Smith dorothy blakey editor (3 risultati)
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: UBC Press,Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1975
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Da: M & P BOOKS PBFA MEMBER, Buxton, Derbyshire, Regno UnitoM & P BOOKS PBFA MEMBER
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EUR 39,63 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. BORN AND BROUGHT UP IN WHITECHAPEL, JOHN SEBASTIAN HELMCKEN WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH APPRENTISHIPS AS A CHEMIST AND MEDICAL PUPIL BEFORE GAINING ADMISSION TO GUY'S HOSPITAL TO COMPLETE HIS TRAINING. THE ACCOUNTS HE GIVES OF WORKING CLASS FAMILY LIFE A…ND OF THE GREAT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGES HE HAD TO CONFRONT IN ORDER TO BECOME A DOCTOR MAKE THIS VOLUME NOT ONLY A VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, BUT ALSO AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY WITH CONSIDERABLE HUMAN INTEREST. TIGHT FIRM COMPLETE COPY WITH 24 ILLUSTRATIONS. BROWN CLOTH HARD COVER WITH SLIGHT MARKS/STAINS FROM WATER (?) DAMAGE TO JACKET. JACKET IS FRAYED ALONG BOTTOM EDGE BUT OTHERWISE IS COMPLETE. CLEAN INTERNALLY.
Altre immaginiEditore: The Library's Press, Vancouver, 1965
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Da: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA
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Aggiungi al carrelloLeather. Condizione: Very Good+. Limited Edition. 4to. Pp. xxvi, [4], 56. Introduction and notes by the editor, Dorothy Blakey Smith. Illustrated with a portrait of James Douglas. No. 3 of an edition limited to 500 copies. Errata laid in. Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering stamped on cover and spine. A trifle sunning to…spine. Douglas was a vital figure in the development of the west, securing rights from the Mexican viceroy for business activity of the Hudson's Bay Company. He later served as the first Governor of British Columbia (18581864). Indeed he's known as the Father of British Columbia. A bright, fresh copy.
The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken
Helmcken, Dr. John Sebastian; Smith, Dorothy Blakey (Editor); Lamb, W. Kaye (Introduction)
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: University of British Columbia Press, British Columbia, 1975
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Da: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. "Helmcken's is a unique account of the way social and economic conditions were actually felt and experienced in B.C. at the time of Confederation. The memoirs are the most complete and intimate record available of how Canada secured a foothold on th…e Pacific." - dust jacket. "John Sebastian Helmcken (June 5, 1824 September 1, 1920) was a British Columbia physician who played a prominent role in bringing the province into Canadian Confederation. He was also the founding president of the British Columbia Medical Association." - Wikipedia. 373 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Tight and unmarked with light wear to original dark mauve cloth. Light soiling to edges. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken British Columbia History.
