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Letter, Word- and Mind-Blindness
by Hinshelwood, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: H. K. Lewis, 1900. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+. The author, a surgeon to the Glasgow Eye Infirmary, offers this collection of 5 articles that originally appeared in the Lancet, collected here in book form for the first time in 1900. Variations of letter-, word-, & mind-blindness are examined, singularly & manifested together, with or without the presence of dyslexia. Fine example of early research on the brain & language. In 88 pages + 16 pages of other books by this publisher in rear. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, this slim hardcover book has red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front & spine (totally faded here). Condition is Good+: very clean inside. Former owner's name in pen on title page, else completely unmarked. Stitched binding is secure, but a little shaky, & hinges are beginning to crack. Front endpapers are torn at binding in center. Pages are modestly tanned around edges. Exterior boards show pen scribbling & staining, fraying at both ends of spine & heavy spine fade. Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020027
- Title
- Letter, Word- and Mind-Blindness
- Author
- Hinshelwood, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- H. K. Lewis
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- BRAIN PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGICAL BLIND SIGHT MEDICAL PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASE DYSLEXIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology-Psychiatry-Mental Health/Illness; Health & Medicine/Alternative Healing/Illness & Wellness; Language-Linguistics-Semiotics;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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....
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