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1939ref. 006714New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good /No Jacket. Published with the cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological Society and American Museum of Natural History. Clean unmarked copy cloth binding with gilt stamped decoration on front board and title in gilt on spine nice and bright some discoloration on pastedowns overall a very nice copy. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1939ref. ABE-1691440829785Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1939. 8vo 533 p. original red cloth with front board and spine stamped in gilt. A handsome copy of this big game book illustrated with photographs maps and line drawings throughout. Minor toning to text block; minor wear to spine and spine tips else clean and bright. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1938ref. 2816Carpenter Paper Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951 1938. Softcover. Contains a wealth of practical information about printing and presswork. Seven ring black leatherette loose leaf notebook with tabs and typescrpt text printed front side only. Index tabs cover Paper pulps & mfg. Paper tests Paper sales information Paper complaints Printing processes Offset process paper Presses & operation Offset process inks Offset process printing problems Offset process suggestions Letter press printing paper Press operation plates & rollers Letter press printing inks Plate information halftone-line etching rubber plates etc. Letter press printing problems Miscl processes mimeo-gravure- silk screen duplicating etc. Miscl information. "The material in this book was collected and edited by Oliver S. Barrie and was copyrighted by Nation Wide Papers Inc. in 1938. The book was not made available to the public at that time. Carpenter Paper Company deemed this work to be of considerable value.and has caused a limited number of copies to be printed." Each section numbered separately perhaps 200 pages in all. An uncommon find with no institutional copies located through OCLC. ; 9-1/2" x 11-1/2"; Notebook with minor rubbing and soiling name inked on title page first tab first two pages curled at rings two sections appeat to not have any text pages clean and free of tears or writing. . Carpenter Paper Company paperback
ref. 46903MASSACHUSETTS. AMHERST. CARPENTER & MOREHOUSE. The History of the Town of Amherst Massachusetts.Part I. General History of the Town. Part II. Town Meeting Records. Complete in One Volume. Amherst 1896. xxiii 640 256pp. Illus. Fine in later cloth. unknown
1868ref. n0334Washington: Government Printing Office 1868. Important case argued before the Supreme Court regarding habeas corpus and the extent of the Supreme Court's reach recently relevant in arguments regarding prisoners held at Guantanamo; Carpenter a Wisconsin lawyer and politico gained national recognition from this trial and was appointed Senator the year after; in the Senate he became a leading though controversial figure. Original publication first printing. Pamphlet/paperback original pale blue wraps black titling. Removed from a bound collection of pamphlets missing its spine but still soundly bound. Whole thing lightly creased more noticable on the front cover and early pages title page with a chunk torn out of the edge light waterstaining an improvised index tab was torn out light wear otherwise pages tanned. Text clean; 83 pages. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 5½" by 8¾". Government Printing Office Paperback
1942ref. 503467AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT: "With warmest greetings Yours always.May 26th '42" probably clipped from closing of an ALS. 2 1/2" x 7 /12".
2003ref. 307895San Francisco: Pomegranate 2003. hardcover. fine/very good. Betye Saar. With color images throughout. 116 pages. Tall narrow 4to brown cloth d.w. San Francisco: Pomegranate 2003. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper spine evenly sunned and a bit scuffed. Pomegranate unknown
ref. elala5281Philadelphia: Blanchard And Lea 1851. Second American From A New And Revised London Edition. Carpenter was Fullerian professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution but is best known for his researches in marine zoology and for his Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors in Health and Disease 1850 which was one of the first books to consider alcoholism as a disease. 8vo. pp. xvi 17-566 34ads. with half-title. 2 engraved plates & numerous wood-engraved text illus. A nice copy in contemporary sprinkled calf dampstain to outer margin of plates & preliminary leaves. bookseller's ticket of A.H.Armour Toronto & ownership entry of Thomas Savage Philadelphia: Blanchard And Lea, 1851 unknown
ref. 0888331290New. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback
2003ref. 078722San Diego CA U.S.A.: Harcourt Trade Publishers 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The book is inscribed by Scott Carpenter as well as Kris Stoever in pen on the title page. The inscription reads " To Eric Fly Safe Kris Stoever Scott Carpenter". The book was signed in person at Dutton's Bookstore in Brentwood California on January 25th 2005. Harcourt Trade Publishers Hardcover
2002ref. 005234New York: Harcourt 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 370pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition First Printing with full letter sequence. Bound in quarter blue cloth over gray paper-covered boards with titles in silver on spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket $26.00 is fresh and bright with no creasing chipping toning or tears. Protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Signed by Carpenter on the title page. A very attractive collectable copy at a great price. Harcourt hardcover
ref. 1509387Distributed Art Pub Inc. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. This copy has been Signed by Dine on the half title page. Signature only. First Edition. Condition is Very Good in a Fine dustjacket. Book has clean covers and pages square corners and a tight square binding. Jacket clean bright and crisp with no rips or tears. Photos upon request. Distributed Art Pub Inc hardcover
1960ref. 005825San Francisco: Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Printed by Saul Marks of the Plantin Press 1960. Second Edition. Wraps. Fine. 12mo. 17 by 11 cm. 9 pp. Described as "a fictitious correspondence between E. de Fumier and M. Cambronne" the text is actually a learned discussion of the word "shit". With a publisher's slip inserted and surviving. Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Printed by Saul Marks of the Plantin Press unknown
1964ref. 624924University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 434pp. Owner's signature and stamp of a noted American psychologist on the front fly else fine in slightly spine-toned very good or better dust jacket. The Pennsylvania State University Press hardcover
1843ref. 039000Philadelphia PA: Lea and Blanchard 1843. Full-Leather. Good. Full leather over boards. The leather shows edgewear with scuffing. The binding is sound. There is foxing and staining in the text. Lea and Blanchard hardcover
1912ref. 434360Philadelphia: Printed for Private Circulation by J.B. Lippincott Company 1912. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 319 1pp. Illustrated Original green cloth gilt. Slight wear at the corners about fine. Genealogy of a Philadelphia family. A very nice copy. Printed for Private Circulation by J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover
1815ref. 12194Philadelphia: J W Campbell. Good with no dust jacket; Original brn leather with red spine label; . spine of Vol 1 has a chip missing covers of both are rubbed on the edges . ad corners; original endsheet with owners name and old bookstore label; no . foxing but pages have an orange tint shadow; first volume has front cover . loose but attacted all others firm; No marks or writing clean tight . binding;. 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Two vols of speeches starting with several by Patrick Henry Alexander Hamilton Mr Madison and Mr Wickhan speech on the Trial of Aaron Burr for high treason; a valuable source for American history; ; Vol. 2 . J W Campbell hardcover
ref. 0884481042New. hardcover. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. hardcover
1967ref. W1222Chevy Chase Maryland: Department of the Navy 1967. Sheet of stationery with the letterhead of the U. S. Navy's Deep Submergence Systems Project Office that is AUTOGRAPHED without inscription by Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter 1925-2013 who was the second American after John Glenn to orbit the Earth. Carpenter retired from NASA in 1967 when he became Director of Aquanaut Operations for SEALAB III within the U. S. Navy's Deep Submergence Systems Project Office. Provenance: from the collection of Lee Saegesser Chief Archivist from 1967 until 1997 in the Washington DC NASA Headquarters History Office. Certificate of Authenticity available if requested. Included with the autographed stationery is Saegesser's personal copy of NASA's record of Carpenter's famous quotation following his orbital flight: "The sunrises and sunsets were the most beautiful and spectacular events of the flight. Unlike those on Earth the sunrises and sunsets in orbit were all the same. The sharply defined bands of color at the horizon were brilliant." The autograph is bright and unfaded; the stationery is clean with 2 horizontal folding creases light toning and two tiny brown spots. SIGNED. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. 11" by 8 1/2". Manuscript. Department of the Navy Paperback
1933ref. 29045NY: Junior Literary Guild and Doubleday Doran & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1933. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very slight bumping to the bottom corners. Unfortunately someone tried to peel a bookplate from inside the front cover. Happily no damage to the paper underneath but the torn plate is 90% still there. Could be carefully removed. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 292 pages . Junior Literary Guild and Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
1954ref. 64-PJZE-8LFJPreservation Soc. of Newport. Very Good. 1954. Paperback. Faint edge wear spine a little darkened with a hangnail at top. . Preservation Soc. of Newport paperback
1917ref. 251932San Diego: Chamber of Commerce 1917. Second edition from a printing of 5000 copies. Frontispiece. 54 pp. 12mo. Original boards. Some chipping to spine corners rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf. Generally clean internally. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth folder. Second edition from a printing of 5000 copies. Frontispiece. 54 pp. 12mo. "This is a brief but general account of the history of aviation as it is associated with southern California" - introduction. The first edition is exceedingly scarce. Chamber of Commerce hardcover
ref. FORT804290William Wood & Company. Used - Good. Two volume set. Volumes I and II. Illustrations throughout. 1883. William Wood & Company unknown
1843ref. 14243Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. Good. 1843. First American Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Covers are very very worn but intact. Numerous owner's inscriptions on the endpapers from a range of dates. One of the inscriptions is "Capt. T. K. Jackson C. S. A. ; enroute to Lychburg VA". No date on that one unfortunately. If this book could talk. More extensive writing on the back endpapers in pencil which I can't decipher. Last few pages a little loose. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 618 pages . Lea & Blanchard hardcover
ref. 71-7927London: The Illustrated London News Nov. 28 1857. Color lithograph with gum arabic. p. 517. 28 x 40 cm sheet. Very Good water stain in upper right sheet corner. London: The Illustrated London News, Nov. 28, 1857. unknown