Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
by Ivan Illich
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Bellevue, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Stated 1st American Edition. Good in gray cloth with a few mildew spots to rear board and mild staining and foxing to text block. Dust jacket is unclipped (8.95) with a few small stains on its reverse as well as rubbing to rear panel. Else a very presentable copy. A landmark work of social criticism of medical bureaucracy by noted Austrian Catholic philosopher and priest. Scarce 1st issue.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heaven-Haven Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B-121
- Title
- Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
- Author
- Ivan Illich
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Date Published
- 1975
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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About the Seller
Heaven-Haven Books
Biblio member since 2024
Bellevue, Kentucky
About Heaven-Haven Books
Est. 2020. Secondhand, rare & uncommon books, bought & sold. Our specialties include contemporary small press poetry, Southern & Appalachian literature, Kentuckiana, classical and modern philosophy, Catholicism and Christian theology.
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