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19809760Livermore etc: Livermore-Amador Valley Historical Society etc. c1980's. Very Good. 1980. Softcover. Books & booklets in printed wrappers; many illustrated. Occassional age toning. All very good or better. . Livermore-Amador Valley Historical Society etc. (c1980's) paperback
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Q-0843931965Leisure Books. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Leisure Books paperback
1990Q-0312050410St Martins Pr 1990-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! St Martins Pr hardcover
DADAX0312050410St Martins Pr 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. St Martins Pr hardcover
1967565987Chapel Hill: Lillabulero Press 1967. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Printed stapled wrappers. Fine. One of 500 copies. Number One in The Lillabulero Poetry Pamphlet Series. Precedes Banks's solely authored first book by two years. Lillabulero Press unknown
19679282Chapel Hill NC: Lillabulero Press 1967. First edition 1/500. Paperback. 21pp. Octavo. Tan stapled wrappers. SIGNED by the author Russell Banks on the title page. Banks' first published work. Scarce. Lillabulero Press paperback
196731276Chapel Hill: Lillabulero Press 1967. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wide stapled wrappers. An unpaginated poetry chapbook featuring five poems by each of the contributors. Published as The Lillabulero Poetry Pamphlet Series Number One. Very good conditio. Represents some of the earliest published poems by Banks. Lillabulero Press paperback books
196738082Lillabulero Press. Good. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Stapled wraps. Good brown stapled wraps with some fading along the spine and minor cover foxing. First edition of 500 copies. 21 pages unmarked. ; B Poe; 21 pages . Lillabulero Press paperback
1967032348Chapel Hill NC: Lillabulero Press 1967. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed. A Very Good or better copy in lightly worn paper covers. Signed by Russell Banks at the title page. <br/> <br/> Lillabulero Press paperback
B9781019509463Hardback. New. hardcover
B9781021292285Paperback / softback. New. paperback
ria9781019509463_inpN/A. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This comprehensive report covers the geological features of Minnesota from 1872-1901 with a focus on the state's major rock formations and their economic potential. Each volume includes detailed maps and illustrations making it an ess unknown
1021292281.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
115619England late 18th century. . 100-leaf manuscript rectos and most versos filled wax seal remnants to front pastedown leaves wavy at the edges some spotting and marks to contents; contemporary calf-backed blue paper boards gilt floral tools to spine compartments binding marked and worn with spine cords partially exposed and loss of the blue paper morocco label lacking naphthalene smell good condition housed in a black cloth folding case.<br /> An unusual late 18th century manuscript on classical physics that cites Isaac Newton Blaise Pascal William Harvey Henry Power and others.<br /><br />The text approximately 200 pages presents an ordered and detailed account of a number of related topics: optics; hydrostatics and pneumatics; mechanics including simple machines such as the lever and screw the behaviour of descending bodies and pendulums; phosphorus and its chemical transformations; and fortifications and architecture. The notes are dense but generally neat and legible with carefully prepared diagrams so this seems to be a fair copy rather than a working notebook. <br /><br />Newton is cited in the section on light and colour: 'What Sir I.N. has said by way of in the last edit of his Opticks will appear to be an established truth from most if not all the following examples some of which he mentions himself". And Harvey in a short section on chemical transformations: "Harvey had says he the opportunity as well as the curiosity upon several occasions to examine the weight of when some of them taken up in places very distant from one another.'.<br /><br />The origin of much of the material is unclear though the long section on hydrostaticks was taken from Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures by Roger Cotes 1682-1716 originally published privately in 1738 and with a second edition at Cambridge in 1747. <br /><br />Cotes was 'probably the most talented British mathematician of the generation after Newton'. He was nominated as the first Plumian professor of astronomy at Cambridge in 1706 and 'his appointment was favoured by his influential mentor Richard Bentley master of Trinity; by Newton's successor as Lucasian professor William Whiston who claimed to be in mathematics "a child to Mr Cotes" Whiston 133; and by Newton himself. In 1709 Cotes became heavily involved in the work for which he is best remembered namely the revisions for the second edition of Newton's Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica the first being out of print' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Cotes died young and Newton was reported to have said that 'if he had lived we might have known something'. A number of Cotes's lectures and mathematical analyses were published posthumously by his executor Robert Smith the Hydrostatical and Pneumatical Lectures being one of them. It is tempting to question whether other portions of the present manuscript are also based on Cotes's work and further academic scrutiny might be fruitful.<br /> England, late 18th century. hardcover
17521862Spain 1752. 18th-century manuscript. Text in Spanish. 24 handwritten pages in ink in three different hands. Later binding of blank paper using old material. Tiny wormholes at the lower edge of the pages on the first 7 leaves not affecting the legibility. Occasional foxing ink ghosting. Water stains on the last 2 leaves. Overall in fine condition. 18th-century manuscript. Text in Spanish. 24 handwritten pages in ink in three different hands. ff 12. <p><br /> 18th-Century Spanish manuscript about the Spanish involvement in the French Geodesic Mission of 1735 and the Ellipsoid Model of the Earth.<br /> <p><p><br /> The manuscript is an interesting collection of contemporary reports proving the importance of the Spanish role performed by Jorge Juan y Santacilia and Antonio de Ulloa in the so-called French Geodesic Mission 1735 with a particular focus on the polemic over the shape of the Earth. The quotations are conjugated with connecting texts by an anonymous author.<br /> <p><p><br /> One of the important scientific disputes of the late 17th early 18th century was the debate on the shape of the Earth. The assumption of the spherical shape was dominating until the late 17th century when Sir Isaac Newton determined that the Earth was oblate a spheroid stretched over the Equator however at the same time Giovanni Domenico Cassini and his son Jacques supposed that the Earth was prolate stretched along the poles. Eventually in 1735 two expeditions were sent by Louis XV and the French Academy to the Arctic Circle Lapland and to the Equator Ecuador and Peru to gain certainty by measuring the meridian arcs at polar and equatorial latitudes. The equatorial mission was accompanied by two Spanish geographers Jorge Juan y Santacilia and Antonio de Ulloa thus it became the first major international scientific expedition. The findings of the missions confirmed Newton’s hypothesis that the Earth was oblate a rotational ellipsoid.<br /> <p><p><br /> The first part of the manuscript is a lengthy citation of an early Spanish report on the equatorial mission published in the Mercurio histórico y político February 1745; pp. 99–107 which is followed by further references and quotations related to the geographer’s their work and the figure of the Earth such as Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro’s Theatro critico universal 1751 Bernardo’s de Ulloa’s Antonio’s father Restablecimento de las fabricas y comercio español 1749 and articles from the Journal de Trévoux or the Gaceta de Zaragoza. The second part is Diego de Torres Villarroel’s 1693–1770 study Prevenciones in: Libros en que estan reatados. Vol. IV.; 1752 in which de Torres the almanac writer and professor of mathematics of a dubious repute opposes the findings of the missions and Newton’s hypothesis of the oblate Earth.<br /> <p><p><br /> Antonio de Ulloa 1716–1795 was a Spanish scientist and explorer the first Spanish governor of Louisiana who is also credited as the discoverer of the element platinum. De Ulloa was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His associate Spanish scientist in the Geodesic Mission to Peru was Jorge Juan y Santacilia 1713–1773 who during the mission also measured the heights of the mountains of the Andes. Jorge Juan was the founder of the Real Observatorio de Madrid Royal Observatory of Madrid and he became a Fellow of the Royal Society too. Their co-written memoirs were published in Spanish from 1748 on and their books were very soon translated into French English and German.<br /> <p><p><br /> Literature: Lafuente A.; Mazuecos A.: Gentlemen of the Fixed Point: Science Politics and Adventure in the Geodesic Expedition to the Viceroyalty of Peru in the XVIII Century. pp. 171–203. Retrieved on July 8 2020 from Mayboudi L. S.: chapter 5.1 In: Geometry Creation and Import With COMSOL Multiphysics. Dulles VA USA: Mercury Learning & Information 2019.; Richardson D.; et al: The International Encyclopedia of Geography People the Earth Environment and Technology: Chichester UK; Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Sons 2017.<br /> <p>. unknown
1978292077Knightstown In.: The Bookmark. 1978. Facsimile reprint of the 1904 Chicago edition. Blue cloth gilt spine title. Very good owner’s stamp to endpapers and title page. 26x20 cm. Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 3.6 lb. Numerous illustrations. The Bookmark. hardcover
19170002251KINGSTON SURREY ENGLAND ST PETER DIOCESE SOUTHWARK. Good. 1917. On offer is a super fascinating British home front manuscript diary handwritten by the Reverend Newton Heelas Vicar of Norbiton Kingston Surrey 1917 where along with the mundane parish happenings he comments on war events in this month on a page 'Churchman's Almanac' making for short terse recaps of the bigger news: 29 Jan HMS Laurentic sunk 200 lives lost; 1 Feb German ruthless submarine warfare; 10 Mar Baghdad taken; 12 Mar revolution in Russia abdication of Czar; 1 April America enters war; 25 April Dangerous submarine menace 36 vessels sunk; 14 June Zeppelin shot down on South Coast; 7 July Saw Zeppelin fired at over Wimbledon; 29 Sept Air raids in London Great noise; 31 Oct 30 German Gothas. Air Raid from 12 - 2am not very pleasant; 7 Nov Balfour promises Palestine to the Jews; 9 Dec JERUSALEM taken by Gen Allenby. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF REVEREND NEWTON HEELAS VICAR OF NORBITON ZEPPELINS AIR RAIDS WORLD WAR I BRITISH HOME FRONT DIARY WWI WW1 WORLD WAR ONE BRITAIN KINGSTON SURREY ENGLAND ST PETER THE DIOCESE OF SOUTHWARK GERMANY THE KAISER EARLY AIR WARFARE DIRIGIBLES BALLOONS IN WARFARE KINGSTON MUSEUM AND HERITAGE SERVICE. BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
0011131Willard Ohio. Good with no dust jacket. Softcover. On offer are two diaries covering two years in the life of a farmer in Willard Ohio named William Newton Keesy 1867-1942. William married Carrie Niekirk 1867-1928 in 1892 and they had two children Parke and Wilma. He farmed near the small Ohio town of Willard. He also served as commissioner in Huron. Following the death of his wife William moved in with his daughter Wilma and her family. Sadly the 1940 census completed two years before his death shows him living in a boarding house. When he kept these diaries at age 61-62 William Kessy lived an ordinary life looking after his wife who was very ill and would die before the end of 1928 and participating regularly in community organizations. Again from context it appears that in addition to farming he worked servicing pumps at gas stations and service weigh scales. His entries are succinct and convey a sense of the rhythm of life in small-town Ohio at that time. The following excerpts will give a flavour of these two diaries. The diaries also contain a fair amount of ephemera such as medical bills invoices etc. R and cloudy. I went to Willard and tested Standard Oil Co Bulk and Service Station Feb 15 1928. I made a thing to put coal oil barrel on and in P. M. Went over to see Herbert he is sick has been since Monday. Wilma came and her and Carrie went to W. M. A. At Dawson. I went down to in eve a little while Apr 6 1928. Hung screen door and painted in A. M. In P. M. Hoed potatoes. All kids were here in eve had ice cream. We set out tomato and cabbage plants. I went down to Clarks and got them July 4 1928. By late summer Carrie was beginning to have health problems and there are a number of references to doctor appointments a receipt from the Cleveland Clinic and a detailed list that William kept of Carries medical bills at the back of the diary. Through the autumn Carries health continued to fail but life continued for William and his adult children. Some excerpts: I went to Willard then to cemetery and over to Charleys then home then got a message from Mabel and went to Willard and in eve to Willard to a Republican meeting. Frances Riddle went with me. Carrie and Mary went over to Wilmas for dinner Oct 8 1928. Got things ready to go to Columbus in the morning to Sealer Convention. In PM I went to Delphi and Willard. Eva came out first before dinner and is going to stay until I get home from Columbus Dec 3 1928. At home all day. Carrie has been bad. Doctor was out in eve. Bob and Wilma was out in eve Dec 12 1928. Fair. Carried died this evening at 7 oclock. Parke and I cut up beef and Dora put it down Dec 28 1928. His family troubles were not over but continue in his 1929 diary. On Jan 2 1929 he notes that his 10 month old granddaughter is sick. She had contracted measles and a bronchial infection and did not recover: Stayed at Bob last night. Merle died at 5: 20 this morning Jan 30 1929. Little Merle Aileen was buried today aside of Carrie. Now she has her. Dear lord keep me so I can go to them Feb 1 1929. Despite the tragedy of 1928 and 1929 William perseveres. He spends a lot of time with Wilma and her husband Bob and Parke. He also continues with his daily tasks as was necessary at the time. Some excerpts: Frank and I cleaned the chicken coop then I went to Attica and brought Eva and Minnie out and Dora and Wilma came over and they divided up Carries wearing apparel and then took them home Feb 18 1929. I went to Norwalk by way of Younges and home to Willard and got car greased and shaved and hair cut and got oil changed and car greased. Bob and I got all of my things last evening May 3 1929. At election then out to Parks and to Grange in eve Nov 5 1929. Got ready for Christmas. Parks were down in eve. I got 2 pairs of socks and a tie from Parkes and a desk light from Bob and Wilma Dec 24 1929. For a social historian these diaries provide a real look at one aspect of life in small town America in the early part of the 20th Century. He keeps detailed cash account listings at the back of both diaries and the ephemera helps shed light on economic information from the time. There are numerous references to family friends and neighbours for this to be a good resource for genealogists. The 1928 diary measures 5.5x3.4 inches is 183 pages and 100% complete. Overall Good. The 1929 diary measures 6x3.4 inches is 183 pages and 100% complete. Overall Good. Williams handwriting is particularly legible for a male diarist. ; Manuscripts; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 183 pages; Signed by Author . paperback
1969232101969. Black Panther PartyBlack Radicalism Newton Huey P. The Black Panther Vol. IV no. 4 issued December 27 1969 a vital organ of the Party disseminating coverage of police violence legal defense political education prison solidarity and community survival work in the immediate aftermath of the killings of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. Rather than isolating those killings as a single event the issue contextualizes their deaths among wider U.S. racial repression providing investigative reporting along with chapter listings speeches and local programming demonstrating how the organization moved information across local branches and a national readership. The result is a concentrated record of Black Panther Party print strategy at the end of 1969 when the paper served both as a news organ and as an instrument of coordination.<br /> The Black Panther. Vol. IV No. 4. San Francisco CA: The Black Panther Party December 27 1969. Folio newsprint issue. Masthead reads "Black Community News Service" priced at 25 cents and marked "Published Weekly." The cover carries a large photograph beneath quotations from political prisoners in Denver with interior contents announced as "No Justice in Amerikka" "Statement to the P.R.G. of S.V. from Eldridge Cleaver" and "David Hilliard Speaks on B.S.U.'s." Interior pages shown here include "L.A. Pigs Condemn Peoples' Office" "Bill Green on the Condemning of L.A. Panther Office" "Political Prisoner Speaks to GIs" "Breakfast for School Children Programs" a substantial "List of Chapters and Branches of the Black Panther Party" "Speech by Charles Garry at Benefit in his behalf Dec. 19 1969" "Seize the Time" "What is There to Investigate" "Lived a Revolutionary Died a Revolutionary" on Mark Clark "Black Representatives Investigate Government Conspiracy" "Huey's Appeal" Part 16 "Pig An International Language" Eldridge Cleaver's statement at the Embassy of the P.R.G. of South Vietnam and David Hilliard's "Farewell and Criticism of Earl." The issue directly addresses the killings of Hampton and Clark and the Party's insistence that those deaths be understood as the direct result of state surveillance and persecution in response organized Black political resistance. Cleaver's statement extends that political frame outward into an international anti imperial context.<br /> Published only weeks after Hampton and Clark were executed by the Chicago Police in a raid coordinated wit the FBI this issue preserves the Party's response of mourning investigation and mobilization while continuing to publicize its community outreach breakfast programs campus activity chapter structure and legal advocacy. Overall good to very good with minor marginal losses not affecting text moderate toning small chips and short edge tears and handling wear consistent with circulated newsprint of this age. The combination of Hampton and Clark coverage Cleaver's statement and the printed national branch list makes this issue a precise record of how the Black Panther Party used its newspaper to connect local violence national organization and international politics within a single weekly publication. unknown
65-1546San Francisco Calif.: New College Press undated. Beautifully executed letterpress print of a poem with graphic design. Pristine condition. San Francisco, Calif.: New College Press, undated. unknown
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1959269796The Rocky Mountain Herald / The Talisman Press 1959. Ephemera. 22 letters in all. With 2 holograph letters signed and 8 typed letters signed by Thomas Ferill to Newton Baird at Talisman Press. The subject is Ferril's introduction to the forthcoming limited edition of Letters of the Pikes Peak Gold Rush 1959. With two typed letters in response from Baird signed and others unsigned. Plus two typed letters signed by Helen Ferril to Baird and one to Robert Greenwood of Talisman Press. Letters in very good to fine condition. Some folded or chipped at the edges. A nice collection of letters about a book of history with the collection itself offering a peek into an era of publishing and bookselling in mid-twentieth century America.<br> The Rocky Mountain Herald / The Talisman Press unknown
5e6406Verschiedene Auflagen und Verlage 1976-1991. Insgesamt 636 überwiegend bebilderte Seiten verschiedene Einbände teils quart. - sehr gute Exemplare / Enthalten: Helmut Newton - White Women; Gestaltung von Bea Feitler / Helmut Newton - Private Property; Mit einem Text von Marshall Blonsky Schirmer's Visuelle Bibliothek 10 / Helmut Newton - Portraits. Bilder aus Europa und Amerika; Mit einem Text von Klaus Honnef / Helmut Newton - Nuits blanches Text französisch - unknown
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