Collectible - Good First Edition

London: John Murray, 1869. 1st Edition. xxii+298pp. + original photographic portrait of Conolly mounted as a frontis + 32 page inserted rear catalog dated November 1868. Small octavo. Panelled pebbled blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine and dark green glazed endpapers. Some bubbling to the cloth, shelfwear to the spine tips and corners, owner's bookplate, and light marginal scoring. A good copy. Scarce. The first biography of a psychological physician, by his old friend who had encouraged him to seek the resident physician position at Hanwell [See Hunter & Macalpine, p. 1034]. An early use of photography in a British psychiatric book. Not in Gernsheim Incunabula of British Photographic Literature; Sadoff Catalog page 30. Weight: 1 pound 2.0 ounces = 512 grams. Size: 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches = 19.5 x 13.3 x 3cm. Inquire if you need further information.