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2005ref. DADAX0765615533Routledge 2005-02-28. 3. paperback. New. 6.14x0.85x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge paperback
2005ref. 627j2985Canada: Bowness Historical Society. Very Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Presents the local history of Bowness Calgary's oldest neighbourhood and a former town. "Intended both to accurately document the past and to be a forum for Bowness families' stories. We hope it will challenge your assumptions confirm what you already know and bring you new insights into our past." - page vi. The 586 pages include almost 300 pages of family histories. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of wonderful archival black and white photos. Light wear to black faux leather boards lettered and illustrated in gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Clean bright tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality example of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Carpenter Carole J. / Bowness Historical Society Bowness - Our Village in the Valley Calgary History Genealogy Bow River Alberta Settlers Pioneers John Hextall Families . 2005. 1553830946 . Bowness Historical Society hardcover
1932ref. GD012582okBC4S3Dodd Mead & Co. 1932. Dodd Mead & Co. 1932 First Edition 8vo. 277 pages. A Mystery Story based on the stage play by Laurence Gross and Edward Childs Carpenter. A little edgewear to top of spine on book and jacket. Additional edgewear to jacket edges. Book inscribed and signed on front endpage by author. Book and jacket in good condition. Scarce signed edition with jacket. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dodd, Mead & Co. Hardcover
ref. 4205483Short description: In Russian. Carpenter Edward. The Man and His Messenger. Petrograd: The New Man 1915. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4205483 unknown
ref. 4914312Short description: In Russian. Carpenter Edward. Prisons Police and Punishment. Book magician I. K. Golubev p / f Jurisprudence. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU4914312 unknown
ref. 4205483Short description: In Russian. Carpenter, Edward. The Man and His Messenger. Petrograd: The New Man, 1915. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU4205483
ref. 4914312Short description: In Russian. Carpenter, Edward. Prisons, Police and Punishment. Book magician I. K. Golubev, p / f Jurisprudence. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU4914312
ref. 3811624Short description: In Russian. Charpentier Sergei Fedorovich. On the training of technical personnel of foundries by the examples of the West: St. Petersburg: type. Stroitel 1913. The image is provided for reference only. It may reflect condition of one of the available copies or only help in identifying the edition. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKU3811624 unknown
ref. 3811624Short description: In Russian. Charpentier, Sergei Fedorovich. On the training of technical personnel of foundries by the examples of the West: St. Petersburg: type. Stroitel, 1913. You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU3811624
2025ref. Manohar-9781316513828Cambridge University Press 2025. Hardcover. New. Cambridge University Press hardcover
2025ref. Manohar-9781316513828Cambridge University Press 2025. Hardcover. New. Cambridge University Press hardcover
2022ref. Adhya-9780262047296MIT PRESS 2022. HB. New. MIT PRESS hardcover
2022ref. Adhya-9780262047296MIT PRESS 2022. HB. New. MIT PRESS hardcover
1843ref. 342196Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1843. Hardcover. Good. First American edition with additions by Meredith Clymer M.D. Full leather with title written in ink on spine. Spine ends chipped leather dry and worn top page corners water stained owner's name on front fly preliminary pages loose pages foxed thus good only. Lea & Blanchard hardcover
1912ref. 304965London: George Allen & Co. Ltd. 507 pages. Foxing to page edges and first few pages "DEMOCRACY" written on bottom page edges otherwise very good in the publisher's green cloth binding. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper: " J. Arthur Hill / with grateful and / hearty regards / from Edw'd Carpenter / Sept. 1913." J. Arthur Hill 1872-1951 was a British psychical researcher and writer. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1912. George Allen & Co., Ltd. hardcover
1962ref. 148461New York: Simon and Schuster 1962. First edition early printing of this first-hand account of the genesis of America’s manned space program. Octavo original half-cloth top stain orange pictorial endpapers illustrated with black and white photographs. Boldly signed by Mercury Seven Astronaut Scott Carpenter on the second front free endpaper "Scott Carpenter Aurora 7." Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. “The first seven American astronauts were an admirable group of individuals chosen to sit at the apex of a pyramid of human effort… In volunteering to entrust their lives to Mercury’s spirit and Atlas’ strength to blaze a trail for man into the empyrean they chose to lead by following the opportunity that chance circumstance technology and history had prepared for them” Swenson Grimwood & Alexander 164-65. We Seven chronicles the beginnings of American manned space exploration from the perspectives of those who pioneered it with each member of Project Mercury contributing at least three essay-length sections. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1843ref. 342196Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1843. Hardcover. Good. First American edition with additions by Meredith Clymer M.D. Full leather with title written in ink on spine. Spine ends chipped leather dry and worn top page corners water stained owner's name on front fly preliminary pages loose pages foxed thus good only. Lea & Blanchard hardcover books
1981ref. ABE-1652066786202Simon and Schuster New York 1981 First edition in advanced proof format and differing by a further length of 60 pages than the final published novel. It is unclear whether this is due to content formatting or both. Nice copy in yellow wraps strange formatting internally synopsis from S&S taped to inside cover. Final installation in Carpenter's Hollywood trilogy. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted padded box. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Simon and Schuster, New York paperback
1902ref. 14140Swan Sonnenschein & Co Ltd 1902. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. No dust jacket. The light brown cloth boards are bumped and lightly worn at the corners spine darkened worn head/tail. Foxed and toned endpapers pen inscription front endpaper first and last few pages foxed paper edges foxed which do show up on the interior paper in spots. 1902 first edition. This wonderful collection of poems and literature from early gay rights activist Edward Carpenter is a landmark collection celebrating romantic male friendship which serves as a veiled argument for the acceptance of homosexual love. It covers diverse historical examples including Greek Renaissance and contemporary figures. All orders packed with care most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve independent bookseller since 2011 Swan Sonnenschein & Co Ltd hardcover
1954ref. 5087Newport Rhode Island: The Preservation Society of Newport County/ Pitt's Head Tavern 1954. Limited. Collectible; Very Good. BEAUTIFULLLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1954 specially bound and numbered edition. #73 of 125 copies so designated on the limitation page and bound in 1/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Solid and clean and VG. Internally immaculate and just the sightest hint of light fraying at the outer hinges. Quarto 218 pgs. A very presentable copy and scarce as such. Signed by Author. The Preservation Society of Newport County/ Pitt's Head Tavern unknown
1954ref. 5087Newport Rhode Island: The Preservation Society of Newport County/ Pitt's Head Tavern 1954. Limited. Collectible; Very Good. BEAUTIFULLLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1954 specially bound and numbered edition. #73 of 125 copies so designated on the limitation page and bound in 1/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Solid and clean and VG. Internally immaculate and just the sightest hint of light fraying at the outer hinges. Quarto 218 pgs. A very presentable copy and scarce as such. Signed by Author. The Preservation Society of Newport County/ Pitt's Head Tavern unknown books
1901ref. 1863London: J. & A. Churchill 1901-1908. First edition. SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF FIRST BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Eight hardcover volumes all published 9 inches tall red cloth binding covers with blindstamped rulings gilt title to spines top edge gilt. Handstamp of British Medical Association Library to all volumes and in Vol. I handstamp "Presented to the Library by" F. Jaffrey Esq. FRCS inscribed. Spines darkened light browning to pages very good minus. SYDNEY STEPHENSON 1860 - 1923 earned his medical degree from Edinburgh University became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was an ophthalmologist at Queen's Hospital for Children and editor of The Ophthalmoscope a review that had become the most important periodical in British ophthalmology. He made seminal contributions in the study of ophthalmia neonatorum summarized in his book of that title. He founded with George Carpenter the Society for the Study of Disease in Children and when the amalgamation of multiple societies resulted in the formation of the Royal Society of Medicine it became one of the constituent sections. GEORGE ALFRED CARPENTER 1859 - 1910 was an English pediatrician who described the Carpenter Syndrome. He earned his M.D. in London and became physician to the Queen's Hospital for Children. In 1900 he founded the Society for the Study of Disease in Children the first British society of its kind and compiled eight volumes of Reports offered here. When the society was incorporated in the Royal Society of Medicine in 1908 and became the section for the study of disease in children he was elected its president. His major publications were on congenital malformations of the heart which was also the subject of his Wightman lecture delivered in 1909 before the section for the study of disease in children Royal Society of Medicine and published in the British Journal of Children's Diseases in 1909. In 1901 Carpenter published The Syphilis of Children in Everyday Practice. A short work Golden Rules for Diseases of Infants and Children published in 1901 reached a fourth and revised edition in 1911. PROVENANCE: FRANCIS JAFFREY FRCS 1861 - 1919 was raised in Australia and earned his M.D. at St. George's Hospital London. He was surgeon to the Belgrave Hospital for Children and consulting surgeon to the Cripples' Home in Kensington. He became dean of the Medical School of St. George's Hospital while he was also Lecturer in Anatomy. J. & A. Churchill hardcover
ref. 1863SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF FIRST BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Eight hardcover volumes all published 9 inches tall red cloth binding covers with blindstamped rulings gilt title to spines top edge gilt. Many figures in text black/white and color plates throughout. Handstamp of British Medical Association Library to all volumes. Vol. I handstamp to front free endpaper "Presented to the Library by" F. Jaffrey Esq. FRCS inscribed. xxxvii 2 238 pp; Vol. II xxxii 2 310 pp; xxxvi 361 pp; xxxvi 2 378 pp; xxxviii 2 341 pp; xxxvii 2 324 pp; lx 2305 pp; lxi 504 pp. Spines darkened light soil to covers light browning to pages very good minus. The Reports chronicle a wide range of pediatric disease with many examples of the ravages of infectious diseases now prevented by immunization tumors and malformations including congenital heart disease. There is a long discussion of "sudden and unexpected death in children" "delayed chloroform poisoning" following anesthesia and paralysis treated with muscle grafting. Dr. Stephenson's expertise in ophthalmology is responsible for numerous illustrations of funduscopic images of various systemic diseases. This is remarkable as the first fundus camera was not developed until 1926. SYDNEY STEPHENSON 1860 - 1923 earned his medical degree from Edinburgh University became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was an ophthalmologist at Queen's Hospital for Children and editor of The Ophthalmoscope a review that had become the most important periodical in British ophthalmology. He made seminal contributions in the study of ophthalmia neonatorum summarized in his book of that title. He founded with George Carpenter the Society for the Study of Disease in Children and when the amalgamation of multiple societies resulted in the formation of the Royal Society of Medicine it became one of the constituent sections. GEORGE ALFRED CARPENTER 1859 – 1910 was an English pediatrician who described the Carpenter Syndrome. He earned his M.D. in London and became physician to the Queen's Hospital for Children. In 1900 he founded with Sydney Stephenson the Society for the Study of Disease in Children the first British society of its kind and compiled eight volumes of Reports offered here. When the society was incorporated in the Royal Society of Medicine in 1908 and became the section for the study of disease in children he was elected its president. His major publications were on congenital malformations of the heart which was also the subject of his Wightman lecture delivered in 1909 before the section for the study of disease in children Royal Society of Medicine and published in the British Journal of Children's Diseases in 1909. In 1901 Carpenter published The Syphilis of Children in Everyday Practice. A short work Golden Rules for Diseases of Infants and Children published in 1901 reached a fourth and revised edition in 1911. PROVENANCE: FRANCIS JAFFREY 1861 - 1919 was raised in Australia and earned his M.D. at St. George's Hospital London. He was surgeon to the Belgrave Hospital for Children and consulting surgeon to the Cripples' Home in Kensington. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgoens he became dean of the Medical School of St. George's Hospital while he was also Lecturer in Anatomy. J. & A. Churchill hardcover
1901ref. 1863London: J. & A. Churchill 1901-1908. First edition. SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF FIRST BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Eight hardcover volumes all published 9 inches tall red cloth binding covers with blindstamped rulings gilt title to spines top edge gilt. Handstamp of British Medical Association Library to all volumes and in Vol. I handstamp "Presented to the Library by" F. Jaffrey Esq. FRCS inscribed. Spines darkened light browning to pages very good minus. SYDNEY STEPHENSON 1860 - 1923 earned his medical degree from Edinburgh University became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was an ophthalmologist at Queen's Hospital for Children and editor of The Ophthalmoscope a review that had become the most important periodical in British ophthalmology. He made seminal contributions in the study of ophthalmia neonatorum summarized in his book of that title. He founded with George Carpenter the Society for the Study of Disease in Children and when the amalgamation of multiple societies resulted in the formation of the Royal Society of Medicine it became one of the constituent sections. GEORGE ALFRED CARPENTER 1859 - 1910 was an English pediatrician who described the Carpenter Syndrome. He earned his M.D. in London and became physician to the Queen's Hospital for Children. In 1900 he founded the Society for the Study of Disease in Children the first British society of its kind and compiled eight volumes of Reports offered here. When the society was incorporated in the Royal Society of Medicine in 1908 and became the section for the study of disease in children he was elected its president. His major publications were on congenital malformations of the heart which was also the subject of his Wightman lecture delivered in 1909 before the section for the study of disease in children Royal Society of Medicine and published in the British Journal of Children's Diseases in 1909. In 1901 Carpenter published The Syphilis of Children in Everyday Practice. A short work Golden Rules for Diseases of Infants and Children published in 1901 reached a fourth and revised edition in 1911. PROVENANCE: FRANCIS JAFFREY FRCS 1861 - 1919 was raised in Australia and earned his M.D. at St. George's Hospital London. He was surgeon to the Belgrave Hospital for Children and consulting surgeon to the Cripples' Home in Kensington. He became dean of the Medical School of St. George's Hospital while he was also Lecturer in Anatomy. J. & A. Churchill hardcover books
ref. 1863SCARCE COMPLETE SET OF ILLUSTRATED REPORTS OF FIRST BRITISH SOCIETY FOR DISEASE IN CHILDREN. Eight hardcover volumes all published 9 inches tall red cloth binding covers with blindstamped rulings gilt title to spines top edge gilt. Many figures in text black/white and color plates throughout. Handstamp of British Medical Association Library to all volumes. Vol. I handstamp to front free endpaper "Presented to the Library by" F. Jaffrey Esq. FRCS inscribed. xxxvii 2 238 pp; Vol. II xxxii 2 310 pp; xxxvi 361 pp; xxxvi 2 378 pp; xxxviii 2 341 pp; xxxvii 2 324 pp; lx 2305 pp; lxi 504 pp. Spines darkened light soil to covers light browning to pages very good minus. The Reports chronicle a wide range of pediatric disease with many examples of the ravages of infectious diseases now prevented by immunization tumors and malformations including congenital heart disease. There is a long discussion of "sudden and unexpected death in children" "delayed chloroform poisoning" following anesthesia and paralysis treated with muscle grafting. Dr. Stephenson's expertise in ophthalmology is responsible for numerous illustrations of funduscopic images of various systemic diseases. This is remarkable as the first fundus camera was not developed until 1926. SYDNEY STEPHENSON 1860 - 1923 earned his medical degree from Edinburgh University became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was an ophthalmologist at Queen's Hospital for Children and editor of The Ophthalmoscope a review that had become the most important periodical in British ophthalmology. He made seminal contributions in the study of ophthalmia neonatorum summarized in his book of that title. He founded with George Carpenter the Society for the Study of Disease in Children and when the amalgamation of multiple societies resulted in the formation of the Royal Society of Medicine it became one of the constituent sections. GEORGE ALFRED CARPENTER 1859 – 1910 was an English pediatrician who described the Carpenter Syndrome. He earned his M.D. in London and became physician to the Queen's Hospital for Children. In 1900 he founded with Sydney Stephenson the Society for the Study of Disease in Children the first British society of its kind and compiled eight volumes of Reports offered here. When the society was incorporated in the Royal Society of Medicine in 1908 and became the section for the study of disease in children he was elected its president. His major publications were on congenital malformations of the heart which was also the subject of his Wightman lecture delivered in 1909 before the section for the study of disease in children Royal Society of Medicine and published in the British Journal of Children's Diseases in 1909. In 1901 Carpenter published The Syphilis of Children in Everyday Practice. A short work Golden Rules for Diseases of Infants and Children published in 1901 reached a fourth and revised edition in 1911. PROVENANCE: FRANCIS JAFFREY 1861 - 1919 was raised in Australia and earned his M.D. at St. George's Hospital London. He was surgeon to the Belgrave Hospital for Children and consulting surgeon to the Cripples' Home in Kensington. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgoens he became dean of the Medical School of St. George's Hospital while he was also Lecturer in Anatomy. J. & A. Churchill hardcover books