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Research Department of the Vanadium Corporation of America, New York, April 1930, with pencil owhership signature on cover, believed to be that of Theodore Edison, son of Thomas Edison. Pamphlet, pp. 112, 9" x 6", tipped-in photograph of Bridgeville plant, intruiging "diversification" notice and process diagram. Condition is Very Good - light wear on front cover corners, minor tanning to covers. A fascinating insight into early 20th century engineering. Theodore Miller Edison (July 10, 1898 – November 24, 1992) was an American businessman, inventor, and environmentalist. He was the fourth son and youngest child of inventor Thomas Edison, and founder of Calibron Industries, Inc.. He was the third child of Edison with his second wife, Mina Miller Edison.

Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1983, Official Publication Authorized by the Vatican Museums, pp. 255, 28.5 x 22 x 2 cm), maroon cloth with blind Vatican decoration and pictorial dust jacket, includes compliment slip from the Met. Fine in Very Good, book is scrips with sharp corners, jacket has light wear at spine top and bottom. Many of the Vatican's supreme art treasures are represented in the unprecedented exhibition that is the occasion for this book. These works are drawn not only from the Vatican Museums, but from Saint Peter's and its Treasury, the Apostolic Palaces, and the Vatican Library. Thus, this volume brilliantly illustrates the entire history of papal patronage and collecting—the single longest and most influential collecting tradition in the Western world. The objects range from ancient Greek vases and sculptures to modern works by Henri Matisse and André Derain.

Grove Press, New York, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2020, signed by Helen Macdonald on designated signature page ("This First Edition of Vesper Flights has been signed for you by the author"). Hardcover with dust jacket, pp. 261, 22 x 15 cm, black boards with white titling on spine, pictorial jacket with bird in flight. In Fine/Fine Condition: unread, bright cover, jacket has minimal wear (light bruising) at spine bottom. In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. By one of this century's most important and insightful nature writers, Vesper Flights is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us (Courtesy GoodReads). Named a Best Book of the Summer 2020 by… Read More

Grove Press, New York, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2020, SIGNED by Helen Macdonald on bookplate. Hardcover with dust jacket, pp. 261, 22 x 15 cm, black boards with white titling on spine, pictorial jacket with bird in flight. New. Fine in Fine Condition: unread, bright cover, jacket has minimal edge wear. In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. By one of this century's most important and insightful nature writers, Vesper Flights is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us (Courtesy GoodReads). Named a Best Book of the Summer 2020 by Entertainment Weekly, TIME, and Literary Hub.

*1st Printing* PUBLISHER: Doubleday; DATE: 2001; BINDING: Trade PB; CONDITION: Like New. Crisp copy,clean pages,tight binding.