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2008rif. x-1441946020Springer US 2008. Paperback. New. 238 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.58 inches. Springer US paperback
rif. 0889202435New. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback
1999rif. G158500992XI4N00Authorhouse 1999. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Authorhouse paperback
2008rif. G0520255305I3N11University of California Press 2008. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. University of California Press hardcover
rif. 0838302890New. library. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
rif. 0872261883New. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
1946rif. 29173Chicago:: The Reilly and Lee Co. 1946. First edition. publisher's cloth with applied color illustration. Date stamp and inked numeral on verso of bookplate page; minor use to cloth at extremities; tight and sound. . 4to. Illustrated by Frank Kramer. The Reilly and Lee Co., hardcover
1900rif. 478505N/A January 1900. Hardcover. Good - Cash. Wear and soiling to black cloth cover with gold embossed lettering. Corners worn through. Spine split vertically. Front hinge is broken. FFEP has previous owner's names and notations written on it and is splitting away from page block near top and bottom. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. N/A hardcover
1839rif. S4189London:: Richard and John E. Taylor 1839. 1839. Third Series. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the year MDCCCXXXIX Part II. 305 x 241 mm. 4to. Pages 215-241. Entire volume: vi 215-438 12 4 pp. 6 tables. Original navy cloth black leather spine label gilt spine; joints reinforced with kozo. Very good. FIRST EDITION of William Harris' Bakerian Lecture. Harris contributed papers on the elementary laws of electricity in 1834 1836 and 1839 and they are described in the DNB as "his best work." Sir William Snow Harris was an electrician who was knighted in 1847 for his improved lightning conductor. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831. In 1835 Harris received the Copley Medal from the Royal Society for his papers on the laws of electricity of high tension. "The two great authorities on electrical distribution and its consequences are Coulomb and Sir William Harris. . . on repeating the experiments Harris found Coulomb's results only approximately correct and modified these laws accordingly. . ." – John T. Sprague Electricity: Its Theory Sources and Applications 2nd ed. London 1884 p. 63. "Sir William Snow Harris 1 April 1791 – 22 January 1867 was an English physician and electrical researcher1 nicknamed Thunder-and-Lightning Harris2 and noted for his invention of a successful system of lightning conductors for ships. It took many years of campaigning research and successful testing before the British Royal Navy changed to Harris's conductors from their previous less effective system. One of the successful test vessels was HMS Beagle which survived lightning strikes unharmed on her famous voyage with Charles Darwin. . . He read papers on the elementary laws of electricity to the Society in 1834 1836 and 1839 and also sent accounts of his experiments and discoveries to the Royal Society of Edinburgh." – Wikip. REFERENCES: DNB XI pp. 30-31; Encyclopaedia Britannica XIII pp. 20-21; Mottelay Bibliographical history of electricity and magnetism pp. 468-469. See: Uman Martin A. The Art and Science of Lightning Protection. Cambridge University Press 2008. pp. 175–176 179. Richard and John E. Taylor, 1839. hardcover
1839rif. S4189London:: Richard and John E. Taylor 1839. 1839. Third Series. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. For the year MDCCCXXXIX Part II. 305 x 241 mm. 4to. Pages 215-241. Entire volume: vi 215-438 12 4 pp. 6 tables. Original navy cloth black leather spine label gilt spine; joints reinforced with kozo. Very good. FIRST EDITION of William Harris' Bakerian Lecture. Harris contributed papers on the elementary laws of electricity in 1834 1836 and 1839 and they are described in the DNB as "his best work." Sir William Snow Harris was an electrician who was knighted in 1847 for his improved lightning conductor. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831. In 1835 Harris received the Copley Medal from the Royal Society for his papers on the laws of electricity of high tension. "The two great authorities on electrical distribution and its consequences are Coulomb and Sir William Harris. . . on repeating the experiments Harris found Coulomb's results only approximately correct and modified these laws accordingly. . ." – John T. Sprague Electricity: Its Theory Sources and Applications 2nd ed. London 1884 p. 63. "Sir William Snow Harris 1 April 1791 – 22 January 1867 was an English physician and electrical researcher1 nicknamed Thunder-and-Lightning Harris2 and noted for his invention of a successful system of lightning conductors for ships. It took many years of campaigning research and successful testing before the British Royal Navy changed to Harris's conductors from their previous less effective system. One of the successful test vessels was HMS Beagle which survived lightning strikes unharmed on her famous voyage with Charles Darwin. . . He read papers on the elementary laws of electricity to the Society in 1834 1836 and 1839 and also sent accounts of his experiments and discoveries to the Royal Society of Edinburgh." – Wikip. REFERENCES: DNB XI pp. 30-31; Encyclopaedia Britannica XIII pp. 20-21; Mottelay Bibliographical history of electricity and magnetism pp. 468-469. See: Uman Martin A. The Art and Science of Lightning Protection. Cambridge University Press 2008. pp. 175–176 179. Richard and John E. Taylor, 1839. hardcover books
1928rif. 1409050Baltimore: N.p 1928. Limited Collected Edition: #3/250. Hardcover. Quarto 291 3 551-591 pages plus several plates. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red leather with gilt edging and titling; spine paneled with gilt titling. Some wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight. Text block shows moderate wear and toning along edges. Interior clean. Bookplate on front pastedown from one of the authors: "The Library of William Snow Miller". Some cracks on frontispiece near gutter. Signed by Kenneth Dows on frontispiece: "Sincerely yours Kenneth Dows". Shelved in Room A. 1409050. Special Collections. [N.p] hardcover
1928rif. 1409050Baltimore: N.p 1928. Limited Collected Edition: #3/250. Hardcover. Quarto 291 3 551-591 pages plus several plates. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red leather with gilt edging and titling; spine paneled with gilt titling. Some wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight. Text block shows moderate wear and toning along edges. Interior clean. Bookplate on front pastedown from one of the authors: "The Library of William Snow Miller". Some cracks on frontispiece near gutter. Signed by Kenneth Dows on frontispiece: "Sincerely yours Kenneth Dows". Shelved in Room A. 1409050. Special Collections. [N.p] hardcover books
1891rif. 70783Salt Lake City UT: Deseret News Company Printers and Publishers 1891. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 183pp. Vegesimo-Quarto 24mo 15 cm Greenish-blue cloth with decorative blind stamping to boards and title gilt stamped on the front board rubbed. Endpapers discolored along the hinges. Normal toning and aging to pages. Flake/Draper 7846. Deseret News Company, Printers and Publishers hardcover
1891rif. 70783Salt Lake City UT: Deseret News Company Printers and Publishers 1891. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 183pp. Vegesimo-Quarto 24mo 15 cm Greenish-blue cloth with decorative blind stamping to boards and title gilt stamped on the front board rubbed. Endpapers discolored along the hinges. Normal toning and aging to pages. Flake/Draper 7846. Deseret News Company, Printers and Publishers hardcover books
1879rif. 023934Worcester MA: Noyes Snow & Company 1879. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Near Fine. 12mo. light green paper-bound with 280 pages many illustrations and ads Fabyan House ad and hotel Illustration on the rear Cog RR Mt Washington & 'The Old Man' illustrations on the front. Price hand-penned in front of .25 'FIFTY' is crossed out some corner creasing and light edge/spine end wear and 2 corners chipped off about 1/2". Also present is the quite elusive folding map light and fragile but still in Fine Condition of the route through to the White Mountains showing stations and hotels etc. along the way. A scarce White Mountains map which was usually removed to frame. And. the folding timetable is here as well. A very nice and complete example of this elusive early White Mountains and other Northern areas travel guide. All-in-All the nicest example I have ever seen or had of this fragile volume in over 40 years of collecting. Noyes, Snow & Company unknown
1869rif. 2803Washington D.C.: Intelligencer Printing House 1869. Paper wraps. Date corrected in pencil. 17 pp in good condition. Intelligencer Printing House unknown
1869rif. 2803Washington D.C.: Intelligencer Printing House 1869. Paper wraps. Date corrected in pencil. 17 pp in good condition. Intelligencer Printing House unknown books
1979rif. 61335Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Howard Rogers. Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. First Edition and Limited Edition. With included separate "Notes from the Editors" now scarce. Octavo 346 pp.; illustrations executed with distinctive style by Howard Rogers for this true first edition. As New; immaculate and pristine. See scans. Franklin's lavish leather binding of the First Edition of Snow's murder mystery set in the quite fashionable Belgravia section of London. Full rich brown top grain leather gilt decorated and imprinted spine panels rib divided All Edges Gilt brown moire endpapers and a matching satin page-marker ribbon. The gilt is 22 karat; the paper is 60-pound Franklin Library Eggshell Wove Cream typeface is 10-point Trump Medieval. The Franklin Library doing what they did best. As New and never read; has been protectively archived since arrival. Page-marker ribbon has in fact never been moved. Please review scans. With "A Special Message to the members of The First Edition Society" by Snow prefacing the novel with laser printed signature; the scarce separate "Notes from the Editors". Please see all scans. Show this one off on the cocktail table; get a market copy to read. l-frnkln5 The Franklin Library hardcover
rif. 41396TROLLOPE ANTHONY. SNOW C.P. Trollope. His Life and Art. Illus. Original cloth dust jacket. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1975. Inscribed by the author: "To Diana and Lionel / with much affection / from Charles / C.P. Snow." A very good copy. unknown
1910rif. 55298London: Edward Arnold. VG. 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition with Good dust jacket. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 303 pages. Interior of dust jacket professionally repaired with archival tape; scuff to book spine. Illustrated. Tight binding. Corners bumped . Edward Arnold hardcover
1946rif. 7709Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1946. Very good plus in very good minus jacket. First edition of Jack Snow's first continuation of the Oz series going "back to where Baum left off" Bievenue 132. In this Oz installment Mimics copy exactly the appearance of our heroes in a pre-Body Snatchers / Among Us imposters plot. 9'' x 6.5''. Original grey cloth with full color pictorial paste-on. In original color pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers printed in green. Illustrated by Kramer in black and white. 242 2 pages. Contemporary ink gift inscription dated 1948 to verso of front endpaper; name faintly effaced from "this book belongs to" page. Jacket with 1.25'' chip to front panel long closed tear to rear panel moderate edgewear. Book a trifle shaken else fresh. Reilly & Lee unknown
1946rif. LPB009414JSChicago: The Reilly & Lee Company 1946. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. In grey cloth with tipped on colored image and all relevant points. Top front corner bumped and rubbing with spots of fraying to spine ends. Soiling to rear board front page ends and frontispiece/title page. Some spots/marks to top and bottom page ends as well and half-title page. Previous owner's name in pencil. Text block lightly tanned. Jacket is unclipped $1.75 with large chip to head of spine and smaller chips to heel corners and top of rear panel. Edgewear/nicks and some short tears/tiny chips to top of front panel and bottom of rear. Some scuffing to panels with small scar at rear and spotting/stains to spine small puncture and number in grease pencil. The Reilly & Lee Company hardcover
1949rif. 64135Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 254pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Gray cloth with a full-color illustrated label that covers the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. Illustrated endpapers. No jacket. Light moisture staining to front board and spine; moderate soiling to rear board; front hinge broken; a couple of pages have light moisture stains. Contains numerous illustrations by Frank Kramer. This is the thirty-eighth book in the Oz series. Bienvenue p.134. Hanff/Greene p.115-116. Reilly & Lee hardcover
1949rif. 64135Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 254pp. Octavo 23.5 cm Gray cloth with a full-color illustrated label that covers the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. Illustrated endpapers. No jacket. Light moisture staining to front board and spine; moderate soiling to rear board; front hinge broken; a couple of pages have light moisture stains. Contains numerous illustrations by Frank Kramer. This is the thirty-eighth book in the Oz series. Bienvenue p.134. Hanff/Greene p.115-116. Reilly & Lee hardcover books
1946rif. 7709Chicago: Reilly & Lee 1946. Very good plus in very good minus jacket. First edition of Jack Snow's first continuation of the Oz series going "back to where Baum left off" Bievenue 132. In this Oz installment Mimics copy exactly the appearance of our heroes in a pre-Body Snatchers / Among Us imposters plot. 9'' x 6.5''. Original grey cloth with full color pictorial paste-on. In original color pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers printed in green. Illustrated by Kramer in black and white. 242 2 pages. Contemporary ink gift inscription dated 1948 to verso of front endpaper; name faintly effaced from "this book belongs to" page. Jacket with 1.25'' chip to front panel long closed tear to rear panel moderate edgewear. Book a trifle shaken else fresh. Reilly & Lee unknown books
