B a Bembridge (9 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (small tear at tail of spine, lightly rubbed at other extrems - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. xii + 479, illus with coloured frontispiece, b&w photos and diagramatic front endpaper (previous owner's inscription on front pastedown).…

Buckram. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. PO signature. Gilt lettering to spine. Chipping to DJ. Pages clean, binding tight. Book.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. V.g. 1st edition. Slight edge wear to jacket. Offprint of article on constitution and aims of the Wellcome Foundation, by M.W. Perrin, loosely inserted. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hard covers, dust jacket. Condition: Fine. V.g. 1st edition. Slight edge wear to jacket. Offprint of article on constitution and aims of the Wellcome Foundation, by M.W. Perrin, loosely inserted. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. ~No ownership marks. Dustwrapper slightly faded on spine but unclipped. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn. Hardcover. Size: xii, 479pp. illus.

Buckram. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. PO signature. Gilt lettering to spine. Chipping to DJ. Pages clean, binding tight. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardcover, sturdy boards, xiii + 479 pages, numerous b&w images in text, NOT ex-library. Weight over 1kg. Contents are clean and bright, untanned, with unmarked text. Book is free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Faint gentle dusty marks on outer page edges. Worn dust jacket, torn along the front flap, with several shorter tears to edges, a long straightened fold on the front flap. -- This scholarly history, published by Cambridge University Press to mark the foundation's fiftieth anniversary, chronicles the first five decades of the Wellcome Trust. Written by renowned historian of science A. Rupert Hall and B.A. Bembridge, the work traces the Trust's evolution from its 1936 establishment following the death of Sir Henry Wellcome to its emergence as one of the world's largest independent biomedical research charities. The narrative details the complex legal and financial transition from the Burroughs Wellcome & Co. pharmaceutical empire into a philanthropic powerhouse. It examines how the Trust navigated its governance, financial development, and funding decisions within the post-war landscape of British science, including its relationship with the National Health Service and the Medical Research Council. Granted full access to the Wellcome archives, the authors provide a rigorous account of the internal debates and strategic shifts that defined the organisation's first half-century. -- A. Rupert Hall (1920-2009) was a distinguished professor at Imperial College London and a pioneer in the history of science, best known for his work on Isaac Newton. B.A. Bembridge was a medical historian and researcher who collaborated with Hall to integrate technical medical history into the broader institutional narrative. …