Physical description

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a dark green cover with the title, author's surname and publisher's name embossed in gold on the spine. Dustjacket has a cream background, with an illustration of a woman wearing a headscarf (? Florence Nightingale 0n shades of green and black on the front and spine. Title and author's name printed in bron on front of dust jacket. Author's surname and publishers\"s name are printed in green on the spine, along with title printed in brown .

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

A printed sticker with the previous catalogue number is fixed to the spine of the dust jacket. Inside front cover is a rectangular printed sticker "W. RAMASAY SURGICAL) PTY.LTD. 340 SWANSTON ST. MELBOURNE) at the bottom right of the front end-page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by'. Marjorie Connor (handwritten in black ink along with the previous catalogue number) Marjorie Connor is also written in pencil on this page.

Summary

Originally published in two volumes, this biography of Florence Nightingale draws extensively from her own correspondence as well as being a founder of modern nursing, Florence was a social reformer and statistician