John Pearn Editor (11 results)

Hardback. 1996, First edition. A fine, unmarked copy. {"length"=>["22"], "width"=>["15"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. xx, 423pp, index, references,bw ills. Or laminated boards. Historical vignettes of the development of health care in rural Australia. Includes railway ambulances, flying doctor, Aboriginal medicine and more with much on pre-Federation medicine. Size: 8vo. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None, as Issued. First Edition. xxviii, 292pp, index, references/notes, appendices, bw ills, 1 col plate. Or boards. SIGNED and numbered (739/1000) on title page. Further inscribed (to John) and SIGNED by John Pearn on front free endpaper. Sections of the foundation of medicine in Queensland (including Flying Doctor Service); pioneers; milestones of discovery and invention (Qld tick typhus, epidemic polyarthritis, apoptosis, discovery of the taipan, thyroid xenograft transplant in 1891, pancreatic transplant in 1911, introduction of insulin to Australia etc). Size: 8vo. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Covers & Spine: front and back showing only light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, no markings, clean throughout, a 5cmx2cm rectangle has been neatly snipped off the top of the title page (presumably to remove previous owner's name). All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.…

Hardback. 1994, First edition. A near fine copy only marked by very minor foxing on the front endpapers and a small price sticker on the rear board.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xiv, 324pp, index, bibliography, notes/references, tables, bw ills. Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing to endpapers and edges, small stain to top edge. The history of medicine in colonial Queensland. Size: 8vo.

Hardback. 1991, First edition. A very good copy only marked by light tanning/soiling of the edges and a previous owners bookplate on the front pastedown. {"length"=>["21"], "width"=>["15"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}.

423 pp including index, b&w plates, illustrations, diagrams, girft inscription on end-paper, else mint copy in pictorial, laminated boards. First edition.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 250pp, illustrated with photos, line drawings, maps, notes, references, index. Illustrated light card cover with matching jacket. Jacket faded on spine with tear/crease at top of front flap fold. 'Coochiemudlo Island, in the southern waters of Moreton Bay, remains a special, quiet place close to the busy metropolis, Brisbane. People from all walks of life comprise the island population. They range from poets to physicians and from painters to potters. This book chronicles some facets of the past and some aspirations for the future.' Size: 4to.…

First Edition. Pp. [ii]+x+276, text illustrations and decorations (some full page), references and notes, index; demy 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; Amphion Press, Brisbane, 1990. First edition.

First Edition. Pp. [x]+438, text illustrations and figures, references, index; cr. 4to; laminated boards; Australian Society of the History of Medicine, Brisbane, 1996. First edition.