FINDLAY

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[John Findlay Drew Shrewsbury, bacteriologist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('J. F. D. Shrewsbury') to Lord Nathan, Chairman of Council, Royal Society of Arts, London, about his 'plea for assistance' regarding the publication of his 'history of Plague'.

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J. F. D. Shrewsbury [John Findlay Drew Shrewsbury] (1898-1971), Professor of Bacteriology, University of Birmingham
Publication details: 
Cottage Farm, Pinley Green, Claverdon, Warwickshire. 29 December 1962.
£56.00

1p., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He thanks him for his reply to his 'plea for assistance in connexion with the possible publication by a foreign press of my history of Plague'. He had 'no intention' in writing 'of soliciting any financial aid from the Society, because any such solicitation would have been an impertinence on my part.' He would need £20,000 to have the book 'privately printed by one of the smaller English presses, such as Messrs.

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[Printed pamphlet; Manchester University] The Fielden Demonstration School. Interim Report to the Committee and the Subscribers, Presented by Professor Findlay, the Director of the School.

Author: 
J. J. Findlay [Professor Joseph John Findlay, Director, The Fielden Demonstration School; Manchester University]
Publication details: 
No printing details. Dated 20 September 1905.
£60.00

7pp., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with rusted staples. Shelfmark, stamp and label of the Board of Education Reference Library, London. Subtitles: 'Premises', Staff', 'School Arrangements', 'Corporate Life of the School', 'Method of Practice for Students', 'Course of Study', 'Acknowledgments', 'Gifts of Apparatus, &c.' Final page carries a 'List of Subscriptions and Donations' and 'List of Apparatus, etc., Presented for Exhibition and the Use in the Classrooms'. Scarce: no copy on COPAC.

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