Thomson James Edited By (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. slight discoloration to heel of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition small 8vo, formerly on the shelves of the Colonial Office Library. O, minimal wear, souynd binding, Colonial Office stamp to title page, very good internal conditionrange with gilt to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair (Book Condition). Undated (circa 1890). A beautiful copy with colour embossed illustration to front cover and gold gilt edges. However front hinge is completely detached. Foot and crown of spine are significantly frayed/chipped with a sizable missing chip to top of spine. Owner's bookplate to front paste down. Text clean. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Thomas Secombe (illustrator). Book. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo, 353 pp. Light wear to head and heel of spine and corners of boards, crown slightly pulled, foxing to page edges, top edge dusty.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair (Book Condition). Undated (circa 1890). A beautiful copy with colour embossed illustration to front cover and gold gilt edges. However front hinge is completely detached. Foot and crown of spine are significantly frayed/chipped with a sizable missing chip to top of spine. Owner's bookplate to front paste down. Text clean. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Thomas Secombe (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Contains The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence. 16mo. pp 272. Maroon cloth boards, with printed spine label. Yellow endpapers. Boards rubbed and with several spots; corners bumped; spine and part of front board faded; spine label discoloured and with minor loss. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally with occasional light spotting. Most pages unopened. Gutter starting to crack at head in one place. …

Pamphlet. 31p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, wraps lightly worn, pages evenly browned, else very good condition. Digest 16.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. American edition. Sewn binding in full cloth-covered boards, in dustjacket. American edition, but printed (and presumably bound) in England, and it shows. The real cloth covers are bound in smooth, dark-blue cloth, similar to the binding of older Oxford University Press books, and the gilt spine titles are bright. Binding firm, with intact hinges. Some wear at bottom edges, and wear and smudging near top edge front panel. Pages lightly toned. ***A few small stains on page-edges.*** As the book's spine is so lovely, you may want to dispense with the rather ugly, price-clipped dustjacket; the laminate has separated in spots, especially over the hinges, and is missing at the edges, which have accumulated some grime as a result. Small "dot" label on dj spine. Frontispiece and reproduction of a page of MS (illustrator).…

1st Edition. Hardback. Very good in good, edge worn, chipped, marked and plastic protected, d/w. Spine cocked and bumped, owner's inscription on title page. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts (PLEASE NOTE: International Economy shipping is by sea and may take up to 90 days to arrive).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Smells slightly musty. Detached portrait frontispiece. Toned endpapers. Redacted ownership inscription to front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good in PVC Sleeve. First Edition. 353 pages, includes index. A clean, firm book. Dust jacket has some edge wear and bits missing, otherwise bright, complete, now protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Decorative red boards of the Victorian style with stamped designs and intricate floral patterns and gilt lettering; gilt page edges on all edges; patterned end pages. Illustrated with engraved illustrations by E. Bookhout with designs drawn on wood by John Bell (Sculptor), C.W. Cope, Thomas Creswick, J.C. Horsley, J.P. Knight, R. Redgrave, Frank Stone, C. Stonhouse, Frederick Tayler, H.J. Townsend and Thomas Webster. Boards with wear and soiling; edges frayed; interior tight; pages dusty with light age toning. E. Bookhout with designs drawn on wood by John Bell (Sculptor), C.W. Cope, Thomas Creswick, J.C. Horsley, J.P. Knight, R. Redgrave, Frank Stone, C. Stonhouse, Frederick Tayler, H.J. Townsend and Thomas Webster (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo., pp.187, blue cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; a very good, clean copy, without dust-jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. 1840 first American edition of this important early collection of medical essays on diseases of the nervous system, edited by Alexander Tweedie and supplemented with American notes and additions by Philadelphia physician W. W. Gerhard. Bound in contemporary full calf with black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Binding remains sound and attractive with rubbing, scuffing, and edge wear, including chipping to the spine ends and corners. Boards firmly attached. Text block solid and complete. Internally clean and complete. Moderate age toning and scattered foxing. Contemporary ownership inscription of Dr. E. A. Kemp on the front blank. No library markings found. Pages remain generally bright and highly readable. A well-preserved example of an early American medical text in its original binding. Contains substantial discussions of insanity, delirium tremens, epilepsy, catalepsy, spinal irritation, spinal meningitis, myelitis, hydrocephalus, tetanus, hydrophobia (rabies), neuralgia, paralysis, and apoplexy. The work includes contributions by several leading nineteenth-century physicians, notably John Hughes Bennett, whose observations on apoplexy and intracranial pressure are cited in Garrison-McHenry's medical bibliography. Retains an original antiquarian bookseller catalog description identifying the volume as the first American edition and referencing the work's significance in the history of neurology and stroke research. The dealer catalog slip is preserved with the volume. A fascinating window into the formative period of neurology and psychiatry before the emergence of modern neurological science. Of particular interest to collectors of medical history, neurology, psychiatry, and nineteenth-century medicine. Carefully packed and shipped in a box. Shipped via USPS with tracking provided. International shipping available. Additional photographs available upon request. Please review photographs carefully, as they form part of the description. Returns accepted within the AbeBooks 30-day return window. bSCI 1d.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1840 first American edition of this important early collection of medical essays on diseases of the nervous system, edited by Alexander Tweedie and supplemented with American notes and additions by Philadelphia physician W. W. Gerhard. Bound in contemporary full calf with black morocco spine label lettered in gilt. The binding remains sound and attractive with rubbing and edge wear, including chipping to the leather at the spine ends and corners. Boards firmly attached. Text block solid. Internally clean and complete. Moderate age toning and scattered foxing. Contemporary ownership inscription of Dr. E. A. Kemp on the front blank. No library markings found. Pages remain generally bright and highly readable. An excellent surviving example of an early American medical text. The work contains substantial discussions of insanity, delirium tremens, epilepsy, catalepsy, spinal irritation, spinal meningitis, myelitis, tetanus, hydrophobia (rabies), neuralgia, paralysis, and related neurological disorders. Issued during a formative period in nineteenth-century medicine, the volume provides a fascinating window into early understanding of neurological and psychiatric disease before the development of modern neurology. Carefully packed and shipped in a box. Shipped via USPS with tracking provided. International shipping available. Additional photographs available upon request. Please review photographs carefully, as they form part of the description. Returns accepted within the AbeBooks 30-day return window. bSCI 1d.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue boards with ornate gilt decoration on spine. Muses Library. Several notes in the margins. Previous owner's name inside front page, dated 1926.

8vo., pp.xvi,419,xxxiii,8, uncut, recased, preserving the original heraldic brown cloth, gilt, recased, folding frontispiece map; tear to first fold of frontispiece, light foxing to prelims/Index, rubbing and slight wear to extremities, with slight bubbling to cloth over spine, a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 10" x 6", 575pp. A good, solid copy with some foxing to the leaves, a slightly faded spine and a small stain on the cover. Contemporary signature inside the cover, on the title page and an ownership inscription, all of the same person - J. Magoffin (? ) of Mercer County, PA. There is also a two-page prospectus of the "Library of Medicine" conducted by Alexander Tweedie, of which this book is a part. …

First Edition. 'To which are added a tables , showing the despatch and arrival of the mails atthe head and sub-offices throughout Scotland. Directory of the landowners in Scotland, with postal information. Fold out map of Scotland to the front. With the signature of John Alexander Shaw-Mackenzie of Tordarroch and 6th of Newhall, Cromarty to the front endpaper verso and to the title page. Bookbinders label to the front pastedown, Small inkmark to spine otherwise VG.…