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1894519361894. LINNEAN Society of London. TITLEPAGE CONTENTS AND INDEX. London: Printed for the Linnean Society of London by Taylor and Francis March 1894. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series Botany. Volume III Part 11. 36pp. pp. # i-iv 425-456. 4to. blue paper wrappers sewn signatures. Near fine clean and bright; wrappers are lightly creased and soiled and show minor edgewear. unknown books
197695201976. Softcover. VG slight writing mark on cover. colored wraps. 91pp. 1 color 90 bw plates many full page. unknown books
1982156641982. Softcover. VG. Tan wraps. 25 pp. 4 color 32 bw plates. Exhibition listing catalogue of 36 works loose price list selection of nice plates. unknown books
1984169441984. Softcover. VG. Grey wraps. 24 pp. 17 color 15 bw plates. unknown books
1999143591999. Softcover. VG. Color wraps. 36 pp. 16 color plates. Each vibrant plate of the 15 pictured is accompanied by a brief note by the artist explaining something about the piece also includes biographic chronology exhibition listing. unknown books
1999143261999. Softcover. VG. Blue wraps. 28 pp. 14 color plates. A selection of striking and unusual work by Daniel Chadwick with an irreverent introduction by Damien Hirst. unknown books
192740765Camden Town/ London: Ladies' Association London Temperance Hospital & Harold Trill Printer 1927. 1st printing presumed. Navy blue and red illustrative border around blue and red writing to broadside. Printed on beige paper. Moderate wear to poster soiling and age-toning some tears and chipping apparent. A Good example. Broadside printed recto only. 23" x 18" <br/><br/>"O yez! O yez! O yez! Come to the Fair! Prices to suit all purses. Many attractions. Opened at 3.0 p.m. by the President. Mrs. RIchard Rigg. Selections will be played by the Ladies' Amateur Orchestra under the direction of Miss Wrigley. Admission 6d. Teas 1/=". Ladies' Association London Temperance Hospital & Harold Trill, Printer unknown books
190840193N.p. San Jose: by the Association 1908. Single sheet 21.5cm x 26.5cm; printed on both sides with blank portions accomplished in manuscript. Signed in ink by John F. Mecklen Secretary and E.F. White President; this certificate No. 1565 was issued to one L.R. Nash a San Jose metalworker. Light edgewear and faint vertical folds else Near Fine. <br/><br/>The San Jose Labor Temple was established around 1903 under the joint auspices of the San Jose Building Trades and Central Labor Councils. Jack London had a prominent role in the founding of the Labor Temple and reputedly wrote substantial portions of both The Call of the Wild and The Sea Wolf in then-President Harry Ryan's office. by the Association unknown books
1989030135Middle Village New York U.S.A.: Metropolitan Museum of Art 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An album on the Saint-Gaudens Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Commissioned by Henry Adams in honor of his wife Marian Hooper Adams. Photographs by Jerry L. Thompson with addtional photographs by Marian Hooper Adams.Color and b/w photographs.Selected bibliography 92p. Metropolitan Museum of Art unknown books
1965BL3978London:: King's College 1965. 1965. 21 cm. no pagination. Printed wrappers. Very good. King's College 1965. unknown books
20031427242003. Softcover. VG. Pictorial wraps. 120 pp. over 100 color plates. Lovely illustrations with descriptive annotations. paperback books
2001247522001. Softcover. VG may have mild wear to covers otherwise clean. Burgundy wraps. 112 pp. 133 color plates. Lovely illustrations. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of 133 works. unknown books
140758hardcover. 8vo cloth d.w.; d.w. chipped. San Diego: Harcourt Brace 1983. Presentation copy from both authors.<br/><br/> unknown books
1972239851972. Softcover. VG small amount of writing front cover & light soiling to back cover of one copy. White wraps. 10 pp. 32 bw plates. unknown books
001589Juroslav Committee London 1916. Very Good. In orignal wrps 47p. a rare pamphlet on the desire to ethnically cleanse the Jugoslav population. Juroslav Committee London 1916 unknown books
1973UJOHEAR00mmCalifornia Historical Society 1973. Very Good. Johnson Paul C. editor. The Early Sunset Magazine: 1898-1928. London Jack; Muir John; Hammett Dashiell; Grey Zane. San Francisco: California Historical Society 1973. 240pp. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped and rubbed edges subtle soiling and a gift inscription on the first page. California Historical Society paperback books
1932140937132London: T. Werner Laurie LTD 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. 96 pp. Publisher's green cloth binding stamped in dark green with green paint pattern to cloth seemingly the work of a previous owner text printed in green. Light lean to spine with light wear at upper spine joints. Small bookseller ticker to front paste down. Erased pencil from paste down and several margins. Pages toned with sporadic foxing. A scarce cocktail book by "Jimmy" who formally tended bar at the renown Ciro's of London. T. Werner Laurie, LTD hardcover books
193721424London: Japan Society 1937. Paperback. Very good. 155pp. Wraps darkened nd a bit edgeworn otherwise a very good copy. <br/><br/> Japan Society paperback books
1973138491N.p.: American Cinema Productions 1973. Vintage US one-sheet poster for the 1973 film. Features fantastic and disturbing painted illustration of the dog before a duo of men engaged in fisticuffs. Notation in holograph ink on the verso. <br/><br/>In the Klondike in the late 1800s the dog White Fang and his friend Mitsah Missaele help rid a gold mining town of greed and corruption with the help of journalist Jason Nero. <br/><br/>27 x 41 inches folded. Light toning and a few staple holes else Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant p. 464. American Cinema Productions unknown books
197548330Oakland: Friends of the Oakland Public Library 1975. First Edition. Quarto. Comb-binding over paper wrappers. Complete calendar for 1976 each month with accompanying photographic illustrations relating to the life and career of Oakland's favorite son. About fine with no evidence of use. Friends of the Oakland Public Library unknown books
1907BOOKS002261xii224 pages with 48 plates including frontispiece. Octavo 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" bound in original publisher's brown cloth with pictorial cover in black and gilt design with gilt lettering to spine and cover. 5360 copies published. This is part of London's autobiography BAL 11906 Sissions & Martens 37. First edition.<br /><br /><i>The Road</i> is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time.1 He describes his experiences hopping freight trains "holding down" a train when the crew is trying to throw him off begging for food and money and making up extraordinary stories to fool the police. He also tells of the thirty days that he spent in the Erie County Penitentiary which he described as a place of "unprintable horrors" after being "pinched" arrested for vagrancy. In addition he recounts his time with Kelly's Army which he joined up with in Wyoming and remained with until its dissolution at the Mississippi River<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Inner hinges cracked spine ends and corners rubbed corners bumped stain on back board some internal soiling. Over all good to very good lacking dust wrapper. MacMillan and Company hardcover books
1910BOOKS005895xii22721 pages. Small Octavo 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in original publisher's olive green cloth lettered in black. First printing with one blank leaf at rear. Second smallest run of all London's works 990 copies. BAL 11919; Sisson & Martins 49 First edition with variant binding.<br /><br />John Griffith "Jack" London born John Griffith Chaney January 12 1876 – November 22 1916 was an American novelist journalist and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone including science fiction.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Some fading and wear to covers moderate wear to spine ends and corners corners bumped. A very good copy lacking dust wrapper. MacMillan and Company hardcover books
190491632NY:: Century Co. Good. 1904. Hardcover. Contains parts of Jack London's THE SEA-WOLF and the concluding parts of Edith Wharton's ITALIAN VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS which includes five color plates by Maxfield Parrish among many other illustrations. First edition thus. Large thick octavo half bound in burgundy leather raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine marbled boards and endpapers. Shelf worn repaired at the hinges else good. ; 980 pages . Century Co., hardcover books
5337JACK LONDON 1876-1916. London was an American writer and social activist. He is best known for The Call of the Wild. Archive. 4 pieces. A small archive of ephemera related to Jack London his social activism and his best-known work The Call of the Wild. All four include autograph writing by London. Pieces are in very good condition; a few have small filing holes or tears: aANS. 1pg. December 20 1904. Oakland California. London’s brief autograph note signed concerning a speaking engagement. “a Lecture – The Class Struggle b Readings from ‘Call of the Wild’ Jack Londonâ€. bAN. 1pg. N.d. N.p. A brief unsigned note by London written on the back of an empty envelope. “My Outlook on Life – How I became a Socialistâ€. This was the title of a 1903 essay by London. cAn autograph note by London on a typed sheet with recipes for horse medicines. In the recipe for “Tonic Digestive†London circled quinine and added “for exceptionally run-down condition & severe cold.†There is no signature date or place. dA typed list of seven miscellaneous articles under which London handwrote an addition: “That Dead Men Never Rise Up never republished in U.S. and in Eng.†He also crossed out the word Seven in the heading and handwrite “Eightâ€. There is no signature date or place but it must be after September 1908. unknown books
1928142689London: The Readers Library 1928. First printing of the UK Photoplay edition originally published in 1910 by Macmillan. Photo-illustrated with stills from the film. <br/><br/>Basis for the 1928 silent film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon. The third of four film adaptations of London's novel the most recent being a 2010 Canadian film directed by Sanzhar Sultanov. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine slightly cocked several leaves rough-cut at the top. Jacket with faint wear at the extremities light foxing on the verso. The Readers Library unknown books
