The Principles and Practice of Medicine
by William Osler, M. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Acceptable/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hutchinson, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible - Acceptable/No Jacket. First Edition, Second State. Misspelling of Gorgias on the quotation page has been corrected. Ads are dated March, 1892. Large 8vo, half bound with leather at spine and corners. Boards are pebbled cloth. Gilt text on the spine only. Leather is drying and flaking with chips missing. Spine is loose. Corners worn. Sepia photo of Osler, with his signature below, is laid in. Hinges cracked with webbing showing on the back hinge. Corners worn to board. All pages tight. Some underlining with a ruler in the section on cardiology.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 249735
- Title
- The Principles and Practice of Medicine
- Author
- William Osler, M. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1892
- Pages
- 1079
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About the Seller
Bookends
Biblio member since 2018
Hutchinson, Kansas
About Bookends
We are a brick and mortar store located in Hutchinson, Kansas. We have been buying and selling books since 2012. We specialize in antique and collectible children's books and books about U.S. History.
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- 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...
- Half Bound
- ...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...