Search Results: Speeches and Lectures from SmarterRat Books

The Great Courses, 2008. DVD and Softcovers. Fine. Fine. 2008 The Great Courses, The Teaching Company. Set of three softcover books and eight DVDs in the original plastic case, all still in their original shrink wrap. The DVDs each have eight 30-minite lectures, for a total of 48 half-hour lectures. The softcover course guide book is shrink wrapped with the DVDs. The two-volume set of transcript books for all the lectures has 24 lectures per volume. Both the DVD and course book, and the two transcript books are still in their original shrink wrap. As new, no wear. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

John Lane, 1918. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good - ; No Jacket. 1918 John Lane. Hardcover has blue cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Front cover has gold facsimile of author's signature. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers lightly rubbed. Front cover has a small dent at fore edge. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Tissued photogravure frontispiece. Tissue is browned and has left brown stain on title page. 10 black and white photographs on tipped in plates. One plate is upside-down. Binding generally tight, but beginning to crack just a little after half-title page. Name and note in ink on front free endpaper. There is a brown rectangular stain between two pages. Nine pages of text have some underlining and notations in red pencil. Index also has three red pencil marks. Small mark on rear free endpaper. With a memoir by Caroline Henderson Griffiths and an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc 230 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

International Business Machines, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1934 International Business Machines (IBM), New York. No edition stated. No additional printings listed. Hardcover has brick red cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering. Black and white frontispiece portrait of the author. Small black and white illustrations. 886 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Spine is lightly faded, but lettering still clear; there is a scuff near the end of one word on the spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is missing. "By Thos. J. Watson, President, International Business Machines Corporation, New York, N. Y." Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Hanigan, 1980. Trade Paperback. Good. Good+. 1980 Hanigan. Trade paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine NOT creased. Head of spine lightly bumped. Bottom corner dented, with light creases carrying through to first 50 pages. Pages clean and unmarked. 157 pages.

Colonial Press Company. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. Colonial Press Company. Circa 1895. No date stated. Three volumes. Beacon Edition of the Complete Works of Thomas Carlyle. NOT ex-library. Hardcovers have maroon cloth-covered boards with paper spine labels. Deckle fore edges. Top edges gilt. Tissued frontispiece. Tissued black and white plates. Bindings tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have a few light smudges and specks: volume 1 more so on the back cover. Spine labels are tanned and have small chips at some corners. Endpapers lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked. Some page edges are uncut. 508 + 493 + 494 pages. No dust jackets. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

MacMillan Publishing Company, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1988 MacMillan Publishing Company. TEXT IN ENGLISH. First English Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. Hardcover has pink paper-covered boards with grey cloth-covered spine and black spine lettering. 130 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Bottom front corner lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear, with light wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Translated from the German by David Larrimore Holland. Translation of "Was sollen wir tun?" Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Washington Square Press, 1977. Paperback. Good. Good+. 1977 Washington Square Press - Pocket Books. Sixth printing of 1965 edition. Paperback. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. 396 pages. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine has a single crease. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1929. Softcover. Fair. Fair. 1929 W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. Softcover with folded-in flaps. Black & white illustrations. Binding weakening, but intact; no loose pages. Cover pulling away from binding at spine ends about an eighth inch. Covers worn. Covers lightly soiled overall. Spine has some light creases. Corners and spine ends worn and rounded. Light foxing on first and last few pages. Otherwise, pages clean and unmarked. 104 pages. Printed in Cambridge, England.

A. C. Armstrong & Son. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. A. C. Armstrong & Son, 714 Broadway, New York. No date stated. Circa late 1880's.Two volumes in one. This volume matches others in the New Standard Edition of The Works of Lord Macaulay. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Coated brown endpapers. Binding cracked at title page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips, and a few small short tears at head of spine. Covers have light to moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Two volumes, paginated separately, 547 + 498 pages. No dust jacket. Spine title, in gold frame: "Macaulay's Speeches and Poems". Below frame is stated "New Standard Edition". Volume is 7.5 inches in height. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Newcomen Society of the United States, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1988 Newcomen Society of the United States. Newcomen Publication Number 1317. First printing. Softcover, with stapled binding. Black and white photographs. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 24 pages. "This address, dealing with the history of the East Ohio Gas Company, was delivered at a '1988 Cleveland Meeting' of the Newcomen Society of the United States held in Cleveland... on November 3rd, 1988."

The Penn Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1903 The Penn Publishing Company, copyright 1895. Small hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with silver spine and cover decorations and red spine and cover lettering. Cover has floral border in silver. NOT ex-library. Back hinge has a one inch crack at the bottom. Front hinge starting to crack, with a thin crack in the paper only. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have, a few small stains, moderate edge wear and surface rubbing; decorations and lettering are moderately rubbed. Endpapers moderately tanned. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 174 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

The Overbrook Press, 1962. Softcover. Good. Good. 1962 The Overbrook Press. Softcover. Pamphlet has salmon-colored cardstock covers . Black on grey printed title. Deckle fore edges. Last page reads "Printed for Members of The Century Association, 2500 copies." Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Corners bumped and bent. One-inch tear at bottom edge of first (blank) page. Pages clean and unmarked. 11 pages. Full title: 'Words of Welcome: an Address Delivered by Edward Streeter at the Dinner for New Members of the Century Association, October 5, 1961'.

Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1896. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1896 Houghton Mifflin Company. The Riverside Press Cambridge. Copyright 1890. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has burgundy cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and blind-stamped ruled borders. Top edges are gilt. Green satin index ribbon. 322 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners rubbed. Spine ends bumped. Wrinkle in cloth on back cover. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Text pages clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Riverside Edition. The Writings of James Russell Lowell In Ten Volumes, Volume VI. Spine title: "Lowell's Prose Works VI. Literary and Political Addresses". Pages 229 -322 are a General Index to volumes 1-6.. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.