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Sale 5213 - Rare Books and Manuscripts
Apr 4, 2013 6:00AM ET
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11 vols (2 wrappers...


11 vols (2 wrappers.)
Phrenology - American & British Imprints - early & mid 19th-century imprints: Inglish, H.D. A Lecture Upon the Truth,...of Phrenology,.. London, [1826]. 8vo, modern wrappers. Scattered minor foxing. With 1/2 title. * Spurzheim, G. Outlines of Phrenology. London: Treuttel, Wurtz, and Richter, 1829. 12mo, modern cloth. Frontis. Some dampstaining to frontis, minor internal dust smudging at bottom gutters. * Wellford, Beverley R. Remarks on the Principles of Phrenology. Fredericksburg, 1834. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers; moderately dusty, some internal spotting, scattered chipping & small tears to wrappers & text, old ink inscriptive at head of front wrappers. Am. Imprints 29662 (locating 4 copies.) * Gall, Francois Joseph. [The Works] Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1835. The Phrenological Library. 6 vols, 12mo, orig. cloth; rebacked, most of orig. gilt-lettered spines preserved, new endpapers. Portrait. Occasional internal dust smudging, light foxing throughout. OCLC 15042596 (recording 4 sets.) * Transactions of the Phrenological Society. Edinburgh; London, 1824. 8vo, contemp. 1/4 calf & bds, spine gilt; extremities & joints scuffed. With 50 plates. Some offsetting, light to moderate foxing. * The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany. Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1838-Sept. 1, 1839. Vol. 1, nos. 1-12. 8vo, orig. sheep; scuffed, occasionally rubbed. With vol. 1 general title, 1839, prospectus tipped in. Scattered light to occasionally moderate foxing.

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