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1929ref. 541421929. A Monument of English Legal Scholarship English Reports. Full Reprint 1220-1873. Edinburgh and London: William Green & Sons; Stevens & Sons 1900-1929. Odd/Miscellaneous volumes available. We have 85 of 178 volumes available. 21 volumes worn original calf repaired with tape upper black red and lower black spine labels; 8 volumes original tan buckram upper black red and lower black spine labels; 56 volumes bound in green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Light to moderate shelfwear and soiling hinges of some volumes cracked or starting. Ex-library with stamps. Overall good to very good condition internally sound. See digital image. $995. This record contains volumes: 7; 10; 11; 13; 15; 18; 22 to 23; 25 to 30; 32 to 34; 43 to 47; 49; 64 to 69; 71; 86 to 92; 100; 103 to 105; 108; 109; 113 to 134; 142 to 149; 157 to 163; 166; 168; 169; 171; 174 The English Reports are a full reprint of all reports prior to The Law Reports except the Year Books and the collateral reports of the period retaining in bracket the original page numbers. "This is a literal reprint of English cases together with their original footnotes.where a decision has been affected by subsequent legislation the fact has also been mentioned.": Winfield The Chief Sources of English Legal History 196-197. Marke 14. unknown books
1873ref. 002874Washington DC: Published by Order of the Secretary of War 1873. First Edition. Good. Six maps for: Monday February 17 1873 - 11 P. M.; Tuesday February 18 1873 - 7:35 A. M.; Tuesday February 18 1873 - 4:35 P. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 7:35 A. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 4:35 P. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 11 P. M.; 8 3/4 x 11 1/2; relief shown by hachures and gradient tints; small reference table in the lower half of the image; edges brittle with small chips and cuts; overall in good to very good condition. A scarce collection of maps their publication began in January of 1871 with no less than 3 maps being published every day. Samuel Morse's invention of the telegraph had made it possible to easily observe gather and transmit data from different points over the entire country. A small note at the head read: "All observations made at the same moment of actual not local time." Released by the US Army's Signal Service the maps were intented to be primarily used by farmers and merchants. They were published in at least three different sizes and formats the current being one of the smaller ones. These particular maps showed precipitation and wind velocity at various elevation points. Published by Order of the Secretary of War unknown books
1873ref. 002874Washington DC: Published by Order of the Secretary of War 1873. First Edition. Good. Six maps for: Monday February 17 1873 - 11 P. M.; Tuesday February 18 1873 - 7:35 A. M.; Tuesday February 18 1873 - 4:35 P. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 7:35 A. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 4:35 P. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 11 P. M.; 8 3/4 x 11 1/2; relief shown by hachures and gradient tints; small reference table in the lower half of the image; edges brittle with small chips and cuts; overall in good to very good condition. A scarce collection of maps their publication began in January of 1871 with no less than 3 maps being published every day. Samuel Morse's invention of the telegraph had made it possible to easily observe gather and transmit data from different points over the entire country. A small note at the head read: "All observations made at the same moment of actual not local time." Released by the US Army's Signal Service the maps were intented to be primarily used by farmers and merchants. They were published in at least three different sizes and formats the current being one of the smaller ones. These particular maps showed precipitation and wind velocity at various elevation points. Published by Order of the Secretary of War unknown
1835Volume I only. xxxiv, 740 pages. 25 plates - some in colour, 5 maps including 1 fold-out. Library binding. Nine-inch opening to fold-out map now bound opposite page 1. Minimal library markings. Gift greetings - dated 1866. Faint signature atop title page. Above-average external wear. Contents and binding sound. Arctic Bibliography 14866. Book
19581958 reprint of the 1950 second edition. xxxii, 1151 pages including index and several fold-outs. Black and white photos. Numerous detailed line drawings. Presents a compendium of all phases of modern hydroelectric practice. Chapters include: Rainfall; Evaporation; Factors affecting Runoff; River Gaging; Float Measurements; Estimating Stream Flow; Flood Flows; Investigation of Sites; Hydraulics; Head, Power and Efficiency; Pondage and Storage; Types of Hydro Plants; Cost of Steam Power; Cost of Hydro Power; Market Requirements and Load Studies; Capacity and Development and Economic Advisability of Hydro; Reports; Solid Gravity Concrete Dams; Arch Dams; Buttressed Concrete Dams; Earth Dams - General Design Principles; Earth Dam Stability; Details of Earth Dams; Rock-Fill Dams; Timber Dams and Stell Dams; Preparation and Protection of Foundations for Dams; Spillways and Headwater Control; Intakes; Conduits; Canals; Flumes; Steel Pipe; Wood-Stave Pipe and Concrete Pipe; Tunnels; Water Hamer; Surge Tanks; Powerhouse Substructure; Powerhouse Superstructure; Hydraulic Turbines; Parts and Auxiliaries for Hydraulics; Electrical Design; Generators, Exciters, and Transformers; Switching, Wiring and Auxiliary Power and Lighting; Transmission Lines; Plant Operation. Above-average wear to publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt upon backstrip. Narrow opening in binding after half-title page. Binding slack but intact. Minimal markings. A worthy reference copy of this superlative reference. Book
ref. 9a891J. Christie Dublin 1814-1815. 215 cm x 145 cm. Zusammen ca. 4250 Seiten mit 180 Kupfertafeln goldgeprägte Ganzledereinbände mit Rückentiteln Titelseiten mit hinterlegtem Namensausschnitt/etwas fleckig/3 Rücken eingerissen/2 untere Kapitale mit kleinen Ausbrüchen/6 exlibris entfernt. - 4 gestochene Wappenexlibris/Sabin 105485/reichhaltige Sammlung von Reisebeschreibungen mit einem Vorwort von Samuel Johnson. Berichtet von den Reisen der großen entdecker: Anson Beaulieu Cortes Columbus DSampier ellis Pococke Thevenot etc./Bände 1-2 sind ganz Amerika gewidmet/Die tafeln zeigen Bauwerke Trachten und Tiere/gute komplette Ausgabe/Beiliegen 14 teils gefaltete Kupferstich-Karten von A. Bell gestochen bei Wale. Folgende Karten sind enthalten: West indies/Russia in Europe/Poland and Prussioan States/Italy/Germany/Spain and Portugal/Europe/Asia/South America/North America/Hungary with Turkey in Europe/France/Africa/East Indies - unknown
ref. #[36402]Paris de l'imprimerie d'Adrien Le Clere imprimeur de l'Archevêché de Paris 1818-1823. 8 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary half calf spines sl. rubbed with occasional light cracking. With printer's woodcut device on title-pages. XXVIII 486 1 errata; IV 560; IV 503 1 errata; IV 567 1; VIII 603 errata pasted on final page as usual; IV 511 1 errata; IV 419; IV 448 pp. First edition. - Important collection of Jesuit reports from China and Indochina Vietnam Laos Siam Macao etc. a continuation of the collection of Jesuit letters known as the Lettres édifiantes et curieuses. They are mostly concerned with internal matters such as clashes with the Chinese authorities Lust 830. Volumes one to five deal with China and volumes six to eight deal with the missions in Tong-King and Cochinchina. - Unobtrusive faint library blind stamps on title pages otherwise a fine and fresh set. - Rare. Löwendahl China I p. XLIX; Morrison II p. 159; Cordier B.S II cols. 953-957 listing the contents in detail; Streit & Dinginger Bibl. Missionen 1931: 2. unknown
1710ref. 705131710. London: Eliz. Nutt and R. Nutt 1720-1733. 6 vols. London: Eliz. Nutt and R. Nutt 1720-1733. 6 vols. A Set of the Modern Reports in An Attractive Contemporary Binding Great Britain. Modern Reports. Colquitt Anthony Compiler. Modern Reports: Or Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench Chancery Common Pleas And Exchequer Since the Restoration of His Majesty King Charles II. Carefully Revised; With the Additionm of Several Hundreds of References Never Before Printed. Carefully Collected by a Careful Hand. London: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1720. xii 314 22 pp With The Second Part of Modern Reports Being a Collection of Several Special Cases Most of Them Adjudged in the Court of Common-Pleas In the 26th 27th 28th 29th And 30th Years of the Reign of King Charles II. When Sir Fr. north was Chief Justice of the Said Court. To Which are Added Several Select Cases in the Courts of Chancery Kings-Bench And Exchequer In the Said Years. Carefully Collected by a Learned Hand. With the Addition of a Great Number of New References Never Before Printed. Collected by a Careful Hand. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt 1725. x 322 20 pp. And The Third Part of Modern Reports Being a Collection of Several Special Cases In the court of King's-Bench: In the Last Years of the Reign of K. Charles II. In the Reign of K. James II. And in the Two First Years of K. William and Q. Mary. Together with the Resolutions and Judgments Thereupon. With the Addition of a Great Number of New References Never Before Printed. Carefully Collected by a Learned Hand. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt 1725. xviii 338 38 pp. And The Fourth Part of Modern Reports Being a Collection of Several Special Cases In the 2d 3d 4th 5th And 6th Years of the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary And 7th Year of King William And Judgments Thereupon; With Several of the Pleadings at Large; Being Carefully Examined by the Records. And also the Number-Rolls of Most of the Other Cases. Carefully Revised With the Addition of a Great Number of References Never Before Printed. Collected by a Learned Hand. London: Printed by E. Nutt R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1722. viii 424 24 pp. And Nelson William b. 1653 Compiler. The Fifth and Last Part of Modern Reports: Being a Continuation of Several Special Cases Argued and Adjudged in the C. unknown books
1710ref. 705131710. London: Eliz. Nutt and R. Nutt 1720-1733. 6 vols. London: Eliz. Nutt and R. Nutt 1720-1733. 6 vols. A Set of the Modern Reports in An Attractive Contemporary Binding Great Britain. Modern Reports. Colquitt Anthony Compiler. Modern Reports: Or Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of King's Bench Chancery Common Pleas And Exchequer Since the Restoration of His Majesty King Charles II. Carefully Revised; With the Additionm of Several Hundreds of References Never Before Printed. Carefully Collected by a Careful Hand. London: Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling 1720. xii 314 22 pp With The Second Part of Modern Reports Being a Collection of Several Special Cases Most of Them Adjudged in the Court of Common-Pleas In the 26th 27th 28th 29th And 30th Years of the Reign of King Charles II. When Sir Fr. north was Chief Justice of the Said Court. To Which are Added Several Select Cases in the Courts of Chancery Kings-Bench And Exchequer In the Said Years. Carefully Collected by a Learned Hand. With the Addition of a Great Number of New References Never Before Printed. Collected by a Careful Hand. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt 1725. x 322 20 pp. And The Third Part of Modern Reports Being a Collection of Several Special Cases In the court of King's-Bench: In the Last Years of the Reign of K. Charles II. In the Reign of K. James II. And in the Two First Years of K. William and Q. Mary. Together with the Resolutions and Judgments Thereupon. With the Addition of a Great Number of New References Never Before Printed. Carefully Collected by a Learned Hand. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt 1725. xviii 338 38 pp. And The Fourth Part of Modern Reports Being a Collection of Several Special Cases In the 2d 3d 4th 5th And 6th Years of the Reigns of King William and Queen Mary And 7th Year of King William And Judgments Thereupon; With Several of the Pleadings at Large; Being Carefully Examined by the Records. And also the Number-Rolls of Most of the Other Cases. Carefully Revised With the Addition of a Great Number of References Never Before Printed. Collected by a Learned Hand. London: Printed by E. Nutt R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1722. viii 424 24 pp. And Nelson William b. 1653 Compiler. The Fifth and Last Part of Modern Reports: Being a Continuation of Several Special Cases Argued and Adjudged in the C. unknown
1860ref. 100432Large thick 4to contemporary calf spine and tips with marbled boards 70 very attractive color lithograph plates 358 41 pp. Extremeties worn minor aging one map has tear in lower corner plates bright and clean. The Pacific Railroad Surveys 1853-1855 explored possible routes for a transcontinental railroad. However the surveys went beyond looking for a place for a railroad they included and incredible amount of information on natural history and the peoples that inhabited the areas where the surveys explored. Representing the first part of the final volume of these surveys this installment focused on the northern route for a railroad. The 12 volumes included in these surveys is also known for rich illustrations many of which were in color. With 70 color plates one folding and three folding maps in Volume XII part 1 this edition is particularly rich in illustration and the plates are bright and clean. Thomas A. Ford hardcover books
1991ref. 29378Malden MA: Malden Public Library / Annual Reports of the Trustees and Librarian. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- with a bonus offer--; T-Malanrep91; Malden Public Library / Annual Reports of the Trustees and Librarian One Hundred Thirteenth Annual Report of the Malden Public Library Malden MA for the Eighteen Months Ended June 30 1991 . 1991. Malden Public Library / Annual Reports of the Trustees and Librarian paperback
1860ref. 100432Large thick 4to contemporary calf spine and tips with marbled boards 70 very attractive color lithograph plates 358 41 pp. Extremeties worn minor aging one map has tear in lower corner plates bright and clean. The Pacific Railroad Surveys 1853-1855 explored possible routes for a transcontinental railroad. However the surveys went beyond looking for a place for a railroad they included and incredible amount of information on natural history and the peoples that inhabited the areas where the surveys explored. Representing the first part of the final volume of these surveys this installment focused on the northern route for a railroad. The 12 volumes included in these surveys is also known for rich illustrations many of which were in color. With 70 color plates one folding and three folding maps in Volume XII part 1 this edition is particularly rich in illustration and the plates are bright and clean. Thomas A. Ford hardcover
1682ref. 621501682. London: 1682-1738. 12 vols in 11 books. Complete. London: 1682-1738. 12 vols in 11 books. Complete. Rare Complete Set of the Modern Reports Great Britain. Modern Reports. Colquitt Anthony Compiler. 1. Modern Reports. London: Printed for J. Basset 1682. xii 314 22 pp. With 2. The Second Part of Modern Reports. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins 1698. x 322 22 pp. Tables. And 3. The Third Part of Modern Reports. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. And Edw. Atkins 1700. xx 338 38 pp. And 4. The Fourth and Last Part of Modern Reports. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins 1703. viii 424 24 pp. And Nelson William b. 1653 Compiler. 5. The Fifth and Last Part of Modern Reports. London: Printed by John Nutt 1711. xii 464 20 pp. And Salkeld William 1671-1715 Compiler. 6. Modern Cases. London: Printed by John Nutt 1713. viii 314 22 pp. And Farresley Thomas Compiler. 7. Modern Cases. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt 1725. Second Edition. iv 32 37-160 12 pp. And 8. Modern Cases in Law and Equity.In Two Parts London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt 1730. viii 384 44; iv 210 12 pp. And Lucus Robert d. 1776 Reporter. 9. Cases in Law and Equity. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt And R. Gosling 1736. ii ii 8 538 94 pp. And 10. A Report of Cases. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt And R. Gosling 1737. v 4 276 20 pp. And 11. Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt And R. Gosling 1738. iv x 690 78 pp. Twelve volumes in eleven books. Complete. Folio 12-1/2" x 8". 1 2: Contemporary calf raised bands and recent lettering pieces to spines later repairs to spine ends. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners which are bumped minor scuffing to boards hinges cracked early armorial bookplates to 1. Some toning to text light foxing and dampstaining in places occasional early annotations. 3 4 5 10: Contemporary calf raised bands and lettering pieces to spines. Moderate rubbing to extremities. unknown books
1989ref. 54901Consumer Reports Books. New. 1989. Paperback. 089043266X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 242 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . Consumer Reports Books paperback
