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MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 29, 2001
Romantic sleaze novel of the 30s, exposing the seamy underbelly of the medical profession. Former private circulating library with it's name stamp on all endpapers; otherwise contents of book is surprisingly free from fingering or soiling. Binding very clean and square. The dust jacket, which is intact but gently worn, is glued to the book. Seller Inventory # 010449
Title: PRIVATE PRACTICE
Publisher: Macaulay, New York
Publication Date: 1933
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good Plus
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus
Edition: First Edition
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. unknown printing, no date, prefaced date. Original green cloth, yellowing to pages, else good. Seller Inventory # 014351
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Nice reprint edition in green boards with owner's name & address, otherwise about fine, under a facsimile of a lightly soiled Macaulay first edition jacket with faded spine (lettering bright). Novel of the seamy underworld of the medical profession in the 30s. A terrific copy. Seller Inventory # 013933
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Former private circulating library with it's name stamp to the back endpapers. Early Reprint Edition. Novel that involves a doctor, his private practice and the racketeering underworld. The dust jacket, is glued to the covers and ffep missing. Pages are clean, age-toned. Size: 5½" - 7½". book. Seller Inventory # 273577
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Early Reprint Edition. Novel that involves a doctor, his private practice and the racketeering underworld. Near Fine in Very Good dusjacket with chipping at spine ends. Seller Inventory # 17219
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: GREAT PACIFIC BOOKS, Ventura, CA, U.S.A.
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardback : hard cover edition in good to better condition, a typical used book with slight wear to edges and spine. Binding loose, fray, gutter crack, paste down on ffep. Overall good / nice copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading on the subject. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand for yourself, or would make a GREAT GIFT for the fan / reader in your life. Reading is one of the great pleasures in life. Please send us a note if you have any questions. Thank you. Book. Seller Inventory # 5025576
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Early Reprint Edition. Novel that involves a doctor, his private practice and the racketeering underworld. Near Fine in Very Good plus dusjacket with spine faded. Seller Inventory # 13276
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition. Medical profession and labor themed novel by the co-author of 'The Interne' written in conjunction with Harlem Renaissance figure Wallace Thurman. This title is best described by the jacket copy: "Dr. Carl Armstrong, after a year as interne in a graft-infested public hospital, settles down to private practice. Almost immediately he is plunged into a nerve-wracking industrial drama crowded with corruption and intrigue. The mill-owners control the local political machine; they run the police. Against them are arrayed the discontented workers, appealing for justice. Shall Carl join their side; or go where there is money and privilege and social prestige? In his private practice other temptations pursue him. Cynical lawyers, racketeering druggists, crooked lodge officials whisper of shady deals, huge fees are offered for illegal practices, sensual women patients, idle and rich, who patronize young doctors for services beyond the scope of medicine, threaten to break up his home." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends, fairly narrow but inch long chip at top front panel. Seller Inventory # 22184
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition. Medical profession and labor themed novel by the co-author of 'The Interne' written in conjunction with Harlem Renaissance figure Wallace Thurman. This title is best described by the jacket copy: "Dr. Carl Armstrong, after a year as interne in a graft-infested public hospital, settles down to private practice. Almost immediately he is plunged into a nerve-wracking industrial drama crowded with corruption and intrigue. The mill-owners control the local political machine; they run the police. Against them are arrayed the discontented workers, appealing for justice. Shall Carl join their side; or go where there is money and privilege and social prestige? In his private practice other temptations pursue him. Cynical lawyers, racketeering druggists, crooked lodge officials whisper of shady deals, huge fees are offered for illegal practices, sensual women patients, idle and rich, who patronize young doctors for services beyond the scope of medicine, threaten to break up his home." Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 23677
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition. Medical profession and labor themed novel by the co-author of 'The Interne' written in conjunction with Harlem Renaissance figure Wallace Thurman. This copy signed by Furman at front endpaper. Best described by the jacket copy: "Dr. Carl Armstrong, after a year as interne in a graft-infested public hospital, settles down to private practice. Almost immediately he is plunged into a nerve-wracking industrial drama crowded with corruption and intrigue. The mill-owners control the local political machine; they run the police. Against them are arrayed the discontented workers, appealing for justice. Shall Carl join their side; or go where there is money and privilege and social prestige? In his private practice other temptations pursue him. Cynical lawyers, racketeering druggists, crooked lodge officials whisper of shady deals, huge fees are offered for illegal practices, sensual women patients, idle and rich, who patronize young doctors for services beyond the scope of medicine, threaten to break up his home." Very Good, rear cover with discoloration from moisture exposure, in Very Good dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 34844
Quantity: 1 available