Mitchell s ilas weir (12 Ergebnisse)

Octavo, original decorated blue cloth. First edition. A short novel concerning a stolen ring. BAL 14215. Smith, American Fiction, 1900-1925 M-867. Not in Hubin (1994). Endpapers foxed, else an internally clean, externally nearly fine copy with the highly perishable white enamel stamping entirely intact. (#113226).…

Octavo, fourteen inserted plates with illustrations by Andre Castaigne and F. R. Gruger, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Collects four stories; "The Guillotine Club," "The Fourteenth Guest," "The Mind-Reader" and "The House Beyond Prettymarsh." BAL 14263. Smith, American Fiction, 1900-1925 M-870. Hubin (1994), p. 578. Owner's penciled signature and tiny name stamp on front endpapers. Slight spine lean, else a bright, very good copy. (#159033). …

Octavo, fourteen inserted plates with illustrations by Andre Castaigne and F. R. Gruger, original decorated green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Collects four stories; "The Guillotine Club," "The Fourteenth Guest," "The Mind-Reader" and "The House Beyond Prettymarsh." BAL 14263. Smith, American Fiction, 1900-1925 M-870. Hubin (1994), p. 578. Small private owner's bookplate on front free endpaper with faint offset to front free endpaper, several fox marks to preliminaries, else a bright, nearly fine copy. (#113227). …

Octavo, original green bevel-edged cloth stamped in gold. First edition. Mitchell's first book of fiction; three novelettes, first published in LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE during the 1870s. "These novelettes are interesting as preliminary studies to HUGH WYNNE and THE RED CITY." - Quinn, American Fiction, pp. 306-07. BAL 14101. Wright (III) 3781. Cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, hairline cracks along inner hinges, but still a sound, tight, very good copy. A somewhat uncommon title. (#113228). …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good +. No Jacket. Second Edition. "My Dear Doctor. Accept this little book in place of my presence at your lecture. It represents the best I have to give. Yours Truley Weir Mitchell" Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed & Inscribed By Author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscription reads " S. Weir Mitchell affectionately for Mrs. Blakeley & Penny, August 3rd, 1896." Some water spots on rear cover. Gilt top page edges. Paper label on spine. Maroon cloth. Gift inscription. BAL14287. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). …

Original printed wrappers. Volume XII of Mitchell's case-study on Melancholy. BAL, 6, 14180.

SECOND PUBLISHED EDITION. Each volume with frontispiece and two half-titles. Uncut in the original gray publisher's cloth. Second edition.

FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Each volume with frontispiece and two-half-titles, both titles are cancels. Original gray publisher's cloth, crest of William Penn in red to upper covers, seal of William Penn in red to lower covers, spines slightly worn at extremities. From the library of Byron Price, with his bookplate. First published edition, binding B, of what is considered Mitchell's greatest work. A historical novel, it is set in Philadelphia during the American Revolution. After the book was printed and bound in 1896, a decision was made to postpone its publication and to first run it serially in the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. The present edition differs from the pre-publication edition in that the titles pages are cancels, with the new date of 1897, and frontispieces were inserted. BAL, 6, 14178; BMC, XVII, 521 (Pre-pub ed.); Osler, 5156.…

FIRST EDITION. 1. LS to unknown woman. Philadelphia, January 27, 1903. 3 pages on single folded sheet, 204 x 127 mm. Mitchell states that he is unable to answer all of his letters, and relies on the hand of his secretary to write them. He also speaks of his trip to Japan and his presentation to the Emperor. 2. ALS to unknown man. 1332 Walnut St., [nd]. 1 page, 205 x 128 mm. Small tear at fold, 2 small puncture holes, a bit browned.Mitchell speaks of a payment. 3. TLS to "Reverend Sir." Bay Harbor, Maine, [nd]. Single sheet, folded 200 x 123 mm. Mitchell thanks him for his "kind note" and expresses his regrets at not being able to provide more information about his friend Dr. Worcester.…

MITCHELL, S[ilas] Weir. Doctor and Patient. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1888. 1st ed. 1 leaf [ads], 177 pp. Orig. cloth. ALS on front pastedown from the author with a warm and amusing inscription to a fellow physician ".Meanwhile accept my book as a fee for medical services". Also further inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Binding rubbed, mild toning throughout, else a very good copy of one of Mitchell's scarcer titles. BAL 14131. Earnest, S. Weir Mitchell, p. 108; see pp. 103-08. (ref). Walter, S. Weir Mitchell, p. 166. Heirs of Hippocrates 1960. Six essays addressed chiefly to women. "A charming blend of Mitchell the physician and Mitchell the man of letters" (ref). Silas Weir Mitchell was a nineteenth century Philadelphia physician and Thomas Jefferson University alumni with his specialty being in neurology. He authored these six essays for every physician in particular the "weak and nervous" woman: "The Physician", "Convalescence", "Pain and Its Consequences", "The Moral Management of Sick or Invalid Children", "Nervousness and Its Influence on Character", "Out-Door and Camp-Life for Women.…

1. "Address delivered before the Medical and Chirurgical Society of Maryland. On the occasion of the dedication of its building." Offprint from the Bulletin of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, June, 1909. 8vo. pp. 220-227. Wrappers. BAL, 6, 14258. 2. "Address to the American Neurological Association." Offprint from The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, No. 36, Vol. 7, July, 1909. 8vo. pp. [ii], 385-401. Original printed wrappers. Mitchell was president of the association when he gave this address at the thirty-fifth annual meeting of the American Neurological Association which was held in New York from May 27-29, 1909. BAL, 6, 14259. 3. Address to the students of Radcliffe College, delivered January 17, 1895. Cambridge, Mass: [np], 1896. 8vo. 24 pp. Original printed wrappers. State A of this address which was given by Mitchell at the request of the Dean of Radcliffe College. BAL, 6, 14172. 4. Address. [New York]: [np], [1909]. 8vo. 18 pp. Original stiff printed wrappers; uncut. First separate printing of this address which was delivered on the occasion of the opening of the new hall of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, November 11, 1909. BAL, 6, 14257.…