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pp. v, 334 + Frontis and full page photographs. Top edge yellow. 8vo. Original full cloth BOX 1
282 pages including index. Black and white plates. Traces the development of patent medicine promotion and criticism, relating it to broader trends in health, education, journalism, marketing, and government. Illustrates, through fascinating case histories, the various stages of patent medicine development... Is concerned with the why of quackery, which leads to a paradox: the rise of scientific medicine and the apogee of unrestrained nostrum vending coincide. Medical quackery remains an important theme in American social and intellectual history because vast numbers of people continue to employ an anti-rational approach in their quest for health." - from dust jacket. "A most significant contribution, not only to medical history but to the broad field of sociology as well." - George B. Griffenhagan, Director, American Pharmaceutical Association. Moderate quantity of library markings to book. Dust jacket, now in Brodart, is unmarked with average wear and several small tears. Front hinge going. Front free endpaper affixed to front board. Illustrated back endpaper. A worthy copy. Book
308 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with archival black and white photographs of early logging equipment. "In terms of plant succession, the imprint of the shoes of tracklaying tractors in the woods are truly endless tracks in the woods. This book is written for those who wish to appreciate the woodlands of North America and to more fully participate in the management of such areas by acquiring additional historical perspective on how our current woodland landscapes have evolved." - from Introduction. Chapters include: Steam Tractors; Best and Holt Steam Wheel Tractors; Lombard Log Hauler; Logging with Big Wheels; Holt Tractor Company; C.L. Best Tractor Company; Cletrac; The Remainder of the Cast - Tracklaying manufacturers Besides Best and Holt 1920; War, Labor, Strife and Productivity; Caterpillar Tractor Company; The Competition - Allis Chalmers and International Harvester; Auxilliary Equipment for the Transportation of logs with Tracklaying Tractors; Stand Damage - The First Crisis in Logging with Tracklaying Tractors; Bulldozers; Scrapers; Motor Trucks for Hauling Logs; Tracked Loaders. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Some bumping to two corners. Excellent copy of this work which is guaranteed to thrill the souls of early logging buffs. Book
Hardcover. Good condition. Item is a 1968 reprint. Dust jacket is faded and grubby, with several scores and one or two nicks and bumps. Lower leading corner of front flap is clipped. Some paper damage on lower part of front flap. Small bumps on upper edges of boards. Hardcover spine ends are a little worn and bumped. Binding is sound, pages are clean, and the contents are clear. AF Used
Tape residue to front endpaper. Wear & slight staining to DJ; The second half of author Young's epic world journey ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 441 pages
253 pages. Index. Fold-out. Numerous figures. Average wear. Unmarked. Chipping to spine ends. Binding intact. Sound reference copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Vintage front cover illustrated ad for Chappel Bros. Kib-L-Biskit and Ken-L-Worth horse-meat dog foods; Photo of R.J. Goode of Gastonurg, Alabama; Great article entitled "A Buffalo Hunt Sixty Years Ago", by Veritas Jr.; New Connecticutt Preserve Plan to Increase Game; Natural History - The Beach at Ebb Tide; Hatteras Channel Bass - article with four nice photos; Field Trial Results; Photo of ER M. Shelley; Photo of R.K. (Bob) Armstrong who has training grounds near Albany, GA; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Night Hunting Deer With a Camera; Kennel news; Manitoba Prairie Chicken Trials - article with photos of dogs Chehaw, Kremlin, and Spartan Roy; Plenty of dog information; Veterinary Q & A; Vintage one-page illustrated ad for Florida-Collier Coast and Associated Hotels; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Tinkering with our Game Laws; A New Deal for America's Wild Water-Fowl; New Hampshire Field Trials; Vitamin A Deficiency in Dogs; Dog breeding information; Veterinary Q & A; Dog ads; Classy one-page photo ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) shows hunters and dog at work; Half-page illustrated ad for Lewis' Lye on front cover (keeps dogs free from disease); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Back cover loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: The All-America Prairie Chicken Trials; Considerable dog information; Veterinary Q & A; nice vintage ads, including an illustrated one-page ad for Florida-Collier Coast and Associated Hotels; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Vintage photo-illustrated ad for Peters ammo on front cover; Game and Shooting - In the Fog; Quail Revervoirs Planned in Oklahoma; Excellent Flight of Mallards on the Illinois River; Fish and Fishing - The Second Chapter of Genesis; Miami Valley Amateur Trials; The Connecticutt Trials; Sedalia Field Trials; St. Lucie County Trials; West Virginia Amateur Trials; Photo of T.M. Lunsford and C.T. Carney with Adventurer; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
24 pages. Features: Vintage illustrated ad for Peters shotgun shells on front cover; Publich Shooting Grounds; The American Jack Snipe Society; Advocating Game as a Replacement Crop; Canada Orders Buffalo Hunts; U.S. Sleuthing for Data to Aid "Duck Come-Back"; The Southwestern Club's Trials - article with photos of President Carl E. Duffield, Secretary Dr. Felix M. Adams and several dogs; Virginia Amateur Field Trials - article with photos of President Ernest C. Mead and Secretary J. Wiley King; Illustrated ad for Western Xpert shotgun shells; Field Dog Stud Book Registrations; Veterinary Q & A; Classy one-page ad for Radium Springs (near Albany in South Georgia) features hunters and dog at work; Nostalgic photo ad for Purina Dog Chow shows truckload of sacks of dog chow being manually loaded onto ship the Jacob Ruppert, Admiral Byrd's ship, before it set off for the Arctic in 1933 with 50 tons of food, enough for 153 huskies for two years; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Map in pocket inside back cover. Date stamp upon front cover else unmarked wiht average wear. Sound working copy. Book
Unpaginated. His portaiture, his depiction of the gaiety of ordinary people in their leisure pastimes and of their suffering under oppression and in time of war, as well as his fantastic visions, place Goya among the great masters of all time. Wonderful colour plates. Book
362 pages. The author shares his variety of experiences with the British Navy in WWI. Contents include: Scapa Flow - H.M.S. Iron Duke; Serbia-Smederevo-San Giovanni Di Medua; Harwich - H.M.S. Centaur; Nieuport Bains - The Royal Naval Siege Guns; Zeebrugge - H.M.S. Vindictive; Archangel - The Armoured Train. Lengthy gift greetings upon front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Features: Engine Testing Laboratory - Aeronautics Branch installs three new torque stands - article with photos; Geared Centrifugal Superchargers for Aircraft Engines; Cabinet Interiors -article with photos; Copper and its Alloys in Motors and Aircraft; The Comet Engine - 7 cylinder radial air cooled engine with 165 HP; Aeronautics Branch will License Gliders; Los Angeles County promotional ad; New Aircraft - with photo inside the Ford Club plane; News of the Industry - with photos of Edward Macauley, L.W. Greve, and William Ganson Rose; New Developments; Nice Stromberg-Carlson ad on back cover with photo of C.E. Bolduc, radio technician of the Colonial Airlines, inspecting radio at Boston Airport; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, including small creases. The boards, pages and text are clear and unmarked throughout. LW Used
157 pages. Index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. 43" x 21" fold out chart of the Great Lakes mounted inside back board. "The central role played by the Gildersleeve family in the saga of Great Lakes shipping is Miss Young's theme in this volume." - from Foreward. Light yellowing beginning at edges. Very light wear to book. Gift greetings upon front map endpaper else unmarked. Average wear to and chipping from dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy overall. Book
minor bumps to the ends of the spine Ex - Library, Usual Stamps
Volumes 1 & 3 also available. Ex-library, from Christ Church. Boards show minor shelf wear; bookplate and barcode on FEP; ink stamp on indicia. Contents otherwise clean, sound, bright. Used
Ex - Library, Usual Stamps
catalogue page - page 18 are alittle wavy with a water mark to the edges of those pages. Ex - Library, Usual Stamps
These are very good softcover copies, 2 volumes, offered as a set. Both volumes completely clean inside and out. The English volume has a page with several creases in the lower corner. One volume has English text and the other volume has Japanese text only. The English text volume has translations of the essays by Michiaki Kawakita, Takeshi Umehara, Teiji Ito, and Yoshitomo Kajikawa. Illustrated with 1 small tipped-in color plate. The Japanese text volume has the same essays in Japanese and 48 black & white illustrations + 8 architectural plans and elevations of the Kahitsukan Museum. This museum, in Kyoto, is very much the creation of one man: Yoshitomo Kajikawa. He conceived of it, then set about designing and building it, and became its director. The building currently houses several cultural institutions. 13" high X 10" wide, 35 & 107 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out, slight age-toning to page edges. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Japan Society in New york in the spring of 1977. Glossary. Selected bibliography. 145 works in the exhibition. Each illustrated with a full-page plate, some in color. 15" high X 10" wide.
Signed by Professor Peter Townsend plus title and author to end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Protected in fully-removable plastic sleeve. 230pp. All text in Japanese. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
