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Philadelphia: The Blakiston Co., 1945. "The ten best-known ways to read character, fully explained and illustrated", allowing the reader to "become an expert judge of character and entertain your friends.". First Ecco Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ex-Library. ... more information

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Cleveland and NY: The World Publishing Co, 1944. Tells the stories of the lives and public achievements of "that brave company of explorers who pushed back one by one the dark frontiers of the mind", from the phrenologists to Freud. Pages are age-toned; light edgewear; dust jacket has edge tears and is faded.. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good -/Good Only. ... more information

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NY: Fowler and Wells, Publishers. Examines "the constitution of man considered in relation to external objects" - addressing the moral nature of man and the knowledge of phrenological science. Light foxing; wear to all edges; exterior rubs.. Twentieth Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. ... more information

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London and Totowa, NJ: Croom Helm/Rowman and Littlefield, 1975. Examines "phrenology and Victorian social thought", with the first part being on the reception and diffusion of phrenology in Britain and its challenge to traditional religion, and the second part being on the application of phrenology in the social movements of prison reform and national education. Light wear on bottom edge of dust jacket.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. ... more information

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NY: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co., 1869. Strives to teach men and women "the truths about their bodies which are of peculiar importance to the morals of society", described as a treatise on sexual physiology. Addresses preparing for marriage, marital relations, childbearing, childrearing, etc. Foxing; wear to edges, binding is a bit loose.. New Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. ... more information

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NY: Samuel R. Wells, Publishers, 1869. "For the Years 1865-6-7-8 and 1869, complete in one volume of over 250 pages. With more than 250 illustrative engravings." Each annual contains more than a dozen articles each; includes discussion of important figures of the day - Abraham Lincoln, U. S. Grant, Andrew Johnson; and issues of the day - influence of marriage on morals, significance of shaking hands, how to conduct public meetings, and so very much more. Light foxing; wear to corners and spine ... more information

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NY: Samuel R. Wells, Publishers, 1870. "A new illustrated hand-book of phrenology and physiognomy, for students and examiners; with a descriptive chart." Lacks rear endpaper; cover is moderately faded and bottom front corner is curled upwards. Moderate edgewear; moisture mark on ffep.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. ... more information

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London, NY and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1939. "An account in plain language of the structure of the human brain, together with its evolution and development from the earliest times and simplest forms. . .shows the physical basis of mental processes, and the causes of deficiencies and derangements." Illustrated. Dust jacket has minor fading of spine.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

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NY: Fowler and Wells, Publishers, 1888. "A repository of science, literature, and general intelligence. Devoted to ethnology, physiology, phrenology, physiognomy, sociology, psychology, education, mechanical industry, hygiene, and to all those progressive measures which are calculated to reform, elevate, and improve mankind, spiritually, intellectually and socially. Embellished with numerous portraits and other engravings. Vol. LXXXVI. Old Series - Vol. XXXVIII. New Series." Wear to edges, cor... more information

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NY: Samuel R. Wells, Publishers, 1873. "A repository of science, literature, and general intelligence. Devoted to ethnology, physiology, phrenology, physiognomy, sociology, psychology, education, mechanism, agriculture, natural history, and to all those progressive measures which are calculated to reform, elevate, and improve mankind, spiritually, intellectually and socially. Embellished with numerous portraits from life and other engravings. Vol. LVI. Old Series - Vol.VII. New Series." Wear t... more information

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NY: Fowler and Wells, Publishers, 1884. "A repository of science, literature, and general intelligence. Devoted to ethnology, physiology, phrenology, physiognomy, sociology, psychology, education, mechanism, agriculture, natural history, and to all those progressive measures which are calculated to reform, elevate, and improve mankind, spiritually, intellectually and socially. Embellished with numerous portraits from life, and other engravings. Vol. LXXVIII. Old Series - Vol. XXIX. New Series."... more information

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NY: Samuel R. Wells, Publishers, 1875. "A repository of science, literature, and general intelligence. Devoted to ethnology, physiology, phrenology, physiognomy, sociology, psychology, education, mechanism, agriculture, natural history, and to all those progressive measures which are calculated to reform, elevate, and improve mankind, spiritually, intellectually and socially. Embellished with numerous portraits from life and other engravings. Vol. LX. Old Series - Vol.XI. New Series." Wear to ... more information

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Philadelphia, Chicago, and St. Louis: The National Publishing Co., 1875. Boards are detached; spine strip is mostly removed, moderate rub marks. Text is VG. "Or manhood, womanhood, and their mutual interrelations; love, its laws, power, etc.; selection, or mutual adaptation; courtship, married life, and perfect children; their generation, endowment, paternity, maternity, bearing, nursing and rearing; together with puberty, boyhood, girlhood, etc.; sexual impairments restored, male vigor and female he... more information

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NY: Fowler and Wells, Publishers, 1848. Stated "second thousand". Written by the then editor of the American Phrenological Journal, writing about pregnancy, childbearing and child-caring as well as "Female Education and Beauty". Speaks of duties of husbands, female fashions, offsetting their own defects, directions to midwives, and much more. Moderate wear to edges; cloth is faded and has light rubs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. ... more information

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Bruxelles: Societe Belge De Librairie, Etc., 1838. "Avec un appendix et un grand nombre d'observations." 195 page, early nineteenth century phrenology book written in French. Covers the "classification des facultes - sentiments ou facultes affectives, and facultes intellectuelles". 3 blank endpapers have been excised; light foxing; wear to edges and corners. However, condition is quite good for being nearly 200 years old!. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. ... more information

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London: John Van Voorst, 1852. Interior is VG with only light age-toning of the pages; exterior is fair, with the boards detached but present and moderate edgewear, light fading. RARE copy of this mid-nineteenth century collection of the author's thoughts on the then modern physical science versus spiritual life and the problems of materialism. Discusses the whole mind, the unity of the mind and personal identify, heart, will, evil, conscience, philosophy and Christianity, pride, humility, phrenology... more information

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Paris: Librairie Vigot Freres, 1895. Written in French, covering "chiromancie, phrenologie, graphologie se prouvant l'une par l'autre; etudes physiologiques; signes des maladies, aptitudes des enfants, choix des professions, revelations du passe, and connaissance de l'avenir. With 500 gravures explicatives. SIGNED by the author on the page facing the title page. 1048 pages. Pages are lightly age-toned; cover has light edgewear. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Troisieme Edition. Three-Quarter Leat... more information

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