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1996173150Dallas TX: Division of Art Southern Methodist University 1996. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 21 through December 8 1996. Published in an edition of only 535 copies. Preface and essay by Philip Van Keuren and also with excerpts from an interview of Lawrence by Van Keruen Francine Seders James W. Sullivan and Anju Gill. Includes 20 illustrations of works by Lawrence inspired by Andreas Vesalius. A near fine copy in wrappers with a slight bit of sunning to the top edge of the front cover and some other very minute wear. Still a very nice copy. Division of Art, Southern Methodist University unknown books
199367175Washington DC: Rappahannock Press/Phillips Collection 1993. First edition. 4to. 172 pp w/selected bibliography & index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introductory essay by Henry Louis Gates Jr. 116 illustrations of which 60 are in full color. Washington DC: Rappahannock Press/Phillips Collection, unknown books
1978104306Amsterdam: C. J. Aarts/Amsterdamse Cahiers 1978. 32p. 6.5x8 inches one of 500 copies glossary very good first edition booklet in orange stapled wraps. In English "Jacob Lowland is rumored by some to be the pen name of an American poet who moved to the Netherlands to enjoy the gay life ." - rear wrap. Young 2395. C. J. Aarts/Amsterdamse Cahiers unknown books
1882029518Leiden: E. J. Brill 1882. xix 408p. one facsimile original stiff wrappers chipped on the edges black binder's tape along the spine. E. J. Brill unknown books
1782M13031Frankfurt am Main:: N.P. 1782. 1782. 8vo. Collation: A-3F8 a8 -a1 blank b2 1. Pagination: 2 832 XXII pp. Index. Original paper boards ms. spine title edges green; some foxing toning hint of waterstaining to bottom edge at rear. Very good. First Printing. Early German medical journal complete year 1782 with book reviews articles etc. Founded in 1780 this journal ran to 1788 and was superseded by the Neues medicinisches Wochenblatt. Other parts of this work were edited by Dr. Johann Valentin Muller and Dr. Georg Friedrich Hoffmann. [N.P.], 1782. hardcover books
003729New York: Macmillan 1924. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wear to extremities. Autobiography of New York reporter and author of landmark expose which led to improvement of living and working conditions for immig rants - HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. Over 80 illustrations. 442 pp. New York: Macmillan, 1924 unknown books
1904D16958New York: Macmillan 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Tall 12mo. Original pictorial cloth. No dust jacket. Each page has delightful pen illustrations in the margins. A nice copy. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1910WRCAM22977Kansas City 1910. 103pp. Portrait frontispiece plus plates. Original cloth. Very good. Memoirs of a man who got "Kansas fever" in the late 1860s eventually becoming a prosperous farmer and merchant based in Ft. Scott. hardcover books
197310927.2New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1973. 1st thus Hanrahan A82. Brown cloth. Dust jackets. Publisher's orange box with pictorial paper onlay to one side. A Fine/Fine set in a Nr Fine box minor wear & soiling/price sticker shadow to rear panel. 2 volumes. Illustrations by Sendak. Sm 8vo. <br/><br/> Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1873WRCAM35566Ottawa: Imprimé par Robertson Roger & Cie. 1873. 302pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped. Overall very good. First French edition. In 1872 Shantz visited Manitoba with an eye toward the establishment of a Russian Mennonite settlement there. He was impressed with what he saw describing the suitability of the lands in this pamphlet. This work led to the first Mennonite settlement in the West. SABIN 79770. PEEL 376 English ed. Imprimé par Robertson, Roger & Cie. unknown books
19632291423The Free Press of Glencoe 1963. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No jacket. Spine lightly toned small tear to spine head and to spine base ink underlining and highlighting smudge on front paste-down endpaper. 1963 Hard Cover. xvi 428 pp. CONTENTS: Preface to the Second Edition 1956; Acknowledgement; Introduction: The Dependence of Modern Psychology on Cartesian Philosophy; Part I. Critique of the Doctrine of Conditioned Reflexes: The Relation Between Theory and Observation in Pavlov's Work - General Presuppositions - Some Difficulties Confronting the Application of Pavlov's Theory; Part II. Stimuli Signs and Signals: The Nature of the Signal - Resolution of the Difficulties; Part III. Man Thinks Not the Brain: Surrounding Field and Surround World - Signs Are Not Stimuli - Stimuli Are Not Objects; Part IV. Sensing and Movement Considered Historiologically: Preliminary Characterization of Sensing - Sensing Considered as a Mode of Communication - The Relationship Between Sensing and Moving - On Being Awake - Critique of Epiphenomenalism - The Difference Between Sensing and Knowing - The Difference Between Sensing and Perceiving - Traditional Psychology of Space and Time - Sense-Certainty - Development of the Theme Through the Phenomenon of Gliding - The Spectrum of the Senses - The Spatial and Temporal Form of Sensing; Notes; Indexes. The Free Press of Glencoe hardcover books
19731293243New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1973. First Editions. Hardcover. 12mos. 2 vols. VG/VG; DJs tan title blocks with off-white borders white and black lettering: mild wear to DJs light age-toning to spine of Vol. 2; "Two volumes boxed / $12.95" to front flap of Vol. 1 front flap of Vol. 2 price clipped; brown cloth boards gold lettering: mild wear to boards fading to spine of Vol. 1 more so than Vol. 2; interior pristine inscribed by previous owner to recto of frontispiece Vol. 1; set housed in orange slipcase moderate wear; frontispieces; shelved above Case 14. 1293243. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1988132695São Paulo Brasil: SESC Servico Social do Comercio 1988. Hardcover. VG donor bookplate bumped corners. White glossy boards. No dust jacket. 271 pp. Profusely illustrated with color plates. In Portugese. SESC, Servico Social do Comercio hardcover books
169875048Bruxelles: Typis ludoci Stryckwant 1698. Hardcover. Good. Editio altera longe auctior et elegantior. 15 16-651 5 71p. 19th century black leather. 14 cm. Binding sound but rather heavily scuffed. Almost entire front endpaper covered with a printed label urging unsuccessfully it appears the See of Portsmouth not to sell this or any other book coming from the Virtue and Cahill Library. Cross-hatched pencil markings on a few pages. Most of the rather small text leaves are double-columned. Some sections of text browned while other are bright and white. Latin text. Originally published in German in 1644. <br/><br/> Typis ludoci Stryckwant hardcover books
188934879Dayton VA: Ruebush Kieffer & Co 1889. Oblong octavo. Original publisher's dark red printed boards. 1f. recto title verso copyright and preface 3-16 "the Rudiments of Music" 17-191 pp. ii index i blank pp. In shape-note notation.<br/><br/>Over 275 tunes with text divided into "Singing School Department" "Church Department" "Sunday School Department" and "Anthem Department."<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped; free front endpaper creased free rear endpaper with outer blank corner lacking. Browned; final leaf slightly trimmed at lower margin with no loss of text. First edition of this unusual Virginia shape-note imprint.<br/><br/>Aldine Sillman Kieffer was a music publisher and tunebook compiler. His father died shortly after he was born and he grew up in Singer's Glen Virginia under the influence of his grandfather Joseph Funk. In 1865 he and William S. Rohr revived Funk's periodical the Southern Musical Advocate and Singer's Friend . The following year he began with others as the Patent Note Publishing Co. to issue the Musical Million and Fireside Friend a monthly periodical edited by Kieffer which was a primary instrument for the promotion of shape-note gospel hymnody in the South. In 1872 Kieffer formed a new company Ruebush Kieffer & Co. later the Ruebush-Kieffer Co. with his brother-in-law the singing-school teacher Ephraim Ruebush and John W. Howe to publish the Musical Million which continued to appear regularly until 1914." Harry Eskew in Grove Music Online. Ruebush, Kieffer & Co unknown books
187827939208 Broadway Cor. Fulton St. New York: Department of Docks Evening Post Steam Presses 1878. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 80 pages plus 3 plates two of which are folding. 8vo 5 3/4 x 9 inches. Printed tan wrappers string stitched. Additionally three stab holes at spine probably was in a bound volume at some point. Bright and clean internally inked "10" upper right front wrapper. Wraps. The first 28 pages are financial in nature and include transactions from May 1st 1876 through April 30th 1877. The next section is the report of the Engineer-in-chief who reports on several projects including the New Pier No. 1. N.R. Canal and King Street sections and other areas. The folding plates depict a section and of a bulk head wall King St. section. Â The last plate is an isometrical sketch of concrete blocks showing binding frames. The following section is again financials showing what tasks were accomplished and then a report of the Treasurer. Â A useful document for those interested in Dock related projects in NYC during this time period. [ Department of Docks ] Evening Post Steam Presses unknown books
185032390NY: Harper 1850. Eight volumes. 12mo pp. between 202 and 227. Red cloth. Ex library with spine labels bookplates and pockets. Illustrated with a frontis and small drawings. Covers worn interiors VG. The books are: Ellen Linn Mary Bell Malleville Caroline Rudolphus Wallace Mary Erskine and Stuyvesant. Stories for children illustrating proper behavior and proper ways of upbringing. Harper unknown books
189658544Cumberland MD: Printed by J.J. Miller 1896. First edition. 8vo. 325 pp. Portrait frontispiece of the author. Garrett and Allegheny Counties Maryland the National Road and other subjects related to the growth of western Maryland and Pennsylvania. Howes B-843: "On western Pennsylvania in pioneer times." Owners' names on endpapers and verso of frontispiece else very good. Original purple cloth floral endpapers. #5805. <br/><br/> Printed by J.J. Miller hardcover books
19818331981. JAVITS Jacob K. With Rafael Steinberg. JAVITS: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PUBLIC MAN. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1981. Small quarto black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Javits on the half-title page: "For Gloria & Leonard Stern with Affection Jacob Javits." Leonard Stern is the creator of the well-known TV series "Get Smart." Near fine; price-clipped d/j. $85.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1859WRCLIT54236Paris: Adolphe Delahays 1859. 4xxxix4541pp. Handsomely bound in quarter black morocco and marbled boards spine decorated in gilt. Extreme lower fore-tips of title and half- title show a small tea-like stain occasional light foxing but a very good copy. First edition. A collection of six pieces each accompanied by an able introduction and annotations by Lacroix the whole preceded by an essay on "L'Ancien Théatre en France." VICAIRE I:672. BRUNET IV:1147. Adolphe Delahays hardcover books
1890144119Salem: Observer Book and Job Print 1890. New and Enlarged Edition. Softbound. Fair. An acceptable reading copy not for the collector though. Could be restored of kept in an envelope or clamshelf box. Remnants of front and rear wraps with significant chipping old tape stains spine label gone. 83 pp. An uncommon 1890 printing of this standard and engaging Slave narrative with emphasis on Civil War years. Observer Book and Job Print paperback books
192703772New York: Boni & Liveright 1927. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine in a fine bright dust jacket. <br/><br/> Boni & Liveright hardcover books
183457392New-York: Leavitt Lord & Co. 182 Broadway Boston: Crocker & Brewster 1834. 16mo pp. 237 1; engraved frontispiece; original green cloth gilt-stamped spine; spine faded else very good and sound. Born in Hallowell Maine Abbott 1803-1879 wrote 180 books largely juvenile fiction his series of Rollo books were his most famous biographies religious books and even popular science. He was professor of mathematics at Amherst founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829 and with his brothers a founder and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys in New York City. American Imprints 22802. <br/><br/> Leavitt, Lord & Co. 182 Broadway, Boston: Crocker & Brewster hardcover books
187234272London: Chatto and Windus 1872. 8vo pp. x 3 536 16 ads dated 1873; 19 plates a few pencil notations some very light foxing label scuffed else a very good copy in contemporary half black calf over marbled boards and red morocco label with gilt lettering on decorative spine raised bands. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover books
188439910London: Chatam and Windus Piccadilly. Very Good. 1884. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Hinges cracked front end pages detached but present edges rubbed otherwise good . Chatam and Windus, Piccadilly hardcover books
