1515 London Macmillan 1940 1st Edition Cloth bds 8vo dustwrapper 369pp Good-Very Good in chipped & rubbed wraps A biography of an unidentified doctor, known only as R.S., by the author of 'Rats, Lice and History'; R.S. is described as a friend of the author, and together they are said to have battled Typhus Fever the world over, curing many in World Wars, and going on to lecture on the subject; it is generally thought, however, that R.S. is the pseudonym of Hans Zinsser, and that this is a veiled autobiography; wraps are heavily chipped & rubbed, w/ sm pieces gone top/bottom spine, front and rear, now protected; endpapers and prelims foxed; fo's name to front pastedown, o.w. G-VG. $14.25AUD
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