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BOULTON, THOMAS B: : The Associatiojn of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland 1932-1992 and The Development of the Speciality of Anaesthesia - Sixty years of progress and achievement in the context of Scientific,political and social change

LONDON.The ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHETISTS of Great Britain and Ireland.,1999.

ISBN 0953663906.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,double SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten black ink dedication: 'To Maria Pominska with best wishes JB' (his initialled signature) to top edge of title page and a further handwritten black ink full signature and date thus; 'author's signature 30/10/99' along side his printed name on same title page,a little further down the page,and no clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp, clean,white background with colour pictorial illustration of Association's armorial crest+motto to front with red+ black lettering,thumbnail colour illustration of Associaution's crest to foot of spine/backstrip with red lettering within a yellow panel,rear panel with a b/w illustration of Association's headquarters building in London; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore -edges bright and reasonably clean with minimal faint blemish; contents bright, tight,clean, solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original,black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters (title),gilt crest to front cover and author's name in red blocked letters spine/backstrip with bright,crisp,blocked gilt repeated title within a red panel with gilt top+bottom edges and a bright,crisp, blocked thumbnail association's crest to foot of spine,reaar board with bright, crisp,blocked ISBN to bottom corner by the foot of spine/backstrip,a red silk,sewn-in bookmark ribbon and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,v-xxpp+1-785pp [paginated] includes a Foreword by Professor T. Cecil Gray (a former President (1956-59) of the Association,author's Preface, acknowledgements,contents list/table, illustrations list/table,4pp of acronyms+ abbreviations,10 chapters with an Introductory,20pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp396/7, references,appendices (A-E) includes colour picture of the armorial arms of the Association (appendix B),a Name Index and a subject Index; plus [unpaginated] b/w portrait photograph of founder of the Association Henry Walter Featherstone (1894-1967),author double SIGNED,dedicated and dated signature to title page,and 2pp blanks at the rear of book. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptiona,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Tom Boulton was aged seven when the Association was founded in 1932 and had his first experience of general anaesthesia as a patient some eight years later.He qualified in medicine in 1949, coincident withthe introduction of the British National Health Service.He took up his first appointment as an anaesthetist later the same year and he has become increasingly close to the events which are described in this volume during the fifty odd years thereafter. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight - just in excess of 1KG unpackaged,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,author double SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Maria Pominska with best wishes JB' & 'author's signature 30/10/99'

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