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186330892London: Hatchard & Co 1863. First edition 8vo pp. 27 1; bound with: Moon A Second Defence of the Queen's English. London: Hatchard & Co. 1863; pp. 38; bound with: Opinions of the Press for both of the foregoing 1 leaf each; bound with: Just published . Poems: by G Washington Moon pp. 4 ostensibly an advertisement but including two poems one entitled "Deeds not Words." Later wrappers; very good. Apt criticism of the Dean's infamous essay which Moon found to be riddled with structural and grammatical inaccuracies. This pamphlet had no small influence was later expanded with A Second Defense. <br/><br/> Hatchard & Co unknown books
1859004141Conrland N.Y.: Van Slyck & Hitchcock 1859. First Edition. Octavo. A scarce copy of the life of Deiadamia Button Chase who grew from life as an orphan ot success as a physician and a life of controversy as a proponent of phrneology extending even to the churches of the New York region. 230 p.; bound in publisher's brow embossed cloth with O.S. Fowler's Synopsis of Phrenology. 19p. with 5 unnumbered pages of charts. spine lettering gilt cloth separating from spine scattered foxing throughout. corners worn. Van Slyck & Hitchcock unknown books
1869M13952Philadelphia:: Henry C. Lea 1869. 1869. 8vo. vi 227 32 ads. pp. 4 plates index. Original brown cloth gilt-stamped spine title; top portion of spine mended with kozo spine title is not showing all the words. Very good. Second edition revised and enlarged. "In 1866 he described a syndrome of retinitis pigmentosa loss of vision progressing to blindness mental retardation stunted stature and hypogonadism. This disease would become known as the Laurence–Moon syndrome named along with his colleague Robert Charles Moon." Wikipedia. John Zachariah Laurence 1829–1870 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons English ophthalmologist practiced medicine in London. "He was the founder of the South London Ophthalmic Hospital in 1857 later to become known as the Royal Eye Clinic." Robert Charles Moon 1844–1914 was an ophthalmologist who practiced medicine in England and the United States in Philadelphia where he was very engaged with helping the blind. He was the son of William Moon 1818–1894 inventor of "Moon type" an embossed alphabet for the blind. Wikip. Henry C. Lea, 1869. hardcover books
186542290New York: Alexander Strahan & Co 1865. Fourth edition small 8vo pp. xlvi 180 24. Strahan catalogue dated May 1866 appended at the rear; some foxing else a very good copy in original green cloth. A censure of Henry Alford Dean of Canterbury's "The Queen's English: Stray Notes on Speaking and Spelling" and related essays bolstered by 24 pp. of reviews from the press at the front and another 40 pp. of supporting criticism at the rear. Kennedy 5550. <br/><br/> Alexander Strahan & Co hardcover books
