Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 194

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(MORTON, W. T. G.) Group of 5 pamphlets. 8vo, second and third in self-wrappers, stabbed and sewn, the rest in original wrappers. Fulton & Stanton IV.47, IV.71, IV.74, IV.62, IV.41; Howell 90, 217, 220, 227, 234. Vp, 1849-71

Additional Details

Dwinelle. The Casket and the Ribbon, or The House of Ether. 26 pages. 1849 U.S. 30th Congress, 2nd Session. Report 114 . . . February 23, 1849. 46, [2] pages, including final blank. [1849] U.S. 32th Congress, 1st Session. [Report of] The Select Committee to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. William T. G. Morton, asking remuneration from Congress. 2 engraved plates. 100 (of 128?) pages. Moderate foxing, plates toned. [1852] Proceedings in Behalf of the Morton Testimonial. 56 pages. Top and bottom of spine worn. 1861 Historical Memoranda relative to the Discovery of Etherization, and to the Connection with it of the late Dr. William T. G. Morton. 16 pages. Vertical crease through covers and contents, duplicate stamp on front cover. 1871.