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WILSON, Daniel. The Lost Atlantis and Other Ethnographic Studies. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. brown cloth, (412), 16pp.ads. Inner hinges cracked o/w near fine. The author's last book; a collection of essays including "The Huron Iroquois, Pre-Aryan Americans," "The Lost Atlantis," "The Vinland of Northmen," "The Aesthetic Faculty in Aboriginal Races," and "Hybridity and Heredity."
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WILSON, George.
The Life of the Hon Henry Cavendish, Including Abstracts of His More Important Scientific Papers, And A Critical Inquiry Into the Claims of All The Alleged Discoveries Of The Composition of Water.
London: Printed for the Cavendish Society, 1851. (spine reads "1849") First edition. With the bookplate of Stillman Drake.
Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiv, 478pp. Inner front hinge cracked, split in out rear gutter repaired, some wear to the foot of the spine but still a better than very good but not near fine copy.
The Life of the Hon Henry Cavendish, Including Abstracts of His More Important Scientific Papers, And A Critical Inquiry Into the Claims of All The Alleged Discoveries Of The Composition of Water.
London: Printed for the Cavendish Society, 1851. (spine reads "1849") First edition. With the bookplate of Stillman Drake.
Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, xiv, 478pp. Inner front hinge cracked, split in out rear gutter repaired, some wear to the foot of the spine but still a better than very good but not near fine copy.
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WILSON, John.
Our Farm Crops. Being a Popular Scientific Description of the Cultivation, Chemistry, Diseases, Remedies & c. of the Various Crops Cultivated in Great Britain and Ireland.
London: Blackie and Son, nd. (1860). In two volumes. First edition in book form. (preceded by issue in parts).
8vo., orig. blindstamped rust cloth, viii, 484, 16; viii, 448, 16pp.a ds. Stain on e/paper and titlepage and first few leaves of volume one, inner rear hinge of volume one cracked o/w a near fine set.
John Wilson [1812-1888] agriculturist, educated at University College and in Paris where he studied medicine and chemistry. From 1846-1850 he was the Principal of the Royal Agricultural College and in 1854 he was elected Chair of Agriculture and Rural Economy at Edinburgh. Throughout his career he maintained ties with foreign agricultural societies and departments particularly those in Canada, Austria, Denmark and Germany. Wilson was the author of several titles and the above "is still considered a standard work of reference, and nothing better of its kind has ever appeared in agricultural literature." (DNB).
Our Farm Crops. Being a Popular Scientific Description of the Cultivation, Chemistry, Diseases, Remedies & c. of the Various Crops Cultivated in Great Britain and Ireland.
London: Blackie and Son, nd. (1860). In two volumes. First edition in book form. (preceded by issue in parts).
8vo., orig. blindstamped rust cloth, viii, 484, 16; viii, 448, 16pp.a ds. Stain on e/paper and titlepage and first few leaves of volume one, inner rear hinge of volume one cracked o/w a near fine set.
John Wilson [1812-1888] agriculturist, educated at University College and in Paris where he studied medicine and chemistry. From 1846-1850 he was the Principal of the Royal Agricultural College and in 1854 he was elected Chair of Agriculture and Rural Economy at Edinburgh. Throughout his career he maintained ties with foreign agricultural societies and departments particularly those in Canada, Austria, Denmark and Germany. Wilson was the author of several titles and the above "is still considered a standard work of reference, and nothing better of its kind has ever appeared in agricultural literature." (DNB).
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WINBIGLER, Charles F.
Suggestion Its Law and Application or The Principles and Practice of Psycho-Therapeutics.
New York: American Library Services, 1922. Fourth edition.
8vo., orig. blue cloth, 474, (3)pp.ads. Note in ink on the front pastedown o/w very good.
Suggestion Its Law and Application or The Principles and Practice of Psycho-Therapeutics.
New York: American Library Services, 1922. Fourth edition.
8vo., orig. blue cloth, 474, (3)pp.ads. Note in ink on the front pastedown o/w very good.
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WINDELBAND, W.
Geschichte Der Alten Philosophie. Nebst einem Anhang: Abriss der Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften im Altertum von Dr. Sigmund Gunther.
Munchen: C.h. Beck'Sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1894. With the bookplate of Stillman Drake.
Tall 8vo., cont. half calf, cloth, viii, 312pp. Outer hinges rubbed o/w a good copy.
Geschichte Der Alten Philosophie. Nebst einem Anhang: Abriss der Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften im Altertum von Dr. Sigmund Gunther.
Munchen: C.h. Beck'Sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1894. With the bookplate of Stillman Drake.
Tall 8vo., cont. half calf, cloth, viii, 312pp. Outer hinges rubbed o/w a good copy.
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WINSLOW, (Forbes).
Obscure Diseases of the Brain and Mind.
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1866. Second American from the third and Revised English edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate.
Tall 8vo., rebound in modern green cloth, leather spine label, xvi, 483, 32pp. ads. Fine.
Winslow [1810-1874] paid for his medical education by acting as a reporter for "The Times." In 1840 he wrote the "Anatomy of Suicide" and this was followed in 1843 by "The Plea of Insanity in Criminal Cases." He was regarded by the public as an authority in cases of insanity and indded the ferquent establishment of the plea of insanity in criminal cases was largely due to his influence, and he was called as a witeness in many celebrated trials. Dr. Clarence B. Farrar [1874-1970] "trained under several of the foremost medical scholars of his era beginning with Osler and then at Heidelberg under Kraepelin, Nissl and Alzheimer. Farrar was hand-picked by Prof. Charles Clarke, the University's inaugural head fo Psychiatry, to succeed him in both that chair and as the first Director of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital (TPH) opening in 1925. Farrar served in those capacities until 1947, setting the stage fo the TPH to continue as the Department's clinical, teaching, research and administrative nexus until succeeded in 1966 by the Clarke Institute." Dr. Farrar also served as the editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry. (TPH: History and Memories of Toronto Psychiatric Hospital by Edward Shorter).
Obscure Diseases of the Brain and Mind.
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1866. Second American from the third and Revised English edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate.
Tall 8vo., rebound in modern green cloth, leather spine label, xvi, 483, 32pp. ads. Fine.
Winslow [1810-1874] paid for his medical education by acting as a reporter for "The Times." In 1840 he wrote the "Anatomy of Suicide" and this was followed in 1843 by "The Plea of Insanity in Criminal Cases." He was regarded by the public as an authority in cases of insanity and indded the ferquent establishment of the plea of insanity in criminal cases was largely due to his influence, and he was called as a witeness in many celebrated trials. Dr. Clarence B. Farrar [1874-1970] "trained under several of the foremost medical scholars of his era beginning with Osler and then at Heidelberg under Kraepelin, Nissl and Alzheimer. Farrar was hand-picked by Prof. Charles Clarke, the University's inaugural head fo Psychiatry, to succeed him in both that chair and as the first Director of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital (TPH) opening in 1925. Farrar served in those capacities until 1947, setting the stage fo the TPH to continue as the Department's clinical, teaching, research and administrative nexus until succeeded in 1966 by the Clarke Institute." Dr. Farrar also served as the editor of the American Journal of Psychiatry. (TPH: History and Memories of Toronto Psychiatric Hospital by Edward Shorter).
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WOLFLE, Dael L.
A Review of the Work on Extra- Sensory Perception. Reprinted from American Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 94, No. 4, January 1938.
8vo., orig. wrappers, pp.943-955. Fine.
A Review of the Work on Extra- Sensory Perception. Reprinted from American Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 94, No. 4, January 1938.
8vo., orig. wrappers, pp.943-955. Fine.
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WOLFSON, I.N. Psychiatric Aspect of Head Injuries. Reprinted from Psychiatric Quarterly Vol. Xii, January 1938. With a presentation inscription from the author on the upper wrapper. 8vo., orig. wrappers, pp. 137-175. Fine.
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WOLPE, Joseph and Stanley Rachman.
Psychoanalytic "Evidence": A Critique Based On Freud's Case of Little Hans. Reprinted from The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 130, No 8, August 1960.
Inscribed by the author.
Orig. wrappers, pp. 135-148. Fine.
Psychoanalytic "Evidence": A Critique Based On Freud's Case of Little Hans. Reprinted from The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 130, No 8, August 1960.
Inscribed by the author.
Orig. wrappers, pp. 135-148. Fine.
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WOODHAM-SMITH, Cecil.
Florence Nightingale. 1820-1910.
New York: McGraw Hill, (1951). Reprint. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate.
Cloth, 382pp. A nice copy in a chipped and worn d/w.
Florence Nightingale. 1820-1910.
New York: McGraw Hill, (1951). Reprint. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate.
Cloth, 382pp. A nice copy in a chipped and worn d/w.
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WOOTTON, Barbara. Social Science and Social Pathology. London: George Allen & Unwin, (1959). First edition. With the bookplate of Dr. C.B. Farrar. Cloth, 400pp. Fine in d/w.
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WORTIS, Herman.
Introductory Remarks On Dr. Thomas Sutton's Description of Delirium Tremens. Reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. II, No. 1, June 1941.
8vo., orig. wrappers, pp.178-196. Fine.
Introductory Remarks On Dr. Thomas Sutton's Description of Delirium Tremens. Reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. II, No. 1, June 1941.
8vo., orig. wrappers, pp.178-196. Fine.
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WORTIS, Herman.
The Present State of Vitamins In Nervous Health And Disease. Reprinted from New York State Journal of Medicine, Vol. 41, No. 14, July 15, 1941.
8vo., orig. self wrappers, pp. 1461-1469. Fine.
The Present State of Vitamins In Nervous Health And Disease. Reprinted from New York State Journal of Medicine, Vol. 41, No. 14, July 15, 1941.
8vo., orig. self wrappers, pp. 1461-1469. Fine.
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WORTIS, Joseph.
Basic Problems In Psychiatry.
New York: Grune & Stratton, 1953. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate.
Cloth, 186pp. Fine.
Basic Problems In Psychiatry.
New York: Grune & Stratton, 1953. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate.
Cloth, 186pp. Fine.
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WORTIS, Joseph. Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry. Volume III. New York: Grune & Stratton, 1961. First edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate. Cloth, 241pp. Fine in the plain brown wrapper as issued.
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WYSS, Dieter.
Die Tiefenpsychologischen Schulen von den Anfangen bis zur Gegenwart.
Gottingen: Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, (1961). First edition.
Tall 8vo., cloth, xxxi, 412pp. Bookplate o/w fine in fine d/w.
Die Tiefenpsychologischen Schulen von den Anfangen bis zur Gegenwart.
Gottingen: Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, (1961). First edition.
Tall 8vo., cloth, xxxi, 412pp. Bookplate o/w fine in fine d/w.
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YARRELL, William. A History of British Birds. (With): A Supplement to The History of British Birds. London: John Van Voorst, 1843, 1845. In three volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., contemporary full calf, raised bands, recent leather labels, xxxii, 528; 672; 528; (54)pp. supplement. Rubbing along the spine gutters o/w a very good set.
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YARRELL, William.
A History of British Birds. (With): A Supplement to The History of British Birds.
London: John Van Voorst, 1843, 1845. In three volumes. First edition.
Tall 8vo., contemporary half calf, marble boards, gilt bands, xxxii, 528; 672; 528; (54)pp. supplement. Prelims and rear e/papers foxed, (no foxing in the text of the book or on the illustrations), spines faded to tan with some rubbing but certainly a very good set.
A History of British Birds. (With): A Supplement to The History of British Birds.
London: John Van Voorst, 1843, 1845. In three volumes. First edition.
Tall 8vo., contemporary half calf, marble boards, gilt bands, xxxii, 528; 672; 528; (54)pp. supplement. Prelims and rear e/papers foxed, (no foxing in the text of the book or on the illustrations), spines faded to tan with some rubbing but certainly a very good set.
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YARRELL, William. A History of British Fishes. Third edition, Edited by Sir John Richardson. London: John Van Voorst, 1859. In two volumes. Third edition. With the bookplate of C.K. Mathews of publisher "Elkin Mathews." Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xxxviii, (676); 670pp. Endpapers browned o/w a fine set. "...The present edition, in which some supposed species are suppressed and new ones added, contains in all two hundred and sixty species, with cuts of the new ones, and many additional ornamental vignettes......."
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YOUNG, Francis.
Every Man His Own Mechanic. A Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Every Description of Constructive and Decorative Work that May be Done by the Amateur Artisan.......
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1891. Ninth edition.
Tall thick 8vo. orig. grey cloth dec. in gilt and black, x, 924, (16)pp.ads. Cheap paper browned as usual, some light rubbing to the extremities o/w near fine.
Every Man His Own Mechanic. A Complete and Comprehensive Guide to Every Description of Constructive and Decorative Work that May be Done by the Amateur Artisan.......
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1891. Ninth edition.
Tall thick 8vo. orig. grey cloth dec. in gilt and black, x, 924, (16)pp.ads. Cheap paper browned as usual, some light rubbing to the extremities o/w near fine.
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