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Roots of Modern Psychiatry - Essays in the History of Psychiatry.
by Altschule, Mark D., with the collaboration of Evelyn Russ
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
New York: Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author. Hardcover/ no DJ, VG condition. SIGNED & inscribed (to W----- K-----""; 1962) by author (full name) on 1st blank page. Assume First Edition- date 1957 on title page. Blue cloth binding is tight & square w/ light rubbing; some sun fade to spine & 1"" strip of fade along top edge of front cover (NO significant bumps or frays). Gold lettering on front & spine crisp & intact. Text is tight, clean, unmarked w/ maybe just a hint of toning. NO hinge splits, NOT ex library. Overall, handsome & well preserved copy.
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 249
- Title
- Roots of Modern Psychiatry - Essays in the History of Psychiatry.
- Author
- Altschule, Mark D., with the collaboration of Evelyn Russ
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grune & Stratton, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
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