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Los Angeles, California: Suttonhouse, Ltd, 1935. Hardcover. Good Plus. Merle T. Coxe. Octavo, 9.2 in. x 7.1 in., pp. 95. Illustrated with three color plates and numerous black and white line drawings by Merle T. Coxe. Orange cloth boards with chock design and title stamped in black to front and black title to spine. Light soilling to boards. Decorated endpapers. Plate opposite page 91 disbound but present. Unmarked interior. MAY JUSTUS (1898-1989) was the daughter of a schoolteacher, and the author of numerous children's books between 1927 and 1980. Most of her books were set in her native Appalachia, and many reflected her own experiences as a young schoolteacher.
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GABBY GAFFER'S NEW SHOES
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GALACTIC EFFECTUATOR
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San Francisco, CA: Underwood-Miller, 1980. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Good Plus. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.25 in., pp. 171. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Light yellow boards with black title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. "Jack (John Holbrook) Vance (San Francisco, August 28, 1916 - Oakland, May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen. Other pen names (each used only once) included Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse. Among his awards are: Hugo Awards, in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This is Me, Jack Vance!; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for life achievement and in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc; an Edgar (the mystery…
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THE GALLERY OF NATURE : A PICTORIAL AND DESCRIPTIVE TOUR THROUGH CREATION, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
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London: William S. Orr & Co, 1846. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (measuring 10" x 7" x 2"), three-quarter bound leather over black buckram, a later but handsome rebinding, with original spine label affixed. Fourteen engravings on steel, "eight line engravings, and two hundred and fifty vignettes on wood, with several hundred diagrams and sections". Occasional foxing to edges of engravings, with several images only themselves being lightly foxed, but never obtrusively obfuscatory. (Did I utter that?). Early-ish scientific overview ("The present volume is intended to furnish a very general view of the leading appearances of Physical Nature - the economy of the heavens and the earth-- with incidental notices of the progress of discovery, and pictorial representations of remakrble phenomena and interesting localilties..."). Includes "Phases and Movements of the Moon Round the Earth", Beer and Madler's "Selenographic Map of the Whole Visible Hemisphere of The Moon" (2 pp.), a diagram of the "Phases and…
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GARDEN DESIGN PAMPHLETS - IN DUTCH - 1600s. 1. DEN NEDERLANDTSEN HOVENIER....BESCHRIJVENDE ALDERHANDE PRINCELIJKE EN HEERLIJKCKE LUST-HOVEN EN HOF-STEDEDN, EN HOE MEN DE SELVE, MET VEELDERLEY UYTNEMENDE BOOMEN, BLOEMEN EN KRUYDEN, KAN BEPLANTEN, BEZAEYEN, EN VERCIEREN. ------------------------ 2. TWEE HONDERT MODELLEN, VOOR DE LIEFHEBBERS VAN HOVEN EN THUYNEN : BLOEM-PERCKEN, PARTERRES OF LOOF-WERCKEN TE LEGGEN : NOCH EENIGE MODELLEN OM PRIEELEN, LAT-WERCKEN EN DOOL-HOVEN NA DE KONST OP TE STELLEN, ALS OOCK VERSCHEYDEN SONNE-WIJSERS. ------------------------ 3. DEN VERSTANDIGEN HOVENIER, OVER DE TWAELF MAENDEN VAN 'T JAER....HOE MEN ALDERHANDE OOFT EN FRUYT, KRUYDEN EN BLOEMEN, WORTELEN EN ZADEN, OP SIJN BEHOORLIJCKE TIJDT SAL VERGADEREN. ------------------------ 4. DE MEDICYN-WINCKEL, OF ERVAREN HUYS-HOUDER....EEN ONDERRICHTINGE, HOE UYT VERSCHEYDEN BLOEMEN EN KRUYDEN, NUTTE EN WEL-RUYCKENDE WATEREN, SAL KONNEN UYTTRECKEN, EN DISTILLEREN. ------------------------ 5. DEN NAERSTIGEN BYEN-HOUDER ONDERRECHTENDE
by Van der Groen, J, Nyland, P.
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Amsterdam: Michiel de Groot, 1670. Softcover. Good. Lot of Five Pamphlets, all octavos in wraps. In 17th-Century Dutch. Loose translations in English (provided by a native Dutch speaker) as follows: 1. "The Dutch Gardener"..Describing all kinds of "prince-like", royal gardens showing how to plan, sow and decorate with trees, flowers and herbal plants. Illustrations depict garden layouts, plans for flower beds, etc. Note: Van Groen was the master gardener for the Prince of Orange. Plain wraps. 15 full page copper plate engravings, including two double page. 40 pages. Some llight wear to wraps, binding tight. Pages ragged at front edge, some light staining to front margins, light foxing, some to illustrations. 2. "Two Hundred Plans for lovers of nurseries and gardens." Short text with 57 full page engravings showing garden layouts, plans for pergolas, lattice work, mazes and sundials. 52 pages, plain wraps, binding tight with light foxing. 3. "The Sensible Gardener for the Twelve Months of the…
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THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT; PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC. A GUIDE TO THE FORMATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE KITCHEN, FRUIT, AND FLOWER GARDENS, AND THE CULTIVATION OF CONSERVATORY GREENHOUSE, AND STOVE PLANTS; WITH A COPIOUS CALENDAR OF GARDENING OPERATIONS, AND SELECT LISTS OF PLANTS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES
by Thompson, Robert and Thomas Moore
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London, England: Blackie and Son, Limited, 1870. Hardcover. Good. Large Octavo, 10 in. x 6.75 in., p. 956. Illustrated with thirty-two plates; the first twelve, including the frontispiece, are in color. Dark green half calf with ruling in gilt and blind; gilt title on red panel, and gilt horizontal double-bars, to spine. Publisher's red-brown edges. Rubbing to extremities. Bottom corners exposed. Two wrinkles to back board. Front hinge just starting, but solid; front free endpaper partially separated. Occasional light spotting. Spine tight. Heavy Book.
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GASOMETRISCHE METHODEN
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Braunschweig: von Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn, 1877. Second Edition, Revised & Enlarged. Leather-bound. Good Plus. 8vo. Original half-leather over marbled boards Rubbing and some scuffing to extremities with 1/4" loss of leather at top of spine, and a bit of peeling of marbled paper to rear board. Second edition, substantially enlarged and with a new preface by the author. 70 in-text illustrations of scientific equipment, and charts and tables. Errata page at rear. Occasional foxing to text block. Overall, clean and tight. 388pp. Bunsen, known for the Bunsen burner, opened the field of spectrum analysis and went on to discover the elements Cesium and Rubidium.
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GATHER, DARKNESS
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New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.4 in., pp. 240. Red cloth-covered boards ith black outlined title to spine. Light rubbing to extremiities. Touch of sunning to top edge of boards. Unmarked interior. Light rubbing to dustjacket. Chips to top/bottom of dustjacket spine. Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (December 24, 1910Â - September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery and coined the term. Gather, Darkness! (serialized in Astounding, May, June, and July 1943) is a a dystopian, satirical depiction of a future theocracy - and the revolution that brings it down.
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THE GEMS OF THE EAST: SIXTEEN THOUSAND MILES OF RESARCH TRAVEL AMONG WILD AND TAME TRIBES OF ENCHANTING ISLANDS
by Landor, A. Henry Savage
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Original red cloth. Gilt spine and front cover lettering. Color Map. Many photo illustrations, plans, fold-out charts. Very light rubbing to extremities, and sunning to rear board. Tiny nick to rear joint.Top edge gilt; fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Clean, tight, bright copy. 567pp.
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A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS; The Figures Engraved in Wood by T. Bewick
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London: Robinson and Dilly, 1791. Second Edition. Leather_bound. Good Plus. Thomas Bewick. x,483 pages. Title vignette and numerous woodcuts throughout the text. Leather spine, original boards, black spine label. Large octavo. Chafing to spine, spine label cracked and chipped, corners bumped. Beautiful navy, plum and cream marbled endpapers, light foxing throughout. Binding sound. The second edition was much more detailed. Thomas Bewick [1754-1828] was a printmaker and naturalist who revived the art of wood engraving as a major printing technique.
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHOICE OF WINES AND SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS Bound With OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE MEDICAL VIRTUES OF WINE Bound With AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY THAT HAS EVER YET BEEN MADE FOR THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, IN ALL COMPLAINTS IN THE STOMACH AND BOWELS, FEVERS, FLUXES, SCURVY, DROPSY, DEBILITY, &c. &c. PROVED BY REPEATED EXPERIMENTS MADE BY SOME OF THE MOST EMINENT PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS IN GREAT BRITAIN, THE WEST INDIES, &c., WHICH APPEARS BY THE FOLLOWING COPIES & EXTRACTS OF LETTERS... (1793-1798); (SAMMELBANDE)
by M'Bride (McBride), Duncan
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London, England: Sold by J. Richardson, Cornhill; J. Debrett, Piccadillly; T. Murray, Fleet-Street; And other Booksellers in Town and Country, 1793. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. 8vo. Red straight grain morocco boards (text block 8 in. x 5 in.) single ruled in red gilt, and gilt lettering to spine, along all board-edges (though some faded), and gilt turn-ins. General shelfwear, several minor blemishes to the goatskin-covered boards -- a few instances of shallow dimpling, and one narrow, 1.5 inch peeled and darkened but light scrape to front board. Corners lightly bumped. All edges gilt. xii, No date to titlepage of this one and only printing of this classic and very significant work. xii, [13]-86, 16, 16 pp. (8vo) 20.5x12.5 cm (8x5"), gilt-ruled red straight-grain morocco, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers on "printer's waste" sheets, gilt-ruled turn-ins. First Edition. A scarce and important work in the library of wine, which noted wine purveyor and…
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A GENERAL HISTORY OF IRELAND FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE CLOSE OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY, COLLECTED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC RECORDS. IN WHICH NEW AND INTERESTING LIGHTS ARE THROWN ON THE REMOPTE HISTORIES OF OTHER NATIONS AS WELL AS OF BOTH BRITAINS (TWO VOLUMES)
by O'Halloran, Mr. [Sylvester]
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London, England: A. Hamilton, 1778. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good. Matching set of two volumes: Quarto, 10.9 in. x 9 in. Contemporary full calf with thin gilt frame to boards. Gilt title to black and burgundy panels, and many decorative gilt bandlines, to rebacked spine. Rubbing and scuffing to boards. Bottom corners nudged. Previous owner's bookplates to front pastedown. Volume I: pp. xv, i - lvi, 307, [12] (index). List of 469 subscribers. Light spotting to preliminary pages. Open tear to bottom of page i (does not impact text). Volume II: pp. 416, [11] (index). Light spotting to half title and title page. Bookplates read: "Ex-libris Ramsgate Monasterii St. Augustine", a fiomer Benedictine Abbey located in Kent, UK. Sylvester O'Halloran (1728-1807) was a surgeon and antiquarian in Limerick, Ireand. He was an expert in the diseases of the eyes and head injuries, and was a chief supporter of the literary society in Limerick. "O'Halloran's interest in the arts began with his collection…
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GENERATION OF SWINE : TALES OF SHAME AND DEGRADATION IN THE '80S
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New York: Summit Books, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus / Very Good. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.5 in., pp. 304. Black cloth-covered spine over red paper boards. Silver "Gonzo" daggar on front and silver title to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Upper front corner lightly nudged. Small dark stains to fore-edge. Previous owner's stamp embossed in blind to half title. Light edgewear and age-toning to dustjacket.
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GENEVIEVE: A STORY OF SOUTHERN LIFE BEFORE THE WAR OF THE STATES
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New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 8vo. Green cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering to front and spine. Previous owner's name and address to front pastedown. Slight spine lean, and light age-speckling to all edges. Solid copy.
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THE GENTLEMAN'S NEW POCKET FARRIER: COMPRISING A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NOBLE AND USEFUL ANIMAL, THE HORSE; WITH MODES OF MANAGEMENT IN ALL CASES, AND TREATMENT IN DISEASE / [&] SUPPLEMENT TO MASON AND HIND'S POPULAR SYSTEM OF FARRIERY
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Philadelphia, PA: Grigg, Elliot & Co, 1848. Leather-bound. Good Plus. Full brown calf with contrasting (black) spine label, in gilt. Some pencilling to front endpapers, some toning and occasional foxing. Rubbing to extremities, corners slightly nudged. "Comprising a General Description of the Noble and Useful Animal, THE HORSE; with Modes of Management in All . Cases, and Treatment in Disease. To which is Added A PRIZE ESSAY ON MULES; AN APPENDIX, Containing Recipes for Diseases of Horses, Oxen, Cows, Calves, Sheep, Dogs, Swine, Etc. Etc. with Annals of the Turf, American Stud-Book, Rules for Training, Racing, Etc. WITH A SUPPLEMENT: Comprising AN ESSAY ON DOMESTIC ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE HORSE; with Remarks on Treatment and Breeding; Together . with TROTTING AND RACING TABLES Showing the Best Time on Record, At One, Two, Three, and Four Mile Heats; Pedigrees of Winning Horses, Since 1839; and of the Most Celebrated Stallions and Mares; with USEFUL CALVING AND LAMBING TABLES, &c. &c."
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A GENUINE AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WHOLE OF CAPT. COOK'S VOYAGES, UNDERTAKEN AND PERFORMED BY ROYAL AUTHORITY
by Anderson, George William [Cook, Captain James]
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London, England: Alexander Hogg, 1786. First Edition of Three Voyages in 3 Volumes (Single Binding). Leather-bound. Good Plus. NOTE: DAMAGED and Incomplete; see specifics below: Folio, approximately 15.75" x 9.75". Half-bound red calf over buckram. Gilt labeling to spine ("Cook's Voyages"; "Hogg"; "Bancroft Library"). Fabulously wild marbling to endpapers with thousands of tiny gilt flecks throughout. Occasional browning and foxing; most pagesclean and bright. Illustrated with lovely copperplate etchings, maps, elevations, charts, About 155 other copperplate engravings, the majority of which are full-page. Solidly bound. MISSING: Title page, frontis engraving of Captain Cook, Image of Death of Captain Cook (p. 587); 4-page (undated) list of Subscribers. NOTE that the Folding Map, pasted onto a new sheet at the beginning, is missing about 20%. ESTC: T222766. In addition to Captain Cook's first, second and third voyages, this massive work includes accounts of the voyages of Sir Francis Drake, Lord…
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GENUINE ABSTRACTS FROM TWO SPEECHES OF THE LATE EARL OF CHATHAM: AND HIS REPLY TO THE EARL OF SUFFOLK. WITH SOME INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS AND NOTES
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London, England: J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1779. First Edition. Removed pamphlet. Good. Octavo, 8" x 5 1/4." 58 pages. Missing title-page. Removed from a book of pamphlets. Leather remnants on spine. First page nearly detached, with one closed tear, approx. 1 inch on fore-edge. Lower-right hand corner of first two pages thumbed. Browning on first and last pages. Faint black smudges along fore-edge of first 5 leaves. Minor foxing on first three, and last- three leaves. Damp-stain on lower left-hand corner of last page seeped through 6 leaves. Interior pages lightly tanned and remarkably clean. Sharply printed text, visible throughout. Includes preface. (ESTC T102141) (Adams, 79-16) (Sabin, 63069). This politically charged pamphlet, edited by Hugh Boyd, contains the inflammatory speeches of the British statesman, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778). Pitt took a moderate stance prior to the American Revolution, advocating that parliament maintain sovereignty, but cede to the colonists' demands…
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GEODAESIA : OR, THE ART OF SURVEYING AND MEASURING THE LAND MADE EASY. SHEWING BY PLAIN AND PRACTICAL RULES, HOW TO SURVEY, PROTRACT, CAST UP, REDUCE OR DIVIDE ANY PIECE OF LAND WHATSOEVER; WITH NEW TABLES FOR THE EASE OF THE SURVEYOR IN REDUCING THE MEASURES OF LAND. MOREOVER, A MORE FACILE AND SURE WAY OF SURVEYING BY THE CHAIN, THAN HAS HITHERTO BEEN TAUGHT. AS ALSO HOW TO LAY OUT NEW LANDS IN AMERICA, OR ELSEWHERE; AND HOW TO MAKE A PERFECT MAP OF A RIVER'S MOUTH OR HARBOUR; WITH SERVERAL OTHER THINGS NEVER YET PUBLISHED IN OUR LANGUAGE
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London, England: J. Rivington, J. Ward, and J. Richardson, 1760. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.3 in., pp. [18], 196, [16], 1-4, [37], 2-7, [1]. Illustrated with many line drawings. Rebound in caramel cloth boards. Gilt title on black label, and five raised bands with gilt bandlines, to spine. Newer endpapers. Previous owner's signature, dated 1768, to front flyleaf and top of title page. Bookbinder's sticker to rear pastedown. Age-toning to pages with scattered spotting. Previous owner's pencil marks to rear flyleaf.
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GEODAESIA IMPROVED; OR, A NEW AND CORRECT METHOD OF SURVEYING MADE EXCEEDINGLY EASY.; In Two Parts. Part I, Teacheth to measure, divide, and delineate, any Quantity of Land both accessible and inaccessible, whether Meadows, Pasture, Fields, Woods, Water, , Commons, Forests, Manors, &c. by the CHAIN ONLY, whose Dimensions are cast up by the PEN, and consequently freed from the ERRORS of ESTIMATION that unavoidably attend the Scale and Protractor. With necessary Directions to MAP elegantly. Part II, Introduces Instruments, Trigonometry, preparative Remarks on the Earth's Superfices; and teacheth the invaluable Methodof casting up the Dimensions of Instruments by the PEN several Ways, all agreeing, &c. &c. : With a MOST USEFUL APPENDIX Concerning the practical Methods of measuring Timber, Hay, Marl Pits, Bricklayers and Plaisterers Work. The whole being illustrated with proper Definitions, Problems, Rules, Examples, Explanations, and emblematical Types, rendered uncommonly easy
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Chester, England: J. Poole, 1771. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.3 in., pp. [7] (subscribers], x, 353, [2] (advertising/errata). Illustrated with many line drawings and five fold-out plates. Rebound in caramel cloth boards. Gilt title on black label, and five raised bands with gilt bandlines, to spine. Publisher's red to edges. Newer endpapers. Bookbinder's sticker to rear pastedown. Age-toning to pages with a few scattered spots. Unmarked interior. With a preliminary leaf of verse signed: Thomas Sadler, a list of subscribers and a final errata leaf. Arthur Burns of Tarpoley, Cheshire, kept a boys' school, where the whole range of practical math skills was emphasized.
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THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF IRISH ABILITY
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Dublin, Ireland: O'Donoghue & Co. / M.H. Gill & Son, Ltd, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Octavo, 7.6 in. x 5.2 in. , pp. xvii, [1] (errata), 333, [8] (advertising). Rebound in forest green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and bandlines to head and tail.. New endpapers. Unmarked interior.
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GEOLOGICAL SKETCHES
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Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 8 in. x 5.25 in., pp. 23. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Rubbing to boards. Sunning to spine and edges. Unmarked interior. Laid-In: personal printed paper "Season's Greetings" bookmark of noted Oregon/Arizona/Washington State poet and children's author, Elizabeth Lambert Wood". The bookseller obtained this book from Elizabeth Lambert Wood's own book collection. Elizabeth Lambert Wood (1871- 1962), was an early Oregon writer whose books were widely read during her lifetime. Elizabeth married William L. Wood, and they had a son, Lambert (1895-1918) Lambert Wood was a student at Williams College when in 1916 he joined the U.S. Army and rose to be First Lieutenant. After leading a series of attacks which blocked the German third offensive, he was killed in action in the Aisne-Marne offensive. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The citation stated that "With entire disregard for…
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