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Best.-Nr. 1527789772.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1929Best.-Nr. 215642South Australia. 1929. Typescript manuscript 11 pages foolscap 33.8 x 21 cm inked manuscript corrections and annotations in Jack's hand some age toning most noticeable on the first leaf and small chips from the inner margin no loss to the text old folds pin holes to the upper corner good condition. Unpublished typescript for an illustrated address given to the Royal South Australian Yacht Club in September 1929 by Robert Lockhart Jack 1878-1964 with annotations in his hand. In January 1900 at the age of 22 Jack travelled with his father Robert Logan Jack 1845-1921 pioneer geologist and the first Government Geologist for Queensland to select and acquire mines in the Western Chinese province of Szechuan on behalf of an Anglo-Belgian Company. Chengtu Chengdu the capital served as a starting point for research trips to record the deposits of mineral resources on the Chinese-Tibetan border on behalf of English companies. Jack's lively and detailed description of the methods and incidents of the 1400 mile 2250 km journey on the Yangtze offer fascinating insights into life and customs along the great river at that time as well as mindful of his audience very detailed descriptions of sailing vessels. With the start of the Boxer Rebellion the expedition was cancelled immediately and as a precaution their return journey was along the shortest route: still some 700 kms 450 miles of mountainous and uncharted terrain; south along the Chinese-Tibetan border where they reached British territory again on October 20th and the town of Bhamo in Upper Burma a day later. Robert Lockhart Jack began his career working in Europe South Africa and China becoming assistant government geologist of South Australia from 1912. He led an expedition to the Everhard and Musgrave Ranges in 1914. He joined BHP in 1931 and became chief geologist retiring in 1948. . unknown
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Best.-Nr. 1019363223.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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Best.-Nr. 023848Print. VG. No Binding. No date circa 1900 sized about 9 x 12 inches very sharp clean and bright suitable for framing. Rochester NY medicines retailer including the Celery King and Dr. Otto's Cough medicines; married Amelia Echlin. unknown
Best.-Nr. 023767Print. VG. No Binding. No date circa 1900 sized about 9 x 12 inches very sharp clean and bright suitable for framing. unknown
Best.-Nr. 023807Print. VG. No Binding. No date circa 1900 sized about 9 x 12 inches very sharp clean and bright suitable for framing. unknown
Best.-Nr. 023682Print. VG. No Binding. No date circa 1900 sized about 9 x 12 inches very sharp clean and bright suitable for framing. Includes 2 pages of biographical info. unknown
Best.-Nr. 0428428894.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1900Best.-Nr. 49488Paris: Société Anonyme des Imprimieres Lemercier 1900. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Full blue calf with gilt spine rules/lettering in compartments gilt board rules and inner dentelles. 560pp 31pp 23pp 56pp pictorial ads. All edges gilt. Illustrations marbled endpapers sewn-in red/green/yellow page marker. Near fine. Spine only faintly shellacked a turn-of-the-century practice with hand-lettered paper shelf label near foot. Exceptionally handsome tight first edition of this detailed guide to American participation of this world's fair to end all world's fairs held in Paris between 12 April and 12 November 1900. Like all world's fairs its intention was to celebrate mankind's accomplishments and advances in every field imaginable -- but with the debut of the new century it was felt appropriate to celebrate accomplishments of the preceding century as well. This remarkable copy bears a red-bordered 4½" X 3/4" colophon slip typed in blue tipped to an inner flyleaf noting that "Twenty-five copies of this catalogue have been bound in this form for special distribution. This copy is numbered 11." Recipients of this specially-bound edition were likely important politicos of the day. The name of this special recipient has been giltstamped on the front board: "WILLIAM B. ALLISON SENATOR." From the collection of William B. Allison 1829-1908 the powerful Iowa Republican who as U.S. senator from that state 1873-1908 was one of the "big four" who controlled the Senate; as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee for most of those years he championed tariff legislation and co-authored the Bland-Allison Act of 1878; as member of the Senate Finance Committee he was often courted by U.S. presidents to hold cabinet positions. Early 20th century bookplate on front pastedown notes "This book is part of Allison Memorial Collection Gift of Mrs. Jennie A. Brayton" and until deaccessioned was part of Allison's non-circulating collection at his hometown public library across the street from his Dubuque residence. According to Leland L. Sage in his 1956 biography "William Boyd Allison: A Study in Practical Politics" Allison owned "hundreds of books on government economics history banking finance and the tariff as well as volumes of American and English literature. An omnivorous reader Allison doubtless read most of these volumes if only for relaxation from the strain that accompanied his efforts to solve the many problems facing the Nation. Alexander Hamilton was his guidepost in finance Robert Burns his favorite poet and 'The Cotter's Saturday Night' his favorite poem." A superb copy of this rare edition with gilt as fresh and bright as the day applied. Société Anonyme des Imprimieres Lemercier hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 355490725946London: Hutchinson 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Hutchinson nd 1943. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 7/6 net to the inside flap. Publisher's salmon-pink cloth lettered in dark-brown to the spine and front board. Boards bright and clean apart from the base of the spine where there is a small area of fading matching a chip in the dustwrapper. There is a former owner's name in ink to the front free end-paper. Corners a little bruised overall a near fine copy with clean contents. The dustwrapper is about very good with a short tear and minor loss at the tip of the spine. At the tail there is shallow loss just affecting the publisher's name. The spine is a bit darkened and there are some indiscriminate marks to the front panel. Further photographs available upon request. Hutchinson hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 355490725944London: Hutchinson 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Hutchinson nd 1936. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 3/6 net to the spine. Never Before Published a New Hutchinson 3/6 net novel. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to the spine and front board. 245 pp 16 pp Catalogue to the Rear of Hutchinson's New 3/6 novels. Boards bright and clean. Overall very good indeed. The dustwrapper is also very good indeed with a slither of loss at the tip and tail of the spine not affecting any lettering some fading to the spine red spine lettering now faded to pink and rubbing to the extremities. No major areas of loss. Further photographs available upon request. Hutchinson hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 355490725945London: Hutchinson 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Hutchinson nd 1937. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 3/6 net to the spine. Never Before Published a New Hutchinson 3/6 net novel. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in black to the spine and front board. 256 pp 20 pp Catalogue to the Rear of Hutchinson's New 3/6 novels. Boards bright and clean. Spine tips bruised. Overall very good indeed. The dustwrapper is about very good with chipping at the head and tail of the spine affecting the title and publisher's name. On the verso of the dustwrapper the left hand edge of the spine has been neatly reinforced with a strip of archival repair tape filmoplast. Further photographs available upon request. Hutchinson hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 355490725942London 1925. Hard Cover. London: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. Ernest Benn Ltd. 1925. First published in 1925 Second Impression in 1925. UK Edition without dustwrapper. Publisher's black boards with orange lettering to the spine and front board. A very good copy spine tips bruised a little rip in the cloth at the bottom of the spine a neat former owner's name in ink to the front free end-paper foxing to the page block edges and the early/late pages of the book. Uncommon. Further photographs available upon request. hardcover
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