TYPED MANUSCRIPT. PLASTIC SURGERY: A SURGEON'S STORY. IN CAPE TOWN

PENN JACK. A SURGEON'S STORY. "It's the devine right of man to look human." Cape Town ?, Circa . Typed Manuscript. This seems to be the typed manuscript of this extremely scares item. The only printed copy I could trace is part of the Brenthurst Library's collection. All the illustrations in their copy are full page photocopy quality portraits.The frontis and all the other illustrations, in my copy, are all original glossy b&w photos pasted in and include photos of Jack Penn, Anne Penn, Diana Penn, Lepers at Nagashima, Hiroshima mother and child, Jan van Riebeeck, Lord Joseph Lister, Winston Churchill, Sir Archibald McIndoe, Jan Smuts, Henrietta Stockdale, Roy Welensky, Albert Schweitzer, Dr Chaim Sheba, Moshe Dayan, David Ben-Gurion, General Matthew Ridgway, Abraham Colles, as well as photos of 2 letters written by dr Albert Schweitzer. In his Preface, Penn writes: "The major part of this autobiography was written in 'The Right to Look Human', which is now out of print. I have taken the decision to rewrite it with modifications as dictated by the flux of time."  217 Pp. A biographical discription of Jack Penn can be found at "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Penn"                Near Fine. Limp cardboard covers.. Spine is slightly faded and a small inkscratch appears on upper cover, otherwise this is a very neat, tight and well preserved item. (#) biography, south africa, plastic surgery, brenthurst, wwii, world war,