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191053443St. Paul: McGill-Warner Co 1910. 8vo pp. 405 1 xxiii 1; portrait frontispiece and text illustrations throughout; burgundy cloth gilt; covers soiled closed tear on last page textblock cocked but sound ex-Minnesota State library with their stamps on endpapers and title page. A history of the early years of the second largest state fair in the US with a number of pictures of old fairgrounds and buildings. <br/><br/> McGill-Warner Co hardcover books
1910004142St. Paul MN: McGill-Warner Company 1910. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 405 pages of text followed by xxiii of index. Hardcover binding with gilt spine and front cover lettering and decoration; slightly rubbed at the extremities with fading to the spine and to the top edge of the front cover. Illustrated with numerous black & white historic photographs. McGill-Warner Company Hardcover books
1994Z1579Tuscaloosa and London:: University of Alabama Press 1994. 1994. FIRST EDITION. Series: History of American Science and Technology Series. 8vo. xi 311 pp. 9 figs. illustrations index. Reddish-brown cloth brown stamped spine title dust-jacket. Fine. ISBN: 0817307354 University of Alabama Press, (1994). hardcover books
1960BL2035Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press 1960. 1960. 8vo. 72 pp. Indexes. Printed wrappers; covers lightly browned. Sewn. Burndy bookplate. Very good. Scarce. Cambridge University Press, 1960. unknown books
192814025London: Hodder & Stoughton 1928. First edition of the first volume of the author's autobiographical trilogy. Octavo original cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs including frontispiece portrait of the author. An excellent example in the rare dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Examples in the original dust jacket are rare. Green Memories is one of three autobiographies by Darwin considered the greatest golf writer of all time. This book is widely considered one of Darwin's finest works. "Thanks to Bernard golf has acquired the sturdiest literature of any game. The best is Darwin's. because he showed the writers who came after him how golf should be written" H.W. Wind. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
1928108739London: Hodder & Stoughton 1928. First edition of the first volume of the author's autobiographical trilogy. Octavo original cloth. Illustrated with several plates from photographs including frontispiece portrait of the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. From the library of Albert W. Tillinghast with his handwritten inventory card laid in. Murdoch 184; D&M 14090; D&J D5290. Green Memories is one of three autobiographies by Darwin considered the greatest golf writer of all time. This book is widely considered one of Darwin's finest works. "Thanks to Bernard golf has acquired the sturdiest literature of any game. The best is Darwin's. because he showed the writers who came after him how golf should be written" H.W. Wind. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover books
195443063London: Burke 1954. First edition of this work by the award-winning writer. Octavo original cloth. Bookplate near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Bernard Darwin a grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin was a golf writer and high-standard amateur golfer. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1934 and was President of the Golf Club Managers' Association from 1933 to 1934 and then again from 1955 to 1958. Burke hardcover books
194348095London: Jonathan Cape 1943. First edition of Taylor's classic autobiography who is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time and a pioneer of modern golf. Octavo original cloth frontispiece illustrated. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips to the spine. Rare in the original dust jacket. John Henry "J.H." Taylor was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. Taylor is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time. He was also a significant golf course architect. He was a member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the sport in his day along with Harry Vardon and James Braid and he won The Open Championship five times. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
194389001London: Jonathan Cape 1943. First edition of Taylor's classic autobiography. Octavo original cloth frontispiece illustrated. In near fine condition. John Henry "J.H." Taylor was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. Taylor is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time. He was also a significant golf course architect. He was a member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the sport in his day along with Harry Vardon and James Braid and he won The Open Championship five times. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
199910183n.p.: Ailsa Inc. Fine. 1999. Hardcover. 094088951X . Foreword by Ian Dunlop. A reprint of the 1954 Burke edition. Fine in red cloth. No dust jacket as issued thus. . Ailsa, Inc. hardcover books
198828342Pownal:: Storey Communications. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0882664859 . Illustrations by Harry Rountree. A facsimile of the 1910 edition. First printing thus. Foxing on top edge else very good in a very good dust jacket. . Storey Communications, hardcover books
198837083Pownal: Storey Publications The Classics of Golf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0882664859 . Illustrations by Harry Rountree. A facsimile of the 1910 edition. First printing thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Storey Publications (The Classics of Golf) hardcover books
19869017415Ailsa 1986. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original blue quarter cloth and blue cloth boards cover and spine stamped in red and blue. Illustrated throughout. <br/><br/> Ailsa hardcover books
198520848n.p.: Ailsa Inc. Near Fine. 1985. Hardcover. A reprint of the 1944 Chatto & Windus edition. Near fine in blue cloth. No dust jacket. . Ailsa, Inc. hardcover books
1985Embry 158602Classics of Golf 1985. First printing thus. Fine. Blue cloth no dust jacket. Classics of Golf, 1985. First printing thus. hardcover books
199936992n.p.: Ailsa Inc. Near Fine. 1999. Hardcover. 0940889498 . Foreword by Sidney Kahn. A reprint of the 1926 Sidgwick and Jackson edition. Near fine in blue cloth. No dust jacket as issued thus. . Ailsa, Inc. hardcover books
199910184n.p.: Ailsa Inc. Fine. 1999. Hardcover. 0940889498 . Foreword by Sidney Kahn. A reprint of the 1926 Sidgwick and Jackson edition. Fine in blue cloth. No dust jacket as issued thus. ISBN: 0940889498. . Ailsa, Inc. hardcover books
1882451781882. <p>Darwin Charles 1809-82. Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey Wednesday April 26th 1882 at 12 o'clock precisely . . . G. G. Bradley Dean. Printed card black-bordered with the Dean's seal in black wax in the left margin and the letters "C. H." in red ink on either side of the seal. N.p. 1882. 92 x 122 mm. Fine.</p> <p> Darwin had died at Down House on 19 April 1882 expecting to be buried in the local churchyard. His fame and reputation were such however that Huxley Galton and others felt it would be appropriate to have him buried at Westminster Abbey one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a British citizen. As Desmond and Moore put it "getting a freethinker into the Abbey was not easy" Darwin p. 666. But Huxley stepped in supported in Parliament by Darwin's neighbor Sir John Lubbock and by a press campaign led by The Standard. The Reverend George Granville Bradley Dean of Westminster Abbey was happy to acquiesce.</p> <p> The Chapter House to which our card allows admission is where those who were to follow the coffin into the Abbey assembled: "On that grey day committees adjourned judges put on mourning dress and Parliament emptied as members trooped across the road. From embassies scientific societies and countless ordinary homes they came. Under leaden skies they converged on the Abbey anticipating the awe and spectacle of a state occasion. In the Chapter House where Parliament had once met the elders of science State and Church the nobility of birth and talent stood waiting to file though the cloisters behind the coffin. They were "the greatest gathering of intellect that was ever brought together in our country" said one' Desmond and Moore p. 672. Darwin was laid to rest beneath the monument to Newton at the north end of the choir screen. </p> . unknown books
2002UPORFRO00VJWiley Pub. 2002. Very Good. Porter Darwin. Frommer's Bermuda 2003. Prince Danforth. New York: Wiley Pub. 2002. 240pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Wiley Pub. paperback books
20064269New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2006. First edition of this collection of the four works of Darwin. Thick octavo original half cloth. Signed by the editor Edward O. Wilson on the title page who has drawn an image of an ant. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. The original slipcase is in near fine condition. Never before have the four great works of Charles DarwinVoyage of the H.M.S. Beagle 1845 The Origin of Species 1859 The Descent of Man 1871 and The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals 1872been collected under one cover. Undertaking this challenging endeavor 123 years after Darwin's death two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson has written an introductory essay for the occasion while providing new insightful introductions to each of the four volumes and an afterword that examines the fate of evolutionary theory in an era of religious resistance. In addition Wilson has crafted a creative new index to accompany these four texts which links the nineteenth-century Darwinian evolutionary concepts to contemporary biological thought. Beautifully slipcased and including restored versions of the original illustrations From So Simple a Beginning turns our attention to the astounding power of the natural creative process and the magnificence of its products. W.W. Norton & Company hardcover books
1947275483London: Country Life 1947. hardcover. very good. Illustrated including three in color. 94pp. thin 8vo green & yellow cloth edges untrimmed. London: Country Life 1947. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Country Life unknown books
1910141248New York: D. Appleton and Company 1910. Author's Edition Authorized Edition. Hardcover. G- All binding edges are worn; two corners are down to the boards; spine appears to be a replacement first page is loose; interior surfaces are clean though one corner is slightly bumped throughout the last half of book; inscription and label in front of book. Three-quarters marbled boards with red leather-like spine & corners gilt letters on spine gilt top edges 372 pp. 21 BW illus. 7 BW plates. Re-release of a Darwin book which was first published in 1872 as one of the first books to contain photographic plates. This is #14 of 1000 copies of an "Authoriized Edition" that appears to have come out circa 1910. Darwin's signature appears on the opening flyleaf; but alas! The man left us in 1882. It must therefore be a stamped replica instead. Still a nifty tome. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
195879318Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. B000GXYQN8 . Foreword by Sir Gavin de Beer. First edition. This copy is from the personal library of the distinguished biologist Horace W. Stunkard and bears his name on the front free endpaper. Two of Professor Stunkard's invitations to scientific society events are laid in. Very good in a very good age toning upper corner of front flap is clipped dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press, hardcover books
194865225London: Collins 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. With Illustrations by Elinor Darwin. London: Collins 1948. First edition. The grandson of British naturalist Charles Darwin Bernard Darwin 1876-1961 was an accomplished amateur golfer who covered the sport for The Times from 1907 to 1953 and for Country Life from 1907 to 1961 becoming the first writer ever to cover golf on a daily basis rather than as an occasional feature. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2005. In the twenty-nine essays in this collection Darwin elaborates on such varied topics as his boyhood attachment to tin soldiers his "fundamentalist's" faith in Sherlockiana his affection for small railroad junctions situated thrillingly close to some favorite golf links the "restful excitement" of watching a cricket match and the pleasures of a day spent in bed. Signed by Darwin on the title page. Octavo. Original gray cloth binding with gilt titles. The spine is touch sun faded. Some light edgewear to the dust jacket with a bit of mild foxing to the rear panel and flap; otherwise very good. Collins hardcover books
367831 pp. 8vo bound in attractive green morocco-backed cloth over boards. Cambridge: "Printed for Distribution among the Members of the Cambridge Philosophical Society" 1 December 1835. First edition of Darwin's first separately printed work and of the greatest rarity. This unauthorized pamphlet contains extracts from ten letters written to John Stevens Henslow 1796-1861 by Darwin during his five-year voyage on the Beagle. Henslow had been Darwin's botany professor at Cambridge and their friendship "was one of the most influential circumstances in his Darwin's early life."-ODNB. It was Henslow who obtained for him the post of naturalist on the Beagle. Darwin's letters were published without his knowledge; Henslow had read some of them before the Cambridge Philosophical Society and was responsible for printing this small pamphlet of extracts. The present work did introduce Darwin's name and some important observations to a small but influential group of scientists and when he arrived back in England in the autumn of 1836 he carried with him something of a reputation as a geologist. Fine copy preserved in a green morocco-backed box. From the library of Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe 1858-1945 British statesman and author note on pastedown stating that the book was purchased by Maggs Bros. from the Crewe library. Accompanied by the 1960 privately printed facsimile. ❧ Freeman 1. hardcover books