, Edmund A.; Edited by F. S. R. Francois de Chaumont
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About This Item
London: J. & A. Churchill, New Burlington Street, 1878. Fifth Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xxiv, 733, 24 pages, indexed. Includes a 24 page publisher's catalogue at the rear. Hardcover bound in original dark brown cloth with spine titles in gilt. Spine gilt is bright. The inner hinges are cracking. Text is generally clean. Collates complete with 9 plates (one is in color) and a number of text drawings. Original owner's inscriptions on the half title and the title page. The half title inscription reads, "Dr. G. C. Lippincott U.S.N. / 15 New Cavndish St. / London W. / 28 May, 1878." George Coote Lippincott (1850-1951) was from Salem, New Jersey and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1875. He joined the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy and was both an assistant surgeon at sea and was attached to various Naval Hospitals at Massachusetts, Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, and at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. He served on board the U.S.S. Vandalia in the Mediterranean when General U.S. Grant and wife sailed to Egypt, Palestine and Greece (Dec., 1877-Mar, 1878) on their world tour.
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- Title
- A Manual of Practical Hygiene
- Author
- Parkes, Edmund A.; Edited by F. S. R. Francois de Chaumont
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition.
- Publisher
- J. & A. Churchill, New Burlington Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 3.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1878; Charles West; Lectures; Diseases of Infancy; Childhood; Children.; 19th Century; Rare; George C. Lippincott; George Coote Lippincott; Ulysses S. Grant; Navy; Naval; Maritime.
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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