Nursing Illustrated (Volume 1. September 9 1938 - March 3 1939)

London: Hulton Press Ltd. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1939. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Bound volume containing 25 issues of the Magazine 'Nursing Illustrated', just pre-war from 9th Sept 1938 to March 3rd 1939. MARVELLOUS PERIOD ITEM. RARE. Quarter bound in 2 tone textured blue cloth. Boards clean, extremities rubbed, corners and head/tail of spine bumped and some 'closed' splitting to the spine. HInges holding well - but look to have been re-glued in places. Page fore-edges tanning with age and some very pale foxing (light tan spots) . Internally 25 weekly issues of this magazine. Vignette illustration on title page. Endpapers and the first few pages lightly spotted and browning with age. Each magazine separately paginated. Many b/w advertisements of the era in each magazine. Profusely illustrated in black and white. INDEX. Contents cover all manner of nursing and medical articles including - Interpretation of Xrays; Nursing as a sign of culture; Florence Nightingale; For the Midwife; Nursing in the Holy Land; Silkworm gut; Surgery ancient and modern; Medical Emergency station in the Libyan Desert; Murder by poison... etc, etc. Articles are written by various practising nurses and medical and surgical authorities, etc. VERY THICK and HEAVY. Apart from the edge browning which is relatively uniform throughout the book is CLEAN BRIGHT and TIGHT. This book is very heavy and for International buyers only MAY require extra postage depending on your location. Fascinating! . Scarce. See Images. ; Large, THICK, 4to 11" - 13" tall .