Item #140949730 The Memory Library. Memory and Thought Series. Numbers 1-6. James P. Downs.
The Memory Library. Memory and Thought Series. Numbers 1-6.
The Memory Library. Memory and Thought Series. Numbers 1-6.
The Memory Library. Memory and Thought Series. Numbers 1-6.
The Memory Library. Memory and Thought Series. Numbers 1-6.
The Memory Library. Memory and Thought Series. Numbers 1-6.
The Memory Library. Memory and Thought Series. Numbers 1-6.

The Memory Library. Memory and Thought Series. Numbers 1-6.

Harrisburg, PA: [Self Published], 1890-1892.

Guide to memory training, complete in six parts, with additional supplement. Second revised edition of Number 1, first edition of Numbers 2-6, and third edition of supplement. Bound in publisher's colored wraps. Near Fine with light wear, toning, and foxing to wraps, slight bump to upper corner of Number 6, and dampstain to front wrap and first leaf of Number 2. Number 3 cord-bound and overopened with stitches showing; all other numbers staple-bound and firm. Supplement in Very Good condition with subscription crease, penciled sums to first page, and widely scattered foxing throughout. Titles as follows:

No. 1: The Mastery of Memorizing. November-December 1890.
No. 2: Quickness of Perception. January-February 1891.
No. 3: Eye and Ear Memory. March-April 1891.
No. 4: The Study of Languages. May-June 1891
No. 5: Memory and Thought. July-August 1891.
No. 6: Memory Training of the Young. September-October 1891.
Extra, No. 2: The Vedig System of Developing Memory and Thought: Being an Address Before the Cosmos Club, Jersey City, N.J. March 1892.

An interesting set of self-improvement manuals, published by subscription and advertised in newspapers across the country. Item #140949730

Price: $1,800

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