New York: Fowlers and Wells, Phrenological Cabinet, 131 Nassau Street, 1849. Stated fifth edition. 8vo (7.5 x 4.88 inches), original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt pictorial spine, [1-6], [i]-xii, [19]-312, [4] pages. Illus. A popular physiology on phrenological principles, but also touching on water cure principles, ventilation reform, rational dress, meatless..... More

Boston: Marsh, Capen & Lyon, 1832. First edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 32 pages. The German phrenology pioneer died in Boston of typhoid while on tour in America; he was given an elaborate funeral, including this laudatory address from the Harvard professor Follen, published here by perhaps the leading..... More

Paris: Victor Masson, 1853. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 8.88 x 5.63 inches, 150 pages. Illus. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink on the half-title and signed La Corbière. Suggestive of the relationships between free thought, progressive causes, and the practice of phrenology, a monograph from the ex-Carbonaro, 1830 revolutionary..... More

Brighton: The Brighton Phrenological Institution, [ca. 1907]. First edition. 8vo (8.75 x 5.88 inches), original rose moiré cloth, gilt lettering, [2], [1]-54, [16], 55-64, [2] pages. Illustrations. An attractive standard promotional book for this English phrenological husband and wife team, replete with testimonials, an interview of J. Millott Severn, and..... More

Boston: Printed by Jonathan Howe, 1823. Second edition. Original grained sheep spine and tips, blue boards, 7.25 x 4.5 inches, 148, 16, 16 pages. Errata slip tipped in after the final page of text. The attorney Bartlett first published his collection of aphorisms in 1810 in Portsmouth, N.H.; this edition..... More