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1918 13 pp. Gilbert (1843-1918) was an important American geologist. Original reprint from "The American Journal of Science" 46: 669-681 (1918). CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling (including small tears to lower edge of front cover).. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 24 x 15 cm. ... more information

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. xxx, 192 pp. Plates, glossary, appendix. Translated into English from the original Marathi ('Mee, Durga Khote," published in 1982). A remarkable memoir by a leading South Asian actress whose career spanned five decades beginning at the time silent movies were coming to an end.. First English Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 23 x 15 cm. ... more information

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1974 29 pp. Footnotes, bibliography. Louis Bourguet was lesser-known French natural scientist, philosopher, mathematician and philologist (he is best known for his role in deciphering Etruscan). Original reprint from "Journal of the Scientific Laboratories," Denison University, 55: 49-77 (1974). CONDITION: In original stapled card covers (first leaf loose--wasn't stapled in). Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling.. Reprin... more information

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1934 19 pp. Frontispiece, bibliography of Kemp's publications. Kemp was an American geologist. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number and "reprint" stamped on cover (from a private individual's library; part of private library's "reprint" collection, although this pamphlet is not a reprint). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... more information

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1927 40 pp. Frontispiece, bibliography of Barrell's publications. Barrell was an American geologist. Original reprint from the "Biographical Memoirs" of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 12 (1st memoir), 1897. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Pages unopened. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Very light overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 25 x 16 cm. ... more information

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Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999 xvii, 322 pp. Illustrations, chapter notes, bibliography, index. CONDITION: An ex-library in excellent overall condition. Text clean and neat; very light overall handling/shelving wear. Library marks to title-page; call number and barcode labels; stamped "withdrawn." No dustjacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 24 x 17 cm. ... more information

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1909 9 pp. "Author's edition" printed by press on front cover (reprint from the "Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers"?). Hague (1836-ca. 1908) was an American mining engineer. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling, with minor chipping to extremities.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 24 x 16 cm. ... more information

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1951 14 pp. Frontispiece, bibliography (including Otley's publications). Otley (1766-1856) was an English geologist. An original reprint from "The North Western Naturalist" 23: 113-126 (1948). CONDITION: In original plain stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 22 x 14 cm. ... more information

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1915 86 pp. Frontispiece. John Peter Lesley was an American geologist. Original reprint from the "Biographical Memoirs" of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 8, pp. 155-240. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 24 x 16 cm. ... more information

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Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998 ix, 173 pp. Appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Creating an unconventional portrait of the life and thought of an Enlightenment historian and scientist, this study focuses upon Jeremy Belknap's letters, journals and essays, which provide a clear sense of how a dialogue with the past can yield an appreciation of life and acceptance of self. Author of the three-volume "History of New Hampshire" and the two-volume "American Biography," Jeremy Belknap (1744-... more information

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Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1993 vii, 218 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. This book examines the career and influence of the prominent journalist Joseph Alsop, who made his professional debut in 1932 and continued writing into the 1980s. Using his personal papers, pertinent documents, oral histories and interviews, the author traces the evolution of Alsop's foreign policy views and discusses his interaction with Washington D.C.'s decision-making elite. This book reveals that although Al... more information

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Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995 xx, 334 pp. Illustrations, chronology, notes, index. This book demystifies the Jefferson of American legend and recovers the 18th-century man of sentiment Thomas Jefferson actually was. The author confronts widespread misunderstandings about Jefferson's romantic life and provides insight into the contradictions that still surround the U.S.'s third president. He shows Jefferson to have been a man of substance and character, yet possessed of a mean s... more information

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Austin, TX: African and Afro-American Research Institute, University of Texas, 1974 23 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical endnotes. Preface by Ulla Schild. Translated into English from German. A personal exploration of the legacy of Leo Frobenius (1873-1938). CONDITION: In stapled card covers. As new.. First Edition. Paperback. Like New. 23 x 15 cm. ... more information

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Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1903 210 pp. + plates. Text in German. The memoirs of Richard Graf von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth of his service under the Russian emperor, Alexander II. CONDITION: Edges of book block marbled. Quarter-cloth with marbled paper on boards. Cloth at top rear edge of spine splitting (approx. 4 cm). Moderate overall handling. Text clean and neat.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 15 x 22 cm. ... more information

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1955 6 pp. Bibliographical references. A brief biographical study of John Ray, who was an English 17th-century naturalist/geologist. An original reprint from "Nature" 175: 103-108. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Minor typographical correction on one page; very light marginalia on one page. Moderate overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 22 x 14 cm. ... more information

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1970 11 pp. Illustration, bibliography. Edmond Halley (1656-1742) was an English savant who made contributions in many areas of science. Original reprint from "Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London" 25(1): 47-57 (1970). CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 25 x 18 cm. ... more information

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1944 26 pp. Bibliographical footnotes. Dr. Hildreth was a physician and geologist in Ohio. An original reprint from "The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Quarterly" 53 October-December 1944. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... more information

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1946 28 pp. Bibliographical footnotes, illustrations. Locke made contributions in many fields, including botany, geology, physics, chemistry and astronomy. An original reprint from "The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Quarterly" October-December 1946. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Light overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 15 cm. ... more information

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1974 18 pp. Biography, annotated bibliography of 246 items. Geikie (1835-1924) was a Scottish geologist. Original reprint from the "Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History" 7(1): 1-18. CONDITION: In original stapled card covers. Catalog number on cover (from a private individual's library). Text clean and neat. Moderate overall handling.. Reprint. Paperback. Good. 25 x 18 cm. ... more information

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1935 xiii, 229 pp. Frontispiece, plate, footnotes, endnotes, appendix, index. Divided into two parts, this book includes a comprehensive biography of Sir Edward Dyer (1543-1607), a courtier and one of the finest early Elizabethan poets, followed by his collected poetry, most of which did not survive (14 poems included in the Appendix: pp. 163-221, with notes). CONDITION: Moderately light overall handling wear to cloth-covered boards (no fraying); very minor penciled marginal... more information

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