The Recollections of a Country Doctor

by Mrs. John Kent Spender 

London:  John and Robert Maxwell, [1887]  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Blue cloth covers with tooled and black ink decoration.   
• Boards show some aging, bumps, dings, warping, edgewear.  Corners are bumped and  frayed, with exposed board.
• Spine is somewhat cocked.  Gilt text label and tooling; spine is darkened, with crushed and frayed ends.
• Binding is intact but fragile, with first three leaves loose.  Stitching visible at p. 128, p. 240.  See photos.  
• Pastedowns and feps have moderate staining; owner's mark on front pastedown, bookseller notations at rear feps.  See photos. 
• Frontispiece is present.  
• Interior is age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2023.0201

343 pages. 4.5 x 7 inches

From the popular and prolific 19th century author Mrs. John Kent Spender, a novel couched in the form of reminiscences by a retired medical doctor.  Prompted by the author's questions (or "editor", as she styled herself), the doctor recounted stories from his fifty years of medical practice, while she wrote them down in shorthand. 

No date, but thought to be 1887.  See photos for edition and printers marks.  

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