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188823067.1Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 1888. Early printing if not the first of the 1st book edition cf. Wright III 5572. Red cloth spine with marbled paper boards. VG spine cloth sunned/extremity rubbing/paper beginning to yellow as usual. Pp 433 - 522. Pp 523 - 574 comprise other material e.g. "Western Investments for Eastern Capital" "Some Days with Amélie Rives" & "Our Monthly Gossip". 16 pp of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Advertiser at rear. Frontis wood engraving of Rives. 9" x 6" <br/><br/>Rives a Charlottesville VA writer who caused a public furor with this early work. Her heroine is a widow who had the aucacity to consider remarriage which shocked propriety in late 19th C. Southern households. According to Newman AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS this work is a "more open honest statement of the sexuality of women than the major realists of the period allowed". Needless to say it was a best-seller. This copy in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding of the serial issue as it had appeared in the April 1888 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. J. B. Lippincott hardcover books
1946254551946. Softcover. VG. Wraps. 32 pp. 20 bw plates. Catalogue lists 78 works with a one-page introduction and list of illustrations. paperback books
190738991New York: Street & Smith Corporation Publishers 1907. Early printing. Rear advert lists publications through #609. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Average wear to wrappers light chipping rubbing and tanning. Front wrapper detaching. An About VG copy. 32 pp. Text double column. 11-1/8" x 8" <br/><br/>OCLC records only 3 institutional holdings. Street & Smith Corporation Publishers unknown books
190038992New York: Street & Smith Corporation Publishers 1900. Early printing. Advert in rear lists "Latest Issues" through #224. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Light wear to wrappers tanning to edges chipping. Previous owner's signature in pencil to left side of front wrapper. An About VG copy. 32 pp. Text double column. 9-1/2" x 7" <br/><br/>OCLC records only 1 institutional holding. Street & Smith Corporation Publishers unknown books
189939002New York: Street & Smith Corporation Publishers 1899. 1st printing presumed. P. 32 states announcement of next installment #174. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wrappers chipped and tearing staples rusted. Age-toning and light soiling to leaves. A Good copy. 38 pp. Text double column. 10-1/8" x 7-1/8" <br/><br/>OCLC records 3 institutional holdings. Street & Smith Corporation Publishers unknown books
189939003New York: Street & Smith Corporation Publishers 1899. Early printing presumed. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Light wear to wrappers chipping to edges rusting to staples. A VG copy. 32 pp. Text double column. 10-3/8" x 7" <br/><br/>OCLC records 5 institutional holdings. Street & Smith Corporation Publishers unknown books
1991179637New York: Macmillan 1991. Hardcover. VG/VG. some wear on DJ. Hard cover dk green cloth. Pictorial DJ 160 pp : illustrations some color. "First published in Great Britain in 1991 by Little Brown and Company UK Limited . London"--Title page verso./ Includes index. Macmillan hardcover books
19111342047Annapolis: United States Naval Institute 1911. Second edition of "A Study of Naval Combat. Hardcover. Octavo; Second edition of "A Study of Naval Combat"; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print large library label and call number label on front tattering to spine caps and corners stain across front top edge shelfwear; Text block has library bookplate on front pastedown name in ink on front flyleaf library name in ink on title page library pocket on rear pastedown cracked front hinge clean text; 104 pages. 1342047. FP New Rockville Stock. United States Naval Institute hardcover books
19271340616London: Macmillan and Co 1927. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 2nd edition; Fair; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print tattering to spine caps and corners wear to hinges bump to spine; Text block has cracked hinges front and rear shaken binding intermittent spine breaks name in ink on front pastedown; Signed in ink by the author on the title page; xii 364 pages illustrated b&w. 1340616. FP New Rockville Stock. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
193933893Wien-Leipzig: Universal Edition A.G. PN U.E. 5904 1939. Quarto. Original publisher's light yellow wrappers printed in black. 7 pp. Verso of lower wrapper dated I January 1939.<br/><br/>Ex libris the composer and pianist Ray Green 1908-1997 with his handstamp to outer corner of upper wrapper and handstamp of musicseller Grobe Music in San Francisco to lower portion.<br/><br/>Slightly worn. Revised edition 1936 later issue. Somfai BB 64 p. 306. Szabolcsi Sz 49 pp. 332. Universal Edition A.G. [PN U.E. 5904] unknown books
190139508New York: Street & Smith Corporation Publishers 1901. 1st printing. Series advert lists through #283. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Wear to wrappers rear wrapper torn loss wrappers almost detached. Chipping to spine age toning to paper. A Good copy. 29 3 pp. Text double column. 10-3/4" x 8-5/8" <br/><br/>10 institutional holdings found on OCLC. Street & Smith Corporation Publishers unknown books
1938SW1562New York:: G. E. Stechert 1938. 1938. 8vo. xvii 1 390 pp. Index. Maroon blind-stamped yellow/gold-printed cloth. Richard Weiss signature. Fine. Reprint of the 1916 edition with corrections. Miller was one of the first proponents of group theory. G. E. Stechert, 1938. hardcover books
192283387Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1922. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 plates including frontis index xi 200p. Original cloth-backed boards. 21cm. Light cover wear. Bookplate. No jacket. <br/><br/> Cambridge University Press hardcover books
191490516London: G. Bell and Sons 1914. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. index v 178p. plus 6p. adverts. Original green cloth. 18cm. Backstrip somewhat faded with ends rubbed. Foxing on endpapers and adjacnet leaves. No jacket. The Quest Series edited by G. R. S. Mead. <br/><br/> G. Bell and Sons hardcover books
192346049London: Chatto & Windus 1923. 1st Edition. 1/1500 copies. Gray quarter cloth gray paper wrapped boards off-white title label and spine label uncut fore-edge TEG. A VG copy age toning to boards back strip sunned/age toned spine label a bit chipped corners bumped and rubbed pencil markings and age toning to end papers sketches and text bright and clean light scuffing/soiling to lower corner or lower past down end paper spine tight. Unpaginated. Twenty-four sketch reproductions by Mr. Rothenstein. 10-2/8" x 6-1/2" <br/><br/>Sketched portraits and short biographies included are of G.K. Chesterton Aldous Huxley John Middleton Murry and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1889S4296London:: Harrison & Sons 1889. 1889. 297 x 233 mm. 4to. Pages 73-149. 6 figs. numerous tables 1 lithographic plate. Dis-bound. William Shaw studied at Emmanuel College Cambridge where he became a Fellow in 1879. In that year he began his studies on hygrometric methods and instruments. As a result of this work Shaw was appointed a member of the Meteorological Council in 1897. He became director of the Meteorological Office in 1905; under his administration the Meteorological Office was transformed through the introduction of a trained scientific staff that emphasized studies of the physics of the atmosphere. DNB 1941-1950 pp. 783-784; DSB XII pp. 366-367. Harrison & Sons, 1889.] unknown books
190213364541902. Saddle-stitched. Quarto oblong; Fair; Paperback; Spine green cloth without print; Cover cardboard has edgewear creasing corners worn slight stains shelfwear; Text block staples released from the cover age-toning to paper paper is brittle with some chipping to fore edge; unpaged cartoons color.<br /> <br /> <p> Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. Contact seller if you have any questions.<br /> <br /> <p> This book is part of the oversized 15's kept in Netdesk office atop one of the bookcases. 1336454. FP New Rockville Stock. unknown books
191933886Budapest: Rózsavölgyi és társa PN R. és Tsa 3953 1919. Folio. Decorative title by Lajos Kozma. 9 pp. <br/><br/>Slightly worn and browned. Corrected edition issued a year after the first edition. Somfai BB 69 p. 307. Szabolcsi Sz 55 pp. 333. Rózsavölgyi és társa [PN R. és Tsa 3953] unknown books
198035593Bryn Mawr Pa: Merion Music; Theodore Presser 144-40082 1980. Small oblong folio. Wrappers. 11 pp.<br/>"Reference Copy" stamp to upper.<br/><br/>Lightly worn especially at corners. Out of print. Merion Music; Theodore Presser [144-40082] unknown books
198035659Bryn Mawr Pa: Merion Music; Theodore Presser 446-41038 1980. Small oblong folio. Wrappers. vi 32 pp.<br/>"Review Copy" stamp to title<br/><br/>Lightly worn especially at corners. Out of print. Merion Music; Theodore Presser [446-41038] unknown books
190138250New York: Street & Smith Coporation Publishers 1901. Early printing listing through #277 in the series advert on rear wrapper. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Edge chipping to wrappers and textblock outer wrappers beginning to detach. Age toning to leaves. A Good copy. 32 pp. Text double column. 10-3/4" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>OCLC records four institutional holdings. Street & Smith Coporation Publishers unknown books
190936585New York: Street & Smith Corporation Publishers 1909. Early printing listing through #681 in the series advert. Color pictorial paper wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Edge chipping to wrappers with lower right corner lacking to front wrapper. Old repair along hinges with 1st & last leaf adhering to wrappers just along edge of text. An About VG copy of a scarce baseball title. 32 pp. Text double column. Last page an advert. 11-1/8" x 8" <br/><br/>OCLC records just one institutional holding. Street & Smith Corporation Publishers unknown books
1988MMRM1113Dinard:: Association des Amies du Musee du Pays de Dinard 1988. 1988. 8vo. 319 1 pp. 43 illustrations index. Brown blind- and chocolate-stamped cloth dust-jacket; jacket extremities worn. Marginalia and underlining as befits a working review copy. Author's very personal inked inscription on front paper: "A Monsieur le professeur Russel C. Maulitz en hommage infiniment sincere el en le… de gratitude pour ce qu'il a apporte a la connaissance la historie medicale du XIX siecle en particulier le livre sur le …" Lengthy correspondence laid in regarding a request by an intermediary for the author that Russel C. Maulitz M.D. Ph.D. review the book for the Journal of the History of Medicine. A copy of the printed review is also laid in. Near fine. ISBN: 2907027028 INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO KEY REVIEWER OF THE BOOK. A limited press of 500 copies. This is an unnumbered review copy. The correspondence included herein brings insight into how book reviews come to pass. PROVENANCE: Russell C. Maulitz M.D. Ph.D. completed his M.D. and Ph.D. in History of Medicine at Duke University. He has served on the editorial boards of three major journals in the fields of medical history and technology and society. He is author of four books monographs and translations and over fifty articles in the fields of medical history and medical informatics. As Principal Investigator he has been the recipient of major research grants from the American College of Physicians the U.S. Office of Naval Research the National Institutes of Health the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Association des Amies du Musee du Pays de Dinard, 1988. hardcover books
192546513Cambridge: Washburn & Thomas 1925. 1st edition thus. Black cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title labels to spine & front board. Printed green paper dust jacket. Modest wear a VG book in a Fair - Good jacket lacking the spine panel. 49 1 pp. Illustrations from Cruikshank's 19th C efforts. 12mo. <br/><br/> Washburn & Thomas hardcover books
191324918New York: Street & Smith 1913. 1st printing. Color pictorial wrappers stapled. A Nr Fine copy of a publication proven to become very fragile with age. 32 pp. Text double column. Unopened !. Small format: 11-1/8" x 7-3/8" <br/><br/>Rear wrapper notes format i.e. size change. Street & Smith unknown books
