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SMITHERS, [Sir] DAVID WALDRON: : DICKENS'S DOCTORS. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.OXFORD,OXFORDSHIRE.PERGAMON PRESS LTD.,1979.

ISBN 0080233864.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but author's neat, pale blue ink inscrptn: 'To David, With thanks for all you have done for the campaign from David' to front free endpaper and a further neat,expansive,blue ink handwritten signature 'David Waldron Smithers' and underline to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,b/w reproduction illustrated dw/dj, with black+brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.[It also appears that the author has further proof read the book,as there are several corrections - missing word,mis-spellings,capitalising letters etc.,throughout the text - all in his ink handwriting.] Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original mottled dark red rexine (faux leather look) boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - author inscrptn excepted.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,v-xiiipp+1-111pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, acknowledgements,author's preface,an introduction,text on illustrations of Dickens's doctors,17 sections/chapters and a conclusion, Dickens's Doctors and medical students list,a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title, b/w reproduction illustration frntis,SIGNED title page,28pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs and contemporary b/w illustration reproductions in 4 separate blocks of 8,8,8,and 4pp apiece between pp2/3,pp34/5,pp66/7 and pp98/9 respectively and 2pp blanks at the rear. Want more DICKENS-related titles? For similar and other available titles use keywords q52_ Charles Dickens - or please search my BIOGRAPHY, GENERAL and SIGNED catalogues. This book is an anthology of the medical men created by Charles Dickens's imagination,and also of some of the doctors who attended him in person.Dickens created the finest array of medical eccentrics that has ever been portrayed in fiction.These vary from the dull and virtuous Allan Woodcourt,the impetuous and quickwitted Mr Losberne and the kindly Mr. Chillip to Dr. Dundey who robbed a bank,Lewsome who supplied Jonas Chuzzlewit with the poison to kill his father,and that most amusing if often drunk scrounger Joshua Lirriper. Sir David Waldron Smithers,radiotherapist: born 17 January 1908; Professor of Radiotherapy, London University 1943-73 (Emeritus); Director, Radiotherapy Department,Royal Marsden Hospital 1943-73; President,British Institute of Radiology 1946-47,Faculty of Radiologists 1959- 61; Knighted 1969; after retiring,in 1974 he began a new career as an author.He wrote on a number of subjects mainly with a literary flavour,including Jane Austen,Charles Dickens and his beloved Kent. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and smaller size and value of this item for correct,insured shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
To David, With thanks for all you have done for the campaign from David.

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