Author: FOWLER, O.S., PRACTICAL PHRENOLOGIST
Title: MEMORY AND INTELLECTUAL IMPROVEMENT AS APPLIED TO SELF-EDUCATION AND JUVENILE INSTRUCTION
Description: NY, Fowlers & Wells, 1854. 1854. Hardcover . Hardback, 12mo, gilt and embossed dark brown cloth, 231 + 4 (ads) + 4 (more ads) pages, Good only. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed through + minor or a little worse overall surface wear. A fore-edge stain runs throughout most of the book, but stays in the margins and is of any amount of severity only to the last 60 pages. A pair of small, purple dingbats (decorative elements) stamped on FFEP and as well reappear a few other times in the book. Two previous owner labels (William H. Schmieding, Cincinnati) including one on the title page that had been pasted over another previous owner's signature (possibly a J.J. Edw.? Adams or some such). Another previous owner bookplate to front pastedown (H.A. Monday M.D. perhaps with Freemasonry motif). Engravings. Good.

Keywords: Medicine Psychology Phrenology Religion & Philosophy