Memoirs of Pliny Earle, M.D. with Extracts from His Diary and Letters (1830-1892) and Selections from His Professional Writings (1839-1891)

Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (23cm). Publisher's green cloth boards, titled in gilt on spine; xvi,[1]-409pp; [1] inserted leaf of ads at end of text; portrait frontispiece. Mild crease at crown of spine, else a tight, Near Fine copy in the original cloth; contents very fresh and clean.

Personal and professional writings by a prominent 19th-c. American pioneer of psychiatric medicine. Earle was co-founder of both the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane and the New England Psychological Society. (Inventory #: 51795)