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ria9780306448010_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The aim of this NATO Advanced Study Institute was to bring together scientists and students working in the field of laser matter interactions in order to review and stimulate developmentoffundamental science with ultra-short pulse laser hardcover
ria9780306449994_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The operation of semiconductor devices depends upon the use of electrical potential barriers such as gate depletion in controlling the carrier densities electrons and holes and their transport. Although a successful device design is hardcover
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192824403Augusta Ga. :: Ridgely-Tidwell Co. . 1928. Hardcover. Hardbound copy in black-paper-covered boards with maroon cloth at spine. Covers show moderate wear mostly at edges. Small type-written paper "From Your Alma Mater" glued to title page. Pages tight unmarked. 215 pages on the early beginnings of the Medical College of Georgia Augusta Georgia. ; . Ridgely-Tidwell Co. , hardcover
2007805R66Ludlow: Merlin Unwin Books Ltd. 2007. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 11" by 10.5". R. Randolph Ashton. A presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated work on salmon rivers published for the North Atlantic Salmon Fund. A presentation copy presented by Orri Vigfusson an Icelandic environmentalist whose primary goal was to restore the abundance of wild salmon on either side of the North Atlantic. Presented 'with mind and soul from Iceland'.Vigfusson contributed a two-page article to this volume focusing on Sela. With illustrations throughout in colour by R. Randolph Ashton. Containing a foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales. Presented in an excellent unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart; just a little bumped to the extremities and the head of the spine. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition with just the slightest wear to the head of the spine and extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Merlin Unwin Books Ltd. hardcover
18771906Frederick: Baughman Brothers 1877. First Edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 222 pages. In fine condition with just a few shallow wrinkles and faint rubs at extremities. Illustrated with 7 tissue-guarded wood-engraved plates by H. W. Crutchfield and Joseph T. Harley. Schley describes the haunts habits and methods of hunting partridge quail pheasant and grouse. He includes directions on gun handling the art of shooting on the wing and working with hunting dogs. <br /> <br /> Beautifully bound in green with gilt decorated and titled spine and upper board. A particularly clean and fresh copy. Published in Frederick Maryland. <br /> <br /> Ref. PHILLIPS p. 332-333; HAND S98. Baughman Brothers unknown
185254244Providence: Knowles Anthony and Co 1852. 12mo pp. 24; original brown printed wrappers; small sticker at the top outer corner of the front wrapper bottom corner of front wrapper curled; all else about fine. With the ownership signature of Henry J. Beckwith at the top. The Atlantic deLaine Company "for manufacturing and other purposes" was founded by Josiah Chapin Charles T. James Paris Hill Joseph Carpenter and George W. Chapin. The original Atlantic De Laine factory was located near the junction of Hartford Plainfield and Manton streets in Providence. The company was founded in 1851 to manufacture delaine - a wool muslin which was one of the earliest mass produced worsteds. The company went bankrupt in the Panic of 1873. Not found in OCLC. Knowles, Anthony and Co unknown
1797008977Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797. Hardcover. Good. 4 ix 1 817 iii 34 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Names of two former owners at head of title page: Parker Campbell and Mathew Ritchie the latter crossed out. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; front joint is cracked; closed 5-cm. tear from the fore-edge of front free endpaper; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1797008976Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797. Hardcover. Good. 4 913 1 64 iv 22 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Printing error: 737 and 738 were skipped in pagination no text is lacking. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed; joints are cracked; minor loss at ends of spine; blank leaf preceding title page has one horizontal tear from the fore-edge almost to the gutter; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1795008978Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1795. Hardcover. Good. 2 xliii 1 793 1 v 21 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Includes: "Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed at a Session which was begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday the Seventh Day of December in the Year One Thousand Seven and Ninety and of the Independence of the United States of America the Fifteenth. To Which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth" Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1791. Former owner's name at head of title page and on front fixed endpaper: "Alex Addison 1796." Alex Addison 1759-1807 a Scottish immigrant was admitted to the washington County Pa. bar in 1787 and appointed the president judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania in 1791. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. Binder's error: final 4 pages of the Acts are bound in following the Laws of Pennsylvania title page. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; joints are cracked; old dampstaining at edges of some pages; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
17760087821776. Near Fine -. 1 handwritten document of 4 pages 39 x 25 cm. folded. On 12 Dec. 1776 William Rowan of Fawn Township York Co. Pa. yeoman mortgaged 245 acres in Fawn Township to Beulah Paschall of the city of Philadelphia spinster for 300 pounds of Pennsylvania due by 12 Dec. 1783 with interest paid yearly. Signed by William Rowan; witnesses Peter Miller and Abraham Shoemaker; Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice Thomas Willing; and York County Recorder Samuel Johnston. Embossed paper stamp of Pennsylvania. The mortgagee was Beulah Paschall 1732-1793 a Philadelphia Quaker and owner of Cedar Grove. Thomas Willing 1731-1821 was a highly successful merchant and real estate developer as well as a Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice from 1767 to 1776. He served as the first president of both the Bank of North America and the Bank of the United States and supported the American Revolution. York County Recorder Samuel Johnston on the other hand had come to York County from England as an official representative of the Penn family. He held a variety of county offices at various times in addition to that of recorder of deeds: clerk of courts prothonotary and register of wills. When he refused to take the oaths of allegiance to Pennsylvania during the Revolution he had to relinquish all public offices. However he did not opposed the Revolution. Two of his sons-in-law served as colonels in the American militia and two of his sons were privates. By 1786 Johnston lived in Maryland and was admitted as an attorny in Baltimore County. In Near Fine- Condition: just starting to separate along folds; minor soiling; otherwise bright and solid. unknown
1848009170Not Indicated: Not Indicated 1848. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. History of Lancaster Lebanon Dauphin Counties Pennsylvania touching also on York Cumberland Berks Schuylkill and Northumberland Counties specifically providing the township borough and county boundary descriptions in the period between 1729 and 1848 during which time Dauphin County was formed from portions of Lancaster County and Lebanon County formed from portions of Dauphin and Lancaster. Brown 1/4 leather mottled paper over boards with "Halifax Township" possibly indicating former Township ownership gilt on leather label on front panel. Leather is chipped with some loss at both spine extremities; board edges and corners are rubbed. Former ownership inscription of W. J. Daniel Elizabethville Dauphin Co. PA" on front pastedown dated 1915. Front endpapers show soiling and a stain that bleeds through lightly onto the first plate. 14 pp. index illus. w/ 6 hand-colored plates No. 1 shows approx. 1" square of loss to blank portion of page. Interior shows occasional light soiling with a dime-sized soil mark on the top edge of each leaf near the binding gutter. No publisher information provided though contents indicate publication date in or about 1848. Contents: Derry 1729 Peshtank Twp. 1729 Lebanon Twp. 1729 Hanover Twp. 1739 Bethel Twp. 1739 Berks County 1752 Heidleburg Twp. 1757 Upper Paxton Twp. 1767 Londonderry Twp. 1768 Division of Hanover into East and West Hanover 1785 York Cumberland and Northumberland Counties Dauphin County Middle Paxton Township 1787 Harrisburg Borough 1791 Annville Twp. 1799 Swatara Twp. 1799 Halifax Twp. 1804 Lykens Twp. 1810 Lebanon County 1813 Susquehanna Twp. 1815 Schuylkill County Mifflin Twp. 1819 Rush Twp. 1820 Derry and Londonderry Twp. as Re-formed 1826 Jackson Twp. 1828 Lower Swatara Twp. 1840 Wisconisco Twp. 1840 South and East Hanover Twps. out of West Hanover 1842 Jefferson Twp. 1842 Washington Twp. 1846. Plate No. I: Peshtank Derry Lebanon Twps; No. II: Paxton West Hanover East Hanover Bethel Heidelburg Lebanon Londonderry Derry Twps.; No. III: Upper Paxton Lykens Halifax Middle Paxton Twps. to 1810; No. IV: Swatara Annville Twps. 1785-1813; No. V: Susquehanna Lower Paxton West Hanover East Hanover South Hanover Derry Londonderry Lower Swatara and Swatara Twps. 1848; No. VI: Mifflin Washington Wisconisco Jackson Jefferson Rush Twps. to 1848. Overall exterior rates G-VG with interior excepting the one damaged plate noted above VG to Near Fine. Extremely scarce. Not Indicated Hardcover
190750310Albany NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled pages toned and some light finger soiling. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and black and white illustrations by Hy S. Watson. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. 24 color plates of fish possibly by Denton of Sea Herring Kingfish Rock Bass Cod Flat Fish Rose Fish Burbot Maskalonge Channel Bass Calico Bass Crappie Yellow Mackerel Pollack Spotted Catfish Flounder Pompano Short Pompano Haddock Gold Fish Fresh-Water Drum Hake Whiting Halibut Spade Fish. Color plate of Partridge by W. S. Gillette and color plate of Beaver by Ernest Thompson Seton. Two folding maps of Adirondack areas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 419 pages . State of New York hardcover
1876038778New York: G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. 1876. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original brown embossed cloth folder approx. 6" x 4" lettered in gilt. Colored folding map approx. 28" x 28 1/2" is better than typically found showing minor separation at numerous fold junctures partial but minor separation along several folds extending from edges a few soil marks in central title header top right corner above map portion and minor soiling to a section of lower right portion closed tear on central left portion where glued to backing board still attached; retains good color without significant tearing closed or otherwise or creasing. Cloth folder shows light shelf wear with minor exposure at several points along edges and at corners paper loss along inner hinge vintage map publisher's promotional plate J. L. Smith Philadelphia mounted on upper front pastedown. Map detail extends west of the Susquehanna River to the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. Decidedly more scarce than Colton's companion Eastern Counties of PA. G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. Hardcover
1886221698Philadelphia PA: Everts Peck and Richards 1886. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1886 Complete 2 Volume set 1602 pp. Original bindings gilt text block gilt lettering on red covers. Includes Civil War muster rolls maps and b&w photo and woodcut portraits. Book Conditions : Fair; no text marks noted; bindings separating especially Vol. 1; wear to cover corners and spines; scuffing to covers; scattered light spots of foxing and some spotting to text block. No Dust Jackets as issued. PLEASE NOTE : Extra postage may be requested due to weight of set. Everts, Peck, and Richards Hardcover
1866050052Philadelphia PA: A. McElroy 1866. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original copy rebound in black buckram spine panel lettered in gilt. Firm binding clean interior slightly toned text block edges showing slight dampstaining minimally evident along fore-edge margins in portions of text block slight spotting to front cover cloth. xii94442 pp. rear ads. Main title shows several tape repairs along gutter/fore-edge; folding house numbering plate partially separated along one fold with dampstained edge; folding map with one triangular piece along top edge detached and laid in overall nicely intact. Ideal reference copy. A. McElroy Hardcover
1844050051Philadelphia PA: Edward C. Biddle 1844. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original copy rebound in brown buckram spine panel lettered in gilt. Firm binding notably clean interior text block edges typically somewhat toned with small ink blot on lower fore-edge. 41232 pp. rear ads. In exceptional overall condition given its age ideal reference copy. Edward C. Biddle Hardcover
1847050050Philadelphia PA: Edward C. and John Biddle 1847. Book. Good. Half-Leather. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black 1/4 leather blue printed paper covered boards. Worn but complete a decent enough reference copy with rubbing along joints rounded corners rubbed edges. Area of surface paper loss at top front cover corner approx. 5% of cover affecting a few letters with both covers rubbed and soiled. Approx. 1/4" square hole in center of front cover extending through interior to p. 7 title almanac first several pages of text with text affected fairly minimally bottom text block corner clipped through most of text block text unaffected. Vintage signature of A. H. Chambers 13 1/2 South 4th St. as well as a Burnett signature inked on front flyleaf also inscription on rear fixed endsheet. 42820 pp. rear ads. Interior shows typical foxing mostly relatively mild with toned/soiled text block edges firm binding. Edward C. and John Biddle Hardcover
1919052196Philadelphia PA: Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania 1919. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Partial run comprised of Volumes II-III VIII-XVI XVIII XX-XXI XXIII-XXXVI 2-3 8-16 20-21 23-36 issued 1919-1965 a total of 28 volumes in 23 issues bound in original stiff light to medium blue wraps most perfect-bound several stapled. General condition VG many Near Fine to Fine. Some of the earlier issues are tanned along spine panels and toward cover edges. The Huguenots were "French" Protestants though most who emigrated to Pennsylvania actually spoke German who fled the contested border territories between France and Germany in the early 18th century and settled predominantly in the Hudson River valley of New York state and southeastern Pennsylvania. Each issue of this journal presents various historical articles on the influence of the Huguenots in the Mid-Atlantic region and elsewhere throughout North America. Very scarce. Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania Paperback
187031135Springfield Mo. 1870. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 41 1 blank pp. Very Good.<br /> <br /> The opening is "a great event in the history of St. Louis and of the State of Missouri.The South Pacific Railroad has burst through upon the prairies of Southwest Missouri and has welded its western terminus upon the rails of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. This latter road is going to the Pacific coast as rapidly as it is possible to construct a road in this day of rapid railroad building." The pamphlet describes "the celebration" including speeches and festivities; the route; and the many exciting possibilities the Road will create for the State and Nation.<br /> BRE 175 4 locations. Sabin 57393. unknown
1954068855Allentown PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1954. Book. Illus. by Eleanor Barba. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan natural linen lettered/illus. in red. Slight tanning along hinges overall as issued. v233 pp. illus. A foundational study of PA German tombstones. Also 1953 annual meeting synopsis officers. Scarce. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Hardcover
1759033598Philadelphia PA: William Dunlap "at the Newest Printing-Office in Market-Street" 1759. Book. Good. Full-Leather. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full calf five raised bands. Leather shows surface rubbing rounded and exposed corners both covers reinforced/reattached by stitching along joints. Main title detached but present all other leaves firmly anchored. viii242vi220 pp. Interior shows typical signs of use including light to moderate foxing occasional light dampstaining some creased corners. Some fascinating period inscriptions: 1 main title: "John Gardiner's / Book / Given by His Mother / to Him Catharine Tomlinson / 178"; 2 front pastedown: partially decipherable undated Gloucester County New Jersey; 3 manuscript notes on blank verso of second title concerning the passing of two friends Bowman and Buchan on the same day month and year "2nd of the 4th mo. 1753" dated 2nd mo 18th 1818; 4 name of Elizabeth Easttaugh and date of 23 of 8th mo 1738 on blank recto of rear flyleaf; signature of John Gardiner on rear flyleaf. Howes B 668 combined edition. Quaker. William Dunlap, "at the Newest Printing-Office, in Market-Street" Hardcover
196927986The State Printing Company. 1969. Hardcover. Signed by Bussman on front free endpaper. Minor cover edgewear smudging; slight spine roll; textblock edges soiled. Pgs tight clean unmarked. DJ extremely worn with chipping soil/stains spotting. ; . The State Printing Company, hardcover
187150053Syracuse NY: Printed at the Journal Office. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn edges soiled. 1871. Hardcover. Original brown blindstamped cloth. Illustrated ads throughout. Folding frontispiece map of Columbia County. Histories of the towns and villages in Columbia County nestled between the Hudson River and Massachusetts and Connecticut borders. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages . Printed at the Journal Office hardcover
1994055054<p>Winston-Salem North Carolina: Museum of Early Southern 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. xiv 538 pages indexed. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Hardcover with a black and brown pictorial dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the jacket which is a little bumped about the edges. The fore edge of the text block is smudged or thumbed. The text of the book appears generally clean. Signed and inscribed by the author to a North Carolina antiques dealer and dated 12/08/94. Illustrated with both black and white photos and with color photos. Laid in loosely are a few photocopied pages pertaining to Marie Rogers pottery. <br /><br /></p> Museum of Early Southern hardcover