Search Results: Titles starting with C from Epilonian Books

C. S. Hammond, 1963-01-01. Poster. Good. C. S. Hammond [Published date: No date listed, circa 1963-4]. Wall Chart. 18X38" fold out colorful chart highlighting the exploration of space during the early 1960's. Includes large illustration of the solar system. In good condition with several small slits along the creases of the folds and a thin line of color rubbed off down the center fold. Nice bright colors. [From About This Space Chart] In the panel on the Solar System the view is from the direction of Polaris, the North Star. The Sun is shown at a convenient size and certain changes in planet sizes and orbits have been made for artistic reasons. The panel at the far right gives detailed information on the planets. Astronomical data comes from leading U.S. observatories and includes findings of recent space probes. All spacecraft illustrations are derived from plans now in development by the National Aeronautical Space Administration or engineering proposals submitted by aero-space… Read More

CHS, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. CA HISTORICAL SOC, Volume LV, Winter 1976/77 No. 4. Soft cover, 290 - 399 pp. Very Good/ NO dust jacket. Illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and soiling. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Includes the following articles: Great Expectations: The Business Correspondence of "Gibbons & Lammot," Gold Rush Black Powder Merchants (James W. White); California By Motor Stage (Eli Bail); A New Look at the Founding of Old Los Angeles (Harry Kelsey); Kahn of California (Burton Alan Boxerman); Manhole Covers: Artifacts in the Streets (Mimi and Robert Melnick). Includes several nice b&w illustrations and photos.

Victoria and Albert Museum; H.M.S.O, 1990-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Victoria and Albert Museum; H.M.S.O. [Published date: 1990]. Hard cover, 314 pp. First Edition. Very good in very good condition. Green textured paper over boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping to edges and corners of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and tears and light creasing along edges. Light overall scuffing to jacket as well Now in an archival quality Brodart cover. NOT Ex-Library. No remainder marks. [From front jacket flap] ^From household names such as J M W Turnerto the all-but-forgotten George Travers, andthrough the hierarchy of genres from high artto animals, fruit, flowers, sea and landscapes,the five hundred nineteenth-century paintingsin this volume form about half of the V & A’s complete collection of oil paintings, Many of the nineteenth-century paintings covered here were given to the museum by its founders ~ the… Read More

New York State Historical Association, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. New York State Historical Association [Published date: 1999]. Soft cover, 40 pp. Very good/ NO dust jacket. Glossy illustrated soft covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Great color pictures and illustrations throughout.

P. J. Kennedy & Sons, 1915-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. P. J. Kennedy & Sons, New York, 1915. Hard cover, 266 pp. First Edition. NOT a Facsimile copy or reproduction. In acceptable+ condition/ NO dust jacket. Dark blue cloth covered boards with blind-stamped diamond pattern on front and gold lettering on front and spine. Cloth has a few nicks at the top and bottom of spine and fraying to the corner tips. Light overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well . Spine is cracked at page behind title page, but binding is still intact. Previous owner's name in ink on both front and rear paste-downs. Pages yellowed but otherwise unmarked, with occasional light spotting. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. A collection of Donnelly's writings originally published in "America" magazine. It is a companion volume to Donnelly's earlier book entitled "Mustard Seed" which contained the first set of reprints of Donnelly's columns from America. Includes the following: I… Read More

1999-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Christie's South Kensignton - Sale BKS 8635 [Published Date: 1999]. Catalog for auction of The G-Albert Petit Collection of Angling Books, Friday 8 October 1999. Paper covers, 61 pp. Catalog consists of 231 lots, some illustrated, with a few in color. All lots described in detail and with estimated prices. Includes bibliography. In very good condition. Glossy black illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From introduction] When the fine angling library- formed by G.-Albert Petit (1842-1920) was about to be dispersed at auction in the year after his death, Jacques 6th Baron of Neuflize (1883-1953), then president of the Casting Club of France, stepped in and negotiated to purchase the collection en bloc for himself. (The sale catalogue was published in 1921, but apparently not fully distributed; it has since become rare and much… Read More

Donaldson Douglas & Gumble, 1935-01-01. Sheet music. Good. Donaldson Douglas & Gumble 258-3 [Published Date: 1935]. Sheet music, 5 pages (including cover). Piano, vocals, guitar chords and an additional chorus for Piano accordion arranged by Pietro Deiro. Good condition with previous owner's name in ink in the top corner of the front cover and a few small nicks and tears and light creasing along the edges. Light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Otherwise unmarked.

State Historical Society of Colorado, 1975. Paperback. Very Good. State Historical Society of Colorado, Volume LII (52), Number 4, Fall 1975. Soft cover, pages 277-367 Very Good/ NO dust jacket. Brown and white pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall rubbing and soiling. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Includes the following articles: Buffalo Bill's Cowboys Abroad (Clifford P. Westermeier); The Elusive Quest for the "Princeton of the West" (Norman J Bender); Black Smoke Among the Clouds (Walter R. Borneman). Nice b&w photos and illustrations throughout.

No date (c, 1962-01-01. Paperback. Good. Kandy Publications Limited / The Hillside Press, Whyteleafe, Surrey [Published Date: 1962]. Paper covers, staple bound, 80 pp. 1964 reprint. Contents include: THE GYROSCOPIC COMPASS; THE MAGNETIC COMPASS; WORKED EXAMPLES; FORMULAE; INDEX. Black and white illustrations throughout, with a few colored illustrations. In good condition. Black illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing and soiling with a bit of the color scuffed off along edges and spine. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. [From Preface] This book has been written primarily to cover the Magnetic and Gyro Compass syllabus for the Ministry of Transport examination for a Master's Certificate of Competency. At the same time those studying for a First Mate's Certificate will find the section on the gyro compass extremely useful. The concise presentation of the subject matter has been made… Read More

THOMAS WHITTAKER, 1891-01-01. Hardcover. Good. New York, Thomas Whittaker, 1891. Hardcover, 211 pp plus 11 pages of ads for other Books for the Young" at the back. First Edition. With four etchings (including frontis-piece). In good condition. Brown cloth covered boards with two horizontal gilt stripes edged in black on the front cover and spine. and gilt lettering on spine. Bumping to edge of covers and some nicking and fraying to the cloth over the edges and corner tips. Light to moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Spine has a thin crack at title page and the tissue paper protecting frontis-piece illustration is torn near the spine. Pages are lightly aged but otherwise unmarked with occasional light spotting. NOT Ex-Library. Nice decorated end-papers in a green vine pattern. Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) was an English novelist who wrote to the service of the church. A prolific writer, best known for her novel "The Heir of Redclyffe," her books helped to spread the… Read More

1948-01-01. Pamphlet. Good. United States National Museum Bulletin 100, Volume 14, Part 3, Smithsonian Institution, 1948. Booklet, pages 93 - 140. CONTRIBUTIONS To The BIOLOGY Of The PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO And ADJACENT REGIONS. REPORT On The ECHINOIDEA COLLECTED By The UNITED STATES BUREAU Of FISHERIES STEAMER "ALBATROSS," DURING The PHILIPPINE EXPEDITION, 1907 - 1910. PART 3 : :THE ECHINONEIDAE, ECHINOIAMPADIDAE, CLYPEASTRIDAE, ARACHNOIDIDAE, LAGANIDAE, FIBULARIIDAE, URECHINIDAE, ECHINOCORYTHIDAE, PALAEOSTOMATIDAE, PALAEOPNEUSTIDAE, HEMIASTERIDAE, AND SPATANGIDAE. Part 3 ONLY, the 3rd and final part of the report on the echinoids collected by the Albatross Philippine Expedition. In good condition, with a few small nicks along edges and some tearing where the staples are along the spine. Previous owner's date received stamp on rear cover. Light overall scuffing, aging and soling to covers as well. Binding tight (staple bound). Some pages are still unopened along top and fore edges of… Read More

United States Government Printing Office,, 1940-01-01. Paperback. Good. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 100, Volume 14, Part 1. [Published date: 1940] Paper covers, 52 pp. Contents include: Order Lepidocentroida; Order Stirodonta; Order Aulodonta; Order Camarodonta. In good condition with a few tiny nicks and light creasing to edges of covers. Light overall scuffing and aging to coves as well. Binding tight (staple bound). Several pages are uncut along top edges. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. No remainder marks. Black and white illustrations throughout. [Excerpt from Introduction]. The first part of the repoii on the Echinoidea of the Albatross Philippine Expedition,1 published in 1927, dealt with the family Cidaridae. The present second part is concerned with the families Echinothuridae, Saleniidae, Arbaciidae, Aspidodiadematidae, Micropygidae, Diadematidae, Pedinidae, Temnopleuridae, Toxopneustidae, aiid Ecliinometridae.The… Read More

Cabot's Museum Foundation, 2014-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Cabot's Museum Foundation [Published Date: 2014]. Soft cover, 89 pp. No other printings listed. In very good condition. Black and white pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing with a bit of the color scuffed off along edges. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Based on Research by the History Committee of Cabot's Museum Foundation The short biographies in this book are about the people closest to Cabot Yerxa (1883-1965), who built the monumental Old Indian Pueblo in Desert Hot Springs, California: his parents and his two wives. Visitors who tour Cabot's Pueblo are drawn into the story of his wide-ranging life and often ask questions about his personality and his motives. Many of these questions can be answered by learning about the small group of people he valued most: Fred Yerxa, the father who… Read More

University of California Press, 1932-01-01. Pamphlet. Acceptable. University of California Press, Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of Calif. Technical Series, Vol. 3, No. 7, pp 145-190, 3 figures in text, and Vol. 3, No. 8 pp. 191-200, 3 figures in text. Booklet, 56 pages, covering pages 145-200, total. EX-LIBRARY. In acceptable condition several small nicks and tears and creasing along edges of covers. Light overall scuffing, fading and soiling to covers as well. Usual library markings, including library stamps, stickers and call numbers. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. Contents include: Theoretical Considerations, Equilibration in Sealed Bottles shaken at Constant Temperature; Empirical Variation of Gas Phase; Apparature for Eliminating Bacterial Activity in Chemical Studies; Preliminary Experiments on Precipitation by Removal of Carbon Dioxide under Aseptic Conditions; Report on Precipitate Obtained by Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Sea Water.

CA HISTORICAL SOC, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. CA HISTORICAL SOC, Volume LV, Spring 1976 No. 1. Soft cover, 95 pp. Very good/ NO dust jacket. Illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Includes the following articles: The Politics of California Water: Owens Valley and the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 1900-1927 (William Kahrl); The Viceregal Order for the Founding of San Francisco (W. Michael Mathes); Gold Diggers: Indian Miners in the California Gold Rush (James J. Rawls); San Francisco's Workingmen Respond to the Modern City (Neil L. Shumsky); Workingmen's Party of California. Includes several nice b&w illustrations and photos.

California Historical Society, 1974. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. San Francisco: Calif. Hist. Quart. Vol. LIII No. 2, Fall, 1974. pp 197-302. Special Issue : The Francis Drake Controversy: His California Anchorage, June 17 - June 23, 1579. Very good/ NO dust jacket. Illustrated paper covers have very light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Yellowing to spine. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks.: . Nice b&w photos and illustrations throughout.

California Historical Society S, 1976. paperback. Acceptable. 0x0x0. California Historical Society, Volume LV, Winter 1976/77 No. 4. Single issue journal, paper covers, 290 - 399 pp. In acceptable condition. Black and white pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and soiling. Glued binding is brittle and cracked and several pages have become separated and are laid-in, but all pages are present. Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Contents include: Great Expectations: The Business Correspondence of "Gibbons & Lammot," Gold Rush Black Powder Merchants by James W. White; California By Motor Stage by Eli Bail; A New Look at the Founding of Old Los Angeles by Harry Kelsey; Kahn of California by Burton Alan Boxerman; Manhole Covers: Artifacts in the Streets by Mimi and Robert Melnick; Reviews; Index

California Historical Society, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. San Francisco: Calif. Hist. Quart. Vol. LII No. 4, Winter 1973. pp. 292-397. Very good/ NO dust jacket. Illustrated paper covers have very light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Includes the following articles:The Politics of Reclamation: California, The Federal Government and the Origins of the boulder canyon Act - A Second Look (Norris Hundley); Buffoons and Brave Hearts: Hollywood Portrays the Russians, 1939-1944 (Melvin Small); Research Uses of county Court records, 1850-1879, And Incidental Intimate Glimpses of California Life and Society Part II (W.N. Davis, Jr.). Nice b&w photos and illustrations throughout.

Butterfield & Butterfield, 1990-01-01. Paperback. Good. Butterfield & Butterfield, Auction Catalog for Sale # 4325P, July 12, 1990 in San Francisco and Los Angeles, for lot numbers 2147 to 2418. Catalog includes artist, title description, medium size, provenance and estimate with a small black and white photo reproduction of each lot on the opposite page. Prices realized are hand written in ink next to estimate, with a few other notes and corrections written next to some of the items. Also includes laid-in copy of prices realized. Other than hand-written notes, catalog is in very good condition with some light bumping to edges of covers and Light overall scuffing

Herbert L. Reid, Santa Cruz, California, 1979-01-01. Single Issue Magazine. Good. Herbert L. Reid, Editor-Publisher, Volume 48, Number 12, August 1979. Single issue magazine, paper covers, 36 pp. Black and white illustrations. In good condition. Black and white illustrated paper covers have a few small nicks and light creasing to edges and corners. light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Previous owner's address on top left corner on front page. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Contents include: We Must Tell Our Story (Guest Editorial); Western Mining Council News; Virginia Russell's Eight Years in Hell Without Cause; MINERAL CLINIC, MINING HI LITES; Duval's Battle Mountain Gold Plant; They're Digging Again At The Comstock Lode; BIG OIL AND AMERICA's FUTURE: Rada - Useful Aid in Evaluating Precious Ores