Paperback. Good. SOUVENIR BOOK The Giants of California ~ General Grand Chapter Order of The Eastern Star Hands of Friendship Reaching Around the World 1979 ~ 1982 Triennial Assembly 37th 1982 printing large softcover Tight Copy minor reading edgewear cover rubs and small reading creases a few slightly upturned page corners very slight page age tanning no names no stamps or labels clean unmarked text and illustrations. SOUVENIR BOOK: The Giants of California ~ General Grand Chapter Order of The Eastern Star Hands of Friendship Reaching Around the World 1979 ~ 1982 Triennial Assembly 37th. 204 pages. paperback
Boston: Manning and Loring printers 1804. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 sale item first edition inscribed . With the affectionate respects of the author. ; 16mo 17.5 cm. tall 22 pp a farewell sermon with the theme The Lord bless thee and keep thee. ; text age toned with age staining throughout first blank has small hole modern pen note on original plain paper wrappers Boston: Manning and Loring, printers, unknown
1590. reli�. DeCollection. Fano Italie Pietro Farri 1590. Petit in-8 14.5 x 10 cm reliure plein veau dos � nerfs � fleurons dor�s filets sur les plat avec fleuron central 88 pages pagination une page sur deux. Les coiffes manque et manque de cuir sur le mors sup�rieur ainsi que sur les coins bon �tat des feuillets. Texte en italien. Small 8vo period-style full claf binding ribbed spine with gilt flame motif gilt filets & motif on boards 88 p. Text in italian language. Flaw : tips laking worn on corners & upper joint fine condition of the paper. Arlotto Mainardi detto il Piovano o Pievano Arlotto Firenze 25 dicembre 1396 � Firenze 26 dicembre 1484 � stato un presbitero italiano famoso per il suo spirito e le sue burle diventate proverbiali grazie a una letteratura popolare fiorita per tutto il Rinascimento. Arlotto Mainardi dit Piovano ou piovano Arlotto 1396 -1484 pr�tre italien connu pour son esprit et ses farces gr�ce � une litt�rature populaire a prosp�r� tout au long du Renaissance. unknown
George Routledge and Sons 1840-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1840 hardcover no marks noted in text pages tanned cover wornAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing George Routledge and Sons hardcover
New York: Tudor Publishing Company 1936. Book. Illus. by Detmold E. J. Near Fine Book Condition. Hardcover. 4th Printing. Written dedication in 1937 by Nathan B. Cohen father of Leonard Cohen. Form the library of Harold Lande of Montreal. Retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation of Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques". Book in very good condition. Green covers with beautiful gilt designs and lettering. A bit of wear to corners of covers and spine. Very clean pages and drawings and binding tight. Our rating system: 1.Fine; 2. Near fine; 3. Very good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. Tudor Publishing Company Hardcover
London: Printed for Michael Sparke Robert Milbourne Richard Cotes and Andrew Crooke 1642. Book. Very Good-. Full Leather. 4to. A clean and solid copy in original leather binding with five raised bands and original printer's red stain to all edges. Covers well worn with corners curling inward and leather rubbed from one corner. Hinges split but joints still intact. Eps clipped. Owner's name on front pastedown. Text clean. Binding tight. As is. Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair . Printed for Michael Sparke, Robert Milbourne, Richard Cotes, and Andrew Crooke Hardcover
Washington Government Printing Office 1871. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with the original front wrapper pasted on to front board. With dedication inscription from C. F. Hall to front board: "To M. Schonheyder / Govenor of Fiskeneest / July : 27:1871 / C. F. Hall / Commander" and with Hall signature to title-page: "C. F. Hall / Commander". Two stamps to front board and one stamp to title-page. Three holes in inner marigin presumably from the original sown wrappers. Title-page with a 5 cm long tear to inner margin. 36 pp. � First edition presentation copy from C. F. Hall to Guvernor Sch�nheyder given during the Polaris Expedition of the instruction to Charles Francis Hall to command an expedition to the North Pole on the USS Polaris. The present copy was aboard the USS Polaris and was given on July 27th 1871 when the USS Polaris arrived at Fisken�sset in South East Greenland. <br>The PolarIs Expedition which constitutes one of the first serious American attempts to reach the North Pole ended in failure with the death very possibly murder of Hall. 19 members of the expedition became separated from the ship and drifted on an ice floe for six months and 1800 miles 2900 km before being rescued. The damaged Polaris was run aground and wrecked near Etah in October 1872. The remaining men were able to survive the winter and were rescued the following summer. All crewmembers except C. F. Hall survived. <br><br>The Chief Scientist on the expedition Emil Bessel presumably the person who poisoned Hall noted when arriving at Fisken�sset: "A boat rowed toward us from the headland and a few moments later the colony's administrator Sch�nheyder stood on deck en route to the saloon. After we had exchanged the usual civilities Where the present copy very well can have been presented as a gift Hall and I accompanied the obliging official ashore and to his home. Although he was badly asthmatic the Greenland climate seemed to suit him; when he lay stretched out he was of impressive height and hence very good-natured. But he had not been very fortunate in the choice of his name which did not match his appearance at all well. Herr Sch�nheyter did not have a loving wife to sweeten his life but mindful of the well-devised saying he was not ill-disposed toward the other accessories. Draped in a blue ribbon a guitar hung on the wall; on a small side-table stood various bottles filled with strong liquor." POLARIS: The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition 1871-73 by Emil Bessels P. 56<br><br>Charles Francis Hall who had previously lived among the Inuit in the Arctic region while on his obsessive quest to determine the fate of Franklin's lost expedition of 1845 was appointed Commander of the Expedition. Hall who had the necessary survival skills lacked academic background and had no experience in leading men or commanding a ship. <br>The Polaris Expedition consisting 25 men also included Hall's old friend Budington as sailing master George Tyson as navigator and Emil Bessels as physician and chief of scientific staff. The expedition immediately ran into problems as the party split into rival factions. Hall's authority over the expedition was resented by a large portion of the party and discipline broke down.<br><br>Hall having left the USS Polaris on October 10 returned on October 24 suddenly fell ill after drinking a cup of coffee. His symptoms allegedly started with an upset stomach then progressed to vomiting and delirium the following day. Hall accused several of the ship's company including Bessels of having poisoned him. Following these accusations he refused medical treatment from Bessels and drank only liquids delivered directly by his friend Taqulittuq.<br>He seemed to improve for a few days and was even able to go up on deck. Bessels had prevailed upon Bryan the ship's chaplain to convince Hall to allow the doctor to see him. By November 4 Hall relented and Bessels resumed treatment. Shortly thereafter Hall's condition began to deteriorate; he suffered vomiting and delirium and collapsed. Bessels diagnosed apoplexy before Hall finally died on November 8. He was taken ashore and given a formal burial.<br>In 1968 while working on Hall's biography "Weird and Tragic Shores" Chauncey C. Loomis became sufficiently intrigued by the possibility that Hall might have been poisoned and applied for a permit to visit Thank God Harbor to exhume Hall's body and to perform an autopsy. Because of the permafrost Hall's body flag shroud clothing and coffin were remarkably well-preserved. Tests on tissue samples of bone fingernails and hair showed that Hall had received large doses of arsenic in the last two weeks of his life. <br><br>Sabin 72024 hardcover
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