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2006S7789Oxford:: Oxford University Press 2006. 2006. 8vo. xxii 353 pp. Plates index. Quarter cloth boards dust-jacket. NEW. FIRST EDITION. Pais offers an illuminating portrait of another eminent colleague J. Robert Oppenheimer one of the most charismatic and enigmatic figures of modern physics. It is Abraham Pais's final work completed after his death by Robert P. Crease an acclaimed historian of science in his own right. ISBN: 9780195166736 Oxford University Press, 2006. hardcover books
2006UYIGI-3Oxford etc.:: Oxford University Press 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. With Supplemental Material by Robert P. Crease. 8vo. xxii 353 pp. Black-and-white plates index; text clean unmarked. Quarter cloth gilt-titled spine dust-jacket; binding square and tight the jacket has very minor shelf wear and creasing otherwise appears to be a beautiful unread copy. Very Good plus. This book is the most comprehensive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer available told with compassion and insight by Oppenheimer's colleague and friend Abraham Pais. Oxford University Press, hardcover books
2006S8373Oxford:: Oxford University Press 2006. 2006. 8vo. xxii 353 pp. Photos index. Boards dust-jacket. NEW. FIRST EDITION. Illuminating biography of the charismatic physicist who worked on the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos. This work reevaluates the events of Oppenheimer's life. ISBN: 0195166736. Oxford University Press, 2006. hardcover books
1899WRCAM52883Cleburne Tx.: T.L. Sanders 1899. 129pp. Original printed wrappers. Small chip to top corner of front wrapper and spine tail small stain to top corner of first few leaves last few leaves and rear wrapper chipped at lower corner not affecting text. Contents tanned as usual. Good plus. The autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from an area described as having "Carolina's tallest peaks" on its southeastern horizon. Most names in the story appear to be fictional. Includes his capture at Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864 as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas Illinois journey home and how he came to join an infantry company. Yeager 1842-1940 served with the 29th Tennessee Infantry Confederate until his capture. After the war he was a lawyer in Tennessee then a newspaperman and farmer in Johnson County Texas. Rare. Not in any of the standard reference works on the Civil War or Tennessee. T.L. Sanders unknown books
189944062Cleburne TX: A.H. Yeager publisher T. L. Saunders printer 1899. 12mo.; 129pp. Original printed gray wrappers some wear to spine; text paper somewhat browned but a very good copy. First edition. Autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from Washington County Tennessee; Civil War experiences include his capture at Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864 his incarceration as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas Illinois his journey home and after reflecting on his childhood in east Tennessee how he came to join an infantry company as the war began. Yeager 1842-1940 served with the 29th Tennessee Infantry Confederate until his capture; though not included in this autobiography his post-Civil War years were spent first as a lawyer in Tennessee then as a newspaperman and farmer in Johnson County Texas. Rare. OCLC locates ten copies but only one in Tennessee Knox County Public. Not in Nevins Eicher or Broadfoot. Not in Sam Smith's TENNESSEE HISTORY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. <br/><br/> A.H. Yeager, publisher (T. L. Saunders, printer) unknown books
189963536Cleburne TX: A. H. Yeager Publisher T. L. Sanders Printer 1899. First edition. 12mo. 129 pp. Autobiographical account of a Confederate soldier from Washington County Tennessee; Civil War experiences include his capture at Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864 his incarceration as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas Illinois his journey home and after reflecting on his childhood in east Tennessee how he came to join an infantry company as the war began. Yeager 1842-1940 served with the 29th Tennessee Infantry until his capture; though not included here his post-Civil War years were spent first as a lawyer in Tennessee then as a newspaperman and farmer in Johnson County Texas. Not in Nevins Dornbusch Eicher Nicholson or Broadfoot. OCLC locates 23 copies but only one in Tennessee Knox County Public. Text pages a little toned but a very good copy. Original printed wrappers a little wear to the spine. 10020. <br/><br/> A. H. Yeager, Publisher, T. L. Sanders, Printer unknown books
1927169951Amsterdam: Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel 1927. VG repair to entire spine where the leather cleanly split from front cover at outer hinge tips worn through but edges clean and mostly unscathed. Full burgundy leather heavy embossed and gilt fill to covers and spine. Top edge gilt. 110 pp. profusely illustrated with 100 large photogravure style plates. A stunning example of Dutch bookbinding from the 1920s. Text is in Dutch. A very fine bookbinding designed by C.A. Lion Cachet 1864-1945. Rare. Shipping weight is 24 pounds. Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel hardcover books
1944012023Philadelphia: David McKay 1944. Color pictorial dust jacket showing American planes attacking a ship presumably Japanese. Crisp and clean throughout. Contents include a map of Japan basic principles of spoken Japanese basic conversation a large appendix Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionaries. 159pp. First Edition. Green Cloth. Light Edge Wear./Chipped Dust Jacket. Small Octavo. David McKay Hardcover books
198537206Jerusalem 1985. Berg Assaf. Small 4to pp. 160. With photographs by Uli Bocker and drawings by Assaf Berg. A description of the city arranged by the seasons of the year.A nice copy in lightly scuffed dj. unknown books
1917121427New York: George H. Doran Company 1917. Softcover. VG clean and tight. Ivory stapled wraps with black lettering and 14 pp. Wallenstein ponders the plight of the Jews newly under German rule particularly those in Poland the Ukraine and the Baltic States formerly part of the Russian Empire. George H. Doran Company paperback books
197082760New York: Ktav Publishing House 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine. xxxiii 170p. Original red cloth. 23cm. No jacket. Reprint of the 1898 edition with a Prologomenon by Moshe Pearlman added at pages vii-xxvi. <br/><br/> Ktav Publishing House hardcover books
1687289634Zug. : Muosischen Druckerey. 1687. Contemporary vellum. . Good covers soiled front hinge split old repair to preliminaries at gutter moderate foxing throughout old library marking to preliminaries a little light mostly marginal dampstaining. . 4to. 20.5x15.5 cm. . German text. Uncommon Zug edition of a popular work. Woodcut frontis with arcane illustration of demons dancing around a hanging Judas. Muosischen Druckerey. hardcover books
1999300581999. Abraham Henry J. Justices Presidents and Senators: A History of the U.S. Supreme Court Appointments from Washington to Clinton. Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. 1999. xiii 429 pp. New. $75. unknown books
1999286977Lanham: Rowan & Littlefield 1999. paperback. very good. Illus. 4to pr. wrs. Lanham: Rowan & Littlefield 1999. Very good<br/><br/> Rowan & Littlefield unknown books
1719007802Lugduni Batavorum : Theodorum Haak 1719. 832 pages with 83 pp.Index. Title page illustration lacking the frontispiece illustration. Bound in contemporary vellum boards age-toned back stamped and lettered in gilt. Very Good end pages toned and soiled text clean with widely scattered small spots of toning binding quite tight and sound. Text in Latin. . First Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Theodorum Haak Hardcover books
2014170527Frankfurt am Main: Die Galerie 2014. Hardcover. VG. Color-illustrated boards with white lettering. 119 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from September 11 - November 8 2014. Text in German and English. Die Galerie hardcover books
193251337Jerusalem 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. 60p. Original red cloth. 23cm. Back cover darkened at top. No jacket. Hebrew text. Added English title-page at end: Cain and Abel; a Poem. <br/><br/> hardcover books
192137203Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag 1921. First Edition. Octavo 26.5cm.; publisher's green cloth-backed boards gilt-lettered spine; 4301pp. Boards rather scuffed with some exposure at corners textblock uniformly browned else Near Very Good and sound. At head of title: "Internationale Psychoanalytische Bibliothek Band 10. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag unknown books
192136536Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag 1921. First Edition. Octavo 26.5cm.; publisher's black cloth-backed boards gilt-lettered spine all edges marbled; 4301pp. Boards rather scuffed with some exposure at spine ends textblock uniformly browned with a couple of leaves wrinkled else Very Good and sound. At head of title: "Internationale Psychoanalytische Bibliothek Band 10. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag unknown books
1715191132Cologne: Chez Pierre Marteau 1715. Leather_bound. 315p. 8x10.25 inches text in French second edition of the second part of a two volume treatise all edges of textblock tinted red mild toning to paperstock general abrasion and wear to pressed-calf casebinding full leather over boards with five raised bands gilt titles and decorations on spine edges stained red. Bits of card show at corner-tips but the hide was well-tanned and would be responsive to restorative measures i.e. the hide could use a coat or two of archival-grade leather dressing. The Dutch Ambassador's guide to the functions of an ambassador and his recollections of his work in France England and Holland and time spent imprisoned in the Bastille. Originally published in 1682 reissued 1690 this being the third edition of 1715. Chez Pierre Marteau unknown books
1880015934Paris: E. Plon et Cie 1880. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. Third edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Two volume set; complete. Black leather spines marbled paper-covered boards and dark cloth covered corners; moderately rubbed and worn remaining intact and attractive. The first few pages of the first volume are water-stained and a previous owner's name is on the title page. The half-title page of the second volume has a previous owner's name the same. The texts of both volumes are moderately foxed. Minor soiling to the closed page edges and a few pages with creases to the upper corners. Two quires small gatherings of pages are loosened from the text remaining attached. Text is in French. The story is set in Paris and the story turns upon the unraveling of the plots of a group of Nihilist refugees. It contains careful character studies both Russian and French. Translation of title: The Lost Casket. Detective/Crime Fiction. E. Plon et Cie Hardcover books
1643178066Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes 1643. Hardcover. Good staining to boards and text block book plate inside front cover age toning throughout as expected with age. Text and illustrations are otherwise very clear!. Tan vellum boards with faded off-white title block on spine 8 28 pages 2 68 pages 34 unnumbered leaves of plates bw illustrations throughout. Text in French. The Universal Way of Mr. Desargues Lyonnois: To Lay The Axle & Place The Hours & Other Things on the Sun Dials. Added engraved illustrated title page special engraved title page with ornamental border following p. 28. The plates are mostly printed on both sides of the leaves and many appear multiple times final plate numbered '28'. Engravings by Abraham Bosse. Pierre Des-Hayes hardcover books
2226Le Blond 1636. Etching. A good impression on paper without a watermark. Trimmed just showing the platemark all around. 259mm x 324mm. G.D. 1080 Blum 154 only state Paris/Tours 2004 No. 128. unknown books
1987008146New Delhi: Inter-India Publications 1987. 275p. b/w illus. dj Tribal studies of India series T-123. Inter-India Publications unknown books
1953010996Philadelphia: Dropsie College Press 1953. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xviii 370 pages of text. Hardcover binding is moderately sunned on spine with minor shelfwear. No dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper "To Mr. David.with the compliments and greetings of signed Abraham A. Neuman Aug. 11 1953.". Dropsie College Press Hardcover books
