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1997008403Washington: Cato Institute 1997. xi 268p. dj. Cato Institute unknown books
196649233New York: Delacorte Press. Very Good. 1966. Hardcover. New York: Delacorte Press 1966. First Printing. The Great Explorers Series. Previous owner signed otherwise a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. . Delacorte Press hardcover books
196667970NY:: Delacorte Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. Part of The Great Explorers Series. First printing. Previous owner's blind-stamp on half-title page else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Delacorte Press, hardcover books
1959UCAREST00ZSIndiana University Press 1959. Very Good. Carpenter Rhys. Esthetic Basis of Greek Art. Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press 1959. 177pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Indiana University Press paperback books
1946UCARFOL00jnUniversity of Califonia Press 1946. Fine. Carpenter Rhys. Folk Tale Fiction and Saga in the Homeric Epics. Berkeley: University of Califonia Press 1946. 1st edition. 198pp. 8vo. Green cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Lightly faded and a bit chipped at extremities. University of Califonia Press hardcover books
118208Chicago Illinois: University of Chicago Press 1960. Softcover. VG- Spine creased; Minor wear to extremities of wraps. Yellow pictorial wraps; 274 pp. plus plates; 47 bw plates. University of Chicago Press unknown books
19591294321Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1959. Hardcover. Octavo; VG-/G; orange and black spine black and white text; dust jacket has general shelfwear general edgewear general soiling rubbing on fore corners and spine edges chipping on spine edges open and closed tears on rear head edge damp staining on interior; boards strong some soiling significant bumping on fore corners bumping on spine edges; text block aged toned occasional folding on head fore corner; 177pp. 1294321. Full-priced Rockville. Indiana University Press hardcover books
1929156329Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1929. Original/First. Hardcover. Contents VG clean and tight but with light age toning to fore edges and former owner's name/date on ffep professor of classical art. End papers stained at fore edges; covers fading at edges and with some ith a few spots. Dj chipped at edges a bit soiled and with small pinholes. Bottom inch of dj spine missing. Lovely turquoise cloth/boards; gilt lettering decoration and borders. Tan dj with turquoise lettering decoration and borders. 83 pp. with 34 bw plates 15 bw figures and a fold-out plan of the restoration of the parapet. This volume begins with a survey of the extant remains of the parapet which are assigned on stylistic grounds to six different sculptors. A reconstruction is then attempted. A complete series of black and white photographs is included. . Harvard University Press hardcover books
1914127384London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford 1914. First edition. Hardcover. 152 pages. A very good plus copy with some minor bumping to the top corners some darkening to the endpapers and some minor foxing internally. No dust jacket. Uncommon. Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford unknown books
1960Embry 35309U. of Chicago Press 1960. 1st Edition. Glue remnants to rear pastdown else fine in near fine dust jacket. U. of Chicago Press, 1960. 1st Edition. unknown books
19401019978vo blue linen lettered in gilt Illustrated with black and white photographs 43 pp. Spine a bit yellowed edges a little rubbed slight aging; otherwise very good. This is a limited edition number 351 of 400 and is signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Carpenter 1877-1949 was born in Wiles-Barr Pennsylvania and would become prominent industrialist. As an executive for DuPont helped turn the company into a modern scientific company and diversify from gunpowder and explosives. He was also an avid hunter and big game hunter and a member of the Boone and Crockett Club. As a director of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences he went on many trips to Africa to collect big game animals for the museum's dioramas. This work is essentially a sequel to Game Trails from Alaska to Africa which was published a couple of years earlier. In this volume Carpenter gives details about hunting trips in 1939 and 1940 to Alaska and Idaho. This title contains some great black and white photographs including one of Carpenter with a Grizzly bear he shot. Article by Theodore J. Holsten Boone & Crockett Club. Privately Printed, books
193856453N.p.: Privately Printed 1938. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett pp. VII-X. Frontispiece of author and goat killed in Endicott Arms Alaska 23 other full-page photos. xiii 180 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original blue cloth with brown gilt-lettered label on upper cover. Fine copy. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett pp. VII-X. Frontispiece of author and goat killed in Endicott Arms Alaska 23 other full-page photos. xiii 180 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. The author Ruly Carpenter was a gentleman sportsman from Wilmington and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies. There is much on Wyoming including Chapters II IV & X as well as Alaska. Chapters include: I. Southeastern Alaska 1933; II. Expedition to Wyoming for Pronghorn Antelope and Wapiti for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1934; III. Southeastern Alaska Again 1935; IV. A Second Expedition Into Pronghorn Antelope Country 1935; V. Hunting the Mountain Lion in Arizona 1936; VI. Hunting in Kenya Colony East Africa 1936; VII. A Cruise to Andros Island 1937; VIII. Northern British Columbia. "The Cassiar" 1937; IX. Jaguar Hunting in Sinaloa Mexico 1938; X. Wyoming for Big Horn 1938. Biscotti p. 75; Czech Africa p. 56 Privately Printed unknown books
19381019968vo blue linen lettered in gilt Illustrated with black and white photographs 180 pp. Spine a bit yellowed light edge wear slight aging; otherwise very good.This copy is inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Carpenter 1877-1949 was born in Wiles-Barr Pennsylvania and would become prominent industrialist. As an executive for DuPont helped turn the company into a modern scientific company and diversify from gunpowder and explosives. He was also an avid hunter and big game hunter and a member of the Boone and Crockett Club. As a director of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences he went on many trips to Africa to collect big game animals for the museum's dioramas. Game Trails from Alaska to Africa covers Carpenter's hunting trips from 1933 to 1938. He discussion includes hunting Pronghorn in Wyoming Mountain Lion in Arizona and Jaguar in Mexico. He also provides considerable detail about the places he hunted. Article by Theodore J. Holsten Boone & Crockett Club. Privately Printed, books
1938Embry 118948Privately published 1938. First edition. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Board edges and spine darkened else fine. Light blue cloth with red title panel to front. No dust jacket. Privately published, 1938. First edition. hardcover books
194043180N.P.: n.p. 1940. blue-green cloth brown title panel on front cover. 8vo. blue-green cloth brown title panel on front cover. vi 43 pages. Limited to 400 numbered copies Heller 51. Illustrated. Sequal to Game Trails from Alaska to Africa. Only a touch of sunning to the spine else near fine. n.p. unknown books
1937254583East Aurora NY: Done into this book by the Roycrofters 1937. First edition. Frontispiece map and 10 photographic ililustrations. 34 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 17x13 cm 6-3â„4 x5-1â„4 inches. Original brown grained leatherette. Fine in black cloth drop box with white paper label. First edition. Frontispiece map and 10 photographic ililustrations. 34 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 17x13 cm 6-3â„4 x5-1â„4 inches. Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter's account of his 1936 safari to Kenya where he hunted rhino buffalo oryx waterbuck lion and antelope with Donald Ker of Ker & Downey as Professional Hunter. Czech p. 32 "a very small quantity" Done into this book by the Roycrofters unknown books
193756454East Aurora NY: Roycrofters 1937. First edition. 12mo. 34 pp. Illustrated from photographs ten plates map. Carpenter's 1936 Kenyan safari led by white hunters Donald Ker and Sidney Downey hunting buffalo rhinoceros lion and other game. Czech African Hunting p. 32: "This privately printed work was undoubtedly published in a very small quantity." Original gilt-stamped patterned brown boards ribbon marker. Front joint a little rubbed but a very good untrimmed copy mostly unopened. 2817. <br/><br/> Roycrofters hardcover books
4040Original Mercury 7 Astronaut. 8x10" ISP black & white portrait. Next to Carpenter is an American flag. He wears a suit and tie. Signed in black marker in the upper right hand corner "To Daniel Marcus Very Best Wishes Scott Carpenter." An excellent example. unknown books
1962266147Port Canaveral FL 1962. unbound. 3.5 x 6.5-inch First Day Cover commemorating "Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter 2nd American in Orbit" and the "Capsule - Aurora 7." Signed in full with a red pen by Carpenter and postmarked in Port Canaveral Florida on May 24 1962. The envelope features a bust portrait of Carpenter in his space suit beside a photo of the rocket along with a cancelled four-cent "Project Mercury U.S. Man in Space" stamp. Float mounted matted in white and set in a silver frame measuring 9 x 11.75 inches. Near fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
2002Embry 191595Harcourt Inc. 2002. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. B&W illustrations and photos. Signed and inscribed by author. Harcourt, Inc., 2002. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1991Embry 195422Pocket Books 1991. First edition first printing. Fine in fine lightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by the author. Pocket Books, 1991. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1991Embry 128250Pocket Books 1991. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Signed by the author. Pocket Books, 1991. First edition. unknown books
283359unbound. fine. American Astronaut. Early signed official NASA color lithograph photograph 8" X 10" depicting Carpenter attired in a business suit with a flag background. Full signature "Scott Carpenter." Fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1809132382Printed for the Purchasers 1809. Hardbound. Condition is good as follows: Olive green library cloth ancient with small "s" on mid-spine of each volume as well as faint printed call numbers and name of former institution. Mostly uniform age-toning with scattered foxing. A few tiny dogears in volume 2. Formerly in the Apprentices Library then in the Franklin Lyceum of Wilmington Delaware and finally in the Wilmington Institute Free Library whose bookplate is inside each volume. card-pocket in each volume. Overall tight and clean a very presentable set of these rare books. Old olive library cloth. Two volumes title page replaced with typewritten tp in Volume 1. Vol. 1: iii iv since title page lacks 404 pp. Vol. 2: ii 434 pp. A rare set sold with all faults as described. An excellent reading or reference set not for the overly discerning collector however. Could easily be rebound. Appears to have been printed in New York. Howes describes this rare work as "Venomously critical; said to have been suppressed" due to its scathing description of Jefferson's years in public office and his foreign policy once president. A book with a curious history. It was copyrighted by "Thomas Hall" but contains neither the author's nor the printer's name. Tompkins 27: "Suppressed by the printers on account of the libels it contained. Parton calls them 'two octavo volumes of vituperation.' " It is said that the printer fearing the libel law submitted the book to a lawyer Samuel M. Hopkins of Auburn who after reading 20 or 30 pages reported that he found an average of a libel per page. Howes C164; Sabin 11004; Shaw & Shoemaker 17514. Printed for the Purchasers hardcover books
1809299716New York: Privately Printed 1809. First. hardcover. very good. First edition of Carpenter's privately printed anonymously published Federalist attack on Jefferson apparently suppressed and subsequently very scarce.<BR><BR>2 volumes. iv 404; ii 434 pages. 8vo rebound in recent tan polished calf with red & black spine labels ownership bookplate on pastedown with owner's initials stamped at foot of spines. New York: Printed for the Purchasers 1809. First edition. Expected light toning and foxing; spines sunned still a very good copy.<br/><br/> South Carolina journalist and passionate Federalist Stephen Cullen Carpenter authored and anonymously published "Memoirs of Jeffereon" amid controversy over Jefferson's Embargo Act and the same year increasingly Antifederalist James Madison was inaugurated as the nation's fourth president. Carpenter accuses "Jefferson of being a captive of dangerous French revolutionary ideals" Kaplan 187 and "criticizes very severely the character and administration of Thomas Jefferson" Sabin. 11004. The book argues that Jefferson's "known imbecility" and "zeal in favour of the French republic. seems to have been so violently hot at times as to have bereft him of all discretion as a statesman. unmindful of his duty as a citizen of prudence of every thing but his perverted ambition" II: 166-80. "Venomously critical; said to have been suppressed" Howes C164. Shaw & Shoemaker 17154.<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
