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Published by Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1927., 1927
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Illustrated by Port frontis and tissue with descriptive letterpress and 8 plates (collated), facsimile handwritten note in text. First edition. Slate buckram, gilt stamped spine, gilt topboard emblem (model of Brock's Portrait-Medallion), teg, thick paper issue, uncut. Cr.4to (24cm). pp. xv, [1] blank, 182, [2] colophon. Very Good+/Lacks jacket. Sunned spine and partial topboard, internally near fine with edge toning to eps. Multi contributor, Sir Joseph Lister Bt, 1827-1912, British surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery (phenol), "father of modern antisepsis".