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US: Self-published. Paperback. Very Good/None. Tight; Text unmarked

US: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. Paperback. Near Fine/None. Signed. Pictorial softcover in like new condition, clean, unmarked and spine is uncreased. Signed by the author on front end paper and with his (and apparently his publicist's) business cards laid in. 8vo. Ships from US. ABOUT THE STORY: Eversley is a quiet humble town with citizens who are perfectly content being left alone. Cynical insurance investigator, Harley Cawthorne, is one such inhabitant. But when her path crosses with a rebellious policeman, a mentally scarred drifter, and a retired contract killer, it's clear that she's not the only person in Eversley at ease in her solitude. But the unusual new friendships are overshadowed by the horrific murder of two families. It appears that a serial killer has picked the town as his hunting grounds. And when the police ominously vanish, Harley and her group of loners receive a message from the killer: he is delighted to have made their acquaintance. Left… Read More

Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press, T. M. MacGlinchey, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Lovely volume of blue gray paper boards with golden yellow cloth at spine. Interior clean and unmarked. Covered with yellowed vellum-type wraps, wrinkled on front and back has closed chip at top near spine. 500 copies of this edition were printed, replicating by photo-lithography the original published in 1904 by Dun Emer Press. Ireland--Social life and customs--Fiction

New York: Exposition Press, 1947. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. Black cloth boards with gilt titling on cover and spine, lightly edgeworn, in yellow pictorial DJ, edgeworn, soiled and chipped at spine ends, with loss and tears at head of spine, and a 1/4-in. hole mid-cover near spine. Binding sound, and interior unmarked. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Yetter, a 60-year veteran teacher in PA public schools, sets forth his credo for worthwhile living. Footprints of the Savior pictures a way of life that leads to peace and redemption using Yetter also authored The Educational System of Pennsylvania (1909).

The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1960. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Original softcover bound in dark blue cloth boards with gilt titling on spine. Rear board is a tad rubbed. Binding is sound. Text is unmarked. Copyright page bears a 6-digit number stamped in blue. Slim 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'Eddington was not unique among scientists who have been interested in the philosophical implications of the presuppositions and techniques of modern science, nor was he unique in being condemned by philosophical critics for writing bad philosophy; but he was perhaps a rare example of a scientist who was highly esteemed by his contemporaries for his scientific discoveries and ability and one whose reflections upon these discoveries were condemned thoroughly by both scientists and philosophers.' -from the Preface in French by F. Gonseth. French quotations in the text are translated by the author. Includes bibliography and subject index. Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir, 1882-1944, Science--Philosophy

New York: Christie's, 1990. Paperback. Very Good/None. Illustrated cover shows light edgewear along bottom, and corners are square. Binding is tight. Interior clean and unmarked. Quarto. BOOK INFO: Sale catalog with estimated values of Turkoman, Chinese, Baluch and Caucasian (among many others), carpets, prayer rugs, bagface, and saddlebags-some rare-offered at auction Sept 11, 1990. 173 sharp color photographs and descriptive text illustrate each one.

London, Iliffe; New York: American Elsevier Pub. Co., 1969. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Good-/None. Behavioural sciences series Blue boards with gilt titling on spine, lightly soiled and rubbed. Front pastedown is scarred where bookplate was removed. University library stamp covered with a white label on copyright page. Interior is otherwise unmarked. Binding is sound. No dustjacket. 8vo. BOOK INFO: 'It is unfortunate that many of the books on cybernetics which have been published fall into one of three categories. One type treats the reader as a moron who is to be astounded and so, it is hoped, impressed. Another treats the reader as though he were a potential employer who is to be baffled and so, it is hoped, impressed (and also if possible, be made apprehensive and therefore generous). The third type of book includes the word cybernetics in the title, but inside it apparently deals with an entirely different subject. It is hoped that the present book cannot be pigeon-holed into any of these… Read More

Chicago: Privately Printed, 1928. Hardcover. Good/None. Olive green cloth textured boards with gilt titling on cover, spine worn at the head and browned, 8vo., in green cloth-covered slip case, also good. Rough-cut page edges, nicely toned at edges. Binding sound, interior clean. BOOK INFO: The transcript of speeches given on the occasion of the dedication of this residence, built as a gift to the Chicago YWCA from Chicago industrialist Cyrus H. McCormick in memory of his wife Harriet, who worked on behalf of children in the city after having lost their daughter at age 13. Laid in are Cyrus' calling card and a 6-pg. 3x6 in. blue pamphlet describing the residence built for girls: ""Rates $13.50 to $17.00 the week (Including breakfast and dinner) Telephone Whitehall 4380."" Facilities for permanent and transient guests included a fireplace, library, tea room, 3 dining rooms, 2 living rooms, a recreation room with a stage, swimming pool, 2 hospital rooms, laundry, beauty… Read More