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1871D17731Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1871. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 59 pp. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt. Dampstaining to boards chips to spine internally very good. <br/><br/> J.B. Lippincott & Co. hardcover books
1891183560London: Longmans Green & Co 1891. Hardcover. VG- shelfwear to boards and text block foxing spots to several pages in front and rear previous owner's name and inscription on ffep text and illustrations are otherwise clean and clear. Illustrated brown cloth boards silver and black lettering along with gilt lettering and gilt design on spine; illustrated end papers bw frontispiece with protective guard bw illustrated title page; xiii 423 pp 18 unnumbered leaves of plates bw illustrations throughout. From The Badminton library of sports and pastimes series.Illustrated by G.D. Giles Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan. Contents: Introduction / by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort K.G. &c. -- I. Riding to hounds / by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire -- II. The saddle-horse / by Alfred E.T. Watson -- III. Training the young horse / by Robert Weir -- IV. Hints on horsemanship / by Robert Weir -- V. Hands and seat / by Robert Weir -- VI. Race riding / by Alfred E.T. Watson -- VII. The colonial horse / by the Earl of Onslow G.C.M.G. Governor of New Zealand -- VIII. Early history of horsemanship / by E.L. Anderson -- Polo / by J. Moray Brown. Introductory -- I. The antiquity of polo -- II. Polo in England -- III. Polo in India -- IV. Rules and by-laws of polo -- V. Ground balls sticks goal-posts &c. -- VI. Breeds of ponies suitable for polo -- VII. The training of ponies -- VIII. Some famous players and ponies -- IX. How a polo match should be played -- Appendix. Lessons in riding / by Robert Weir -- Bibliography of riding -- Index. Longmans, Green & Co hardcover books
188730141Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1887. First edition 8vo pp. 1 ads 6 63; title-page vignette original quarter cream cloth over cream boards printed paper spine label; binding is soiled a couple small chips to spine label endpapers discolored; overall a good sound copy with the signature of Shakespearean actor Edward Smith Willard on front pastedown. <br/><br/> Houghton, Mifflin hardcover books
1900100724New York.: Century Co. 1900 . First edition. Hardcover black cloth . Very good with no dust jacket light soiling to covers. . 8vo. Signed & inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. Century Co. hardcover books
18832901Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1883. 16mo. iv 98 pp. <br><br>First edition: Romantic poems including one Arthurian piece written by a neurologist born in Philadelphia and known for his work on nerve injuries and erythromelalgia "Weir Mitchells disease". => An early hand inked neat responses to a few lines in "The Quaker Graveyard. Publisher's cloth front cover black- and gilt-stamped spine simply gilt-stamped binding gently worn with minor spotting to spine and lower edge of front cover. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. A nice copy. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. hardcover books
188731085Montreal: E.M. Renouf 1887. First Edition. 12mo 17.75cm.; original blue decorative cloth embossed in gilt grey decorative endpapers top edge gilt; 2viii147pp. Some light rubbing to extremities minor soil hinges starting to crack but still holding else a Near Very Good still-brilliant copy. The Canadian poet's first book published in his early twenties. Inscribed on front flyleaf: "Miss Marie Burroughs / with the authors sic compliments. New Years sic Day 1895. E.M. Renouf unknown books
1899414071899. MITCHELL S. Weir. HEPHZIBAH GUINESS; THEE AND YOU; AND A DRAFT ON THE BANK OF SPAIN. NY: The Century Co. 1899. 16mo. brown half-calf leather & marbled boards. Signed presentation from Mitchell on the front endpaper. Very Good rubbing edges and along spine. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1900442111900. MITCHELL S. Weir. THE WAGER AND OTHER POEMS. NY: The Century Company 1900. 16mo. tan quarter-calf leather & marbled boards. First Edition. Signed. Initialed by Mitchell on the half-title page: "by S. W. M." Very Good some rubbing quarter-inch loss at head of spine front cover reattached. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1880113228Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1880. Octavo original green bevel-edged cloth stamped in gold. First edition. Mitchell's first book of fiction; three novelettes first published in LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE during the 1870s. "These novelettes are interesting as preliminary studies to HUGH WYNNE and THE RED CITY." - Quinn American Fiction pp. 306-07. BAL 14101. Wright III 3781. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips hairline cracks along inner hinges but still a sound tight very good copy. A somewhat uncommon title. #113228 J. B. Lippincott & Co. unknown books
1900D17723New York: The Century Co 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. 8 47 pp. Publisher's dark green cloth stamped in gold. A near fine copy. BAL 14191. First edition inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Dear Mrs Hamill I venture to contribute this volume as my personal gift. S. Weir Mitchell." <br/><br/> The Century Co hardcover books
1878706991878. MITCHELL S. Weir. FAT AND BLOOD: AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. 1878. 12mo. brown cloth over limp boards lettered in gilt. Second printing of second revised edition. Slight scuffing and spotting to front board which is also slightly bowed. Spine just cocked. Overopened at the title page. In all a very good plus copy. unknown books
1885289945Philadelphia.: Lea Brothers & Co. 1885 . 2nd Edition. Publisher’s green cloth blind ruled borders gilt spine title. . Very good some darkening and a spot to spine contents tight and unmarked. . 20.2x13 cm. . Mitchell was a noted neurologist and also an author of popular fiction. Virginia Woolf was one of his famous patients Lea Brothers & Co. hardcover books
1860D17715Washington:: Smithsonian Institute 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. With 12 woodcuts in text. x 145 pp. Modern black library buckram. Very good. Provenance: Findlay Russell 1919-2011 American toxicologist bound for him with his last name stamped to foot of spine. One of the first definitive studies on rattlesnake venom. This copy from the library of noted American toxicologist Findlay Russell whose ancestor of the same last name wrote a treatise on snakebites in the 19th century which Mitchell cites several times in the work. Garrison-Morton 2104. <br/><br/> Smithsonian Institute hardcover books
18958707New York: The Century Co 1895. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good. The 1895 1st edition in its decorative light-brown suede. Clean and VG with patterned blindstamping to the panels. 64mo miniature 165 pgs. all edges gilt. An elegant celebration of the Portuguese wine Madeira. <br/><br/> The Century Co hardcover books
1860149London: James Clarke & James Nisbet Company 1860. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with superb gilt design on cover black-stamped decorative borders by John Leighton. Color title page photographic frontispiece and woodcut illustrations throughout by Leighton Harrison Weir and others. Some cover wear and a little foxing internally else very good. <br/><br/> James Clarke & James Nisbet Company hardcover books
1890D17725Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 6 70 pp. Original white cloth-backed green paper-covered boards paper spine label. Boards soiled wear to label internally fine. BAL 14141. First edition inscribed on the f.f.e.p.: "My dear Ned If you find anything within to interest I shall be glad Weir". One of 322 copies printed. Loosely inserted is a 12 line poem of Mitchell's printed on a card with a botanical illustration at top printed Corell Press from its Mount Washington Mass. shop 1917. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1891118774London: Longmans 1891. hardcover. very good. With other authors' contributions as well as a chapter on Polo by J. Moray Brown. Illustrated by G.D. Giles Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan thick 8vo brown pictorial cloth; some foxing. London: Longmans Green 1891. Very Good.<br/><br/> Previous owners' inscription from 1893 on half title. The Badminton Library.<br/><br/> Longmans unknown books
1878D17718Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 109 pp 10 page publisher's catalog at back. Original brown limp cloth stamped in gilt dark green endpapers. Some rubbing to extremities very good. Provenance: Egerton L. Crispin noted American physician bookplate and ownership signature. <br/><br/>Second edition revised of a work much admired and positively reviewed by Freud who was significantly influenced by Mitchell's ideas and who himself undertook Mitchell's rest cure. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
189791473New York: The Century 1897. First Edition. hardcover. near fine. Two frontispieces by Howard Pyle. 2 vols. gray cloth stamped in red. N.Y.: The Century 1897. First Edition. First issue.<br/><br/> The Century unknown books
18971342New York: The Century Co. 1897 2 volume set. First issue of the first edition. 12mo. Illustrated with black & white frontis plate. Gray cloth with red printing and decoration. Spines of both volumes slightly cocked and soiled light wear to spine ends else a near fine set. . The Century Co. hardcover books
186078884Washington: Smithsonian 1860. hardcover. very good. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Bound with: Mitchell and Reichert Edward T. Researches upon the Venoms of Poisonous Serpents. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. With 5 chromolithographic plates. Two works in 1 vol. large 4to contemporary 1/2 cloth marbled boards. Washington 1860 and 1886. Very good.<br/><br/> First Editions. GM 2104; 2106. Mitchell 1829-1914 and Reichert showed snake venom to be protein in nature and demonstrated the presence of toxic albumins. Mitchell was one of the first to investigate the snake venoms; he was the first to point out that snake venom is a double not a single poison. Hideo Noguchi's great work done many years later had its origin in Michell's early researches.<br/><br/> Smithsonian unknown books
1877316316Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1877. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. Modern crimson cloth. First edition. 101pp. 8vo. "For some years I have been using with success.certain methods of renewing the vitality of feeble people by a combination of entire rest and of excessive feeding made possible by passive excerise obtained through the steady use of massage and electricity" Chapter I.<br/><br/>Mitchell used this resty cure on Charlotte Perkins Gilman and it provided her the idea for "The Yellow Wallpaper" a short story in which the narrator is driven insane by this treatment.<br/><br/>This treatment was also used on Virginia Woolf who wrote a savage satire of it in her novel Mrs. Dalloway : "you invoke proportion; order rest in bed; rest in solitude; silence and rest; rest without friends without books without messages; six months rest; until a man who went in weighing seven stone six comes out weighing twelve" G-M 4554 J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
1897223233New York The Century Co. 1897. 1897. First edition first issue with title pages on a stub. 8vo. Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Original gray stamped in orange. 2 volumes. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. Enclosed in a 1/2 gray morocco over brown cloth slipcase with brown leather spine labels. BAL 14178. F. Hardcover. New York, The Century Co., 1897. hardcover books
1898511571898. Weir Robert Stanley. The Civil Code of Lower Canada and the Bills of Exchange Act 1890: With All Statutory Amendments Verified Collated and Indexed. Montreal: C. Theoret 1898. ix 462 pp. Octavo 4-3/4' x 6". Original cloth gilt titles to front board and spine. moderate shelfwear hinges cracked but secure front free endpaper lacking. Toning internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine small inkstamp to title page. $450. OCLC locates 11 copies. "The publisher claims that this is the most accurate English edition of the Code yet published. The concordance of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Code of Napoleon is to be found at the foot of each article. This compilation will no doubt be of great use to our professional brethren in the Province of Quebec as well as to those in other provinces who are interested in codified law. This again brings to one's mind the wish that there might be one law for every province of this Dominion.": Canada Law Journal New Series 34 1898 364. Not in Sweet & Maxwell. unknown books
1867D17724Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. Plate illustrations. 79 pp. Title page in red and black. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Spine and extremities rubbed some bubbling to cloth scattered staining and toning else very good. BAL 14065. <br/><br/>First edition of Mitchell's anonymous collection written and published for the benefit of the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. Blanck's "Intermediate sheets" binding B with a gift inscription to the front free endpaper "Emily Yarnall/from Aunt Sally/December 25/66." The book was advertised as "just published" on December 15 1866. Blanck cites this very copy which was once in the collection of Harvard. J. B. Lippincott Company hardcover books