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[Chicago, Illinois]: Western News Co, 1870. Toned, one small water stain to plate 9, else fine. Lacking original printed wrapper. Plate 7 appears to be from a different printing.. First printing of "The Heathen Chinee", subtitled "Plain Language from Truthful James", a series of nine (9) lithographic plates based on the narrative poem by Bret Harte (1836-1902). Steeped in Anti-Chinese sentiment, the plates tell the story of a Chinese immigrant named "Ah Sin" who cheats at cards, instigating a violent mob. Plate No. 6 summarizes the overall message of the tale: "We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor". Each plate measures approx. 7.25" by 5.5"; versos blank. Lacking original printed wrapper. OCLC - 7 (Mar 2022). Ironically, Bret Harte (1836-1902) opposed Anti-Chinese sentiment publicly in the 1860s. One reading of "The Heathen Chinee" argues that, as the white men are cheating too, the message is more ambiguous than it appears. Institutional sale only - to be contextualized for educational purposes.
An Essay on Neuralgia by Murray, John W. B - 1816: MD DISSERTATION AT C. P. & S., NEW YORK, INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR'S COUSIN
by Murray, John W. B
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An Essay on Neuralgia: MD DISSERTATION AT C. P. & S., NEW YORK, INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR'S COUSIN
by Murray, John W. B
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1816 DISSERTATION FOR THE M.D. DEGREE AT C. P. & S., NEW YORK, DEDICATED TO PROFESSORS WHO WERE LUMINARIES OF EARLY AMERICAN MEDICINE AND INSCRIBED TO HIS COUSIN.
8 inches tall slim volume, marbled paper covers, spine perished, front cover separated from text, string binding secure, text block unmarked and very good. Ink inscription verso dedication page, "Sent by the author as an affectionate remembrance to his cousin Mrs. Lyman." The essay is "An inaugural dissertation on Neuralgia, submitted to the publick examination of the trustees of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of the Univeristy of the State of New York, Samuel Bard, M. D. President, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on Monday the sixth day of May, 1816." and is dedicated to "Wright Post, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgery, in the College of Physicians and Surgeons; Valentine Mott, M.D., Professor of the Principles and Operations of Surgery; David Hosack, M.D.F.L.S., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physick, and of Midwifery; Sameul L. Mitchill, M.D.F.R.S.Ed., Professor of Natural History; William James McNeven, M.D., Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica; James S. Stringham, M.D., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence: No less in admiration of their abilities and learning, than in gratitude for their numerous displays of professional and personal kindness, this inaugural dissertation is respectfully dedicated, by their much obliged pupil, John William Boyles Murray."
The death of DR. JOHN WILLIAM BOYLES MURRAY (1792-1816) is listed in the obituaries of the January 4, 1817 issue of the Boston Columbian Centinel, "On his passage from London for Bordeaux, Oct 26, aged 24." His mentors in medical school all studied in Europe, and it would seem that Murray tragically died at sea on a voyage from England to France shortly after his graduation from medical school. Dedicatees of the dissertation include:
WRIGHT POST (1766 – 1828), an American surgeon, born at North Hempstead, Long Island. He studied medicine for six years in New York and London, and began to practice in New York in 1786. In London he became one of favorite pupils of the revolutionary surgeon John Hunter. In 1792 he became a professor of surgery, and afterward of anatomy and physiology, in Columbia College. He visited the celebrated schools of Europe, and returned in 1793 with a splendid anatomical cabinet. In 1813 he became a professor of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was its president from 1821 to 1826. Post was one of the pioneers among American surgeons, and was long remembered as a successful operator, especially in the ligation of vital arteries.
VALENTINE MOTT (1785 – 1865) graduated from Columbia College, studied under Sir Astley Cooper in London, and also spent a winter in Edinburgh. After acting as demonstrator of anatomy he was appointed professor of surgery in Columbia College in 1809. From 1811 to 1834 he was in very extensive practice as a surgeon, and most successful as a teacher and operator. He is said to have performed one thousand amputations and one hundred and sixty-five lithotomies.
DAVID HOSACK (1769 – 1835) was a noted American physician, botanist, and educator. During Hosack's first few years in medical practice, he concluded that the best practitioners had received at least some of their schooling in Europe, and convinced his father to pay his way to Britain in order to obtain such schooling. Upon arriving in the United Kingdom, Hosack matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he was trained by premier botanists. He ultimately became one of the leading American scholars of botany. Hosack returned to America by 1796, and established a practice in New York City. A good deal of Hosack's clinical work was as a family practitioner, including pediatric and obstetric care. He remains widely known as the doctor who tended to the fatal injuries of Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.
SAMUEL LATHAM MITCHELL (1764 – 1831) was an American physician, naturalist, and politician who lived in Plandome, New York. He was sent to Scotland and graduated in 1786 from the University of Edinburgh Medical School with an M.D. In addition to his Columbia lectures on botany, zoology, and mineralogy, Mitchill collected, identified, and classified many plants and animals, and he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1797. From 1807 to 1826, he taught at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. On January 29, 1817, Mitchill convened the first meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences, originally called the Lyceum of Natural History, of which he was later elected President.
WILLIAM JAMES McNEVEN (1763 – 1841) was born in Ireland, completed his medical studies in Europe, and came to America in 1805. In 1807, he delivered a course of lectures on clinical medicine in the recently established College of Physicians and Surgeons. Here in 1808, he received the appointment of professor of midwifery. In 1810, at the reorganization of the school, he became the professor of chemistry, and in 1816 was appointed in addition to the chair of materia medica. MacNeven is affectionately known as "The Father of American Chemistry". MacNeven's best known contribution to science is his "Exposition of the Atomic Theory" (New York, 1820), which was reprinted in the French Annales de Chimie. In 1821 he published with emendations an edition of Brande's "Chemistry" (New York, 1829).
JAMES S. STRINGHAM (1775-1817), the earliest professor of medical jurisprudence in America, was born in New York City, where his parents gave him the foremost educational facilities of the time. Some time after taking his degree from Columbia College in 1793, he went to Edinburgh, receiving his medical degree in 1799. Shortly after his return to New York (in 1804) he was appointed professor of chemistry in Columbia College, and delivered a course of lectures on medical jurisprudence, the first in America.
1816 DISSERTATION FOR THE M.D. DEGREE AT C. P. & S., NEW YORK, DEDICATED TO PROFESSORS WHO WERE LUMINARIES OF EARLY AMERICAN MEDICINE AND INSCRIBED TO HIS COUSIN.
8 inches tall slim volume, marbled paper covers, spine perished, front cover separated from text, string binding secure, text block unmarked and very good. Ink inscription verso dedication page, "Sent by the author as an affectionate remembrance to his cousin Mrs. Lyman." The essay is "An inaugural dissertation on Neuralgia, submitted to the publick examination of the trustees of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of the Univeristy of the State of New York, Samuel Bard, M. D. President, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on Monday the sixth day of May, 1816." and is dedicated to "Wright Post, M.D., Professor of Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgery, in the College of Physicians and Surgeons; Valentine Mott, M.D., Professor of the Principles and Operations of Surgery; David Hosack, M.D.F.L.S., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physick, and of Midwifery; Sameul L. Mitchill, M.D.F.R.S.Ed., Professor of Natural History; William James McNeven, M.D., Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica; James S. Stringham, M.D., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence: No less in admiration of their abilities and learning, than in gratitude for their numerous displays of professional and personal kindness, this inaugural dissertation is respectfully dedicated, by their much obliged pupil, John William Boyles Murray."
The death of DR. JOHN WILLIAM BOYLES MURRAY (1792-1816) is listed in the obituaries of the January 4, 1817 issue of the Boston Columbian Centinel, "On his passage from London for Bordeaux, Oct 26, aged 24." His mentors in medical school all studied in Europe, and it would seem that Murray tragically died at sea on a voyage from England to France shortly after his graduation from medical school. Dedicatees of the dissertation include:
WRIGHT POST (1766 – 1828), an American surgeon, born at North Hempstead, Long Island. He studied medicine for six years in New York and London, and began to practice in New York in 1786. In London he became one of favorite pupils of the revolutionary surgeon John Hunter. In 1792 he became a professor of surgery, and afterward of anatomy and physiology, in Columbia College. He visited the celebrated schools of Europe, and returned in 1793 with a splendid anatomical cabinet. In 1813 he became a professor of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and was its president from 1821 to 1826. Post was one of the pioneers among American surgeons, and was long remembered as a successful operator, especially in the ligation of vital arteries.
VALENTINE MOTT (1785 – 1865) graduated from Columbia College, studied under Sir Astley Cooper in London, and also spent a winter in Edinburgh. After acting as demonstrator of anatomy he was appointed professor of surgery in Columbia College in 1809. From 1811 to 1834 he was in very extensive practice as a surgeon, and most successful as a teacher and operator. He is said to have performed one thousand amputations and one hundred and sixty-five lithotomies.
DAVID HOSACK (1769 – 1835) was a noted American physician, botanist, and educator. During Hosack's first few years in medical practice, he concluded that the best practitioners had received at least some of their schooling in Europe, and convinced his father to pay his way to Britain in order to obtain such schooling. Upon arriving in the United Kingdom, Hosack matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he was trained by premier botanists. He ultimately became one of the leading American scholars of botany. Hosack returned to America by 1796, and established a practice in New York City. A good deal of Hosack's clinical work was as a family practitioner, including pediatric and obstetric care. He remains widely known as the doctor who tended to the fatal injuries of Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.
SAMUEL LATHAM MITCHELL (1764 – 1831) was an American physician, naturalist, and politician who lived in Plandome, New York. He was sent to Scotland and graduated in 1786 from the University of Edinburgh Medical School with an M.D. In addition to his Columbia lectures on botany, zoology, and mineralogy, Mitchill collected, identified, and classified many plants and animals, and he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1797. From 1807 to 1826, he taught at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. On January 29, 1817, Mitchill convened the first meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences, originally called the Lyceum of Natural History, of which he was later elected President.
WILLIAM JAMES McNEVEN (1763 – 1841) was born in Ireland, completed his medical studies in Europe, and came to America in 1805. In 1807, he delivered a course of lectures on clinical medicine in the recently established College of Physicians and Surgeons. Here in 1808, he received the appointment of professor of midwifery. In 1810, at the reorganization of the school, he became the professor of chemistry, and in 1816 was appointed in addition to the chair of materia medica. MacNeven is affectionately known as "The Father of American Chemistry". MacNeven's best known contribution to science is his "Exposition of the Atomic Theory" (New York, 1820), which was reprinted in the French Annales de Chimie. In 1821 he published with emendations an edition of Brande's "Chemistry" (New York, 1829).
JAMES S. STRINGHAM (1775-1817), the earliest professor of medical jurisprudence in America, was born in New York City, where his parents gave him the foremost educational facilities of the time. Some time after taking his degree from Columbia College in 1793, he went to Edinburgh, receiving his medical degree in 1799. Shortly after his return to New York (in 1804) he was appointed professor of chemistry in Columbia College, and delivered a course of lectures on medical jurisprudence, the first in America.
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Dallas, Texas: The Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1959. Fine. Previous pencil notations to covers.. A grouping of seven (7) brochures, five (5) under the title "Teen Talk" presented by the Texas Baptist Christian Life commission and two (2) by the Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. They include: "Should a Christian dance?" "If we do not pet, what can we do on a date?" These are just two of the questions answered by this group of seven (7) educational pamphlets published by the Dallas-based Christian Life Commission in the 1950s with the goal of educating Christian teenagers about the dangers of drinking, smoking, and premarital sex. The seven items include: "Teen Talk About Dancing". Dallas: The Christian Life Commission, c.1959. 15th printing. Tri-fold pamphlet (6" by 7") printed in black and teal. Illustrated. Warns against dancing, stating that it is a gateway to dangerous behaviors and that "Dancing damages a person's…
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United States: C.P. Meier, 1930. Near-fine. Minor toning, vertical crease on lower leaf of card bifolium.. The "Hickey-Hoyoscope" is a whimsically illustrated volvelle fortune teller game. The directions instruct the user to turn the volvelle based on one's birthday several times, adding up the given numbers in window "B"; corresponding answer appear on the back of the card. The user can also ask a yes or no question using window "C". The fortunes on the back of the card include themes of love, happiness, and fortune in finances and business. Bifolium card with volvelle secured inside with brass fastening, printed on front and back with three windows cut on front to show three points of information on the volvelle. Measures 9" by 6
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Boston, Massachusetts, 1920. Good to very good. Some minor dust soiling, wear.. Salesman's sample book of nineteen (19) different leathers, most of which appear to be calf, embossed to appear more exotic (e.g. crocodile, snake, lizard, etc.). Each sample measures approx. 3.5" by 1.5". Sample book measures 3.5" by 1.5" by 0.75", and features a printed title card with title and address.
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London: E. Jones, 1696. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Full calf, probably 18th century or early 19th century. Spine in 6 compartments; red lettering label, gilt; the remaining compartments with a Maltese cross impressed in blind. Plain endpapers. 19th century ownership signature scrawled across the title page. Light scuffing to the binding, some staining and soil to the text, front inner hinge neatly mended, else a very good copy. Includes the Psalter and rites of ordination: 'Una cum Psalterio seu Psalmis Davidis, Ea Punctatione distinctis, qua Cantari aut Recitari debent in ECCLESIIS, Itemque Forma & Modus Faciendi, Ordinandi & Consecrandi Episcopos, Presbyteros, Diaconos.' Wing B3694A; ESTC R214201.
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1825. A Most Notorious Highwayman" [Turpin, Richard (1706-1739)]. The Life of Richard Turpin, A Most Notorious Highwayman. Giving a Particular Account of All His Daring Robberies and Burglaries, Trial, Execution, Burial, &c. Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, [c. 1825]. 24 pp. 12mo. (5-3/4" x 4"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet (chap-book) in self-wrappers, title page, featuring an image of a Turk, printed with woodcut border. Negligible light soiling, light edgewear, border at head of title page affected by trimming. $250. * Turpin, a charismatic highwayman, was one of the "media sensations" of his day, especially after his execution for horse theft in 1739. He assumed legendary status after his death. Popular interest in his exploits continued into the nineteenth century, as we can see in this account published around 1825. OCLC locates 13 copies in North America, 1 in a law library (Yale).
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Suncook, Pembroke, N.H., 1878. 12mo, original russet cloth, gilt title and decorative black stamping on front cover, lower cover with blind-stamped title and ornament. Frontis. portrait engraving, 63 pp., illus. On the morning of October 4, 1875, the beautiful 17-year-old Josie Langmaid did not show up for school. When Pembroke Academy staff notified her family, a search party was assembled. That night the party found her decapitated and violated body in the woods near the school and discovered her head the next morning. Following the initial arrest of innocent parties, the actual murderer was identified as French-Canadian woodcutter Joseph Lapage. Tried and found guilty, he admitted to his crime (as well as a similar murder in Vermont) on March 15th, 1878 and was hung the following day. The town of Pembroke placed a monument to the victim near the murder site, with directions to the sites where her body and head were discovered. Keeler's forty-page poetic eulogy is preceded by a brief account of…
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by Middlton, Bernard C. With a Foreword by Dr. Marianne Tidcombe.
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Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1995. #143 of 200 copies. . Hardcover. Fine. Circa 25.5 x 17 cm, Black morocco spine with maroon leather title label and patterned boards with a design using horizontal rules and a book press motif, pp.105, [2]. Laid in is the publisher's printed announcement for the book, as well as a note about a "Bibliophilic Bijou", a thematically related pin produced as a gift for those with a standing order with the press. The pin is not present, nor included here. Fine in publisher's black and maroon cloth slipcase.
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