Medicine and Stamps
by Edited by Robert A. Kyle, M.D. and Marc A. Sampo, Ph.D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
From inside dust jacket flap: Postage stamps and systems are not as ancient as medicine, although the New York Main Post Office claimed a degree of antiquity when it paraphrased for postmen an observation of Herodotus (484-424 B.C.) about the exploits of Persian messengers: "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
Book condition - Very Good. Clean. Tight. Top page edges have tiny dots when closed.Dust Jacket condition - Very Good- except there is tear/crease at front top corner that has been taped on the inside and slight edgewear at top of spine. Please see photos.
216 pages.
Book condition - Very Good. Clean. Tight. Top page edges have tiny dots when closed.Dust Jacket condition - Very Good- except there is tear/crease at front top corner that has been taped on the inside and slight edgewear at top of spine. Please see photos.
216 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 774
- Title
- Medicine and Stamps
- Author
- Edited by Robert A. Kyle, M.D. and Marc A. Sampo, Ph.D
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth over boards with gold lettering
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The American Medical Association
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- medicine, stamps, collector's reference, stamp collection, postage stamps
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference - Collectors; Antiques;
Terms of Sale
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
Biblio member since 2005
Independence, Missouri
About Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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