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Rituals of Surgery
by Selzer, Richard (signed)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0061277606
- ISBN 13
- 9780061277603
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper's Magazine Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. An association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "For Max and Anita Pepper, Pleasant memories of your stay in New Haven. I do hope you find something in these little stories to enjoy. Fondly, Richard Selzer." His first book, a collection of stories, uncommon signed. Max and Anita Pepper were prominent physicians, as was Selzer (a surgeon). Max Pepper was the head of the School of Public Health at the University of St. Louis and Anita Pepper was a professor of epidemiology at Yale. A fine copy in a near fine jacket with a little toning to lower edge, light creasing to spine ends.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1214
- Title
- Rituals of Surgery
- Author
- Selzer, Richard (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0061277606
- ISBN 13
- 9780061277603
- Publisher
- Harper's Magazine Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1974
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Rural Hours
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La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
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