Surgical Roots and Branches (Signed)

342pp. Light grey cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on black labels on front and spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Text block edges starting to fox. Signed and inscribed by author on the title page 'Inscribed for Ken Davis - Reginald Murley - 11th September 1990'. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has two small spots on front, very light shelf wear, chipping to edges. 8vo. Autobiography of the former president of the Royal College of Surgeons, giving a lively account of the development of his character from boyhood and student days to the six and a half years he spent as a medical officer in the maxillofacial units in the Second World War.