Search Results: Authors starting with I from Thomas J. Joyce And Company

[ Peking, China ? ]: Hwa hsing Press, ( 1940). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, [8], 70, 70, [2] pages, red cloth, 27 cm. Naval Commander Gillis, U.S.N. spent a lot of time in China and the Orient. This was useful during WWII.

Indiana Historical Society Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, 399 pages, boards A history of 19th century Wabash, Indiana, by a native son of Wabash. Col. Hugh Hanna was a pioneer founder of the city. Maps, photographs. Inscribed by Wimberley to Penelope and Jimmy, on the title-page, in 2011.

London & New York: Walter Scott / Scribner, 1902. Authorised English edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 353 pages, bevelled green cloth, short tear at head of spine, edgeworn. Issued as vol. 4 in Ibsen's Prose Dramas. Contains "Caesar's Apostasy" and "Emperor Julian".

Minneapolis, MN: Waldm Kriedt, 1893. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fair. portrait frontispiece (detached). Octavo, black embossed cloth, printed on acidic paper, some fore-edges torn, early leaves detached. Portrait frontispiece (detached)

New York: Crowell, (1969). First, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, 280 pages, handcrafted mission leather, a.e.g.. Ex libris Arthur Dallman Oceanography is a composite of all the basic sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, geology) as applied to watery environments

Springfield: Lanphier & Walker, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, 259, [vii] pp., quarter leather, boards, spine heavily chipped, top cover detached (affordable repairs available). Ex Charles Patten. Contains amendments to many town charters, boundary lines of Hamilton, Rock Island, & Whiteside Counties, police magistrate courts established, treatment of pauper children, etc.

16mo. half-leather spine tearing, lacks at least leaf 261/2. Includes a Mortuary List of the Holy Family Sunday School Association. Laid in is a list of the Benefactors of HFSSA

Harvey: First Nationall Bank of Harvey, 1962. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. photos. 8vo, 208 pages, Compiled for the 25th anniversary of the town's only banking institution. Photos.

Springfield, Illnois: Department of Mines And Minerals, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 177 pages, black cloth, inked name on endpaper. Rare ( No copy on WorldCat; Unknown No Copy Located Elsewhere). Asa was a statistician, so the tabulations of statistics had been scrutinized. Chapter One is a History of Coal Mining in Illinois. Chapter III is on Legislation Affecting the Coal Industry. Chapter IV is a History of, List of, and Summary of Mine Disasters. Appendix B, pages 147-174 covers the deadly Cherry Mine Disaster. Chapter VII covers the laws for the Miner's Examining Board.

Chicago: H.F. Kett, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. lithographs. Octavo; iv, 19-501 pages, recased in brown cloth with the original cover panel laid down on top, gilt tile on spine First full history of this county [Buck 1011]. Extensively illustrated, County map, in color, still present at the front. The lengthy introduction here is a history of Illinois, replete with many cuts, including the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Many portraits of pioneers

Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Library, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Good. portrait plates and map. Octavo; 225 pages, blue cloth Articles on the influence of Illinois upon Abraham Lincoln, by William E. Barton [ see Monaghan 2549], The Union League, and a lengthy article on "Indian Trails Centering at Black Hawk's Village" Also, the Zearings in Illinois, and the Industrial Development of Illinois. Portrait plates and map.

Springfield, IL: Illinois State Planning Commission, 1938. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good. 13 foldout maps & charts. 8vo, ii, 42 pages, red cloth, covers spotted, bookplate. One of a series of eight studies prepared for the National Resources Committee of Washington, D. C.. "Much of this basi is underlaid by the principal seams of the Illinois coal measures and although unproved to a large extent, the No. 5 and No. 6 seams are mined extensively in the northern part. The leading oil and gas fields of the state are located in the south central part. "

Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Library, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Plates. Octavo, 299 pages, blue cloth, covers scuffed Includes articles on the Scots in Illinois, Gov. Joseph Duncan, agriculture after the Civil War, Capt. Joseph Baptiste Saucier at Fort Chartres.

Illinois State Historical Library, ( 1914 ). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 163 pages, blue cloth

Urbana, IL: State Geological Survey, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 gravure plates. 8vo, red cloth With folding map on rear pastedown (two closed tears repaired).

Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, 362, 156 pages, modern cloth, top cover titling from the original binding in place. Scarce. Part One is historical, Part Two is biographical. The 9 portraits include the 3 contributing editors, plus six other pioneers. The first county history of Grundy County [ Buck 827] . Note: Laid in is an Index to the Biographical Sketches in this work, in alphabetical order; also, this was published without the usual map of the county.

Chicago: H.F. Kett, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. lithographs. Octavo; iv, 19-501 pages, maroon cloth, bevelled edges, recased in its publisher's cloth, some botanicals pressed iin, extremities worn, inked names. First full history of this county [Buck 1011]. Extensively illustrated, County map, in color, still present at the front. The lengthy introduction here is a history of Illinois, replete with many cuts, including the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Many portraits of pioneers

Chicago: Munsell Publishing, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Good. map, woodcuts. Quarto, 621 pages., 3/4 leather, corners very worn, newer sheep spine This volume 1 is an alphabetical listing of various persons and places in Illinois history, supplemented with photogravures, with a concentration on Winnebago County.

Springfield: ISHS, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Photogravures. 8vo, 526 pages, black cloth, gilt spine titles scuffed Includes "Parks and Public Grounds for Villages and Country Towns (Illustrated)," by O. C. Simonds. Photogravures.

Springfield: ISHS, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Photogravures. 8vo, 315 pages, black cloth, pulpy paper, some pages jammed, but readable. Includes "Indiana Apple Show," "The Forestry Situation In Illinois," "Principles of Peach Growing", "What Fruits Can Be Grown in a City Lot", etc.