first edition
1852 · Philadelphia
by DICKSON, Samuel Henry
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1852. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Brown cloth, stamped in blind on boards, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; 201, [3], 24pp; 24pp of publisher's ads at rear. Nineteenth-century bookplate of the Saint John Mechanics' Institute Library to front pastedown; 1935 pencil inscription to front free endpaper. A straight copy, rubbed, spine gilt dulled, scattered minor stains throughout: Good. Dickson was a physician and popular lecturer on the Southern Circuit; essay titles in this collection include "Life," "Sleep," "Pain," "Intellection," "Hygiene," and "Death.
(Inventory #: 56164)