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189972314New York: D. Appleton and Company 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A holographic note written on Stanford University letterhead and signed by David Starr Jordan is affixed to a prefatory blank leaf. Ranging from the grotesque to the bizarre the 49 short stories that comprise this collection were put before children who drew the pictures that illustrate this work. Several of the stories were also revised based on their criticism. Jordan 1851-1931 was the founding president of Stanford University. Frontispiece by Bristow Adams. Octavo. Original red cloth binding with pictorial black yellow and white stamping. The contents are lightly shaken. Mild soiling along the edges. Some general sun fading along the spine; otherwise very good. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1898RJORFUR01DPEGovernment Printing Office 1898. Very Good. Jordan David Starr. The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean. Part I. The History Condition and Needs of the Herd of Fur Seals Resorting to the Pribilof Islands. . Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1898. 249pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Blue cloth. Book condition: Very good ex-library. Lightly rubbed and bumped extremities. Former owner's name and bookplate on front endsheet. Government Printing Office hardcover books
195464708New York: Pageant Press 1954. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 172p. Original cloth. dj. 21cm. Jacket has soiling on rear panel and some edge-wear. Only book by this African American author who was born in Marianna Arkansas and was living in Cleveland Ohio when this novel was published. <br/><br/> Pageant Press hardcover books
1935111058Rochester NY: The Folmer Graflex Corp 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Max Thorek. Includes numerous black and white photographs. A tight and clean very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with a number of tears and a few small chips in a very good plus example of the original printed box that has some fading to the rear panel and some splitting to the top portion. The first copy I've seen in a box. The Folmer Graflex Corp unknown books
30838<p>Philadelphia banker ridicules President John Tyler as "imbecile tool of the Locofocos" 1842. quarto three pages plus stamp-less address leaf formerly folded top edge slightly ruffled else in very good clean and legible condition.</p><p> "… Capt. Tyler is a fool. I have no doubt that he will veto any tariff bill the Whigs will pass. He's an imbecile tool of the Locofocos into whose arms he has been preparing to throw himself for a year past. All things lead to show that the Movement of 1844 in favor of Henry Clay will result in the same manner as that of '40 for Tip i.e. the late William Henry Harrison. It seems indeed that we can only get a permanent tariff from bitter experience. The South in two years will cry out as lustily for it except South Carolina as ever we of the Middle and North …"</p><p> The writer was the President of the Bank of the United States at Philadelphia his antagonism for the Locofoco Democrats understandable given their opposition to business monopoly and state banks. His reference to President John Tyler as "Captain" was an intended insult; during the War of 1812 Tyler organized a Militia Company to defend Richmond Virginia against the British commanding his regiment with that humble rank. He never saw combat and dissolved the company after two months nevertheless receiving a land grant in the Midwest for his military service.</p> Jordan's correspondent Mr. Scranton later started an ironworks in Pennsylvania – in a town named for his family. This later became the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company headed by his cousin industrialist William Walker Scranton whose grandson William Warren Scranton would serve as Governor of Pennsylvania and US Ambassador to the United Nations after an unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination. books
1992163403New York: Tor 1992. Octavo boards. First edition. Book four of "The Wheel of Time" series. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #163403 Tor unknown books
1992140201New York: Tor 1992. Octavo boards. First edition. Book four of "The Wheel of Time" series. Publication data written in pencil at top right corner of title page. A fine copy in fine proof dust jacket. #140201 Tor unknown books
199125242London: Tavistock/Routledge. 1991. 1st thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Chadwick Hansen's copy with his page references on the rear endpapers and his discreet brackets in various paragraph margins. A nice association copy as Hansen was the author of the ground-breaking Witchcraft at Salem.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 150 pp . Tavistock/Routledge hardcover books
1987816Dallas Texas: Self-Published 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 9 1/4" x 6". Silver cloth. 209 pages. An interesting selection of entries from the journal of an Episcopal Bishop in North Texas who kept a detailed journal of his activities from 1874-1924. With 46 page index and a typed letter signed by Thetford laid in. Condition: Very good plus: bumped corners a few pages with dog ears clean and bright throughout. Please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information and/or photos and we will respond promptly. We package our items carefully ship daily and have a no hassle returns policy--your satisfaction is guaranteed. We are members of the Texas Booksellers Association and the Independent Online Booksellers Association and adhere to their rules of ethics. Self-Published hardcover books
1895002628S. l. Palo Alto: University Press Leland Stanford Junior University 1895. First Edition. Very good. First edition n. d. 1895; 8 x 5 1/2; pp. 9 iv-v 6 2-149 5; plain beige wraps printed in black; partially unopened; slight age-toning to spine cover; a few minor spots and light wear to edges; title page with a short cut to bottom edge; several small penciled-in notes; signatures of Maude Shoemaker one of the first few hundred female students at Stanford University who graduated in 1898 to ffep and first free leaf; overall in very good condition. David Starr Jordan 1851 - 1931 was one of the most influential of all American ichthyologists former President of Indiana University and the founding President of Stanford University. He was also a staunch supporter of eugenics and a great opponent of pseudoscience and was credited with coining the term "sciosophy" - a false knowledge of science. His current book contained chapters on "The Physical Basis of Heredity" "The Cell Theory" "Natural Selection" etc. University Press, Leland Stanford Junior University paperback books
1900RW1137New York:: Longmans Green 1900. 1900. 8vo. xiv 2 192 32 pp. Frontis. 33 figs. folding table ads. Original burgundy blind- and gilt-stamped cloth. Title-page INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR "Pages 9 and 10 referred to in letter to the Royal Geographical Society dated 15th April 1901 W.L.J." author's ink marginalia on pages 9 & 10. "RGS cancelled" rubberstamps on title and ffep. Very good. "The chemical essay treats of what is certainly the most fundamental question in physical philosophy – namely the question as to whether material atoms are indestructible or subject to natural transmutations; but those on 'Vis Inertiae and Momentum' on 'Ocean Currents' and on 'The Spinning-Top' directly bear on and explain the action of astral gravitation which is the question of most immediate practical importance in natural philosophy. The views advocated in these essays are a natural development of the Newtonian laws of gravitation." – Preface. Jordan also adds a chapter on Edmond Halley. His appendix: Clerk Maxwell and Kepler's Laws; 'A mistake in 'The Principia' The ends of the Andes.' William Leighton Jordan F.R.G.S. M.R.I. Assoc. Inst. C.E. F.S. F.S.A. F.R.M.S. Fellow Royal Geographical Society Fellow Royal Microscopical Society Fellow Society of Antiquaries of London. Longmans, Green, 1900. hardcover books
1912103122München Munich Germany: Hugo Helbing 1912. Softbound. VG covers are loose at spine but solid. Printed paper wraps. 4 23 1pp. 15 bw plates. Text is in German. A stunning collection of 183 brooches and enamels. Hugo Helbing paperback books
20071602071U.S.A.: Bantam Books 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition as stated on copyright page with numbers 10-1. Near fine book dents on top and bottom edge of front and back cover rubbing and cuts on top and bottom corners of front and back cover red markings on bottom edge of front cover and scratches on top and bottom edges. Near fine dust jacket lightening on front jacket and spine sticker residue on bottom front and back jacket and closed tear on top front jacket. Original price of $25.00 on dust jacket. U.S.A.: Bantam Books hardcover books
20071509036U.S.A.: Bantam 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition as stated on copyright page with numbers 10-1. Original price of 25.00 on dust jacket. Near fine book stains on front and back cover and front pastedown front free end paper and bottom edges and rubbing on bottom edges and bottom corner of front and back cover and spine. Fine DJ shows light wear on corners of front and back jacket and top right corner of spine. U.S.A.: Bantam hardcover books
195334471Ain-Sebaa Maroc & Paris: Éditions de l'Impremierie d'Ain-Sebaa / Librairie Historique et Documentaire Raymond Clavreuil 1953. First Edition. Limited to 300 copies of which this is no. 135. Octavo 24.5cm.; later half crimson morocco over blue boards decorated with gilt fleurs-de-lis in the style of the Capetian arms gilt spine in five compartments top edge gilt matching decorative endpapers original wrappers bound in; 4141pp. Just About Fine. French distributor's cancel on title page obscuring original imprint. Genealogical treatise on the House of Capet handsomely bound. Éditions de l'Impremierie d'Ain-Sebaa / Librairie Historique et Documentaire Raymond Clavreuil unknown books
199973603El Cerrito:: Esperanto League for North America. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0939785048 . Revised edition. Slightly bumped lower corners else fine in a fine dust jacket. ; 232 pages . Esperanto League for North America, hardcover books
194321455ENew York: Phoenix Press 1943. First Edition. Near fine copy with just a hint of darkening to the top edges of the boards in a lightly handled dust jacket with some dust soiling and faint dampstains a bit of fading to the spine and a few small chips and tears. A WWII romance between a passionate woman and a handsome pilot. Phoenix Press hardcover books
185963841Greensboro NC 1859. 4to. One-page approximately 200 words. The contract states that Marcellus Jordan of Gilford sic County binds himself and his heirs "to carry the mail of the United States for John Stoops the present contractor on Route No. 5158 from Greensborough by Monticello Thompsonville Lenox Castle and Locust Hill to Yanceyville and back three times a week." This Jordan agreed to do for the sum of $550 annually from 1 July 1859 to 30 June 1863; the document is signed by Jordan Stoops and the Greensboro Postmaster B. B. Graham. Although the contract stipulates the responsibilities of both parties it does not describe how those responsibilities would be carried out in the event of war. Docketed on the verso very good. Folded. 10333. <br/><br/> unknown books
194864061Ranches of Taos: Motive Bookshop 1948. First edition. 28 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Perhaps a unique copy with b&w pin-up photos pasted to the front and rear covers along with a printed cover label. Introductory note by Judson Crews. [Ranches of Taos: Motive Bookshop, unknown books
64849Eureka: Hearse Press nd. First edition. 16 pp. Tiny bump to upper corner else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. A collection of fourteen poems. Uncommon. Eureka: Hearse Press unknown books
192295040New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers 1922. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-330 original pictorial olive green cloth front and spine panels stamped in dark green. First edition. Lost race novel adapted from the popular play by William Archer. Three English travelers in a crippled airplane land in Ruhk a small unknown ancient kingdom in the Himalayas where the people unchanged for a thousand years worship the Green Goddess an all-powerful stone image. The three visitors are to be sacrificed to the idol but on the day they are to be put to death something unexpected occurs. The story was filmed twice in 1930 and in 1943 latter re-titled "Adventure in Iraq." Not in Bleiler 1948; 1978 or Reginald 1979; 1992. Smith American Fiction 1901-1925 M-831. Teitler Collection of Lost-Race Fiction p. 155. Early owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Top edge dusty several very faint stains to rear cover a very good copy in very good pictorial dust jacket light edge wear slight loss at spine ends and some dust soiling to spine and rear panels. This edition is uncommon especially in jacket. #95040 Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers unknown books
1984134218New York: Villard Books 1984. First Edition. First Edition. Laid in is an autograph letter SIGNED by Jordan addressed to Oscar-winning director-producer Tony Bill: "Tony / 'The Cheat' is an adult love story / Maybe you can see a movie in it / Best / Pat Jordan / 10-17-88." Jordan has included his phone number for contacting. <br/><br/>From the collection of Tony Bill whose work includes "The Sting" 1973 "Soldier in the Rain" 1963 "Shampoo" 1975 and "Five Corners" 1987. <br/><br/>Foxing to the page and jacket edges a few tiny corner creases to the jacket flaps and light toning to the jacket verso else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Letter 4 x 6 inches a few light creases else Near Fine. Villard Books unknown books
197316460Philadelphia: American Poetry Review 1973. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Nice grouping of eleven early issues of this long-running poetry journal printed on folded newspaper stock. Edited by Stephen Berg and Stephen Parker. Very good condition overall with typical tanning to paper and small edge tears. Too many poets and novelists to mention. American Poetry Review paperback books
1918178106Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1918. Hardcover. VG light wear to boards corners bumped text and illustrations are otherwise very clean. Gray boards with tan title block on spine and black lettering 42 1 pp untrimmed pages bw illustrations throughout. Plate and first page of foreword within ornamental borders. Text in English and French. Colophon: "This the first English translation of The Jargon by Jordan Herbert Stabler. consists of three hundred copies and eight-five copies of which three hundred and fifty are for sale. This is No. 20. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
20091403166Westminster Maryland U.S.A.: Bantam Dell Pub Group 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First Edition as indicated by the full number line on the copyright page 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Original price of $25.00 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Dell Pub Group hardcover books
