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ABERCROMBIE, John
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MORAL FEELINGS.
London: John Murray, 1833. Full sheepskin. 8vo (8.3 in, 21.1 cm). xv [xvi], 244 [4] pp.; lacks front blank leaf.First edition: Physician to the king of Scotland, John Abercrombie (1780-1844) was particularly interested in pathologies of the mind. His treatise was well-regarded with ten English editions produced in a decade.....	More
CARSON, Rachel
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo (8.3", 21.1 cm). xvi, 368 pp. First edition: stated, no book club blind stamp, DJ priced $5. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine and sides. Jacket design and drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Top edge yellow. Blue striped endpapers. Author-biologist's in-depth examination of environmental.....	More
[GOSSE, Henri-Albert]
LE PETIT GEOMETRE FAMILIER, ou Abrege d'arithmetique, d'algebre & de geometrie, mis a la portee de tout le monde.
Geneva, Switzerland: H. A. Gosse, 1758. Hardcover. 12mo (6.4 in, 16.3 cm). 78 [2]; illus. First edition: "THE LTTLE GEOMETRY FAMILY or Abstract Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry, Put Within Reach of Everyone." French.Bibliothèque des sciences et des beaux-arts p. 281. Blbliotheca busiana, sive catalogus librorum 373. Catalogue de la bibliothèque.....	More
WALMSLEY, Francis H.
OUTLINES OF INSANITY An Attempt to Present in a Concise Form the Salient Features of Mental Disorder; Tabulated and Arranged for Facility of Reference When Drawing Up Lunacy Certificates. Designed for the Use of Medical Practitioners, Justices of the Peace and Asylum Managers
London: Scientific Press, 1892. Hardcover. 8vo (8.4 in, 21.3 cm). [xi], 154 pp. First edition: Francis H. Walmsley addressed mental illness as "a subject of the profoundest interest" and availed himself "of every source of information within my reach." Walmsley was a member of the Metropolitan Asylums' Board and the.....	More