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1945réf. 006648Pennsylvania: Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology 1945. Book. Very Good Plus. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From the collection of noted semiotician linguist and folklorist Thomas A. Sebeok his last name signature in ink front end pages of all 4 bulletins. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. In addition to Fenton's 4-part article on the Cornplanter Senecas also contains Autumn L. Leonard's 4 part article "The Presque Isle Portage and the Venango Trail" and other related articles. The bulletins paginated 1-38 39-67 68-101 and 102-136. All 4 bulletins Very Good Plus or better in addition to Sebeok's signature there are handwritten titles on front covers and some marginal notes and checkmarks all in Sebeok's hand. SCARCE as a set. Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology Paperback books
1905réf. 006666New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1905. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in such lovely condition. Near Fine small inked letter bottom corner front end page gilt at spine a bit rubbed to publisher's name at bottom edge. In the original green cloth gilt titles and decorations bright tissue-guarded frontispiece with elephants vii-xv 310 pp. with 4 pp. publisher's catalog illustrated with numerous black and white full-page photographs. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
1928réf. 006685New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1928. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boas' classic treatise on race and culture RARE in the original 1928 First Edition and in collectible condition. 236pp. 10 pp references. Very Good in the original black cloth with paper labels front board and spine spine label a bit darkened and a trifle rubbed cloth a few small rubs contents are clean tight and unmarked. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover books
1898réf. 006693New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1898. Book. Near Fine. Half-Leather. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authorized Edition 1898. Near Fine in Half-Leather over marbled boards leather a few small rubs most pages yet uncut. A quite handsome copy. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
1903réf. 006748New York: Henry Malkan 1903. Book. Very Good Plus. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good Plus in original green cloth gilt titles and Indian basket front cover boards rubbed at corner edges light soiling prior owner name stamp front paste down period school stamps title page and rear paste down. Henry Malkan Hardcover books
1997réf. 006771The Netherlands: Ponsen and Looijen 1997. Book. Fine in Wraps as Issued. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ponsen and Looijen Paperback books
1836réf. 006552Philadelphia: T. Wardle 1836. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE in the First American from the Thirteenth English Edition Corrected. In two volumes apparently rebound in late 1800s green cloth binding about Very Good leather spine labels rubbed and illegible small prior owner name stamp front end pages both volumes end pages foxed period prior owner name in ink volume one only moderate internal foxing and toning hinges starting but holding well. The first edition was published in 1621. T. Wardle Hardcover books
1933réf. 006566Oslo Norway: H. Aschehoug & Co. 1933. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE. From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok his signature in ink front end pages of all 3 volumes. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. Very Good chips to edges of wrappers corner chips rear end pages. H. Aschehoug & Co. Paperback books
1956réf. 006568American Association for the Advancement of Science 1956. Paper. Near Fine. One Page. Signed by Authors. 8 1/2" x 11". William K. Estes June 17 1919- August 17 2011 was an American psychologist who pioneered the application of mathematics to the study of animal learning and human cognition. He would go on to become a Presidential National Medal of Science winner in 1997 as a selection of President Bill Clinton. George W. Beadle Oct. 22 1903- Jun. 9 1989 along with Edward L. Tatum and J. Lederberg won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells. The certificate is Near Fine SIGNED BY George W. Beadle as President and by Dael Wolfle as Administrative Secretary. small corner creases. A great piece of history of science ephemera connecting two prominent figures in 20th century American scientific achievement. Beadle's signature is uncommon. American Association for the Advancement of Science unknown books
1975réf. 006588Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard Univ. 1975. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Thirty page illustrated catalog in stapled wrappers and 16 large 11"x17" loose color plates in orange cloth-covered folio as issued. Near Fine corner bump to folio and to plates small tear to paper lining of folio catalog is Fine. Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard Univ. Hardcover books
1965réf. 006465Monuments Serica 1965. Book. Near Fine. Pamphlet. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. RARE. Reprint from Monumenta Serica Vol. XXIV 1965. Near fine slight soiling rear cover. Paginated 207-272. Addenda sheet laid in. Monuments Serica Paperback books
1957réf. 006306Melbourne Australia: Colorgravure Publications 1957. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase one corner of the slipcase with a tape mend. #4314 of an edition of presumably 5000copies. Profusely illustrated with both B&W and color photographs. 200 pp. Colorgravure Publications Hardcover books
1939réf. 006068Berkeley CA: University of California Press 1939. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CO-AUTHOR L.S. McClung on the front end page of the Supplement - "For the Archives Of Indiana University L.S. McClung 21 Nov. 1983". Three Volume set. All 3 Volumes are Fine SCARCE in such lovely condition and SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. University of California Press Hardcover books
1899réf. 005846Englewood NJ: The Macmillan Co 1899. Book. Very Good. Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE as a single issue Very Good wrappers worn at spine rear wrapper stained internally clean and unmarked. 4 pp. ads paginated 143-173 3 pp. ads. The Macmillan Co, Paperback books
1899réf. 005593Paris: Charles Carrington 1899. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. xx 422. Title page printed in red and black. Out of a sequence of 1000 unnumbered copies. Very Good rebound in dark blue cloth gilt. Slight weakness to joints prior owner blind stamp title page slight browning. Charles Carrington Hardcover books
1898réf. 005273Paris: Librairie de Medecine Folklore et Anthropologie 1898. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. #374 of 1000 copies published for England and America. Bound in publisher's original black cloth marbled end pages. Very Good both volumes gilt lettering mostly rubbed away hinges starting cloth a bit soiled contents are clean tight and unmarked. Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie Hardcover books
1955réf. 005041Canberra Australia: Dept. of External Affairs 1955. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very Good toning to front endpage boards a bit bumped in a Very Good dust jacket 1" tear at spine fold and light edge wear. SCARCE in dust jacket. From the library of David G. Frey one of the pioneers of paleolimnology with his namestamp front endpage. With 19 figures in the text and 56 plates in black and white. Dept. of External Affairs Hardcover books
1934réf. 004617New York: Printed for W. L. Staley By Clermont Press 1934. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" To Will H. Hays Greetings from William L. Staley June 11th 1935". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Charming dustjacket illustrations the book is actually a layman's biology text. Profusely illustrated fold-out chart Fine. Book is Fine dustjacket Very Good Plus small chips at head of spine and spine a bit darkened. Printed for W. L. Staley By Clermont Press Hardcover books
1951réf. 004685Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1951. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS "Eleanor Maccoby with the sincere regards of Talcott Parsons Clyde Kluckhorn S.A. Stouffer Robert R. Sears Gordon W. Allport Harry Murray" A unique Association Copy Eleanor Maccoby was a noted psychologist best known for her contributions to developmental psychology and the psychology of sex differences. The signees were a Who's Who of eminent sociologists psychologists and anthropologists. Talcott Parsons career was entwined with the development of sociology as an academic discipline at Harvard and in this book he was refining his "general theory of action". In 1931 Parsons was one of the inaugural faculty members in the Dept. of Sociology at Harvard. Gordon W. Allport is known as one of the founding figures of personality psychology and along with Harry Murray were faculty in the Psychology Dept. at Harvard. Robert R. Sears was head of the Psychology Dept. at Stanford University Samuel Stouffer a Professor of Sociology at Harvard and Clyde Kluckhorn a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard. Book is Very Good no dustjacket corner crease bottom corners last 10 pages of book and top corners title page into contents page cloth a bit rubbed. The signatures of all 6 of these gentlemen are SCARCE individually and as a group along with the Association to Eleanor Maccoby this represents a RARE and unique opportunity in the academic collecting world !. Harvard University Press Hardcover books
1908réf. 004763Indianapolis IN: Aetna Press 1908. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good in the original black cloth gilt lettering and rules at spine. Rear hinge starting to separate edges of page block and endpages lightly soiled presentation inscription "For the Library of the Physio Medical College Indianapolis Ind." handwritten in ink front endpage. "Eclectic medicine was a branch of American medicine which made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries." Wikipedia. Aetna Press Hardcover books
1904réf. 004761Pittsburgh PA: Murdoch-Kerr Press 1904. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition 1904. Very Good in the original blue cloth gilt lettering at spine decorative end pages 267 pages including 6 pgs. of advertisements "confined to manufacturers who had exhibits in the hall at the place of meeting and are exclusively of apparatus included in such exhibits". Includes rosters of officers and members constitution by-laws minutes secretary and treasurer reports and program. Illustrated with photographs. While this was the 4th annual meeting reportedly only the 2nd year that the Transactions were published. Wilhelm Rontgen had made his discovery of the rays that he called X-rays only 9 years earlier in 1895. Very Good lettering at spine dulled yet legible light soiling and rubbing to cloth boards light soiling to page block. RARE. A handsome copy of this important early work of the development and history of x-rays. Murdoch-Kerr Press Hardcover books
1933réf. 004111New York: Falstaff Press Inc. 1933. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Limited and Numbered First Edition. From the Institute for Sex Research The Kinsey Insttitute Library with their small book plate bottom corner half title page library catalog numbers in pencil copyright page "Duplicate" stamp rear pastedown and sticker residue near base of spine. Number 629 of a Limited Edition of 3000 copies. Bound in decorative brown cloth with gilt rules and gilt titles at spine. Page 5 has a small added triangle of paper near top corner a small binding error. Otherwise book is clean tight and square. According to Sigmund Freud Bloch's studies were instrumental in the development of the anthropological approach to the theory of sexuality. Before Bloch homosexuality was analyzed using a pathological approach. SCARCE in collectible condition and with the added significance of having come from the Kinsey Institute !. Falstaff Press Inc. Hardcover books
1966réf. 003937Washington D.C.: Natl. Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council 1966. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Authors. First Edition. SIGNED on front end page "Personal Copy J.A. Simpson University of Chicago 1960". John A. Simpson was an experimental nuclear and cosmic ray physicist who taught and did research at the University of Chicago. Several instruments that he created were launched into space. Near Fine book bottom corners bumped in a Very Good dustjacket moderately chipped at the edges. Several contributions by Carl Sagan among others. Natl. Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council Hardcover books
1990réf. 002688New York: St. Martins Press 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR and Director of the Kinsey Institute June Reinisch on the front endpage. First Printing with complete number line 1-10. St. Martins Press Hardcover books
1994réf. 1417937Washington: National Academy Press 1994. Hardcover. Quarto xiv 170 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with black print. Boards in tan cloth black print; light wear to spine caps and corners blemish on front panel vendor labels on rear panel. Text block has spotting to edges initials in ink on front pastedown. Illustrated: b&w tables graphs photographs maps. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Netdesk Column QB ND-QB . 1417937. FP New Rockville Stock. National Academy Press hardcover books
