Anon.

The Shannon Hydro-Electric Scheme.

First Edition. Limerick, Published by T.C. Carroll & Sons, Not dated, c. 1926. 18 x 12 cm. 53 pages plus 18 pages of local (Limerick) advertising. With illustrations and photos. Original textured and decorated stiff paper covers. Paperback. Very good condition. A bright and clean copy of this rare publication.

Anon.

The Stethoscope 1948.

First Edition. Pittsburgh, Allegheny General Hospital School of Nursing, 1948. 26 x 19 cm. 96 pages. With many B&W Photographs, Ads, Cartoons and other Illustrations. Original laminated textured boards. Hard Cover with blind decorations on boards (see images). Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internally bright and clean.

Anon. [Katherine Sophia Baily, Lady Kane].

The Irish Flora comprising the Phaenogamous Plants and Ferns.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, 1833. 18 x 11 cm. xi, 220 pages. Original dark cloth. Hard cover. Paper label with title and original price. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened / browned. Name of previous owner on front free end paper, dated 1833. Small sticker with name of another owner on front paste down. Internally bright and clean.

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.

Atkinson, Thomas Witlam.

Oriental and Western Siberia. A Narrative of Seven Years’ Exploration and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia. With a Map and Numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1858. 25 x 15.5 cm. viii, (4) [TOC], 620 pages. Complete with 20 Lithographs, as listed, and numerous wood engravings in text. Original dark green cloth. Elaborate blind and gilt decorations. Gilt titles. Black end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Top of spine frayed with minor losses (see images). Binding weak with a few pages coming loose. Map shows some edge wear and closed tears. Internally clean with occasional mild foxing.

Bailin, Miriam.

The Sickroom in Victorian Fiction. The Art of Being Ill.

First Edition. Cambridge, University Press, 1194. 22 x 15 cm. ix, 169 pages. Original black cloth in original decorated dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping. Internally bright and clean.

Baly, Monica E.

Florence Nightingale and Nursing Legacy. Signed.

First Edition. London, Croom Helm, 1986. 21 x 14 cm. (6), 237 pages Original black cloth with gilt title on spine. In original dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. A bright and clean copy.

Bannerman, David A.

The Canary Islands. Their History, Natural History and Scenery. An Account of an Ornithologist’s Camping Trips to the Archipelago.

First Edition. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1922. 23 x 15 cm. xv, 365 pages. With Illustrations, photographs and Maps, some folding. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke on front paste down. Author’s inscription on front free end paper: ‘To Alan Brooke from his friend David Bannerman’.

Baron D’Holbach [Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry].

Systême de la Nature. Ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral. [PMM215].

Nouvelle Edition. Avec des Notes et des Corrections, par Diderot. Two Volumes. Paris, Chez Etienne Ledoux, Libraire, 1821. 20 x 12 cm. Vol.1: xvj, 507 pages / Vol.2: 502 pages. Contemporary tree calf. Red and black spine labels. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Ex Libris of previous owner on front paste down. Occasional mild foxing/browning, mainly to first and last few pages. Internally clean. A nice set.

Barrett-Cross, R.L.

The History of the Home Counties Medical Services of the Territorial Army. Vol.1 1859-1922.

[First Edition]. Limited Edition: 39/200. Beddington, Croydon, Published by the Author, 1988. 29 x 21 cm. xiii, 161 pages. With B&W Illustrations. Soft cover with stiff paper boards. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page.