Fischerisms: being a sheaf of sundry and divers utterances culled from the lectures of Martin H. Fischer, (emeritus) professor of physiology in the University of Cincinnati

Martin H. Fischer; Howard D. Fabing; Ray Marr

Published by Medical College Bookstore, University of Cincinnati (1930); Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Cincinnati (1961), 1930

About this Item

A collection consisting of two books, both entitled "Fischerisms", one signed by Howard Fabing and the other signed by Martin H. Fischer, both rare thus. 1) The 1930 volume is the true first edition. Hardcover, floral cloth-covered boards, printed label pasted to front board, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, 29 pp., b/w frontispiece caricature. Inscribed and signed on the title page by Howard Fabing. Fine. 2) The 1961 volume is a revised and enlarged, first thus, limited/numbered edition, hardcover with dustcover, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, 99 pp., b/w frontispiece caricature (same as in the 1930 volume). This edition was limited to 300 copies, and this copy is number 18. SIGNED by Martin H. Fischer on the front pastedown, dated 1961. Book and dustcover very near fine. Although this first thus edition is substantially expanded, the first and last aphorisms are the same as in the 1930 edition. (K062).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fischerisms: being a sheaf of sundry and divers utterances culled from the lectures of Martin H. Fischer, (emeritus) professor of physiology in the University of Cincinnati
• Publisher: Medical College Bookstore, University of Cincinnati (1930); Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Cincinnati (1961)
• Publication Date: 1930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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