Alcohol And The Human Body; Introduction To The Study Of The Subject, And A Contribution To National Health

3rd Edition. Originally published in 1907. Association copy being inscribed by (or on behalf of) Sir William Hartley dated "Aintree Liverpool 1909". Originally published in 1907. Description: Red cloth. Illustrated with 14 plates (some fold-out) and 21 other figures. Language: English. Book Condition> Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Sunned board margins with splash marks and some faded areas. Cracked front endpaper with slight weakening of hinge. Age toned endpapers with full page inscription to ffep. Spotting to prelims and rear pages. Spotting to some pages mainly adjacent to the plates. DJ Condition> No DJ. 344pp. Size: 12mo (large) 20cm by 13cm. Provenance: Inscribed by Sir William Hartley. Provenance Background: A VICTORIAN philanthropist, who supported hospitals and almhouses in his native Colne after becoming a leading jam-maker Sir William ÔPickles' Hartley never forgot his roots in Pendle after building factories across the UK to manufacture his world-famous preserves and jellies Sir William, whose family had traded as grocers for many years in East Lancashire and erected Wycoller Hall, died aged 76 in 1922 In later life he also constructed a model village for his workforce at Aintree, near Liverpool but is best known in Colne for being a major benefactor of Hartley Hospital, in Keighley Road, and Hartley Homes, former almshouses for the poor on the border with Laneshawbridge. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.…