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The Origin and Evolution of Life : On the Theory of Action, Reaction and Interaction of Energy
by Henry Fairfield Osborn
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards with gilt text on front and spine. Exterior shows spotting and soiling spine is faded. Rear board has light spots caused by loss to the finish of the cloth. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues and text pages are tight. Paper is toned due to age and some spotting and foxing is present, with the worst being the end pages and...
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A$21.76
Railroad Construction. Theory and Practice. A Text-Book for the Use of Students in Colleges and Technical Schools.
by Walter Loring Webb
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1913. 5th Edition . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, thin leather flex boards with gilt text on spine. Leather shows wrinkles and chipping along the edges and corners. Interior binding is good, no hinge issues. Dark brown end pages and front and rear with the front end page containing signature and date of one of the original owners and the second end page contains two signatures - both...
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A$46.62
Wedding's Basic Bessemer Process
by William B. Phillips and Ernst Prochaska
New York: Scientific Publishing Company, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, brown cloth boards, blind stamped with gilt text on spine. Exterior shows dark spots and soiling along with minor edge and corner bumps. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Dark brown end pages and pastedowns and front and rear are free of any handwriting or bookplates, no library markings. Pages are toned due to age and scattered...
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A$31.08
The Heroes of Africa : Sergeant Job Maseko (Molteno Adult Literacy Level 3 - Stories of Africa)
Molteno Project, Johannesburg, 2014?. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. 6 pages (complete). A sure copy. At some stage the booklet has had damp storage conditions. The covers have waving and stains. They are secure. The contents also have waving. Nonetheless, they are clean, clear, confident, more than competent. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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A$4.66
Biographical Catalogue of Lafayette College 1832-1912
by John Franklin Stonecipher
Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Co., 1913. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green cloth boards with gilt text on spine. Exterior shows minor spotting, corners show bumping and wear. Overall interior binding is good though there is some pulling to the hinge at the title page and at page 812.. Front and rear hinges at boards are intact and text pages are tight. Paper is toned due to age and there is some very...
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A$34.19
A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases
by Edwin J. Houston
New York: W. J. Johnston, 1892. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Large hardcover, original binding of pebbled black cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. The exterior shows scuffing and spotting along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The front board shows some dampstains, mainly along the right edge. The interior front hinge at board shows some lifting and small openings at the hinge, the rear board also has this to a...
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A$26.42
The Centennial Celebration of the Foundation of the University of Maryland, May 30 and 31, June 1 and 2, 1907. Memorial Volume (includes tipped-in RSVP Invitation)
by Regents of the University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins Company, 1908. Hardcover. Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, maroon cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. Front board showing an embossed seal. Exterior has spotting to the cloth along with soiling, some scuffing and wear also present. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are toned due to age and some spotting and foxing is present. No signatures or library markings. Front end page shows...
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A$23.31
One Hundred and Fifty Years of School History in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
by William Riddle
Lancaster, PA: Published By The Author, 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Olive green boards with pictorial front and white text. The original owner's signature and date on front end page. No other handwriting noted. Minor foxing/tanning on both front and rear end page areas and rear end page had corner fold down, about one inch. A nice copy with only minor soiling noted on exterior. Book condition graded as near...
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A$46.27
Ella Victoria Dobbs: a Portrait Biography
by Verna Wulfekammer
Columbia, MO: Pi Lambda Theta, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with slipcase. Also included in the book is a card from the officers of Pi Lambda Theta stating this is a presentation copy. Slipcase shows soiling and scuffing, blank side has small red pen mark in the center of the top edge where there also a large split present. Blue cloth boards are clean though spine shows flaking to the gilt text....
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A$15.54
La Republica Mexicana: Geografia Elemental
by Daniel Delgadillo
Comonfort, Mexico: Herrero Hermanos, Sucesorers, 1944. Hardcover. VG-. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, pictorial paper covered boards with cloth to spine. The book is rectangular, measuring just over 6.5 inches tall by 9 inches wide. Exterior shows spotting and soiling with toning to the edges. Edges and corners show bumps/wear. The internal binding is good, no hinge issues though the rear hinge has pulling which is starting to show the...
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A$21.76
A Manual of Otology
by Gorham Bacon and Clarence John Blake (Introductory Chapter)
New York and Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1906. 4th Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, brown cloth boards shows some spotting and scuffing, with the rear board showing the most spots. Edges and corners show minor bumps/wear. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting found. Binding of the text pages is tight. Title page states fourth edition,...
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A$29.53
A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity and Biologic Therapy with Special Reference to Immunologic Technic
by John A. Kolmer
Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company, 1924. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green cloth boards with gilt on spine. Exterior shows scuffing and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. There is a small hole in the cloth at the front hinge area, just right of the word "edition" on the spine. It's hard to see in the photos because the cover is open but the first photo shows a white spot...
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A$23.31
The Underground Guide to Course Six / Fall 1992
by Beta Theta Chapter - Eta Kappa Nu
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Eta Kappa Nu, 1992. Fifth or Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto, 88 pp. Stapled paper wraps. Clean, unmarked copy.
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A$49.73
A Class-Book of Chemistry
by Edward L. Youmans
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1872. Hardcover. VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, pebbled black cloth boards with black stamped leather to spine. Exterior shows edge and corner wear and leather on rear board has a small scrape about 2 inches down from the top. The front and rear end pages show advertisements from the publisher. Second end page has a signature in pencil, presumably the original owner. No other handwriting found in...
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A$29.53
The Farmers' Manual and Complete Accountant; New Methods of Penmanship; Law without a Lawyer; Business Forms and Business Laws. A Complete Treatise on Insects Injurious to Vegetation. How to Breed, How to Train, and How to Doctor Horses; How to Doctor Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Poultry. A Complete Set of Breeders' Tables.
by Prof. J. L. Nichols
Naperville, IL: J. L. Nichols & Co., 1918. 9th Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Large hardcover, brown cloth boards gilt on spine. Exterior shows spotting and soiling with the front board having a light spot in the upper right corner. Edges and corner show bumping with a bit of chipping to the fore edges. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues found. The pages are quite toned due to age and quality of paper used and some...
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A$37.30
The Normal Mental Arithmetic: A Thorough and Complete Course, by Analysis and Induction.
by Edward Brooks
Philadelphia, PA: Sower, Barnes & Potts, 1863. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, illustrated paper covered boards with leather on spine. Exterior shows scuffing and soiling along with quite a bit of edge and corner wear, front hinge is cracking on the exterior leather which has affected about 40% of the front board hinge starting at the top. Internal binding of the text pages is good with thin cracks are present at the...
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A$13.99
An Abridged History of England: For the Use of Schools; To Which Is Added an Abstract of the Constitutions; And a Geographical Treatise, According to the Roman, Saxon, and Modern Versions
by W. F. Mylius
New York: The Catholic Publication Society, 1871. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, green stamped boards with gilt to spine. Both front and rear boards show quite a bit of wear to the outside fore edges, could be caused by handling or dampstaining. This is an ex-library copy, showing a 29th century bookplate on the front pastedown along with a stamp on the title page showing it came from the Redemptorist library, St....
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A$57.16
The Pennsylvania College Monthly, Vol. XI numbers 1-12, 1887
by P. M. Bikle, editor
Gettysburg, PA: J. E. Wible Printer, 1887. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original marble paper boards half bound with leather to spine and corners. Spine is banded with gilt text. Exterior shows spotting and soiling along with scuffing, edges and corners show wear. The front board has a small drink ring near the upper left corner. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. Paper is toned due to age and...
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A$31.08
Du Soleil a L'homme. L'organisation Energetique Des Structures Vivantes (Collection Evolution Des Sciences 26)
by Evolution Des Sciences
Paris, France: Masson et cie Editeurs, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ is toned and scuffed shows minor wear and bumps along edges as well as foxing spots and soiling. Great clapboards underneath show only toning along edges and spine with a few age spots present, corners lightly bumped. Internal binding is good in text pages are tight. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings, though...
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A$62.16
Ausführliche Griechische Sprachlehre (Ausfuhrliche Griechische Sprachlehre) erster band only
by Philipp Buttmann
Berlin: Myliussischen Buchhandlung, 1819. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover in original binding. Decorative paper cloth boards show scuffing and toning along with edge and corner bumps/wear. There is also wear and chipping present at the top and bottom of the spine area. The internal binding is good and text pages are secure. The front end page and pastedown contains some signatures of previous owners in the rear pastedown...
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A$77.70
Pierpont's Fifth Reader.The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation: Selected Principally from Modern Authors of Great Britain and America, and Designed for the Use of the Highest Class in Public and Private Schools
by John Pierpont
New York: George F. Cooledge, 1835. 13th Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, original full leather binding with black label still on the spine. The leather shows heavy wear with quite a bit of chipping, sections of spine are also missing and rear exterior hinges cracked. There is also a bit of handwriting on the front board near the top edge. The internal binding of the text pages are good but there are some pulling...
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A$24.87
Hand Book of the Central High School of Philadelphia 1951 - 1955
by The Mary Gaston Barnwell Foundation
Philadelphia, PA: The Mary Gaston Barnwell Foundation, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards stamped on front and spine. Exterior shows spotting on all sides with dark spot on front. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are a bit wavy at the top, likely due from dampstains in front end page through introduction shows a late stain the upper outside corner. The pages were exposed to...
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A$15.54
La Langue Francaise : Cours Elementaire (review copy)
by Charles J. Drapeau
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maurice Berty. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, still has the publishers review copy slip tipped in at the front end page. Blue cloth boards are clean on the front but the back shows rust colored spotting which may actually be just rust since it catches your fingernail when you scratch it. The spine shows fading which is also present on the edges of...
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A$27.97
The Spectrum '97 (1897)
by The Junior Class Of Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA: Junior Class of Gettysburg College, 1896. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good+. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, dark blue/black cloth boards decorated in gilt on front. Cloth shows spotting and loss to the finish, spine is also faded and corners are bumped. Internal binding is good but shaky. No signatures or bookplates found, no handwriting, no library markings. There is some pulling in areas but for the most part pages are secure....
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A$108.79
Instructional Sewing Manual with Samples
United States, c.1930s. Good to very good. Water staining, cords delicate/loosening. Wrappers chipped with one small stain to upper right-hand corner of upper wrapper.. An instructional sewing manual, starting with the basics ("Thread is made from cotton, flax, wool or silk") and ending with an intermediate sewing pattern ("Kimona", i.e. a Kimono with French seams). Includes nine (9) typewritten leaves with instructions, alongside sewn fabric examples to illustrate. Information on appropriate needle...
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A$505.08