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201 pages on glossy paper. Includes typed note by author, unsigned, to A.M. Blackburn of the Township Press. Binding tight and all pages clean and intact. Some shelf wear, with a little scratching on back board, and a small tear at head of spine. NO dust jacket.Gress's (1872-1934) comprehensive and fascinating survey and examples of American typographic styles over 150 years. He provides examples and illustrations in practically every conceivable field and application, and a great many black and white drawings, prints, posters, mastheads, brochures, advertisements, circulars, letterheads, stock cuts, etc. etc.A classic and unparalleled work by the preeminent American expert on typology of the 20th century.
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Fashions in American Typography 1780-1930: With Brief Illustrated Stories of the Life and Environment of the American People in Seven Periods and Demonstrations...
by Gress, Edmund Geiger
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Felony and Misdemeanour: A Study in the History of English Criminal Procedure
by Goering, Julius
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A hard-to-find non-library copy of Goering's classic and learned work, probably the most comprehensive and complete treatment in English, if not in any language, of the development of English criminal law and procedure, from the Franks, Anglo-Saxons, Normans, through the Conquest, the Middle Ages, etc.A publication of the Foundation for Research in Legal History at Columbia University School of Law; 455 pages. Corners slightly bumped, small crack in title label, a few spots on cover, spine somewhat tanned; a little fraying on heel of spine, but binding tight, all pages clean and bright, no other damage, no marks. Volume One was the only volume published.Gift of Arthur Charles Howland (1869-1952, H.C.Lea Professor Emeritus of Medieval History, University of Pennsylvania) to Prof. K. M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study.
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Feudal Monarchy in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem 1100-1291
by La Monte, John L.
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Slight fraying on heel and head of spine and on front hingeFirst edition. Signed by the author and his personal copy. Subsequently from the library of the distinguished medievalist Kenneth M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, whose signature the volume also bearsThe last endpapers contain a list of reviews of the work together with a partial list of Prof. La Monte's publications, probably in his handwriting; there are a few neat marginal notes.John L. La Monte (1902 - 1949) was a distinguished and productive scholar and Byzantinist specializing in the Middle Ages, the Crusades and the Latin Church's establishments in the Holy Land; his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 47.This work is still considered one of the best regarding the organization and political, financial, legal, military and administrative structures of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and its dependent states. The work concentrates on the institution of the…
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Fontes Trapezuntini I
by Papadopoulos-Kerameus, Athanasios
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Very Good +; very slight fading of spine, slight mark on front board.Anastatic reproduction of the 1891 St. Petersburg edition, with the text in Greek, the introduction in Russian. Volume I was the only one published. Bears bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.Ottoman Greek (later Russian) scholar Athanasios Papadopoulos-Kerameus (1856–1912) edited John Lazaropoulos's late 14th-century Synopsis of the life and miracles of St. Eugenios of Trabizond, which includes his presence at the 1224 siege of Trabizond.
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Freckles
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Front hinge a little weak, some age-darkening, spine fading, a little foxing, some soiling of boards, previous owners' names. All pages intact, clean, bright and unmarked.A first edition of the first of Gene Stratton-Porter's best-selling books set in the (formerly) famous 13,000 acre Limberlost swamp in Adams and Jay counties in Indiana. Once a major wildlife and nature preserve, the swamp was drained and gone by 1910. About 10% has been restored, today, known as the Loblolly Marsh Nature Preserve.An icon of turn-of-the-previous century Indiana, Stratton-Porter was one of the best-selling authors of her day, a naturalist and environmental activist who tried to save the Limberlost and other wetlands, a nature photographer, and a silent film-era producer who founded her own production company, Gene Stratton Porter Productions, in 1924.Freckles is the story of an orphan who earns his way into society through courage and perseverance. In the course of the story, Stratton-Porter describes the…
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