The Big Book of Buttons by Elizabeth Hughes, Marion Lester - 1992, 1993

No Dust JacketVolumes Two and Three, and both books are in identical conditionBoth volumes have publisher mylar wrapped dust jackets (See photos)ISBN (Volume Two) 0950613355 (Volume Three) 09506133363 Additional photos supplied on request.Offered as a set, free domestic shipping by USPS Media Mail.

Six volume collection from a private library. All volumes were shelved together and are essentially in the same condition. Photos of specific volumes sent on request.William James, the Father of American Psychology. Harvard University Press published a compilation of James' writings and papers a century after his passing. The writings have been reprinted and are still in public demand: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/results-list.php?collection=1162This First Edition collection with dust jackets (1975-1979) of James' most famous writings is a wonderful addition to any university or private library. Note: Due to the sheer weight and volume of the 6 volumes an actual cost shipping surcharge will be assessed. Shipped by Media Mail and no extra charge for packaging and handling.

Dust Jacket: The spine is markedly and uniformly toned due to prolonged light exposure while stored in a bookshelf. Storage must have been in a horizontal position covered by another smaller book. A similar uniform toning is noted on the outer perimeter of the DJ (photos). The inside panels are stained, possibly humid-related. Fortunately, the overall structural integrity and appearance are not compromised by this neglect. A protective Mylar cover has been expertly installed permitting ready access by the new owner (photo).Book: Pebbled cloth board and spine. String binding. Apparent moisture damage on pastedown pages. Structural integrity is not compromised, the book is sturdy and firm and lies flat, plumb, and square.
No marks or entries, all pages and illustrations are present. Uniform moderate toning on the page edges. The publisher's production standards and techniques were quite crude compared to contemporary standards. It is quite remarkable this book has survived as well as it did.The DJ is… Read More

No Dust JacketBook: Flaws - The boards and spine edges have rubs and discoloration caused by shelf storage, the board tips are bent (photo). The pages are moderately and uniformly toned, the page edges more so, consistent with a book that is over a hundred years old (photo). The string-tied boards and spine are strong and firm, and the book lies flat, plumb, and square (photo). All pages are present. No marks or entries. Extremely Rare. Well's undedicated and distinctive inked signature is on the Table of Contents page (photo).From Wikipedia: The text of this novel of ideas
presents itself as a book that has been written as the result of a promise to a dying man. William Porphyry Benham is a man who has lived a life devoted to a complicated, protean idea: "that he had to live life nobly and thoroughly."
He has left behind him "half a score of patent files quite distended [with papers] and a writing-table drawer-full," and the novel is by implication what his friend White, who has promised to… Read More

Dust Jacket: The only blemish in what is otherwise an "As New" DJ is two small dents on the upper points (photo). The ISBN is visible and unblemished. Flaps are unclipped (photo).Book: Flaw: Owner signature and date on the first free endpaper (photo). Otherwise, the book is pristine. No other marks or entries. The boards and spine are firm and strong. Barely visible page edge toning. Victorian cities evoke images of crowded tenements where social unrest and epidemic disease were rampant. Conditions in nineteenth-century London, in particular, sparked efforts to find alternative plans for urban development.The most influential alternative to the Victorian city was Ebenezer Howard's Garden City, an idea he sketched in his modest book To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. First published in 1898, To-Morrow attempted to improve the material condition of working-class families through a vision of new communities which would provide a better quality of life. Howard's legacy grew throughout the… Read More

No Dust JacketVolumes Two and Three, and both books are in identical conditionBoth volumes have publisher mylar wrapped dust jackets (See photos)ISBN (Volume Two) 0950613355 (Volume Three) 09506133363 Additional photos supplied on request.Offered as a set, free domestic shipping by USPS Media Mail.

Six volume collection from a private library. All volumes were shelved together and are essentially in the same condition. Photos of specific volumes sent on request.William James, the Father of American Psychology. Harvard University Press published a compilation of James' writings and papers a century after his passing. The writings have been reprinted and are still in public demand: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/results-list.php?collection=1162This First Edition collection with dust jackets (1975-1979) of James' most famous writings is a wonderful addition to any university or private library. Note: Due to the sheer weight and volume of the 6 volumes an actual cost shipping surcharge will be assessed. Shipped by Media Mail and no extra charge for packaging and handling.

Dust Jacket: The spine is markedly and uniformly toned due to prolonged light exposure while stored in a bookshelf. Storage must have been in a horizontal position covered by another smaller book. A similar uniform toning is noted on the outer perimeter of the DJ (photos). The inside panels are stained, possibly humid-related. Fortunately, the overall structural integrity and appearance are not compromised by this neglect. A protective Mylar cover has been expertly installed permitting ready access by the new owner (photo).Book: Pebbled cloth board and spine. String binding. Apparent moisture damage on pastedown pages. Structural integrity is not compromised, the book is sturdy and firm and lies flat, plumb, and square.
No marks or entries, all pages and illustrations are present. Uniform moderate toning on the page edges. The publisher's production standards and techniques were quite crude compared to contemporary standards. It is quite remarkable this book has survived as well as it did.The DJ is… Read More

No Dust JacketBook: Flaws - The boards and spine edges have rubs and discoloration caused by shelf storage, the board tips are bent (photo). The pages are moderately and uniformly toned, the page edges more so, consistent with a book that is over a hundred years old (photo). The string-tied boards and spine are strong and firm, and the book lies flat, plumb, and square (photo). All pages are present. No marks or entries. Extremely Rare. Well's undedicated and distinctive inked signature is on the Table of Contents page (photo).From Wikipedia: The text of this novel of ideas
presents itself as a book that has been written as the result of a promise to a dying man. William Porphyry Benham is a man who has lived a life devoted to a complicated, protean idea: "that he had to live life nobly and thoroughly."
He has left behind him "half a score of patent files quite distended [with papers] and a writing-table drawer-full," and the novel is by implication what his friend White, who has promised to… Read More

Dust Jacket: The only blemish in what is otherwise an "As New" DJ is two small dents on the upper points (photo). The ISBN is visible and unblemished. Flaps are unclipped (photo).Book: Flaw: Owner signature and date on the first free endpaper (photo). Otherwise, the book is pristine. No other marks or entries. The boards and spine are firm and strong. Barely visible page edge toning. Victorian cities evoke images of crowded tenements where social unrest and epidemic disease were rampant. Conditions in nineteenth-century London, in particular, sparked efforts to find alternative plans for urban development.The most influential alternative to the Victorian city was Ebenezer Howard's Garden City, an idea he sketched in his modest book To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. First published in 1898, To-Morrow attempted to improve the material condition of working-class families through a vision of new communities which would provide a better quality of life. Howard's legacy grew throughout the… Read More