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1842ref. 56772Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer 1842. First edition 12mo pp. 9 6-171 1; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; spine ends cracked and chipped else very good and sound. Jacob Frieze 1789-1880 a Universalist minister from New England was an early missionary to North Carolina. After retiring from the ministry he became a Rhode Island political journalist reporting on and participating in the events culminating in the Dorr War 1842. American Imprints 1920; Bartlett p. 129; Parks 363 noting the second edition only. Benjamin F. Moore, printer unknown
1927ref. 320297New York: Joseph P. Day 1927. Each property with photo llustration. 13 pp. 4to. Grey wrappers. Fine tipped in newspaper artricle at front saying the properties brought $1423 000. Each property with photo llustration. 13 pp. 4to. With a flyer for 40 acres in Bedford Hills NY auction on Feb. 15 1927 laid in. WH/9/alex Box 1/69/1 Joseph P. Day unknown
1900ref. 55994Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. First edition 8vo; pp. 8 267 1; original navy-blue cloth; gilt lettering on front cover and spine; frontispiece of Col. George E. Waring Jr.; 11 half-tone plates; spine extremities and corners slightly scuffed; ex-Merriam Public Library with their bookplate and accession sticker on spine; small deaccession stamps on front and rear endsheets; otherwise very good. Most well-known for his 1890 exposé How the Other Half Lives "Riis was a Danish-American social reformer "muckracking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn of the twentieth century" Wikipedia. Riis and the photographers he employed were among the first Americans to utilize flash photography. Houghton, Mifflin and Company unknown
ref. A9781501745096Hardback. New. In this ground-breaking account of the political economy and cultural meaning of blood in contemporary India Jacob Copeman and Dwaipayan Banerjee examine how the giving and receiving of blood has shaped social and political life. Hematologies traces how the substance congeals political ideologies biomedical rationalities and activist. hardcover
ref. A9780198846048Paperback / softback. New. Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political science. It is however often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to clarify this conceptual muddle by concentrating on one variety of governance-interactive governance. paperback
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ref. A9780198747208Paperback / softback. New. Medical nihilism is the view that we should have little confidence in the effectiveness of medical interventions. Jacob Stegenga argues persuasively that this is how we should see modern medicine and suggests that medical research must be modified clinical practice should be less aggressive and regulatory standards should be enhanced. paperback
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ref. New-May2-2017--1881Springer 2015-10-27. Hardcover. New. 0x0x0. New US Edition Textbook Ships with Emailed Tracking from USA Springer hardcover
ref. Umay-1454881992-971Wolters Kluwer 2017-12-06. Hardcover. Good. US Edition Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Emailed Tracking from USA Wolters Kluwer hardcover
ref. A9780718891237Paperback / softback. New. The last and most important work of the 17th Century mystic this is a wide-ranging interpretation of the Book of Genesis that touches also on the message of the New Testament and the nature of mystical experience. paperback
1842ref. 55919Providence: Benjamin F. Moore printer 1842. First edition 12mo pp. 9 6-171 1; original green cloth-backed green paper-covered boards printed paper label on upper cover; ex-Newport Historical Society released with its pressure stamp on title page and last page of text; occasional spotting and foxing; all else very good. With the ownership signature on the title page of "B. Diman." Jacob Frieze 1789-1880 a Universalist minister from New England was an early missionary to North Carolina. After retiring from the ministry he became a Rhode Island political journalist reporting on and participating in the events culminating in the Dorr War 1842. American Imprints 1920; Bartlett p. 129; Parks 363 noting the second edition only. Benjamin F. Moore, printer unknown
ref. 88572EBAugsburg Bencard 1704. Blindgeprägtes Pgmt. d. Zt. m. Rückenschild u. zwei Schließen. Bibl.-Ex. Einband stark fleckig u. verfärbt. Rücken oben m. ca. 1 cm Fehlstelle. Innengelenk angeplatzt. Einbnaddeckel etwas aufgebogen. Anm. a. Innendeckel. Name a. Vorsatz. Durchgehend Feuchtigkeitsschaden am Rand. Papier teils etwas gebräunt bzw. etwas fleckig. Wenige Seiten mit Wurmloch. Ohne die Karte. enthält die Kommentierung von den Büchern Moses bis Daniel. Augsburg, Bencard 1704. unknown
2009ref. __089236968XJ Paul Getty Museum Pubns 2009. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 388 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.90 inches. J Paul Getty Museum Pubns paperback
2018ref. __1350043109Ava Pub Sa 2018. Hardcover. New. 240 pages. 10.50x8.50x0.50 inches. Ava Pub Sa hardcover
1932ref. 316934London: Unicorn 1932. First edition. Illustrated. 328pp. 8vo. Bound in three quarter mottled modern tan calf and marblwed boards. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 328pp. 8vo. The story of a journey from Damsacus to Bagdad to Karachi to Simla. Unicorn hardcover
2007ref. G0123797519I4N00Elsevier Science & Technology 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Elsevier Science & Technology hardcover
1826ref. 316088Cumberland MD: Printed for the Author by J.M. Buchanan 1826. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary half roan and marbled boards spine lettered in gilt. Covers scuffed and worn small semicircular portion of rear cover fire damaged with loss wear extending into final 25 pages at top margin touching a few letters text foxed and faintly dampstained some contemporary pen annotations 1839 ownership inscription on front free endpaper. First edition. 8vo. First edition of this defense of colonial frontiersman Captain Cresap 1742-1775 whom Jefferson echoing others blamed for the murder of the family of the Mingo war chief James Logan during Lord Dunmore's War. Cresap has since been exonerated and the Virginian Daniel Greathouse is now blamed for the massacre of Logan's family. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in NOTES ON VIRGINIA.The immediate occasion for this now rare book written by the revolutionary officer later clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Joseph Doddridge in his then recently published NOTES ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter. Streeter Sale 1335; Howes J32; Graff 2185; Sabin 35488; Siebert Sale 379 Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan unknown
1842ref. 54602Philadelphia: published at the Assay Office of the Mint 1842. First edition 4to pp. 4 iv 1 6-220; inserted half-title printed in silver on glazed paper and 16 composite plates printed on glazed paper; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on the upper cover; small snag at the top of the spine and the cloth binding a little dull; the plates are all bound at the back of the volume in 4 sequential gatherings and the bulk of the plates has caused these gatherings to become extended; otherwise a complete copy with a clean text block and an interesting provenance: on the front free endpaper is the first owner's inscription "Rud. F. Kelker / April 21 1843 / bot. of Eckfeldt & Dubois / United States Mint" and on the top of the title page "Rud. F. Kelker / April 21 1843 / bot. of Eckfeldt & Dubois / United States Mint / paid $5.00." Bookplate of Rudolph F. Kelker Harrisburg Pa. A landmark work in American numismatics. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. For nearly two decades it was the only practical guide available to American coin collectors. It was also the first work to illustrate the 1804 dollar and was one of the earliest works to combine photography electrotyping and the metal rolling machine for illustrative purposes. Sabin 21787. published at the Assay Office of the Mint unknown
1979ref. 89750Le Caire: Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale du Caire 1979. Paperback. Very Good. illustrations 14 numbered leaves of plates viii 120p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Mostly French text with some Arabic. Bibliotheque d'Etudes Coptes tome XV 1979. Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale du Caire paperback
1929ref. 317435London: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. First American edition. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 298pp. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters mottled brown calf and marbled boards leather title label. Fine. First American edition. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 298pp. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1989ref. G0716720310I3N00Freeman & Company W. H. 1989. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Freeman & Company, W. H. hardcover
1881ref. 53922Cumberland Maryland: Book and Job Printing Establishment of J. J. Miller 1881. Third edition 8vo pp. 120; original brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover; spine a bit sunned else near fine. The Frank C. Deering copy with his leather bookplate on the front free endpaper. Bookplate removed from front pastedown but with a sheet bearing John J. Jacob's signature tipped in over it; laid in is an autograph manuscript poem by Jacob with 6 quatrains titled "The Lover to his Mistress on Her Birthday" signed "J.J.J."; also laid in is a one-page A.L.s. from Jacob's grand-daughter regarding her books and a photograph of him. "This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson's account in Notes on Virginia of Cresap's tendency to murder Indians especially in the famous case of the Indian Logan and his defenseless family. The immediate occasion for this . book written by the revolutionary officer late clergyman who had married Cresap's widow was the reopening of old sores by Doddridge in his then recently published Notes of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest" Streeter III 1335 for the first edition of 1826. Book and Job Printing Establishment of J. J. Miller unknown
1851ref. 54192New York: George P. Putnam 1851. 8vo pp. 6 72 2 2 ads 2 ads 6 ads on yellow paper; 5 plates; original brown cloth gilt-stamped upper cover; a few cracks in the cloth along the hinges neatly repaired with small strips of cellotape; otherwise a very good copy. An early reference work on gold coins from California and other states issued for collectors and those dealing in the money trade. The authors were assayers of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The first edition of this work issued in 1850 contained several samples of genuine California gold ore and is notably scarce. This revised edition was issued without the samples but contains new material on the California gold situation and California coins; Mormon coins; and other West Coast imprints. There are 5 handsome engraved plates at the end of the book showing gold coins from California and the west coast; Mormon coins; gold ingots; mining company issues; coins from Central America; and much more. The second half of the book written by Du Bois is devoted to ancient coins in the U.S. Mint's private collection including coins from the Roman Empire Persia the Byzantine era and more. This collection was formed in 1838 with Du Bois serving as its first curator. Cowan p. 76; Kuritz 217b; Sabin 21788. George P. Putnam unknown
ref. 86290EBHildesheim Olms 2005. Ppbd. Hildesheim, Olms 2005. unknown