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Tenements of Clay; An Anthology of Medical Biographical Essays
by Arnold Sorsby, MD, Editor
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684140357
- ISBN 13
- 9780684140353
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974 Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1974. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($7.95); light toning to bottom edges of the bottom edge. Gray boards and spine with purple lettering on the spine. 258 pp 8vo. Medical Biographies of Famous People by Modern Doctors. This book is a collection of unusual articles taken from medical literature that is about each the illnesses and medical histories of well-known personalities from the past. It covers poets, kings, biblical figures, musicians, and others whose names are part of our cultural history and whose personal lives were deeply affected by illness and disease. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010947
- Title
- Tenements of Clay; An Anthology of Medical Biographical Essays
- Author
- Arnold Sorsby, MD, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684140357
- ISBN 13
- 9780684140353
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- medicine, illness, disease, famous persons, biographies, medical histories, albinism, blindness, syphilis, porphyria, deafness, Marfan Syndrome, Napoleon, Job, Noah, Shakespeare, Milton, Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen, Beethoven, Darwin, Abe Lincoln,
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- Biographies;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Brodart
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