Millard D Ralph (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Green boards waterstained and faded on 1/3 of the front board and half the rear board. The spine is rubbed and spotted. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. Frontispiece picture of 101 children standing in front of Brethren Church.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Reprint from Modern Trends in Plastic Surgery 2. 15 pages. 14x22 cm. Edited by Thomas Gibson.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VOLUME 1, CLEAN COPY. OVERSEAS ORDERS WILL REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.

Condition: Good. Vol 3 Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Condition: Good. Vol 2 Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Hardcover. Quarto, viii, 922 pages. In Good condition. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards in blue cloth, illustrated pastedown, gold print; wear to spine caps and corners, creasing to spine, mild blemishes/shelfwear. Text block has brown ribbon marker; includes printed hand-written marginal notation. Illustrated: b&w drawings, color plates (photographs). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QB (ND-QB). 1411776. FP New Rockville Stock.

THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, ex-library, quarto, grey & green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & black rule to spine, vii + pgs 316-652, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, minor scuffing & bruising to board extrems, minor rubbing & fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition; Second Printing. ; Complete 2 volume set in slipcase. Half green buckram cloth covers with grey buckram boards are pristine except for volume 2 has a minor bump to lower front cover. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Pages are clean and very good. Clear mylar covers are chipped at the top and bottom of spine panels with a couple short tears and a large tear to the mylar on volume Il. Slipcase is worn and cracked at the seams but clean and in good condition. .; 11.5 X 9.1 X 2.5 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, xxiii, 317 pp, 4 color plates; x, pp. [319]-652, color plates 5-15; with many unnumbered text illustrations. 4to. Original two-toned cloth. The original clear wrappers are present but they are missing large pieces. The original slipcase is NOT present. Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED BY HAROLD GILLIES: "With the Author's/ Compliments to/ A Great Lady/ And with appreciation of her life's work/ for the Sick & Wounded/ H. D. Gillies/ May 57". "The interest of this book to plastic surgeons is threefold. It is a textbook of plastic surgery unique in its humanness; it covers to a large extent the development of plastic surgery during the twentieth century; . . and it is an autobiography of the outstanding plastic surgeon of the century, whose influence has been felt throughout the world and will continue to be felt for years to come" (Foreword by Jerome P. Webster, p. xii). THE RECIPIENT: I have been told the "great lady" was Lady Louis Mountbatten, who is referred to on p. 440: "In memory of our work on the Danish burns from the Geyser explosion in 1923, the Free Danes living in England collected £3000 and built a recreation hut at Rooksdown in 1940. It was a great day, and Lady Louis Mountbatten, the Countess of Malmesbury, the Danish Ambassador and contributors were present at the opening. This Alexandra pavilion, named after our Danish Queen, was built of sandbags and cement, and gave our Miss Pollock a chance to establish Red Cross headquarters." However there isn't any ownership marking in this set. The Story of Rooksdown House is told by Simon Robert Millar, Rooksdown House and the Rooksdown Club: A Study into the Rehabilitation of Facially Disfigured Servicemen and Civilians Following the Second World War, which can be read online. AS FOR EDWINA CYNTHIA ANNETTE MOUNTBATTEN (1901-1960), a good source for her medical activities during WWII is Alden Hatch, The Mountbattens (1966): "during the war Edwina achieved what is no exaggeration to call her apotheosis. All her latent humanitarianism and her splendid energy were utterly committed to her incredibly strenuous service. . . . she seemed always to be going 'full ahead'. Since 1922 Edwina had belonged to the Order of St John, and was vitally interested in its world-wide field of work, 'for the good of Humanity'. . . . Just before the war Edwina . . . became an auxiliary nurse with St. John Brigade. In 1940, having passed her examinations, she became a member of the Kensington Nursing Division of St. John, and was made an officer of that unit. She rapidly rose to deputy superintendent-in-chief of St. John Nursing Division, in charge of all St. John personnel staffing the London A.R.P. services in ambulances, air-raid shelters, first-aid and medical posts. When the blitz burst over London in October Edwina showed her quality. She worked all day in her office, and spent most of her nights in the air-raid shelters under the rotten old houses of London's East End. These dismal relics of Dickensian squalor took the worst beating of all; their inhabitants lived nightly in the dank, rat-infested cellars, tunnels, vaults, and crypts of churches, while their miserable habitations were blown to rubble above their heads. In her plain, dark-blue uniform and perky blue and white hat, Edwina was as beautiful and electric as ever. Wherever she passed and paused to chat and encourage, a wave of rising morale followed her like an induced current of enthusiasm. . . . Edwina, who had been made Superintendent-in-Chief of St. John Ambulance Brigade in 1942, with over a hundred thousand men and women under her direction, had continued her remarkably efficient and dedicated work. Hardly had Eisenhower's army landed in Normandy than she was over there in the thick of it, organizing the medical and recreational services, and spending her incredible energy cheering the wounded in front-line hospital tents" (pp. 253-54, 310).

Original Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue leather bookmark loose at front.

HARD BACK GREEN/GREY. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: SLIPCASE. FIRST ED. books in great condition. very good binding. 2 large volumes, bright covers, clean and unmarked, numerous black & white pics, few color pics. Reinforced Slipcase significant wear has clear packing tape on all edges, , creased, worn extremities. Additional shipping will be required. It is historically a very important text He was brilliant for his era and the working conditions he had .and there is NO question he was a pioneer and thoroughly inspired generations of surgeons to follow him. His name would be known by every plastic surgeon on the planet .and his principles SHOULD be know and practised by every plastic surgeon on the planet. He was however a pioneer and achieved a lot. He represents one of the milestones in plastic surgery history. His principles still are relevant today and are still spoken of. They are naturally applied in a different manner given the different knowledge and technology we have. None of his techniques would be directly relevant today !!!! principles and his spirit. Plastic surgeons themselves have a tendency to reflect on the history of their own specialty. Oversized book, additional postage may be required. DATE PUBLISHED: 1957 EDITION: FIRST ED 652+317.