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1985rif. 31165Doylestown: Mercer Mosaic 1985. Softcover. VG. Pale yellow ill. stapled wraps. 19 pp. Several bw ills. Mercer Mosaic unknown books
2017rif. 404609Phaidon 2017. A new copy in shrinkwrap. 4to. 316 pages. Decorated cloth. FIRST EDITION. "From literature to food lifestyle to fashion cinema to architecture Nordic influence is evident throughout contemporary culture. The Red Thread: Nordic Design celebrates this deep-rooted aesthetic showcasing the diversity of design from Scandinavia and Finland via more than 200 objects - from everyday items to exquisitely produced decorative glassware and from traditional handmade textiles to mass-produced products found in homes across the globe. The title is taken from a metaphor common in the Nordic countries of a shared and highlighted characteristic like a long connecting thread in woven material that runs through and connects themes ideas stories and in this case design" the publisher. Phaidon hardcover books
1865rif. BW-44aExcitement in the city is intense-- bells are ringing-- and joy rules the hour. Glory to God on High. Newspaper: WATERBURY AMERICAN: Extra. Monday April 10 1865 LEE AND HIS ENTIRE ARMY SURRENDERED TO GENERAL GRANT. Let the Merry Church Bells Ring Bring out the Big Gun. Broadside: 9 3/4" x 4" Very good some browning stress at folds. Rare. WATERBURY AMERICAN books
1905rif. 292649Chicago: The National Laundry Guide 1905. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A Collection of the Best Articles Published in the National Laundry Journal During the Past Two Years in Three Parts: I: The Laundry Business Equipment Management Process; II. The Close Associates of the Launderer; III. Including the Other Relations of the Business.~~A reasonably bright copy in the publisher's blue cloth binding with titling in black to the upper board and the spine. The front hinge is lightly cracked but is holding quite well. There are no ownership or other marks in the book. Very Good binding. The National Laundry Guide unknown books
1943rif. 189504Rand McNally 1943 1943-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Mild cover wear. tnos Rand McNally, 1943 hardcover books
1876rif. 402106Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea 1876. First edition. Spine reinforced with tape library label and stamp on title/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. 607 pp. Original flexible cloth. Includes: MORTON Thomas George 1835-1903. "A peculiar and painful affection of the fourth metatarso-phalangeal articulation". Pp. 37-45. First complete description of anterior metatarsalgia "Morton's disease". Garrison-Morton-Norman 4341. See Cordasco 70-2526. WARREN Jonathan Mason 1811-1867. "Operations for fissure of the hard and soft palate palatoplastie". Pp. 538-47. Warren devised the first operation for closure of complete clefts of the palate. Garrison-Morton-Norman 5745. Henry C. Lea hardcover books
1777rif. 26884London England: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1777. Twenty-two issues of this yearly British almanac bound in one volume; consecutive and inclusive from the 1777 issue to 1797. These are printed in red & black have the tax stamps on the margins of the title pages and are of 32 pages' length with exceptions or notes as below: 1782: On page 31 the section "VI Rebus by Mr. R. Richardson of Frosterly" has been solved with the manuscript letters & names of clues neatly written at the margins. 1786: pgs 1-2 15-32; However another issue is bound after this incomplete issue that is entire in 48 pages. These almanacs are noted on the title pages as printed for the Company of Stationers; and this "extra" issue is noted on the title page as "Printed for T. Carnan in St. Paul's Church Yard; who after an expensive Suit in Law and Equity by the unanimous Opinion of the Judges of the Court of Common Please dispossessed the Stationers' Company of their pretended exclusive Privilege of Printing Almanacks which they had usurped for two Centuries; a convincing Proof that no unjust Monopoly will ever stand the Test of an English Court of Justice." 1788: pgs 1-2 15-32 only. 1793 Misbound pages out of order and complete 32 pages. 1795: A name of "Old Batholomew" has been added in ms. at the 4th Sept. in the monthly almanac pages section. 1797 pgs 1-16 only. "The existence of the Ladies' Diary or the Woman's Almanack an 18th century English magazine devoted largely to problems and puzzles in mathematics indicates that stereotypes about the inability of women to understand and enjoy mathematics were less strongly believed in the 18th century than they are today.The Ladies' Diary became one of the widely read 18th century magazines devoted to the popularization of science and mathematics; these were addressed mainly to readers with no specialized training in the subjectsThe Ladies' Diary differed from these others primarily in the language used in some of the problems--language which reminds the reader that the problems were addressed to women" from the excellent overview of the magazine its influence & impact by Teri Perl San Francisco State Univ. Historia Mathematica 6 1979 article on the 'Diary' Indecipherable by us previous owner name on back endpaper.Approx. 4" x 6 3/8" size; bound in marbled-paper covered boards leather corners edges tinted yellow; spine covering gone; wear to the edges tips of the binding; bottom cord of top board let go; the block still solidly sewn some edges trimmed close; contents generally clean and in good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Printed for the Company of Stationers hardcover books
1967rif. 22712Los Angeles: Open City 1967. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Tabloid newspaper format. Scarce third issue of John Bryan's underground newspaper a new weekly review of the Los Angeles Renaissance. Includes a Notes of A Dirty Old Man column by Bukowski. 16 pp. Folded for mailing else a very good copy. Slightly darkened at fold. Paper tanned as expected. Open City paperback books
1879rif. 41287San Francisco Cal 1879. 1st edition Cowan II p. 556. Original publisher's green cloth binding with elaborate gilt stamping. Bright gilt. Minor wear. A pleasing Nr Fine copy. 60 pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. 4 inserted chromolithographs. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4" The Chronicle newspaper was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by the two teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. Benefiting from the growth of San Francisco by 1880 it had the largest circulation of all West Coast newspapers. This book tells the story of that founding & growth. Uncommon in the trade. hardcover books
1861rif. 184634London: Limited Liability Journal 1861. 15p. 5.5x8.5 inches very good first edition pamphlet in later pasted marbled paper wraps. Offprint of articles printed in the journal on the subject. Only two holdings listed in OCLC and those are microform. Limited Liability Journal unknown books
1934rif. 134565Oakland CA: San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Newspaper Guild 1934. Single 6.5x10.75 inch leaflet very good printed on one side. Asks readers to cancel their subscriptions after publisher Joseph Knowland's firing of three employees for joining the American Newspaper Guild. San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Newspaper Guild unknown books
1952rif. 104990San Francisco: The San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild 1952. 4p including covers 5.5x8.5 inches illustrated ad on rear cover very good in original self-wraps with light wear and soiling. Fund-raising event for the bay Area newspaper union which featured entertainer Danny Thomas with Afro-Cubans the Four Jokers and Benito "Pat" Moreno along with 18 local performers from such clubs as Bimbo's Forbidden City Club Shanghai etc. The San Francisco-Oakland Newspaper Guild unknown books
1965rif. 83073N. pl: the Association 1965. 6-panel program brochure with some photographs of featured speakers. the Association unknown books
1910rif. 402041Philadelphia and New York: Lea & Febiger 1910. First edition. Binding broken; library stamps on title/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. Original cloth. Includes: CUSHING Harvey Williams. "The functions of the pituitary body." Pp. 473-84. G-M-N 1161. BRILL Nathan Edwin. "An acute infectious disease of unknown origin. A clinical study based on 221 cases." Pp. 484-502. G-M-N 5382. Lea & Febiger hardcover books
1886rif. 402112Philadelphia: Lea Brothers 1886. First edition. Spine reinforced with tape library label and stamps on endleaves/From the Collection of Allan B. Kirsner M.D. 8vo. Contemporary half leather. Contains: Charles FINLAY. "Yellow fever: its transmission by means of the Culex mosquito." Pp. 395-409. Lea Brothers hardcover books
1868rif. 008888Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company 1868. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. viii 384 pages of text. Hardcover binding; leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards. Front board is detached and leather is moderately rubbed at the extremities. First and final several pages of text have a large stain on them but the vast majority of the text remains clean. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts. Previous owner's name "E. N. Badger" on front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate affixed neatly to front endpaper. J.E. Tilton and Company Hardcover books
2001rif. 007126Tokyo Japan: Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2001. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto 4to. No. 2: paginated 199-322. No. 3: paginated 323-442. Oversize paperback bindings in almost new condition. Text is in English. Illustrated. 60 to 50 11/2/2009. Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Paperback books
1832rif. 2818baCPhiladelphia PA: Henry H. Porter 1832. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First presumed edition. Octavo 8vo. 80 pages of text. Hardcover; brown cloth spine lacking; blue-green paper covered boards nearly detached. Original orange printed paper front cover label intact. Minor foxing scattered throughout text. Medicine; influenza; rhinovirus. Measures 22.9cm height. Henry H. Porter Hardcover books
1841rif. 166Washington D.C.: Blair & Rives 1841. Good. 423pp. Volume 6 Numbers 1:27 paginated continuously. Folio. Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards. Boards detached with tape repairs. Light dampstaining at upper corner; light tanning and foxing. A complete run of this 1840 Democratic campaign newspaper published weekly as an extra to the District of Columbia periodical the Globe during political campaign seasons. This run of the Extra covers the 1840 presidential election between William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren. Content includes speeches and testimonials for Van Buren and against Harrison as well as editorials and other articles and party-related material that address all the principal issues of the campaign. Harrison would go on to sweep the electoral college handily but famously died in office after only four weeks as president to be succeeded by John Tyler. This is the sixth such volume the paper having started the Extra in 1834. It ran to seven volumes ending in 1841. The present volume was published from May 16 1840 to October 26 1840 with the final issue appearing post-election on January 29 1841. The whole was advertised as costing $1 for six months. The editors Francis Blair and John Rives were Jacksonian Democrats initially brought to D.C. by Jackson to be the mouth of the party. Blair & Rives unknown books
2001rif. 255138Racine. : The Journal Times. 2001. Glossy pictorial boards. A very good copy with no dust jacket. 19.5x26 cm. weight: 1.4 lb. Numerous historic photo illustrations. The Journal Times. hardcover books
1907rif. 41367Philadelphia: Henery Altemus 1907. 12mo pp. 128. Pictorial paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover slightly worn at edges one hinge tender o/w VG. Actually a book of very short humorous pieces from the magazine. Henery Altemus unknown books
1988rif. 38673NY: PBC International 1988. First Edition. 4to pp. 253 plus index. Illustrated with over 800 photographs most in color. Very slightly scuffed at corners and ends of spine o/w a nice copy in little chipped and scuffed dj. Heavy. PBC International unknown books
rif. D17552Autograph diary written in pencil signed by Miss Elizabeth Woods of Bowling Green Kentucky. 135 pp. Well educated wealthy American woman's account of seeing Europe; mostly Paris France. Her Southern sensibilities were shocked at seeing a white woman at the same table with a black man. Turns out he was a minister from Haiti and the lady was his wife. Miss Woods saw the Paris Exposition several times; saw Sarah Bernhardt perform; saw President Kruger of South Africa; saw a street where Jews were not allowed to come out after 6pm; describes fancy balls and dinners; shopping for clothes.much of interest. Worn oil cloth binding. Numerous accounts of "charming" or "lovely" people. hardcover books
1940rif. 014787Freeman Journal Co 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Like Jacket Very Scarce in This Condition Beautiful Fresh Copy Without Wear. First Year of Cooperstown Induction. Freeman Journal Co Hardcover books
1834rif. 106650Newspaper folio folded 4pp. Some aging and foxing center fold minor wear; otherwise very good. Some national news but lots of local stuff too including small ads. books