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ADAMS Earl "Sparky" 1894 1989
Signature
This shortstop debuted in 1922 with the Chicago Cubs until 1927 and also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1928-29 St. Louis Cardinals 1930-33 including the 1931 World Series team and Cincinnati Reds 1933-34. Large full signature in blue ballpoint heavy stock 5" X 3" card n.p. n.y. Near fine. Quite nice example. unknown
Bookseller reference : 29292
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Adams Eddie
SIGNED PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH OF EDDIE ADAMS:; Country & Western performer
s.l.: s.n. 1960. Original edition. Very Good. 10" x 8" black-and-white portrait of Adams in an embroidered shirt playing his guitar. Inscribed in blue ink: "To Betsy Krynel / Best Wishes / Eddie Adams." Singer-songwriter Eddie Adams 1930-2001 of Michigan organized his Mountain Rhythm Boys in the early 1950s. They recorded their honky-tonk music and played in bars throughout the state through the early 1970s. <br/><br/> s.n. unknown
Bookseller reference : 036068
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Adams Edward B.
Korea's Pottery Heritage Volume II
Seoul Korea: Seoul International Publishing House 1990. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good. laminated boards; tiny abrasion to laminate on front cover. <p>127 objects are described and illustrated in color.</p> <br/> <br/> Seoul International Publishing House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 25338
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Adams EH. Arranged by E. H.
The Julius Guttag Collection of Latin American Coins
Lawrence: Quarterman Publications Inc. 1974. 527 pp. ill. Originally printed in 1929. Cover is worn on outer corners and at top and base of spine. Dust jacket is heavily discoloured with a number of major tears. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Quarterman Publications Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010007577 ISBN : 0880000279 9780880000277
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Adams Elizabeth and David Redstone
Bow Porcelain
London: Faber & Faber 1991. Hardcover. New/New. revised and expanded edition. <p>Illustrated with 16 color plates and 149 black and white figures.</p> <br/> <br/> Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : 24410 ISBN : 0571144675 9780571144679
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Adams Elizabeth Bryding
The Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham Alabama
Birmingham AL: Birmingham Museum of Art 1992. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. dust jacket with tear at top edge of front panel. <p>The Beeson collection is the largest and most comprehensive collection of eighteenth-century Wedgwood outside England. The extensive text is illustrated with 149 color plates and 47 black and white figures. The Catalog of the Works describes 1075 objects which are illustrated in black and white.</p> <br/> <br/> Birmingham Museum of Art hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22951 ISBN : 0931394325 9780931394324
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Adams Ellinor Davenport 1859 1913
A GIRL OF TO-DAY.
New York:: A. L. Burt n.d. ca 1930. Very good in illustrated tan cloth previous owner's name . Reprint. A novel originally published in England in 1899. "Young Frances Morland founds a society amongst her friends intended to promote doing good to others. But her ideals are challenged when a most unexpected half-brother appears on the scene." 365 pp plus 9 pp publisher's ads. A. L. Burt, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 78779
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Adams Eustace L.
Wings of the Navy
Grosset & Dunlap 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Nice bright vintage boys' adventure book about aerial combat in WWI. Clean & unmarked pages but paper has tanned. One frontispiece illustration in black & white. Attractive orange endpaper design with flying aces. Covers well-preserved with some chipping at spine ends. Very nice bright jacket with mild wear. . Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030339
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Adams Franklin P.
The Melancholy Lute: Selected Songs of Thirty Years
New York: Viking Press 1936. 191 toned pages. Firm binding as if never opened. Crease to inside fold of jacket. Edgewear rubbing minor chipping to spine top and bottom front and two inch tear to jacket at top spine. Tanning to inside seams and inside covers from adhesive used during manufacturing process. "Favorite poems grave and gay by the favorite columnist F.P.A." Quotes are for illustrative purposes are remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefit charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. First. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002399
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Adams Frederick B. Jr.
An Introduction To The Pierpont Morgan Library
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library. wraps. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1974. Pierpont Morgan Library paperback
Bookseller reference : BOOKS139942I
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ADAMS FREDERICK B.
Radical literature in America. to which is appended a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club in New York City
Stamford: printed at the Overbrook Press 1939. Small 4to pp. 2 61 7; 3 plates including 2 folding several full-page illustrations in the text; original red cloth stamped in gilt; ex-library with blindstamp on title-page and small ink notation on half-title previous owner's plate on front pastedown spine and parts of covers faded; overall a good sound copy. Based on the exhibition that was to "illustrated by books and periodicals the progress of radical movements in the United States." <br/><br/> printed at the Overbrook Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28752
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Adams Frederick B. Jr.; & Elmer Adler; Alfred Stanford; John T. Winterich editors
The Colophon New Graphic Series Number Four 4 The Quarterly for Bookmen
New York: The Colophon 1939. Very Good condition. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked -- probably never read. New Graphic Series Number Four 4 only. Bound in the original full color pictorial boards. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Colophon Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024098
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Adams Frederick B. Jr.; & Elmer Adler; Alfred Stanford; John T. Winterich editors
The Colophon New Graphic Series Number Four 4 The Quarterly for Bookmen
New York: The Colophon 1939. A beautiful copy in Fine condition. Sharp corners. This has NONE of the spine darkening that afflicts many copies. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked -- probably never read. New Graphic Series Number Four 4 only. Bound in the original full color pictorial boards. Laid in is a piece full page of promotional material from the publisher. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Colophon Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024099
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Adams Frederick B. Jr.; & Elmer Adler; Alfred Stanford; John T. Winterich editors
The Colophon New Graphic Series Number Two 2 The Quarterly for Bookmen
New York: The Colophon 1939. Near Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked -- probably never read. New Graphic Series Number Two 2 only. Bound in the original full color pictorial boards. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Colophon Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024097
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Adams Frederick B. Jr.; & Elmer Adler; Alfred Stanford; John T. Winterich editors
The Colophon New Graphic Series Number Three 3 The Quarterly for Bookmen
New York: The Colophon 1939. A beautiful copy in Fine condition in a worn and chipped original glassine dust jacket. Sharp corners. This has ALMOST NONE of the spine darkening that afflicts many copies there is just a touch at the spine ends where the jacket is chipped. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked -- probably never read. New Graphic Series Number Three 3 only. Bound in the original full color pictorial boards. Complete with original wood engraving by Thomas Nason and original glassine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Worn and chipped dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Colophon Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024100
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Adams Frederick B. Jr.; Elmer Adler Alfred Stanford & John T. Winterich editors
The Colophon New Graphic Series Number Two: A Quarterly for Bookmen
New York: Pynson Printers. Nearly fine copy. 1929. 1st. hardcover. 4to 107 pp. Includes a woodcut by Dorothy McEntee . Pynson Printers hardcover
Bookseller reference : BOOKS058752I
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Adams Frederick B. Jr.; Morley Christopher; Fulto Deoch; Nowell Smith Simon
The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly vol. 2 Part 6 June 1949
Duschnes Crawford 1949. Hardcover. Very Good /very good -. Erdoes Richard. 4 107-189 1 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. With original glassine wrapper. Designed by Robert L. Dothard. One of a limited edition of 2500 copies. Paginated continuously with Part 5. Contents: Another Man's Roses by Frederick B. Adams Jr. re: a Thomas Hardy forgery -- On Belonging to Clubs by Christopher Morley illustrated by Richard Erdoes -- On Making a Few Books by Alfred A. Knopf -- Sadleir Sadleirized by Simon Nowell-Smith -- The Typophiles by Deoch Fulton with a checklist of Typophile Books -- The Last Word by Wilmarth S. Lewis -- The First Famous Print by A. Hyatt Mayor re: Forli's Our Lady of the Fire woodcut. Includes advertisements on final pages. Book is in Very Good Condition: tail of spine slightly sunned; head of spine creased; clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: chipping along upper edge; small tear in fold of front flap; otherwise intact. <br/><br/> Duschnes Crawford hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002527
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ADAMS FREDERICK B.
Radical literature in America. to which is appended a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Grolier Club in New York City
Stamford: printed at the Overbrook Press 1939. Small 4to pp. 2 61 7; 3 plates including 2 folding several full-page illustrations in the text; original red cloth stamped in gilt; ex-library with blindstamp on title-page and small ink notation on half-title previous owner's plate on front pastedown spine and parts of covers faded; overall a good sound copy. Based on the exhibition that was to "illustrated by books and periodicals the progress of radical movements in the United States." <br/><br/> printed at the Overbrook Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 28752
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Adams George
A TREATISE DESCRIBING AND EXPLAINING THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF NEW CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES
London: printed for and sold by the Author 1766. First Edition . Contemporary Calf. Very Good/None Issued. 8vo. 8vo. xxii242p. 8pp. plates a fine copy in contemporary calf armorial bookplate of Hugh Griffith of Brynodol Esqr. . Bound with the rare Adams catalogue at end A catalogue of mathematical philosophical and optical instruments. Made and sold by George Adam Quite rare with the catalogue bound in. The Dedication "To The King" Was Written By Johnson. Hazen pp. 1-4; Fleeman J.D. Johnson 66.6AG/1; ESTC T70774 the book & T19890 the catalogue . <br/> <br/> printed for and sold by the Author unknown
Bookseller reference : 27096
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Adams H. M
Catalogue of Books Printed on the Continent of Europe 1501-1600 in Cambridge Libraries
Mansfield Centre Connecticut: Martino Fine Books 1999. 2 volumes complete. BRAND NEW in Perfect Condition from the publisher. NO rubbing. NO fading. NO shelfwear. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. No date but 1999. Limited Edition Facsimile of the 1967 original. The standard reference. Uniformly bound in the original green cloth stamped in bright gold over a black panel on each spine. Oversize Hardcover. 6.5" wide by 9" tall by 4" thick. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. Limited Edition Facsimile. Oversize Hardcover. New/No jackets as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 2 volumes: 768pp. 795pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Martino Fine Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 023743 ISBN : 1578981247 9781578981243
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Adams H. G. And H. B.
THE SMALLER BRITISH BIRDS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR NESTS EGGS HABITS ETC Prize Binding.
London: Gibbings & Company 1894. pp. iv 252 32 fine colour plates 16 of birds and 16 of eggs The plates by A. F. Lydon and printed in colours by the pioneer colour printer Benjamin Fawcett. Finely tooled calf leather prize binding full green leather five raised bands six spine compartments fine gilt decoration leather spine label with gilt lettering front board with gilt armourial shield of Mill Hill School turn-ins stamped with gilt decoration to edges. Binding very good with just a little rubbing rear board has a little uneven fading. Contents clean and tight attractive marble endpapers with matching marbled fore-edges prize plate dated 1897 to the front pastedown no inscriptions some spotting to the first few pages but otherwise very clean. A very good copy with fine colour plates. Bibliographic note: This work was first published by George Bell & Sons London in 1874 with a different binding. The only other edition is this printing of 1894 and whilst a new publisher it is a straightforward reprint. The plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett of Driffield are printed for multiple coloured woodblocks and are therefore not chromolithographic as often described. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Lydon A. F. 4to 18 x 27cm. Book. Gibbings & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032917
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Adams Henry
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Notes from the Editors from the Limited Edition Collection The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature
Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1978. 22 pages. Pamphlet only. Pamphlet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Franklin Library Paperback
Bookseller reference : 047901
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Adams Henry
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartes
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1913. Privately printed in about 1905 this is the 1913 publicly available edition. Name and price on blank fep. Illustrated with black and white drawings and black and white and color engravings. The first page of the first chapter is miscut at the top however it appears that no text is missing. 400 pages including index. Extra shipping charges apply to this heavy volume; shipping is $6.00 via media rate. Some wear and tear to covers shelf wear to bottom. A few areas of foxing noted in the margins of the first few unnumbered pages and those two pages are separated about two inches at the bottom. A few pages havings spotting or staining in the margins. Some separation damage to spine. From editor's note: "Greater perhaps than his grasp of the singular entirety of madiaeval civilization is Mr. Adams's power of merging himself in a long dead time of thinking and feeling with the men and women thereof and so breathing on the dead bones of antiquity that again they clothe themselves with flesh and venture call back their severed souls and live again not only to the consciousness of the reader but before his very eyes.We forgather with the Abbot and his monks and the crusaders and pilgrims in the Shrine of the Archangel: we pay our devoirs to the fair French Queens.we dispute with Abelard Thomas of Aquino Duns the Scotsman: we take our parts in the Court of Love or sing the sublime and sounding praises of God with the Canons of Saint Victor." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. 100% of your purchase price benefits charity. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000661
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Adams Henry
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chatres. Illustrated by Gonzalo Fonseca
Franklin Center Pa: The Franklin Library 1978. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 4to pp. 12 xv-xvi 10 3-367 1; original full red gilt-stamped morocco silk moiré endpapers silk ribbon bookmark a.e.g.; fine bright copy. <br/><br/> The Franklin Library unknown books
Bookseller reference : 57305
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Adams Henry
The education of Henry Adams
Franklin Center Pa: Franklin Library 1980. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo pp. xiv 529 1; original full black gilt-stamped morocco silk moiré endpapers silk ribbon bookmark a.e.g.; fine bright copy. <br/><br/> Franklin Library unknown books
Bookseller reference : 57188
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Adams Ian
Bad Faith
Toronto: NC Press Ltd. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Emma Hesse cover illustration. Toronto: NC Press Ltd. 1983. "Bad Faith" is a voyage of discovery that moves through a murky landscape inhabited by police informers convicts psychiatrists and arrogant detectives who believe they have the power to control the city. 232 pages. Unclipped dust jacket is in good shape with minor bumping to edges. Covers are rubbed and bumped along bottom and top otherwise in nice condition. Pages are clean with a good binding. A letter on the author's letterhead is tucked inside the front cover. It is handwritten in red ink dated October 18 1983 addressed to Judy Swanson Editorial Dept. of the Vancouver Province. Signed by the author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Emma Hesse cover illustration. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. NC Press Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002424 ISBN : 0920053122 9780920053126
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Adams James Truslow editor
DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Six volumes including index. pp: xi 444; 430; 432; 512; 515; 258. Bound in blue buckram gilt lettering on spines. 10.25" x 7" <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040798
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ADAMS JAMES TRUSLOW
INDEX ALBUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY VOLUME V
SCRIBNERS SONS 1949. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First EDITION. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. MINT GREEN DUST JACKET ON HARDCOVER BOOK. VOL.V INDEX. 222 PPS. RUBBING AT EDGES AND A COUPLE SMALL TEARS. BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. SCRIBNERS SONS. 1949 FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. SCRIBNERS SONS Hardcover
Bookseller reference : R34
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Adams James O.
New Hampshire Agriculture: Second Annual Report of the Board of Agriculture to His Excellency the Governor
State Printer Good Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Frontispiece: H. W. Smith Tight spine. some cover edge wear tanning foxing on pages near the front and near the rear and minor watermarks more detailed picture can be provided upon request. ex-library with very few library marks card pocket removed. 490pp. Ships in a box no bubble mailers!. State Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 2347
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ADAMS JAMES TRUSLOW
THE ADAMS FAMILY
LITTLE BROWN & CO. 1930. Book. Good. Hardcover. First EDITION. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. MAROON CLOTH BOARDS. LITTLEBROWN & CO. 1930 FIRST EDITION JUNE. ILL. 364 PPS. SLIGHT DARKENING OF PAGES. LIGHT SCUFFING TO TOP & BOTTOM REAR EDGES. COVER HAS A COUPLE SMALL SPOTS. TEXT IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. LITTLE BROWN & CO. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : R199
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ADAMS JAMES TRUSLOW
THE LIVING JEFFERSON
SCRIBNERS SONS 1936. Book. Good. Hardcover. First EDITION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. PINK & NAVY SPINE ON DUST JACKET. HARDCOVER BOOK. CHAS.SCRIBNERS. T-1936. FIRST EDITION. 403 PPS. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT COVER. PENCIL NOTE ON FRONT END PAPER. TEXT IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. SCRIBNERS SONS Hardcover
Bookseller reference : Q1645
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Adams James Donald
The writer's responsibility
Secker & Warburg 1946. Hardcover. Used; Good. No dust jacket. Spine worn. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2602591</p> Secker & Warburg hardcover
Bookseller reference : 2602591
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Adams James A. Edited By
Understanding Adolescence: Current Developments in Adolescent Psychology
Boston: Allyn and Bacon Inc. 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boston: Allyn and Bacon Inc. 1969. 405 pages. Planned as a textbook for those who are interested in understanding adolescents. Rust coloured cloth boards are bumped and rubbed on the corners and spine tips. Minor staining to spine. Very few light pencil marks in the book. Interior is otherwise very clean with a solid binding. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Allyn and Bacon, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000248
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Adams Janet Woodbury
Decorative Folding Screens: 400 Years in the Western World
New York: The Viking Press 1982. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. <br/> <br/> The Viking Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21992 ISBN : 0670262870 9780670262878
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ADAMS JEANNETTE T.
ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES HANDBOOK
Arco 1976. Book. New. Hardcover. First EDITION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. ROYAL BLUE JACKET. A COMPLETE UP-TO-DATE GUIDE FOR THE HOMEOWNER WITH MORETHAN 450 ILLUSTRATIONS. ARCO PUB. . 617 PAGES. FINE/FINE. BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE UNREAD. 1976 FIRST EDITION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Arco Hardcover
Bookseller reference : R365 ISBN : 0668038551 9780668038553
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Adams John
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America.
London: Printed for C. Dilly 1787. First edition of John Adams' landmark work. Octavo original boards minor wear. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half calf clamshell box. Rare especially in the original boards. Adams wrote this work on constitutional theory while serving as Minister to the Court of St. James. It was a response to the liberal French statesman Turgot who had criticized the new American state constitutions for their conservative economic framework. Adams's Defence was often cited in the debates of the Constitutional Convention. "A work marked by insight breadth of views conviction courage and--we may venture to add--much wisdom"--Larned Literature of American History 2287. This volume was issued as a stand-alone work and was followed by two supplemental volumes the next year. Howes A60 "aa" Sabin 234 Printed for C. Dilly hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50010
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Adams John
America and France. The Intire sic Message of The President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress : Covering The Full Powers To and Dispatches from the Envoys Extraordinary of the United States to the French Republic.
Boston Massachusetts: By Order of Congress 1798. 71pp. Disbound pamphlet part of leather spine remaining. Text is mildly age-toned a very occasional spot linen tape along rear spine small contemporary signature on title page. President Adams' message regarding the XYZ Affair in which the President's 3 envoys Charles Pinckney John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry were sent to France to negotiate a peace agreement with France. Howes A-199. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. By Order of Congress Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002652
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Adams John
By A Vote Of Congress
Kirkwood MO: The Printery 1776. Fine. Small folio 2 pages in its original mailing envelope. <br/><br/>This is ONLY the publisher's sales solicitation for this book. The Printery unknown
Bookseller reference : 0009640
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Adams John Quincy
Correspondence Between John Quincy Adams Esquire President Of The United States and Several Citizens of Massachusetts Concerning the Charge of a Design to Dissolve the Union Alledged to Have Existed in That State.
Boston: Press Of The Boston Daily Advertiser. Good; Removed from bound volume. 1829. First Edition. Pamphlet. 8vo; 80p. American Imprint #37362. Howes A-68. . Press Of The Boston Daily Advertiser unknown
Bookseller reference : 59527
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Adams John And Abigail; Charles Francis Adams
Familiar Letters Of John Adams And His Wife Abigail Adams During The Revolution With A Memoir Of Mrs. Adams
Boston: Houghton Mifflin And Company / Riverside Press 1875. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Near Fine. Frontispiece Portrait. Xxxii 422 Pp. Original Brown Cloth Spine Gilt Gilt "Sons Of Liberty" Device Ion Front Cover Top Edge Gilt Tissue Guarded Frontispiece. 1875 Copyright Date No Date On Title Page Indicating A Later But Early Printing 1875 No Later Date Indicated. Near Fine Covers Clean And Unfaded With Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners All Gilt Still Brilliant Hinges Tight Frontispiece And Tissue Guard Immaculate. Ink Note "From Union Library Asso. Ny Price $1.40 Plus Prepaid Expressage" At Top Of Front Pastedown "Bismark North Dakota Dec. 22 1909" At Top Of Front Free Endpaper No Other Names Or Marks. Hinge Cracking At Top Of Spine Edge Of First And Second Front Free Endpapers. Display Quality. <br/> <br/> Houghton, Mifflin And Company / Riverside Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030105
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Adams John & Adams Abigail
Letters of John and Abigail Adams 1762 to 1826
West Virginia: Westvaco 2001 Westvaco is a long established paper making company and each Christmas since 1958 it has issued a limited edition series of "American Classics" on fine paper. Foreward and introduction by William J. Bennett. As well as the Adams letters it also includes a brief pictorial history of the American flag. Donor slip from company laid in. 133p. including list of the other titles in the series Illus. decorative endpapers. Printed paper covered boards. Inside original slip cover which is slightly bumped. First Thus. Hard Cover. As New. Boxed. Westvaco hardcover
Bookseller reference : 26137
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Adams John Qunicy
Oration On The Life And Character Of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette. Delivered . .in the House of Representatives.
Washington: Duff Green. Good; Removed from bound volume light foxing. 1835. Pamphlet. 8vo; 96 pages; This printing not listed in American Imprint bibliography. . Duff Green unknown
Bookseller reference : 56310
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Adams John Qunicy
Oration On The Life And Character Of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette. Delivered . .in the House of Representatives.
Washington: Gales & Seaton. Good; Removed from bound volume. 1835. Pamphlet. 8vo; 94 pages; American Imprint #29946. Sabin #295. . Gales & Seaton unknown
Bookseller reference : 56311
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ADAMS JOHN F.
THE EPICUREAN GARDENER
New York NY U.S.A.: E.P. DUTTON 1988. Book. Illus. by STEPHANIE ADAMS. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. CREAM JACKET WITH RED LETTERBLOCK AREA. ILLUSTRATIONS BY STEPHANIE ADAMS 246 PAGES. PRICE CLIPPED. VG/VG. BOOK IS CLEAN AND SECURE E.P. DUTTON. 1988 FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. E.P. DUTTON Hardcover
Bookseller reference : T184 ISBN : 0525245979 9780525245971
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Adams John Quincy
The Wants of Man: A Poem by John Quincy Adams
Worcester MA: St. Onge Achille J. 1962. 54pp. One of 950 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. This copy is in a variant binding unrecorded by Massmann of green morocco with a gilt-stamped binding design by Rudolph Ruzicka. Very fine. A.e.g. Massmann 20; Bradbury p. 253. 2 15/16 by 2 1/4; 75x57mm. St. Onge, Achille J. unknown
Bookseller reference : 26224
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Adams John Quincy
The Wants of Man: A Poem by John Quincy Adams
Worcester MA: St. Onge Achille J. 1962. 54pp. One of 950 copies. Inscription in ink by St. Onge dated Feb. 9 1963. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Very fine in full green calf with a gilt-stamped binding design by Rudolph Ruzicka. A.e.g. Massmann 20; Bradbury p. 253. 2 15/16 by 2 1/4; 75x57mm. St. Onge, Achille J. unknown
Bookseller reference : 26221
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Adams John
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America.
London: Printed for C. Dilly 1787. First edition of John Adams' landmark work. Octavo original boards minor wear. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half calf clamshell box. Rare especially in the original boards. Adams wrote this work on constitutional theory while serving as Minister to the Court of St. James. It was a response to the liberal French statesman Turgot who had criticized the new American state constitutions for their conservative economic framework. Adams's Defence was often cited in the debates of the Constitutional Convention. "A work marked by insight breadth of views conviction courage and--we may venture to add--much wisdom"--Larned Literature of American History 2287. This volume was issued as a stand-alone work and was followed by two supplemental volumes the next year. Howes A60 "aa" Sabin 234 Printed for C. Dilly hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 50010
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Adams John
John Adams Autograph Letter Signed.
1809. Exceptionally rare 16-page autograph letter signed by and entirely in the hand of Founding Father John Adams defending the ultimate necessity of American sovereignty and its precedence over international alliances. Sixteen pages entirely in the hand of John Adams and written on both the recto and verso of each page the letter is dated January 9 1809 and addressed to Speaker of the House of Representatives Joseph Bradley Varnum. Although France and America shared a strong alliance which proved crucial to winning the Revolutionary War at the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 Washington's fear that American involvement would weaken the new nation before it had firmly established itself created tensions and a new war between England and France broke out in 1793. The British Navy soon began targeting French vessels and trading interests across the Atlantic and although many Federalists thought that America should aid its ally Washington proclaimed that the United States would be "friendly and impartial toward the belligerent parties." The Neutrality Proclamation was ignored by Britain and angered France which then allowed its navy and privateers to prey on American trade. To protect American sailors and merchants without provoking Britain in March 1794 Congress passed a 30-day embargo which it then extended. Britain the strongest sea power began to seize American ships suspected of trading with France and stepped up its practice of impressment. From 1806-1807 the British navy in desperate need of men to oppose Napoleon forced roughly 5000 American sailors into service on the pretense that they were deserters. In 1807 King George III proclaimed his right to call any British subjects into war service and claimed that Britain had full discretion to determine who was a British citizen. The crisis reached one peak for America in June of 1807 when the HMS Leopard attacked the USS Chesapeake off the coast of Virginia. Three American sailors were killed eighteen were wounded and the Chesapeake surrendered after firing only one shot. The Leopard seized four American seaman claimed as deserters from the British navy and hanged one of them. Jefferson and Madison his Secretary of State responded with the Embargo of 1807 a ban on all American vessels sailing for foreign ports. Meanwhile Russia allied with Napoleon and pressed Denmark to turn over her fleet. In September 1807 Britain preemptively bombarded Copenhagen and seized the Danish-Norwegian fleet. While Jefferson's Republicans still generally favored France a schism grew in the Federalist party. Men like Timothy Pickering downplayed impressments while focusing on trade and access to British manufacturing. On October 16 1807 King George III aggravated already high tensions with American following the British attack of the USS Chesapeake off the coast of Virginia by issuing a Royal Proclamation expanding the British right to impressment the King's right to call any British subjects into war service and determine their citizenship. News of the King's Proclamation arrived in the United States in December 1807 and lacking military options President Jefferson proposed an embargo to ban all U.S. exports on American vessels in order to protect American sailors' lives and liberties despite its potential to cripple American trade. The Embargo Act was signed on December 22 1807 causing immediate economic devastation. In protesting the Embargo rather than wrestling with the difficulty of defending American sovereignty some opponents chose to declare the legality of impressments as defined by King George's Royal Proclamation. John Adams' former Secretary of State Timothy Pickering took a leading role in fighting the embargo arguing that Jefferson was using it to draw America closer to Napoleon's France. Given the devastating economic effects of the embargo Pickering's message found a wide audience. Adams on the other hand recognized the dire threat the King's Proclamation posed in denying America the right to determine its own rules for citizenship and in December took his arguments to Speaker of the House Joseph Varnum. As he stated in the present letter "He Pickering thinks that as every Nation has a Right to the Service of its Subjects in time of War the Proclamation of the King of Great Britain commanding his Naval Officers to practice Such Impressments on board not the Vessells of his own Subjects but of the United States a foreign Nation could not furnish the Slightest ground for an Embargo! . But I Say with Confidence that it furnished a Sufficient ground for a Declaration of War. Not the Murder of Pierce nor all the Murders on board the Chesapeake nor all the other Injuries and Insults We have received from foreign Nations atrocious as they have been can be of such dangerous lasting and pernicious Consequence to this Country as this Proclamation if We have Servility enough to Submit to it." Adams suggested repealing and replacing the Embargo Act with one that allowed international trade with all but the belligerents while building up the navy. Varnum asked to publish it. Before assenting Adams completely reworked his argument mustering all the reason and rhetoric at his disposal into a stirring defense of sovereignty and citizenship resulting in the present letter. On March 1 1809 Congress repealed the Embargo Act following Adams' suggestion to replace it with the Non-Intercourse Act which allowed trade with all nations except Britain and France. In fine condition. A remarkable piece of early American history illustrating the second President of the United States' impassioned devotion to the pursuit of American liberty. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. The longest letter signed and entirely in the hand of John Adams obtainable. American Founding Father John Adams served as the first vice president of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and subsequently the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. A lawyer and political activist prior to the revolution Adams was devoted to the right to counsel and presumption of innocence. He defied anti-British sentiment and successfully defended British soldiers against murder charges arising from the Boston Massacre. Adams was a Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress and became a principal leader of the Revolution. He assisted in drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and was its foremost advocate in Congress. As a diplomat in Europe he helped negotiate the peace treaty with Great Britain and secured vital governmental loans. Adams was the primary author of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780 which influenced the United States' own constitution as did his earlier Thoughts on Government. Adams was elected to two terms as vice president under President George Washington and was elected as the United States' second president in 1796. He was the only president elected under the banner of the Federalist Party. He and his wife generated a family of politicians diplomats and historians now referred to as the Adams political family which includes their son John Quincy Adams the sixth president of the United States. John Adams died on July 4 1826 - the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence - hours after Jefferson's death. unknown books
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Adams John. Gunning Bedford Jr.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America.
Philadelphia: Printed for Hall and Sellers; J. Cruikshank; and Young and McCulloch 1787. First edition of John Adams's greatest contribution to American political theory; from the library of one of the 39 signers of the United States Constitution Founding Father Gunning Bedford Jr. Octavo bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt ruling to the spine red morocco spine label lettered in gilt gilt turn-ins. Signed by Gunning Bedford Jr. on the title page. Born in Philadelphia in 1747 Gunning Bedford attended the College of New Jersey where he was a classmate of James Madison and later served in the Continental Army as an aide to General George Washington. After the Revolutionary war he became a prominent political figure sitting in the legislature on the state council and in the Continental Congress 1783-85. One of the more active members of the Constitutional Convention on May 14 1787 he was one of the 39 delegates that signed the Constitution of the United States. Gunning Bedford also served as Attorney General of Delaware from 1784 until he was designated by George Washington as a federal district judge for his state in 1789 a position he held for the rest of his life. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise case. An exceptional example with fine provenance. Adams wrote this work on constitutional theory while serving as Minister to the Court of St. James as a response to liberal French statesman Turgot who had criticized the new American state constitutions for their conservative economic framework. Adams's Defence was often cited in the debates of the Constitutional Convention. "A work marked by insight breadth of views conviction courage and--we may venture to add--much wisdom" Larned Literature of American History 2287. At the start of 1787 while minister to Great Britain and a year before he returned to America John Adams "felt an urgency like that of 1776. Great events were taking place at home. Support for a stronger central government was gaining ground. A constitutional convention was in the offing and as he had been impelled in 1776 to write his Thoughts on Government so Adams plunged ahead. books piled about him his pen scratching away until all hours. By early January 1787 Adams had rushed the first installment of his effort to a London printer. Titled A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. copies were sent off at once to the United States and to Jefferson in Paris" McCullough John Adams 374. Of the Defence Thomas Jefferson wrote to Adams "I have read your book with infinite satisfaction and improvement. It will do great good in America. Its learning and its good sense will I hope make it an institute for our politicians old as well as young" Sowerby 3004. "From Philadelphia where the Constitutional Convention had assembled Benjamin Rush a member of the Convention wrote that the Defence had 'diffused such excellent principles among us that there is little doubt of our adopting a vigorous and compound federal legislature. To a considerable extent Adams' Defence was an expanded more erudite rendition of the case for checks and balances in government that he had championed in his Thoughts on Government 1776 and later put into operation in his draft of the Massachusetts constitution" McCullough 375. "The work did much to familiarize the European mind to the novel state of things then taking place in America" Sabin 236. This volume was issued as a stand-alone work and was followed by two supplemental volumes the following year Sabin 234. Printed for Hall and Sellers; J. Cruikshank; and Young and McCulloch unknown books
Bookseller reference : 125308
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Adams L A
An Introduction to the Vertebrates
John Wiley And Sons 1946. Hardcover. Used; Good. No dust jacket. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2896681</p> John Wiley And Sons hardcover
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