Three copies are kept in a BOX, together with a letter written in 1968 by LSHTM Librarian concerning bibliographical differences of the 3 LSHTM Library copies. There are minor differences between the three copies and, therefore, they are not duplicates. All 3 copies arecased in original publisher's soft cloth covers. The title and author are printed in gold letters on the front cover of all 3 copies : NOTES ON NURSING. BY FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE; however there are slight differences in the typefaces. None of the copies is dated ; 1859? is the date used in the Wellcome Library catalogue record, and in the LSHTM printed catalogue. All 3 copies have yellow advertising endpapers, different in all 3 copies.

Copy 1. Mss note on front pastedown : Osler No. 7738 [earliest variant? last date = 1866]. N.B. publisher's advertisement on the front pastedown refers to a book "Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Parker, ... Aide-de-camp to Her Majesty, &c., from 1781 to 1866 ..." suggesting this particular copy must have been published /re-issued /reprinted in 1866 or later.

Copy 2. On the t.p. is a mss note - possibly a library classmark; on the verso of the t.p. is mss note: Osler no. 7738. There is a white label on front cover - possibly a library classmark.

Copy 3. Has a bookseller's label on front pastedown : Henry Kimpton 263 High Holborn London W.C.1.; ownership signature on t.p. : C.S. Sherrington, Cambridge; LSHTM Library accession stamp date - 21 Jan. 1935; mss pencil note on front pastedown : Osler no. 7737.

This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.