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[Printed book; Mervyn Peake; bookplate] .] John Hunter | A List of his Books | Compiled by W. R. Le Fanu. [Presentation copy from the author to Professor F. Wood Jones, with bookplate by Mervyn Peake of Nathaniel Asherson.
W. R. Le Fanu [Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), English author and artist; Professor F. Wood Jones (1879-1954), English naturalist; Nathaniel Asherson; John Hunter]
Published by Printed for the Royal College of Surgeons of England at the University Press Cambridge 1946
- Hardcover
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31pp. small 4to. Printed on rectos only. In original green cloth gilt. In fair condition, lightly-aged and with slight wear to binding. Occasional pencil notes. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper: 'Professor F. Wood Jones [see Note] from W R Le Fanu'. Peake's bookplate on front pastedown, signed by 'N. Asherson.' [Nehe…miah Asherson (1897-1989), English otorhinolaryngologist and Librarian of the Medical Society of London ['The Wild Boy of Aveyron' by Harlan Lane; deaf mutes; deaf and dumb]} and with note: 'Presented to my son Geoffrey.' Note: "Frederic Wood Jones FRS[1] (January 23, 1879 September 29, 1954), usually referred to as Wood Jones, was a British observational naturalist, embryologist, anatomist and anthropologist, who spent considerable time in Australia" [Wikipedia] SEE IMAGE.
