A Doctor's Odyssey : A Biography of Giovanni Campo. By George Sava. LONDON : 1951. HARDBACK in JACKET

London: Faber and Faber, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1951. An account of Giovanni Campo, an Italian-born doctor. Hardback. Original blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. In yellow printed dust-jacket. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Slight dulling to jacket spine only; moderate wear and one closed tear. VERY GOOD in GOOD jacket (not price-clipped); now in a clear protective sleeve. 287 pages. GEORGE SAVA (1903-1996) was a British surgeon and prolific writer of Russian origin, described as a 'Russian exile', born George Alexis Milkomanov Milkomane on October 15, 1903. He wrote approximately 120 books under the pseudonyms George Sava, George Bankoff, George Borodin, George Braddon, Peter Conway, Alec Redwood, and others. His grandfather was a Bulgarian who, at a time when Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire, migrated to Russia. He was a Lieutenant in the White Russian Navy when he was seventeen. He was forced to perform emergency surgery without any medical training that saved the life of a comrade which induced him to pursue a career in medicine and to become a surgeon. He was the author of numerous books of medical autobiography, politics, history, and fiction. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].