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ref. DADAX2067123378MICHELIN 0000-00-00. 6th. paperback. New. 4.50x0.75x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. MICHELIN paperback
1865ref. 126391865. Photographer unknown Rodman cannon tintype photograph circa 1860s documents one of the most important classes of heavy artillery used by the United States during the Civil War and in nineteenth-century coastal defense. The image supports research into Union ordnance technology military engineering and the visual culture of large-scale artillery deployment. Rodman guns developed under the direction of ordnance officer Thomas J. Rodman marked a major expansion in American heavy weapons design and photographs of these guns preserve direct evidence of how such artillery was presented maintained and understood in relation to the men who worked around it. Half plate tintype photograph image approximately 4.5 x 7 inches showing three men posed on and beside a large Rodman cannon mounted on a wheeled rail-supported carriage. The gun's immense barrel dominates the composition with its pronounced rounded breech and upper vent area clearly visible. The carriage rests on a circular rail track designed to allow the piece to be traversed for aiming a system associated with fortified coastal positions and heavy defensive artillery. One man stands beside the carriage while two others are seated or leaning along its structure their bodies providing a clear sense of the cannon's scale. Their caps and work clothing suggest artillery personnel or laborers engaged with the weapon and its mounting rather than a purely studio portrait setting. Rodman guns were introduced in the 1850s and became central to American heavy ordnance during the Civil War especially in siege and harbor defense contexts where large-caliber smoothbore cannon were required to fire explosive shells against ships and fixed fortifications. This photograph is valuable not only for the weapon itself but for the relationship it establishes between industrial-scale artillery and the human figures tasked with operating it. The image records mid-nineteenth-century military technology in a direct and legible form with the rail carriage and posed attendants making the engineering purpose immediately visible. Minor surface wear and edge rounding consistent with nineteenth-century tintypes; overall good condition. A strong documentary image of Civil War era heavy artillery and the material scale of Union ordnance production. unknown
1865ref. 126391865. Photographer unknown Rodman cannon tintype photograph circa 1860s documents one of the most important classes of heavy artillery used by the United States during the Civil War and in nineteenth-century coastal defense. The image supports research into Union ordnance technology military engineering and the visual culture of large-scale artillery deployment. Rodman guns developed under the direction of ordnance officer Thomas J. Rodman marked a major expansion in American heavy weapons design and photographs of these guns preserve direct evidence of how such artillery was presented maintained and understood in relation to the men who worked around it. Half plate tintype photograph image approximately 4.5 x 7 inches showing three men posed on and beside a large Rodman cannon mounted on a wheeled rail-supported carriage. The gun's immense barrel dominates the composition with its pronounced rounded breech and upper vent area clearly visible. The carriage rests on a circular rail track designed to allow the piece to be traversed for aiming a system associated with fortified coastal positions and heavy defensive artillery. One man stands beside the carriage while two others are seated or leaning along its structure their bodies providing a clear sense of the cannon's scale. Their caps and work clothing suggest artillery personnel or laborers engaged with the weapon and its mounting rather than a purely studio portrait setting. Rodman guns were introduced in the 1850s and became central to American heavy ordnance during the Civil War especially in siege and harbor defense contexts where large-caliber smoothbore cannon were required to fire explosive shells against ships and fixed fortifications. This photograph is valuable not only for the weapon itself but for the relationship it establishes between industrial-scale artillery and the human figures tasked with operating it. The image records mid-nineteenth-century military technology in a direct and legible form with the rail carriage and posed attendants making the engineering purpose immediately visible. Minor surface wear and edge rounding consistent with nineteenth-century tintypes; overall good condition. A strong documentary image of Civil War era heavy artillery and the material scale of Union ordnance production. unknown books
ref. Z1-F-048-01267St Martins. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. St Martins unknown
2018ref. 1-1319054072W H Freeman & Co 2018. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 675 pages. 1.00x1.00x1.00 inches. W H Freeman & Co hardcover
1976ref. 27086Monrovia CA: Skinned Knuckles. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1976-1988. First Edition. Magazine. Most issues are very good to fine a few have average wear or tears to the covers. Includes volume 1 #2 through volume 12 #1-10 volume 13 # 1-7 volume 16 #10. Missing volume 1 #1. Also included are several duplicates. Price is for all 150 issues counting dulicates. Regardless of what the computer says postage will be at cost via media mail. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Skinned Knuckles unknown
1981ref. 832h5441USA: TAB Books Inc. 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Filled with fascinating and little-known details this book captures the tempo of the times and the personalities of the people who influenced the Studebaker company throughout its operation. You'll see the company's first tentative move toward self-propelled vehicles - an electric car produced in 1902 - and their final full-scaled commitment to motorized transportation with fours and sixes of 1913. It was the start of an automotive line that was to continue in a steady flow for 56 years including wartime production for three separate conflicts. There's complete data on the design and mechanics of every model manufactured with production and price info and complete descriptions specs and serial numbers. From trim changes to color and upholstery options to contemporary road test results: nothing is left out! Most importantly the story goes beyond the autos themselves to give you an indepth look at the individuals who built the company and made the decisions. This is truly the most complete and comprehensive volume ever published on Studebaker!" - dust jacket. Oblong 11" x 9". pp. 9 10-368. Index. Table of Vehicle Specifications 1904-1966. List of Automobile Showroom Literature 1913-1966. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos plus a sixteen-page full-color section. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this essential Studebaker reference. TAB Books Inc. Hardcover
ref. 9781536154122NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC
1837ref. 281351837 4th Royal Irish Dragoons 1ed WARS British Army George Anson Napoleon ART The 4th Royal Irish Dragoons was a prominent cavalry regiment that served the British Army into the 20th-century. First established in 1685 this regiment fought in all of the most notable European wars including: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->The Monmouth Rebellion <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Nine Years' War – Battle of Steenkerque <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Irish Rebellion – Battle of Tuberneering; Battle of Arklow; Battle of Vinegar Hill <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Napoleonic Wars <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Peninsular War – Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo Each of these battles and so much more is covered in this 1837 chronological history of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoons. It includes numerous full-page hand-colored illustrations as well as biographical sketches of each of the colonels of the regiment from James of Arran to George Anson. Item number: #28135 Price: $499 CANNON Richard edit. Historical records of the British Army comprising the history of every regiment in Her Majesty's service London: Printed by authority 1837. First edition. Details: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->10 viii; vi 2 94 2 <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->3 full-page engravings hand painted <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Edwd. Cooper Hodge <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->General Sir Edward Cooper Hodge GCB 1810–1894 was a British Army officer. As a Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Cooper Hodge commanded the 4th Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoon Guards at the Battle of Balaclava. He was subsequently placed in command of the 5th Dragoon Guards and later rose to the rank of General. Motto: LABOR IPSE VOLUPTAS <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Ephemera: 4 leaves of handwritten notes on commanders of the Royal Irish Dragoons <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; secure <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Cloth <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~9in X 5.75in 22.5cm x 14.5cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! Photos available upon request. authority hardcover
1880ref. 94598Battle Creek Mich: Published for the Author 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Blue quarter leather and green cloth. 355pp. Foxing to the foredge a little mottling to the spine and light edgewear to the boards a very good or better copy. OCLC locates only later printings and then only on microfilm. Published for the Author hardcover
1880ref. 94598Battle Creek Mich: Published for the Author 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Blue quarter leather and green cloth. 355pp. Foxing to the foredge a little mottling to the spine and light edgewear to the boards a very good or better copy. OCLC locates only later printings and then only on microfilm. Published for the Author hardcover books
1969ref. 626507New York: The Olympia Press 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback original. Creases and rubbing on covers tiny tear at the foot of the spine very good. Inscribed by the author on the title page to Graham Hodges the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects particularly the African-American experience. Cannon's first and only novel a filthy coming-of-age story set in New Orleans and one that Ishmael Reed called the precursor to rap. Cannon was a member of the Society of Umbra a collective of Black writers and later founded the art organization A Gathering of Tribes that published literary magazines and provided a performance space at his townhouse in the East Village of Manhattan for many artists such as Sun Ra Billy Bang Ishmael Reed and more. First editions of this novel are very uncommon as are any signed copies. The Olympia Press unknown
1969ref. 626507New York: The Olympia Press 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Paperback original. Creases and rubbing on covers tiny tear at the foot of the spine very good. Inscribed by the author on the title page to Graham Hodges the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects particularly the African-American experience. Cannon's first and only novel a filthy coming-of-age story set in New Orleans and one that Ishmael Reed called the precursor to rap. Cannon was a member of the Society of Umbra a collective of Black writers and later founded the art organization A Gathering of Tribes that published literary magazines and provided a performance space at his townhouse in the East Village of Manhattan for many artists such as Sun Ra Billy Bang Ishmael Reed and more. First editions of this novel are very uncommon as are any signed copies. The Olympia Press unknown books
2018ref. 40879Salem Massachusetts: Peabody Essex Museum 2018. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to hardcover with red cloth boards and on the left side of the front board a printing of the artists "Two Guns Arikara" 1974-77. Bright blue endpapers on the obverse side and bright purple endpapers on the verso. The condition of the book is Very Good binding tight very light foxing to the bottom edge of the textblock all images are clean minor crease to the top of the spine. 244pp Peabody Essex Museum hardcover
1898ref. 2800American Journal of Physiology 1898. First edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Original offprint. The first important work by this pioneer in the X-Ray observation of the movements of the stomach and intestines. A "classic fluorscopic investigation of the alimentary mechanism of the cat." Percy Brown has written that this work "has had such influence upon subsequent diagnosis in man as to be preeminently noteworthy in this consideration." Cannon 1871-1945 was the first to elucidate the mechanism of gastrointestinal digestion with x-rays and the bismuth eventually barium meal. 5 text illustrations 24pp. 359-382. 8vo modern boards. Pages clean and bright; original front but not back wrapper present. American Journal of Physiology I iii May 1 1898. American Journal of Physiology paperback
1902ref. 393831902. Cannon Walter B. 1871-1945. 1 The movements of the intestines studied by means of the Rontgen rays. Offprint from Am. J. Physiology 6 1902. 251-277pp. 252 x 176 mm. Original printed wrappers slightly chipped. With Cannon's presentation inscription on the front wrapper: "With the regards of W. B. Cannon." 2 The case system in medicine. Offprint from Boston Med. Surg. Journal May 31. 1900. 8pp. 171 x 121 mm. Orig. printed wrappers. 3 The motor activities of the stomach and small intestine after splanchnic and vagus section. Offprint from Am. J. Physiol. 17 1906. 429-442pp. 251 x 179 mm. Orig. printed wrappers a bit chipped. 4 Some practical applications of recent studies in the physiology of the digestive system. Offprint from Wisconsin Med. J. 7 1908. 20pp. Text illustrations. 239 x 151 mm. Orig. printed wrappers. 5 Early use of the Roentgen ray in the study of the alimentary canal. Offprint from J.A.M.A. 62 1914. 7pp. 217 x 140 mm. Orig. printed wrappers. Together 5 offprints. Very good. Front wrappers of all five offprints docketed. First Editions offprint issues. Cannon was the first to use x -ays to study the digestive system; his work laid the foundations of gastrointestinal radiology. "His pioneering research done with a series of collaborators examined the nature of swallowing gastric peristalsis the time of passage for different foodstuffs out of the stomach into the duodenum control of the pylorus and peristalsis of the small intestine" DSB. Cannon also introduced the case system into medical education at Harvard see no. 2 above. unknown
1902ref. 393831902. Cannon Walter B. 1871-1945. 1 The movements of the intestines studied by means of the Rontgen rays. Offprint from Am. J. Physiology 6 1902. 251-277pp. 252 x 176 mm. Original printed wrappers slightly chipped. With Cannon's presentation inscription on the front wrapper: "With the regards of W. B. Cannon." 2 The case system in medicine. Offprint from Boston Med. Surg. Journal May 31. 1900. 8pp. 171 x 121 mm. Orig. printed wrappers. 3 The motor activities of the stomach and small intestine after splanchnic and vagus section. Offprint from Am. J. Physiol. 17 1906. 429-442pp. 251 x 179 mm. Orig. printed wrappers a bit chipped. 4 Some practical applications of recent studies in the physiology of the digestive system. Offprint from Wisconsin Med. J. 7 1908. 20pp. Text illustrations. 239 x 151 mm. Orig. printed wrappers. 5 Early use of the Roentgen ray in the study of the alimentary canal. Offprint from J.A.M.A. 62 1914. 7pp. 217 x 140 mm. Orig. printed wrappers. Together 5 offprints. Very good. Front wrappers of all five offprints docketed. First Editions offprint issues. Cannon was the first to use x -ays to study the digestive system; his work laid the foundations of gastrointestinal radiology. "His pioneering research done with a series of collaborators examined the nature of swallowing gastric peristalsis the time of passage for different foodstuffs out of the stomach into the duodenum control of the pylorus and peristalsis of the small intestine" DSB. Cannon also introduced the case system into medical education at Harvard see no. 2 above. unknown books
1883ref. ROGDWEB00ECOgden Herald Publishing Company Printers 1883. Good. Haefeli Leo. Directory of Ogden City and Weber County 1883. Cannon Frank J. Ogden City Ut: Ogden Herald Publishing Company Printers 1883. 214pp. Indexed. 8vo. Book condition: Good with light soiling and lightly rubbed extremities. Front hinge is cracked but secure at gatherings. endsheets are lightly soiled with former owner's bookplate on front pastedown and pg. 77 is missing upper half. Occasional foxing and light stains on first few pages and minor highlighting on pg.201 otherwise clean bright clear pages of a very rare item. In plastic protector. Ogden Herald Publishing Company, Printers unknown
1883ref. ROGDWEB00ECOgden Herald Publishing Company Printers 1883. Good. Haefeli Leo. Directory of Ogden City and Weber County 1883. Cannon Frank J. Ogden City Ut: Ogden Herald Publishing Company Printers 1883. 214pp. Indexed. 8vo. Book condition: Good with light soiling and lightly rubbed extremities. Front hinge is cracked but secure at gatherings. endsheets are lightly soiled with former owner's bookplate on front pastedown and pg. 77 is missing upper half. Occasional foxing and light stains on first few pages and minor highlighting on pg.201 otherwise clean bright clear pages of a very rare item. In plastic protector. Ogden Herald Publishing Company, Printers unknown books
1998ref. 1198778Salt Lake City Utah: Deseret Book/Bookcraft January 1998. Bonded Leather. Very Good - Cash. Green bonded leather covers set of 16. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges corners covers and pages. The books are in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Deseret Book/Bookcraft hardcover
2013ref. RMOOABS00tpmDC Comics 2013. Very Good. Moore Alan. Absolute Top 10. Ha Gene; Cannon Zander. NY: DC Comics 2013. Illustrated. Bibliography. Folio. Pictorial hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently rubbed extremities. In dust jacket protector. In slipcase with gently rubbed edges. DC Comics hardcover
2013ref. RMOOABS00tpmDC Comics 2013. Very Good. Moore Alan. Absolute Top 10. Ha Gene; Cannon Zander. NY: DC Comics 2013. Illustrated. Bibliography. Folio. Pictorial hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently rubbed extremities. In dust jacket protector. In slipcase with gently rubbed edges. DC Comics hardcover books
1996ref. 140941475Hull UK: Lobster 1996. Very Good. 14 issues of the long-running British conspiracy/ parapolitics journal in a broken run beginning with their first issue in A4 format #9 then nos. 10 18 20-29 31. Stapled wraps. Very Good overall light wear. Includes a lot of antifascist historical research such as part two of scholar Jeffrey Bale's essay on right-wing terrorism and the extraparliamentary left in post-WWII Europe Peter Dale Scott coiner of the much-abused term "deep politics" on the US and the Indonesian genocide and David Teacher on Le Cercle. Some of the sharpest writers chronicling the hidden or scandalous aspects of Western intelligence services' Cold War endeavors wrote for the newsletter at this time. Lobster unknown
1996ref. 140941475Hull UK: Lobster 1996. Very Good. 14 issues of the long-running British conspiracy/ parapolitics journal in a broken run beginning with their first issue in A4 format #9 then nos. 10 18 20-29 31. Stapled wraps. Very Good overall light wear. Includes a lot of antifascist historical research such as part two of scholar Jeffrey Bale's essay on right-wing terrorism and the extraparliamentary left in post-WWII Europe Peter Dale Scott coiner of the much-abused term "deep politics" on the US and the Indonesian genocide and David Teacher on Le Cercle. Some of the sharpest writers chronicling the hidden or scandalous aspects of Western intelligence services' Cold War endeavors wrote for the newsletter at this time. Lobster unknown books
2006ref. 002383Paris Arearevu)s(, (Alin Avila) 2006 In-4 à l'italienne Cart., chemise, étui Ed. originale