Fowler O S Practical Phrenologist (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ] Hardback, 12mo, gilt and embossed dark brown cloth, 231 + 4 (ads) + 4 (more ads) pages, Good only. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed through + minor or a little worse overall surface wear. A fore-edge stain runs throughout most of the book, but stays in the margins and is of any amount of severity only to the last 60 pages. A pair of small, purple dingbats (decorative elements) stamped on FFEP and as well reappear a few other times in the book. Two previous owner labels (William H. Schmieding, Cincinnati) including one on the title page that had been pasted over another previous owner's signature (possibly a J.J. Edw.? Adams or some such). Another previous owner bookplate to front pastedown (H.A. Monday M.D., perhaps with Freemasonry motif). Engravings. RWR5 Medicine Psychology Phrenology Religion & Philosophy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. A highly collectible statement of Fowler's 'Laws and Facts of Hereditary Descent'. Comprises numbers 9-12 of the American Phrenological Journal. Ribbed brown contemporary cloth binding, with "Fowler on Hereditary Descent" in gilt on spine. Tooled boards. Very light even sunning to spine, and rubbing to edges. An excellent copy. Part of the collection of an historian of psychology. Pages are numbered consecutively. 263 pages, with contents in rear, and genealogical table with instructions in rear. …