HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st?* Date of Publication: 1928* Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine & to face. Impressed logo to rear cover. Considerable shelf wear. Bump to lower edge and some marks to boards. GD* Jacket condition: No dust jacket. ND* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, & tight with light reading wear, some slight foxing and showing age to edges. Fore and lower edge rough cut. GD++* Illustrations: B/w portrait photo to frontis.* Pages: 310 pp. text. xvi pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The reminiscences of a genial, busy doctor whose profession brought him into contact with all sorts of people. It is written from Harley Street and the subjects are therefore the great and good of the era. Small beer it is, but like much small beer harmless and refreshing if taken in judicious quantity. The language is fairly Victorian and non-confrontational but for an insight into medical matters in the first quarter of the 20th century it is a valuable resource.* A NEAR GD+ copy with some age & wear but no dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 282
Title: BEHIND THE BRASS PLATE
Author: SCHOFIELD, ALFRED T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - GD++/GD/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Thus ?
Publisher: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO LTD
Place of Publication: London UK 0
Date Published: 1928-06-29
Bookseller catalogs: Memoirs;

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