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197022645Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. ix 142pp index. <br/><br/> University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
021060New York Francis P. Harper 1898. 130/950 copies. 8vo. 183pp. Hardcover. Good. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; includes frontis. Boards have light wear and moderate soiling to edges; two bookplates from previous owners; page 65-6 has a ½ tear along fore edge. This journal provides the account of Jacob Fowler who was the first American traveler over much of the route. Howes F-298. . hardcover books
185025912New York: published for the author 1850. First edition 12mo pp. 3-243; wood-engraved frontispiece portrait 11 wood-engraved plates; recent quarter brown calf over marbled boards red morocco label on blindstamped spine; about fine in a new but appropriate binding. "Recollections of an American privateer in the War of 1812 and of his later adventures among the natives of Nicaragua and Panama. Many accounts are given of the pirates of Old Providence Corn Islands and other Caribbean areas" Hill. Howes D-567; Sabin 21280. <br/><br/> published for the author hardcover books
1959012617Norman Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press 1959. Dust jacket with almost no wear. Small closed tear top of rear panel. Translated from the German and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. Schiel a German scientist was born in 1813. He published his account of the western US journey in German in 1859. Twelve illustrations and a double-page map. 114pp. First English Editiion. Green Cloth. Nearly Fine/Price-clipped Dust Jacket. Octavo. University of Oklahoma Press Hardcover books
195980485Norman:: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. B0006AVYCW . Translated from the German by Thomas N. Bonner. Stated first edition. Very good in a good ink check marks on titles list on verso minor edge wear dust jacket. . University of Oklahoma Press, hardcover books
19599019079Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1959. 1st . Hardcover. fine/fine. Translated from the GTerman and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. Includes illustrations and map. <br/><br/> University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
1959TB24815Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1959. First Edition. First printing Very good in lime green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with mild dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with modest rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and with light soiling to the rear panel. Translated from the German and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. This is volume 27 in the University of Oklahoma's collection of books referred to as The American Exploration and Travel series. 114 pages of text including a list of other volumes in the American Exploration and Travel Series an index bibliography a list of elevations and locations and text. Originally published in German in 1859 this was the author's account of his participation in the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 from Missouri to explore railroad routes to the Pacific. A lame horse forced his return to the main party an event which saved his life as Gunnison and the accompanying personnel were massacre by Indians. Schiel then joined the command under Lt. Beckwith which eventually reached the Pacific shore the following year. Howes S159 University of Oklahoma Press hardcover books
19596376Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1959 First English translation. Translated from the German and Edited by Thomas N. Bonner. 114pp. Drawings and maps by Joe Beeler. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Schiel served with the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 to explore the possibilities of a railroad route to the Pacific. Fate allowed him to escape the massacre of Gunnison's command and he continued the remainder of the expedition under the command of Lieutenant Beckwith wintering with the Mormons at Salt Lake City and reaching the coast the following year. University of Oklahoma Press unknown books
1959USCHJOU00sjrUniversity of Oklahoma 1959. Very Good. Schiel Jacob H. Journey Through the Rocky Mountains and the Humboldt Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Bonner Thomas N. Norman Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma 1959. 114pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Cloth. Book condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with creasing closed tears and chipped spine ends. Housed in dust jacket protector. University of Oklahoma hardcover books
1987026609Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press 1987. xv 246p. dj Chicago studies in the history of Judaism. University of Chicago Press unknown books
200972997Leiden:: Brill. Fine. 2009. Hardcover. 9789004179387 . First edition. INSCRIBED by Alan Avery-Peck. Fine in glossy printed boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Brill, hardcover books
1995156344Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995. Hardcover. VG Only lightly aged overall. Spring green cloth gilt letters on spine and front cover glossy black dust jacket 278 pp. BW figures. The first of a two-part study. This volume is a collection of 8 scholarly essays related to the general topic. "Deals with the principal sources for the study of the Judaism of the dual Torah in its formative age the first seven centuries C.E." E. J. Brill hardcover books
1910228065Hampton VA: Houston Printing & Publishing House 1910. Soft Cover. Good binding. An Address delivered July 19th 1910 in St. John's Church Hampton Virginia on the occasion of the 300th Anniversary of the occupation of the Parish by the English. No pencil or ink markings in text. Grey paper covers with black lettering. Moderate to heavy edgewear to covers. Stapled Wrappers. Good binding. Houston Printing & Publishing House unknown books
1934755661934. WASSERMAN Jacob. KERKHOVEN'S THIRD EXISTENCE. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation 1934. First U.S. edition. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. 646pp. 8vo. grey cloth top-edge stained navy. Bookplate to front pastedown. Very minor cloth puckering near bottom-edge of front board; lower fore-corner of front board bumped. Internally clean and fresh. A very good plus volume scarce in a solid dust jacket. unknown books
1934WRCLIT70311New York: Liveright 1934. Decorated cloth. First U.S. edition of the posthumously published final volume of the trilogy translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. About fine in very faintly used dust jacket with tiny edge tear. Liveright hardcover books
193400961New York: Liveright 1934. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Fine in dust jacket. <br/><br/> Liveright hardcover books
1902175602Wien/Leipzig: Verlag von Martin Gerlach & Co 1902. Softcover. VG. Brown cardboard with olive green spine black lettering and illustration on front boards 2 94 pp color and bw illustrations. Written in German. Children and house fairy tales based on the collection of Brother Grimm. Photos by Karl Fahringer. Texts composed by Hans Faungruber. In this collection the first tale is "Der Fuchs und das Pferd." Gerlach's youth library # 5. Verlag von Martin Gerlach & Co paperback books
175601Wien/Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Jugend und Volk. Softcover. VG. Gray cardboard with darker gray spine black lettering 98 pp color and bw illustrations. Written in German. Children and house fairy tales based on the collection of Brother Grimm. Gerlach's youth library # 1 In this collection the first tale is "Das Tapfere Schneiderlein" Deutscher Verlag für Jugend und Volk paperback books
1920175604Wien/Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling 1920. Softcover. VG. Tan cardboard with yellow cloth spine black lettering and illustration on front boards 96 pp color and bw illustrations. Written in German. Children and house fairy tales based on the collection of Brother Grimm. Images by Otto Tauschek. Text by Hans Fraungruber. In this collection the first tale is "Konig Droffelbart" Gerlach's youth library # 12. Gerlach & Wiedling paperback books
1812283558Berlin: In der Realschulbuchhandlung 1812. First. hardcover. good. 2 384 lx pages. Short thick 12mo bound in 20th century gray boards with paper spine label. The text block has extensive expert repairs at margins and Japanese tissue overlays to re-enforce the numerous torn and chipped pages; approximately 12 leaves have actual loss of text although some pages are missing lacking the entire 23 page prologue and last 4 pages of text which contain half of tale 84 and all of tales 85-86 and the errata leaf. Some occasional staining and light penciling. Berlin: In der Realschulbuchhandlung 1812. First edition.<br/><br/> The first volume only others followed in 1815 & 1822 of the first edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales. A flawed copy but extraordinarily scarce nonetheless and containing classics such as Hansel & Gretel Rapunzel Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White.<br/><br/> In der Realschulbuchhandlung unknown books
197323252.1New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1973. 1st edition Hanrahan A84.1. Glossy pictoral boards. No dust jacket as issued. VG light shelfwear. Unpaginated. Wonderful color illustrations by Sendak. 8vo. 22.5cm x 15 cm. <br/><br/>Issued simultaneously with the copies bound in cloth. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1893S11179Stuttgart:: J.G. Cotta'Schen Buchhandlung 1893. 1893. 8vo. xvi 503 1. Frontispiece 1 plate 12 figures index. Quarter navy blue cloth over tawny paper-backed boards; top front cover dented corners worn but generally very good. J.G. Cotta'Schen Buchhandlung, 1893. hardcover books
1893S13829Stuttgart:: J. G. Cotta 1893. 1893. 8vo. xvi 503 pp. 2 plates incl. portrait figs. index. Original navy cloth-backed pale-orange boards. Very good. First edition of this collection of "minor" papers by Mayer some of his letters etc. Another work also edited by Weyrauch Die Mechanik der Wärme 3rd ed. 1893 contained Mayer's major scientific papers. "In both works Weyrauch provides not only extensive nn. and commentary but also a thorough biography of Mayer." DSB. CONTENTS partial: Biography 1832-44 etc.; Das Santonin his dissertation; diary of his journey to the East Indies; correspondence with Carl Baur 1841-1844; correspondence with Wilhelm Griesinger 1842-1845; correspondence between Mayer & Gustav Reuschle 1848-1871 an "incident" with Otto Seyffer 1849-50 "In 1849 a young German physicist named Otto Seyffer published a brutal attack on Mayer's work declaring it to be a collection of unfounded speculations about forces of nature. More researchers piled on in other journals no doubt leaving Mayer to feel himself besieged and rejected by the scientific community." web-source etc. REFERENCES: DSB IX pp. 235-240; Hirsch IV 133. Poggendorff IV/2 977. J. G. Cotta, 1893. hardcover books
197772165Alamo: Holmgangers Press 1977. First edition. 31 pp. Very good plus in printed wrappers with light foxing to covers. INSCRIBED by Jacob on the title page “For Gary and Jeane / who published books / everyone will someday / read. Even / Knee. / Thanks all / best - / John.†Alamo: Holmgangers Press unknown books
186318422Copehagen: Wøldikes Forlagsboghandel 1863. First Edition. Slim octavo 19cm; rebound in black paper-covered boards and quarter black leather with titles stamped in gilt on spine; 123pp; illustrated with 6 tinted lithographic plates with text in Danish. Wear to corners joints and spine ends with shallow chipping at the crown; occasional scattered foxing else fresh and clean throughout; Very Good. Scarce account of a mid-19th century Danish expedition to St. Thomas and St. Croix beautifully illustrated. None in commerce 2013 with OCLC locating 2 copies in the U.S. both at Harvard one in the British Library and 5 more in Danish institutions. Wøldikes Forlagsboghandel unknown books