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NEW CATECHISM OF ELECTRICITY; A PRACTICAL TREATISE
by N. HAWKINS, M.E
NEW YORK: THEO. AUDEL & CO., 1896 NICE LOOKING RED BOOK WITH GOLD PRINT SPINE. GOLD TRIM PAGE EDGES, MARBLED PAGES INSIDE FRONT AND BACK. INDEX BACK. TIGHT AND CLEAN, GREAT NUMBER PICTURES THROUGHOUT. PICTURE OF EDISON AND FRANKLIN IN FRONT. WONDERFUL DETAIL, QUOTES AND PICTURES. FOR THE ELECTRICIAN OR LOVER OF ELECTRICITY. Nehemiah Hawkins (1833 January 15, 1928) was an American inventor, publisher and author (pen name Theodore Audel) was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He started working with...
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£34.40
MACAULEY'S LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, THE MACMILLAN POCKET CLASSICS
by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY; EDITED NOTES AND INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM SCHUYLER
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1929 Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [O.S. 7 September] ¿ 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of "the most...
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£19.83
The Romance of Ballooning : The Story of the Early Aeronauts
by Jobe, Joseph
A Studio Book - Viking Press. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1971. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 197 pages: 10.5 x 12.25 in.: 4.8: KB#017636: Bookjacket / dustjacket protected by a Mylar Cover. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This book is about the realization of man's oldest dream- the conquest of the skies. The sensational discoveries of the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 pointed...
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£57.47
El Misterio de los Hititas
by C.W.Ceram
Barcelona, Espana: Edicones Destino, S.L, 1981. septima ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. tiny tear to dj side,only light wear, interior fine and unmarkedListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. FOR...
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£6.07
North to Adventure
by John T. Rowland
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1963. First. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Stated first edition. ex library copy with stamps on the endpages and title page. Reside from bookplate on the back endpage and a sticker on the spine. Nothing interferes with text. The dustjacket is in a protective plastic covering and appears to have no rips, tears, or chips. It is quite dirty, possibly stained. The interior is clean, though the edges have minimal foxing. The pages are starting to yellow but are unstained with few...
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£24.28
25 Ways to Win Space and Missile Contracts.
by CALLAHAN, Vincent F
Washington, DC Vincent F. Callahan, 1960. First edition / First printing. Brown ink on beige paper, folded. Fine.. Flyer from the dawn of the space age.
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£17.81
HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY, FROM THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO JULY 1880
by WILLIAM LANG; OF THE TIFFIN BAR
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO: TRANSCRIPT PRINTING CO., 1880 RARE BOOK, LEATHER COVER, GOLD, RED AND BLACK DESIGN SPINE. FRONT COVER LOOSE BUT INTACT. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT WITH APPENDIX IN BACK. MANY PERSONAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS, ANECDOTES, AND FAITHFUL DESCRIPTIONS OF EVENTS PERTAINING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY AND ITS PROGRESS. 44 CHAPTERS. GREAT DETAIL WHICH INCLUDES FORT STEVENSON, FORT SENECA, BATTLES, TECUMSEH, PUT IN BAY, PEACE TREATIES, EMIGRANTS, WYANDOTS,...
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£58.69
The Kon-Tiki Man. Thor Heyerdahl
by Ralling, Christopher
BBC Books. 1990. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and black and white drawings. 335 pages. The full story of this extraordinary twentieth adventurer, explorer, scientist and anthropologist. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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£7.94
STUDIES IN ETHICS FOR NURSES
by CHARLOTTE A. AIKENS, R.N
PHILADELPHIA: W.B. SAUNDERS COMPANY, 1925 NICE LOOKING BLACK COVER WITH GOLD PRINT SPINE. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. COUPLE NOTES IN PENCIL INSIDE BACK COVER. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. AIKENS WAS AN R,N, THAT WROTE THIS AND OTHER BOOKS PERTAINING TO NURSING. THERE ARE 26 CHAPTERS WITH GREAT DETAIL ON NURSING AND ETHICS. A VERY INTERESTING READ FOR THOSE IN NURSING OR MEDICINE OR TEACHING. Nursing ethics is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the field of nursing. Nursing...
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£23.07
OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE ARMY AIR FORCES, Pocket Book 265
by USAF
NEW YORK: POCKET BOOKS, INC., 1944 Terrific piece of history, an original Pocket Book Edition, fully Illustrated with war photos and artwork, completely indexed, art of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as frontispiece, every copy sold benefited the Army Air Forces Aid Society. Foreword was written by the Commanding General. A very thorough interesting book. WHAT WE ARE, WHO WE ARE, HOW WE TRAIN, WHAT WE FIGHT WITH, HOW WE KEEP'EM FLYING, WHAT WE FIGHT FROM, OUR BATTLEFIELD, OUR AIR FORCES IN ACTION....
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£23.07
AntologÃÂa poética
by DarÃÂo, Rubén; Abad Nebot, Francisco [Introduction]
Editorial Edaf, S.L, 2007-01-26. 1. Paperback. Very Good/no dust cover. 7x4x0. small scrape on cover, interior VG. clean and unmarkedListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. FOR International orders under 5 lbs please...
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£1.52
BIOMETRY The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research (A Series of Books in Biology)
by Robert R.Sokal and F.James Rohlf
San Francisco: W.H.Freeman and company, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/no dust cover. Former reference copy with a few identifying marks, Plastic cover, VG, clean tight, bright pages, text clean, tight bindingListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation...
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£4.55
General Register of the Members of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, 1850-1930
Phi Kappa Sigma, Philadelphia, 1930, 1930. Hardcover. Good/no dust cover. some spotting to cloth cover.,minor wear to edges. very tight. 1023 pages have some toning, reads well.Listing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S....
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£9.11
HISTORY OF COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA
by J. H. BATTLE
CHICAGO: A. WARNER & CO., 1887 RARE BOOK, LIGHTLY WORN OUTSIDE, MARBLING FRONT AND BACK INSIDE, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. THICK AND HEAVY BOOK, 4.91 POUNDS. GREAT DETAIL. CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY; THEIR TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, VILLAGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INDUSTRIES, ETC.; PORTRAITS OF REPRESENTATIVE MEN; BIOGRAPHIES; HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, STATISTICAL AND MISC.. THREE SECTIONS; HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, HISTORY OF MONTOUR COUNTY, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, PORTRAITS,...
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£182.54
OHIO CENTENNIAL REPORT 1888; REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
by OHIO COMMISSIONERS OF NATIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, HELD AT MARIETTA, OHIO. JULY 15-19, 1888
COLUMBUS, OHIO: THE WESTBOTE COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS, 1889 RARE BOOK ON THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE TERRITORY NORTH WEST OF THE RIVER OHIO, AND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT THEREIN, HELD AT MARIETTA, OHIO, JULY 15-19 INCLUSIVE, 1888. INCLUDING VERBATIM REPORTS AND SPEECHES AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE OCCASION. NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVERGOLD DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. NOTE IN FRONT GIVING BOOK TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER, TIGHT WITH NOTES IN PENCIL ON THE...
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£182.54
True Experiences Magazine
by MacFaden Publication
Magazine in Near Fine condition with rubbed corners. The shape of a staple indent in cover. Ships with delivery confirmation. Feature story is about the daughter of the Luckenbach shipping magnate.
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£20.20
JULES GERARD, THE LION KILLER OF ALGERIA; THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD, THE LION KILLER, COMPRISING A HISTORY OF HIS TEN YEARS' CAMPAIGN AMONG THE WILD ANIMALS OF NORTHERN AFRICA
by TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY CHARLES E. WHITEHEAD
NEW YORK: DERBY & JACKSON, 1860 RARE BOOK, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH. BROWN COVER WITH HEAVIER BINDING ON THE SPINE. GOLD PRINT SPINE, OHIO SCHOOL LIBRARY REFERENCED. WEAR ON THE COVER, SPINE SHOWS 2 NICKS MIDWAY AND BOTTOM. MARBLING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT INSIDE, DRAWING OF HEAD IN PENCIL FIRST BLANK PAGE- NO OTHER MARKINGS. FADED MARBLING ON PAGE EDGES. TOWARDS BACK PAGES AND FRONT PAGES SOME LIGHT STAINING DUE TO LIQUID SPILLED. WHITEHEAD DEDICATES THE BOOK TO HIS TRUE...
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£115.35
Stephen Andrews at Seventy
Toronto/Winnipeg: Leo Kamen Gallery/Thomas Gallery, 1992. First. Pictorial Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Catalogue of two exhibitions of the artist's work on the occasion of his 70th birthday; test in English and Grench offers a short biography and retrospective on his life and work. 46 p. including bibliography, list of works, etc. Colour and B & W reproductions of several works. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£11.85
MASTERPIECES OF GLASS, A WORLD HISTORY FROM CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS
by ROBERT J. CHARLESTON, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY DAVID B. WHITEHOUSE AND SUSANNE K. FRANTZ
NEW YORK, PRINTED AND BOUND IN JAPAN: HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC., 1990 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH 110 PLATES IN FULL COLOR. FROM ARTWORK SHOWING GLASS BEING MADE TO WONDERFULLY DETAILED PICTURES OF GLASS PIECES CREATED IN COLOR FROM AROUND THE WORLD. NEAR FINE PROTECTIVE COVER AND BOOK ITSELF. CLEAN AND TIGHT, WITH THICK PAGES. LARGE HEAVY BOOK. Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced...
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£46.55
Boy's Life of Mark Twain (unique red hardcover)
by Albert Bigelow Paine
The size is 5 x 7 1/2". This book appears to have been sold to a school. It has a return date page taped to the inside cover with the first check out being March 31, 1960. There is a B C on the spine and a B over a C is written inside the cover. I searched for a book club edition and could not find one. The book is in average condition.
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£47.76
A SMALLER ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EAST; FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE CONQUEST OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
by PHILIP SMITH, B.A
NEW YORK: Harper & Brothers, FRANKLIN SQUARE, 1872 RARE BOOK, DARK BROWN COVER, WEAR ON EDGES, GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE. NICE ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. FORMER OWNERS INSCRIPTION IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN. PREFACE STATES FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. LARGE NUMBER OF CHAPTERS WITH GOOD DETAIL. COVERS EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLONIA, MEDIA, PERSIA, ASIA MINOR AND PHOENICIA. GOOD INDEX BACK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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£36.83
Driven: From Homeless to Hero My Journeys on and off Lambeau Field
by Donald Driver, Peter Golenboch
Signed on the dust jacket cover. Display with your other Sports memorabilia. Book Like New with the exception of wear to the top of the boards at spine, covered by the dust jacket. Dust jacket has some movement marks and a slight crinkle at top of spine. Ships in a box with tracking.
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£121.42
MANUAL OF CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE URINE IN DISEASE; WITH BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE MOST COMMON VARIETIES OF URINARY CALCULI
by AUSTIN FLINT, JR., M.D
NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1871 RARE BOOK, DARK GREEN COVERS, GOLD PRINT, FORMER OWNERS NAME FRONT 1871, TIGHT AND CLEAN, FOLDOUT IN BACK 11' X 13' OF TABLES OF CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE URINE. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. ABNORMAL MATTERS, EXAMINATION URINE, ANALYSIS, DETAILED URINE EXAMINATION. INFORMING AND EDUCATIONAL. Austin Flint II (March 28, 1836 September 21, 1915) was an American physician. He carried out extensive experimental investigations in human physiology and made several...
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CULBERTSON'S SUMMARY OF CONTRACT BRIDGE
by ELY CULBERTSON
USA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 1937 VERY NICE LOOKING GOLD BOOK WITH SLIGHTLY WORN BLACK PRINT ON FRONT, FOIL/PAPER GOLD BLACK AND RED PROTECTIVE JACKET WORN ON EDGES. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE INSIDE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TABS FOR EASY REFERENCE ON RIGHT OF PAGES. NEW CULBERTSON SYSTEM AS PRESENTED IN THE GOLD BOOK OF BIDDING AND PLAY.NEW ALL BIDS ALL LEADS. EVERY QUESTION OF BIDDING AND PLAY, INCLUDED EXPOSITION OF LATEST METHODS ON SWING HANDS, PENALTY DOUBLES, NO TRUMPS, SUBSEQUENT BIDS AND ASKING...
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Alimentacion Fisiologica (Spanish Edition)
by Luis Sananes
Argentina: Distal, 2006. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed. signed by author.no signs of cover wear, clean glossy, pages clean, bright and unmarked, spine tightListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. FOR...
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