Vital Signs - A Young Doctor's Struggle with Cancer de Mullan, M.D., Fitzhugh - 1983

Farrar Straus & Giroux. As New in As New dust jacket. 1983. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0374168644 . This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased with some very light foxing. Foxing is a process which normally occurs in older books when the normal acids contained in the paper leaches to the page edges and causes light yellow stains. This is normal process and not considered a defect by book collectors and book selling sites. Most book sellers do not disclose its presence. The dust jacket is in fine condition with little wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers; "A physician recounts his bout with cancer at age thirty-two, evaluates the medical care he received, and describes his arduous recovery."; 8.4 X 5.5 X 0.9 inches; 220 pages .