- First Edition
- Signed
- Used
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United KingdomAntiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB
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12pp. Sewn, as issued. A clean and crisp copy. Presentation copy, ink inscription to head of title: 'With Sir Ronald's Compliments'. The first edition of a reproduction of two letters on the transmission of malaria between eminent malariologist Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932) and his mentor, physician and parasitologist and pioneer of tropical medicine, Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922). The publication is comprised of a prefatory note by Ross, his letters to Manson of August 22nd and 31st, 1897, announcing his discovery of malaria parasites in anopheles mosquitoes, and a short extract relating the history of Ross's discovery from a speech by Dr. Low to the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine, 18th October, 1929. Size: 8vo.
Seller Inventory # AQ28727
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Two ross-manson letters
- Author
- [ROSS, Sir Ronald]
- Publisher
- [Harrison and Son] [1929], [London]
- Publication year
- 1929
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Edition
- First edition.
Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB
Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Established 2007, Antiquates Ltd is an Antiquarian bookseller with a large, custom built shop in the heart of the Dorset countryside. We sell fine and rare books from our Wareham shop, in catalogues, and via our website (www.antiquates.co.uk). Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children, we nevertheless stock a wide range of works on paper from 1500-present - including modern first editions. Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important - and always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy; we are just the place if you're looking for an extra-special gift for a wedding, birthday, anniversary or graduation. (Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am-4pm)…
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Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children. We always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.EAssociation member
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Antiquates Ltd
The Conifers, Valley Road
Corfe Castle, Dorset, United Kingdom BH20 5HU
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Email address: sales@antiquates.co.uk
Telephone number: 07921 151496
Managing Director: Thomas Lintern-Mole
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Antiquates Ltd is a Limited Company, registered in England and Wales, No. 6290905.
Registered office: The Conifers, Valley Road, Corfe Castle, Dorset, BH20 5HU, U.K.
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