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‎Du Bois William E.‎

‎TRIAL OF LUCRETIA CHAPMAN OTHERWISE CALLED LUCRETIA ESPOS Y MINA WHO WAS JOINTLY INDICTED WITH LINO AMALIA ESPOS Y MINA FOR THE MURDER OF WILLIAM CHAPMAN ESQ. LATE OF ANDALUSIA COUNTY OF BUCKS PENNSYLVANIA IN THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER HELD AT DOYLESTOWN FOR BUCKS DECEMBER TERM 1831 CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY TERM 1832. PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION BY. STUDENT OF LAW‎

‎Philadelphia: G.W. Mentz & Son 1832. Later cloth. 2 213 1 blank 11 pp. With the Supplement on the trial of Lino which as Cohen notes was sometimes excluded from the book. Scattered foxing lacks front free endpaper rear endpaper dirty light rubberstamp on title page Good. <br/><br/> Lucretia "past forty and buxom" and Lino a young boarder who claimed to be the son of the Spanish governor of California became lovers; a decision was reached to rid themselves of Lucretia's inconvenient husband. "Five weeks after he arrived Lino purchased a quarter of a pound of arsenic from a Philadelphia druggist explaining that he used it in stuffing birds. The following day Mr. Chapman was taken ill; four days later he was dead." Soon thereafter the lovers "were quietly married in New York.Almost immediately the true character of the Spanish adventurer came out with the disappearance of the family silver and other obvious signs of his chicanery." His activities came to the attention of the police who decided to investigate Mr. Chapman's death. They discovered that "he was heavily dosed with arsenic" and arrested them both. <br/> This book contains all the material on Lucretia's trial. Lino was tried separately convicted and executed. Lucretia was acquitted. "It is difficult to tell whether they had acted in concert in the murder; at least the jury gave her the benefit of the doubt" quotations from McDade.<br/>McDade 169. Cohen 12416. G.W. Mentz & Son unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 32548

‎DU BOIS W. E. Burghardt‎

‎The World and Africa: An Inquiry Into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History‎

‎New York: The Viking Press 1947. First edition. Hardcover. A later book from the author of "Souls of the Black Folk." An about near fine copy with a bookplate to the front pastedown in a very good dust jacket with numerous small edge chips and tears. But still a very presentable copy. The Viking Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 108088

‎Du Bois WE. Burghardt editor W. E.‎

‎A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NEGRO AMERICAN. A COMPILATION MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ATLANTA UNIVERSITY BY THE TENTH ATLANTA CONFERENCE‎

‎Atlanta: The Atlanta University Press 1905. 711pp. Later grey buckram with original front wrapper affixed to the front board. Old dark stain in gutter throughout minor chipping in gutter of first five leaves moderate toning to text. Upper outer corner of last leaf chipped just touching the page number. Good. The third and greatly expanded edition of an early and important study of the history and literature of African Americans edited by noted educator editor and author W.E.B. Du Bois. It is almost certainly the first bibliography of African Americana compiled by an African American. This third edition was preceded by a first edition of only four pages in 1900 and a second edition of eleven pages in 1901 both published by Atlanta University in 1900. This bibliography was created and expanded by Du Bois at an early and highly productive phase of his long and distinguished career as a writer while he was researching and writing his seminal and highly-influential study THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK published in 1903. The work opens with a short preface followed by a brief breakdown of the Tenth Atlanta Conference an annual academic event focused on African-American higher education the resolutions of said conference and a "Bibliography of Bibliographies of the Negro American." These sections are followed by the main two sections of the work. The first and most substantial portion is the titular "Select Bibliography of the Negro American" which runs thirty-six pages and lists notable African-American works alphabetically by author. The second major section lists prominent African-American periodicals also alphabetically. The final few pages are addenda to the two main sections. In his Preface Du Bois calls the work "imperfect" but thought it "better to print a poor bibliography of this great subject in the hope of bettering it in future editions than to wait longer for those better situated to do the work." The dedication reads: "To Keep the Memory of Phillis Wheatley David Walker Frederick Douglass William Wells Brown George Washington Williams and Paul Laurence Dunbar the Dead Pioneers." Another dedication lists Anthony Benezet Thomas Clarkson William Lloyd Garrison Benjamin Lundy Lydia Maria Child and Harriet Beecher Stowe "whose pens were mightier than the sword." Two much shorter editions preceded the present edition - numbering four and eleven pages respectively. This expanded work provides a much deeper selection of African-American literary and historical works. Though this expanded 1905 publication is the third edition of Du Bois's groundbreaking bibliography it is still the earliest of the three bibliographies of African Americans written by African Americans listed in Work's section titled "A Bibliography of Bibliographies on the Negro in the United States." It preceded both Schomburg's BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY 1916 and Work's own NEGRO YEAR BOOK 1925. This third edition is the only edition of Du Bois's bibliography listed by Work. WORK p.632. The Atlanta University Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM56590A

‎Du Bois Cora‎

‎The People Of Alor; A Social-psychological Study Of An East Indian Island.‎

‎Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1944. 2nd . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. With analysis by Abram Kardiner and Emil Oberholzer. Illustrated with photographs. Includes index. <br/><br/> University of Minnesota Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 9007038

‎William Pene Du Bois‎

‎The Three Policemen or Young Bottsford of Farbe Island‎

‎New York: The Viking Press 1938. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1938 1st edition SIGNED BY WILLIAM PENE DU BOIS on the half-title. VG in its light green cloth with mild fading along the spine. Octavo 92 pgs. Nicely illustrated thruout by Pene Du Bois. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> The Viking Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 7233

‎PENE DU BOIS Guy‎

‎Ernest Lawson‎

‎New York: Whitney Museum 1932. hardcover. very good/poor. Ernest Lawson. Foreword by Juliana R. Force. 21 full page illustrations including a portrait of the artist. 56 pages. Short slim 4to brown cloth orange printed d.w. several large chips. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 1932. A very good copy in a poor dust wrapper.<br/><br/> American Artists Series Whitney Museum of American Art<br/><br/> Whitney Museum unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 284315

‎Du Bois W. E. Burghardt‎

‎Darkwater: The Twentieth Century Completion of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"‎

‎Washingon DC: Austin Jenkins. Manufacturing Publishers of Subscription Books. 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. Boards quite stained from water making this just a good copy slightly shaken spine faded and rubbed but it's internal problems are few chiefly a 1" start at head of front hinge. What should be of interest to the collector and librarian is the subtitle "The Twentieth Century Completion of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The first edition from Harcourt Brace and Howe carries the subtitle "Voices from within the Veil." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pp . Austin Jenkins. Manufacturing Publishers of Subscription Books hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 31516

‎Bois Thomas J. II and Bernard J. Luther.‎

‎California Groundwater and Soil Contamination: Technical Preparation and Litigation Management.‎

‎New York.: John Wiley & Sons. 1994. 1st Edition. Green leatherette gilt titles. Very good tight and unmarked slit in rear pastedown no dust jacket as issued. 25.7x18 cm. weight: 2.9 lb. John Wiley & Sons. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 291662

‎Pene du Bois 1916 1993 William‎

‎Giant Otto‎

‎New York: Viking 1936. First edition. 40 pp illustrated in color by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's illustrated boards almost fine. Signed by the author's wife Jane Bouché on ffep. First edition. 40 pp illustrated in color by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK HIS WIFE'S COPY. The first Otto book in which Otto and his master Duke leave their little French town for Africa where they fight off attacking Arabs<br/><br/>Pène du Bois married Jane Michele Bouche of Manhattan daughter of artist Louis Bouche in 1943. They later divorced. Viking unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 307810

‎Eckfeldt Jacob R. and William E. Du Bois‎

‎New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins Counterfeit Coins and Bullion; With Mint Values‎

‎Philadelphia 1850. 60 1 pp. plus plate of gold coinage. Frontispiece. 8vo. Original printed boards gilt-lettered cover with illustrations of gold coins expertly rebacked in matching paper a.e.g. Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. In a cloth clamshell case leather label. 60 1 pp. plus plate of gold coinage. Frontispiece. 8vo. Original Sample of California Gold. Included as illustrative material is a sample of genuine gold from the California mines as well as an inserted leaf illustrating California and Mormon coins in gilt. The authors were the official assayers for the Philadelphia Mint at the time of this work's publication and the book was intended as a guide for those unfamiliar with recent advances in coinage and assaying. The text includes much data regarding the recent strikes in California and devotes an entire chapter to the analysis of the quality of ore coming from California. The sample is included so that the novice can discriminate between alloyed and unalloyed gold. There is also a discussion of the coinage of various countries of the world including the TONG TSIEN of China a "trashy coin.extremely convenient for alms-giving a single piece being the usual quietus for a beggar." ".An extraordinary and colorful souvenir of the Gold Rush" - Wheat. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 67. HOWELL 50:74. STREETER SALE 2629. KURUTZ 217a. COWAN p.76 unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 100093

‎Du Bois William Pene‎

‎Gentleman Bear‎

‎New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1985. First Edition. First printing Fine In a very near fine dust jacket very light wear at edges & on flap hinge. Farrar Straus Giroux unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : TB02514

‎Pene Du Bois William‎

‎The Twenty-One Balloons‎

‎London: Robert Hale 1949. First English Edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth fine in frayed dust jacket. First English Edition. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Newberry Medal Winner. A very nice copy of the author/artist's most famous book winner of the Newberry Medal for 1948. Robert Hale unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 12652

‎Eckfeldt Jacob R. & William E Du Bois‎

‎A manual of gold and silver coins of all nations struck within the past century showing their history and legal basis and their actual weight fineness and value . to which are incorporated treatises on bullion and plate counterfeit coins . Illustrated with numerous engravings of coins executed by the metal-ruling machine and under direction of Joseph Jackson of the United States Mint‎

‎Philadelphia: published at the Assay Office of the Mint 1842. First edition 4to pp. 4 iv 1 6-220; inserted half-title printed in silver on glazed paper and 16 composite plates printed on glazed paper; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; small snag at the top of the spine and the cloth binding a little dull; the plates are all bound at the back of the volume in 4 sequential gatherings and the bulk of the plates has caused these gatherings to become extended; otherwise a complete copy with a clean text block and an interesting provenance: on the front free endpaper is the first owner's inscription "Rud. F. Kelker / April 21 1843 / bot. of Eckfeldt & Dubois / United States Mint" and on the top of the title page "Rud. F. Kelker / April 21 1843 / bot. of Eckfeldt & Dubois / United States Mint / paid $5.00." Bookplate of Rudolph F. Kelker Harrisburg Pa. A landmark work in American numismatics. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. For nearly two decades it was the only practical guide available to American coin collectors. It was also the first work to illustrate the 1804 dollar and was one of the earliest works to combine photography electrotyping and the metal rolling machine for illustrative purposes. Sabin 21787. <br/><br/> published at the Assay Office of the Mint hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 54602

‎PENE DU BOIS HENRI‎

‎Four private libraries of New York: a contribution to the history of bibliophilism in America. First series. Preface by Octave Uzanne‎

‎New York: Du Prat & Co 1892. First edition ltd. to 1000 this one of 200 printed on Japanese paper; 8vo pp. 4 119 1; 12 gravure plates 1 in color 1 facsimile; original pictorial wrappers chipped in the gutter corners else very good. With a preface by Octave Uzanne and handsomely printed at The De Vinne Press. <br/><br/> Du Prat & Co unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 26363

‎William Pene du Bois Author and Illustrator‎

‎Otto in Africa‎

‎New York: The Viking Press 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good . First printing quarto size 38 pp. William Pène du Bois' 1916-1993 demonstrates his expertise in both writing and illustrating in this charming volume; Pène du Bois won the Newbery Medal for "The Twenty-One Balloons" in 1948 and for books he illustrated he was the runner-up for the Caldecott Medal twice. Pène du Bois brings a delightful visual interpretation to stories of imaginative far-off lands with elements of science mixed with the fantasy.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full yellow cloth white decoration in the shape of a sun on the front board red lettering on the spine decorative endpapers in blue white red and gold title page in full colour with an illustration of a horn and drum illustrations on every page some in full colour some in yellow and black by Pène du Bois throughout; quarto size 10" by 7" pagination: 1-13 14-35 36-38. In a red paper dust jacket with colour illustrations on the front and rear panels white lettering on the front panel black and white lettering on the spine a description of the book with colour illustration on the front flap and a description of other books in the "Otto" series on the rear flap; the dust jacket is unclipped with the original price of $2.50 on the front flap.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; a few small spots of soiling to the front board else fine. The dust jacket is better than very good unclipped clean with bright colours spine somewhat sunned light edge wear to the head and tail of the spine and corners including a small chip out of the top of the back panel near the spine a small one-inch closed tear to the bottom of the rear panel and light toning and off-setting to the verso of the jacket .<br/><br/>___POSTAGE:  International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Viking Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : CNJWEM021

‎DU BOIS REYMOND Emil 1818 1896.‎

‎De Fibrae Muscularis Reactione Ut Chemicis Visa Est Acida. Commentatio qua ad audiendam praelectionem pro loco in facultate medica rite obtinendo Die XXVI. Mensis Martii Hora I.‎

‎Berolini:: Georgium Reimer 1859. 1859. 4to. 43 1 pp. Early plain brown wrappers. Ownership embossed stamp on title. Very good. Scarce. First Edition of the author's lecture that proved tetanized muscle yields an acid reaction. <br /><br /> "These observations may have played a part in his discovery of glycogen in muscle a few years later. Du Bois-Reymond in 1859 recorded that fresh resting muscle had a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction which changed to an acid reaction on activity or death." – Dorothy M. Needham Machina Carnis; The Biochemistry of Muscular Contraction in its Historical Development Cambridge University Press 1971 p. 41. <br /><br /> "When stimuli are thrown into muscle with sufficient rapidity contractions overtake one another sum their effects and maintain the muscle against extending forces in a position more or less of maximum contraction. Such continued contraction is called a tetanus the laws of which belong to the physics of the muscle." – Arthur Gamgee A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body . Volume 1 London 1880. <br /><br /> "Emil du Bois-Reymond is the most important forgotten intellectual of the nineteenth century. In his own time 1818–1896 du Bois-Reymond grew famous in his native Germany and beyond for his groundbreaking research in neuroscience and his provocative addresses on politics and culture." – MIT Press. <br /><br /> "When du Bois-Reymond began his investigations neurophysiologists were divided. Some followed the physician Luigi Galvani 1737–1798 in ascribing the action of nerves and muscles to vital powers of "animal electricity." Others sided with the physicist Alessandro Volta 1745–1827 in believing that the muscular contractions that Galvani observed were an artifact of electricity generated by the contact of metal with organic tissue Pera 1992; Piccolino 1998; Piccolino and Bresadola 2013. Recognizing value in both positions du Bois-Reymond solved the problem of contact electricity set forth a program of biological reduction and demonstrated the electrical nature of nerve signals. In a little less than two years- from March 1841 to January 1843- he created the discipline of electrophysiology. – Finkelstein "Mechanical neuroscience: Emil du Bois-Reymond's innovations in theory and practice." – Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 30 September 2015. <br /><br /> Bakken Books and Manuscripts of the Bakken p. 177; Haymaker Founders of Neurology pp.179-181. Georgium Reimer, 1859. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : M13100

‎Du Bois W. E. B.‎

‎In Battle for Peace: The Story of My 83rd Birthday‎

‎New York: Masses & Mainstream 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by W.E.B. Du Bois on the front free end paper. Near Fine with light fading to cloth at spine ends pencil markings in text several page corners dog-earred in a Very Good dust jacket with rubbing shallow chipping at the spine ends a short split at the top of the front flap fold two closed tears with associated creasing at the bottom of the rear panel with a mending tissue repair made from the blank verso. Signed by the author. Masses & Mainstream hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 161124009

‎Striker Fran novelized by Gaylord Du Bois‎

‎The Lone Ranger‎

‎New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good. 1st edition 2nd printing of first Lone Ranger novel with all 1st printing points except Striker on the title page first printings have Du Bois on the title page. Near fine in the correct binding with Du Bois' name on the cover and spine and a good dustjacket with chipping one large piece eaten from the spine and rubbing to the extremities. With Du Bois' name on the front and spine 14 Bar X titles on flap and only 1 Ranger title listed on back. Du Bois' name was progressively replaced everywhere by Striker's starting with the title page when Striker amended the book upon retaking control of all things Ranger. Grosset and Dunlap hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 232

‎McDonnell Robert W. and Paul G. Partington 1937 2020 W. E. B. Du Bois‎

‎W. E. B. Du Bois: A Bibliography of Writings about Him‎

‎Whittier 1989. Revised edition. Paperback. Very Good. ii 74p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. The first edition was printed in an edition of 40 copies; this is one of the 100 copies that constituted the initial printing of the revised edition. <br/><br/> paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 4047 ISBN : 0960253882 9780960253883

‎Du Bois William Edward Burghardt 1868 1963‎

‎The Quest of the Silver Fleece‎

‎Chicago: McClurg 1911. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis illustrations 434p. Grey cloth. Silver lettering. 21cm. Several ragged portions perhaps 40% in all of the jacket are present. Attractive copy of his first novel with at least some of the extremely uncommon jacket. <br/><br/> McClurg hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 69486

‎Du Bois WE. Burghardt W. E.‎

‎Black Folk Then and Now: An Essay in the History and Sociology of the Negro Race‎

‎NY: Henry Holt and Company 1940. Hardcover. Very good. Second Printing April 1940. ix 391pp index. Lengthy contemporary ink gift inscription over most of front free endpaper spine sunned with some light wear to the extremities else a very good example in publisher's blue cloth. Civil rights icon C.T. Vivian's blindstamp on title page. <br/><br/> Henry Holt and Company hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 44959

‎DU BOIS William Pene.‎

‎Otto at Sea.‎

‎NY:: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Illustrated by the author. Revised edition. Very good in a very good edge worn with several short closed - tape repaired - edge tears price clipped dust jacket. . Viking, hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 82386

‎DU BOIS THEODORA‎

‎It’s Raining Violence‎

‎London: Boardman 1950. First Edition. Ownership inscription. Trace of offsetting to the endpapers else near fine with a hint of edge wear without dust jacket. Boardman unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 11805E

‎DU BOIS‎

‎Les Lettres des Augustin‎

‎Paris: Coignard 1701. Second. hardcover. very good. Traduites en Francois. 2 volumes I and II only. Illustrated title pages. Thick 8vo full original mottled calf heavily gilt spines with burgundy leather labels crimson edges. Paris: Jean Baptiste Ciognard 1701. Second Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> Coignard unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 284027

‎ASSOCIATION TECHNIQUE INTERNATIONALE DES BOIS TROPICAUX‎

‎Nomenclature des Bois Tropicaux. I. Afrique‎

‎Nogent-sur-Marne: L'Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux 1954. hardcover. very good. Slim 4to spine rebacked in brown cloth over exotic wooden boards. Explanatory notes concerning various tables. The tables are divided into 2 main parts: I. - A list of African woods exported normally or normally exportable. II. - A list of African woods used locally or exportable in small quantities. Published by Nogent-sur-Marne: L'Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux 1954. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> L'Association Technique Internationale des Bois Tropicaux unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 270614