First-aid for first aiders ; or, "What'll I do?"
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson & Co., London, 1939
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, Suffolk, United KingdomRightWayUp Books
AbeBooks seller since August 18, 2021
Condition: Used - Good
£ 36.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Perry, Herry and David York. First-aid for first aiders ; or, "What'll I do?". London: Hutchinson & Co., s.d. [1939]. Hardback, VG contents in FAIR covers, no dustjacket. Tan cloth, bumped to corners with some damage to ends of the spine. Spine and edges a little sunned, and various smaller marks and blemishes to the boards. Illustration and lettering in black. Binding strong. Red endpapers. half-title missing. 60pp of comic verse with illustrations in black, white and red. Contents clean and bright. Dedication "To Adolf Hitler, without whom this book would never have been perpetrated". Scarce. This wartime guide, First Aid for First Aiders: Or, “What’ll I do?”, mixes first aid advice with comic rhymes and witty illustrations. Created in 1939 by Heather “Herry” Perry, a celebrated graphic artist behind iconic London Underground posters, and fellow medic David York, the book reflects Perry’s dual life as an artist and nurse. She served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) medic during the war and remained on the UK register of Assistant Nurses after 1945, continuing her work in healthcare alongside her artistic career. The designs features Perry’s distinctive black line drawings and with bright red ink highlighting for impact and comic effect. The embossed figure on the cover is said to be of York (description from the RCN). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…
Seller Inventory # ABE-1786279157058
Bibliographic details
- Title
- First-aid for first aiders ; or, "What'll I do?"
- Author
- Perry, Herry and David York
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co., London
- Publication year
- 1939
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Herry Perry
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Health and medicine, Humour, War
RightWayUp Books
Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since August 18, 2021
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 10 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
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| First item | £ 31.50 | £ 31.50 |
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RightWayup Books is a small, independent bookseller trading across all subjects, especially literature, poetry and theology. It is the online arm of Framlingham Bookshop, a tiny but well-stocked shop in the market town of Framlingham Suffolk, also home to Ed Sheeran, The Detectorists and a famous castle.
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