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New York: R. T. Trall & Co., Publishers, (1862). First edition? 8vo, original blind-stamped purple cloth, gilt lettering, 276, [12] pages. Illus. Also published with the Fowler & Wells imprint and a publication date of 1862, that edition perhaps with priority. Per the Atwater catalog, perhaps Trall’s least successful publishing... More
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New York: Fowler and Wells, Publishers, 1862. First edition? 8vo, original blind-stamped black cloth, gilt lettering, 276, [2], [4] pages. Also published with the R. T. Trall & Co. imprint bearing the copyright date of 1862, this Fowler & Wells edition perhaps with priority. Per the Atwater catalog, perhaps Trall’s... 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
New York: For sale, wholesale and retail, by O. S. Fowler and L. N. Fowler, [ca. 1840-1845]. Stated 151st edition. 2 vols, each in printed yellow wrappers paginated [1]-4 and with the text, “Pathological Facts,” 7.25 x 4.25 inches, 19, [5] pages. Illus. A moderately early phrenological work, published prior... More
[N. p.], May, 1843. First edition. Printed broadside with blanks completed in autograph ink, 14.5 x 10 inches, phrenological chart vignette. 2 leaves wove paper, 10.25 x 8 inches, autograph ink (docketed on the verso of the second leaf), approx. 410 words. “Hopeful but has short fits of melancholy. Generally... 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
New York: Fowler & Wells Co., 1890. First edition. Small 8vo, original printed wrappers, 38, [10] pages. Illus. ads. The addresses and remarks delivered at the American Institute of Phrenology in New York, largely from the renowned Nelson B. Sizer (through there is also an ode on Spurzheim) and including... More
New York: Fowler & Wells Co., 1884. Stated fourth edition. Original printed drab wrappers, 7.25 x 4.88 inches, 34, [10] pages, wire stitched. First published by the phrenological and health reform house Fowler & Wells in 1881, essentially an extended advertisement for the Health Food Company of New York—which appears... More
