Phrenology; Proved, Illustrated, and Applied; Embracing an analysis of the primary mental powers, in their various degrees of development. The phenomena produced by their combined activity, and the Location of the Phrenological Organs in the Head, to
Author:
FOWLER, O. S. & FOWLER, L. N. & KIRKHAM, SAMUEL (assisted by)
Title:
Phrenology; Proved, Illustrated, and Applied; Embracing an analysis of the primary mental powers, in their various degrees of development. The phenomena produced by their combined activity, and the Location of the Phrenological Organs in the Head, to
Publisher:
S. R. Wells & Co. 1878
Description:
SPINE DAMAGED WITH SIGNIFICANT SURFACE LOSS; Sm. octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative motif to spine, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, vi+430pp+4pp publisher's adverts at rear, tatty VG- (spine heavily damaged with roughly two-thirds surface loss & spine coming almost entirely loose at top extrem, hinges heavily cracked, boards wobbly but still attached, light soiling & heavy rubbing, scuffing, fading & fraying to boards, heavy browning/discolouration to page edges, light-moderate foxing/soiling throughout, moreso to prelims/terminals, moderate oil? staining to top right corner of first approx. 25pp, phrenological diagram doodling in v. light pencil by prev. owner to one page at terminals)
Keywords:
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