NIGHTINGALE, Florence. Autograph letter signed (“F.Nightingale”), to Mrs. Robinson, 10 July 1894. 2pp., 8vo. Corrections and postscript signed (“F.N.”), partly in pencil. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Nightingale. TENDING TO THE SICK AND NEEDY, Nightingale expresses concern over the health of Webb and asking Mrs. Robertson to spend 10 pounds on “beef & mutton or any food you think best for him.” -- NIGHTINGALE, Florence. A group of six printed books and two (framed) signed envelopes. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What it is Not. London: Harrison [1859]. 8°, brown cloth (rubbed, stained, spine split). FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing. Another copy (spine split). NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing. Another copy. First edition, third issue. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing. Another copy. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1860. 8°, original brown cloth (foxing, stained, front flyleaf torn). First American edition. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Hospitals. London: John W. Parker, 1859. 8°, original brown cloth. Second edition. -- NIGHTINGALE. Two envelopes signed (“F. Nightingale”), oblong 12 mo., each matted and framed.

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NIGHTINGALE, Florence. Autograph letter signed (“F.Nightingale”), to Mrs. Robinson, 10 July 1894. 2pp., 8vo. Corrections and postscript signed (“F.N.”), partly in pencil. Matted and framed with an engraved portrait of Nightingale. TENDING TO THE SICK AND NEEDY, Nightingale expresses concern over the health of Webb and asking Mrs. Robertson to spend 10 pounds on “beef & mutton or any food you think best for him.” -- NIGHTINGALE, Florence. A group of six printed books and two (framed) signed envelopes. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing: What it is, and What it is Not. London: Harrison [1859]. 8°, brown cloth (rubbed, stained, spine split). FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing. Another copy (spine split). NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing. Another copy. First edition, third issue. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing. Another copy. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Nursing. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1860. 8°, original brown cloth (foxing, stained, front flyleaf torn). First American edition. -- NIGHTINGALE. Notes on Hospitals. London: John W. Parker, 1859. 8°, original brown cloth. Second edition. -- NIGHTINGALE. Two envelopes signed (“F. Nightingale”), oblong 12 mo., each matted and framed.

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