Moormann John (3 results)

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good in wraps. Slight foxing to covers. Some edge wear to exterior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo. 9"h x 6"w. In this issue: Theology Coming to Terms with Evolution: "Evolutionary Theology and God-Memes: Explaining Everything or Nothing", "Theism, Evolutionary Epistemology, and Two Theories of Truth", "God and Evolutionary Evil: Theodicy in the Light of Darwinism", "From Noosphere to Theosphere: Cyclotrons, Cyberspace, and Teilhard's Vision of Cosmic Love", "Evolution as Revelation of a Triune God".

Hardcover. First edition. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1847. 12mo (signed in sixes) [16.5 cm]. xii, [17]-219 pages, plus [1] page errata. Complete with two folding maps: "Map of the Routes & Distances to the Virginia Springs" (approx. 28 x 39 cm) and "White Sulphur Springs, Virginia. J. Calwell Proprietor. 1847" (approx. 19 x 24 cm). Contemporary (perhaps original) half calf over marbled boards with gilt-lettered black leather spine label, raised bands, and gilt rules on spine. Good plus. Front hinge professionally reattached with Japanese tissue. Light wear and a few small scuffs to leather. Leaves just a trifle toned, but generally clean. Small adhesive remnant to margin of one leaf, in no way affecting text. First folding map has a professional tissue repair along the length of one vertical fold with loss of several letters of text (the "ewi" in Lewisburg and the "h" in Salt Sulphur.) It is also a little tanned, and shows several short, clean marginal tears and chipping along one edge with slightest impact on ruled border only. The second map is slightly tanned, has several short tears with minor loss, not affecting lettering, and has chipping along one edge, not affecting printed matter. FIRST EDITION. The author describes himself as the resident physician at White Sulphur Springs. He provides brief descriptions of this and various others springs in western Virginia, with some comments on the history of their use and ownership. Much of the work is devoted to the medical uses of mineral waters and analyses of the chemical composition of the various springs. The first map and the final chapter of the text provide information on reaching the springs by road, canal boat, and railroad. The second map includes a plan of the small resort at White Sulphur Springs, then under the ownership of the Calwell family of Baltimore. This property eventually became the acclaimed resort, The Greenbriar. This was the first book-length publication by John Jennings Moormann (1802-1885), a native of Bedford County, Virginia. Numerous editions followed. He later published "The Mineral Waters of the United States and Canada" (1867). Sabin 50469. Haynes 12568.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. First Edition. An attractively rebacked copy, with nearly all of the original spine laid down, of the First Edition of Moorman's work on the Virginia Springs, with emphasis on the use of White Sulphur Water (Moormann was the physician at White Sulphur Springs). With the map and the folding plan of White Sulphur. There is some moderate foxing throughout. The gilt titling is bright. Previous owner bookplate of John and Clara Brockenbrough on the front pastedown. xii, [17]-219 , (1) 2 maps. (Haynes, 12567; Sabin 50469). Very Good binding.