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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart first UK edition of this illustrated account of the Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt, a review copy. First UK edition. Review copy with a contemporary ink stamp to the half-title. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-six plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive historical study of the early organisation of the Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt during the First World War, in the years 1914 and 1915. With chapters on the outbreak of the war, the voyage, settlement in Egypt, the rapid expansion of hospitals, Red Cross work, suggested reforms, and more. Written by Sir James William Barrett, Registrar of No 1 Australian General Hospital, Executive Officer of the British Red Cross Society Australian Branch in Egypt, and Assistant Director Medical Services Australian Forces, and Percival Edgar Deane, an Australian public servant, quartermaster of No 1 Australian General Hospital, and after his discharge from the army, he became private secretary to the prime minister, Billy Hughes. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Minor age toning to the endpapers. With the publisher's ink stamp to the half-title. Very Good. book.