robb douglas sir (17 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. 1967. First Edition. 201 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has very light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Autobiography of one of New Zealand's most eminent medical men, which also tells the story of modern medicine in New Zealand, as well as the credo of this noted individualist. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate, noting this copy to be No. 7 of the Beaux Arts Commemorative Volume edition. Illustrated. Minor wear. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Hardback, cloth. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Nurse in the North: With Dr G.M. Smith in the Hokianga by Barbara Ancott-Johnson, Foreword by Sir Douglas Robb Hardback, 1973, first edition, illustrated, published by Whitcombe and Tombs, New Zealand, 163 pages. Measures around 5 3/4" by 8 5/8" by 5/8". Pictorial dust jacket displays some marking and scuffing, with some edge-wear. Orange cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding but quite clean and colouring still vivid. Signs of wear, some rubbing at edges. Slightly bumped corners. A little slackness to binding but book contents firm. Page edges a little browned and slightly scuffed and otherwise marked but reasonably clean. Slightly marking to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces very clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information. 163 pp. n.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. In very good condition throughout. Crisp clean and bright in smart blue boards. VG unclipped d/j. 8vo. 207pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. pp.(x)+207pp. 21.5cm. Frontispiece portrait. 23 black and white photographic illustrations. Bibliography. Appendices. Hard cover in slightly worn and faded dust jacket. A good clean copy Autobiography of 'one of New Zealand's most eminent medical men'. [508g].

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. Illstd with b&w photos. Dust jacket is slightly faded at the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 204 pages. Whiteout on ffep. Shelf wear. Ex-library.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. 220 pages. sunned spine, wear to dj tanned.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 291 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG+. B/W Photographs Ilustrador. First (presumed). Robb's family emigrated from Scotland (Clyde shipyards) to New Zealand in 1897. He attended Auckland Grammar School (1912-1916) and took his medical training at the university of Otago. Five years of postgrad work in Britain and a few stints as on-board ships doctor gave Robb his professional grounding. In 1964 in New Delhi he was putting the finishing touches on his career. As well as developing the medical experiences of this noted surgeon, the book also unveils his philosophy of life. 201 pages of text + appendices and illus. by B/W photographs. Cond: Yellow dust jacket ( with map in blue of North and South Island) over navy blue boards. Latter, with two small bumps, is lightly worn at tips and edges. Price clipped d.j. is CRISP at all extremities. It is mylar protected and lightly soiled (back). No tears. P/O name on ffep. The main flaw is tape has left residue on jacket, end papers and pages 78 & 79. TIGHT ! Quote (p. 197): " Decisiveness is required of a surgeon at most times. It may be in summing up his advice to a patient. It may be during some emergency, or crop up in the course of a planned procedure, or occur." Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condición: VG+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG+. Second Printing. 206 pages, 13 plates counted, book is blue with gold titling on spine, corners and spine edges are slightly bumped, tight, VG+. Jacket has an outline of New Zealand and some slight creasing along top and bottom edges, not price clipped, VG+. Book.

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 163 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Shallow rubs to the spine ends and corners, tiny ink marking to the front free end paper, upper and fore edges a little age darkened. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition colour art work dust wrapper with minimal wear to the edges. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0723303754 NEW ZEALAND (Aotearoa).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, 5 leaves, 201 pp, 3 leaves [Appendix 1 & 2]. Original cloth. Very Good, in dust jacket. First Edition. Robb's Autobiography. Inscribed: "To Mark Ravitch in memory of old times. Best wishes/ Douglas Robb 27.ix.67.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Some wear around edges of spine and boards. Previous owner's inscription on front pastedown endpaper. Light foxing and staining on edges and endpapers. Else book is in good condition, with author's signature and inscription, together with handwritten note from the author (attached) on title page. Dustwrapper is stained, its spine discoloured. Else in good condition. The dustwrapper is covered in plastic. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: As New.