MEDICAL PALMISTRY: Or, The Hand in Health & Disease, The Second Volume of "The Book of the Hand"
by St. Hill, Katharine (Mrs. Ashton St. Hill)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Rider & Company (No Date) 132 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ light discoloration at top edge of rear cover. Spine and top edge of front cover sunned. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ 4 b/w plates and numerous line drawings in the text.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23516MED
- Title
- MEDICAL PALMISTRY: Or, The Hand in Health & Disease, The Second Volume of "The Book of the Hand"
- Author
- St. Hill, Katharine (Mrs. Ashton St. Hill)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Rider & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- MEDICAL HISTORY MEDICINE HEALTH DISEASE PALMISTRY HANDS OCCULT OCCULTISM NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Occult; Medicine; Medical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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