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19325220083Williamsburg VA U.S.A.: College of William and Mary 1932. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Half leather and cloth over boards with bright gilt on spine iwith light shelf wear. Three issues the magazine included all in very good condition with original wrappers jpages tanned and clean. John W. Wright Some Notes on the Continental Army in three serialized installments. 10.0" tall. College of William and Mary hardcover
1966059823New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth With Silver Stamping Orange Endpapers. Near Fine No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $10.00 Light Wear Closed 1/2" Tear With Associated Wrinkling At Top Of Front Panel Slight Fading. A Marvel Of Scientific Biography By Helen Wright At The Request Of The National Academy Of Sciences After Years Studying Hale's Papers And Extensive Interviews With Relatives Friends And Colleagues; Mary Helen Wright Greuter 1914 - 1997 Was An American Astronomer And Historian Who Wrote And Edited On The History And Methodology Of Sciences Including Anthropology Archeology Mathematics And Physics. Through Her Father Who Led The Carnegie Institution For Science Moon Project At The Mount Wilson Observatory Wright Became Acquainted With People At Mt. Wilson And Got A Job As An Assistant 1937 Doing Research On The History Of Telescopes; And In The Same Year Worked As An Assistant At The Vassar College Observatory. She Also Worked As A Junior Assistant At The U.S. Naval Observatory In Washington D.C. 1942-43; And Was Associated With Palomar Observatory. In 1943 She Became A Freelance Author And Editor.Her Best Known Works Include Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale 1966 And Sweeper Of The Sky: The Life Of Maria Mitchell 1949. Wright Was A Member Of The American Astronomical Society The History Of Science Society And The International Astronomical Union. She Was Also Co-Editor Of The New Treasury Of Science And Readings In The Physical Sciences. <br/> <br/> E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover
1966060253New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Photographs. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth With Silver Stamping Orange Endpapers. Near Fine No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $10.00 Light Wear 1/2" Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge Slight Fading. A Marvel Of Scientific Biography By Helen Wright At The Request Of The National Academy Of Sciences After Years Studying Hale's Papers And Extensive Interviews With Relatives Friends And Colleagues; Mary Helen Wright Greuter 1914 - 1997 Was An American Astronomer And Historian Who Wrote And Edited On The History And Methodology Of Sciences Including Anthropology Archeology Mathematics And Physics. Through Her Father Who Led The Carnegie Institution For Science Moon Project At The Mount Wilson Observatory Wright Became Acquainted With People At Mt. Wilson And Got A Job As An Assistant 1937 Doing Research On The History Of Telescopes; And In The Same Year Worked As An Assistant At The Vassar College Observatory. She Also Worked As A Junior Assistant At The U.S. Naval Observatory In Washington D.C. 1942-43; And Was Associated With Palomar Observatory. In 1943 She Became A Freelance Author And Editor.Her Best Known Works Include Explorer Of The Universe: A Biography Of George Ellery Hale 1966 And Sweeper Of The Sky: The Life Of Maria Mitchell 1949. Wright Was A Member Of The American Astronomical Society The History Of Science Society And The International Astronomical Union. She Was Also Co-Editor Of The New Treasury Of Science And Readings In The Physical Sciences. <br/> <br/> E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover
1986035408Trenton NJ: New Jersey Historical Commission Dept. of State 1986. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Booklet stiff pictorial wraps. Slightly sunned toward binding fold otherwise basically as issued. 79 pp. illus. Very scarce. New Jersey Historical Commission, Dept. of State Paperback
18220007721Paris: Chez Bechet 1822. First French Language edition. Original Boards. Good. 8vo xiv 351; vi 359 pages untrimmed in contemporary boards. Very scarce. <br/><br/>Attracted by the ideals of the "Declaration of Independence" Fanny Wright traveled extensively through the U.S.A. tracking how those ideals were being realized. In France who became almost like a daughter to Gen. Lafayette. She and her sister returned to America and with Lafayette were guests of Jefferson at Monticello. Later as a U.S. citizen she founded the Nashoba commune in Tennessee in anticipation of emancipation. She visited New York and Philadelphia West Point Niagara Falls Lake Errie and on to Lower Canada Montreal Lake Champlain Burlington Vermont Washington D.C. to Virginia with many observations along the way. This edition has a dedication to Lafayette by the translator who also supplied a new translation. Vol. 1 ends with remarks upon Morris Birkbeck's letters about the Illinois country. All in all Fanny Wright became one of the most remarkable women of the first half of the 19th century: among other accomplishments being the first woman to write this work the first travelogue by a woman. Howes D74; Sabin 18642; Clark Old South 16; Buck 137. Chez Bechet hardcover
White soft cover with minor age spotting at front and contents in very good clean condition. T Used
2002023452Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press 2002. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. NF/2nd ed. A tight square unmarked copy. Title in bright gilt on front cover and spine no wear to cloth corners sharp. Bright white pages with no markings or foxing. 544pp. with many black and white plates maps charts bibliography references index. Includes the life cycle of many frogs and toads. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail tomorrow. BRBC <br/> <br/> Cornell University Press hardcover
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18792222086<p>Presumed first edition. Thick octavo. Frontispiece and four full page chromolithographs. Original green cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Good light soiling; minor rubbing. 584 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Guide to the management of a happy home children servants finances etc.</p><p>Useful to new bride and wife.</p> J. C. McCurdy & Co. hardcover books
18812222083<p>Early edition. Thick octavo. Illustrated. Lithographed frontispiece of 11 people seven adults and four children in a boat by Thos. Sinclair & Son.; color plate at page 460. Original gilt and black stamped decorative cloth a.e.g. brown coated endpapers inner joints cracked. No dust jacket. Good edges rubbed. 584 pages.</p><p>Engraved full page presentation leaf for L. D. Grid from N. E. Grid Bates Co. Mo Oct. 1887.</p> J. C. McCurdy & Co. hardcover books
198928330Boston: Northeastern University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 1555530478 . First edition. As new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Northeastern University Press hardcover books
234788S.l., 1902 petit in-8, paginé 452 à 466, ill. in-t., agrafé, sous couverture factice de papier kraft. Un autre article précède celui-ci, paginé 441 à 451, par Jean Carrère, Psychologie de la guerre sud-africaine.
30174P., Le Club Français du Livre, 1950, in 8°, cartonnage vert décotré de l'éditeur, 425 pages.
19532455New York, 1953, in-8°, xx-378 pp, index, reliure toile éditeur, jaquette, bon état
196520456New York: Wise & Co. Inc. . 1965. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Light rubbing to boards ; Profusely illustrated with color photographs. This is the later edition of a book that was originally published in 1940 by the City of New York under Mayor LaGuardia. The first edition states: Compiled by the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 749 pages . Wise & Co. Inc. hardcover
194120148New York: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ torn and chipped and with DJ spine missing now nicely protected under mylar . Slight browning and to boards and endpapers. Spine ends a bit bumped. ; Introduction by Mayor LaGuardia. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341 pages . Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc. hardcover
194117186New York: Doubleday Doran & Co Inc. . 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. DJ price clipped tape repaired and with open tears. Usual browning to endpapers. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; Introduction by Mayor LaGuardia. Stated first edition; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341 pages . Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc. hardcover
193820627New York: Random House. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. An unusually bright tight and handsome copy. Former owner's name on half-title page ; "The New York Panorama is a collection of 26 essays on various subjects relating to the city - history nationalities architecture transportation." Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Decorative pictorial endpapers. Schoyer 392; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 526 pages . Random House hardcover
193820669New York: Random House. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A handsome copy; "The New York Panorama is a collection of 26 essays on various subjects relating to the city - history nationalities architecture transportation." Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Decorative pictorial endpapers. Schoyer 392; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii 526 pages . Random House hardcover
193819198New York: Random House. 1938. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Small paper sticker on front endpaper. Former owner's name on page opposite half title page. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a handsome and tight copy; A history and account of every phase of present-day life in the world's greatest metropolis; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 526 pages . Random House hardcover
193720555Rochester: Scrantom's. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. A couple of tiny chips and one small open tear to DJ front; Three folding maps tipped in to text. A very handsome and tight copy. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 460 pages . Scrantom's hardcover
193720420New York: Modern Age Books. 1937. Softcover. Very Good. DJ missing. ; An almanac with historical facts for the year 1938. A very handsome and tight copy; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 120 pages . Modern Age Books paperback
1939066587Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press 1939. Second Printing. Prior owner's name and some numerals inked on front endpapers. A clean square copy in full cloth binding. xv 421pp. Jacket is rubbed with toned spine small chips and clear tape over corners. Offered now in a new mylar cover. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. University of North Carolina Press Hardcover
