British Birds [Four volumes with dustwrappers] by Thorburn, Archibald

Hardcover. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1914. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. W. Heath Robinson. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1914. First edition thus. Very Good. W. Heath Robinson. Covers are soiled and faded. The spine is bumped and torn about 3/4" down from the top however the torn piece is still attached. The contents have quite a bit of foxing however the 12 tipped-in color illustrations seem to be in perfect condition. Binding is starting to loosen.

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Read More

Hardcover Condition: Fine. Special edition limited to 350 copies. Copy number 133/350. Signed by Peter Hassrick on limitations page. Full padded leather binding with four raised bands and blind cowboy stamp to the cover. Marble end papers. A beautiful copy.
Oversized book. Additional shipping charges may be required. A beautiful copy.

International Graphoanalysis Society, 1980-84. Study Guides. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between October 1980 and December 1984. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. Bess and Harry Truman are the study specimens for the December 1982 issue. The Trumans' Model Answer graphoanalysis is included in the February 1983 issue. Each issue is a minimum of 6 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 36 issues bound in a dark blue 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copies with light shelf wear. Occasional pencil markings by owner. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.7 inches). Illustrated with 19 half-tone photographic plates, including six pages reproducing Watson's letter to Max Delbruck, telling of the Double Helix, and 11 diagrams within the text. A very bright, clean copy. Original dustwrapper with one small chip and a couple of small closed tears, otherwise a better than very good example. Overall a very good copy.

London and New York : William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co, 1929 A good copy in the original blue decorative cloth binding with 40 tipped-in colour plates and black and white illustrations and designs by Arthur Rackham. First published with Rackham illustrations in 1908, the work proved extremely popular and there were numerous reprints. The binding has nice bright boards. There is a very small mark on the front board. The spine is a little faded and marked. There is a little pulling to the spine and slight bumping to board corners. There is part of a wrapper for Midsummer Night's Dream loose inside the book but it looks slightly too small to have been the original wrapper for this book. There is a small ink inscription - Christmas 1935. To Peter with much love from Lorna' at the bottom of the fep. The text pages have some brown spotting - this is largely in the margins and is common with this work. The tissue-guarded plates are in very good condition - 2 have small creases in the… Read More

(2)p. manuscript letter measuring approx. 8" x 10 ½", folded, signed and dated January 14, 1867, Coast Survey Office, to Charles Lanman in regards to information pertaining to Prof. A.D. Bache. Mr. Hilgard was born in Germany. He settled with his parents in Illinois. Studied engineering in Philadelphia. He entered the Coast Survey in 1845. He was in charge of the Coast Survey under the Superintendent from 1862 until 1875. Throughout the American Civil War he served the Union Army and Navy by the construction of maps and charts and by surveys as well as by tidal and other information. During the failing health of Professor Bache, Hilgard, who was at that time in charge of the Coast Survey office, was obliged to perform the duties of Superintendent, which he did without extra compensation. He was Commissioner of the Committee of International Standards (seeking uniformity of weights and measures). In 1875, he was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Author of… Read More

Boston: Marshall Jones Company [The Plimpton Press: Norwood, Mass.], 1921. First Edition. brown pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Arthur V. Diehl. Presentation Copy SIGNED with an Original Pen Drawing of a Dying WWI Soldier by the Poet-Illustrator laid in [It may have been a front endpaper that was added to this text by the author for this "Author's Edition."]<br/> 12 mo, brown pictorial cloth, matching pictorial tan and black dust jacket, [viii] + 100 pages. Exceptional copy of this Rare and engaging collection of jingling First World War poems that have solemn content.<br/> It's the sort of poetry that men at war chant while marching or sing with bravado. With faint though handsomely inscribed brown ink note by the author-artist: "This Volume is No. 32 of the Author's Edition. A.Y.D." on half title.<br/> <br/> Excellent though pathos-filled ink drawing of three dead Tommies lying in cratered ground beneath barbed wire.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Original quarter cream cloth and green boards, with gilt stamped spine lettering (over brown label). 261 pages, with Glossary, Bibliography, and Indices of Titles and Artists. With forty-three plates (eighteen in color with tissue guards). Wear to spine ends and corners, Scattered foxing throughout, especially to preliminary and end pages. Hand-stamp name (small) at bottom of Front FEP. Bookseller sticker [Thomas Nickerson Books, Honolulu] at bottom of inside rear cover. No marks to text. Hinges solid. Lacking the dust-jacket. Due to size and weight, international shipping at cost.

London:: Printed for Horatio Phillips, 1828., 1828. 8vo. viii, 105, [3] pp. 1 hand-colored plate; pp. 101-4 upper corner oddly worn, but confined to the outermost part of the sheet, not touching any text). Early turquoise blue wrappers, small printed label applied to upper cover; extremities worn, rubbed. Very good. RARE. First edition of the first serious English study of ergot of rye , which was a folk remedy known to be effective for pregnant mothers to ease the birth and ?control postpartum haemorrhage.? Neale studied medicine at Edinburgh earning his degree in 1802. ?In 1806 he was appointed as a physician to the army and saw considerable service during the Peninsula War under Sir John Moore and Sir Arthur Wellesley. In 1809 he published an account of his experiences in Letters from Portugal and Spain. In 1814 he settled in Exeter where he remained for the next 10 years apart from a tour of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey in 1818 and a short sojourn in Cheltenham in 1820, made brief by… Read More