NY:: Bookman Associates,, 1951. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate, no card pocket or spine marks/label; lacks rear free endpaper; spine a bit faded; rear cover lightly spotted; otherwise good.. + index. With 8pp. reproducing ancient Hebrew manuscripts. Professor Nakarai, for many years a teacher of Hebrew, wrote this grammar for reading the Old Testament in Biblical Hebrew. ||| Covers-- The Hebrew language, alphabet, vowel system, syllable, article, inseparable words, diacritical signs, accent;... (more information)

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NY:: Praeger,, 1991. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; purple foil-stamped cover & spine; no card pocket or spine marks/label; condition good.. index. Covers--Revolution; Totalitarianism & Dictatorship; Political Issues in Developmental Perspective; Military Rule & Single-Party System in Third World; Political Culture; Social Class & Politics; Two-Party System; Pressure Groups, Bureaucrats, Policymaking; Executives, Legislatures, Separation of Powers; Parliamentary-Presidential ... (more information)

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NY:: Columbia Univ.,, 1940.. Hardcover; stamped `Review Copy' on front endpaper: has a separate ink date; otherwise good.. + appendixes + bibliography + index. Follows changes in French, English, German & Italian poetry over past 2-1/2 centuries. ... (more information)

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NY:: General Chemical Company,, 1918. Hardcover; lightly aged; 3/4-inch tear on front endpaper; otherwise clean & tight.. ad endpapers. With 34 color photos of breads, muffins, biscuits, cakes, etc. Ryzon Baking Powder, used by Waldorf-Astoria, Delmonico's, famous hotels, U.S. Military Academy, etc., issued this book of prize-winners' recipes for breads, quick breads, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, fritters, pastry, puddings, candies, & `Savory Dishes' using eggs, cheese, & left-overs. ||| The u... (more information)

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Baltimore:: Johns Hopkins,, 1958. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends lightly worn; lacks blank rear endpaper; .5x2.75-inch black block on spine (hides shelf mark?); otherwise good.. + index. `Availability of crude oil, natural gas, & natural gas liquids in the United States...through 1975.' ||| Estimates of reserves, future production & technology as determinants for availability of crude oil, shale oil, natural / synthetic gas, & natur... (more information)

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Oxford:: Clarendon,, 1889. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplates; no card pocket or spine marks/label; some folds unopened; contents lightly age-toned; Vol. 2 Contents (printed in Vol. 1) repeated in pencil on Vol. 2 title pg. verso; otherwise both good.. + index. Selected essays, 1845-82, + a fragment from Pattison's manuscript for his unfinished Life of Joseph Scaliger. ||| Pattison (1813-84), was `memorable for his devotion to an intellectual ideal'--Ency Brit. ... (more information)

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Philadelphia:: American Sunday-School Union,, [1849]. Hardcover; spine ends + cover edges worn; tips quite bumped; occasional light foxing; pencil + ink names on both front endpapers.. + appendix. With frontispiece + in-text & full-page b&w drawings. Part I--Divisions of the Holy Land: its topography, climate, animals, vegetation; construction of dwellings, furniture; occupations, professions & trade; the people, their garments, entertainments, manners, domestic habits, cultural activities, s... (more information)

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NY:: Sadlier,, [1856]. Hardcover; gilt-stamped blue cloth; 1/8-inch defect in front cover gilt; spine & cover tips worn; contents lightly age-toned; otherwise good.. Woodcut frontispiece. 1856 prtg. of 1855 first issue. Novel by Dr. Newman (1801-90), prominent Church of England clergyman & leader of Oxford Movement; he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1845; was made Cardinal in 1879 by Pope Leo XIII. ... (more information)

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Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1899. Hardcover; Hamilton College bookplate (NY) adds `Presented by Mary P. Nichols'; no card pocket or spine marks/label; removed card pocket left discoloration on facing endpaper; both covers' upper tips bumped; spine ends worn; spine somewhat faded; top edges gilt.. Frontispiece reproduces illuminated pg. in gray, red, & black; with tissue guard. Written in early 13th century ? ; preserved in a single MS. discovered about 1820 in a Tyrol castle. ||| 3 parts--(1) ad... (more information)

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Cambridge, Eng.:: University Press,, 1948-49.. Hardcovers; Vol. 1--occasional light foxing; Vol. 2--clean; both spines lightly worn; otherwise, both good.. + indexes. Vol. 1 has 24 b&w full-pg. photos; Vol. 2--16 b&w full-pg. photos. Both have articles relating to Shakespeare & his stage; productions at London, & Stratford; productions 1898-1948; in France 1900-48; in New York 1947-48; news of international productions; Shakespearian study; etc. ||| Includes Shakespeare's alleged in... (more information)

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Copenhague:: Levin & Munksgaard,, 1935. In lightly-worn wrappers; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; edges untrimmed; contents clean & bright; otherwise, condition quite good.. Nielsen (1865-1931) `mathematician, Univ. of Copenhagen...wrote extensively on classes of special functions...& on history of Mathematics'--DSB. ||| Covers--work & thought of d'Alembert, Bezout, Carre, the Cassini family, Clairaut, l'Hopital, Maupertuis--over 150 18th-c. Frenc... (more information)

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London:: Foulis & Co.,, [1949].. Hardcover; front cover & gilt spine lightly worn & age-soiled; otherwise good.. + index. With 6 full-pg. tipped-on color reproductions of paintings by Roy Nockolds. With reproduction of `Battle of Britain Memorial Window,' unveiled 11 January, 1949. ||| Rolls-Royce, known for automobiles, was very important-- perhaps decisive--in WW-2, making its Merlin engines that powered British Spitfire, Hurricane, American P-40 and P-51 fighter planes, + Meteor engines t... (more information)

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NY:: Facts on File,, 1992. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; .75x1.5-inch scrape at top edge of front cover repaired; otherwise, binding tight; contents clean; condition good.. appendixes + index. 8-pg. `History of Schizophrenia' is followed by dictionary of terms + therapy definitions, often incorporating bibliographic citations. ... (more information)

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NY:: Knopf,, 1946. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; binding tight; contents clean; condition good.. sources + index. Several letters illustrated with fragments of music notation. Letters by Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Verdi, Meyerbeer, Schubert, Berlioz, Glinka, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Dvorak, Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell, Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, Walter Piston--& dozens of other composers--to friends, family... (more information)

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Baltimore:: Johns Hopkins Univ.,, 1984. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplates; no card pockets or spine marks/labels; rubberstamp on top/bottom edges of book blocks; otherwise, condition rather good.. + index. Very profusely illustrated with b&w photos & drawings. 2nd prtg. ||| For 30+ years Ernest P. Walker (1891-1969), Asst. Director of Washington D.C. National Zoo (1930-56), with 6 co-authors compiled `Mammals of the World.' (Fairfield Osborn called it `a unique, highly valuable contr... (more information)

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NY:: Stokes,, 1913. Both--hardcover; ink name/1917 date, & steel-engraved calling card--`The Misses Masters / Estherwood / Dobbs Ferry-on-Hudson' on both front endpapers; spine ends worn, top edges gilt (dull); cover tips bumped; fore & bottom edges untrimmed; contents good.. Pasted inside Vol. 1 front cover: 4.5x6-inch b&w prtd. bust portrait of Eliza Bailey Masters, likely cut from material issued by her `Masters School.' 7th prtg. of 1913 issue. Vol. I--Flower of Old Japan; Progress ... (more information)

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