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OBSERVATIONS ON THE ABUSE OF MEDICINE
by Withers, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Johnson, 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, ix, [3], 356 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in contemporary full brown calf with green label and gilt titling and ruling to spine. Bumping and rubbing to edges and corners of boards. Both joints worn, with front joint neatly repaired with brown archival tape. Chipping to leather at head and tail of spine. Text block age toned and foxed. An ex-library copy with usual markings, including bookplates to front and rear paste downs, stamps to multiple pages, including title page. "Withdrawn" stamp to verso of title page. Closed tear to margin of advertisement leaf, not impacting text. MF Consignment. Shelved in Upstairs Hall. 1355697. Special Collections.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1355697
- Title
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE ABUSE OF MEDICINE
- Author
- Withers, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. Johnson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1775
- Keywords
- History of Medicine
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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