(Blindness, Deafness, Social Welfare.) Four scarce assorted ...

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£70

(Blindness, Deafness, Social Welfare.) Four scarce assorted Victorian books on disability, social issues etc, comprising Rev. John Thomas, M.V.I: 'Beacon Flashes: Tales to Enforce Temperance. With Twenty Seven Illustrations', London, F.E. Longley, [nd], circa 1883, engraved frontis + 26 full page engraved ills. as called for, [9],208pp + [8]pp adverts at end, original pictorial cloth gilt. Rare book of temperance tales, not on Jisc library hub/COPAC; 'Magdalene and Raphael ; or, The wonder of vision. : a story for children. Translated from the German.', London, Routledge, 1860, wood engraved frontis & added wood engraved title by Dalziel Brothers, 152pp + 8pp publisher's catalogue of adverts at end, original blindstamped cloth worn. Scarce juvenile fiction title involving blindness; Rev. Samuel Smith: 'A Magazine Intended Chiefly for the Deaf and Dumb', London, Cowens' Library; Glasgow, J & AF Strathern, 1874, volume II, iv, 188pp, contemporary cloth gilt, scarce; plus John Stuart Mill: 'Auguste Comte and Positivism', L, N. Trubner, 1866, 2nd edition revised, [3],200pp + 2pp ads at end, ex Repton School library, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt (4)