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1947RPOWUTA06JNUtah Historical Society 1947. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Utah Historical Quarterly vol 15 1947. The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869. Salt Lake City: Utah Historical Society 1947. 270pp. 8vo. Maroon buckram. Book condition: Very good. Faint shelf wear to bottom edge of spine. Otherwise very good clean and tight. Utah Historical Society hardcover books
1947RPOWUTA04JNUtah State Historical Society 1947. Very Good. Powell John Wesley. Utah Historical Quarterly vol 15 1947. The Exploration of the Colorado River in 1869. Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society 1947. 270pp. 8vo. Maroon buckram. Book condition: Very good. Long ink inscription on front free endsheet. Utah State Historical Society hardcover books
1999140743New York: Columbia University 1999. Softcover. VG No illus. from original were photocopied. Dissertation copied from microfilm by UMI 419 pp. spiral bound; no illus Dissertation "concerned with the philosophical and aesthetic implications of the appearance of the train in the eastern landscapes of the mid-nineteenth-century American artist." abstract After addressing the topic in more general terms Maddox devotes separate chapters to four specific works: "River in the Catskills" by Thomas Cole; "Progress" by Asher B. Durand "Starrucca Viaduct Pennsylvania" by Jasper F. Crospey and "The Lackawanna Valley" by George Inness. Maddox went on to become an expert on the collected works of Jasper F. Crospey. Columbia University paperback books
1990WRCLIT79672Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press 1990. Cloth. Frontispiece Black & white illustrations. Near fine in dust jacket. First edition of this early work by the prominent scholar in the field of LGBTQ studies. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title-page "To Joe and Kit Reed with love and gratitude Henry Feb. 1991." A reinterpretation of the origins of Methodism. Stanford Univ. Press hardcover books
1936144877Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1936. Vintage press photograph from the set of the 1936 film. With a printed description and holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Barry Benefield. After being run out of small southern town Carrie Snyder Gladys George takes in two children who are estranged from their families and starts a successful dry-cleaning business in New York to support them. Eventually her past comes back to haunt her. Gladys George was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Paramount Pictures unknown books
196413171964. CRAVEN Wesley Frank. NEW JERSEY AND THE ENGLISH COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Illustrated. Princeton NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company 1964. 8vo. blue cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Volume 3 of The New Jersey Historical Series. The early history of colonial New Jersey especially regarding the joint proprietorship of John Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. Signed by Craven on the half-title page. Fine covers bright; contents clean & tight; minor wear few tiny tears d/j. $75.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
19987992Arvada Colorado: Fox Publications 1998 First edition. SIGNED by the author. Quarto. 160pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs maps. Bibliography. Black cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A photographic journey of what the Santa Fe Railway was like west of Kansas and Texas prior to its merger with the Burlington Northern in 1995. Fox Publications hardcover books
1965258425New York: Carlton Press 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Signed & Inscribed by Smith on front free endpaper. Smith presents a forceful argument against Goldwater and his ideas. Dust jacket has several closed tears light chipping and is protected in a new mylar cover. Binding sound. No markings in text. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. Carlton Press unknown books
19454183LA DEVORSS 1945 1945. INSCRIBED BY LA VIDLETTE TO A SCREENWRITER FIRST EDITION 2ND PRINTING VERY GOOD. Signed by Authors. F. LA, DEVORSS, 1945 unknown books
198948274Boston: David R. Godine 1989. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by McNair to author Terry Kay on the title page. <br/><br/> David R. Godine hardcover books
193436126Salem 1934. b/w plates ills. xiii 323 pp. The story of the deep sea fishermen on New England. The text is excellent and inclusive and well illustrated with line cuts and photos. Published by the Marine Research Society of Salem Mass. with the prospectus for the book laid into this copy. VG in dj with lightly sunned spine. unknown books
196924097New York: Dutton 1969. First edition. Porter Eliot. Folio cloth fine in dust jacket. 48 color photographs by Porter. <br/><br/> Dutton hardcover books
1946278712West Hartford Vermont: The Countryman Press 1946. Limited Edition. Very Good binding. Signed. A limited printing of 475 copies of which this is number 312 signed by author Ray P. Holland and artist Wesley Dennis. Green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth with titling in gold to the spine. Lacking the slipcase but an attractive copy. Very Good binding. The Countryman Press unknown books
1984136332Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1984. Hardcover. VG- DJ and top edge have some foxing otherwise good. Brown cloth brown dust jacket 305 pp. "The philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. Wesley C. Salmon describes three fundational conceptions of scientific explanation -- the epistemic modal and ontic. He argues that the prevailing view a version of the epistemic conception is untenable and that the modal conception is scientifically outdated. Significantly revising aspects of his earlier work he defends a causal / mechanical theory that is a version of the ontic conception." dj. Princeton University Press hardcover books
19781215387Springfield IL: Charles C. Thomas 1978. Quarto; vg/good; dj. white spine wih green titles; HB green cloth spine with silver titles; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block clean; hand notes on ffep; 190 pp.; illus. 452 plates some with color; endpapers toning starts; binding slightly askew; dj sunned; chipping and short tears; spot staining; else very good. 1215387. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. Charles C. Thomas unknown books
1936012604New York: Viking Press 1936. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 503p. Thorstein Veblen represents the point in America's intellectual history at which Darwinism was brought into the background of economics. Usually people have read his work on the role of leisure or this essay "the Case for America" but here all his major works are combined so that the serious reader can understand how his "heresies" influenced conservative and liberal alike. Essential for an understanding of economics the work place and the problems preventing world peace. Viking Press unknown books
1953140938190Los Angeles: Civil Rights Congress 1953. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. 4 44 pp. Stapled wraps. Very Good with wraps a little edge-worn. Letters from an African-American inmate on death row. Civil Rights Congress unknown books
196950793Washington DC: The Association for the Study of Negro Life & History 1969. First Edition. Octavo. Printed card wrappers; 200pp. Slight external soil and wear; text clean tight and unmarked - a sound Very Good copy. <br/><br/>Historical essays by the long-time Howard University professor and Wilberforce University President 1942-47. Wesley was the third African-American to be awarded a PhD in History. The Association for the Study of Negro Life & History unknown books
1969229669New York E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1969. 1969. First edition so stated. Index. 48 full page color photographs by Eliot Porter. 19 page forward by Don D. Fowler. Folio. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 168 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1969. hardcover books
1965WRCLIT58989Austin: UT 1965. Tall octavo. Gilt cloth. Photographs. First edition. One of five hundred copies printed. Pencil erasure from front endsheet else fine in good dust jacket with several creased tears along edges and a short internally mended tear. UT hardcover books
195923081959. POWELL Wesley. INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY WESLEY POWELL GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Manchester N.H.: Granite State Press Inc. 1959. 8vo. printed wraps. Signed presentation from Powell below the frontispiece: "Best wishes to illegible name Nelson Wesley Powell." Very Good minor wear. Scarce! $85.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
1964688551964. Paperback. Very Good. Includes: 1 Small photo; 2 large broadside headed "Wactor for Bishop Out of the Depths" 44 x 65cm. later folds; and 3 five mimeo single-page letters in support of his candidacy from Edgar L. Hatwood L. W. Watts L. C. Holifield and from 18 women from Alabama or New York. Also included are a manila envelope stamped Wactor for Bishop which held this material. Bishop Wactor appears to have been born in North Carolina in 1908 graduated from Livingstone College and before securing election as a bishop served pastorates in North Carolina Tennessee and New York serving for a number of years as pastor at The Greater Hood Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church in New York City. <br/><br/> paperback books
192750791New York: Vanguard Press 1927. First Edition. First printing. 12mo; original orange cloth boards; pictorial endpapers; xiv1-343pp. Covers slightly soiled; crease to title page text clean tight and unmarked - solidly VG lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Illustrated with statistical charts and maps.<br/><br/>Historical and statistical analysis of working conditions for African-Americans from the antebellum period through the end of the First World War. A much-cited work. Wesley long-time professor of History at Howard University and later President of Wilberforce University 1942-47 was only the third African-American to receive a PhD in History. BLOCKSON 3540. Vanguard Press unknown books
2000129846Pasadena CA: The Clinker Press 2000. quarter cloth paper-covered boards gilt-stamped spine and front cover bottom edge uncut. Clinker Press. 4to. quarter cloth paper-covered boards gilt-stamped spine and front cover bottom edge uncut. iv 7 3 pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Introduction by Andre Chaves. Reprint of an article in The International Studio LIX:233 July 1916. Bound by David Weinstein tipped-in specimen precedes text. The Clinker Press unknown books
195221275Warrenton VA: The Virginia Horsemen's Association 1952. First Edition. Map. Printed in brown ink on textured ivory paper 22" x 27-3/4" ca 56cm x 71cm. Map size within neat-lines 14" x 25" decorated with insets of horses and riders by Wesley Dennis. Legend identifying farms by breeder farm name map location and county occupies lower third of sheet. Few tiny edge-nicks else a fine unmarked unsoiled copy never folded. An uncommon Wesley Dennis item. The Virginia Horsemen's Association unknown books
