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Watson, Frederick. Civilization and the Cripple. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., 1930. First edition. pp. xi, 120. 8vo. Full red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Dedicated to Sir Robert Jones with a black and white photographic frontispiece of him. Black and white photographs, illustrations, tables and charts etc. Light edgewear, bookplate affixed to front pastedown with an inscription and signature dated June 4, 1969 from Thomas Ormiston Smith dedicating this book to the Thomas Crane Memorial Library. Overall, very good+. An early examination of the of the care of the disabled from the very earliest times with a particular focus on the effects of the [The First World] War upon the crippled and a close examination of the care of crippled children. Unique and scarce. Hardcover. (#250) $75.00
![I’ve scarcely finished cataloguing this lovely little book of pressed flowers from the Holy Land. Just had to share it with all you. 🌺
Wild Flowers of the Holy Land; Matt. VI, 28, 29, 30 ; London Society’s Mission to the Jews.
[Ferdinand Vester]; London Jews’ Society’s “House of Industry”. Jerusalem, Palestine: Printed at the London Jews’ Society’s House of Industry, Jerusalem, N.D. [Circa 1890’s?]. First Edition. Unpaginated [Fourteen unnumbered leaves]. Oblong 12mo., measuring 12 x 18 cm. Original quarter maroon leather over gorgeous polished bevelled olive-wood boards bearing “Jerusalem” in black atop a deeply carved Jerusalem cross to the front board; like carving to the rear boards with Jerusalem printed in Hebrew characters to the centre; marbled edges, and ivory silk-moiré endpapers. Comprises of eleven beautifully arranged dried flower specimens mounted on stiff leaves, most (excepting two) accompanied with their original, remarkably well-preserved, tissue-guards, and individually captioned with their respective geographic origins (e.g.: “Flowers from Mount Zion”, “Flowers from the Mount of Olives”, etc.). Lightest wear to the leather spine, else, no other flaws noted to the extremities. Faint toning to the title page, otherwise, contents remain near-uniformly without blemish, and with firm, sound binding. A most lovely, and unique period offering from the Holy Land. Rare to be offered in commerce in this edition, and state. This edition unrecorded in WorldCat, however, nominally corresponds to OCLC #753636624 (with notable differences in pagination, and the number of specimens). See also OCLC #698494522. (#7243)](https://blacksbooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
