Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: New York : Saturday Review Press ; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., c1973., 1973
ISBN 10: 0841502153 ISBN 13: 9780841502154
Anbieter: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, USA
Erstausgabe
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st American edition ; 3rd printing ; ex-lib ; ISBN: 0841502153 ; LCCN: 72-88895 ; OCLC: 617982 ; LC: RC82; Dewey: 612/.11 ; Examines all aspects of the subject of blood. Covers its medical aspects, place in folklore, uses in crime detection, contributions to the language, and a history of ideas covering it. ; Chapters: Everything flows -- Thicker than water -- Pump and pipes -- The humours of it -- One man's blood -- Granny, miracles, dreams -- Life codes -- Another man's poisons -- Mother against child -- Forensic and such -- Two shocks -- Shared blood -- Blood and iron -- Bad humour -- The bleeders -- Blood of our fathers -- Heartache ; glue marks for just jacket covers on endpages ; line down front flap of dustjac ket cover ; edges slightly soiled ; names on endpapers, else, VG/VG. Book.