HOWARD LANE BLACKWELL
1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF FUTURE 3-DEGREE HARVARD PROFESSOR AND LECTURER IN PHYSICS
CAMBRIDGE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MASS. Poor. 1897. On offer is an original 1897 manuscript diary handwritten by noted Harvard graduate Howard Lane Blackwell b.1876 d.1965 who writes in an undated journal 105 hand-numbered pages of financial notes and then a personal narrative beginning March 28th1898 and is tell tale of much to come: "3:30 pm with Miss Chandler Sarah E. to Fresh Pond bicycling Bald horse-back rider! She to reception of Seniors to Radcliffe." The writings show a very intelligent young man who is very much into bicycling and thoroughly in the Radcliffe college scene including the music club. Concerts sports and riding our author includes bar music complex mathematical formulae to enhance the narrative. He notes going to Payson Hill Reservoir that his cousin addresses the Immanuel Club of Radcliffe rehearsing the play La Bourre a party at Miss Fleagles part of Lasalle seminary and much much more. BIO NOTES: He earned three degrees from Harvard: A.B. 1899 A.M. 1900 and Ph.D. in Physics 1905. He was appointed to a one year fellowship in Physics in 1906. After that he was comptroller of Harvard 1906 - 1910 lecturer in Physics 1918 and organizer of the Memorial Hall Dining Association. Later he carried on his father's real estate interests. His wife Helen Thomas was the sister of Gertrude F. Thomas writer and poet. The book is in awful shape the cover falling apart but present but all pages present. Overall Poor.; English Language; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SCHLESINGER LIBRARY HOWARD LANE BLACKWELL HARVARD MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON CAMBRIDGE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL AMERICANA PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES JOURNALS LOG LOGS AMERICANA antiquit� contrat v�lin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antig�edad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown
Référence libraire : 00MV185D
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Howard Linecar
Beginner's Guide to Coin Collecting
Pelham 1967 "Written to help those who would take an interest in coin collecting to appreciate correctly its various facets." Tidy copy with two library stamps. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pelham hardcover
Référence libraire : 017690
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Howard Linecar
Coin & Medal Collecting for Pleasure and Profit
Pelham 1971 "Coins and medals are always a good though frequently long term investment provided certain well-tried rules of collecting are followed. This book sets out these rules." Near fine copy. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pelham hardcover
Référence libraire : 019849
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Howard Linecar
Coins and Medals
Hamlyn 1971 Near mint condition bar some bumps to spine. The development of coins from their beginnings as crude blobs of metal how coins should be cared for and housed and where the enthusiast may find his coins. . Soft Cover. Fine. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Hamlyn paperback
Référence libraire : 006187
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Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
The Great Sebastians
New York: Random House 1956. The Fireside Theatre Edition of the well known play. Jacket shows minor wear to edges three cornered tear 2" long at left front in the hinge near the top otherwise excellent. Signed by Lindsay AND Crouse on the front flyleaf. Illus with B&W photos from the play. Orig B/C brochure included. Signed by Author. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Gray Cloth. Fine/Good. Random House Hardcover
Référence libraire : 002291
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Howard M. Chapin
Contributions to Rhode Island Bibliography No. IV List of Roger Williams' Writings
Providence R. I.: Preston & Rounds. Fair. 1918. Pamphlet. A list of the writings of Roger Williams which were unpublished at the time of his death listed chronologically. 7 pages. Heavy soiling and staining to covers. There is a large chip to the lower front outside corner. Light chipping to top edge front cover. There is light damp staining an inch wide along the bottom edges all pages and up the inside hinges. Previous owner has yellow highlighted 2 lines and underlined in blue pen 2 others. The inside hinges have been repaired. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Pamphlet. . Preston & Rounds unknown
Référence libraire : 048151
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Howard Monroe Raymond B. S.
Modern Shop Practice
Chicago Ill.: American Technical Society 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Copyright date is 1929 edition not stated black leather like cover with gold lettering and design on the spine some soiling to the covers wear along the edges on the groove and coner tips no tears or bent pages previous owners name on the inside title page NO JACKET shelf wear to the edges and to the spine is moderate illustrated with over two thousand engravings including blueprints and machine schmaticsa few finger smudges on the page edges bright clean text with a tight binding a solid book. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall American Technical Society hardcover
Référence libraire : 002165
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HOWARD T. WALDEN II
UPSTREAM AND DOWN Leather
LYON MS: DERRYDALE PRESS 1993. Book. Illus. by MILTON C. WEILER. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. HUNTER GREEN FULL LEATHER BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING AND DECORATION. ALL EDGES GILT. PASTED ON PICTURE AT BOOK FRONT. PICTORIAL END PAPERS. 367 PAGES. SOME FAINT SCRATCHING TO OUTSIDE PAGE EDGE GILTING ELSE BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. DERRYDALE PRESS. 1993 LIMITED TO 2500. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. DERRYDALE PRESS Hardcover
Référence libraire : A1041-1A
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Howard W A Linecar
Coins
Ernest Benn 1967 In the Practical Handbooks for Collectors series. Deals with the coinage of England and traces the historical background of the development of coinage from early British tin money to the present day." Also covers Roman Greek Empire and American coinage. Very slight fading to orange cloth covers but jacket is complete and in near fine condition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ernest Benn hardcover
Référence libraire : 014050
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Howard Weinstein
The Covenant of the Crown Star Trek No 4
NY: Pocket Books. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0671833073 . Size : 4 by 7 inches Pages 191 Condition; The book has light wear minor readers creases and light toning to paper. A tight clean copy in very good collectible condition. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 191 pages . Pocket Books paperback
Référence libraire : 047571 ISBN : 0671833073 9780671833077
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Howard Zimmerman
1981 Starlog No. 53 Heart Beeps SF Fantasy Art
NY: O'Quinn Studios. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1981. Single Issue magazine. Contents include: Heartbeeps Gene Winfield Greatest American Hero Ray Bradbury The 10th Planet SF/Fantasy Art Patrick Macnee Special Effects and much much more. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Magazine. ; Photos & Drawings . O'Quinn Studios unknown
Référence libraire : 032437
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Howard Zimmerman
A Vintage Issue of Starlog Magazine for October 1982
NY: O'Quinn Studios. Fine. 1982. Single Issue magazine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. ; Contents include: E. T. The Extraterrestrial Scoring Star Trek II Leonard Nimoy Spock Speaks Android Blade Runner Kurt Russell Beast master and much much more.; Photos & Drawings .<br /><br />Magbx 2 O'Quinn Studios
Référence libraire : 032446
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Howard Zimmerman editor
Future the Magazine of Science Adventure #7 January 1979
New York: Future Magazine Inc. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1979. Single Issue magazine. Contents include: Interview with A. E. Van Vogt Star Hawks Science Fiction Awards Earth invades the Solar System Realtime- Lasers Buck Rogers on TV Spaceship San Diego The Brothers Hildebrandt Weather Control Technology Careers in Space and much more. Light wear 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Magazine.; Photographs & Drawings . Future Magazine, Inc. unknown
Référence libraire : 047449
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Howard Zimmerman editor
Starlog No. 44 March
NY: O'Quinn Studios. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1981. Single Issue magazine. Contents include: Altered States Bob Balaban Incredible Shrinking Woman SF Films in Production Saturn Part 1 Condorman The Fantastic Art of walter Velez Flash Gordon Interview Mike Hodges and much much more. Light wear a few small smudges to front cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine. ; Photos & Drawings .<br /><br />Magbx 2 O'Quinn Studios
Référence libraire : 032436
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Howarth E.. Ed.
Museums Association; Report of Proceedings; Tenth Annual General Meeting; 1899
London: Dulau & Co. 1900 Maroon cloth on boards. Interior very good and clean. Covers spotted and faded. Proceedings of the second 10-year meeting of the Museum Association in Brighton reporting 64 members. Papers included: Natural History; School Children; Insect Case; Living Plants; Archaeological Evidences; Marine Animals; Birds; Art Student; and Mappin Art Gallery. 148 pp. plus ads. First. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dulau & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 010708
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Howarth O. J. R.
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: A RETROSPECT 1831-1931.
The Association 1931. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. No dust jacket. Bookplate. Previous owners annotations/highlighting. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #3210372</p> The Association hardcover
Référence libraire : 3210372
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Howarth William L
The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau
Columbus OH: Ohio State University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 408 pp. A volume in the series "Calendars of American Literary Manuscripts" Foreword by Joseph Katz . Ohio State University Press hardcover
Référence libraire : BOOKS023530I
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Howarth, Patrick.
The Year is 1851
256 p. illus., ports. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Howatch Susan
Cashelmara
New York: Simon & Schuster 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Richard Clifton-Dey jacket painting. New York: Simon & Schuster 1974. Book Club Edition. An epic novel. 692 pages. Dustjacket has a small tear at bottom edge and is chipped at top edge. Three small tears to top edge of front cover. Dark blue covers show minor wear. Decorated endpapers. Interior pages clean with a good binding. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Richard Clifton-Dey jacket painting. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Simon & Schuster hardcover
Référence libraire : 001990
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HOWATCH SUSAN
SINS OF THE FATHERS
New York NY U.S.A.: SIMON & SCHUSTER AUDIOWORKS 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST PRINT. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. CREAM JACKET. SIMON & SCHUSTER. 1980 1ST PRINT. 608 PPS. V.G./NEARLY V.G. D/J EDGES DARKENED. BOOK IS CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. SIMON & SCHUSTER AUDIOWORKS Hardcover
Référence libraire : W417 ISBN : 0671254634 9780671254636
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Howcroft Wilbur G
Bushman Who Laughed Again The
Richmond VIC Australia: Hutchinson of Australia 1983. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket first edition 256gms 117 pages. This book is a miscellany of outback observations yarns anecdotes fables bush ballads and buffoonery all with a distinct Australian flavour and disposition. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Dust jacket is in good condition with light shelf wear and mild fading to the spine otherwise no other pre-loved markings. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good/Good. Illus. by Lindesay Vane. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Hutchinson of Australia Hardcover
Référence libraire : AUST139 ISBN : 0091483905 9780091483906
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Howden J. R.
The Boys' Book of Railways
Grant Richards 1909. 1st. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. Edition: 1st. No dust jacket. Decorative cover. Some pages are detached but present. <p><i><strong>Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. </strong></i> <br/><br/>Bookbarn International Inventory #2402598</p> Grant Richards hardcover
Référence libraire : 2402598
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Howe Bea
Antiques from the Victorian Home
Spring Books 1989. A fine oversized hardcover with a fine dust jacket. Clean and bright. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Spring Books Hardcover
Référence libraire : 2COL0488 ISBN : 0600562794 9780600562795
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Howe Bea.
Antiques from the Victorian Home.
London: Spring Books 1989. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition in Fine jacket. 232 pp.; 4to; cloth in dust jacket; black-and-white photos reproductions line drawings throughout. Spring Books hardcover
Référence libraire : 2099
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Howe Ellic and Waite Harold E
The London Society Of Compositors: A Centenary History SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY ROBERT WILLIS SECRETARY LTC
London: Cassell 1948. NrF/VG. First edition in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY ROBERT WILLIS Secretary of the London Society of Compositors without dedication on half-title page. Signing reads 'Kindest regards/Robert Willis'. A well-researched and authoritative history of the London Society of Compositors including a history of the London printing trade from 1476 to 1810. With Appendices and Indexes. D/w has few short edge tears longest 18mm; some age tanning to d/w spine; else a near fine copy in a very good d/w of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY ROBERT WILLIS. D/w now protected by a detachable non-adhesive clear sheaf. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cassell Hardcover
Référence libraire : 13664
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Howe Ellic
A list of London bookbinders 1648-1815
London: Bibliographical Society 1950. 8vo pp. xxxviii 105 1; original linen-backed boards lettered in black on spine; fine. <br/><br/> Bibliographical Society hardcover books
Référence libraire : 51166
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Howe Elvon Ed
Rocky Mountain Empire
Garden City NY: Doubleday 1950. 272 pp. Dw has a couple of closed tears and light rubbing. Articles from the Denver Post. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Doubleday Hardcover
Référence libraire : 3854
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Howe Fanny
Bronte Wilde
Avon Books 1976. First printing. Inscribed "To Harry and Michael." Shelfwear to cover aging to paper else near fine. Scarce. 153 pp. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book. Avon Books paperback
Référence libraire : 758
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Howe Fanny
Forty Whacks
Houghton Mifflin Co. 1969. First printing stated. Inscribed on ffep to first Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish and his first wife. Orange cloth gilt titles orange topstain. Author has since become a celebrated award-winning poet and author of various experimental writings. Book very good with a bit of edge soil. DJ also very good with sunning to spine a few spots. Very rare title even more so signed. 195 pp. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Houghton Mifflin Co. Hardcover
Référence libraire : 15613
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Howe Fanny
Report from Saigon
Artists Against Racism & the War 1968. Poem on broadside approx. 9-1/2 x 12-1/2. Signed at bottom. Near fine. Rare. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Book. Artists Against Racism & the War Paperback
Référence libraire : 5756
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Howe Frederic C. ; PhD. h. D.
The Land and the Soldier
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1919. . 196 pagesxi.The maroon cloth binding is bright solid square clean and complete.The gilt title lettering on the spine is bright and crisp.There are two black check marks on this otherwise "Fine" binding one on the spine and one on the upper left corner of the front cover. Price on FFendpaper otherwise the text is complete sharp and unmarked. The subject matter of this book is how to reintroduce and reassimilate the returning soldier home from Europe after The Great War World War I. A timely book. First Edition "Published March 1919". Cloth with Gilt SP Title. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Référence libraire : 873
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Howe Gerald
Of the Making of Cxxv Books--a Publisher's Bibliography
London: gerald Howe 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG thin 12mo boards/vellum spine--reasons behind selecting books publsihed by Howe with various interesting publisher facts a good bibliography of the series from 3/1926 f/o bp on pastedown. gerald Howe Hardcover
Référence libraire : 77782
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Howe Irving
World of Our Fathers
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket-price clipped with some minor frays and browning at edges-isbn: 0151463530. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Hardcover
Référence libraire : 101557 ISBN : 0151463530 9780151463534
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Howe James V.
The Modern Gunsmith Volume II
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1954. Very Good/Very Good minus DJ. 12mo = 7-9". Black and cream mottled hard covers with silver printing on spine and silver design on front cover. "A Guide for the Amateur and Professional Gunsmith in the Design and Construction of Firearms with Practical Suggestions for All Who Like Guns." Volume II contains a 68 page supplement giving latest developments. B/w illustrations throught text. Bumping on corners and spine. Very clean with tight binding. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover
Référence libraire : NF39156
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Howe James V.
The Modern Gunsmith Volume 1
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company 1954. Very Good/Very Good DJ. 8vo = over 9". Black and cr�me design on front hard covers with silver printing on spine and silver design on front cover. Revised edition. "A Guide for the Amateur and Professional Gunsmith in the Design and Construction of Firearms with Practical Suggestions for All Who Like Guns." Very clean with tight binding. DJ is worn on creases and has some wear marks on front and back covers. Funk & Wagnalls Company hardcover
Référence libraire : NF39155
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HOWE JOHN fourth Lord Chedworth 1754 1804
NOTES UPON SOME OF THE OBSCURE PASSAGES IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. With Remarks Upon The Explanations And Amendments Of The Commentators Of 1785 1790 And 1793. By the Late Right Hon. John Lord Chedworth.
London: William Bulmer and Co. 1805. First Edition . Original blue grey Paperboard. Very Good. 8vo. 8vo. 2 375 1p. Original boards backstrip repaired uncut and unopened. Printed by Howe's solicitors to prove his sanity. The notes are upon the Johnson and Steevens editions of 1785 and 1793 and the Malone edition of 1790. Jaggard p. 156. <br/> <br/> William Bulmer and Co. unknown
Référence libraire : 27288
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Howe JR. J. R.
Christmas Greetings from Byra & Bill Wreden: Twelve True Old Golden Rules Selected from various Authors by J.R. Howe
San Francisco: Grace Hoper Press 1976. Near Fine. 1 sheet 31 x 23 cm. folded printed in red and black. Undated as was common on the Christmas greetings issued by bookseller Bill Wreden and his wife Byra. One of a limited edition of 225 copies printed by the Grace Hoper Press. The Grace Hoper Press was founded in 1954 by Sherwood Grover and Katharine Grover who had worked for the Grabhorn Press from 1934 to 1962. This Christmas greetings reprints Twelve True Old Golden Rules Selected from various Authors by J.R. Howe printer in Spilsby. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: corners lightly creased; clean and bright. <br/><br/> Grace Hoper Press unknown
Référence libraire : 003802
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Howe Katherine S. et al
Herter Brothers: Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age
Houston TX: Museum of Fine Arts 1994. 1st . Hardcover. New/New. <br/> <br/> Museum of Fine Arts hardcover
Référence libraire : 24797 ISBN : 0810934264 9780810934269
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Howe M. A. DeWolfe
American Bookmen; Sketches Chiefly Biographical of Certain Writers of the Nineteenth Century
New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1898. 295 pages including a nine page index. Tissue guarded frontis piece sketch of Bryant Webster and Irving at public meeting held in memory of J. Fenimor Cooper 1852. Full green cloth decorated with elaborate gilt and black blind stamp on the front cover. The binding is solid square and bright with some fading to the spine and one small thread-bare spot on the bottom edge and light wear at the upper corners. Bumped corner front lower right. Profusely illustrated with plates of major American writers and facsimiles of letters manuscript pages and signatures. FFendpaper is missing otherwise the text is complete clean and sharp. A wealth of information and anecdotes concerning American literature and authors. First Edition. Decorative Cloth with Gilt. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illus. with numerous plates photographs Facsimiles. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Illustrated. Dodd, Mead and Company Hardcover
Référence libraire : 1087
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Howe Marie Jenny
George Sand: The Search For Love
NY: The John Day Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth over blue boards gilt lettering on spine embossed medallion gilt on cover. . Spine faded corners lightly bumped former bookseller's small label on fep paper-clip marks on a few preliminary pages front hinge split otherwise unmarked. GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 351 pp . The John Day Company hardcover
Référence libraire : 10296
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HOWE PP. P. P.
Malthus andthe Publishing Trade.
New York: Mitchell Kennerley 1913. First edition. 16.8 x 10.6 cm orange card covers pp. 30 2 ads. The text of the essay was published the previous year in "The English Review". Laid in is a printed slip reading: "With Mitchell Kennerley's compliments". Creasing along top corner of covers and text block small tear to upper edge of rear cover. Scarce item. Boice 1913.39. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. First edition. unknown
Référence libraire : 14177
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Howe Russell W.
SLEEPING WITH THE FBI
Markham ON Canada: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First EDITION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. MAROON SPINE ON DUST JACKET. 394 PAGES. HARDCOVER BOOK AND JACKET ARE CLEAN BRIGHT AND SECURE. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited. 1993 FIRST EDITION. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited Hardcover
Référence libraire : W771 ISBN : 0915765624 9780915765621
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Howe Elvon L. edited by with A Foreword by Palmer Hoyt
Rocky Mountain Empire
NY: Doubleday. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1950. hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Edge wear light soiling to page edges previous owner name to half title page in price clipped dust jacket with edge wear soiling wear to spine ends and corners stain to head of spine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Drawings .bx34 Doubleday hardcover
Référence libraire : 003054
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Howe, E.R.J. Gambier F.S.A.
Catalogue of British and American Book Plates (Bookplates) Bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum By Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks - Franks Bequest: Volume II (Two/2) Only, H-R
Bookplate of V.M. Turnbull inside front board suggests this copy may have belonged to the owner of the famous collection now held by the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge. Bookplate of Hugh John McLean upon front free endpaper. [4], 443 pages. All six plates present. The entire catalogued Franks bequest contained 35,098 plates. Above-average wear to publisher's black cloth. Innumerable small light pencil marginal tick marks beside items of interest. Narrow opening in binding at page 259. Volume II only of this renowned three volume reference. Book
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Howe, E.R.J. Gambier F.S.A.; Colvin, Sidney (Preface)
Catalogue of British and American Book Plates (Bookplates) Bequeathed to the Trustees of the British Museum By Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks - Franks Bequest: Volume III (Three/3) Only, S-Z, Supplements
Bookplate of V.M. Turnbull inside front board suggests this copy may have belonged to the owner of the famous collection now held by the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge. Bookplate of Hugh John McLean upon front free endpaper. [6], 387 pages. All six plates present. "Includes several minor and supplementary series, viz., one of about two hundred anonymous plates which it has not been found possible to identify; Royal plates; plates of Universities, Colleges and Schools; Premium or school-prize plates; plates of Ecclesiastical, Parochial, and Public Libraries; Naval and Military and Legal and Medical plates; with those of City Companies and Public Offices, Booksellers, and Circulating Libraries. The volume also furnishes notes of a few family plates supplementary to the main series: these have for the most part been discovered in and transferred from the Foreign portion of the testator's collection. Last comes a Heraldic Index to all those plates which, although anonymous, have been identified and inserted in their proper alphabetical places in the main collection." - from Preface. The entire catalogued Franks bequest contained 35,098 plates. Above-average wear to publisher's black cloth. Binding intact. Innumerable small light pencil marginal tick marks beside items of interest. Intriguing light pencil annotation beside item 32550A, a reproduction of a James Worsley plate, on page 319 reads "a copy of the original is in my collection", possibly adding further weight to the suggested provenance of this volume. Volume III only of this renowned three volume reference. Book
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Howel James. J. H. Esq.
Cottoni Posthuma: Divers Choice Pieces of the Renowned Antiquary Sir Robert Cotton Knight and Baronet. Preserved from the Injury of Time and exposed to publick light for the benefit of Posterity. Antiquarian Researches.
London: M. C. for C. Harper. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 74 and 34 pages. Circa 19th century reprint. Hardcover bound in dark blue moire cloth with a tanned spine label. Binding is warped from damping. Paper label on the spine notes "Antiquarian Researches / 1679. / Cotton. 7s. 6d." Hinges are starting. Pages untrimmed. Contains six titles: "A Relation of the Proceedings against Ambassadors Who have miscarried themselves &c."; "That the Kings of England Have been pleased usually to Consult with their Peers in the Great Council and Commons in Parliament of Marriage Peace and War"; "That the Soveraigns Person is Required in the Great Councils or Assemblies of the State as well at the Consultations as at the Conclusions"; "A Discourse of the Lawfulness of Combats to be performed in the presence of the King or the Constable and Marshal of England"; "A Brief Abstract of the Question of Precedency between England and Spain." A Remonstrance of the Treaties of Amity and Marriage before time and of late of the House of Austria and Spain with the Kings of England to advance themselves to the Monarchy of Europe. <br/> <br/> M. C. for C. Harper hardcover
Référence libraire : 027508
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Howel Laurence
A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE Contain'd in the Old and New Testament
London: Eliz. Nutts 1718. :in which are inserted the occurrences that happen'd during the space of about four hundred years from the days of the prophet Malachi to .Vols 1&2 of 3. xxiv ii 348 index; 310 index. 'adorn'd with above 150 cuts engraven by J. Sturt.' Lacks Vol. 3 entitled: 'A compleat history of the Holy Gospel.' 150 full-page copper engraving in fine condition. A rare set. Third edition corrected. Hardback. worn. 8vo. Eliz. Nutts Hardcover
Référence libraire : MH053
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Howell A. G. Ferrers
Dante His Life and Work
London United Kingdom: T C & E C Jack 1912. The Peoples Books Series. Green bds with Black decoration and titles fresh and bright as new not worn cnrs sharp pp 96 plus catalogue to rear pristine unread state not inscribed eps browned Original publishers wrapper is age browned with brittle spine that is chipped o/w not scuffed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. T C & E C Jack Hardcover
Référence libraire : 8474
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Howell Byrd; Amberson Rosanne; Atwater Ruth and Others
The Family Dollar: A Journal of Consumer Economics April 1942
New York: Consumer Credit Institute of America 1942. Paper wraps with B&W photo of milkman reading note remember the milkman who delivered milk in glass bottles to your front porch Remember how the cream would rise and freeze in cold weather poking out of the mouth of the bottle and just asking for a kid to snitch it Remember the spanking you got when you did Probably not.you have to be OLD to remember that stuff! Oh hmmm to continue: pp 614-664. Articles on World War II era economics inlcuding the shortage of tin the cost of milk and a supplement on credit life insurance etc. Ad for war bonds on back cover. The USA at an economic crossroads. Very good condition with light edgewear. EPHEMERA 4899. First Periodical Edition. Paperbound. Very Good Condition. Illus. by B&W Photo Illustrations. Thin 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall. Ephemera. Consumer Credit Institute of America Paperback
Référence libraire : 4899
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Howell James
Epistolae Ho-Elianae of the Familiar Letters of James Howell Volume II
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1907. Volume two only. Leather spine over brown paper boards. Black title block with bright gilts tiles on spine. Rubbing to spine tiny hole to top of spine seem and small chipping to top of spine. 513 toned pages pages get brighter toward the center. Some minor foxing in the seem between pages 4 and 5 one rough cut page and some light and minor foxing to endpapers and inside covers and there is a small amount of excess paper that should have been trimmed between pages 10 and 11. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Quarter Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
Référence libraire : 001399
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