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18507066076Charles Gilpin 1850. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. With owner's name inside cover. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Small 8vo. Brown leather-effect cloth binding with faint gilt lettering on backstrip. Boards have plain stamped decorative borders and pattern. Significant shelf wear - backstrip very damaged and covered with clear tape - faded boards very bumped corners. Untrimmed page edges. Front and back hinge splits. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Charles Gilpin hardcover
1851193804Boston: Massachusetts Temperance Society 1851. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. First few pages with several small owner stamps and numerous newspaper clippings affixed causing offsetting pages lightly soiled binding worn at edges with front board detached but present good only. Massachusetts Temperance Society hardcover
1859794681859. 1859 Carpenter William B ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Prize Essay With a preface DF Condie Philadelphia: Blancard and Lea 1859 178pp 12 page catalog 8vo Embossed brown cloth Previous owner's signature dated 1860 on first epage near fine hardcover with minor rubbing on corners spine edges. unknown
1892339665London: Kegan Paul trench Trubener & Co. Ltd. 1892. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Provenance; from The Theosophical Society in England Reference Library with its bookplate and library marks. Physical description; 249 pages. Subjects; Religious History. Spread of Religions. Study of Religion. London: Kegan Paul, trench, Trubener, & Co. Ltd. hardcover
1839q0814Edinburgh: John Carfrae &c. G : in good condition. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Library. Some page edges browning. 1839. Reprint. Black hardback cloth cover. 210mm x 140mm 8" x 6". 300pp plates. 5 b/w plates i fold-out numerous vignettes. Contains a selection of journal offprints on the Nervous System including: Ueber die Bewegungen des Menschlichen Gehirns. Mays K.; The Termination of the Nerves in the Vestibule and Semicircular Canals of Mammals. Pritchard Urban.; Observations on the Brain of the Chacma Baboon. Major Herbert C.; De Nervis Spinalibus Avium Nonnullarum . . Marbach Woldemar.; Uber das Nervensystem der Opheliaceen. Kukenthal Willy.; Obsevationes Anatomico-Pathologicas de Centro Nervoso . . Donders Franciscus Cornelius.; Einige Beobachtungen uber das Ausgedehmte Vorkommen von Nervenanastomosen im Tractus Intestinalis. Billroth Theodor.; On the Vasomotor Nerves of Striated Muscles. Gaskell W H.; Ueber die Letzten Endigungen Nerven in den Muskeln des Frosches. Koelliker A.; Zur Physiologie der Cerebrospinalflussigkeit. Quincke H.; The Development of the Sympathetic Nervous System in Mammals. Patterson A M.; The Fasciola Cinera . . Hill Alex.; How Does a Snail Crawl. Scharff Robert F.; On the Homology of the Conario-hypophysical Tract . . Owen Professor.; Ueber Normale und Kataleptische Bewegungen. Rieger Dr. Published 1839-1876. . John Carfrae &c hardcover
1896009368New York: Van Publishing 1896 1967. In 1967 Pet Milk Company reprinted the first 12 numbers of Pediatrics and send them at two-week intervals as gifts to pediatricians. They also issued a binder for them. The journals are Near Fine and the binder is Very Good with some soiling. Laid in are some Pet milk letters and ads accompanying the gifts.A nice historical collection. . Very Good. Wrappers. Reprint. 1896. Van Publishing, 1896 [1967]. unknown
183198967Paris : Le Normant PÂre 1831. 210x135mm. XII - 932Êpages texte en deuxcolonnes reliure demi-toire. Plats paercaline. Dos insolÂŽ et tachÂŽ. Rousseurs marginales. 1715 Le Normant PÂre unknown
183024113London: Printed and Published by William Carpenter 1830. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Eleven pamphlets plus the Supplement bound in contemporary green sheep-backed marbled boards. Spine defective edges rubbed some light spotting or browning of leaves else very good copies of these. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. RARE. From 1830 to 1831 Carpenter published an unstamped series called "The Political Letters" challenging the stamp duty law as to whether any publication containing news was subject to duty. Carpenter did not feel that these should be subject to the duty. He was prosecuted and imprisoned from where he edited the "Political Magazine." The pamphlets contained are "An Expostulatory Letter to the Commissioners of Stamps." 16 pp 21 October 1830; "A Letter to the Aristocracy of England" 24 pp 6 Nov. 1830; "A Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 4 Dec. 1830; "A Second Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 7 Dec. 1830; "A Political Miscllany on National Debt" 16 pp. 9 Dec. 1830; "A Political Compendium on Reform" 16 pp. with an 8 page supplement printed at the Published of the Office of the Political Letters 18 Dec. 1830; "A Political Digest" 16 pp. 23 Dec. 1830; "A Letter to the Right Hon. Wilmot Horton" 16 pp. 31 Dec. 1830; "A Political Mirror" 16 pp. 7 Jan. 1831; "A Political Chronicle" 16 pp. 13 Jan 1831; "A Political Herald" 21 Jan 1831. NCBEL 3:1818 Printed and Published by William Carpenter unknown
1830304041London: Printed and Published by William Carpenter 1830. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. Disbound. First editions. Decorated head pieces. 1 vols. 4to. RARE. From 1830 to 1831 Carpenter published an unstamped series called "The Political Letters" challenging the stamp duty law as to whether any publication containing news was subject to duty. Carpenter did not feel that these should be subject to the duty. He was prosecuted and imprisoned from where he edited the "Political Magazine." <br /> The pamphlets contained are:<br /> 1. " A Report on the Trail of William Carpeter 12 pp. <br /> 2.An Expostulatory Letter to the Commissioners of Stamps." 16 pp 21 October 1830;<br /> 3. A Monitory Letter to ther People of England. 16pp. with an ad for Queen Mab.October 29 1830<br /> 4. "A Letter to the Aristocracy of England. " 24 pp 6 Nov. 1830; <br /> 5 A Second Letter to the Duke of Wellington.16pp<br /> 6. Facts and Observations connected to the Present Times. 16pp. November 18 1830<br /> 7. A Letter to Earl Gray.November 25 1830<br /> 8."A Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 4 Dec. 1830<br /> 9. "A Second Letter to Lord Althorpe" 16 pp. 7 Dec. 1830<br /> 10. "A Political Miscellany on National Debt" 16 pp. 9 Dec. 1830<br /> 11 "A Political Compendium on Reform" 16 pp. 18 Dec. 1830<br /> 12 "A Political Digest" 16 pp. 23 Dec. 1830<br /> 13. A Supplement to Carpenter's Political Compendium. 8 pp.<br /> 14. "A Letter to the Right Hon. Wilmot Horton" 16 pp. 31 Dec. 1830<br /> 15. "A Political Mirror" 16 pp. 7 Jan. 1831<br /> 16.; "A Political Chronicle" 16 pp. 13 Jan 1831<br /> 17. ; "A Political Herald" 21 Jan 1831<br /> 18. A Political Register January 28 1831. 16 pp.<br /> 19. A Political Letter. Feburary 4 1831. 16 pp.<br /> 20. Another Political Letter Feburary 12 1831. 16 pp.<br /> 21. A Letter to the Rightr Hon. The Chancellotr of the Exchequer. 16 pp.<br /> 22. A Political Monitor Friday May 6 1831. 16 pp.<br /> 23. A Political Censor. Saturday May 14 1831. 16 pp.<br /> <br /> <br /> At an early age he began working for a bookseller in Finsbury first as an errand boy and then as an apprentice.<br /> <br /> In 1830 he issued a series of Political Letters with which he attempted to defy the stamp duty on newspapers but in May 1831 he was tried and convicted of evading the law and was imprisoned. While in prison he edited a political magazine which was republished as Carpenter's Monthly Political Magazine in 1832. NCBEL 3:1818 Printed and Published by William Carpenter unknown
1830ERPliCAR29London: William Carpenter 1830-31. 1830. 4to. pp. 1 p.l. 12 1 leafcontents 16 16 16 16 24 16 16 16. 9 issues only. all but 1 issue with woodcut headpiece. disbound some foxing & soiling to first 8 leaves. Carpenter maintained that his journal Political Letters was not liable to the stamp duty on newspapers and he in fact issued it partly to try the question. A prosecution followed in the court of exchequer. At the trial Carpenter defended himself was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in the king's bench. An account of the trial is included here issue for May 4 1831 in addition to: An Expostulatory Letter To The Commissioners of Stamps October 21 1830; A Monitory Letter to Sir Robert Peel October 15 1830; A Monitory Letter to the People of England October 29 1830; A Letter to the Aristocracy of England November 6 1830; Facts and Observations Connected with the Present Times November 18 1830; A Letter to Earl Grey November 25 1830; A Political Miscellany December 9 1830; A Political Omnibus April 8 1831. Soft cover. London: William Carpenter, 1830-31. Paperback
1830LTH4-F-8London: William Carpenter 1830-1831. Leather. Good Only. 10.5" by 8.5". None. A scarce copy of this collection of pamphlets by William Carpenter. With his publication of this work Carpenter attempted to defy the stamp duty on newspapers but in May 1831 he was tried and convicted of evading the law and was imprisoned. With a portrait of Carpenter bound in and many small illustrations. William Carpenter born in 1797 at St James Westminster London England died on April 21 1874 at Islington London was a 19th Century theological and political writer journalist and editor. Carpenter was the son of a London tradesman. He received no formal schooling but by self-study he taught himself several ancient and modern languages. At an early age he began working for a bookseller in Finsbury first as an errand boy and then as an apprentice. While in prison he edited a political magazine which was republished as Carpenter's Monthly Political Magazine in 1832. He became intensely involved in the cause of political reform publishing numerous tracts and books on the subject through the late 1840s. He was a strong proponent of the Chartist movement and a friend of William Cobbett. He was also an active Freemason and contributor to the London Freemason magazine. He continued to publish scriptural works throughout his life which were also popular in America. His The Israelites Found in the Anglo-Saxons 1874 was an early work on British Israelism. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally worn with slight straining to front hinges. Internally generally firmly bound but with one or two pages starting. Marks and curling to some pages with the occasional ink stamp. Good Only William Carpenter hardcover
1839669871839. London : John Churchill Princess Street Soho. 1839 8° XII 478 pp. 6 lith. plates orig. cloth; rebacked. First Edition! Minimally stained with ex-libris of Thomas Archer on verso of title page. Bound in front a publisher's catalogue by Churchill "Works of Medicine Surgery Midwifery and the collateral Sciences. London October 1838. William Benjamin Carpenter 1813-1885 first became known for his handbook "Principles of General and Comparative Physiology" 1839 in which he designed a teaching system for general biology for the first time. In London he carried out microscopic studies on shell construction and structure as well as on the systematics of foraminifera monograph 1862. At the Naples Zoological Station he investigated the structure of hairy stars.4 In addition to physiological studies he carried out deep-sea research from 1868. Among other things he organised the Challenger expedition 1872-1876 and was involved in the discussion about the pseudofossil "Eozoon canadense". He described the ideomotor effect named after him Carpenter effect for the first time in 1852. He proposed the "sensory ganglion" thalamus as the seat of consciousness in 1853. hardcover
1888006453London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1888. 6th Edition . Hardcover. Good-VG. 14 Cms x 20.5 Cms. lxii73744 1886 pub.list; front end-gutter has paper crack to lower half otherwise internally clean tight & unmarked. Dark red cloth covers clean and mostly only slightly worn but top spine cloth chipped back to textblock edge level. Very acceptable reference/working copy. <br/> <br/> Kegan Paul, Trench & Co hardcover
1876blb04408<p>New York: D. Appleton & Company 1876. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth with bright gilt and black scroll work and lettering to front and spine same pattern blind-stamped to back. Top edge faded gilt. Book is tight square and relatively sharp-cornered. First American Edition from 1876 with original owners name neatly written on flyleaf with date ""Chas Wood Buffalo '78"". Some mild cracking to endpapers at hinges on front and back. Some ads at the end - 736 pp.</p> D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1843039000Philadelphia PA: Lea and Blanchard 1843. Full-Leather. Good. Full leather over boards. The leather shows edgewear with scuffing. The binding is sound. There is foxing and staining in the text. <br/> <br/> Lea and Blanchard hardcover
189512606NY: D. Appleton and Company 1895. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Good. 5.4"x8"x1.9". 737 pgs. Brown cloth boards with gilt design and letters on front and spine. Well worn with rubs to corners and edges tears to head of spine small bullet hole to edge. Illustrations. PO stamp on first fly page. Many pages have chips small tears and light soil spots to edges. Toning. Spine straight. Binding tight for age. Original. Not x-library not reprint. Author: William B. Carpenter M.D. LL.D F.R.S. F.L.S. F.G.S. Registrar of the University of London; Corresponding Member of the Institute of France and of the American Philosophical Society; ETC. ETC. Preface to the 4th Edition June 1876. Preface to the First Edition. <br /> Contents: Books I: General Physiology: Ch.1 - Of The General Relations Between Mind and Body; Ch.2- Of The Nervous System and Its Function; Chapter III-Of Attention; Chapter IV-Of Sensation; Chapter V-Of Perception and Instinct; Ch. VI-Of Ideation and Ideo-Motor Action; Ch. VII-Of the Emotions; Ch. VIII-Of Habit; Ch. IX-Of the Will; Book II: Special Physiology Ch. X-Of Memory; Ch. XI-Of Common Sense; Ch. XII-Of Imagination; Ch. XIII-Of Unconscious Cerebration; Ch. XIV - Of Reverie and Abstraction: - Electro-Biology; Ch. XV - Of Sleep Dreaming and Somnambulism; Ch. XVI- Of Mesmerism and Spiritualism; Ch. XVII-Of Intoxication and Delirium; Ch. XVIII-Of Insanity; Ch. XIX-Of Influence of Mental States on the Organic Functions; Ch. XX-Of Mind and Will in Nature; Appendix: Dr. Ferrier's Experimental Researches on the Brain. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1881COLLECTI014174INEW YORK NY: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. VERY GOOD/WITHOUT D.J. 1881. FOURTH EDITION. HARDCOVER. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES AND FRONT COVER TITLES BLACK ARABESQUE DESIGN TO THE SPINE AND FRONT COVER AND IN BLIND TO REAR COVER LIGHT BROWN COATED ENDPAPERS. THE BOOK IS VERY NICE WITH SLIGHT LOSS AT THE SPINE ENDS SOME SCATTERED MARKINGS OF THE COVERS WITH 737 PAGE TEXT UNMARKED AND CLEAN AND TIGHT. . D. APPLETON AND COMPANY hardcover
1853009719Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea 1853. Spine bottom rubbed. 5th American Edition. Original Sheep. Very Good. Blanchard & Lea Hardcover
18200084168London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1820. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1820 First Edition. xxiii 477 pp. Hardcover 8vo. in original boards heavy cloth tape repair to the spine; pieces of the original paper title label still present. Front inner hinge starting. Mild foxing throughout. A rare title. Carpenter 1780-1840 was a Unitarian minister and pastor at a private school in Bristol. He was one of the leading educators of his time commanding high sums for tuition to his schools. The final section Physical Education offers an interesting look at his thoughts on diet sleep exercise in relation to education. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown hardcover
185943703Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea 1859. 8vo. pp. xxiv 33-902 32 pub ads; 2 plates and numerous wood engraving within text front hinge cracked extremities lightly worn small section of spine label peeled away else very good in contemporary full calf with black morocco label lettered in gilt with gilt-ruled raised bands. Blanchard and Lea unknown