Search Results: Titles starting with H from Legacy Books II

Washington: GPO, 1927. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 3pp extract, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1926. Onnes was instrumental in the development of the cryogenic laboratory at Leyden, where he was a professor. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

Print. VG. No Binding. Circa 1930, sized 9 x 12 inches, with facsimile signature, very sharp, clean, and bright..

Chicago: Ken, Inc., 1938. Magazine. Good. Soft cover. Folio. Entire issue, Volume I, No. 6, June 16, 1938, in original pictorial wraps, light general wear, spine rolled a bit, occasional creasing, rear wrap more soiled and rubbed, overall mostly a clean, bright copy. The American author and adventurer's 6th of 14 contributions to Ken presenting his unfavorable views of Allied politicians and their responses to Hitler's overt and aggressive promotion of fascism. From the opening paragraph, "This is that old Spanish war that everyone has forgotten. This correspondent rather hates to bring it up again. Especially after the fascists in the U. S. State Department have done their level, crooked, Roman, British-aping, disgusting, efficient best to end it by denying the Spanish government the right to buy arms to defend itself against the German and Italian aggression. But if this magazine is to bring any sort of an insider's view it must keep on returning to a consideration of the… Read More

Washington: GPO, 1961. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 8pp extract, references, illustrated with 8 plates, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year 1960. Origin and features of the damaging hailstorm of June 27, 1959, in Nebraska, including properties of the hailstones, comments on possible causes of observed formations, factors that cause such storms in the western Great Plains, the need for more cloud seeding research. Author was at the State University College of Education, Albany, NY. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve..

1906. Print. VG. No Binding. Sized about 5 x 7 inches, tipped-in on plate paper, with caption, very clean and bright..

NY: The Cosmopolitan Publishing Company, 1904. Book. Illus. by Charles M. Relyea. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 8pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 3 drawings by Relyea including a full-page plate, salvaged from a damaged copy of The Cosmopolitan, Volume XXXVII, #1, May, 1904. Very scarce serial appearance. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

Washington: GPO, 1917. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 21pp extract, plus 2 full-page plates, printed on both sides, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Board of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution For The Year Ending June 30, 1916. An address delivered before the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in Edinburgh, November 18, 1915. The author was late Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society of London Housed in protective mylar report cover..

Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1864. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 26pp story, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Volume XIII, No. 76, February, 1864. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve..

NY: The Century Company, 1900. Print. Illus. by George Morland / Timothy Cole, Engraver. VG. No Binding. Sized 6.5 x 9.5 inches, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LIX, No. 4, February, 1900. Margins dark green, as printed. Timothy Cole's Engravings of Old English Masters series..

London: Becket and Porter, 1814. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 13pp extract, library stamp at one internal page, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal, Volume LXXII, January, 1814. A contemporary review with excerpts of the scarce titles published by Richardson, London, 1813, and R. Baldwin, London, 1814, respectively. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Very scarce..

NY: The American Review, 1848. Print. Illus. by A. H. Ritchie, engraver. Good. No Binding. Sized about 5 x 9 inches, with facsimile signature, light foxing, salvaged from a damaged issue of The American Review: A Whig Journal, Volume VIII, No. 6, December, 1848. Engraved by A. H. Ritchie after a daguerreotype by Brady, printed by A. H. Donnell. Fish was the Governor of New York and a former member of the Congress..

NY: The Century Company, 1900. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 4pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with a small portrait of Burr after the miniature by Saint-Memin, and a larger portrait of Hamilton by James Sharples, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LX, No. 1, May, 1900. From the editor's preface, "The following letter from Alexander Hamilton, though addressed to John Rutledge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was found among the papers of Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. It is here printed from the manuscript. Although a small portion of it has been published before, as a whole it has not appeared." The letter, from January 4, 1801, is decidedly unflattering. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

NY: The Century Company, 1917. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 5 pages, each printed with 1 or 2 photographs, with explanatory text beneath, faded water-staining at page bottoms, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XCIV, No. 4, August, 1917. Illustrations include a portrait of Lopez, the hammock-buyer, and others of general interest. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

NY: The Century Company, 1903. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 12pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXVI, No. 1, May, 1903. The United States President and the power of his office. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve..

NY: The Century Company, 1901. Print. Illus. by John Constable / Timothy Cole, Engraver. VG. No Binding. Sized 6.5 x 9.5 inches, engraved by Davidson, after the etching by Hole, salvaged from damaged issues of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXII, No 3, July, 1901..

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1873. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 14pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 12 characteristic Harper's engravings, first page-only was damaged and is here presented in reproduction, salvaged from a damaged issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume XLVII, No. 281, October, 1873. The institution in Hampton, Virginia, where slaves, free Negroes, and mulattoes were offered education during and after the Civil War. Illustrations include a view of the new building of the Hampton Institute, a view of the teachers' home and girls' quarters, a view of St. John's Church, the chapel and farm manager's house, Winter - quarters in front of the Institute, a scene among the Negro cabins at Hampton, the horse named Lion and groomer John Solomon, the Girls' Industrial Room, the Reading - room, a crowded scene in the Assembly - room, the ball club. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

Louisville: The Filson Club, 1989. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 17pp extract, illustrated with several photographs, including portraits, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Filson Club History Quarterly, Volume 63, #2, April, 1989. A. B. Hancock, Sr., and family at Claiborne Farm, Paris, KY. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

NY: The Century Company, 1886. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 5pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XXXII, No. 6, October,1886. A plea for hands - on learning in schools. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

NY: The Century Company, 1906. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 7pp story, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXXII, #4, August, 1906. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

London, 1898. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 8pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 17 photographs of examples, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Strand Magazine, Volume XIV, No. 84, January, 1898. David Devant, 1868 - 1941, the celebrated Ombromaneur, or one who demonstrates ombromanie, or shadowgraphy. Devant was also a magician and an origami specialist. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. Scarce..