Manchee, Dorothy / Howitt, Sir Alfred B. (Foreword).

Textbook for Almoners.

First Edition. London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1947. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 466 pages. With a Frontispiece and six Plates (complete). Many tables and charts in text, some folding. Original pale cloth with gilt title on spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and dust dulled. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Neat inscription by the authors for her parents (‘To Mummy and Daddy who have watched this book grow…’) dated Feb. 48. Internally bright and clean. A nice copy inscribed by the author.

Milligan, Christopher / Foley, John.

Australian Hosptal Ship Centaur. The Myth of Immunity.

First Edition. Queensland, Nairana Publications, 1993. 21 x 14 cm. xix, 340 pages. Illustrated. Original laminated boards. Hard cover. With a losely inserted First Edition Postcard and Australian Stamp showing the ‘Centaur’. Very good condition. Signed by both authors on the title page.

Richards, Dora.

Reminiscences of a Hospital Nurse at Home and Abroad.

[First Edition]. Bala, North Wales, A.J. Chapple (Bala Press), Not dated [c. 1940s]. 18 x 12 cm. 75 pages. Light coloured cloth boards. Hard cover with title on front board and spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Brown spots on binding (see image). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Fissell, Mary E.

Patients, Power, and the Poor in Eighteenth Century Bristol.

First Edition. Review Copy. Cambridge, University Press, 1991. 22 x 15 cm. xi, 266 pages with a few Illustrations in B&W. Original black cloth in original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good jacket. Top edge dust dulled and mildly foxed. Internally bright and clean.

Riley, James C.

Sick, Not Dead. The Health of British Workingmen during the Mortality Decline.

First Edition. Baltimore and London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. 22 x 15 cm. xvii, 349 pages. Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Hard Cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Anstruther, Ian

The Scandal of the Andover Workhouse.

First Edition. London, Geofrey Bles, 1973. 22 x 14 cm. 176 pages. With a folding red & black map and various B&W Plates. Original black cloth in original decorated dust jacket. Decorated end papers. Very good in good dust jacket. Dust jacket with a few closed tears and minor paper loss to the front (see image), now inside protective jacket. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean. Inscribed by the Author on the half title page. Small closed tear to bottom of half title page. Internally bright and clean.

Anon.

The Hospital Guide 1937. A Directory and Handbook of the Hospitals of London.

Third Edition, 1937. London, The Hospital Saving Association, 1937. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. viii, 168 pages, ix – xvi. Advertising to the front and rear of the book is printed on green paper. Original stiff paper covers with title information on front board. ‘Dettol’ Ad on rear board. Good condition. Covers worn and age darkened. Small material losses to top of spine and top left corner of front board (see image). Internally very good, bright and clean.

Terton, Alice.

Lights and Shadows in a Hospital.

First Edition. London, Methuen & Co, 1902. 19 x 13 cm. 229 pages plus 40 pages publishers list. Original red cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Occassional mild foxing. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally very clean. A nice copy.

Various Authors.

St. Mary’s Hospital Gazette. Vol. XIX. 1913.

London, Morton & Burt, 1913. 23 x 18 cm. 176 pages. With several Plates of B&W Photos. Original blue cloth. Gilt decorations and title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Slightly age darkened. Signed by the Editor on front free end paper. Paper slip tipped in next to title page (see image). Overall a nice copy. Scarce.

Bridges, Daisy Caroline.

A History of the International Council of Nurses. 1899 – 1964. The First Sixty-Five Years.

First Edition. London, Pitman Medical Publishing, 1967. 21 x 14 cm. xxvi, 254 pages. With many B&W Photographs. Original blue cloth in original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor rubbing, bumping and some edgewear to dust jacket. Inscribed by the author (‘Daisy B.’) on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.