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185530506London: G. Routledge & Co. 1855. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Leather. Very Good in No DJ As Issued dust jacket. Custom full leather spine in five compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering in one compartment blind-stamped tooling in remainder blind-stamped borders and tooling on covers blind-stamped dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt with tooling on all edges. Illustrated with B&W plates by Birket Foster. Old damp-stains throughout mostly affecting just the illustrations former owner's signature on title-page head of spine worn with small loss covers worn at edges and corners else fine; otherwise unmarked tight square and clean. VERY GOOD. B&W Plates. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. viii 456 pages . G. Routledge & Co. hardcover
18161448London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1816. Seventh Edition. Leather bound. Very Good . Thomas Barber. Two vols. 8vo. Vol. I: vii 376 pp. Vol. II: viii 316. Frontis. portrait of Southey by Freeman after Thomas Barber. Title vignette is that used in the 1813 Longman's edition by J. Scott. Bound in 20th C. sumptuous three-quarter dark green morocco over marbled boards five raised bands tooled-gilt decoration on spine with maroon title labels. New endpapers. Former owner name in pencil on front free endpaper of second volume. A bit of foxing to preliminaries but not extreme. Corners slightly worn. An exquisite set with eminently readable typography and luxe shelf appeal. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown unknown
199370485New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/3 Cloth. 0394571711 . First American edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with some soiling in a Very Good dust-jacket with some edgewear; Edmund White's landmark Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the pioneering geneticist and scientist Gregor Mendel.In 1922 Gregor Mendel published his seminal work Über den Zweiges des Blutes On the Inheritance of Characteristics in which he demonstrated that certain characteristics such as height and eye color are inherited. Mendel was a monk and monkfish farmer who in the course of his investigations discovered that traits are passed down in discrete units or genes.White's majestic engrossing biography tells the story of Mendel and his remarkable discoveries from his early experiments with pea plants to his seminal work on heredity. White brings Mendel's remarkable story alive with vivid portraits of Mendel's contemporaries and successors as well as with original insights into the scientific process.Edmund White's incisive and beautifully written biography of Gregor Mendel is a triumphant achievement in the history; B&W Photographs; 8vo; TBC; FSA . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1921054742Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty. Ltd. 1921. 203pp catalogue at rear bw ills. Pictorial wraps. Torn about half the height of the book along front spine fold 1mm hole at top of front cover paper toned. Still looks god with bright fesh colour to covers. Ex-George Mackaness collection with his bookplate inside the front cover. A nice survivor of this scarce fragile early Australian pulp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/None as Issued. 8vo. N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty. Ltd. Paperback
112855New York: Harry N. Abrams 0-8019-1555-3 1984. Folio hardcover 311pp. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Photographs black and white and color illustrations notes chronology bibliography index. Biography of Pierre Auguste Renoir. Translated by John Shepley. Locale:. Art Impressionism Letters Painters. Harry N. Abrams Hardcover
19959741081Edwin Mellen Press Ltd 1995. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item850grams ISBN:0773491333 Edwin Mellen Press Ltd hardcover
20001125558719Little Rock Ark.: August House Pub Inc 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Oblong 4 to. black cloth dust jacket 234 pages : illustrations portraits ; 27 x 33 cm. index some minor edge tears top of spine of d.j. worn In 1963 Dick Gibson a Denver businessman engaged some of the world's finest jazz musicians to play at Aspen. He scheduled different combinations of musicians invited jazz lovers from across the country and his parties took hold buoying careers of many musicians. One of Gibson's early jazz party fans was Al White. August House Pub Inc Hardcover
19925836608New York University Press 1992. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN:9780814750773 New York University Press paperback
1995015758U.S.A.: F. Whitaker 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Francis Whitaker on title page previous owner's notes beneath the signature minor edge wear pages clean binding tight. <br/> <br/> F. Whitaker hardcover
1990025622University Park IL U.S.A: Osprey Publishing Limited 1990. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good. 8x8x0. No Gift Inscription Or Remarks Inside. 128 Pages With No Index. Paperback.- Specializing in academic collectible and historically significant providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Osprey Publishing, Limited unknown
1980811j0816Calgary Alberta: Alberta Historical Resources Foundation / Comprint Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. "A personal account of WW I by a Signaller of the 50th Battalion. Contains some interesting anecdotes on signalling equipment and duties in those difficult conditions. Unlike other works this one is a more recent set of writings based on Mr Wheeler's diaries reference books war diaries and his comrade's materials." - RCSigs website. 447 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. No dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Cooke 3rd Edn p.215; Endpaper Map; Sm 4to . Alberta Historical Resources Foundation / Comprint Publishing Company hardcover
1974005170Washington DC: U S Government Printing Office 1974. 456pp/illus. As an ensign Pratt served on the Mayflower during the Spanish-American War; the book contains several references to his service during this war. He did not serve at sea during World War I but moved into the flag ranks after WWI and retired before Pearl Harbor. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. U S Government Printing Office hardcover
1996004087Washington D.C. U.S.A.: Naval Historical Center 1996. 531pp 58 b/w photos and illustrations 10 maps 6 charts bibliography index. Forty-two years as a professional naval officer including four battle-filled months aboard Enterprise around Guadalcanal action at Coral Sea and Midway etc. Several short tears to dust jacket. Text clean and unmarked. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Naval Historical Center hardcover
18780008013HARDWICK MASSACHUSETTS. Good. 1878. On offer is an original handwritten diary authored by C. W. Wheeler containing brief records of farming operations through different seasons with occasional mentions of weather and track of prices for products and labour. There is a handwritten note on the endpaper: C.W. Wheelers Diary 1878. The book itself is titled "The Standard Diary" and contains almanac material postage rates weights and measures festivals etc. Wheeler was keeping cattle growing crops did some building and repair work for himself and for neighbours sometimes hiring help. In winter he was cutting and drawing woods cutting and loading ice shaving shingles drawing hay hauling manure: "Drew 9 loads of manure; 4 in lower field and 5 in big field. 24 loads in all in lower field" February 6th: "Drew 2 load logs to mill" March 6th: "Went to Collins mill for a shingle log". In March he tapped sugar and boiled sap: March 8: "Finished washing buckets" March 9: "Began to tap sugar" "Sugared off 250 lbs". From April he was plowing and sowing seeds - wheat potatoes and later corns. His records are very brief and scarce and document amount of work he and his helpers did the time he spent doing different work and prices. There is almost no personal information. Occasionally he provides details that he finds worth mentioning: "Yearling heifer has five teats" "Found lost calf in Newell Whitney's wood gone 3 weeks and 4 days". The journal contains names of people for whom he did work or sold produce and names of helpers he hired. Last several pages and endpaper contain various calculations. Book condition: good cover is slightly soiled and with water stains ink is faded at few places.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF RURAL LIFE ECONOMY FARMERS FARMING AGRICULTURE CATTLE CROPS ICE HARVESTING ICE CUTTING MASSACHUSETTS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT DIARY JOURNAL WOOD CUTTING MAPLE SYRUP SUGAR TAPPING HARDWICK AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
51556London: Ward Lock & Co. Ltd 1915. 1st edition. Lord Frederick Roberts 1832-1914 was one of the most distinguished commanders of the British Empire. He served in the Indian rebellion the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War. Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross for actions on 2 January 1858 at Khudaganj. Pp.299/xvipublisher's catalogue portrait frontispiece 15 further plates and a double page map of Northern India and Afghanistan. Grey illustrated boards minor wear to top and tail of spine. VG. London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, 1915. hardcover
1923003564Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press. 1923. hardcover. 334 pp Good/- boards worn esp at corners some soiling rear end. page missing page ddges & some pages soiled. An Authentic Narrative of Forty-Three Years in the Old West asCattleman Indian Fighter and Army Officer by Colonel Homer W. Wheelerretired United States Army late Fifth Cavalry Times-Mirror Press hardcover
1918099747New York: Harper and Brothers 1918. Hardcover. pp. 427. 8vo. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Faded publisher's top stain. Black and white photographs. Some spots and scuffs to extremities wear to corners front hinge cracked with mull exposed pencil name to ffep; very good-. Harper and Brothers hardcover
20034326034Palgrave Macmillan 2003. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN:0312295820 Palgrave Macmillan hardcover
2003524189Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2003. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Light edgewear to jacket and small closed tear to rear hinge; faint pen marks to front inner flap. Minor bumps to board corners and faint marks to page block. No other notable flaws; contents clean and spine tight. AD. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. Palgrave Macmillan Hardcover
19004944654George Bell and Sons 1900. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1000grams ISBN: George Bell and Sons hardcover
1884014800London: Bickers & Son 1884. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. Clean square and reasonably tight. The front inner hinge has been neatly and securely re-glued. NO owner's name or bookplate. A few early pages have scattered brown speckles light foxing. Otherwise all pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original black-stamped brown cloth. Gilt stamping on the spine is still bright and shiny. Volume 2 only of 5. Illustrated with 3 portraits -- Dr. Johnson Edward Gibbon and a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Thrale. Of the five this volume is of the most interest to Johnsonians. "Edited with Notes and Additional Chapters from the Author's Unpublished MS by Henry B. Wheatley. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. vi 448pp. Bickers & Son Hardcover
1961011953London: Hutchinson 1961 name to fep price clipped DW under plastic sleeve DW is a replacement form a library copy and has a call number to spine otherwise tidy book is NOT a library copy scarce autobiographical book by Wheatley apart from an aside to his Great War experience is mainly about his pass time of brick laying! 126pp plates frontis of Wheatley in uniform in 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9 - 12" tall. Hutchinson hardcover
18644127089Longmans Green and Co 1864. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo with burgundy cloth. Blind borders on front and back boards. Numerous stains and scuff markings on front and back boards. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners. Minimal foxing on some pages. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Longmans Green and Co hardcover
198735109Metal Bulletin Books Ltd. 1987. 1st edition. Fine/Fine. Hard covers dust jacket Jacket enclosed in protective cover. Metal Bulletin Books Ltd. hardcover
3067<p>Philadelphia: Porter & Coates. 1860 no. 189 of 250 limited ed. copies. 395pp 396pp. illus. orig. white cloth tall 8vos w/gilt decorations & titles & sewn-in marker ribbons: Good to near Very Good covers show age spots and darkening; spine strips are age darkened; text is untroubled; else a nice clean complete & tight set A classic period look at the toffs of England with a Frenchman or two thrown in for good measure. </p> Philadelphia: Porter & Coates hardcover
