Anon.

Taurus 1955.

First Edition. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing, 1955. 26 x 19 cm. 112 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout with B&W Photographs and other Illustrations. Original laminated boards with gilt decorations on front board (see images). Decorated end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Inscribed on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean.

Various Authors.

Nursing History Review 2007 – Volume 15. Official Publication of the American Association For the History of Nursing.

First Edition. New York, Springer Publishing, 2007. 23 x 15 cm. vii, (4), 216 pages. Original decorated stiff paper boards. Soft covers. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy with minimal shelfwear.

The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (Chairman).

The Lancet Commission on Nursing. Final Report.

First Edition. London, The Lancet Ltd., 1932. 24 x 15 cm. 256 pages. Few B&W Illustrations in Text. Original decorated stiff paper boards. Soft covers with title information on front board. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. A few pages dog eared. Remnants of an Ex Libris on verso of front cover. Small hole in title page. A few pencil lines, otherwise bright and clean inside.

Bynum, W.F / Porter, Roy (Editors).

Medical Fringe & Medical Orthodoxy 1750 – 1850.

First Edition. London et al, Croom Helm, 1987. 21 x 14 cm. (6), 274 pages. Original black cloth. Hard Cover. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. A bright and clean copy.

Anon.

The Art of Feeding the Invalid. A Series of Chapters on the Nature of certain Prevalent Diseases and Maladies; together with carefully selected Recipes for the Preparation of Food for Invalids. By a Medical Practitioner and a Lady Professor of Cookery.

[First Edition]. London, The Scientific Press, Undated. 21 x 14 cm. 14 pages Ads, viii, 264 pages plus 10 pages Ads. Original cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. Black ad for Cadbury’s Cocoa on rear board. End papers used for ads. Good condition. Rubbed bumped and age darkened. Spine ends frayed. Binding holding, but coming lose in places. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Small piece of half title torn off, not affecting any text (see image). Otherwise clean and complete. An interesting book.

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.

Andrews, C.T. / Rowse, A.L. (Preface).

The First Cornish Hospital.

First Edition. Penzance, Cornwall, Wordens of Cornwall Limited, 1975. 21 x 14 cm. (6), 225 pages. Original red cloth with gilt title on front board and spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Dust jacket dust dulled and mildly foxed. Inscribed by the Author on front free end paper. Internally bright and clean. A very 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.

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.

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.