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Mar. 21, 2024
Galton (Francis) Finger Prints, first edition, Macmillan and Co., 1892; and 2 others by the same on finger prints (3)
Est: £400 - £500
Galton (Francis) Finger Prints, half-title, library stamp to title, upper hinge starting, 1892; Decipherment of Blurred Finger Prints, 1893; Finger Print Directories, half-title, ink library stamp to title, 1895, first editions, lithograph plates, original cloth, spines gilt, generally a little sunned, rubbed and bumped, Macmillan and Co., 8vo (3) *** Galton is perhaps best known for his development of the fingerprint system as a means of personal identification, which had become a pressing need in the nineteenth century with greater population mobility, law enforcement and colonialist expansion.
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Mar. 21, 2024
Galton (Francis) Natural Inheritance, first edition, Macmillian and Co., 1889.
Est: £200 - £300
Galton (Francis) Natural Inheritance, first edition, half-title, diagrams, book-label to pastedown, original cloth, spine slightly sunned and worn, 8vo, Macmillian and Co., 1889. *** First edition of Galton's important work on heredity.
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Mar. 21, 2024
Galton (Francis) Inquiries into human faculty and its development, first edition, 1883; 3 others by the same (4)
Est: £400 - £500
Galton (Francis) Inquiries into human faculty and its development, photographic frontispiece, 4 plates, of which one colour, ink library stamps to title and label to pastedown, upper hinge starting, partial sunning, a couple of marks and paper label to spine, 1883; English men of science: Their nature and nurture, spine sunned, 1874, first editions, original cloth, extremities a little scuffed, Macmillan and Co.; and 2 others including a first US edition of the first mentioned (1883), 8vo (4) *** Galton introduced the word "eugenics"- "a word whose dark connotations have ever since been associated with his name" (Gillman, p. 207).
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Jul. 13, 2023
GALTON FRANCIS: (1822-1911)
Est: €300 - €400
GALTON FRANCIS: (1822-1911) English polymath, a proponent of social Darwinism, eugenics and scientific racism. A.L.S., Francis Galton, three pages, 8vo, Field Side, Grasmere, near Windermere (Cumbria), 17th August 1866, to Revd. Joseph Crompton. Galton states 'It will be quite sufficient that you should let me have the documents of which you speak, at Nottingham' and continues to inform his correspondent 'There seems no doubt but that the Association will elect to go to Dundee in 1867 and there is considerable probability that either Norwich or Exeter will be the alternative for 1868', further remarking 'Let me call your attention to the importance of the Norwich deputation being able to give (a) full & reliable account of the accommodation they can offer in the way of section rooms and especially of that afforded to their largest room, or rooms, for the General meeting & the soirees. There is considerable apprehension that a meeting at Norwich would be a small one. Have you any facts that point to a more favourable conclusion' and concluding 'Lastly, have you enlisted the sympathy of Dr Hooker in your behalf. His advocacy if he afforded it, would be a very powerful help to you (I believe I am right in supposing that he is intimately connected with Norwich)'. Some very light age wear, a few minor stains, and very slight traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG Joseph Crompton (1813-1878) English clergyman, founder of the 'Free Christian Church' and rector of St. Lawrence church in Norfolk. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) British botanist and explorer, director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and Charles Darwin's closest friend. Hooker acted as President of the British Association at its Norwich meeting of 1868, when his address was remarkable for its championship of Darwinian theories. The British Science Association, as it is known today, is a learned society founded in 1831 to aid in the promotion and development of science.
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Oct. 22, 2022
n.a. (Tozer & Galton): «Vacation tourists and notes of travel in 1860.», 1861.
Est: kr600 - kr800
n.a. (Tozer, H(enry) F(anshawe) (1829-1916)) Norway, in Galton, (Sir) Francis (1822-1911) (editor) Vacation tourists and notes of travel in 1860. Cambridge, McMillan and Co., 1861. (1 blank leaf), viii, 483pp, (1, blank), (1 blank leaf). 4 plates (all maps, 3 of which coloured and 1 folding), several in-text illustrations (2 in the chapter on Norway). 8vo. First edition. Contemporary half brown calf binding over brown, red and blue marbled boards, the spine divided into six compartments by five raised ribs, the second compartment with gilt title on red morocco, the bottom compartment with a gilt library stamp (N(ew) S(outh) Wales Parliamentary Library), all compartments with gilt single rulings above and below, all leather edges on both boards with a pricked border. The top of the spine and corners slightly scuffed. Marbled end papers and page edges to match the boards. Preliminaries very slightly foxed, interior otherwise very tight and clean. Christiansand - Arendal - Christiania - Mjøsen - Gudbrandsdalen - Romsdal - Trondhjem - Tromsø - Hammerfest - Lyngen - Trondhjem - Nordfjord and Søndfjord - Sogn - Bergen - Evanger - Voss - Hardanger - Sogn (1860). Schiötz 1081. 600 – 800 NOK € 60-80
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Mar. 11, 2019
GALTON, FRANCIS. 1822-1911. Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development. London: MacMillan & Co., 1883.
Est: $400 - $600
GALTON, FRANCIS. 1822-1911. Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development. London: MacMillan & Co., 1883. 8vo (225 x 140 mm). Mounted albumen photographic frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth. Chipping to head of spine, frontispiece starting, library markings.Provenance: H.J. Willing (typed name to front pastedown), Francis S. Willing (ink inscription to title), Mark Skinner Library (blind-stamp).WITH: "An Inquiry into The Physiognomy of Phthisis by the Method of 'Composite Portraiture.'" pp 475-495.[Offprint from]: Guy's Hospital Reports, 3rd series, vol 49. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1881.8vo (218 x 137 mm). 4 albumen photographic prints. Original cloth-backed wrappers, unopened. Minor chipping to spine ends, library labels and stampsProvenance: Texas Medical Association Library (stamp).EARLY EXAMPLES OF COMPOSITE PORTRAITURE. These two works are important examples of Galton's early forays into composite portraiture, a practice in which he combined multiple images of different subjects into a single blended image. He hoped through such blending to reveal different 'types,' particularly the criminal and the sick. This technique developed parallel to Galton's foundational writing in the field of eugenics, as, "Galton introduced the word 'eugenics' in this volume on p. 24 and defined it as 'the science of improving stock,' encompassing not only judicious selective breeding but all the various factors that give superior traits an improved chance of prevailing over inferior ones. A large part of the work is devoted to Galton's investigations in experimental psychology, including sense perception and mental imagery" (Norman 866). Garrison-Morton 230.
Bonhams
Dec. 12, 2018
Galton (Sir Francis).- Edward VII. Letters Patent appointing Francis Galton a Knight Batchelor, printed document on vellum with manuscript insertions, engraved decoration at head and sides, document 485 x 600mm., 26th June 1909.
Est: £150 - £200
Galton (Sir Francis, biostatistician, human geneticist, and eugenicist, 1822-1911).- Edward VII (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Emperor of India, 1841-1910) Letters Patent appointing Francis Galton a Knight Batchelor, printed document on vellum with manuscript insertions, engraved decoration at head and sides, ruled in red, remains of Great Seal, cracked and with some loss, housed in a glass case, glass cracked, document 485 x 600mm., 26th June 1909.
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Jul. 13, 2013
GALTON FRANCIS: (1822-1911) English Victorian
Est: €300 - €450
GALTON FRANCIS: (1822-1911) English Victorian Polymath: an anthropologist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist amongst other interests. Cousin of Charles Darwin. A good A.L.S., Francis Galton, four pages, 8vo, Rutland Gate, London, 6th October 1908, to Charles Partridge ('Resident of Mako', Ethiopia). Galton thanks his correspondent for their book, which he has read from cover to cover, and continues 'You have indeed a valuable yield for inquiries ....I can quite understand your dislike to the interference of bigoted missionaries....If Muslimism were not itself, usually so fanatical a creed I could easily fancy that English public opinion might, after a few years of howling execrations, be brought to accept it as a protected creed, with which Xtians bear no right to meddle when it is the creed of the land. But the "IF" is a big one. Some discussion is now going on about it among experts.' Galton further writes 'What you said about polygamy and a long period of lactation is I suppose only applicable where women are over numerous? And when the population is naturally very prolific. A negro in the conditions you describe, may well be happier than an average Englishman, but all religions are based on the feeling that happiness (Hedonism) is not the highest end of life...It would be very instructive if the workings of some of the highest class (most respected) Negro....could be analysed & compared with those of Europeans. Do you recognise great & certain differences between the natural mental gifts of many tribes?....But are there many cases of persons of tribe A having been wholly brought up in tribe B and yet showing the characters of A? The slave trade must furnish material to such cases.' He continues to remark 'I hope you will continue - nay am sure you will - to observe & note & compare and become a recognised authority' and refers to a meeting of an Education Society, 'But Parliament is on the point of meeting and it is unlikely that anything we can say will get much hearing. The Royal Commissions Report on the Feeble-Minded which points out the necessity of dealing somewhat drastically with the degenerate, over prolific branch of our race, will force the hands of the legislation.' Galton concludes 'As I write, news comes of this most threatening Bulgarian matter. War may have broken out by the time this reaches you, and a war of which no one can foresee the end.' A letter of fascinating content. Some very light, extremely minor foxing and a couple of small, neat tears to the folds, only very slightly affecting one word of text and not the signature, otherwise VG. £250-350
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Jun. 17, 2008
GALTON, Francis (1822-1911). Hereditary Genius: an Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences . London: Macmillan, 1869. 8 o. 2 printed folding tables (one loose). (Last leaf of text stained.) Original maroon cloth, uncut (rebacked preserving the
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
GALTON, Francis (1822-1911). Hereditary Genius: an Inquiry into its Laws and Consequences. London: Macmillan, 1869. 8o. 2 printed folding tables (one loose). (Last leaf of text stained.) Original maroon cloth, uncut (rebacked preserving the original spine, corners scuffed, inner hinges strengthened). FIRST EDITION. Galton (a cousin of Charles Darwin) "investigated the families of great men and suggested that genius was hereditary, and thus founded the science of eugenics, although he did not coin the word until 1883" (Garrison-Morton 226); Cushing G82; Osler 1599; Waller 15950; Norman 864. [With:] GALTON, Francis. Finger Prints. London & New York: Macmillan, 1892. 8o. 16 plates. Original maroon cloth, uncut (spine lightly faded, a bit rubbed). Provenance: Mary O. Stevens (signature dated 1894). FIRST EDITION. Galton was the first to describe the uses of fingerprinting as a means of personal identification in both biological and criminological investigations. He classified fingerprints in the three main categories of arch, whorl and loop, following the suggestions of Henry Faulds in 1880, and he also traced the hereditary nature of patterns. PMM 376; Norman 867. [With]: GALTON, Francis. Fingerprint Directories. London & New York: Macmillan, 1895. 8o. 9 plates. Original maroon cloth, uncut and partially unopened (extremities just a bit rubbed). Provenance: Arne Svennsson (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, with blindstamp. Norman 868. (3)
Christie's
Jul. 11, 2006
Galton, Francis
Est: £150 - £250
Galton, Francis Natural inheritance. London: Macmillan and Co, 1889, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, sunned, very occassional spotting, owners ink inscription on half title
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