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BAPRAS Book Library

BAPRAS has an extensive library of books available for research.

The library is accessible during office hours by appointment. Unfortunately we cannot allow books to be used outside the BAPRAS office.

Contact: Collection@bapras.org.uk

To see a searchable .pdf document listing the current library contents, please click on the highlighted text below. This list is updated regularly as we acquire new texts. 

Library List 2025

BAPRAS Book Library
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1850 Books and Further Reading

BAPRAS Book Library

BAPRAS has an extensive library of books available for research. The library is accessible...

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1939

Gillies' Drum Dermatome

BAPRAS/354 Date 1939 What Is This Instrument?  BAPRAS/354 Gilies own...

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1979

The Origins of BAAPS

It is little recognised today that the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons originated...

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1900

20th Century British Aesthetic Surgery

The origins of aesthetic or cosmetic surgery in Britain lie within the overall evolution of...

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1945

The Bye Diaries

David Bye’s diaries are a rare window into an experience that none of us would wish to have, but he...

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1945

Return to Civvy Street

“Those wretched photos” is how David Bye’s wife forever referred to the clinical images of his...

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1945

David Bye's Reconstruction

David Bye’s injury resulted in a devastating loss of hard and soft tissues from his jaw and lower...

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1944

Injury and Triage

David Bye signed up with the Royal Fusiliers in 1939 aged just 22, being deployed first in North...

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