The Silver Fleece: An Autobiography - Robert Collis Irish Design lists some 170 bookplates of

lists some 170 bookplates of Irish doctors

This is a second-hand hardback book in good condition

95g  |  Recommended Use Before: 18 MONTHS

John Widdess

the book offers a window on the evolution of Irish rugby and the changing face of Dublin medicine

The Silver Fleece: An Autobiography - Robert Collis Irish Design lists some 170 bookplates ofAutobiography of Dr Robert Collis, the Irish born doctor and "one of the foremost paediatricians in the world", who writes of his youth in Killiney Bay, playing rugby and football, attending Cambridge University and his time in the Army during World War I, etc. Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd in 1936, 290pp. Hardback, dust sleeve missing. This is a second hand book in good condition. It has some handwritten notes in pen by the previous owner.