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A Mirror for Cure-Takers
by Holand, Harold; editor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Milwaukee: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 1946. Collection of essays from inmates of Wisconsin's then 21 sanatoria, rest-homes for tubuculosis sufferers, with a few essays on the disease and its cure; subtitled "A book about the cure-taking experience, by Wisconsin people who have felt that experience deeply." INSCRIBED by the author on the front end sheet: "To Henry G. Gunderson, This little green book, Harold Holand 2-13-46." Hardcover, full green cloth with gilt lettering. corners lightly worn, no jacket; end sheets browned. Text clean; xx, 184 pages; photos, line drawings.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6¼" by 9¼".
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 997646
- Title
- A Mirror for Cure-Takers
- Author
- Holand, Harold; editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukee
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- History of Medicine, Tuburculosis, Consumption
- Size
- 6¼" by 9¼"
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- G
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- Jacket
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