Victor M D Heiser (46 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Twelfth Printing. Shelf wear. Tanning along fore edges and pages. Rubbing and fading to boards. Bumping along edges of boards. Spine creases. Browning throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original tan cloth binding with green decoration on cover and spine. Pastedowns show a map of the region in which Heiser worked, in brown and cream. Very slight evidence of dampstain, almost invisible. Ownership information in ink on interior page: Howard Lewis of Embreeville, TN. Frontispiece of Victor Heiser is lightly damaged from sticking to title page. Heiser documents his time in East and Southeast Asia, Northern Africa, and beyond, working first with the Marine Hospital Service, and later as a regional director of the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, to combat tropical and epidemic diseases that affected those regions, including leprosy, cholera, typhoid, bilharzia, hookworm, and more. He also documents his interactions with the former king of Siam (Thailand), with Haile Selassie, and others, and the book provides much insight into the work of the Rockefeller Foundation internationally. From the nursing history collection of Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, acceptable condition due to very minor dampstain. 544 pages, octavo.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. UL-30; binding is tight, spine is slightly curved inward, light spine creases, edges are rubbed and worn, corners are creased - front and back, corners and spine ends are rubbed and a little worn, no tears, text is clean and unmarked, previous owner's name on the inside cover and front end paper, pages are very yellowed, old store sticker on the back cover, inside covers are yellowed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. no dj. Reprint. Dr. Victor Heiser's bestselling 1936 memoir of a career in public health, from the Johnstown Flood, which killed his parents, through his years as director of health in the Philippines fighting cholera, smallpox, plague and leprosy, and his travels for the Rockefeller Foundation through forty-five countries. Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York, by arrangement with W. W. Norton & Company. Copyright 1936 by Dr. Victor Heiser. Title page with a caduceus, compass rose and palm frond design. Tan cloth with a blind-ruled border; spotting to the boards and spine, and wear to the spine ends. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The book is a tweed cloth with the title written on the spine only. Book has very light edge wear and bumped corners. Map Endpapers. Book is clean, tight and bright, no markings. Frontispiece of Dr. Victor Heiser is in good condition. Indexed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. "The remarkable personal story of a distinguished American doctor who for more than thirty years has traveled about the world, his life dedicated to a single idea - the application of knowledge to the prevention of disease." 544 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Stated First Edition. "Dr. Heiser's program for personal health" - addressed to normal people who want to keep well, and to people who are capable of a much higher health standard than they are now realizing. Flyleaf has been excised; stains on back cover. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. We have 75,000 books to choose from -- Ship within 24 hours -- Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. NY.: Norton. 1936. Brown clth 8vo. Condition: Good/No Jacket. First Edition, previous owner's signature and gift inscrrption on first free end page. Covered in new brodart protector.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The North American Review Vol. 221 No. 2 June - July - August 1925. Various (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Eleventh Impression. The book is in good condition with a sturdy hardcover binding. The spine shows minor wear, and there is no dust jacket present. The pages are clean with no inscriptions or library markings, making it a well-preserved copy for its age.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Pages are very slightly yellowed. Otherwise very clean. Pictures on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original tan cloth binding with green decoration on cover and spine. Pastedowns show a map of the region in which Heiser worked, in brown and cream. Very slight evidence of dampstain, almost invisible. Ownership information in ink on interior page: Howard Lewis of Embreeville, TN. Frontispiece of Victor Heiser is lightly damaged from sticking to title page. Heiser documents his time in East and Southeast Asia, Northern Africa, and beyond, working first with the Marine Hospital Service, and later as a regional director of the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, to combat tropical and epidemic diseases that affected those regions, including leprosy, cholera, typhoid, bilharzia, hookworm, and more. He also documents his interactions with the former king of Siam (Thailand), with Haile Selassie, and others, and the book provides much insight into the work of the Rockefeller Foundation internationally. From the nursing history collection of Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, acceptable condition due to very minor dampstain. 544 pages, octavo.…

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Annual Report of the Bureau of Health for the Philippine Islands. Book.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bueno. Heiser, Victor (M.D). An American Doctor's Odyssey. Adventures in Forty-five countries. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1936; primera edición. Características: Buen estado general. Pasta dura en tela editorial. Tapas y lomo en muy buen estado. Tapa superior con ligera decoloración en la esquina inferior derecha. Guardas a color limpias. Cantos limpios. Canto lateral ligeramente irregular. 535 p. (24 x 17 cm) Peso: 1.200 g.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

no dustjacket, hardcover. Condition: good; used. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDsm4to; 544 pages; good hardcover no dustjacket; spine starting; deckled; taqnning; scuff to face board; spine discoloration; tips bumped; spine head and heal bumped; slight stain; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.…

Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. This is an advertisement/article from a Vintage Journal and not a book but a magazine article, pages are clean; ; 3 pages.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. An American Doctor's Odyssey by Victor Heiser MD. Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, New York, NY, 1936. 1st Stated Edition. Hardbound. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine. Title on spine faded. 544 Pgs. Adventures in Forty-five Countries. Description text copyright 2000 BooksForComfort. Item ID 2461. book. …

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood hard cover book with torn dust jacket, chipped edges, sm4to, 544 pages good hard cover book with dust j.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, marks, underlining, or bookplates. Former owner's name, date on the first title page. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. No dust jacket This collectible, " FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a clear polyester archival cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. …