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On the Origin of Species: or, the causes of the phenomena of organic nature

On the Origin of Species: or, the causes of the phenomena of organic nature

by (FILLMORE, MILLARD.) HUXLEY, THOMAS H.

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Original cloth, paper spine label (chipped). Very good. Cloth case
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. From the library of Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States (1850-1853), with his signatures dated May 22, 1863 on the title and on the front pastedown.
Huxley, "Darwin's bulldog," was the leading defender and promoter of Darwinism in the years following the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859.In this popular work Huxley attempts to "disencumber the subject of its difficulties, simplify its statements, relieve it of technicalities, and bring it so distinctly within the horizon of ordinary apprehension that persons of common sense may judge for themselves. … Such is the character of the present volume" (preface).
This volume reflects the wide dissemination of Darwin's ideas in the 1860s.
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Tender is the Night

Tender is the Night

by FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT

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Original pictorial wrappers made by the publisher from the dust jacket. Some restoration to rear wrapper affecting the right margin of the jacket copy, marginal stain to p. 27, light spotting to endpapers, else very good.
FIRST EDITION, the extremely rare advance issue in wrappers.
Fitzgerald considered Tender is the Night, his fourth and final novel, to be his masterpiece, surpassing The Great Gatsby. Following an initially lukewarm reception, the novel's reputation has steadily risen. Ernest Hemingway later observed that "Tender is the Night gets better and better." The novel is now acclaimed as one of the great works of modern American literature.
The author's first novel in nine years, following The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night tells the story of the rise and fall of a glamorous couple, the psychiatrist Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, who is one of his patients. At the time Joyce's wife Zelda was hospitalized for schizophrenia.
The advance issue of Tender is the Night is one of the great… Read More
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Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From its First Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth...
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Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From its First Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth Month, called May, 1754

by FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

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FIRST EDITION of Benjamin Franklin's account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital established in the British colonies, co-founded by Franklin with his friend Dr. Thomas Bond. It remains a leading medical institution in Philadelphia.

Franklin's Account is "a record of one of his and Philadelphia's noblest civic achievements; and from its magnificent opening paragraph to its final moving appeal, it is, in Carl Van Doren's words, 'an example of homespun splendor hardly to be matched in the English language'" (Franklin Project).

"Franklin was a prime force in founding the institution, its first secretary, and later chairman of its trustees. In his Autobiography he wrote that he could remember no maneuver the success of which gave him at the time more pleasure than that of persuading the citizens and assembly to contribute matching funds to start the hospital initially" (Miller).

Written and printed by Franklin at the request of the Hospital trustees, the Account "describes the plan on which… Read More
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Portrait of Sigmund Freud

Portrait of Sigmund Freud

by (Freud, Sigmund.) Sternberger, Marcel

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Sternberger and Freud had known each other for years before they fled Europe with the rise of Nazism. Though Freud was terminally ill and at first hesitant about receiving visitors in 1938, the neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis said it "makes me feel good to see old-familiar faces again" when Sternberger arrived. This is said to have been Freud's last portrait session before his death in 1939.Gelatin silver print (16 x 20 in.). Archivally framed. Estate Edition, a limited edition of 20 copies, embossed and numbered.
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Portrait of Sigmund Freud

Portrait of Sigmund Freud

by (Freud, Sigmund.) Sternberger, Marcel

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Freud, just months from dying of oral cancer, is shown seated at his desk in Mansfield Gardens, with his famous devotional statues.
Freud and Sternberger had known each other while still in Europe, but their portrait session did not take place until both men had escaped to the safety of England. Stefan Zweig, a prominent novelist and friend of both, was aware of Freud's inevitable fate. He asked the dying psychoanalyst to "let Sternberger add your scalp to his already notorious belt of famous contemporaries."
When Sternberger arrived for the session Freud told him, "frankly I was not too enthusiastic at first about our old friend's suggestion: but now … it makes me feel good to see old familiar faces."
Still, Freud's condition permeated the air and the sitting was not a happy one. Freud was aware that he was being photographed for posterity, and it proved to be his last portrait session. Freud asked, "tell me why you want to bother with this … this wasted face of mine at all? You know… Read More
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Photographs of the Holy Land and Egypt comprising: [I:] Sinai and Palestine; [II:] Lower Egypt,...
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Photographs of the Holy Land and Egypt comprising: [I:] Sinai and Palestine; [II:] Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids; [III:] Upper Egypt and Ethiopia; [IV:] Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. Supplementary Volume.

by FRITH, FRANCIS

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This is a splendid set of the best and most extensive collection of Frith's photographs of the Holy Land and Egypt. This edition's gold-toned photographs are much preferred over the earlier editions for their "stronger quality" (Gernsheim).Frith made three photographic expeditions to Egypt, Sinai, Ethiopia, and Jerusalem between 1856 and 1860. "On the first, he sailed up the Nile to the Second Cataract, recording the main historic monuments between Cairo and Abu Simbel. On the second, he struck eastwards to Palestine, visiting Jerusalem, Damascus and other sites associated with the life of Christ. The final expedition was the most ambitious, combining a second visit to the Holy Land with a deeper southward penetration of the Nile. His photographs of the temple at Soleb, 800 miles south of Cairo, represent a genuinely pioneering achievement…. The clarity of his images proved to be of immense value to archaeologists. The photographs are also often powerfully composed, revealing an understanding of the… Read More
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