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Intermarriage; or, The Mode in which ... Beauty, Health and Intellect, result from Certain Unions, and Deformity, Disease and Insanity, from Others
by WALKER, Alexander
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: John Churchill, 1838. Hardcover. Good. First edition. xxxiv, 442, [8], catalogue of "Mr. Walker's Anthropological Works" on eight pages at the back. Illustrated with 8 engraved plates. Bound in contemporary quarter green morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Small signature and ink stamp of the noted American psychologist Henry Guze (founder of the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and co-founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex), on front fly leaf. Heavy rubbing to the joints and edges of the boards, else good or better with toning and light dampstain to the gutter at bottom of text block. A scarce copy of the first edition.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 460881
- Title
- Intermarriage; or, The Mode in which ... Beauty, Health and Intellect, result from Certain Unions, and Deformity, Disease and Insanity, from Others
- Author
- WALKER, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Churchill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- Psychology, Science, Sexuality, Sociology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology;
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About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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