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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Book is like new. Dust jacket in mylar protective cover has some shelf wear.

1st Edition. x, [2], 228, [2 (adverts)] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Brown. Inserted plates. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8" Oliver Madox Brown the son of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown; known as Nolly, Oliver showed promise both as an artist and poet, but died of blood poisoning at the young age of 19. Wear & soiling to cloth. Foxing to paper. Bookplate of Isabel Hartley. An About Very Good copy. Original light-blue fine weave cloth binding with gilt stamping. Floral patterned paper eps.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. xiii, 628 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm OCLC 760180 ; brown textured cloth with embossed lettering ; no dustjacket ; repair to back gutter ; dig to bottom of spine ; Contents:IN MEMORIAM-Henry Watterson -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH-Joel Chandler Harris -- MEMORIAL SKETCH--Marion Verdery -- SPEECHES -- THE NEW SOUTH-Delivered at the Banquet of the New England Club New York December 21 1886 -- THE SOUTH AND HER PROBLEM-At the Dallas Texas State Fair October 26 1887 -- AT THE AUGUSTA EXPOSITION-In November 1887 -- AGAINST CENTRALIZATION-Before the Society of the University of Virginia June 25 1889 -- THE FARMER AND THE CITIES-At Elberton Georgia in June 1889 -- AT THE BOSTON BANQUET-Before the Merchants' Association in December 1889 -- BEFORE THE BAY STATE CLUB-1889 -- WRITINGS -- SMALL JANE -The Story of a Little Heroine -- DOBBS--A Thumb-nail Sketch of a Martyr-A Blaze of Honesty-The Father of Incongruity-Five Dollars a Week A Conscientious Debtor -- A CORNER LOT -- THE ATHEISTIC TIDE SWEEPING Over The CONTINENT-The threatened Destruction of the Simple Faith of the Fathers by the Vain Deceits of Modern Philosophers -- ON THE OCEAN WAVE-An Amateur's Experience on a Steamship-How Sea-Sickness Works-The Sights of the SeaThe Lovers and the Pilot-Some Conclusions not Jumped at -- TWO MEN WHO HAVE THRILLED THE STATE-An Accidental Meeting on the Street in which Two Great Men areRecognized as the Types of Two Clashing Theories-Toombs's Successes-Brown's Judgment -- ??? How AN OLD MAN COME HOME -A Story Without a Moral Picked out of a Busy Life -- COTTON & ITS KINGDOM IN PLAIN BLACK AND WHITE-Reply to Mr Cable -- THE LITTE BOY IN THE BALCONY -- POEMS BY VARIOUS HANDS -- GRADY-F L Stanton -- ATLANTA-Josephine Pollard -- HENRY W GRADY-James Whitcombe Riley -- A REQUIEM IN MEMORY OF HIM THAT'S AWA Montgomery M Folsom -- HENRY WOODFIN GRADY-Henry O'Meara -- HENRY W GRADY-Henry Jerome Stockard -- WHO WOULD CALL HIM BACK ?-Belle Eyre -- HENRY W GRADY-G W Lyon -- WHAT THE MASTER MADE-Mel R Colquitt -- IN ATLANTA CHRISTMAS 1889-Henry Clay Lukens -- IN MEMORY OF HENRY WOODFIN GRADY-Lee Fairchild -- A SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS DAY-N C Thompson -- IN MEMORY OF HENRY W GRADY-Elizabeth J Hereford -- HENRY W GRADY-Mary E Bryan -- THE OLD AND THE NEW-J M Gibson -- HENRY W GRADY-E A B from the Boston Globe -- AT GRADY'S GRAVE-Charles W Hubner -- MEMORIAL MEETINGS -- THE ATLANTA MEMORIAL MEETING -- The Chi Phi Memorial -- Address of Hon Patrick Walsh -- Hon B II Hill -- Julius L Brown -- Hon Albert Cox -- Walter B Hill -- Judge Howard Van Epps -- Prof H C White -- Hon John Temple Graves -- Governor Gordon -- Resolutions -- MEMORIAL MEETING AT MACON GA -- Alumni Resolutions -- Address of Mr Richardson -- Mr Boifeuillet -- Major Hanson -- Judge Speers -- Mr Washington -- Mr Patterson -- PERSONAL TRIBUTES -- THOUGHTS ON H W GRADY-By B H Samett -- SEARGENT S PRENTISS AND HENRY W GRADY Similarity of Genius and Patriotism-By Joseph F Pon -- SERMON-By Dr T De Witt Talmage -- TRIBUTES OF THE NORTHERN PRESS -- He was the Embodiment of the Spirit of the New South From the New York World -- A Thoroughly American Journalist-From the New York Herald -- A Loss to the Whole Country--From the New York Tribune -- What Henry W Grady Represented-From the New York Commercial Advertiser -- A Far-sighted Statesman-From the New York Star -- An Apostle of the New Faith-From the New York Times -- The Foremost Leader-From the New York Christian Union -- Glorious Mission-From the Albany N Y Argus -- His Lofty Ideal-From the Philadelphia Press -- His Patriotism-From the Philadelphia Ledger -- Oratory and the Press-From the Boston Advertiser -- Lesson of Mr Grady's Life-From the Philadelphia Times -- His Loss a General Calamity-From the St Louis Globe Democrat -- Saddest of Sequels-From the Manchester N H Union -- A Life of Promise-From the Chicago Inter- Ocean -- Electrified the Whole Country-From the Pittsburg Dispatch -- A Large Brain and a Large Heart; FAIR. Book.…

1st separate edition. 72, 16 pp. Publisher adverts last 16 pages. T.p. vignette, "Clevedon Church". 12mo. Hallam a close friend to Tennyson, who, on hearing of Hallam's untimely death, would later go on to dedicate one of his most popular poems to Hallam (In Memoriam). General wear to binding. Front joint professionally strengthened. Book label of Howard Lehman Goodhart. A VG copy. Later reddish-maroon half-leather binding with red cloth boards, marbled eps. TEG. Original printed pale green glazed front cover bound-in.…

Rilegato. Condition: quasi ottimo. prima edizione. Very rare first and only edition of this work in English by the British Doctor John Brown (1735-1788), which was anonymously published in 1787 at the expense of the author in Edinburgh. This is the first appearance in English of Brown's so-called Brunonian theory of medicine, which soon became overwhelmingly popular in many European countries, especially the German-speaking ones, despite its dangerous and controversial aspects. Indeed, among his advised therapies for several conditions, there was abundant use of opium and/or alcohol. The edition of this work stands out as a very elegant sample of fine printing on strong high-quality paper by the Apollo Press of Edinburgh, bound in contemporary full green morocco gilt (somewhat worn, but easily reparable). "Observations on the present system of spasm, as taught in the University of Edinburgh," (p. 1-141) is a refutation of the theories of William Cullen. OPIUM AND ALCOHOL WERE EXTENSIVELY USED IN MEDICINE AND IT IS SAID THAT SUCH TREATMENT RESULTED IN MORE DEATHS THAN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC WARS TOGETHER. "BY A GENTLEMAN CONVERSANT IN THE SUBJECT" [BROWN, John]. Observations on the Principles of the Old System of Physic: exhibiting a Compend of the New Doctrine. Edinburgh, From the Apollo Press, by Martin and M'Dowall, for the Author, 1787. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8vo, [2], ccxliii, [1]; 141 pages. Bound in contemporary full green morocco gilt, original marbled endpapers. Some light age toning to the t-p, else excellent internal condition; some scratches and abrasions to the binding, which is however very sound and sturdy. Very good. Very rare. Other titles: "Observations on the present system of spasm, as taught in the University of Edinburgh." The first appearance in English of the Brunonian theory of medicine. The Scottish physician John Brown (1735-1788) was the founder of the so-called brunonian theory of medicine. The Brunonian system, as it was known, understood disease to be the product of a disequilibrium in the amount of vital force, placing powerful intoxicants such as spirits and opium at the centre of his model through their identification as vital stimulants. Opium and alcohol were extensively used and it is said that such treatment resulted in more deaths than the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars together. Brown began to teach his own system of medicine in Edinburgh in opposition to that of the city's leading physician William Cullen, and, in 1780, he published his first work, in Latin, Elementa medicinae. Then, he published the present work anonymously in 1787. "Brown used contemporary ideas of irritability and sensibility as the basis for a dualist theory of disease and a radically simplified therapeutics . . . For Brown, health was an equilibrium between stimulus and excitability. Insufficient stimulation caused asthenic diseases, with a deficit of excitement and a surfeit of unused excitability. Treatment for these diseases . . . was by stimulation, notably by the ingestion of opium and alcohol" (ODNB). "The brunonian theory of medicine, a mixture of good and bad concepts, was developed by John Brown during his suffering and convalescence from an attack of gouty arthritis. The new doctrine enjoyed its peak of popularity in the latter part of the 18th century but was not rejected finally until long after Brown's death. Meanwhile, it had generated much controversy and had gained converts and equally vehement antagonists. The University of Göttingen was one of the last strongholds of the cult, the disappointing and delusive theory having been shown by von Helmholtz to be contrary to the natural laws of chemistry and physics." (JOHN BROWN (1735-1788) FOUNDER OF THE BRUNONIAN SYSTEM OF MEDICINE. JAMA. 1965;192(6):569 570). ESTC T55485; Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 66; Osler 2152.…