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Adelaide: [AAMC Reunion Committee], 1938. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide, [AAMC Reunion Committee], 1938. Oblong octavo, [ii] (title page, verso blank), 201 pages (plus 19a and its printed verso, numbered 21a) with some illustrations (all produced in brown ink from processed typescript) plus 47 pages of plates and 8 unnumbered sectional title leaves (all versos blank); all but 6 of the first 30 (and 2 later) pages are printed rectos only. Flush-cut pictorial wrappers with light wear to the extremities and a few trifling surface blemishes; occasional light foxing and mild signs of handling; a very good copy of a rare and unusual item. 'Ever since the cessation of hostilities of the Great War, 1914-1918, it has been the wish of Australian Army Medical Corps AIF ex-servicemen in South Australia, that we should have some permanent record of our Fallen Comrades, and to those who have "Passed On" since returning to Australia. The following pages are the expression of that wish' (foreword).… Read More

Tuttlingen: Aesculap-Werke AG, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tuttlingen, Aesculap-Werke AG, 1974. Quarto, xvi, 758 pages profusely illustrated with thousands of illustrations of surgical instruments. Quarter red leather and gilt-decorated cloth; front cover a little unevenly sunned; covers lightly rubbed; two corners very slightly worn; endpapers lightly tanned; ownership details; a very good copy. Text in English, Spanish and Italian.

Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1926/ 1926 (fourth, revised, edition)/ 1905. Quarto, two volumes, 575 and 642 pages with numerous tables, and 470 illustrations by Miss Ethel M. Wright (a few also printed in red, one with a diagrammatic overlay). Cloth lightly bumped and rubbed; edges and endpapers slightly foxed; one rear cover a little indented; a very good set. From the Preface to the Fourth Edition; 'The last edition was printed just before the outbreak of war ... This work has therefore needed, and has, I hope, received, a very drastic revision ... in spite of compression and rather ruthless excisions, this book has grown ... several new chapters have been added. Among them is one which deals with Surgical Technique'. Publisher's advertising card loosely inserted.

New York: Classics of Medicine Library, 1997. Hardcover. Fine. New York, Classics of Medicine Library, 1997 [facsimile edition]/ 1794. Octavo; gilt decorated full leather; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; a fine copy. Copy number 418 with the publisher's bookplate. Classics of Medicine Library.

Birmingham, Alabama: Classics of Medicine Library, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Birmingham, Alabama, Classics of Medicine Library, 1979 [facsimile edition]/ 1785. Octavo, [ii] (blank), xxii, 209 pages plus a large folding colour plate. Gilt decorated full leather; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; a fine copy. Loosely inserted is the publisher's numbered bookplate (copy 227) and the original subscriber's name.

Amstelodami: Societas Neerlandica Medicinae Tropicae, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Amstelodami, Societas Neerlandica Medicinae Tropicae, 1938. Octavo, two volumes, 720 (and) 601 pages with illustrations, charts and maps, plus a folding map two folding charts. Cloth slightly flecked; one volume a little bumped; a very good set. Text in English, French and German. Not inscribed as such, but from the collection of Hedley Marston FRS.

London: H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd, 1928. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1928 (eighth impression)/ 1906 (second edition)/ 1904. Octavo, x, 475 pages. Cloth a little rubbed and slightly marked; a very good copy. With the pictorial bookplate, and ink ownership signature (lightly faded), of senior SA Brewing Co. employee Milton Cousins.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Good. London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946 [revised second edition]/ 1943. Octavo; original saddle-stapled printed wrappers later stapled into plain card covers; covers split at the foot of the spine and a little creased; related printed and manuscript material mounted with tape (now browned) inside the covers and at several openings; with the ownership signatures and extensive manuscript ink annotations of Dr Stephen Milazzo; a good copy.

New York: John Wiley, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, John Wiley, 1985. Octavo; papered boards; head and foot of the spine a little bumped; top and bottom edges lightly sunned; a very good copy with the slightly bumped dustwrapper with a very small lift to the laminate on the back cover and foot of the spine. With a presentation inscription from the editor, Pauline Hall, and a signed autograph letter, both to her husband, Rod.

Farnham: Ashgate, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Farnham, Ashgate, 2010. Octavo, xxiv, 443 pages with numerous illustrations. Papered boards; extremities very slightly rubbed and bumped; two edges very slightly marked; pastedowns slightly marked (a publication flaw); an excellent copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper a little lightly sunned about the spine. With the contemporary ownership signature of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018). The History of Medicine in Context series.

London: The Folio Society, 2010. Hardcover. Fine. London, The Folio Society, 2010 (second printing)/ 2005. Octavo, three volumes, xxviii, 548; [vi], 325 and [vi], 586 pages. Quarter cloth and marbled boards; a fine set in the very slightly rubbed slipcase. An attractive edition of Burton's 1621 classic, with a new introduction by Philip Pullman. The text follows the 1932 edition published by J.M. Dent & Sons. [3 items].

New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1988 (second edition, first printing)/ 1982. Quarto; laminated coloured papered boards lightly rubbed; an excellent copy.

Brisbane: R. G. Gillies and Co, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Brisbane, R. G. Gillies and Co., 1923. Octavo; cloth; small stain to the front cover; covers slightly bumped and rubbed; endpapers a little offset; 'registration with the PMG' ruled out on the cover and title page (as often); a very good copy. 'Douglas Price Memorial Lecture, No. 3.'.

Brisbane: R.G. Gillies and Co, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Brisbane, R.G. Gillies and Co., 1923. Octavo; cloth slightly marked, rubbed and spine sunned; endpapers offset; a little light scattered foxing; 'registration with the PMG' ruled out on the cover and title page (as often); a very good copy. 'Douglas Price Memorial Lecture, No. 3'.

London: Wm Heinemann Medical Books Ltd, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Wm Heinemann Medical Books Ltd, 1946. Octavo, [iv], 187 pages plus a tipped-in errata slip. Cloth slightly flecked; spine a little sunned; extremities very slightly bumped; contemporary ink ownership details (and a few emphases in light red ink); a very good copy. With a later ink gift inscription to 'Donald', being eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO, MC (1927-2018). Not least, occasional Australian aboriginal references.

Norwood: Royal District Nursing Society of SA, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Norwood, Royal District Nursing Society of SA, 1993. Quarto, quarter synthetic and papered boards with photograph laid-in on the front cover; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. With the contemporary ownership signature of Sir Walter Crocker. Number 5 of the deluxe edition.

Norwood: Royal District Nursing Society of SA, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Norwood, Royal District Nursing Society of SA, 1993. Small quarto; quarter leather and papered boards with a plate laid down on the front cover; a fine copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper. Number 206 of the deluxe edition; signed on the title page by the author.

United State of America: MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme International, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. United State of America, MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme International, 1981. Quarto, [ix], 237 pages with numerous illustrations. Cloth; front top corner a trifle bumped; ink ownership signature on the title-page; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper a little rubbed, creased and torn (with tape repairs on the verso).

London: Edward Arnold, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. London, Edward Arnold, 1916 [first edition]. Octavo, x, 230 pages. Gilt-pictorial cloth scuffed and marked, with the spine sunned (darkened); extremities bumped; head and foot of the spine slightly worn; endpapers offset; contemporary ownership details; a good copy.

London: Edward Arnold, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Edward Arnold, 1918 (second impression)/ (1916). Octavo, x, 230, 8 (advertisements) pages. Gilt-pictorial cloth very slightly rubbed at the extremities; an excellent copy. With the contemporary ownership signature of Hedley Ralph Marston (FRS).