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187246032London: Trubner & Co 1872. 8vo pp. viii 69 1 ads; bookseller's ticket on front paste down early bkseller description affixed to upper corner of half title front hinge weak and front free endpaper is almost loose endpapers very brittle lightly toned otherwise very good in original blue cloth with rules stamped in blind and gilt-lettered spine. <br/><br/> Trubner & Co hardcover books
21294New York: Beadle & Adams Publishers Nd. Wraps. Orig. illustrated stapled wrappers. Fine. 28 pages. 28 x 21 .5 cm. Beadle's Dime New York Library. Vol. I. No.3. Illustrated. Clean fresh copy. 20th century facsimile. Beadle & Adams, Publishers unknown books
1970205802Ann Arbor: University of Missouri Columbia 1970. paperback. near fine. 220pp. 12mo paper wrappers spine slightly faded and creased a few small white specks on back cover top corner on front cover very slightly bumped. Ann Arbor MI: University of Missouri 1970. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> A facsimile copy of a doctoral thesis.<br/><br/> University of Missouri, Columbia unknown books
199966818New Delhi: Phulkari Publications 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first book on the subject of autographs in India. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Octavo. Original red buckram binding. Light wear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Phulkari Publications hardcover books
1935017925New York: D. Appleton-Century Company 1935. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Revised edition. Octavo 8vo. xxvi 692 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. The text has ink underlining and notations here and there. Revised and enlarged edition. D. Appleton-Century Company Hardcover books
1986137204Culver City CA: TriStar Pictures 1986. Two vintage black-and-white still photographs from the 1986 film. <br/><br/>A prototype of a military robot is struck by lightning and gains sentience. Through a series of comedic events the robot manages to thwart the soldiers looking for him fake his own death and live happily ever after with one of his creators. <br/><br/>Set in Oregon shot on location in Washington Oregon and California. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Fine condition. <br/><br/>Complete collation details available on request. TriStar Pictures unknown books
197061310NY: AMS Press 1970. First printing of this second revised edition originally published in 1900. xi 411 pp. Light toning to endpapers else near fine in full cloth. No dust jacket. NY: AMS Press hardcover books
19709006916Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 1970. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine dust jacket fine. Edited with an introductionby George J. Zytaruk. Includes index. 433 pp. <br/><br/> McGill-Queen's University Press hardcover books
19639871New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co 1963. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. xxiv 266 pages. Introduction by Louis Filler. Second edition the introduction being an addition to this printing. The classic story of a rise from rags to riches in the publishing business. Frederick Ungar Publishing Co unknown books
196317107New York: Frederick Ungar 1963. 8vo pp. xxii 2 266; very good copy in jacket. <br/><br/> Frederick Ungar unknown books
1914813691914. McClure S.S. MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1914. First edition second issue of the first printing with "September 1914" but without the extraneous line on p. 239. Bookplate removed from pastedown hinges starting; slightly skewed. About very good. Crane A7.a.i. unknown books
1978157643Gulf Breeze Florida: Academic International Press 1978. Hardcover. Good ex-library with labels and stamps on spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light soiling to boards and block. Pages are clean and clear. All volumes: Sky blue cloth/boards. Black lettering. Bw frontis and bw map of the Russian Empire and occasional additional bw illustrations. Vol. I: xxxi 228 pp.; Vol. 2: 315 pp.; Vol. 3: 224 pp.; Vol. 4: 356 pp. Contents cover 1: The autocracy 1894-1900 with Searching for the last Tsar by Patrick J. Rollins.; 2: Years of change 1900-1907; 3: The Duma monarchy 1907-1914; 4: The World War 1914-1918. Translated from the original Russian T S arstvovanie Imperatora Nikolai a II. The set is Volume 25 from the Russian Series published by Academic International Press. Academic International Press hardcover books
1985712New York 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 305 illus. 180 in duotone. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1980100609Oxford 1980. hardcover. 15 stills. 8vo d.w. Oxford UP 1980.<br/><br/> unknown books
187563830Raleigh NC: Edwards & Broughton & Co. Printers and Binders for the Medical Society and Academy of Medicine 1875. First edition. 8vo. 16 pp. McKee 1814-1874 a Raleigh native received his medical degree from Pennsylvania in 1839 returning to Raleigh in 1840 to establish a practice that continued to his death; he was a founder of the N.C. Medical Society and a member of the first N.C. State Medical Examining Board the first in the country. Thornton 12197. OCLC locates eight copies New York Historical Society College of Physicians of Philadelphia Duke High Pont Public State Library of N.C. North Carolina North Carolina-Health Sciences Wake Forest. Very good. Original decorated silver-stamped black glossy wrappers. 10240. <br/><br/> Edwards & Broughton & Co., Printers and Binders, for the Medical Society and Academy of Medicine unknown books
19535248Honolulu: Matson Navigation Lines 1953. Bifolium 35 cm x 53 cm printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Laid in are small lunch and breakfast menus from the same date. Dinner menu from the S.S. Lurline for September 24 1953 that features cover art by Eugene Savage. There were four ocean liners christened S.S. Lurline by Matson Lines these menus were for the fourth ship with that name. The S.S. Lurline was a luxury ocean liner that would take passengers from the American West Coast to Hawaii and Australia. The Hawaiian port was Honolulu where most passengers would disembark the ship and make a beeline for Matson's renowned Waikiki hotel and resort the Royal Hawaiian.<br/><br/>Eugene Francis Savage 1883-1978 was a trained sculptor and artist who was primarily known for his large murals. Savage was commissioned by Matson Navigation Lines to paint nine large 4' x 8' Hawaiian themed murals that were intended to be displayed on Matson ocean liners. These murals were completed in 1940 but due to American involvement in World Ward II the ships were dedicated to the war effort and the murals were never installed. In 1948 the Murals were used as covers for the menus on the S.S. Lurline.<br/><br/>"When Captain James Cook British Royal Navy on January 20 1778 first came upon the Sandwich Islands later named Hawaii he was at the height of his fame as a navigator and explorer. But to the islanders Captain Cook was far more than that. He was an incarnation of their god Lono come in a floating temple to visit them from the great beyond. At his first landing on the island of Kauai the fell prostrate along the path and worshipped him as a deity. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
19525390Honolulu: Matson Navigation Lines 1952. Bifolium 35 cm x 53 cm printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Dinner menu from the S.S. Lurline for April 20 1952 that features cover art by Eugene Savage. There were four ocean liners christened S.S. Lurline by Matson Lines these menus were for the fourth ship with that name. The S.S. Lurline was a luxury ocean liner that would take passengers from the American West Coast to Hawaii and Australia. The Hawaiian port was Honolulu were most passengers would disembark the ship and make a beeline for Matson's renowned Waikiki hotel and resort the Royal Hawaiian.<br/><br/>Eugene Francis Savage 1883-1978 was a trained sculptor and artist who was primarily known for his large murals. Savage was commissioned by Matson Navigation Lines to paint nine large 4' x 8' Hawaiian themed murals that were intended to be displayed on Matson ocean liners. These murals were completed in 1940 but due to American involvement in World Ward II the ships were dedicated to the war effort and the murals were never installed. In 1948 the Murals were used as covers for the menus on the S.S. Lurline.<br/><br/>"In the early 1850's the King of Hawaii sought a treaty with the United States providing for the admission of islands as a state. The treaty was never ratified. But it was the first official step in a movement which strengthened with the years culminating in the annexation of Hawaii August 12 1898. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
19535389Honolulu: Matson Navigation Lines 1953. Bifolium 35 cm x 53 cm printed in full-color. Nice condition. Near fine. Dinner menu from the S.S. Lurline for Easter Sunday September 22 1953 that features cover art by Eugene Savage. Breakfast and lunch menus for the same day laid in.<br/><br/>There were four ocean liners christened S.S. Lurline by Matson Lines these menus were for the fourth ship with that name. The S.S. Lurline was a luxury ocean liner that would take passengers from the American West Coast to Hawaii and Australia. The Hawaiian port was Honolulu where most passengers would disembark the ship and make a beeline for Matson's renowned Waikiki hotel and resort the Royal Hawaiian.<br/><br/>Eugene Francis Savage 1883-1978 was a trained sculptor and artist who was primarily known for his large murals. Savage was commissioned by Matson Navigation Lines to paint nine large 4' x 8' Hawaiian themed murals that were intended to be displayed on Matson ocean liners. These murals were completed in 1940 but due to American involvement in World Ward II the ships were dedicated to the war effort and the murals were never installed. In 1948 the Murals were used as covers for the menus on the S.S. Lurline.<br/><br/>"Ancient Hawaiians were lusty trenchermen. All events of importance called for a feast. Births marriages weanings even tax-gathering every high point in their life was signaled by a luau. The celebrations were marked by abject attention to every whim of the king or chief who might be present by music and dancing by idols to keep the gods in mind and above all by a plenitude of food. Matson Navigation Lines unknown books
18432305840New York: Harper & Brothers 1843. Second Edition. Second Edition. Good/No Jacket. Second edition much enlarged. Presentation copy inscribed without signature by author on front flyleaf 'Revd Dr. McConaughy with the respects of the author.'. Boards rubbed front and end matter foxed a few text pages faintly foxed. 1843 Full-Leather. xii 329 6 pp. An early work on psychology by the Lutheran theologian who played an important role in the founding of the General Synod and was also an activist for the cause of abolition. Schmucker discusses free will; the philosophical thought of Thomas Reid Dugald Stewart Brown the German psychologists and Upham; cognition and the senses; emotions; voluntary and spontaneous actions; etc. Harper & Brothers unknown books
197822778EPark City UT: Schick Sunn Classic Pictures Inc 1978. Original 116 page revised draft shooting script for the television movie The Adventures of Nellie Bly originally titled ‘The Amazing Nelly Bly’ as printed on the title page written by S.S. Schweitzer. With revision dates on the title page from November 17 1978 through November 27 1978. Bradbound in stiff covers. About fine condition with just a trace of handling. The movie aired on June 11 1981 starring Linda Purl in the title role with Gene Barry J.D. Cannon John Randolph Paul Sylvan Cliff Osmond and Fran Ryan. The film follows pioneer nineteenth-century female journalist Nellie Bly and her exposes of corruption in New York City. Based on the real life story of Elizabeth Jane Cochrane 1864 - 1922 better known by her pen name Nellie Bly. She was an American journalist industrialist inventor and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg and her undercover work reporting on a mental institution from within. She was an innovator in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism. Schick Sunn Classic Pictures, Inc unknown books
1923226000001Boston: Marshall Jones Co 1923. Hardcover. Fair both sides of spine cloth worn through and threadbare. Contents tight and solid. Bears the inked name of S. Leslie Gill and Rhode Island artist of the mid 20th century. Cloth boards. xiv 165 pp. 41 bw repros. A terrific copy of this scarce edition limited to 1500 numbered copies this one #891 biographical work on this Boston artist. Includes 41 bw plates of his work. Marshall Jones Co hardcover books
191230815Paris: Devambez 1912. 12 plates on stiff paper with tissue guards bearing identifications 15 pages text. In French. 1 vols. 4to. The text unopened plates loose in burgundy gilt portfolio case. Some fading of binding tear to head of spine else very good with a pencilled notation "F. L. France 16 Aout 1912. 12 plates on stiff paper with tissue guards bearing identifications 15 pages text. In French. 1 vols. 4to. An elaborate travel brochure/advertisement for the ship "S. S. France" with description and plates of the fine art and some rooms to encourage Americans to travel to France. Devambez unknown books
190659301Roanoke AL: Mrs. S.S. Smith Birmingham AL: Press of Roberts & Son 1906. First edition of one in a series probably issued annually. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated 15 pp. Illustrated from black & white photographs. Leaves facing wrappers lightly foxed; light offset from illustrations. A very good copy of a very scarce catalogue. Original gray wrappers printed in brown on the front cover and stapled; moderately soiled and lightly edgeworn. A priced catalogue illustrated with pictures of the dolls grouped and numbered of the creator and producer Mrs. Smith of her staff of twelve women doll-makers of their work room with dolls in process and of a child probably her daughter with her collection of the dolls including "the colored 'Mammy' nurse." Customers could choose from seven sizes and 47 styles with further options e.g. they could be "painted to represent any race of people"; her black dolls are thought to be the first manufactured in the South. Prices ranged from $1 for the most basic to $10 for an elaborately dressed model. The Alabama Indestructible Rag Doll also Ella Smith Doll and Alabama Baby had a considerable success in the region. This catalogue gives meticulous detail and instructions firmly warns against patent infringement refers to hygienic concerns and shows a small manufacturing company founded and run by a woman employing women to produce products for women and their daughters. None listed in the NUC or OCLC. #660. <br/><br/> Mrs. S.S. Smith (Birmingham, AL: Press of Roberts & Son) unknown books
19742281Toronto: Coach House 1974. First edition. . 93 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 500 copies. Toronto: Coach House unknown books
38557Framed in mahogany and matted. A fine model beautifully framed and matted. Framed size: 8 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches; image size: 5 1/2 x 19 inches. Laser cut relief. Manufactured by RC Models San Pedro California. The S.S. Norway began life in 1960 as the SS France built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique; later purchased and refitted by the Norwegian Cruise Line she was decommissioned in 2004 and scrapped in 2008. unknown books
