BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology Books

London: Oxford University Press. #62883 . G/--. 1952. later. KC . hb. no dj. 343p . front panel & spine dampstained, owner's name obliterated, clean & . firm copy. . ... more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. #36162 . VG/G. 1968. 1st Can.. KD . hb. w/dj. 268p . index, small tears, chipping, edgewear, book clean & tight. . ... more information

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good, fair to good Macmillan New York c1977 Second 24 cm, 321, illus., index, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, and edge tears A former astronaut on Apollo 7 looks at NASA's astronaut program. ... more information

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New York: Stein and Day, Publishers, 1977. Some adhesive stains on end papers; dust jacket has normal scuffs and edge wear. "A leading psychologist's story of his own mental and emotional collapse, and his search for help among the various therapies." 276 pages.. First Published in the United States. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. ... more information

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Haus Publishing, 2006. Softcover. Unread. Mint condition. Available for immediate despatch from the UK. As New/As New. ... more information

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London, United Kingdom: Haus Publishing Limited, 2006 Brand New Book. Soft Cover. New. ... more information

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Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press, 1971. Biography of Dr. Edwin D. Frear, who "set out in 1882 to brave the hardships, struggles, and challenges that characterized the life and practice of the country doctor" in northwest Iowa. Dust jacket has light rub marks.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -. ... more information

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London: Adventures of a Chemist Collector, 1995 No inscriptions or marks. A lovelyy clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, marked or torn with creasing to upper edge and traces of storage. Autobiography of the founder of Aldrich, now the world's largest supplier of research chemicals. He fled Austria just before the start of the Second World War, was interned in Canada where he went on to study chemistry followed by at Harvard.... more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. 500 g.; X, 278 pages, last three pages blank, intentionally, list of illustrations. Dark cream coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 12 pages of black-and-white photographs, throughout the text. Brown coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Faint orange coloured tint to the top text block edge. Bumping and rubbing to the backstrip edges and rubbing to the book corners and edges. A few marks and browning to the internal text. Colour photographic front... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books. Fine/softcover. 1995. Softcover Ed. Soft Cover. 0-679-74446-0 Subtitle: " A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines." . ... more information

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Chicago: Moody Press, 1973. "The dramatic story of Dr. Viggo B. Olsen's phenomenal surgical/diplomatic/wartime adventure - and the bloody birth of Bangladesh." Illustrated. Dust jacket has edgewear and rubs.. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. ... more information

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NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1955. Autobiography of this Canadian-born physician, who served as the Medical Health Officer for the Canadian East Arctic; later in life he led the first tourist safari to the East Arctic. Written with W. De Groot Van Embden. Illustrated with photographs. Dust jacket has some edge chips.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. ... more information

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NY, Akron OH, and Chicago: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1904. "The best of those medical Ana that have been preserved by tradition or literature". Vol. IV from the Doctor's Recreation Series, including stories of English physicians of the past including Sir Thomas Browne, Sir Kenelm Digby, Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Samuel Garth, John Radcliffe, Richard Mead, and John Long, as well as stories of medicine. 516 pages. 4 illustrations. Previous owner's book plate on front paste-down; light edg... more information

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London: The Book Club, 1939. Biography of this Irish physician, who tells of his medical adventures and experiences working in various places in Africa during the first part of the twentieth century. Endpapers are age-toned; binding slightly cocked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. ... more information

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London: Christopher Johnson. Memoirs of this former Secretary of The British Medical Association, and of his full and interesting life. His general practitioner work was in Newcastle and County Durham, as well as Darlington and Gateshead. Includes his experiences with and thoughts about the National Health Insurance Act of 1911 and the National Health Service Act when this book was written. Undated; circa early twentieth century. Book has minor edgewear; dust jacket has the top 1/4 of the front torn off... more information

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NY: Roy Publishers, 1958. Stories of physicians to royalty and people of "high society", including physicians to Louis XIV, Peter the Great, James I and Charles I of England, Napoleon, King George IV of England, the Empress Alexandria of Russia, Boris Godounov, The Empress Catherine, and others. The spine is faded; previous owner's name on front pastedown has been rubbed off.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. ... more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1960. Biography of Dr. Agnes Bennett, O.B.E. - who studied nuclear physicis, then went on to do her life's work at the St Helens Hospitals in maternity. She also worked through the raids in London. Text is Good, however there are moisture marks on the covers and endpapers, as well as the dust jacket. Dust jacket also has moderate edge chips and is faded.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. ... more information

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Chicago: Normandie House, 1940. "A collection of historical narratives of the lives of great American physicians and surgeons whose service to the nation and to the world has transcended the scope of their profession." With introduction by Harold W. Camp and twenty portraits by Raymond Warren. Dust jacket has moderate wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Good. ... more information

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Buffalo, NY: The Peter Paul Book Co., 1898. Late 19th century thoughts of Dr. C. Barlow - on his "peculiar profession", "lessons of value in the management of the sick, and especially of the contagious and infectious diseases", the responsiblities of the physician, etc. Illustrated with drawings. Interior is VG; however the cover has significant stains and light wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Only/No Jacket. ... more information

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Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Co. - Book Division, 1960. "The amazing story of a young (Austrian) doctor's experiences in bringing modern medicine to a primitive people." Dust jacket has light edgewear.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -. ... more information

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