The Dawn of Scottish Social Welfare: A survey from medieval times to 1863 by FERGUSON Thomas

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1948. First Edition. 321 pages. Blue and red dust jacket over red cloth with with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen and pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Front hinge is cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and moderate sunning to spine. Unclipped jacket with major edge wear and visible rubbing. Splitting to joints and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Noticeable sunning to interior.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is chipped at top of spine and with some edge wear and tear. Ownership inscription and school logo on front pastedown. Some fore-edge foxing. Pp.xi,321. 16 illustrations. A highly regarded and authoritative work on all aspects of Scottish social welfare.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1948. First Edition . A good copy in original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Would be very good but for some fore-edge foxing. Pp.xi,321. 16 illustrations. A highly regarded study.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1948. xi, 321pp, index, references, bw ills. Maroon cloth, no jacket. Page edges heavily foxed, moderate foxing internally. Looks at food, housing, mortality, control of infectious diseases, sanitation, care of the poor, prisons and prisoners, medical care, hospitals and the health/welfare of children.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1948. 321 p. Bound in the publisher's red cloth binding with dustjacket (Exteriors of the dustjacket rubbed at places, otherwise in good condition.)