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189343643Chicago: Charles H. Kerr and Company 1893. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; publisher's white gilt-lettered cloth; 103pp. Cloth a bit soiled especially at spine with a few shallow surface scratches corners gently bumped else Very Good internally fine. Quite scarce collection of poems by a near-unknown poet. Despite the imprint the poems are inspired mostly by nature and Greek mythology rather than socialist politics. We find one contemporary review whose critic rightly strips the work of any literary merit stating that "Much of his work shows no idea of the meaning of words" providing as evidence the following line: "A dreamer fair and bland!" San Francisco Chronicle August 13 1893. Charles H. Kerr and Company 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
019210UNP; 1956: University of South Dakota and Nebraska Press. First Edition. Octavo. 135pp. The frontier as seen by the camera lens of a disciple of Mathew Brady. Morrow a photographer who came to Yankton Dakota Territory devoted his professional skill to photographing scenes of frontier life. His stereoscopic slides which are now preserved stands as a dramatic and revealing record of the American western life. Morrow took scores of striking photographs of the Indians. His career climaxed with his on the spot coverage of the Great Missouri River flood of 1881. bound in light brown pictorial gilt cloth spine lettering gilt endpapers are maps. Small spot of glue residue from small sticker to rear board. In edge worn and chipped dust jacket. A good copy. University of South Dakota and Nebraska Press unknown 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
189522446New York: D. Appleton and Company 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. With forty-three full-page plates one coloured plate and numerous other illustrations. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Canada's first professional physiologist Wesley Mills 1847-1915 was a versatile and innovative biological scientist who also produced this and other important works of veterinary science in the late 19th century. Light brown cloth binding with black brown and gilt stamping. The rear hinge is cracked. Some minor sunning along the spine; otherwise an uncommonly crisp very good copy. D. Appleton and Company 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
1844008615New York: G. Lane & C. B. Tippett / J. Collord Printer 1844. Nearly miniature hymnal 3 1/4" h x 2 1/8" w. Embossed calf with gilt title at spine. Very Good soiling and staining to end papers early owner names and inscriptions front and rear end pages. Internally clean a few pages with corner creases. 623 pages. . Embossed Calf. Very Good. 3 1/4" x 2 1/8". G. Lane & C. B. Tippett / J. Collord, Printer 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
1783WRCLIT66512Bath: Printed by S. Hazard 1783. 151pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Browned early ink name on title lower corner of title-leaf torn away affecting a couple of letters in the imprint; a ragged but sound copy. First Bath edition of this sermon first printed in Bristol in 1759. ESTC locates two copies in North America. ESTC N22706. BAKER 196. Printed by S. Hazard unknown books
1784WRCLIT66506London: Printed by John Paramore 1784. 12pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Foxed else a good copy. A late edition of this sermon the earliest known printing being from Limerick dated 1775. ESTC T186299. BAKER 306. Printed by John Paramore unknown books
1784WRCLIT66513London: Printed by John Paramore 1784. 16pp. 12mo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume. Some foxing else near very good. The third London printing reported by ESTC. ESTC T39798. BAKER 200i. Printed by John Paramore 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
151933736São Paulo: MASP Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil 15 dez 1992 a 6 fevereiro 1993 16 fevereiro a 28 março 1993. 21cm. Curadoria de Cacilda Teixeira da Costa. 59p. b/w and color plates bio. bibl. cat. illus. endpapers fldg. pict. wrps. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT on important Brazilian contemporary artist who is now working with installation art and computer graphics. Extensive text by Costa covers the 40 years of his artistic life. MASP, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil unknown 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
150435First Edition. hardcover. 190pp. 8vo cloth; a few pencil marks in margins cloth lightly soiled. Harvard UP 1924.<br/><br/> unknown books
