Henry Wellcome / Robert Rhodes James
1994, 1st edition. London : Hoder & Stoughton. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #412379
ISBN: 0340606177
Physical description; 422 pp., 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Contents; 1. An American upbringing -- 2. An American education -- 3. Burroughs and Wellcome -- 4. The new pharmacy -- 5. Wellcome alone -- 7. New adventures -- 8. 'A morbid misery' -- 9. Collector and archaeologist -- 10. The last phase, and aftermath -- Postscript: Wellcome after Wellcome -- Appendix 1: Wellcome's account of his 1878 exploration in Ecuador -- Appendix 2: Glossary of selected Wellcome Institutions. Subjects; Wellcome, Henry S. (Henry Solomon) Sir 1853-1936. Medical Museum History. Wellcome Trust (London, England). Burroughs Wellcome Company History.
Price: €21.00