NY:: Sloane,, 1949. Hardcover; spine lightly age-soiled; otherwise condition quite good.. With b&w drawings by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. SIGNED: `With all best wishes / Carl Carmer.' /// With--Carmer, Carl. LISTEN FOR A LONESOME DRUM. 430pp. With b&w drawings by John O'Hara Cosgrove II. PAPERBACK; spine & front cover have several light, small spots; otherwise good. ||| Both books tell stories (true--& tall) of rural upstate N.Y. farmers, State Troopers, clergymen, horse thieves, rev... (more information)

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Jena:: Fischer,, 1884. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; cover tips, spine ends & joints all lightly worn; otherwise, condition good.. 4pp. of 1884 illus. microscope ads. With in-text illus. of plant cross-sections + several of apparatus. Strasburger (1844-1912); pre-eminent botanist; `his laboratory at the Botanical Institute of University of Bonn became the leading center for study of plant cytology...[he] clarified phenomena of cell division & r... (more information)

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Glenview, Ill.:: Scott-Foresman,, 1973. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; foil-stamped cover & spine; rear black endpaper shows card pocket & label removal; no spine marks/ label; otherwise good.. index. Data-Objects; Data-Structures; Programming in FORTRAN; String Processing; Evaluation of Expressions; Storage Allocation; Searching & Sorting; Hash Coding; Programming in PL/1; Pointers & Plex Processing; Recursive Programming; `Garbage Collection'; Use of Macros; LISP; SNOBOL; A... (more information)

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London:: Methuen,, 1950. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends lightly worn; front & rear hinges reinforced; otherwise good.. + appendix + bibliography + index + photos. With b&w in-text drawings, charts & 2 fold-out tables + 24 full-pg. b&w photos at end. 2nd ed. of 1945 first issue. ||| Zeuner (1905-63), geologist noted for geochronology research; Environmental Archaeology Prof at Univ. of London. ||| Extensively covers--Early hi... (more information)

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London:: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner,, 1903. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends worn; otherwise good.. + bibliography + index. Growth & progress of civilization from early Greece & Italy to rest of Europe, with sidelights on Asia & Middle East. ||| Covers: Progress in Greece & Italy; Migration; Environment; Extraneous Influences; Sources of Evidence; Introduction of Metals; Hunting & Pastoral Life; Agriculture; The Family &... (more information)

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Paris:: Juven,, [1901]. Hardcover; collector & Hamilton College (NY) bookplates; no spine marks/label; signs of card pocket removal from marbled rear paper; leather spine joints dry & flaking; head of spine lacks 1/4 inch; contents lightly age-toned; otherwise, contents good.. With b&w full-pg. & in-text photos & drawings. Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps (1805-94), French engineer & diplomat; best known for planning / engineering Suez Canal (commenced 1859; opened for use 1869). His ... (more information)

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London:: Methuen,, 1927. Embossed, gilt-stamped violet boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; ornate gilt-stamped leather spine (joints flaking); raised bands; inner dentelles gilt, top edges gilt, ink name on front endpaper; worn slipcase; otherwise quite good.. 45th edn. of 1905 first issue. ||| Includes `Prefatory Dedication'; letters written from prison to his literary executor Robert Ross; abridged text of De Profundis, `with recriminations [against Lord Alfred Douglas] for encouraging [Wilde in] d... (more information)

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NY:: Castle Books,, 1957. Gray paper-covered boards; contents clean, binding tight; physical condition good.. With reprinted photos. 1957 offset-printed reproduction, with revised title pg., of VOL. 3 ONLY. ||| Miller's 10-vol. set, first issued 1911, comprised photos by Mathew Brady + many professional photographers of North & South, with text by then-surviving Union & Confederate military officers & others, telling their stories of the War that cost well over 600,000 American lives. ... (more information)

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Berkeley, Calif.:: Howell-North,, 1968. Hardcover; dust jacket poor. Book: condition rather good.. + bibliography + index. With over 600 in-text & full-pg. photos of trains, maps, timetables, countrysides, personnel, etc. 3rd prtg. of 1967 first issue. ||| `The D&H' began in 1823 as the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, a coal mining / transporting firm. Its first locomotive, `Stourbridge Lion'--built by George Stephenson, legendary English locomotive pioneer--was the first steam locomoti... (more information)

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Durban, S. Africa:: Publicity Assn. & S. Africa Rwy.,, 1926. In edge-chipped prtd. wrappers; otherwise good. 5.5x8.5 inches.. wrappers. Illus. with b&w photos; railway map of South Africa; map of Durban's surrounding area; map of central Durban. Shows idyllic views of this port site, & the good life the booklet says is enjoyed there. ||| Apartheid ended in 1994. ... (more information)

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NY:: Baker,, 1926. Hardcover; spine ends & cover tips worn; 36 pages stained at foot of gutter, (from minimal to .75x1-inch); 3 pages have faint tan stain extending into text; ink name inside front cover on pictorial endpaper.. + bibliography. With frontispiece portrait of Audubon. Besides describing birds & animals he painted, Audubon recorded observations of Ohio River; Great Pine Swamp; Earthquake [at New Madrid]; Kentucky Sports; Colonel [Daniel] Boon[e]; Florida Keys; Bay of Fundy; Kentucky B... (more information)

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Np:: by the Fraternity,, 1902. Hardcover; spine ends worn; cover tips bumped & worn.. Hamilton College (NY) Edn. Lists Fraternity Founders; History of Young Chapters; Convention Roll 1847-1901; Exec. Council since 1884; Fraternity Bibliography since 1891; Graduate Associations; Relationships [Fathers/Sons, etc.]. ||| Hamilton Chapter (estab. July 1847) lists biographical data of 393 members, Classes of 1847 through 1906. ... (more information)

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Np:: by the Fraternity,, 1902. Hardcover; spine & spine ends worn; cover tips bumped; otherwise good.. Biographical data of 8,238 living & deceased members in 40 Chapters. Fraternity founded 1834 at Williams College. ||| Includes data on Fraternity Founders; Young Chapters; Convention Roll 1847-1901; Exec. Council since 1884; Fraternity Bibliography since 1891; Members listed by College Chapter; Graduate Associations; Relationships [Fathers & Sons, Brothers, etc.]; geographical residences... (more information)

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Santa Barbara, Calif.:: Hebberd,, 1928. Hardcover; dust jacket: spine faded. Book: lightly age-toned; otherwise good.. With fanciful b&w drawings. Whimsical drawings accompanied by delightfully descriptive verses portraying desert animals, birds, reptiles, etc. ... (more information)

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NY:: Oxford Univ.,, 1987. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate, no card pocket or spine marks/label; covers lightly scuffed; leaf xv/xvi lacks torn corner affecting unnumbered `classified guide' overview.. + bibliography. Defined legal terms & phrases in alphabetical order, with examples of correct usage. ||| `When convincing argument...or clearness of expression is desired, the elements of good writing are often more important than piled-up citations of cases . . . many books on writing leg... (more information)

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Leipzig:: Engelmann,, 1884. In pamphlet binder; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; pamphlet binder cover worn; otherwise good.. 24pp. Literatur-Verzeichnis. With 161 in-text woodcuts. Dr. Wilhelm Krause (1833-1910) taught Medicine & Zoology at Gottingen. In 1892 he was called to Berlin as head of the Anatomical Institute Laboratory. ||| Present work was likely issued in wrappers; now in worn gray stiff-cover pamphlet binder with wrapper's front cover laid down. ... (more information)

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Halle:: Max Niemeyer,, 1921. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) & donor's bookplates, no card pocket or spine marks/label; spine ends worn; otherwise good.. + dictionary. 5th edn. of 1881 first issue. ||| Walther von der Vogelweide (ca. 1170-1230)--possibly a pseudonym--is considered the greatest German lyric poet of Middle Ages. Facts of his life are obscure: thought to be of knightly birth, formally educated at a monastery school, a Minnesinger for more than 40 years. ||| In last days of 12th c... (more information)

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NY:: Carnegie Corporation,, 1935. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; last 100pp. edges show modest (1/8-inch) colored water penetration; otherwise, condition quite good.. `A List of Books made possible wholly or in part by [past] grants from Carnegie Corporation of New York & published...during the years 1911-1935'; issued on centenary of Andrew Carnegie's birth. ||| `Alphabetically by author, subject, title...approximately 5,000 entries...titles of so... (more information)

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NY:: American Bankers Assn.,, ca. 1921. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; both covers' upper tips bumped; contents pp. lightly age-toned; otherwise good.. index. With portrait frontispiece. Questions asked (1908-21) about proper actions in day-to-day banking. Paton, General Counsel to American Bankers Assn., gives his reasoning & legal opinion based on cited precedents & / or legal authority. ... (more information)

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Baltimore:: Williams & Wilkins,, 1952. Hardcover; dust jacket worn & chipped; book condition good.. bibliography + index. With over 200 photos of chest x-rays. Inscribed & Signed: `To Gerald Jones / my sincere friend and esteemed colleague during World War II / Lloyd E. Hawes / Sept. 16, 1952.' ||| Comprehensive work by Dawber, Senior Surgeon at USPHS, & Hawes, Radiologist & Consultant at USPHS. ||| Covers: Normal Chest & Methods of Examination; Diseases of Diaphragm, Pleura, M... (more information)

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