Search Results: Authors starting with I from Alkahest Books

New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., (1939). first edition, as stated. hardcover. Very good/Fair. Octavo, blue-green cloth covers that have become mottled in color, although does not appear to be dampstaining. Some browning on endpapers. 214 pages, Includes index. Dust jacket missing half-inch at head of spine, spine discolored, a few small closed tears. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author to Sherman Duffy, perhaps Sherman Reilly Duffy, (mentor of Ben Hecht) of the pre-WWI Chicago Daily Journal who is famously quoted as saying: "Socially, a journalist fits in somewhere between a whore and a bartender. But spiritually he stands beside Galileo. He knows the world is round." Earlier in his career, Ickes was also a newspaper reporter. At the time this book was published, he was Secretary of the Interior. 092715A

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. first edition. Hardcover . Very good. Illustrated with Portraits, Pictures, and Diagrams. Large octavos,(approx. 6" by 9") dark red cloth with blind stamped titles and decoration on top covers, gilt titles on spines; top edges gilt. Vol. I: xix [1] 406 pages. Vol. II: xiii [1] 409 pages. Includes index in volume 2. Frontispiece with tissue guard in Volume I of John Davison Rockefeller in 1904. Volume II frontispiece (with tissue guard) of John D. Rockefeller :a sketch from life by George Varian made in Cleveland, October 1903. Former owner bookplate in each volume on front paste-down endpaper. Some cracking at inner hinges, but tight. Small scuff in preface and another in contents list of Chapter seven in volume I - neither obscures text. Howes, 1994. 33. Autograph signature of Ida M.Tarbell on a card, laid in. 042407B

San Jose: Resource Publications , (1987). First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 123 pages. Inscribed by the author.

New York, Hyperion, (c. 1993),, (1993). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Fine/very good. first ed. Pages 258 pp.,8vo, hardcover, first ed. Book is in fine condition; dust jacket edges are sl. tanned, else very good condition. Non-fiction. 021210B

New York: Random House, (c. 1963). first printing, as stated.. hardcover. near fine/very good +. Octavo, black cloth spine over dusty rose paper-covered boards. 115 [+ a page "about the author"] pages. Light crease on front cover. Unclipped dust jacket has printed price of $3.95 on front flap; spine a bit tanned. 040414C

London: Hodder and Stoughton and Edward Stanford, Limited, 1914. first thus. hardcover. Fine/good +. Hodder and Stoughton, etc. on title page as publisher, but George H. Doran at foot of spine on book and on dust jacket. Octavo, maroon cloth covers, 256 pages. Dust jacket chipped at head of spine and on rear panel. Printed price of $1.00 on dust jacket spine. 092108C

New York: C. P. Farrell, Publisher, 1910. first thus.. softcover. Good. Copyrighted by Allen Thorndyke Rice. Paper covers, stapled booklet, approx. 5 1/4" by 7 5.8". 303 pages plus 9 pages of publisher's ads (and ads on rear and inside covers). Covers chipped at edges. Former owner stamp on title page.

New York: Street & Smith, (c. 1908). later printing. softcover. Very good. Softcover (approximately 4 7/8" wide by 7" tall), [4] 311 pages + [5 9ads0]. Pages starting to yellow, some light browning on rear cover, but still a very nice copy. Studio

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. first edition, as stated. hardcover. Good +/good +. Llopis, Carlos Ruano. Drawings by Carlos Ruano Llopis. Octavo, xiii [1] 377 [1] + colophon. Red cloth covers with black decoration and titles; sunned on spine in sections that correspond to where the dust jacket is chipped. Includes a short glossary of terms related to bullfighting. .090617A

New York: George H. Doran Co.,, (c. 1919). Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo, xi [2], 2-248. Foreword by Professor William R. Shephard. Small stamp on front paste-down endpaper. Covers worn at edges, small stain on spine label, Good. 021210B

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1987). First edition, as stated. hardcover. Near Fine. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1987). First edition, as stated. hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Octavo, 185 pages. 092108C

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, (c. 1988). reprint. hardcover. near fine. Howard, John. Originally published in 1955. Part of the series:The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces.Octavo, teal cloth covers with pictorial design and titles in silver. All edges silvered. 217 pages + colophon. Double pages frontispiece illustration by John Howard. Near fine condition 061508A

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1871. First edition. hardcover. Good +. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1871. First edition. hardcover. Good +. Octavo, brown cloth covers, 494 pages. Includes: Eulogy on Prof. Alexander Dlass Bache; autobiography of Francis Arago; an article on William Herschel, astronomer; Life and Times of Henry Gustavus Magnus; Thoughts on the Nature and Origin of Force by Taylor; Hydrogen as a Gas and a Metal by Dr. J. emerson Reynolds; Ethnology of the Indians of the Valley of the Red River of the North by Dr. W, H. Gardner; Antiquities in Tennessee, and more. Light wear on covers. 091306A

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, green cloth covers, xii + 554 pages. Includes black and white plates and one color plate. Front hinge cracked, else Very Good. 032509A Articles include: Recent Discoveries and Theories Relating to the Structure of Matter by Karl Taylor Compton; The Architecture of Atoms and A Universe Built of Atoms by C. G. Abbot; Aeronautic Research by Joseph S. Ames; Photosynthesis and the Possible Use of Solar Energy by H. A. Spoehr; Fogs and Clouds by W. J. Humphreys; Some Aspects of the Use of the Annual Rings of Trees in Climatic Study by A. E. Douglas; The Age of the Earth by T. C. Chamberlin; How Deep Is The Ocean by C. G. Abbot; Two Decades of Genetic Progress by E. M. East; Observations On A Montana Beaver Canal by S. Stillman Berry; The Republic of Salvador by Paul C. Standley; The Tent Caterpillar by R. E. Snodgrass; The Life History and Habits of the… Read More

Francestown, NH, The Golden Quill Press, (1975),, 1975. Hardcover. Francestown, NH, The Golden Quill Press, (1975),, 1975. Hardcover. Pages 96,octavo (approx. 5 5/8" x 7 7/8"), hardcover. Book is in Fine condition; dust jacket is price-clipped, light soil,, still Very Good. 082203A ISBN: 0-8233-0231-8

Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1900. hardcover. Fair. 12mo ( approx. 4 1/4" by 6 3/8") red paper-covered boards; spine paper covering and spine titles missing; ix [1] 141 pages. Brittle paper-a couple of pages partially cracked at gutter. 061508C

New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corp., (c. 1942). hardcover. near fine. Front Page Mysteries. Sixth Series. Octavo, black cloth covers. Gilt spine titles, some over terra-cotta colored background. The gilt "H" on Irish is rubbed off. Top cover has a debossed design of various murder weapons: guns, knives, etc. No dust jacket. 020207A

New York, E. P. Dutton and Co., 1909,, 1909. Hardcover. Very good. Aldin, Cecil. 31 pages,16mo (approx. 5 1/4" w x 6 1/8" h). Pictures by Cecil Aldin. Three color plates plus black and white illustrations. Color inset on cover. Former owner name on front free endpaper, light browning on endpapers, else Very Good. 020207A

San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1916,, 1916. Hardcover. San Francisco, A. M. Robertson, 1916,, 1916. Hardcover. third printing. Pages 63,12mo, hardcover, third printing. Color frontis. Covers darkened, worn at edges, Fair. 010608A

NY, Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, (c. 1936),, 1936. Hardcover. NY, Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, (c. 1936),, 1936. Hardcover. 2nd printing, Pages 325 pp.,8vo, hardcover, 2nd printing, Includes index. Book is near fine; dust jacket is worn and chipped. 112099A