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National Council of Teachers of EnglishBiblio.com

Language Arts. Volumes 1-71 lacks vol. 52

[Eugenics]. PEARSON, Karl (1857-1936, English biostatistician and mathematician)Biblio.com

An autograph letter signed by Karl Pearson to an acquaintance discussing the subject of telegony

144231Very Good. Duodecimo 4 pages on 2 conjugate leaves Hampstead 29 March 1899. Folded for posting; a few light smudges; paper a little unevenly tanned; in very good condition. The letter addressed to a Dr Williams begins with a declaration: 'I hasten to say that I personally am not a believer in telegony' a theory of heredity claiming that offspring can inherit the characteristics of a previous mate of the female parent. He corrects a misunderstanding that may have arisen from something he said regarding dog and horse breeders; 'It is also attested of negresses that have born to a white man that they will bear afterwards partially white children to a black man. some years ago I investigated the matter by testing for some five hundred pairs of sons & daughters whether the younger were more like the Father than the Mother but I could find no trace of it. Francis Galton at the discussion which followed the paper spoke of telegony as a superstition and Lankester Poulton & others had nothing to say in favour of it'. He refers to Charles Darwin's account in '"Origin of Species" . of Lord Morton's quagga' and notes that Ewart has been trying to repeat the experiment without success. 'I should say that telegony like the inheritance of acquired characters may have an element of truth in it but all the arguments in favour of it so far deduced are from the scientific standpoint worthless. It is a widespread superstition'. Karl Pearson 'has been credited with establishing the discipline of mathematical statistics. He founded the world's first university statistics department at University College London in 1911 and contributed significantly to the field of biometrics and meteorology. Pearson was also a proponent of Social Darwinism and eugenics and his thought is an example of what is today described as scientific racism' Wikipedia. He was the first Galton Professor of Eugenics holding the chair from 1911 to 1933. unknown

Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers · Australie2 000,00 $AU≈ 1 318,20 €

(English Dialects) Brockett, John TrotterBiblio.com

A Glossary of North Country Words in Use. From an Original Manuscript in the Library of John George Lambton Esq. M.P. with Considerable Additions

1825305815Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by T. and J. Hodgson for E. Charnley 1825. First edition. One of 32 Large Paper copies. Engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Colalrd after W. Nicholson on india paper and mounted engraved armorial headpiece to dedication page. xxxvi 243 1 pp. Royal 8vo 248 x 181 mm. Contemporary brown straight-grained morocco covers with double gilt rule and corner arabesques covers centered with gilt arms of Brockett family motto: Invictus Maneo spine gilt a.e.g. Small stain at foot of spine and a few small scuffs to boards offset and minor spotting to title spotting to endpapers later gift inscription to f.f.e.p. but overall a fine copy internally in an attractive binding. First edition. One of 32 Large Paper copies. Engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Colalrd after W. Nicholson on india paper and mounted engraved armorial headpiece to dedication page. xxxvi 243 1 pp. Royal 8vo 248 x 181 mm. An attorney by profession Brockett 1788-1842 was a dedicated antiquarian with an interest in philology printing and book collecting. His 1818 Hints on the Propriety of Establishing a Typographical Society in Newcastle led to the founding of that society. Brockett assembled remarkable collections of books medals and coins and the sale of part of his library in 1823 through Sotheby's lasted fourteen days and raised more than £4000. That sale catalogue notes numerous bindings bearing his arms by the great London binder Charles Lewis 1786-1836. The present binding is unsigned but of a very high quality suggesting it may also be an example of Lewis' work for presentation or for the author's own shelf. The regular edition was printed in 600 copies. This large paper copy is about 2 inches taller. A fascinating work on dialects in the north of England in a fine binding bearing the arms of the author. Vancil p 34; O'Neill B-198 Regular Issue printed by T. and J. Hodgson, for E. Charnley unknown

James Cummins Bookseller · États-Unis1 500,00 $US≈ 1 269,15 €

(BINDINGS - ENGLISH, 19TH CENTURY)Biblio.com

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER . . . TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID

1820ST15600London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1820. 142 x 80 mm. 5 5/8 x 3 1/8". 510 pp.; 80 2 pp. VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY STRAIGHT-GRAIN PURPLE MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT covers with frame of gilt rules and anthemion-and-flower roll central panel with arabesque corners central sunburst medallion containing the Tetragrammaton within a triangle from which the dove of the Holy Spirit descends raised bands spine panels gilt in a floral and arabesque design gilt titling turn-ins with zig-zag gilt roll orange endpapers all edges gilt. Front pastedown with large morocco bookplate of Louisa Smyth dated 25th Dec. 1821 and signed with the initials E. P. Front flyleaf inscribed: "Harriet E. Thorpe / From her affectionate / Brother-- / As a remembrance of / her dear Aunt L. Dickens. / Nov. 1841." Griffiths p. 246. ◆A breath of rubbing to corners but A BEAUTIFUL COPY with no signs of use--clean fresh and bright internally and in a sparkling ORNATE binding. Bound in somber purple but with religious imagery in bright gilt this pretty little prayer book is very typical of an era in which such luxurious volumes were popular gifts among the moneyed classes as was the case here. Miss Louisa Smyth must have treasured this Christmas gift from "E. P." as its condition clearly indicates it was seldom if ever used for daily devotions. It likely served as a perfect accessory for Louisa's Sunday finery and perhaps she carried it at her 1831 wedding to Lt. Col. Thomas Mark Dickens of the Royal Engineers. After Louisa's 1841 death the book passed to Harriet E. Thorpe wife of Louisa's nephew Rev. William Smyth Thorpe. Both families are well documented in the county of Norfolk where their eminent lineage goes back generations. Whoever inherited our prayer book from Harriet continued to care for it assiduously as it appears little changed from the days when Louisa first held it in her hands. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis1 456,00 $US≈ 1 231,92 €