HANDBOOK AND GUIDE TO BELFAST AND NORTH-EAST IRELAND

Johnstone, Robert J.

Published by British Medical Association, Annual Meeting Belfast 1909 / Mayne & Boyd), Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1909

6 5/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. Green cloth with faded gilt lettering. Two-inch separation of cloth from spine, but book holding well.132 pp. of text, plus 30 pp. of advertisements at rear, and color fold-out map of Belfast and North-East Ireland. Spine lean. A little guide for the gathering (convention) of British doctors, meeting in the summer of 1909. More than fifty illustrations, a number of them medically-specific, such as hospitals (including Municipal Fever Hospital in Purdysburn, and a ward in the Royal Victoria Hospital), medical institutes, pathology classrooms) as well as more traditional tourist fare. Distances from point to point, advertisements (though of a decidedly more expensive set of goods and services, such as car rental for £155, furs (for mommy back home, while daddy plays), custom tailors, pianos, etc. A little loosey-goosey in the binding, but holding well. Interesting, topical "targeted" tour guide, Seller Inventory # 85536

Bibliographic Details

Title: HANDBOOK AND GUIDE TO BELFAST AND NORTH-EAST...
Publisher: British Medical Association, Annual Meeting Belfast 1909 / Mayne & Boyd), Belfast, Northern Ireland
Publication Date: 1909
Binding: Flexible Hardcover
Condition: Good Only