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An Outline History Of Medicine.(SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PHILIP RHODES)
by Rhodes, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0407004106
- ISBN 13
- 9780407004108
- Seller
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Butterworths, 1985. VG+. First Edition, First Printing. No d/w, (as published). PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PHILIP RHODES, on front map endpapers. Signing reads, 'Philip Rhodes', without dedication or inscription on verso of front cover. PRESENTATION, which is on front endpaper map, reads, 'To ------ with best wishes and as a reminder/of a long and happy association/Philip Oct 1985'. Profusely illustrated with over 50 photographs; these include portraits, apparatus and other objects of historical medical interest. This history of medicine by Philip Rhodes (1922-2002) outlines the main developments in belief and practice from the earliest times to the modern era, and concentrates particularly on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It highlights significant advances and the people responsible for them. With Bibliography, Chronology, Name Index and Subject Index. Minor bumping to bottom of spine; bruising to upper corner of rear cover; else a very good plus copy of a SCARCE hardback first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PHILIP RHODES.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus.
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- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18549
- Title
- An Outline History Of Medicine.(SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PHILIP RHODES)
- Author
- Rhodes, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0407004106
- ISBN 13
- 9780407004108
- Publisher
- Butterworths
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Science. History Of Science. History. Medicine. Medical.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Medical;
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- Verso
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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