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New York, NY: B. W. Huebsch, 1907 Hardcover. Good Plus. Light cover wear and soiling. Inscription on front end sheet. Content clean, binding strong.

NY: B. W. Huebsch. VG. 1908. 6th ptg. World is divided into people who are bromides or sulphitics and their differences. Paper illustrated title square. Edge wear. . Owner inscription pencil fep. .

B.W. Huebsch, 1907. Hardcover. Good. .

NY. Fair with no dust jacket; Hard Cover; B. W. Huebsch ; 1906. Grey hard cover paper covered boards, paste down to front board, Fair. spine has tear, corners bumped. Seperation to the front signatures. 63 pages with decorations by the author. ; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

MP3 Audio CD. Are You a Bromide? or The Sulphitic Theory (in Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013 ) The terms "Bromide" and "Sulphite" as applied to psychological rather than chemical analysis have already become, among the illuminati, so widely adopted that these denominations now stand in considerable danger of being weakened in significance through a too careless use. The adjective "bromidic" is at present adopted as a general vehicle, a common carrier for the thoughtless damnation of the Philistine. The time has come to formulate, authoritatively, the precise scope of intellect which such distinctions suggest and to define the shorthand of conversation which their use has made practicable. The rapid spread of the theory, traveling from Sulphite to Sulphite, like the spark of a pyrotechnic set-piece, till the thinking world has been over-violently illuminated, has obscured its genesis and diverted attention from the simplicity and force of its fundamental principles.… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Are You a Bromide? or The Sulphitic Theory (in Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013 ) The terms "Bromide" and "Sulphite" as applied to psychological rather than chemical analysis have already become, among the illuminati, so widely adopted that these denominations now stand in considerable danger of being weakened in significance through a too careless use. The adjective "bromidic" is at present adopted as a general vehicle, a common carrier for the thoughtless damnation of the Philistine. The time has come to formulate, authoritatively, the precise scope of intellect which such distinctions suggest and to define the shorthand of conversation which their use has made practicable. The rapid spread of the theory, traveling from Sulphite to Sulphite, like the spark of a pyrotechnic set-piece, till the thinking world has been over-violently illuminated, has obscured its genesis and diverted attention from the simplicity and force of its fundamental principles.… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1906. 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very good condition . 63 p.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 11th printing, 1916. HC, no DJ. PC VG+. Grey paper boards, illustrated paper label to front, light soiling, tips bumped, unmarked, binding sound. Color decorations by author. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.

Hardback. New.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1906. 1st. hardcover. Very good. With decorations by the author. Former owners bookplates on front paste down end paper. Spine slightly darkened by the sun.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1906. First edition. 18x12cm, 63pp. Printed in two colors throughout. Signed by Burgess and with a doodle of his monogram on the ffep in blue. Paper over boards, illustrated label on front. Soiling and toning to exterior, few neat marginal annotations and corrections in ink, light foxing to preliminaries, else clean internally. Very good. An expanded version of "The Sulphitic Theory," an essay originally published in The Smart Set by artist-humorist Frank Gelett Burgess (1866-1951).   A signed copy, finely designed and printed, and the first edition in book form.  The humorous work is credited with coining the term "bromide" to describe someone as an unoriginal dullard.   .

1906. Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers' Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication "Compliments of B.W.Huebsch" and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess. Includes for Example: Essay reprinted, with revisions and additions, from "The Sulphitic Theory" published in "The Smart Set" for April 1906/ dedicated to Gertrude McCall, Chatelaine of Mac Manor/ the adjective "bromidic" at the time adopted as a general vehicle, a common carrier for the thoughtless damnation of the Phillistine etc.