St. John Ambulance Association. First Aid to the Injured. St. John Ambulance Association, 1956. Fortieth Edition.

This volume is the authorised textbook of the St. John Ambulance Association, published in 1956. It is identified as the fortieth edition, eleventh impression, with a stated print run of 50,000 copies. The book is bound in publisher’s flexible black pebble-grained cloth with silver-toned lettering and the association’s insignia on the front cover. Internally, the work includes a fold-out anatomical plate titled Bones and Arteries, which illustrates the human skeleton with arterial pressure points highlighted in red. The text contains specific supplements regarding the Holger Nielsen method of artificial respiration, insensibility, and civil defence. The front flyleaf bears a handwritten numerical inscription 1749. The title page indicates the publisher was located at St. John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, London. This is a small-format duodecimo volume.