Jenkins, Robert G. [Signed]MareMagnum
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Signed and dated by author, without inscription, upon dedication page. Black and white maps and grainy reproductions of archival photos. [6], 288 pages. "The story of the legendary Eldorado uranium mine in Canada's arctic. The Port Radium community at Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories spanned fifty-two years. The circumstances of discovery; the remarkable development under adverse conditions; the attraction of national and international interest; the secrecy of wartime production, and the peace time contribution, all develop into a chapter of Canadian mining history which will never be repeated." - Foreword. Crease to back cover. Prior owner's address ink stamp stroked out atop first page, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this uncommon and important history. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 220 pages with maps and b&w illustrations. Chapters include: The strike, Victoria to Skaguay, Skaguay, The wihite pass, Lake Bennett, Tales of the trail, Bill and Gentleman Harry, The chilcoot snow slide, Spring time at Bennet Lake, Showdown with Soapy's gang, Lake travel, Spring break up The Ora leaves Bennett, etc
First edition, thick folio (385 x 285 mm), lxxxvii, [1], 566pp., one of 506 numbered copies, 145 collotype plates, original green publishers buckram, letter in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. a very good copy. "Over two thousand pieces of silver anterior to the year 1825 are described and more than a thousand are illustrated in this book. Of these about one thousand six hundred and forty were made by American silversmiths. The remainder consists chiefly of English plate, which numbers over two hundred and fifty pieces."?Introduction. Provenance: Small circular stamp of the Assay Office, Birmingham.
366p., illus. History of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. Route map on endpapers. Hardcover Very good condition; DJ spine chipped, word "Nickel" missing chipped d.j.
This is a good softcover reference copy with some wear. Cocked. Covers clean. Inside generally clean, but small stains to page-edges of the foreword and several neat handwritten notations, perhaps corrections to the exhibition checklist. Checklist with 327 works listed. Many illustrated in black & white photographs. Introduction by Hugh J. Gourley III. 8" high X 7" wide.
128p. 8vo. Original printed wraps, soiled. Rev. Charles E. Coughlin (1871-1979), "The Radio Priest" whose fiery and controversial broadcasts in the 1930s commanded audiences of millions. After hinting at attacks on Jewish bankers, Coughlin began to use his radio program to issue antisemitic commentary. He approvingly supported some of the fascist policies of Adolf Hitler and of Benito Mussolini, and of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Coldwar/Economics 5
thick 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; iv, 972, 16, 8 [publisher's catalogue] pp, frontis (port), 10 handcolored plates of flowers, several to a page, numerous text engravings, index. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine, light shelf wear, wear at spine ends, light foxing on a few leaves, but clean very good and sound copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Earlier editions did not have the hand-colored plates. As the title describes, a comprehensive work on all aspects of gardening. This edition also has an appendix on the new tank system of producing bottom heat.
4to [26.5 x 19 cm]; 4 volumes, ix, 192; v, 200; ix, 196; v, 204 pp, 192 fine colored lithographed plates (chromolithographs) by Prang's esteemed firm from paintings by Alois Lunzer, tissue guards. orig cloth, gilt title lettering & rules on spines, gilt cover lettering & vignette, all edges gilted, slight fading where small spine labels removed, bookplate removed from front endpaper, light cover wear, interiors are clean and fine, excellent set. A Bennett p75. Nissen 1331. Taxonomic Literature 5783. A complete set of both series with all of the plates, most of which are flowers rather than ferns, a corner stone work of any collection of north american botanical color plate books. Prang was a leading printer of chromolithographed plates in the nineteenth century.
First and only edition, small 4to, [8]pp., 5 fine hand-coloured plates, orig. drab wrappers with printed title label on upper cover, a very good copy in unsophisticated original condition. The engravings feature illustrations of four types of mushroom from the genus Agaricus - Campestris (the true edible mushroom), Georgii (St. George's mushroom, or, white caps), Pratensis (the true champignon) and Virosus (which closely resembles it) - all of which also appear in the third and final part of James Sowerby's "Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms" published in 1815. James de Carle Sowerby assisted his father in several works and the appearance and composition of the illustrations of the respective mushroom types in each work are similar, though not identical. Nissen, BBI 1876; Freeman, 3503. Scarce, with Copac showing only 3 copies in the UK (BL, Oxford and Natural History Museum).
3 vols., folio, First Edition, on laid paper, with 62 coloured plates, 62 plates in photogravure and 149 plates in monochrome; original two-tone blue cloth gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, covers mildly age-marked, backstrips lightly scuffed and frayed at heads and tails, else a very good, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1025 SETS.
library sticker on spine and half-title page; library stamp on half-title page, This collection of articles focuses on plate tectonics and other aspects of the Earth's structure and history, including a look at how the Earth might have been formed, a survey of the theory of continental drift and an insight into some of the pay-offs that have come from various geophysical techniques developed over the last decade Ex-Library
4to [27.5 x 21.5 cm]; unpaginated, portrait of Martin, colored plates and other illustrations, black and white photos. original pictorial cloth with mounted colored plate in gilt border, gilt title on cover and spine, fine, clean, with the prices realized on loose sheet. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well-illustrated auction sale of 325 lots, described in detail, sale held 14 June 1990. The sale includes books and manuscripts related to natural history, science, literature, economics, atlases, travels, etc dating from 1455.
First edition, 4to, xii, 215, [1]pp., with half-title, 42 hand-coloured lithographed plates, marbled endpapers, green half crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine tooled with floral decorations within raised bands, corners lightly rubbed otherwise a fine copy. An exceptionally clean copy of this work by one of the most popular and successful female botanical illustrators. Provenance: Bookplate of Mrs. L. Bartlett to front paste-down. Nissen BBI 1236.
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with lithographed frontispiece (uncoloured as usual), engraved map and 19 splendid aquatint plates ALL FINELY COLOURED BY HAND; attractively bound in twentieth-century green straight-grain half morocco, green cloth sides, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy with virtually no trace of the usual offsetting. A crisp, clean copy of the First Issue, with plate 12 reading 'Bunbridge' [for 'Bembridge'] and plate 3 reading 'Ryde' [for 'Ryde Plate 1']. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Abbey, Scenery, 351; Bobins II, 628..
149p. Numerous color photographs. Folio. Original full gold stamped stiff red paper wraps. Original dust jacket. Slight tear top of spine. Nice copy. ART 1
162pp. 27 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
12mo [18 x 12 cm]; vii, 415 pp, 18 fine hand-colored plates including frontis and extra engraved title page, numerous other illustrations in text including many of greenhouses, index. original cloth, decorated in blind and in gilt, all edges gilted, spine edges worn & chipped, hinges cracked but holding, front joint repaired, internally clean, very good copy, with good impressions of plates. A picture of this book is available upon req There are chapters on heathers, geraniums, camellias, bulbs, succulents, the conservatory, orangery, tropical plants, the orchid house, aquarium, etc with detailed lists of varieties of for each type of greenhouse. Very attractive plates. Sitwell (Great Flower Books) p. 117. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 196.
12mo [18 x 12 cm]; vii, 415 pp, 18 fine hand-colored plates including frontis and extra engraved title page dated 1838 (compete), numerous other illustrations in text including many of greenhouses, index. original cloth, decorated in blind and in gilt, all edges gilted, spine edges lightly worn, internally clean and near fine, cover very good, with good impressions of plates, attractively colored.. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. There are chapters on heathers, geraniums, camellias, bulbs, succulents, the conservatory, orangery, tropical plants, the orchid house, aquarium, etc with detailed lists of varieties of for each type of greenhouse. Very attractive plates. Sitwell (Great Flower Books) p. 117. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 196. First printed in 1838, this edition has some corrections and all the plates are included.
12mo [18 x 12 cm]; vii, 415 pp, 18 fine hand-colored plates including frontis and extra engraved title page (compete), numerous other illustrations in text including many of greenhouses, index. original cloth, decorated in blind and in gilt, all edges gilted, spine edges worn chipped, hinges cracked but holding, internally clean, very good copy, minor foxing on few pages, else interior clean and near fine, with good impressions of plates. A pict There are chapters on heathers, geraniums, camellias, bulbs, succulents, the conservatory, orangery, tropical plants, the orchid house, aquarium, etc with detailed lists of varieties of for each type of greenhouse. Very attractive plates. Sitwell (Great Flower Books) p. 117. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 196. First printed in 1838, this edition has some corrections and all the plates are included.
