GOWERS, William Richard (1845-1915). A manual of diseases of the nervous system. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1886. 2 volumes, 8o. Numerous text illustrations. Manuscript chart of symptoms on verso of front free endpaper, Vol. 1. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine (rebacked, preserving original spine, extremities and joints worn). Provenance: C.P. Symonds, Guy's Hospital (ownership signatures in Vols 1 & 2); C. Shears (ownership signature in Vol. 2, dated 1888). "The most ambitious treatment of neurology to date in any language" (Norman), based on his own careful and meticulously recorded observations. Garrison-Morton 4569; Heirs of Hippocrates 2078 (2nd edition); Waller 3662; Norman 921. -- The border-land of epilepsy. Faints, vagal attacks, vertigo, migraine, sleep symptoms, and their treatment. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1907. 8o. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. 16 pp. Churchill's catalogue "3", dated March 1907, bound in at rear. Provenance: presentation copy to unknown recipient (inscribed on front free endpaper "From the author". FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Garrison-Morton 4821; Norman 922. (2)