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THE PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY
by Syme, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [1], xxviii, [29]-375, [25] pages + 1 plate. Good+; Bound in full contemporary brown calf with label to spine; Rubbing and peeling of leather, particularly at edges and corners of boards and head and tail of spine; Joints repaired; An ex-library copy with usual markings, including bookplate to front pastedown and ink stamps to plate verso and title page, among other pages; Scattered pencil annotations; Text block age-toned and foxed. 24 of final 25 unnumbered pages are advertisements. MF consignment. 1356451. Special Collections.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1356451
- Title
- THE PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY
- Author
- Syme, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- Carey & Lea
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1832
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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