Albert g mackinnon (84 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Very Good Plus hardcover book. No DJ. No marks, no underlining. 231 pages.Bright clean square tight.Blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Slight wear to corners. Ex library but only one name stamp, call letters, no card pocket, no glue, no tape.Shelf 1089.

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Paperback. Condición: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A luminous, unvarnished witness to care amid conflict. Care became Malta's quiet defence. In Malta: The Nurse Of The Mediterranean, Albert G. Mackinnon offers a military nursing memoir that is at once practical, reflective and literary. The Mediterranean wartime account concentrates on the small, essential labours of nursing - practical tasks, steady attention and quiet courage; it frames those duties within wider currents of early twentieth century Europe and the particular pressures of Malta in wartime. Readers attracted to World War I history will prize the eyewitness tone; aficionados of Mediterranean islands history or British Empire nonfiction will value the account's grounding in place and institution. The prose favours clarity over rhetoric, delivering scenes that feel immediate without a need for dramatic flourish. As a humane record of humanitarian medical service, the work complements British Red Cross stories and other contemporaneous sources, making it both a moving bedside narrative and a useful reference for those tracing the social history of medicine. Historically, Mackinnon's testimony builds a bridge from the Florence Nightingale era to the wartime improvisations that defined medical work on island stations. It is a primary account for students, an accessible read for casual history fans and a fine addition to any history enthusiasts collection; it also functions as an academic research resource for scholars investigating military nursing memoirs, hospital organisation and civic relief in the British Empire. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. It rewards repeated reading: historians find material for citation, while general readers encounter the emotional contours of caregiving in a world transformed by conflict. Students of nursing and humanitarian practice will find firsthand material to illuminate seminars and essays. Useful in modules on military nursing, social history and the history of medicine, the volume remains a rare, direct voice from the field. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condición: Good +. No Jacket. Dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Minor shelf wear to cover. Corner tips of the boards bend inwards. Pages are age toned with some foxing on initial pages and final pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Tightly bound copy with small amount of underlining and marginalia. Inv. # 13260. …

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Condición: New. 2020. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Hardcover. Condición: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback. 295 pp+xviii at rear. Near Very Good condition (points slightly rubbed).

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Condición: Good. New edition, revised. 157 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Boards are slightly bowed. Clipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.…

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Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback, insc. sl. foxing, b/w illus. 239 Pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Acceptable. New & Revised Edition. Hardcover. Small format. Faded, edge-worn and grubby dust jacket with nicks to upper and lower edges of front jacket, upper leading corners of jacket and lower front leading corner of jacket. Edge of jacket spine head has been torn off. Hardcover spine ends are bumped and a little faded. Hardcover leading corners are a little bent. Page block face and foot have a little age-spotting, and foot also has a small ink mark. Former bookseller's label on front pastedown. Binding is sound and pages are tight and clean throughout. Contents are clear. AF. Used.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Classic Reprint Series. 260 pages. Seller Ref: M17328.

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good-. 232 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to edges of text block and scattered throughout. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ chipping to corners and spine ends. Approx. 1 1/2" closed tear to front panel. Lightly soiled and rubbed. Illust. w/ photogravure illustrations from photos. Contents nice.…