Doell Purchase (9 results)

Condition: Fair. 1957. First Edition. 216 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Water staining to spine and rear panel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 216pp, with monochrome plate frontispiece and further monochrome plates interleafed in text. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering spine. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, gently rubbed on extreme corners and spine tips. Text block edges a little dull and moderately spotted. Some tanning on endpapers else neat, clean and bright internally. In its original illustrated dust wrapper, rubbed and chipped on edges, price clipped, a little faded and toned. Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. In 'Doctor Against Witchdoctor;, Dr E W Doell told his hospital work amongst the native African population in Hanga Hospital, Bechuanaland. In this volume is describes his experiences and adventures in starting a hospital from scratch - the Themba Hospital - in virgin territory in the Central African Federation (a federation established by the British colonial powers, now Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi). Purchase, Con (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good ++/Very Good. 1st Edition. 216 pages. Red and cream pictorial dustjacket with moderate wear to edges and corners, NOT price-clipped. Very clean blue hardback binding with light wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Some browning to both free endpapers, light musty smell to pages o/w pages clean and tidy. Illustrations by Con Purchase (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. blue bds with gilt title to spine. bds soiled. spine sunned. spine ends and corners bumped and frayed. boots lib sticker to front board. b/w plates. pages browning with some areas of soiling. Con Purchase (illustrator).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very lightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 216 pages; Description: 216 p. Illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Missions, Medical. Indigenous peoples --Zambia. Missions --Zambia. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very lightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 216 pages; Description: 216 p. Illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Missions, Medical. Indigenous peoples --Zambia. Missions --Zambia. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 216 pages; Description: 216 p. Illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Indigenous peoples --South Africa. Missions, Medical. Missions --South Africa. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 216 pages; Description: 216 p. Illus. 23 cm. Subjects: Indigenous peoples --South Africa. Missions, Medical. Missions --South Africa. 1 Kg. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 216pp. 8.7 inches. No dw. Navyblue buckram, faded gilt titles. Covers vg, lightly sunned spine, slightly foxed edges. Internally foxing to endpapers, prelims, last page, owner's bookplate, else contents about as new. The splendid illustrations in particular are bright and clean. A South African born and bred, Doctor Doell describes his practice in tribal areas and his difficulties with the witch-doctors in the form of a chain of individual stories. The drawings by Con Purchase are truly exceptional. 440g. (Medicine, Medical, Biography, History, Africa, South Africa, Illustrated) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Con Purchase (illustrator).…