Ferrer, Elizabeth; Alberto ruy-SanchezMareMagnum
Brand, MaxMareMagnum
Fightin' Fool
1946A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing paper. 138 pages.
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1990Exhibition catalog is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Features work by Eugenia Vargas Daniels, Julio Balan, Flor Garduno, Sergio Hernandez, Estel Hussong, franciso Castro Lenero, Salvador Lutteroth, Rocio Maldonado, Alberto Montano, Rubin Ortiz, Adolfo Patino, et. al. with full size b&w prints throughout.
1946A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing paper. 138 pages.
1948Broché. 316 pages.
1928512 p. + Frontis. Numerous text drawings. End papers foxed. Text age stained. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding, very stained. Well read condition. "During the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th century, eugenics was considered a method of preserving and improving the dominant groups in the population; it is now generally associated with racist and nativist elements, as the movement was to some extent a reaction to a change in emigration from Europe, rather than scientific genetics." - Wiki. WOMEN 1
1922151p. Small 8vo. Original red cloth binding. Slightly worn. Authorized edition. First published 1919. EROS1
1935335p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. EROS5
1708pp. (20), 95, [1]. Small 8vo. (in 4). 18 cm. Latin text. Illustrated with printer's devices and intials. Very foxed. Names crudely inked-out in a couple of places. Original full leather binding, board s detached. Early ownerships of Thomas Hun. This is probably the Hun that was one of the founders of Kappa Alpha Society in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady, New York. An This important London printed Latin edition of AN ART ON HOW TO HAVE HANDSOME CHILDREN includes "Ad Eudoxum Epistola" and "In obitu Petri Gassendi. lugubre encomium". Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SMALL BOX 4
in-8°, 252 pp., broche, couv. plast. Bon etat. [NV-26]
in-8°, 91 pages, illustrations, broche, couverture illustree.- Peu courant. Bel exemplaire. [HI-5]
1932Former owner's name faintly in pencil atop front cover, else unmarked. Stapled contents separated from cover. Covers well-worn but contents good or better. Back cover graced with black and white advertisement from the Committee on Mobilization of Relief Resources featuring image of a man tightening his belt. Features: Seeing with invisible light - use of ultr-violet light makes possible the 9000 power microscope; A new dam-reconditioning method - concrete facing is of novel construction; Editorials - synthetic rubber - studies in sex - we build ships; Is space expanding? - evidence points to the fact that the universe is exploding; Mechanical stevedores aboard ship - ship is converted into a "self-unloader"; Gorilla - greatest of all apes - thrills of a scientific expedition's hunt for gorillas; Safety rules for the airways - Department of Commerce regulations are all-inclusive; Eugenics for cows but not for humans - much of so-called eugenics is based upon fallacies; Marking the nations's boundaries - Questions of state's boundaries are complex and interesting; New York's newest subway cars - cars for new line are greatly improved; What science really is - why had the Greeks or the Chinese no Industrial Revolution?; Erosion Dares the west - a menace and the measures that must be taken to defeat it; From the archeologist's note book; Curious lead tablet, Luristan bronzes, a benevolent hippopotamus, a road of the ages; Analyzing "Archies" shots - Theodolite records shell-bursts in movies for close study; New and exotic delights for our table - many delicious fruit and vegetable immigrants in American markets. Book
1914648 pages. Two volumes bound together. Complete title of first book continues - The regeneration of the human race - the privileges and duties of bringing children into the world, elimination-segregation-selection, the right to get married, the law of opposites, the mother the sole arbiter of her child's fate, how to have perfect children, the effects of environment on children, the science of reproduction in all animal and plant life, how the human body can be made immune to disease, physical and mental training of children and the development of the brain of a child, the sexual laws of nature and the effects of their violation, the bible on sex hygeine. Title of second volume continues: Life centers, man's ideal woman, woman, woman's ideal man, choosing a mate, scientific mating, cupid's conquest, the honeymoon, what marriage involves, the reproductive organs, pure sex-love, womanhood, pre-natal influence, the gift of motherhood, the successful mother, the power of the mind, etc. etc. etc. Lots to sink your teeth into.! Black and white plates plus line drawings. Textblock and front free endpaper detached. Heavily worn. Rebind this copy and you'll really have something! Book
1945Index. Bibliography. Approximately 200 pages. An excellent and uncommon overview of the life and accomplishments of prolific plant breeder Luther Burbank, one of the greatest Americans in history. This copy is in such lovely condition that it appears to be a current reprint, but we can find no evidence to support this. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1988128 pages. Black and white illustrations. An abridged reprint of the original published in 1915. "Sharply portrays the dysgenic effect of war - and especially of modern war." - from Foreward. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
199636 pages. Many black and white illustrations. "An objective and unbiased look at an important historical component of the European anthropological scene." - from page 1. Average wear. Some curling to corners. Unmarked. Book
198076 pages. Features: Sheila Wallace - artist in wax; The Marque Doll; The Door of Hope Reopened; Mid-Victorian China-Headed Infant Dolls; Comic Strip "Pillow" Dolls from the 1920's period; Compo Corner; Preview of Collectors History of Teddy Bears, Part II; The New Baby; The Dolls with the Contagious Smile - a photographic essay; A House Full of Dolls; Ask the Doll's Dressmaker; Dressing an 11.5" China Head Doll; Eugenia, A Lady of Quality; What is Restoring a Doll?; Schoenhut Restoration; Supplement to Advertising Paper Dolls, Part III; A Miniature Round-up Down Texas Way; From Elspeth's Inkpot. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1926512 pages. Glossary. Index. Black and white illustrations in text. "Many of the wrecks of humanity which fill our public institutions owe their pitiful condition to the terrible exaggerations, the downright falsehoods, and the shameful sex thrills which pervade the so-called literature of the day. If, therefore, this book serves to wipe out some medieval bigotry, to disperse some entangling misunderstandings, and to increase to some extent, at least, the happiness of the human race, its purpose shall have been splendidly fulfilled." - Preface. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. One of the more intriguing titles we have handled. Something to please, offend or humor most folks on almost every page! Book
192990p. Hardcover Very good condition
1923303p. Hardcover Good condition, spine lightly faded, front flyleaf clipped Notes: The work is based on an essay entitled: The new decalogue of science, which appeared in the Century magazine of March, 1922; the correspondence between the author and G. Bernard Shaw in reference to this essay is here reprinted from the August, 1922, issue.
2013Il volume presenta gli atti di un convegno dedicato al Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, l'importante silloge di botanica, zoologia e mineralogia del Nuovo Mondo edita dall'Accademia dei Lincei nel 1651. L'opera, maggiormente nota come Tesoro messicano, è variamente esaminata dagli autori dei contributi, in una prospettiva multidisciplinare volta a ricostruire la complessità delle sue fasi compositive e il suo valore nel quadro scientifico dell'epoca. This volume collects the proceedings of the conference on the Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, the important anthology on the flora, the fauna and the minerals of the New World published by the Accademia dei Lincei in 1651. The work, most known as Tesoro messicano, is analysed by the authors from different points of view, with the aim of reconstructing the complexity of its composition and assessing its importance in the scientific framework of its age. Lessico intellettuale europeo 120 cm 17 x 24, x-322 pp.
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1932pp. 318, in 8°, brossura, tracce del tempo, manca la quarta della sopracoperta.
