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196435239Baton Rouge LA: Louisiana State University Press 1964. First. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition thus very good red cloth hardcover shows bit of soil and staining at page edges toning along gutters of endpapers and some other trace wear in very good dust jacket price at flap that shows soil toning along spine end edgewear including small chips and tears. Still a pleasing copy of this engaging work originally published in 1875. Louisiana State University Press hardcover
1970UPLINE054316Philadelphia PA: Greenwood 1970. Reprint ed. Hardcover. Used: Very Good. Cloth 294pp vg. Greenwood hardcover
193237986Cambridge:: Cambridge at the University Press 1932. Hardcover. NEAR FINE in FAIR jacket. 1950 printing of the 1932 edition. Brown hardcover in orange dust jacket gold lettering on spine "Cambridge Psychological Library" embossed on front 317 pages. Book is like new except for faintest smudge on outer page edges and 2 what appears to be binder's glue stains about 2" long along outer edge of inside of back cover. Dust jacket is very worn and in tatters but intact. An unusually nice copy of the book. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order daily shipments and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA. Cambridge at the University Press, hardcover
1905123042Sault Ste. Marie ON: G. N. Bartlett 1905. Softcover. Ex library- very good. Unpaginated. 17 x 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Paper covers with taped white spine. Tape covers lettering slightly. B&w circular photo pasted to front cover. Ex library with ink stamp on title page verso. <br/><br/>Pictures of the locks rapids streets industry steamships lumber camps various buildings old block house etc. G. N. Bartlett paperback
1930466873New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition. Penciled gift inscription else near fine in very good dust jacket with a paper shelf label and a small tear on the front panel. The 1930 film The Lash was directed by Frank Lloyd and featured Richard Barthelmess and Mary Astor. Illustrated with stills from the film and a jacket painting of Barthelmess. A scarce photoplay edition. Grosset and Dunlap hardcover
192866364New York: London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1928. Reprint. Fourth printing 1929. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ present. xii 352 pages. Frontis 27 Illustrations plates portraits. Rear board weak repaired/strengthened with glue. Each year thousands of people visit Bob Bartlett's boyhood home located in Brigus Newfoundland and Labrador to catch a glimpse of this famous sealing captain's amazing life. Hawthorne Cottage has been designated a National Historic Site. The Log of Bob Bartlett captures details and experiences that are not widely known about his forty years of adventures. His log details his two most historic feats-his journey with Robert Peary to reach the North Pole and his heroic deed aboard the Karluk-yet it also sketches his early life and some of his most memorable ice travels during and after the Great War. Bartlett made twenty-eight excursions into the Arctic yet one wonders what drove this urge for discovery especially to the most frigid and unforgiving of places. He has been quoted as saying "The truth was I could not stop myself in pursuit of adventure. I was committed to the Arctic. I'd got the poison in my veins." Captain Robert Bob Abram Bartlett August 15 1875 April 28 1946 was a Newfoundland navigator and Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Brigus Newfoundland Bartlett was the eldest of ten children born to William James Bartlett and Mary J. Leamon and heir to a family tradition of seafaring. He grew up in Hawthorne Cottage in Brigus. By the age of 17 he mastered his first ship and began a lifelong love affair with the Arctic. Bartlett spent more than 50 years mapping and exploring the waters of the Far North and led over 40 expeditions to the Arctic more than anyone before or since. Bartlett was captain of the Roosevelt and accompanied Commander Robert Peary on his attempts to reach the North Pole. He was awarded the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society for breaking the trail through the frozen Arctic Sea to within 150 miles of the pole yet was excluded from the final exploring party possibly due to a rivalry between the two men. Bartlett took a ship and was the first person to sail north of 88° N. In 1914 Bartlett s leadership in the doomed Karluk Expedition helped save the lives of most of its stranded participants after leader Vilhjalmur Stefansson abandoned the expedition. After being stranded for several months Bartlett and Inuit hunter Kataktovik walked 700 miles from Wrangel Island over the ice of the Chukchi Sea and across Siberia and then mounted an expedition from Alaska to rescue his surviving companions on Wrangel Island. He received the highest award from the Royal Geographical Society for his outstanding heroism. In 1917 Bartlett rescued the members of Donald Baxter MacMillan's ill-fated Crocker Land Expedition who had been stuck on the ice for four years. From 1925-1945 at the command of his own schooner the Effie M. Morrissey Bartlett led many important scientific expeditions to the Arctic sponsored by American museums the Explorers Club and the National Geographic Society and he also helped to survey the Arctic for the United States Government during World War II. Bartlett died when he was 71 in a New York hospital from pneumonia and was buried in his hometown of Brigus Newfoundland and Labrador. Hawthorne Cottage Bartlett's place of residence in Brigus is a National Historic Site of Canada. 1909 Bartlett was awarded the Hubbard Medal by the National Geographic Society which is awarded for distinction in exploration discovery and research. In 1927 the Boy Scouts of America made Bartlett an Honorary Scout a new category of Scout created that same year. This distinction was given to "American citizens whose achievements in outdoor activity exploration and worthwhile adventure are of such an exceptional character as to capture the imagination of boys.". Among others who were awarded this distinction were included Richard E. Byrd Charles Lindbergh and Orville Wright. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the American Geographical Society in 1918 and its Daly Medal in 1925. The Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Bartlett is named for Bartlett. Canada Post featured Bartlett on a Canadian postage stamp released on July 10 2009. G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
199352567The University of Michigan Press 1993. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large very heavy sturdy book quality black cloth tiny light scratches along top and bottom front edges bright gilt lettering on spine light smudges along first front end paper right 196 heavy pages many illustrations charts and formulas. Near Fine. <br/> <br/> The University of Michigan Press hardcover
1995066587Cambridge University Press 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover and dust jacket INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to the first owners in excellent near-pristine condition slightest handling. 405 pages. DJ protected by a clear removeable cover. 1.5 lbs <br/> <br/> Cambridge University Press hardcover
1969428151Russell & Russell 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Burgundy cloth. 488 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Chapman. Light rubbing and wear to exterior else very good no jacket. Russell & Russell hardcover books
1928z0295New York: Samuel French 1928. Drama of two Chicago cops going against mob corruption a Broadway success in 1927/8 featuring Edward G. Robinson; filmed in 1928 and again in 1951. Small hardcover as pictured; lacking the jacket. General wear some spotting/mottling to cover sunned spine with bumped ends little bit of paint on bottom edge of boards; endsheets & page edges lightly foxed hints of foxing to other pages. Text clean; x 134 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Small Octavo. Samuel French Hardcover
194322566New York: New-York Historical Society 1943. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 9.5x6.3x2.7in. special separate edition limited to 300 copies; toning to endpapers with light foxing to adjacent pages. <br>665pp 3.35lb 9.5x6.3x2.7in New-York Historical Society hardcover
19834566Baltimore MD: Baltimore Museum of Art 1983. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear crease at spine ownership signature and price sticker at verso of front wrap minor toning mark at front else tight bright and unmarred. Glossy color pictorial wraps blue endpages frontispiece. 4to. 174pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. Bibliography. <br/><br/>Exhibition catalogue. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given bookÂ’s subject. The presence of marginal notes or marks will be noted above and are absent if not so noted. Overall a handsome copy of the significant reference. Baltimore Museum of Art paperback books
19793755Metuchen & London: Scarecrow Press 1979. First edition. . 274 pp w/index. Fine in boards without dust jacket as issued. INSCRIBED by Everson for John Knight / with the good wishes of/ William Everson / Oct 28 1988. Metuchen & London: Scarecrow Press, hardcover books
1983010993State University of New York at Binghamton Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies. First edition. Hard cover. Published Binghamton: State University of New York at Binghamton Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies 1983. 8vo. xii412pp. Fine. . Fine. Hard. 1st. 1983. State University of New York at Binghamton, Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies unknown
197666698Berkeley: University of California Press 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Important biographical study of the English-born photographer renowned for his pioneering work in studies of motion and early work in motion picture projection. Among other things Haas untangles the different versions of Muybridge's work for Governor Leland Stanford which was intended to settle an apocryphal $25000 wager as to whether a trotting horse can have all four feet off the ground at once. Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. Oblong octavo. Original black buckram binding with gilt titles. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing. University of California Press hardcover books
197666698Berkeley: University of California Press 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Important biographical study of the English-born photographer renowned for his pioneering work in studies of motion and early work in motion picture projection. Among other things Haas untangles the different versions of Muybridge's work for Governor Leland Stanford which was intended to settle an apocryphal $25000 wager as to whether a trotting horse can have all four feet off the ground at once. Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. Oblong octavo. Original black buckram binding with gilt titles. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing. University of California Press hardcover
196781404Annapolis: United States Naval Institute 1967. Presumed First Edition First printing. Stiff wraps. Good. Richard Henderson. 16 284 12 pages. Illustrated map in the front. Illustrations of Signal Flags and Pennants. Illustrations photographs diagrams. Appendix A-F. Index. Errata slip present. Cover has some wear and soiling. A practical and comprehensive approach to seamanship. One reference to rely on for a complete introduction to the essentials of sailing and seamanship. Bart Dunbar received his B.A. from Harvard University in Economics and attended graduate studies in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. Prior to founding Bowen's Wharf he served nine years as an officer in the U.S. Navy. While in the Navy he was involved in the formation of six navy sailing associations ran the Navy's basic seamanship program at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and co-authored the Navy's basic seamanship book Sail and Power. Seamanship is the art of operating a ship or boat. It involves topics and development of specialized skills including: navigation and international maritime law; weather meteorology and forecasting; watchkeeping; ship-handling and small boat handling; operation of deck equipment anchors and cables; ropework and line handling; communications; sailing; engines; execution of evolutions such as towing; cargo handling equipment dangerous cargoes and cargo storage; dealing with emergencies; survival at sea and search and rescue; and fire fighting. The degree of knowledge needed within these areas is dependent upon the nature of the work and the type of vessel employed by a mariner. A fundamental skill of professional seamanship is being able to maneuver a vessel with accuracy and precision. Unlike vehicles on land a ship afloat is subject to the movements of the air around it and the water in which it floats. Another complicating factor is the mass of a ship that has to be accounted for when stopping and starting. Ship-handling is about arriving and departing a berth or buoy maneuvering in confined channels and harbors and in proximity to other ships whilst at all times navigating safely. Two other types of operations berthing alongside another ship and replenishment at sea are occasionally included. A key ability for a ship-handler is a good understanding of how the wind tide and swell the passage of other vessels as well as the shape of the seabed will affect a vessel's movement which together with an understanding of a specific vessel's performance should allow that vessel a safe passage. United States Naval Institute paperback
1969038322American Reprints. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Paperback. Paperback; Softcover. 1969 Facsimile reprint of the Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. Gun Department 92 page 1884 catalog. Orange paper covers with title and illustration in black on front cover. Previous owner's name on upper edge of front cover. Outer corners lightly creased. Text pages are clean.; B/w Phot & Ill; 4TO . American Reprints paperback
1955597153Little Brown and Company 1955. Hardcover. USED Very Good. Fourth printing of the thirteenth edition rebound in full black leather with gilt title and horizontal lines on spine. There's a centimeter-long scuff on the middle of the front board. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1918005159Dodd Mead and Company. Green cloth with back and gilt titles and design. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1918. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover
1995009325McFarland & Co. Jefferson N.C. ©1995 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st ed. 1st printing ; viii 224 pages : illustrations map ; 24 cm ; ISBN 9780786400584 0786400587 ; OCLC 31206158 ; LCCN 94024528 ; LC DS777.5315 .M42 1995 ; Dewey 940.547252092 Contents: Map Showing Escape Route -- Coordinates of Towns on Map -- Leap into the Unknown -- Friendly Locals -- Chinese Hospitality -- Guerrillas -- Reunion -- Sweet Dreams and Sweet Potatoes -- Vignettes -- Marine Embassy Guards -- Radios and Crystal Sets -- Firefight -- Beatings -- Anwhei -- Water Cure -- Guerrilla Hospital -- The Hungtze Hu -- Nationalist Army -- Meigwo at Last -- Epilogue -- Documents -- Military History of Col Jam ; "On May 10 1945 Lieutenant James D. McBrayer and three other U.S. Marine officers were crowded onto a Japanese train in China leaving the POW camp at Kiangwan and headed for a ship that would transport them to Japan. Since their imprisonment in December 1941 the four men had continuously plotted their escape waiting for the opportune moment to put their plan into action. The crowded boxcar provided them with such an opportunity. As darkness descended the four Marines put their plan into action removing the two rusty bars and strands of barbed wire covering the boxcar's window and jumping out into the Chinese countryside. This is the gripping story of the author's imprisonment in China his daring escape from the POW train the dangerous passage through the country with the help of Chinese Communist guerillas and his return to the United States 61 days after his escape." ; ex-library stamps ; no dustjacket ; VG <br/> <br/> McFarland & Co., Jefferson, N.C., ©1995 hardcover
1929z010602Worcester MA: Clark University Press 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1929. First edition. Hardcover 8vo. in embossed dark red cloth with gilt spine title. 580pp. Very good. Scuffing to front board sunning and shallow chipping to cloth spine ends. Front inner hinge cracked revealing stitching but remains firm. Gift inscription to front pastedown. Internally clean and unmarked. The first edition of the Psychological Register a country by country alphabetical guide to psychologists and psychoanalysts and their works. Digital images available upon request. Clark University Press hardcover
197634330Berkeley: University of California Press 1976. First Edition. Small square quarto 23.5cm.; publisher's boards in brown pictorial dust jacket; x207pp.; illus. throughout. Fine in original shrinkwrap. Bibliographical data provided by OCLC. University of California Press unknown books
19671608<p><strong>Canadian Scenery Illustrated. From Drawings By W.H. Bartlett 2 vols</strong></p><p><strong>Title:</strong> Canadian Scenery Illustrated. From Drawings By W.H. Bartlett<br /><strong>Author:</strong> Nathaniel Parker Willis<br /><strong>Artist:</strong> William Henry Bartlett<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Peter Martin Associates Limited Toronto<br /><strong>Publication Date:</strong> 1967<br /><strong>Format:</strong> Two volumes hardcover likely with dust jackets as a facsimile or commemorative edition.</p><p><strong>Overview and Significance</strong></p><p>This 1967 two-volume set is a modern reissue of a <strong>landmark 19th-century work that was instrumental in shaping the European and American vision of Canada.</strong> Originally published in London between 1840 and 1842 <em>Canadian Scenery</em> is not just a book but a cultural artifact combining the eloquent prose of American writer Nathaniel Parker Willis with the exquisitely detailed engravings based on the drawings of English artist William Henry Bartlett.</p><p>The 1967 edition by Peter Martin Associates made this historically significant work accessible to a 20th-century audience preserving its charm and historical importance.</p><p><strong>Content and Scope</strong></p><p>The work is a comprehensive pictorial and descriptive tour of the landscapes towns and waterways of pre-Confederation Canada then known as British North America. The two volumes are structured as a journey covering a vast territory:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Volume 1</strong> typically focuses on <strong>Eastern Canada and the St. Lawrence River Valley</strong> including scenes from:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Quebec:</strong> The Citadel of Quebec Montmorency Falls the Plains of Abraham.</p></li><li><p><strong>Ontario:</strong> Niagara Falls from multiple vantage points the Thousand Islands Brockville Toronto then "Little York" and the then-capital Kingston.</p></li><li><p>The mighty St. Lawrence River itself is a central character.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><strong>Volume 2</strong> often expands the journey to more remote and dramatic locales including:</p><ul><li><p>The <strong>Saguenay River</strong> with its towering cliffs.</p></li><li><p><strong>The Great Lakes</strong> Lake Huron Lake Superior.</p></li><li><p>The <strong>Ottawa River</strong> and the early Rideau Canal.</p></li><li><p>Scenes from the <strong>Maritime Provinces</strong>.</p></li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>The Illustrations W.H. Bartlett</strong></p><p>The primary draw of this work has always been the art. <strong>William Henry Bartlett 1809-1854</strong> was a master topographical artist. His drawings are renowned for their:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Accuracy and Detail:</strong> They provide a priceless historical record of the Canadian landscape before widespread industrialization.</p></li><li><p><strong>Romantic Sensibility:</strong> Bartlett composed his scenes to evoke a sense of the sublime and the picturesque often including small human figures to emphasize the grandeur and scale of the wilderness.</p></li><li><p><strong>Technical Execution:</strong> The original illustrations were translated into finely wrought steel engravings a labor-intensive process that resulted in images of remarkable clarity and texture.</p></li></ul><p><strong>The Text N.P. Willis</strong></p><p><strong>Nathaniel Parker Willis 1806-1867</strong> was a popular American author poet and magazine editor. His text complements Bartlett's images by providing:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Descriptive Narration:</strong> Vividly painting the scenes Bartlett captured visually.</p></li><li><p><strong>Historical Anecdotes:</strong> Weaving in stories of early explorers settlers and Indigenous peoples.</p></li><li><p><strong>Contemporary Observations:</strong> Offering insights into the social and economic life of the colonies in the 1840s.</p></li></ul><p>While sometimes romanticized his prose captures the spirit of the age and the contemporary perception of Canada as a land of immense natural beauty and potential.</p><p><strong>The 1967 Edition Peter Martin Associates</strong></p><p>This particular printing is a <strong>mid-20th century facsimile</strong>. Its key characteristics are:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Format:</strong> A high-quality reproduction likely attempting to replicate the feel of the original edition often found in a sturdy hardcover format.</p></li><li><p><strong>Audience:</strong> It was aimed at the book collector the history enthusiast and the art lover in Canada published during a period of rising nationalism and interest in Canadian heritage.</p></li><li><p><strong>Value:</strong> While the primary historical and artistic value lies with the original 1840s edition this 1967 printing is itself a collectible item representing the enduring appeal of Bartlett's iconic views.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Legacy and Importance</strong></p><p><em>Canadian Scenery Illustrated</em> is more than a picture book. It is a foundational work in <strong>Canadian iconography</strong>. Bartlett's views of Niagara Falls Quebec City and the St. Lawrence became the definitive images of these places for generations. This book played a crucial role in promoting tourism and immigration to Canada by showcasing its dramatic and "picturesque" landscapes to the world.</p><p>In summary this <strong>1967 two-volume set is a beautiful and important reprint of a 19th-century classic that defined the visual identity of Canada for the world making it a treasured possession for collectors and a valuable resource for historians and art lovers alike.</strong></p> Peter Martin Associates Limited hardcover
1923blb05366Brooklyn NY: Merganthaler Linotype 1923. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth on boards with blind stamped designs borders and title box to front and dark brown titling to front and spine. Large book is tight square relatively sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out other than some minor spotting to front fading to spine. Nice tipped-in b/w frontispiece and patterned endpapers. ""A typography reference at its finest printed in black vermillion and green. Tipped on frontis illustration. Includes sections on book publication as well as foreign language and school book styles and commercial printing. The layout is such that each two facing pages shows the complete layout for a book or other publication displaying all the typefaces and ornaments etc. carried by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Orcutt's son worked for Mergenthaler during the 1920's when this book was published"" Merganthaler Linotype hardcover
