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188327574London: Royal Society of London 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Gaskell's classical memoir on the muscles and nerves of the heart included a description of 'Gaskell's Nerves" the accelerator nerves of the heart. He showed that the motor impulses from the nerve ganglia to the sinus venosus influence the heart rhythm but do not originate cardiac movements which are due to the rhythmic contraction of the heart muscle." GARRISON-MORTON 829. iv 4 viii 751-1419 pp. 4to. Library binding tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean ex-library stamp on title page and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Royal Society of London hardcover books
19000000219<p>Fine Binding. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. 1900-1910. Later printings but one. Nine volumes 16mo 6.75" x 4.5" variously paginated uniformly and exquisitely bound by Ernst Hertzberg & Sons signed in blind on the recto of the rear free endpaper ca. 19-teens in full crushed dark brown morocco the spines in five compartments separated by raised bands lettered in gilt in one compartment with elegant tooling in black wrapping the spines onto both boards mimicking coptic fastenings tied up with fleur-de-lys fasteners. Top edges gilt floral blind-tooled inner dentelles brown laid-paper doublures and brown satin-ribbon page-markers bound in with velvet-lined tan cloth over board slipcase. </p><p>A few ribbon markers frayed occasional light rubbing mostly at the joints otherwise about Fine in slipcase which is soiled & stained mostly at the back of the box.<br /></p><p>A lovely set of "Love in Leather" as we like to call it which is perhaps more aptly characterized courtesy Raymond Carver as "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love." The publisher provides a running title for most of the volumes of "Tales from Foreign Lands."</p><p>Includes:<br /></p><p>Pushkin Alexander translated by Marie H. de Zielinska. Marie: A Story of Russian Love. 1906; Galdos B. Perez. Marianela: A Story of Spanish Love. 1907; Mrs. Gaskell. Cousin Phillis: A Story of English Love. 1910; Alphonse de Lamartine translated by James B. Runnion. Graziella: A Story of Italian Love. 1905; Drachmann Holger. Nanna: A Story of Danish Love. 1901 first printing; Charlot Francis. Madeleine: A Story of French Love. 1906; Krejsa Antonie translated by Caroline Svetla. Maria Felicia: A Story of Bohemian Love. 1900; Jensen Wilhelm. Karine: A Story of Swedish Love. 1909; and Muller Max. Memories from the German of Max Muller. 1909.</p><br /> A.C. McClurg & Co. hardcover books
1890268261New York: F. M. Lupton Publisher 1890. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. #61 of the Lupton company's "Arm Chair Library". There is a previous owner name penned on the front panel. Very Good binding. F. M. Lupton, Publisher unknown books
189127824London: Macmillan and Co 1891. Large paper copy. With a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Original brick red cloth. Spine faded label a little rubbed else very good. Large paper copy. With a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Macmillan and Co unknown books
1891WRCLIT79607London: Macmillan & Co. 1891. Blue green cloth spine label. Frontis and illustrations. Modest scattered foxing spine cocked and label worn some flecking to the cloth sizing on the upper boards bookplate. A sound but blemished copy. First edition with these illustrations and with a Foreword by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Inscribed by Thomson on the front free endsheet: "With kind regards Hugh Thomson Nov. 24 1891." Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
