Sleeping sickness committee (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: VG-. 1st ed. t.p.+26; t.p.+330+ orig.fr.wraps bound in back to back (sm.hole lower second); ex-University of London but only their heraldic plate fr.pastedown over-stamped 'withdrawn' and sm.round black stamps verso 1st t.p. and bottom final page, first t.p. a little dust-marked and sl.dirty in places but sound bar tiny nick centre fore-edge, otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked. Dark purple cloth covers clean and minimally worn, fading across top back (3 cm. wide strip) and sp., bottom sp. rubbed, gilt-lettering, lib.logo and date to sp. Focused on sleeping sickness problem in East Africa, including the nature of the difference between Ugandan and Nyasland/Rhodesian varieties, whether wild animals can be reservoir for the disease, methods of control and entomology of tsetse flies. One influential authority was Sir David Bruce who drew up memoranda and gave evidence. As with all such reports it is the oral evidence which is especially interesting, often for reasons unrelated to the matter in hand. Some additional postage may be required given size.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1914 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 344 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 344 Language: English,English.…