Albert mackinnon (154 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Very Good Plus hardcover book. No DJ. No marks, no underlining. 231 pages.Bright clean square tight.Blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Slight wear to corners. Ex library but only one name stamp, call letters, no card pocket, no glue, no tape.Shelf 1089.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Unknown Binding. Etat : Good. Hardcover. No DJ. c.1926. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light soiling. Spine faded. Binding loosening slightly but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A luminous, unvarnished witness to care amid conflict. Care became Malta's quiet defence. In Malta: The Nurse Of The Mediterranean, Albert G. Mackinnon offers a military nursing memoir that is at once practical, reflective and literary. The Mediterranean wartime account concentrates on the small, essential labours of nursing - practical tasks, steady attention and quiet courage; it frames those duties within wider currents of early twentieth century Europe and the particular pressures of Malta in wartime. Readers attracted to World War I history will prize the eyewitness tone; aficionados of Mediterranean islands history or British Empire nonfiction will value the account's grounding in place and institution. The prose favours clarity over rhetoric, delivering scenes that feel immediate without a need for dramatic flourish. As a humane record of humanitarian medical service, the work complements British Red Cross stories and other contemporaneous sources, making it both a moving bedside narrative and a useful reference for those tracing the social history of medicine. Historically, Mackinnon's testimony builds a bridge from the Florence Nightingale era to the wartime improvisations that defined medical work on island stations. It is a primary account for students, an accessible read for casual history fans and a fine addition to any history enthusiasts collection; it also functions as an academic research resource for scholars investigating military nursing memoirs, hospital organisation and civic relief in the British Empire. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. It rewards repeated reading: historians find material for citation, while general readers encounter the emotional contours of caregiving in a world transformed by conflict. Students of nursing and humanitarian practice will find firsthand material to illuminate seminars and essays. Useful in modules on military nursing, social history and the history of medicine, the volume remains a rare, direct voice from the field. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Etat : Good +. No Jacket. Dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Minor shelf wear to cover. Corner tips of the boards bend inwards. Pages are age toned with some foxing on initial pages and final pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Tightly bound copy with small amount of underlining and marginalia. Inv. # 13260.…

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Hardcover. Backstrip dulled and slightly edge-worn, with top end bumped and frayed; two small sections of dust jacket cut and newspaper clipping affixed to inside front cover; pages lightly toned, with light pencil underlining throughout; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). ]. 239p.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Hardcover. Etat : Near Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback. 295 pp+xviii at rear. Near Very Good condition (points slightly rubbed).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. First Edition. Signed by Author(s) Covers somewhat faded, crease to front cover. Moderate foxing. Nice presentation inscription from author.

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Hardback, insc. sl. foxing, b/w illus. 239 Pages.