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VERY GOOD+ — Tight binding. Crisp exterior. Clean, unmarked pages. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.

This text was featured in the Franklin Library series The 25th Anniversary Edition of The Great Books of the Western World. The works included in this text are all in the area of Science: Elements of Chemistry by Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Analytical Theory of Heat by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, and Experimental Researches in Electricity by Michael Faraday. This work is volume 45 of the aforementioned Great Books series. Bound in handsome Hunter Green leather, and published as a Limited Edition in 1985, this copy would be a worthy addendum to your collectibles library.
All Franklin Library genuine full-leather editions feature:

Full genuine leather binding.22k. gold lettering and stampings on the spine and covers.Attached silk page marker.High quality paper.Pages that are sewn not glued into the binding.Gold gilded page edges on all three sides.Raised spine bands that… Read More

VERY GOOD+ --- SLIPCASE:Very good condition; no issues. BOARDS: Very good condition; no issues. BOOK: Very good condition; no issues. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.Here on offer is a very nice edition of Mark Twain's memoir/travel journal, Life on the Mississippi, published by The Folio Society, London in 2006. This copy is a 3rd printing, 2008, on Caxton Wove paper by Memminger MedienCentrum AG, Memmingen, Germany. The book is bound by Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, Germany, in buckram blocked with a design by Neil Gower. The cover is protected from wear by an illustrated slipcase.****************************************************************************************************************************"The Folio Society is a privately owned London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971. It produces illustrated hardback editions of classic fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and children's titles. Folio editions feature specially designed bindings… Read More

VERY GOOD contiion — DUST JACKET: Minor wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small closed tear to lower spine. Laminate face tear/touchup to front panel. Very light foxing to reverse side of upper back panel. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Light foxing to textblock page edges, primarily head and foredge. Slight lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.

Here on offer is a nice copy of Charles Kuralt's memoir, A Life on the Road, chronicling his long career and travels as a journalist working for CBS. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1990.
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"For more than 30 years, Charles Kuralt, the host of CBS News' 'Sunday Morning,' has traveled the world's byways. In this warm, deeply affecting memoir, Kuralt retraces the steps of a journey that began when he was a young CBS news reporter frantically trying to… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — Tight binding. Crisp exterior. Clean, unmarked pages. NOTE: Small finish flaw to top outside corner, front. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
This title is featured in the Easton Press series: Great Books of the 20th Century. Published in 1998, bound in handsome Brown leather, and strikingly illustrated by Richard Sparks, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectibles library.
Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website:
* Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather* 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.* Heavy duty binding boards... .* Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .* Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books.* ...moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.* Gilded page ends.
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"From the Nobel Prize winner—one of the most highly acclaimed writers of the twentieth century—a novel set in the American South during Prohibition about… Read More

Here on offer is a very nice copy of Philip MacDonald's fourth book under his own name, The Link, a classic "whodunit" in the Crime Club stable, featuring his series detective Colonel Anthony Gethryn. This copy is a true 1st trade edition, 1st printing published by Doubleday, Doran & Co. in 1930. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.****************************************************************************************************The Crime Club was an imprint of the Doubleday publishing company, which later spawned a 1946-47 anthology radio series, and a 1937-1939 film series. Many classic and popular works of detective and mystery fiction had their first U.S. editions published via the Crime Club, including all 50 books of The Saint by Leslie Charteris (1928-1983). The imprint also published first editions in Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu series.The Crime Club began life in 1928 with the publication of The Desert Moon Mystery by Kay Cleaver Strahan, and ceased publication in… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small chip to top edge of front panel and back panel. Very minor scuff to bottom edge of spine. In first 2 pics, paper insert placed inside for improved appearance. BOARDS: Very good condition. Small bump to top outside edge, front. BOOK: Very good condition. Endpapers upside down. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Tony Hillerman's third novel in the Joe Leaphorn police procedurals series, Listening Woman, a 1979 Edgar Award nominee and the basis for the first season of the Dark Winds television series. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Harper & Row in 1978 with a laid-in SIGNATURE by the author. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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"Hillerman's mysteries are special . . . Listening Woman is among the best."--… Read More