‎BIOGRAFIA‎

‎Kert, Bernice‎

‎Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: The Woman in the Family‎

‎New York: Random House 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author on title page. Quarter black cloth dark brown paper-covered boards gilt titles on spine & initials on front board pictorial endpapers xix 537 2 pp b & w photos notes bibliography index. Author's signature is dated 10-93. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was the wife of John D. Rockefeller Jr. his partner in philanthropy and founder of the Museum of Modern Art. Shipping weight 3 lbs. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm. Random House Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : BI00034 ISBN : 039456975X 9780394569758

‎Woolhouse, Roger‎

‎Locke: A Biography‎

‎Cambridge England et al.: Cambridge University Press 2007 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark grey boards foil titles on spine xviii 6 ff b & w plates 528 pp notes bibliography index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Against an exciting background of the English Civil War religious intolerance and bigotry anti-Government struggles and plots and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Roger Woolhouse interweaves the events of Locke's rather varied life with detailed expositions of his developing ideas in medicine theory of knowledge philosophy of science political philosophy philosophy of religion and economics." Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 12 oz. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm. Cambridge University Press Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : BI00039 ISBN : 0521817862 9780521817868

‎James, Edward T, Janet Wilson James & Paul S Boyer (Eds)‎

‎Notable American Women 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary‎

‎Cambridge MA & London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Three volumes rebound by library in black cloth with original front covers tipped onto front boards. Vol. 1: li 687 pp. Vol. 2: v 659 pp. Vol. 3: v 729 pp classified list of biographies. This is a lightly used branch library reference copy with usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp. Shipping weight 10 lbs. Later printing. . VG/No dj. 25½ X 18 cm. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : BICL00005 ISBN : 0674627342 9780674627345

‎Fleming, Donald‎

‎John William Draper and the Religion of Science‎

‎Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth gilt titles on spine and device on front board ix 205 pp frontis. b & w photo of Draper notes bibliography index. Spine sunned extremities lightly rubbed. Draper was a chemist physiologist and historian best remembered for his History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1874 History of the Intellectual Development of Europe 1863 and his three-volume History of the American Civil War 1867 1868 1870. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 22½ X 15 cm. University of Pennsylvania Press Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : SCBI00002

‎Truman, Harry S‎

‎Memoirs by Harry S. Truman Two Volumes Complete‎

‎New York: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1955. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth gilt lettering on blue panels and blue and white lettering on spines President Truman's facsimile signatures silver on covers top edges green fore-edges deckle. Vol. 1: Year of Decisions and Vol. 2: Years of Trial and Hope 1946-1952. Includes detailed index in each volume. Both volume are in virtually perfect condition with only the slightest shelf-wear unmarked tight square and clean. Both of the unclipped dust jackets now in Mylar are moderately chipped and the spines of both dust jackets are moderately sunned. NEAR FINE/GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xi i 596; xi ii 594 pp . Doubleday & Company hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 15323

‎{Samuel Johnson]; The Marquis of Lansdown (ed)‎

‎Johnson and Queeney: Letters from Dr. Johnson to Queeney Thrale from the Bowood Papers‎

‎London: Cassell & Co. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1932. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Limited Edition No. 263 of only 500 copies. Publisher's full marbled cloth gilt lettering on red label on spine t.e.g. Illustrated with 12 full-page tissue protected duotone plates. Edited with an Introduction by The Marquis of Lansdowne the 3rd Marquis known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809 he was one of the most influential Whig politicians of the first half of the 19th century. In a ministerial career spanning over fifty years he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1806 to 1807 as Home Secretary from 1827 to 1828 as Lord President of the Council from 1830 to 1834 1835 to 1841 and 1846 to 1852 and as Minister without Portfolio from 1852 to 1858. He twice declined to become Prime Minister and in 1857 refused the offer of a dukedom from Queen Victoria. . Spine and edges very lightly worn else fine; unmarked tight square and clean. NEAR FINE. . Duotone engravings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 64 pp . Cassell & Co. hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 29771

‎Marquand, David‎

‎Ramsay Macdonald‎

‎Jonathan Cape Ltd 1977. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1400grams ISBN:0224012959 Jonathan Cape Ltd hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 9983197 ISBN : 0224012959 9780224012959

‎Hunt, RW R W‎

‎The Schools and the Cloister: The Life and Writings of Alexander Nequam 1157-1217‎

‎Oxford Clarendon Press 1984. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:0198223986 Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 9982585 ISBN : 0198223986 9780198223986

‎Landon, H C Robbins (ed)‎

‎The Mozart Compendium: A Guide to Mozart's Life and Music‎

‎NY: Schirmer Reference / Macmillan. As New in As New dust jacket. 1990. First American Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. 0028713214 . Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over white boards silver lettering on spine. Includes 30 B&W illustrations. Copy of 1991 review laid in. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket now in Mylar are in perfect pristine condition; unread unmarked tight square and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 452 pp . Schirmer Reference / Macmillan hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 29799 ISBN : 0028713214 9780028713212

‎DeMont, John‎

‎Citizens Irving: K.C. Irving and His Legacy - The Story of Canada's Wealthiest Family‎

‎Canada: Doubleday 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 253 pages. Index. Footnotes. "Sheds fresh light on this secretive 92-year-old known simply as K.C. who has emerged victorious over small competitors faced down multinational oil companies and battled provincial and federal governments in his drive for weath and power." - from dust jacket. Light wear. Prior owners's details upon front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. A quality copy. Doubleday Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 115c8468 ISBN : 0385253133 9780385253130

‎Carpenter, Jock‎

‎Fifty Dollar Bride: Marie Rose Smith - A Chronicle of Metis life in the 19th Century‎

‎Hanna Alberta: Gorman & Gorman Ltd. Good. 1988. Second Printing. Paperback. 0888260709 . "Marie Rose Smith 1861-1960 was born at Fort Garry into a Metis family which followed the buffalo hunted made pemmican and traded. She married a Scandinavian Charley Smith at age sixteen and they raised seventeen children on the Jughandle ranch near Lethbridge. Her story provides fascinating and authentic insights into pioneer prairie life." - back cover. 149 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Footnotes. Two-page family tree diagram. Clean tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound example of this fascinating prairie biography. Strathern 3467.; Cover; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Metis - Canada - biography Marie Rose Smith Jughandle Ranch . Gorman & Gorman Ltd. paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 442j1258 ISBN : 0888260709 9780888260703

‎[Edmonton Bulletin]; Manning, Ernest‎

‎Aberhart - Manning: Social Credit In Alberta‎

‎Liverpool U.K.: K.R.P. Publications. Very Good. 1943. First Edition Thus. Paperback. "A contemporary account of the life of the late Premier of Alberta leader of the world's first Social Credit Government with a public declaration of policy by his successor in office the Hon Ernest Manning 11th June 1943 reprinted by permission of the Edmonton Bulletin in whose pages appeared these two documents concerning the fight for Social Credit in Alberta." - front cover. Informative twenty-four page stapled booklet in green card covers. Full-page black and white photo portraits of Aberhart and Manning. Clean tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Faint evidence of label removal front front cover. A quality example of this important Socred memento.; 12mo . K.R.P. Publications paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 721j1329

‎Renouf, Vera Gregory [VG] (Signed) V G‎

‎Forfeit to War‎

‎Canada: Trafford Publishing. Good. 2002. Second Printing. Paperback. 1553691539 . Signed and briefly inscribed by author upon title page. "The story of a group of English school-friends whose teenage years are forfeit to a war that would last six years. Catapulted by necessity from childhood to adulthood they abandon their Guide and Scout troops and become Military cadets. One by one they achieve military service age and go to war." - back cover. 369 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Small address label atop title page. Average wear. Binding intact. ; 8vo; Signed by Author . Trafford Publishing paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 161j1379 ISBN : 1553691539 9781553691532

‎Hamilton, Angus (Signed)‎

‎For King and Country - The Memoirs of a Radar Mechanic in the RCAF/RAF During World War II‎

‎Fredericton New Brunswick: ACH Publishing. Very Good. 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 1999501101 . Signed and briefly inscribed by author atop first blank leaf. Signed and dated by author upon title page. This memoir describes: Being in on the secrets of radar the leading technology of the time; The author's wartime travels from southern Ontario to the British Isles to India via South Africa from India to Ceylon/Sri Lanka and to China; Tropical diseases - jaundice/hepatitis malaria and dysentery; the author's coming of age; the war story. "Challenges the romantic notions of combat that movies television novels and other memoirs have put forward as the 'true' nature of war." - Bryan McClure. xii 243 pages. Index glossary bibliography colour illustrations. Clean and tight with light wear. A quality signed example.; 8vo; Signed by Author . ACH Publishing paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 161j1378 ISBN : 1999501101 9781999501105

‎Lucas, Gail (Editor)‎

‎Innisfil Ontario Veterans - Their Lives And Memories‎

‎Innisfil Ontario: Innisfil Historical Society. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969321538 . "Created to honour and thank the veterans of Innisfil Ontario including those who were born here those who worked here and those who have moved here." - Foreword. Signed and inscribed by Veteran Albert "Bert" Hogg by his entry on page 186. Mr. Hogg's Veteran's business card is laid-in. "The first and largest section - and the one that gives the book its title - is the Veterans section which contains stories of the men and women who donned uniforms during times of conflict as well as in times of peace. The second section includes the experiences of Innisfil residents who took on the role of war workers during World War II. It also includes stories of some of the many young women who came ot Canada as War Brides primarily from Great Britain and Holland. And of course there are the memories of those who can recall what it was like for them as children when the war was raging in Europe and in the years that followed." - Introduction. x 466 pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. No dust jacket presumably as issued. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality example of this encyclopedic reference.; Illustrations; 4to; Signed by Contributor . Innisfil Historical Society hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 622j1430 ISBN : 0969321538 9780969321538

‎Heal, SC S C‎

‎The Loose Cannon - From Deckhand to Captain to the Executive Suite‎

‎Canada: C.B. Fine. 2008. First Edition. Paperback. 189559040X . "The Gulf of Georgia Towing Company from its establishment in 1922 was a successful and durable company serving the basic transportation needs of British Columbia's coastal sawmill industry delivering sawn lumber from the mills to ship's side where it was loaded aboard tramp steamers for delivery around the world. Weaving through the account is the personal story of Ed Taylor seaman master afloat and sales director ashore so that this account of the man and the company and its ships intertwine so much as to be inseparable." - back cover. 172 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread.; 8vo . C.B. paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 527j1228 ISBN : 189559040X 9781895590401

‎CHARLES FORD HAMMILL, LT‎

‎1914 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH NAVIGATION OFFICER SOON TO BE IN THE MOST NOTED NAVAL BATTLE OF THE WAR‎

‎Royal Navy Britain England United Kingdom. Good with no dust jacket. 1914. On offer is a fascinating literary relic from a ship that was involved in one of the great Naval battles of World War One kept by a lieutenant who would fight on this very ship in the significant Battle of Jutland. The journal is entitled Navigating Officer's Note Book. The owners name is not on the book just his ship. Research suggests that it belonged to Lieutenant Charles Hammill RN 1891-1980. This is the normal rank for a Navigating Officer and there are several other journals kept by Hammill that are extant. The notebook contains a number of sections showing Hammill’s trajectory as he trained for his role on the HMS Colossus. First is several pages of notes from Seamanship classes spanning February 1914 to August 1915. It opens with a list of names – likely class members. That is followed with a listing of topics studied and the hours spent on each: Splicing wire knots and splices lead line rules of the road anchors etc. Over the time period of February 16 through Oct 26 1914 he lists the various topics he has to study. The next section of the notebook contains handwritten details of the HMS Colossus: “Colossus – Particulars of Ship…Length between perpendiculars – 510 ft…Length Exterior – 546 ft.Breadth – 55 ft…Displacement 27 ft draught – 20000 tons…Fully loaded – 30 ft 6 in – 20300 tons…Horse Power – 25000 hp…” and the list continues for 10 pages. He makes six pages of notes about the various lines on board there are no ropes on a ship. He also discusses and provides definitions related to one of the most important books on board – the deck log: “The Deck Log Supplied for registering everything that happens on ship. Kept up-to-date by Officer Of Watch under Navigating Officer. Two logs in use. Fair and Rough. Fair kept by Navigating Officer. Rough kept in gangway by Quartermaster. In front pages you will find the following tables for registering the state of weather state of sea and force of wind…. ”What follows is a list of abbreviations that the Royal Navy used to record that information. He also notes the rules for operating various things on the ship with headings such as “Rules of the Road” “Fog Signals” “Fog Horn” “Collision Mat ” and a section describing all the rooms on the ship. This is a fine piece of naval history. A naval historian would find its description of training a useful piece of corroboration. A collector of militaria would appreciate that this notebook was most likely carried into one of the great naval battles of WWI. BIO NOTES AND HISTORY: In the run-up to WWI the Royal Navy constructed a number of new massive battleships. Named after the first such ships these 'dreadnoughts' revolutionized big-ship construction with their emphasis on size massive armament and steam propulsion. HMS Colossus was the lead ship of her class of two dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy 575 feet long she displaced nearly 24 000 tonnes. Her main armament consisted of 10 12-inch guns plus many more secondary and specialized weapons. Charles Ford Hammill was attached to Colossus as a Lieutenant. He came from a naval family where both his father and his brother served as Royal Navy officers both in time being promoted to Captain. Born in 1891 he joined the Royal Navy in 1905 as a midshipman. As a midshipman he kept a journal that was full of notes and drawings. After being commissioned he was at some point transferred to HMS Colossus. One of the great naval battles of WWI was the Battle of Jutland. In an attempt to lure out and destroy a portion of the British Grand Fleet the German High Seas Fleet composed of sixteen dreadnoughts six pre-dreadnoughts and supporting ships sortied early on the morning of May 31st 1916. The two fleets numbered 250 ships between them. In the ensuing battle Colossus engaged several German warships receiving very light damage. Fourteen British and eleven German ships sank with great loss of life. Although both sides claimed victory Britain's long-term goal of bottling up the German fleet was successful as they never sortied again. This book measures 6.25 inches by 4 inches and contains 164 pages. It is about 50% complete. The Journal was issued for the use of Junior Officers by the Royal Navy. The covers are a brown/maroon cloth over marbled boards. The pages are faintly lined. The style is flip-top. Both the covers and the pages are in good condition. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; 164 pages; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; BRITAIN; EARLY 20TH CENTURY; 1910S; FIRST WORLD WAR; GREAT WAR; BRITISH NAVY; HMS COLOSSUS; BATTLE OF JUTLAND; LT. CHARLES FORD HAMMILL; TYNTE FORD HAMMILL; ANNE SCHOMBERG; DREADNOUGHTS; ROYAL NAVY; BRITISH GRAND FLEET; GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET; SEAMANSHIP CLASSES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; MARITIME HISTORY; NAVAL HISTORY; ROYAL NAVY; MILITARIA; NAVAL BATTLES; ROYAL NAVY ABBREVIATIONS; BRITISH NAVAL CAPTAINS; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL 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 PAPEL . hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0008227

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1859 Diary of a Young Ohio Woman Who Takes on the Planting At the Family Farm Socializes and Travels around the Region‎

‎Ohio United States. Fair with no dust jacket. 1859. Softcover. On offer is a very detailed diary written by a mystery woman living and working planting fruits and veggies on a farm near Oberlin Ohio in the mid-19th century. The author of this diary is unknown. From context we can determine that she is a young woman living and working on her family’s farm. Her passion is for planting and she talks of it regularly. A treat at the back of the diary in the Memoranda section is her notes about her annual planting listing the peaches grown on each tree the types of pear and apple trees and their locations on the farm her raspberry yields and more. While our author uses the first names of her family and friends regularly she never names herself and there are not enough clues to find her. Despite the mystery our diarist does a tremendous job of describing the life of a young woman who has embraced her role on the family farm and her young adult social life. Her entries are detailed and quite full. She writes well about daily life planting farm tasks travels friends and family. These excerpts will give the flavour of the rich detail contained within the diary: “Weather warm. Sun shines like spring. Last Saturday broke chain I was making. Lorain went up to Adamses to hire out and William was here too to get him. Mr Cawls here wants to get the Theological department in Oberlin endowed. John is back here to work today” Feb 22. “Mr. Finley and his wife came here this forenoon stayed til forwards night. Margaret went home with them. There is a drunken coot of a young man after Sarah and they don’t like it. Mrs. Alrop here” Apr 28. "Very warm some wind Feel bad as girls caught some cold. I was out showing Uncle Mills about planting some corn and beans. The wind blowed some. We took a ride at night to town. Showed him the place" May 4. “Cold and I have sat in the house all day by the fire wind blows and rained last night somewhere I guess but not here yet. Commenced taking yesterday. I up my dinner owing to drinking home made beer” May 19. “Cool and windy need fire. Feel pretty well today. Had radishes and lettuce for first time. Mr. Long and William came up here. THey brought me a couple of that’s red and yellowish. Sirens in town today” May 20. “Cleared off warm in afternoon. Lydia Mary Anna Frisbee and Lofy went on the noon train for Oberlin. Father made quite a fuss to get off and the got there ½ an hour too soon. I had green peas for dinner and picked some cranberries. Mr Lond brought me some ripe cherries” June 1. “Rather cold ground is froze some. Father has gone to Fremont on a special jury. Mother got some cuttings of house plants at Mrs. Lords. Mary Ann got a package from She sent me some chocolate” Oct 10. For a social historian this diary offers a very good look inside the daily life of a farm family from the perspective of a young woman immediately prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. This diary measures approximately 4.75x3.0 inches and contains 122 pages plus memoranda. It is about 80% complete. The covers are in good condition with some evidence of wear along the edges. The binding is intact and the pages are in good condition. The handwriting is generally legible. Overall Fair to Good. ; Manuscripts; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 122 pages . paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0012244

‎E B Fryde‎

‎William De La Pole: Merchant and King's Banker 1366‎

‎Hambledon Press 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:0907628354 Hambledon Press hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 9898413 ISBN : 0907628354 9780907628354

‎Newell Moulton Varney‎

‎1885 Diary of a Maine Farmer Ferrier and Carpenter Sick with a Respiratory Illness Working through the Pain and Travelling West for Relief That Would Not Come‎

‎Maine New England Usa Florida. Good with no dust jacket. 1885. Softcover. On offer is an outstanding chronicle of a year in the difficult life of a hardworking husband and father coping with a debilitating lung illness while trying to keep things going for his family. The author of the diary is Newell Moulton Varney 1831-1888. Varney was born in Tamworth New Hampshire and later moved to Sumner Maine. He was the son of Rueben H. Varney and Sophia F Moulton Varney In 1856 he was married to Lydia Cushman Bonney 1831-1922 and they raised a family of nine children though only eight survived infancy. Varney was a farmer a farrier and a carpenter. He worked his farm shod many many oxen and worked at constructing buildings and repairing equipment. Through it all his health was failing. He suffered from lung disease terribly and that is likely what caused his early demise in 1888. Varney was active in his community and often attended town meetings and was a member of the Grange – a national farmers organization and secret society structured along the lines of the Masonic Order. Varney kept his diary every day from February 6 1885 to December 31 1885. Tipped into the diary is a letter dated May 1883 and some newspaper cut outs. Varney has noted his financial transactions from Feb to Dec of 1885 in detail at the back of the diary. There is also a funeral home receipt for one of Varney’s children Lydia Jennie Heald who died in 1965 indicating that this diary likely came from her estate. Varney’s diary depicts his lived experience in well-written detail: “Clarra Bonney died this morning. Lydia is over there staid all day the travelling is bad. I worked in the shop a little today” Feb 12. “I have felt nearly sick all day my lungs are feeling very bad hard work to breath the weather cleared off some time in the night and blew a gale froze up hard blew all day. I have tried to boil sap today but it is a slow job on account of the wind. I have got all of the sap into the pails tonight at ten o’clock. Cora and Jennie have been gone all day and have not got home yet the clock gone struck ten P. M. While I am writing W Robinson was here and took dinner today stoped two or three hours” Apr 9. “I sold my oxen today for one hundred and forty seven dollars to some men by the name of B went up to Bassetts and done 3/4 of a days work it is quite warm today two men here last night and their horse also the same men that bought the oxen I set one shoe on the oxen for them. I saw Asia Riokes up to Bassetts today” Sept 4. "Mat and wife were here today. I am nearly used up today. Been spitting blood all day. My lungs are very sore." Nov 11. “I carried the children to school and then went over to Ed Boukers and got 60 bricks that belonged to Ford built up the back of the sitting room chimney shod Charles Bonney’s horse and mended his wagon spring Dr. Reid took dinner with us today” Nov 25. By December his health had failed to the extent that he decided to travel south to see if the warmer climate would help him. His entries during the trip are detailed and paint a very vivid picture of his journey. He was not happy with what he found in the South. Some excerpts: “I am waiting for Mat to come and take me to the depot to take the 9 o'clock train to bear me away from home and friends and all that I hold dear on this earth for the purpose of gaining my health in Florida if it is God's will. My heart is sad & can't help the tears from streaming down my cheeks. Got started and got to Portland at eight. Went over to boat and got state room. Went to bed but did not sleep. We started for Boston at night. Got soup and coffee and went up on Fulton St. And I was sick on the boat. Bisbee who went with him vomited some” Dec 23. “I am not well today. My lungs are feeling bad. Cough nearly as bad as when at home. My boarding place is a dirty place for a northern man. It will do for the southern element. The food is poor and half cooked at that. The tea and coffee muddy & the milk so thin that you could see through it is it was clean. I have travelled the city. Went all over to find a decent place within my means. Have found a room but have got to go out for my meals. I took my supper in a negro restaurant. It appears to be neat but the food is so different from home that it is hard work to eat it” Dec 30. He returned home. Three years later Varney passed away of what was possibly tuberculosis. For a historian especially one researching rural life in America in the late 19th century this diary is an excellent window into that world. It is detailed and well-written. For a genealogist it offers many references to local people in this small closely-knit communityMeasuring 6x3.5 inches this diary contains 365 pages. It is about 87% complete. The cover shows some wear but is in otherwise good condition as is the binding and spine. The pages are in good condition as well and the handwriting is quite legible. Overall G. ; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; Signed by Author . paperback‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 0011124

‎Carey, E‎

‎Memoir of William Carey‎

‎Jackson and Walford 1836. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Rebound in green cloth binding gilt lettering on backstrip edge of preface page has been cut of so not all text is visible tightly bound age toned text clean Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN: Jackson and Walford hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 8006476

‎Roberts, Shirley‎

‎The Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine: Sophia Jex-Blake: A Woman Pioneer in Nineteenth-Century Medical Reform‎

‎Routledge 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:9780415087537 Routledge hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 9896726 ISBN : 0415087538 9780415087537

‎McKinstry, Byron N‎

‎The California Gold Rush Overland Diary of Byron N. McKinstry 1850-1852‎

‎Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clark 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. photogravures. Small 4to 401pp. red cloth; clear tape repair to top panel of dj. <br/><br/>Inscribed "To my very good friend and / fellow Westerner ." and signed by Bruce L.McKinstry. Laid in is a printed memorial of McKinstry's burial in 1978. Foreword by Ray Allen Billington. Issued as no. 10 in the American Trails Series. "Diary exceptional on its own account for the thoroughness of overland coverage penetrating observations of human character and trail geography and a felicitous literary style. It becomes a classic through interpolations of grandson Bruce who spent twenty-four seasons retracing every foot of Byron's route - Mattes 894." Townley THE TRAIL WEST p.99; "This well-done book is engrossing - Mintz THE TRAIL 321. Arthur H. Clark hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 240423

‎Jahn, Otto; Townsend, Pauline D (translator) ; Grove, George (preface)‎

‎LIFE OF MOZART - THREE VOLUMES‎

‎Cooper Square Publishers 1970. 1970 reprint of 1891 edition Vol. One. 431pp Vol. Two. 478pp Vol. Three. 443pp charcoal gray cloth bindings pink painted spine labels with titles in gold and surrounded by gold decoration faint rubbing at spine ends and corner tips address labels removed from front end pages VG portrait frontispieces footnotes many examples of music quotes from letters appendices list of Mozart's works index four fold-out pages with facsimiles of composition and writing styles biography of Mozart and his family detailed history of his music compositions travels and performances . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jackets. Cooper Square Publishers Hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : w140617341 ISBN : 0815403437 9780815403432

‎Ford, Gov Thomas; Milo Milton Quaife (ed)‎

‎A History of Illinois from its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 Two Volumes Complete‎

‎Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1945-6. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth gilt lettering on spines gilt medallion and borders on covers fore-edges deckle t.e.g. Illustrated with large color fold-out maps and additional fold-out B&W maps and tissue-protected sepia frontispieces. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. First published in Chicago in 1854 by S. C. Griggs & Co. this history by a former governor of Illinois is noted for its coverage of such events as the Black Hawk War early Mormon history including the death of Joseph Smith and the murder of abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy in Alton Illinois. Volume One was published in 1945 and Volume Two was published in 1946. . Spines only mildly rubbed some foxing on fore-edge of Vol. 1 only else fine. NEAR FINE. . The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 43-44. Color and B&W fold-out maps. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. xliii 374; xi 371 pp . The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons hardcover‎

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