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THE SECRET SPRINGS NY:: Harper,, 1920. Hardcover; spine ends lightly worn; otherwise, good.. O'Higgins (1876-1929), respected journalist & author, believed newly-emerging psychological / psychoanalytical theories of Freud, Jung, Adler, & others could explain motivations for human behavior. ||| Collaborating with Dr. Edward H. Reede of Washington, D.C., O'Higgins explored what he called these `Secret Springs'--in love & marriage, health, childhood, happiness & success, in Theodore Roosevelt, in character... (more information)
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$20.50
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TWENTY YEARS A-GROWING. (Trans. from the Irish.) NY:: Viking,, 1933.. Hardcover; spine discolored by migrated binding glue; map inside rear cover damaged.. With map endpapers. O'Sullivan wrote one book--`Twenty Years A-Growing'--the biography of an Irish peasant from the Blasket Islands off the southwest corner of Irish Free State. ||| `A unique, authentic account of Irish culture, written with all the native vitality of the Irish oral tradition.'--Benet. ... (more information)
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COMPLETE BOOK OF HANDICRAFTS: a step-by-step guide Np:: Crescent Books,, 1973. Hardcover; dust jacket lightly edge-worn. Book: ink name inside front cover; otherwise, condition quite good.. index. Profusely illus. with color photos & drawings. 21 handicrafts, from Applique, Basketwork, & Collage...through Jewelry, Knitting, Patchwork...to Picture Framing, Rugs, & Toymaking; for beginner or more experienced; amply illus. `How-to' directions, from simple items & on to more complicated. /// With--BETTER HOMES & GARDENS STITCHERY &... (more information)
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ELEMENTS DE GEOLOGIE. (Seconde Partie Des Elements d'Histoire Naturelle.) Paris:: Levrault,, 1835. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; rear hinge reinforced; periodic light foxing; otherwise condition good.. + Table Analytique + Table Alphabetique. With hand-colored `Carte Geognostique de la France et de quelques Contrees Voisines' + 2 fold-out charts containing 3 tables. 2nd edn. of 1831 first issue. ||| Omalius (1783-1875), pupil of Cuvier & Lacepede; Belgian geologist `known for his systematic subdivisions of geologic format... (more information)
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$134.50
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TACTICS ON TROUT. (First Edn.) NY:: Knopf,, 1969. Hardcover; upper tip of front cover bumped; otherwise good.. appendixes. Detailed b&w drawings. `Thirty-four basic situations...exist on all trout streams...we will fish them together...under typical weather & water conditions...with all kinds of flies--streamers & bucktails, wet flies, nymphs, & dry flies.' ... (more information)
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HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF LAFAYETTE COLLEGE... [First Edn.] Easton, Pa.,, 1876. Wrappers; Hamilton College (NY) rubberstamps; 5-7/8x9 inches; wire- stitched; removed from Gaylord taped-in-style pamphlet binder with remains of tape glue on front & rear covers; no card pocket or spine marks/label; contents lightly age-toned; otherwise good.. fold-out chart. Fold-out chart of Lafayette Courses of Study as of 1832, '42, '52, '57, & '76. Prepared at request of U.S. Bureau of Education by Owen, `Adjunct Prof of Ancient Languages, Lafayette College,' (hiring `Ad... (more information)
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PILGRIMS OF THE WILD. (First Edn.) NY:: Scribner,, 1935. Hardcover; spine faded & age-soiled; otherwise good.. Illus. in b&w. The author--Archibald Stansfield Belaney--alias `Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin,' alias `Grey Owl'--was born 1888 in Hastings, England. From childhood he dreamt of being a North American Indian; emigrated to northern Canada in 1905; said he was--& was accepted as--`Grey Owl, son of a Scot & an Apache'; learned wilderness ways from Ojibway Indians; married a young Iroquois woman; became much interested in Conser... (more information)
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