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1879rif. 422485Washington D.C. 1879. Very Good. Autograph Letter Signed by John Wesley Powell Director of the Bureau of Ethnology in Washington D.C. together with an accompanying photograph which he sent in 1880 to John S. Billings a surgeon and a statistician on medicine in the U.S. Army. The one page letter is written on "Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology" letterhead dated: "Ap. 27" 1880 and is addressed at the bottom to "Dr. John S. Billings Surgeon U.S.A. Army Medical Museum." Some water staining to the edges and related blurring to the manuscript text still legible and three-inch tear repaired with tape on the verso good only. The Albumen Print measures 9 ½ x 12 inches laid down on a cardboard mount 11 x 16". Contemporary manuscript caption in ink on the bottom margin of the mount: "3824 Photo. Tailed man" and on the back in French which identifies the photograph as a being from the Society of Anthropology in Berlin. Dated "Oct. 18" with "1879" inserted in pencil. Light soiling and toning to the mount with a tear to the top margin of the mount very good. The photograph of a tailed man which Powell takes "pleasure in sending" to Billings is an enlargement of the photo taken in 1879 by Surgeon-General Bernhard Ornstein chief physician of the Greek army. The original photo sent to the Berlin Anthropological Society sparked a decade-long debate about whether such protuberances were "atavistic tails" or "pathological protuberances." Powell was a celebrated naturalist and explorer who despite losing an arm in the Civil War led the first known passage through the Grand Canyon in 1869. When Congress created the Bureau of Ethnology in 1879 Powell was named its first director a post he held until his death. John Shaw Billings is best known as the modernizer of the Surgeon General's Library the nation's first comprehensive library for medicine. He also started Index Medicus a monthly guide to contemporary medicine that ran until his retirement at the Medical Museum and Library. A nice association. unknown
1879rif. 422485Washington D.C. 1879. Very Good. Autograph Letter Signed by John Wesley Powell Director of the Bureau of Ethnology in Washington D.C. together with an accompanying photograph which he sent in 1880 to John S. Billings a surgeon and a statistician on medicine in the U.S. Army. The one page letter is written on "Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology" letterhead dated: "Ap. 27" 1880 and is addressed at the bottom to "Dr. John S. Billings Surgeon U.S.A. Army Medical Museum." Some water staining to the edges and related blurring to the manuscript text still legible and three-inch tear repaired with tape on the verso good only. The Albumen Print measures 9 ½ x 12 inches laid down on a cardboard mount 11 x 16". Contemporary manuscript caption in ink on the bottom margin of the mount: "3824 Photo. Tailed man" and on the back in French which identifies the photograph as a being from the Society of Anthropology in Berlin. Dated "Oct. 18" with "1879" inserted in pencil. Light soiling and toning to the mount with a tear to the top margin of the mount very good. The photograph of a tailed man which Powell takes "pleasure in sending" to Billings is an enlargement of the photo taken in 1879 by Surgeon-General Bernhard Ornstein chief physician of the Greek army. The original photo sent to the Berlin Anthropological Society sparked a decade-long debate about whether such protuberances were "atavistic tails" or "pathological protuberances." Powell was a celebrated naturalist and explorer who despite losing an arm in the Civil War led the first known passage through the Grand Canyon in 1869. When Congress created the Bureau of Ethnology in 1879 Powell was named its first director a post he held until his death. John Shaw Billings is best known as the modernizer of the Surgeon General's Library the nation's first comprehensive library for medicine. He also started Index Medicus a monthly guide to contemporary medicine that ran until his retirement at the Medical Museum and Library. A nice association. unknown books
1775rif. 378453London 1775. 7 works in one. 12mo. Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper covered boards joints starting. A few trimmed close minor foxing. Provenance: Nathaniel Barnardiston early signature. 7 works in one. 12mo. 1 Priestley Joseph. A Free Address to Protestant Dissenters as such. By a Dissenter. London J. Johnson 1771. 1431pp. Second edition. ESTC N3291. 2 Priestley Joseph. An Appeal to the Serious and Candid Professors of Christianity. London J. Johnson 1771. 24pp. Fourth edition. ESTC T22298 3 Priestley Joseph. A Familiar Illustration of Certain Passages of Scripture relating to the power of man to do the will of God original sin election and reprobation the divinity of Christ and atonement for sin by the death of Christ. London : printed for J. Johnson 1772. 2iv651pp. ESTC T35298. 4 Priestley Joseph. The Triumph of Truth; Being an Account of the Ttrial of Mr. E. Elwall for heresy and blasphemy . To which are added extracts from William Penn's Sandy foundation shaken. London : printed for J. Johnson 1778. 24pp. Second edition. ESTC N473620. 5 Priestley Joseph. Considerations for the Use of Young Men and the Parents of Young Men. London: printed for J. Johnson 1778. 24pp. ESTC T161278. 6 Priestley Joseph. An Address to Protestant Dissenters of all Denominations on the approaching election of Members of Parliament with respect to the state of public liberty in general and of American affairs in particular. London: printed for J. Johnson 1774. 16pp. Adams American Controversy 74-62; Sabin 65500; ESTC T20402. 7 Wesley John. A Calm Address to our American Colonies. London: R Hawes 1775. 23 1pp. Adams American Controversy 75-155d; Howes W263 "Essentially a condensation of Samuel Johnson's Taxation no Tyranny"; Sabin 102648; ESTC T19839. unknown
1775rif. 378453London 1775. 7 works in one. 12mo. Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper covered boards joints starting. A few trimmed close minor foxing. Provenance: Nathaniel Barnardiston early signature. 7 works in one. 12mo. 1 Priestley Joseph. A Free Address to Protestant Dissenters as such. By a Dissenter. London J. Johnson 1771. 1431pp. Second edition. ESTC N3291. 2 Priestley Joseph. An Appeal to the Serious and Candid Professors of Christianity. London J. Johnson 1771. 24pp. Fourth edition. ESTC T22298 3 Priestley Joseph. A Familiar Illustration of Certain Passages of Scripture relating to the power of man to do the will of God original sin election and reprobation the divinity of Christ and atonement for sin by the death of Christ. London : printed for J. Johnson 1772. 2iv651pp. ESTC T35298. 4 Priestley Joseph. The Triumph of Truth; Being an Account of the Ttrial of Mr. E. Elwall for heresy and blasphemy . To which are added extracts from William Penn's Sandy foundation shaken. London : printed for J. Johnson 1778. 24pp. Second edition. ESTC N473620. 5 Priestley Joseph. Considerations for the Use of Young Men and the Parents of Young Men. London: printed for J. Johnson 1778. 24pp. ESTC T161278. 6 Priestley Joseph. An Address to Protestant Dissenters of all Denominations on the approaching election of Members of Parliament with respect to the state of public liberty in general and of American affairs in particular. London: printed for J. Johnson 1774. 16pp. Adams American Controversy 74-62; Sabin 65500; ESTC T20402. 7 Wesley John. A Calm Address to our American Colonies. London: R Hawes 1775. 23 1pp. Adams American Controversy 75-155d; Howes W263 "Essentially a condensation of Samuel Johnson's Taxation no Tyranny"; Sabin 102648; ESTC T19839. unknown books
1894rif. 2311448Harrogate Tennessee: Lincoln Memorial University 1894. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition #399 of an unspecified limitation this set 'especially prepared for Harry J. Williams.' Signed by John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Copyright page states 1894 but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Volume 1 has very minor discoloration to edges of cloth on rear board minor wear to corners spine a bit faded. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red half-leather gilt titles and decorations top edges gilt decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works including speeches letters biographical writings etc. with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary and also served in various other governmental roles Hay going on to become Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicolay and Hay are perhaps best known for their ten-volume biographical history of Lincoln's administration originally published serially in The Century Magazine beginning in 1886 -- it remains one of the more exhaustive and personal accounts of the life of the 16th President of the United States and is notable for the inclusion of facsimiles of original drafts of important documents most importantly the Emancipation Proclamation. This set includes facsimiles of original correspondence and documents reproductions of contemporary photographs and engravings etc. Lincoln Memorial University hardcover books
1999rif. 51773Museum. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 86 pages. 60 works catalogued and illustrated -- with a bonus offer-- . 1999. 0937108227 . Museum paperback
2006rif. 90311Museum. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 64 pp. ; 46 ills. -- with a bonus offer--; West Coast artist Eric Wesley was born in 1973 in Los Angeles. His work which can take the form of sculpture painting drawing architectural model or public artwork proposal often uses decrepit materials and conveys a humorous take on the world and his own identity within it. For the 2004 Whitney Biennial he created scale sets for a faux reality show; his 2000 kinetic sculpture "Kicking Ass" was a mechanized donkey that kicked holes in the gallery wall behind it. This small monograph is the first publication dedicated solely to the artist's work and is published on the occasion of his 2006 exhibition as part of the MOCA Focus series. . 2006. 0914357972 . Museum paperback
1995rif. 25293Terrace Park OH: C. Wesley Cowan. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- with a bonus offer--; 017895-1; C. Wesley Cowan Historic Americana Auction - C. Wesley Cowan - Terrace Park OH - December 10 1995 . 1995. C. Wesley Cowan paperback
2003rif. 14694New York New York U.S.A.: Public Affairs. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- with a bonus offer--; 014694; Clark Wesley K. Winning Modern Wars: Iraq Terrorism and the American Empire IRAQ WAR 2003 TERRORISM 2001 . 2003. 1586482181 . Public Affairs hardcover
2001rif. 91323Museum of New Mexico Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 176 pages. Description: "The author weaves 135 reproductions of Dow's images with essays about the artist's personal and professional life and a clear picture of Dow's contributions to early modernist photography develops as a result." -- with a bonus offer--; The author weaves 135 reproductions of Dow's images with essays about the artist's personal and professional life and a clear picture of Dow's contributions to early modernist photography develops as a result. . 2001. 0890133832 . Museum of New Mexico Press hardcover
2008rif. 76670Gallery. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 148 pp. With 74 ills. 59 col. . 20 x 20 cm. -- with a bonus offer--; Born in Ipswich Massachusetts Arthur Wesley Dow 1857-1922 is renowned for his paintings and prints that take their subject matter from nature and reflect the orderly design and fine handcrafting championed by the Arts & Crafts movement. This charming book presents an important discovery - a previously undocumented album titled Ipswich Days that comprises forty-one cyanotypes that Dow produced in 1899. Dedicated to his poet-friend Everett Stanley Hubbard "Ipswich Days" offers a fresh new look at Dow's attention to the abstract aspects of form colour and cropping in the creation of his designs while documenting his deep personal attachment to his rural and historic hometown. "Ipswich Days" analyzes this album and its significance in the artist's career. Each of the images depicting Ipswich's clam shanties marshes farms people trees flowers and boats alike is handsomely reproduced and reflects the beauty that Dow saw and uniquely interpreted in this quintessentially New England town. . 2008. 0300132913 . Gallery hardcover
rif. 58078Abrams Et Al. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ISBN: 0810942178. 206 pp. With 164 ills. 122 col. . 25 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 0810942178 . Abrams Et Al hardcover
rif. 58079Abrams Et Al. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ISBN: 0810943840. 206 pp. With 164 ills. 122 col. . 25 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 0810943840 . Abrams Et Al hardcover
1993rif. 31329Westport Connecticut U.S.A.: Greenwood Publishing Group Incorporated. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- 193 pages -- with a bonus offer--; T-Horto; Horton Wesley W. The Connecticut State Constitution : A Reference Guide CONSTITUTIONS UNITED STATES CONNECTICUT POLITICS . 1993. 0313285659 . Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated hardcover
1988rif. 74622Gallery. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 86 pp. With 233 ills. 6 col. . 28 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1988. Gallery paperback
1997rif. 52263Rochester New York U. S. A.: University of Rochester Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 284 pages. Book Description: "The enormous critical resurgence of interest in Ralph Waldo Emerson over the past fifteen years has restored the `Sage of Concord' to his former role as an American icon. At the same time this renewed interest raises old historical and critical questions about his place in American Transcendentalism and in American culture generally. This collection of essays seeks to address the variety of critical questions about Emerson and to reevaluate his significance through his own metaphors of insight and influence particularly that of the `circle'. ROBERT E. BURKHOLDER is Associate Professor of English at the Pennsylvania State University; WESLEY T. MOTTis Professor of English at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Contributors: ROBERT A. GROSS ALBERT J. VON FRANK LEN GOUGEON RONALD A. BOSCO FRANK SHUFFELTON PHYLLIS COLE ROBERT D. RICHARDSON JR DAVID M. ROBINSON DANIEL SHEALY HELEN R. DEESE KENT P. LJUNGQUIST GARY L. COLLISON PHILIP F. GURA " -- with a bonus offer-- . 1997. 1878822721 . University of Rochester Press hardcover
1969rif. 83778E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. . As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ISBN: 0525095233. 168 pages many photos; folio. -- with a bonus offer--; OVERSIZE BOOK: 14 1/4" x 10 1/4" x 5/8". . 1969. 0525095233 . E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc. hardcover
2004rif. 21195San Francisco California U.S.A.: Encounter Books. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 219 pages -- Interior text is clean tight and unmarked. From the publisher's description of the book: "Cloning researchers claim to have cloned an embryo that is mostly human but also part animal. Biotech companies brag about manufacturing human embryos as 'products' for use in medical treatments. Echoing long discredited master-race thinking James Watson who won a Nobel Prize for co-discovering the DNA double helix claims that genetically enhanced people will someday 'dominate the world.' Events are moving so fast--and biotechnology seems so complicated--that many of us worry that we can't have an informed opinion about these issues that are remaking the human future before our very eyes. But now Wesley J. Smith provides us with a guide to the brave new world that is no longer a figment of our imagination but right around the corner of our lives. Smith starts with the basic questions. What are stem cells What is the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells and which is most promising for medical therapy What does embryonic stem cell research involve and why is it so controversial What is its relationship to human cloning .In addition to explaining the science of stem cells this highly readable and carefully researched book reports on the gargantuan "Big Biotech" industry and its supporters in the universities and in the science and bioethics establishments. Smith shows how this lobby works and how the lure of huge riches mixed with the ideology of 'scientism' threatens to impose a 'new eugenics' on society that would dismantle ethical norms and call into question the uniqueness and importance of all human life. 'A Consumer's Guide to Brave New World' presents a clear-eyed vision of two potential futures. In one we will use biotechnology as a powerful tool to treat disease and improve the quality of our lives. But in another darker scenario we will be steered onto the anti-human path Aldous Huxley and other prophetic writers first warned against fifty years ago when science fiction had not yet become science fact." -- with a bonus offer--; TOS006624; Smith Wesley J. Consumer's Guide to a Brave New World BIOTECHNOLOGY ETHICS EUGENICS . 2004. 1893554996 . Encounter Books hardcover
2006rif. 50442New York: Encounter Books. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - 308 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2006. 1594031193 . Encounter Books paperback
1987rif. 105457Price/Stern/Sloan. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 239 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1987. 0843115696 . Price/Stern/Sloan paperback
1970rif. 51705New York: Hill and Wang. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine clean & unmarked tight to spine - 632 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . 1970. 0809041715 . Hill and Wang hardcover
1947rif. 56194Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1947. First edition. Very good in restored dust jacket. Scarce doubly signed first printing of one of the most beloved horse stories ever told winner of a 1948 Newbery Honor. Based on the true story of the charismatic island-dwelling ponies of Virginia and the people who care for them MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE brought attention to the curious lives of the feral horses. The story was adapted into a film in 1961 and the real Misty even attended the premier. 9.5'' x 6.75''. Original blue cloth binding with yellow pictorial stamping. Original unclipped $2.50 color pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers of a pony running across a sun-dappled wetland. Illustrated in black and white with color pictorial title page. 174 pages. Signed by Henry and Dennis in blue ink to verso of front free endpaper. Jacket with restoration to head of spine and folds; neat archival tape reinforcement to verso along folds spine and some margins. Book with minor edgewear and soil shallow chip at spine head light marginal toning to textblock extremities. Firm. Rand McNally & Company unknown
1947rif. 56194Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1947. First edition. Very good in restored dust jacket. Scarce doubly signed first printing of one of the most beloved horse stories ever told winner of a 1948 Newbery Honor. Based on the true story of the charismatic island-dwelling ponies of Virginia and the people who care for them MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE brought attention to the curious lives of the feral horses. The story was adapted into a film in 1961 and the real Misty even attended the premier. 9.5'' x 6.75''. Original blue cloth binding with yellow pictorial stamping. Original unclipped $2.50 color pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers of a pony running across a sun-dappled wetland. Illustrated in black and white with color pictorial title page. 174 pages. Signed by Henry and Dennis in blue ink to verso of front free endpaper. Jacket with restoration to head of spine and folds; neat archival tape reinforcement to verso along folds spine and some margins. Book with minor edgewear and soil shallow chip at spine head light marginal toning to textblock extremities. Firm. Rand McNally & Company unknown books
rif. Z1-C-031-00848Bibliolife. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 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. Bibliolife unknown
1875rif. 71484Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 291pp. Quarto 29.5 cm Dark green cloth over boards. With map has a couple of minor fold splits and profile in an envelope at the rear. Both in near pristine condition. Light scratching and scuffing to the monograph's boards. Multiple small faint spots on backstrip. Darkening to p. 180 and the plate opposite. Text block cracked at p. 185 but book remains very sturdy. Complete. In better than very good condition. Powell's 1869 exploration was the first documented expedition to successfully navigate the perilous rapids of the Colorado River through the uncharted Grand Canyon. The expedition set off in 1869 with ten men and four boats under the direction of one-armed American explorer and Civil War veteran John Wesley Powell 1834-1902. After three months and nearly 1000 miles only five of the original party emerged from the depths of the canyon. Their historic journey mapped the last wild untamed river of the American West and named the last unknown regions of American geography. The Henry Mountains and the Dirty Devil River were until the Powell expedition the last nameless mountain range and river in the continental U.S. Carl Wheat writes in "Mapping the Transmississippi West 1850-1861" "As a narrative of adventure this book of 1875 is one of the most justly celebrated documents in the literature of exploration." In recognition of Powell's contributions to American exploration geology and ethnology he was appointed the first director of the U.S. Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. He also served as director of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1881 to 1894. Powell Plateau a butte in Grand Canyon National Park is named after him as is Lake Powell. Howes P525. Farquhar 42a. Wheat 1261. Graff 3336. Sabin 64753. Government Printing Office hardcover
