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1962réf. 470040Cambridge Massachusetts: Research Classics 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fourth edition. Fourth printing. Revised and enlarged. 12mo. 553pp. Dark red flexible boards. Spine slightly cocked covers lightly worn near fine. One of a limited printing of 500 copies. Research Classics No. 4. Authors added to the edition include: James Boyd Charles Waddell Chesnutt Don Marquis Allan Pinkerton Katherine Anne Porter John Steinbeck and more. Research Classics hardcover books
1967réf. 175011967. Blanck Jacob. Bibliography of American Literature. Volume 3: Edward Eggleston to Bret Harte 1967 provides detailed bibliographical descriptions of first editions and first appearances by American authors within its alphabetical range forming part of the Bibliographical Society of America's extensive record of American literary publishing. Commonly cited as BAL the bibliography was developed through examination of copies in public and private collections and research in copyright records and publishers' archives allowing bibliographers to distinguish editions issues and other publication points through physical evidence. The project concentrated on belles lettres by selected American authors and ultimately expanded to nine volumes. Blanck Jacob. Bibliography of American Literature. Volume 3: Edward Eggleston to Bret Harte 5088-7569. New Haven: Yale University Press 1967. Third edition. Volume 3 only. Approximately 2500 numbered entries provide physical descriptions of first editions in book pamphlet broadside and other formats with briefer records of first appearances and accompanying biographical information. The volume covers authors from Edward Eggleston through Bret Harte and includes illustrations. Hardcover in black boards with gold lettering. Ex libris. Contemporary bibliographical records confirm the 1967 Yale University Press issue of Volume 3 and its Eggleston to Harte coverage. Blanck formerly Bibliographer in Americana at the Library of Congress prepared BAL under the supervision of the Bibliographical Society of America establishing publication histories through comparison of surviving copies rather than title-page information alone. James L. Harner later described BAL as "one of the monumental bibliographies of the twentieth century" citing its examination of institutional and private copies copyright records and publishers' archives. Originally issued within a series that had reached seven volumes before its eventual extension to nine the present copy is Volume 3 only. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1930réf. 528305New York: World Book Company 1930. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated in both and color and black-and-white plates. Reinforced library binding in pictorial green cloth stamped in black and gray. Presented to a young Daniel G. Hoffman an American poet laureate with his name and address penciled on the presentation page affixed to the front pastedown. Light foxing on page edges spine tanned spine ends and corners lightly bumped very good. Additionally a handwritten note laid in presumably from one of Hoffman's relatives. World Book Company hardcover books
1945réf. 449268Waldport Oregon: The Untide Press 1945. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by B. Straker James. Small quarto. Stapled illustrated wrappers. About very good with stain on the back wear at the yapped edges and a tear on the first page. One of 950 copies. A volume of poetry about living in a Civilian Public Service Camp published by a group of pacifists housed in such a camp on the Oregon coast during the war. Scarce. The Untide Press unknown books
1963réf. 452807Manchester: Manchester University Press 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition with two additional chapters and critical comments. Octavo. Black cloth gilt. Corners a trifle bumped near fine lacking the dust jacket. Manchester University Press hardcover books
1852réf. 445076New York: Harper & Brothers 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Neat owner's gift inscription on front fly spine and edges sunned nicks on spine ends very good lacking the dust jacket. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1994réf. 445948Clifton New Jersey: AB Bookman Publications 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 939-1066pp. Stapled wrappers. Small stain on rear wrapper near fine. Catalogue for the 32nd ILAB Congress and 15th International Antiquarian Book Fair. Contemporary Fine Printing in Italy. The Story of the Codex Sinaiticus. AB Bookman Publications unknown books
1994réf. 445946Clifton New Jersey: AB Bookman Publications 1994. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 1147-1282pp. Stapled wrappers. Colored pencil marginalia very good. Catalogue. AB Bookman Publications unknown books
1988réf. 436098New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 402pp. Illustrated. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with spine faded. Signed by the editor on the front fly verso: "With Best Wishes John C. Dann. Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardcover books
1998réf. 428157Boston: Photographic Resource Center 1998. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. 104pp. Stiff photographic french flap wrappers. A fine copy. Photographic Resource Center unknown books
1978réf. 423482Watkins Glen New York: The American Life Foundation for The Athenaeum Library of Nineteenth Century America 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of the 1870 edition entitled: Beautifying Country Homes. A Handbook of Landscape Gardening. Folio. Approximate measurements: 13 1/2" x 10 1/4". 40pp. Illustrated with 4 color plates and 23 plates in rear. Dampstains on front wrapper only corners flared top rear corner creased still a very good copy. The American Life Foundation for The Athenaeum Library of Nineteenth Century America unknown books
1972réf. 409648Surrey England: Oasis 1972. Softcover. Fine. Magazine. Octavo. 127pp. Perfectbound. Art editor is Gail Howell-Jones. Black and white illustrations. Light rubbing else fine. Ian Robinson founded Oasis in 1969 and continued to publish the magazine while Robinson founded Oasis Books in 1970. This magazine is devoted to the translation and review of well known poets and authors such as: Bruno Jasienski Florence Chia Ying Yeh Chao and Max Jacob. Well known poets and author's include George Bowering a well known poet and historian and Martin Booth a British novelist and poet who founded the Sceptre Press. Three chapters of Lotte Bullock's The Lost Tiger are printed in this issue. Also includes Illustrations by Carol Chapman Jean Demelier Patrick O'Keeffe Stanley Engel and John Mitchinson. Additional contributors include Anthony Hodge Philip Weeks David H W Grubb Reginald Levy John Rice Donato Cinicolo III Sally Tylecote Paul Matthews William Oxley Paul Gogarty Colin Nixon Thea Clark Ervin Gaspar Michael Gold Richard Austin Paul Green Robin Lee William Bedford Bruton Connors Andrew Darlington Valerie Owen Charles Black Craig Anderson Matt Simpson Simon McNulty Cecily Lambert John Mitchinson David Jaffin Roger Bonner Rachel Blake Mark Young and Francesca de Masi. Oasis unknown books
1989réf. 190086New York: Dutton 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Very good paperback. Uncorrected proof. Pages clean. Small brown stain on half-title page. Corners rubbed. Spine yellowing. Dutton unknown books
1836réf. 193783Boston: William Peirce 1836. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 348pp. Endpapers and pages foxed some moderately neat gift inscription tipped on front fly penciled owner name dated 1896 on title page binding slightly cocked and worn spine ends and corners bumped and fraying good only. By the author of the children's "Rollo" books. William Peirce hardcover books
1951réf. 112603Philadelphia: Jefferson Medical College 1951. Softcover. Very Good. Small quarto. vi 119pp. Comb-bound wrappers. Owner's name penned on title front cover detached from a few prongs very good. Containing Course I: The Upper Extremity Course II: The Head and Neck Course III: The Thorax Course IV: The Abdomen and Pelvis Course V: The Lower Extremity Course VI: The Articulations. Scarce OCLC locates only 2 copies. Jefferson Medical College unknown books
1942réf. 390864New York: R.R. Bowker Co 1942. Hardcover. Good. Fourth edition. Revised and enlarged. 553pp. Red cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Spine darkened with ends frayed corners worn and bumped thus good only. Some authors included are: Conrad Aiken Louisa May Alcott Sherwood Anderson John James Audubon Jane Austin Stephen Vincent Benet William Cullen Bryant Pearl Buck James Branch Cabell Willa Cather Emily Dickinson John Dos Passos Ralph Waldo Emerson William Faulkner Robert Frost Bret Harte Nathaniel Hawthorne Lafcadio Hearn Ernest Hemingway Sinclair Lewis Vachel Lindsay Jack London Longfellow Eugene O'Neill Dorothy Parker Edgar Allan Poe Katherine Anne Porter Carl Sandburg George Santayana Harriet Beecher Stowe Booth Tarkington Mark Twain John Greenleaf Whittier and many others. R.R. Bowker Co hardcover books
réf. 288689Munchen Germany: DELPHIN VERLAG. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. In German. DELPHIN VERLAG unknown books
1944réf. 386180Nashville Tennessee: Nashville Army Air Center AAFCC 1944. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 18pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Slight oxidation to staples and light age-toning near fine. Signed by Wuest on the second page following his opening address. Comprehensive overview of Air Force training for Aviation Cadets. The Ohio-born Colonel Jacob Wuest served as Commander of the Air Corps Tactical School from 1929-30 and as an American military attaché in Germany from 1932-1935. He was very alarmed by German rearmament a concern which U.S. Ambassador Dodd dismissed as "hysterical." He later became the first commanding officer of Dale Mabry field from 1940-1942. Presumably this pamphlet postdates that command. OCLC locates a single copy Wisconsin Veterans Museum Library. Nashville Army Air Center (AAFCC) unknown books
1944réf. 383430New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1944. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Onwer's name slight smudges on the boards else fine in fine and bright dustwrapper with slight soiling. From the "Labor in Twentieth Century America" series. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover books
1983réf. 379053Washington DC: Historical Office United States Senate 1983. Softcover. Near Fine. Bicentennial edition. Quarto. 362pp. Pictorial wrappers. Near fine with light edgewear. Publisher's letter laid in. U.S. Senate Bicentennial Publication #1. Historical Office, United States Senate unknown books
1932réf. 382886Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A Facsimile Reproduction of the Copy of the English Version in the Huntington Library. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine darkened small chips on top edges. Harvard University Press hardcover books
1941réf. 360382New York: R.R. Bowker Company 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition this is one of 750 copies. 142pp. Green cloth gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated plates portrait. Near fine with light spotting on page edges laid in is the dustwrapper lacking the rear panel. Inscribed on the front fly by the author in the year of publication. R.R. Bowker Company hardcover books
1998réf. 370651Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Large octavo. 192pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs by Edwin Harlan Remsberg. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
1787réf. 373880Wein Vienna: bey Rudolph Gräffer und Compagnie 1787. Hardcover. Very Good. Medical Journal. Volume one only of two: a second volume was published in 1801. Text in German. Quarto. LXXXII 432pp. illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate vignettes and 11 folding plates at the rear. Contemporary half leather and speckled paper-covered boards gilt-stamped spine label. The joints are split but still snug else a very good sound copy. The very scarce medical journal of the Viennese Josephinum a military medical school established in 1783-85 and directed by the Italian physician Johann Alexander Brambilla Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla chief surgeon to Emperor Joseph II and author of the Instrumentarium Chirurgicum Militare Austriacum 1782 the most complete survey of medical instruments of the day. This volume features two treatises by Brambilla: "Gliedschwamme am Knie" and "von der Bleykolik." Also included is "Tetanus von einer Verwundung" by Joseph Plenk the leading dermatologist of the period and "Beobachtungen uber die Samengange ihre Klappen" by the Viennese anatomist and physiologist Georg Prochaska. The engraved frontispiece: "Ratione et Experientia" vignettes and folding anatomical plates including two of a foetus are especially fine. bey Rudolph Gräffer und Compagnie hardcover books
1863réf. 360308Washington 1863. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 13pp. and 3pp. blank. Untrimmed. Light small stain and chip to the lower right corner else very good. Scarce. OCLC locates seven copies. unknown books
