Ultimate Value by Collis Robert (7 results)

Condition: Fair. 1951. First Edition. 181 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Notable cracking to gutters. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have notable edgewear with corner crushing and heavy marking to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped. Moderate water stains to boards. Mild crushing and tearing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes. Dust jacket has chipping and small tears at the corners and top and base of the spine as well as some sun-fading to the spine. Paper is yellowed. Book is square and binding is tight. Previous owner's name and address on inside front cover. Contents are clean throughout.

Condition: Good. 1951. First Edition. 181 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Methuen January 1951 Binding: Hardcover some discoloration to dj on spine, otherwise nice tight copy.

Condition: Very Good. 1951. Hardback. Fine in original dust wrapper. DW showing shelf wear and age, partial missing to edges and spine. Ownership details on ffep. Light toning, spotting on edges, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy. . . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1951. Hardback. Fine in original dust wrapper. DW showing shelf wear and age, partial missing to edges and spine. Ownership details on ffep. Light toning, spotting on edges, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. First edition/ first printing. [8], 183, [8] p. 23 cm. Eleven illustrations on eight pages at end of book. William Robert Fitzgerald Collis (1900 1975) was an Irish doctor and writer. As an author he was known as Robert Collis. As a doctor, he was commonly known as Dr Bob Collis. Maurice Collis was his elder brother. He was born at Killiney, County Dublin. He joined the British Army in 1918 as a cadet, but resigned a year later to study medicine. He was appointed Directory of the Department of Paediatrics at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, and in 1932 physician to the National Childrens Hospital, Harcourt Street. He worked for the Red Cross in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after its liberation by Allied troops. He was instrumental in bringing five orphaned children from the camp to Ireland in 1947, and adopted two of them. He was involved in establishing Cerebral Palsy Ireland. One of his first patients was Christy Brown, a cerebral palsy patient who later became a notable author himself. Collis proofread Brown's first attempt at an autobiography. The writer John Stewart Collis was his twin and Maurice Collis, writer and biographer, was his elder brother. He wrote the play Marrowbone Lane in 1942 and an autobiography The Silver Fleece in 1939. The book Straight On (1947), with Han Hogerzeil, whom he later married, recounts the liberation of Belsen. Other books included The Ultimate Value (1951) about the refugee children, A Doctor s Nigeria (1960), and To Be a Pilgrim (1975). Good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Cover has some wear and soiling. Erasure residue on fep.