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The Classics of Medicine Library. A beautiful, crisp, clean leather bound hardcover in near fine condition; faint shelfwear. Volume I only. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1984.

Classics of Medicine Library, 1984. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. good condition, volume one only, pages are clean and free of markings, light wear to corners and edges, has dust jacket where applicable, ships same or next business day

Classics of Medicine Library. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Vol 1 only. Publisher's bookplate to front pastedown with copy #118 and original owner's name. Gilt dec dark green leather with slight edgewear. All edges gilt, slightly scuffed. Solid binding and clean text. Not ex-library. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. ***May require extra postage due to size and weight. ***Volume 1 only. Quarto [30.5 cm] 1/4 dark brown cloth with light brown cloth over boards. Ex-library very faint ink stamps on the text block edges and two labels on the front pastedown. With eight plates. The archeologist and historian James Henry Breasted was the first American to obtain a doctorate in Egyptology. Breasted led expeditions to Egypt and the Sudan and copied inscriptions from monuments that had been previously unreachable or were perishing. He was also responsible for organizing the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago in 1919.

Birmingham, Alabana; The Classics of Medicine Library/Gryphon Editions; 1984.. Special Limited Edition; Thick Demy 4to; pp. [iv], xxiv, 596, (8); marbled endpapers, coloured frontispiece, 8 full page b/w. plates at end of volume, bound in full green leather, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine gilt decoration on spine and boards, all edges gilt, original silk page marker, fine copy. This is No. 22 of the Classics of Medicine Library series and was printed from the 1930 first edition, courtesy of The Reynolds Historical Library.

The University of Chicago Press, 1930. Hardcover. Good. Volume 1 only. Folio. xxiv, 596, viii. Original brown cloth with dark brown spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards lightly worn especially at extremities. Bumping to corners. Hinges cracked reinforced with binding tape. Ex-library stamps and markings. Interior pages are clean, unmarked and in very good condition. <br><br> Volume one covers hieroglyphic transliterations, translation and commentary. The papyrus is named after Edwin Smith, who purchased the document in January 1862 during his stay at Thebes. The papyrus is the oldest known surgical treatise and consists entirely of case reports focusing on trauma and surgery. James Henry Breasted provided the first translation of the papyrus. The translation changed the history of medicine. <br>Ships daily.This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. 1930. Cloth. Quarto & folio. Two volume set. xxiv & 596 pp & 8 plates, xiii pp & 22 plates. Some shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Corners somewhat bumped and frayed. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown of both volumes. A few penciled margin notes to first volume. Altogether a complete set in Good condition. (Subject: Ancient, Egyptology.)