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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Color Plates By E. Roscoe Shrader And Herbert Moore, Decorations On Every Edge Of Every Page By Edwin J. Prittie. (illustrator). Reprint. 158 Pp. + Eight Full Color Plates, Including The Earliest Plates By Shrader, Later Head Of Faculty At The Otis Art Institute From 1919 To 1949 And President Of The California Art Club From 1924 To 1930 And Again In 1934 . Green Cloth, Gilt And Black Lettering And Illustration. Later Printing,1909 Copyright Date By Barse And Hopkins But First Published By Stern In 1909. Good At Best, Worn, Hinges Broken At Endpapers. A Children's History Of European Exploration In The Western Hemisphere In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries. Although The Title Refers To A Finding Of America Which Is A Concept That Would Have Been Of The Greatest Surprise To The Inhabitants Who Were Found, The Book Is Otherwise Remarkable For Its Great Evenness Of Discussion Of Explorers And The Natives, A Children's Basic History. The Book Is Clean, Hinges Solid Although Front Hinge Cracked, Gilt And Black Lettering Bright And Complete With No Rubbing To Gilt Sky On Front Cover, Touches Of Rubbing Right At Corners, Two Previous Owner's Gift Inscriptions On Front Endpaper Dated In 1910 And 1916.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 337 pages, overall a very good hardback, publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover - internally clean and well bound (with a small former owner's name on the ffep), externally it has a partially sunned cover and its spine has now been renewed with the top right-hand corner bending inwardly. This is the fourth edition of the Pitman published & is undated.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Two plays in a single volume. Ex library book with usual stamps and stickers. Wear and dustmarking to the cover but with clean contents in a firm binding. Both titles scarce.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A RARE BOOK! 337 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. This is an undated Fourth Edition.

Stapled. Zustand: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Paul Stahr, cover (illustrator). First Edition. Early pulp. Vol 240 #6. Includes "The Big Circle" by Erle Stanley Gardner, "Tarantula Tower" (Roscoe), "Congo" (Annixter), "The Search Party" (Curry), "Little Duke" (Liebe), "One Punch McGuire" (Burke), "The Diamond Specter, part 1 of 3 (McNary), "The Lost Land of Aztlan", part 3 of 6 (McIsaac), "Railroad" part 6 of 6 (Stribling). Mild edge wear.A good to very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. Color Plates By E. Roscoe Shrader And Herbert Moore, Decorations On Every Edge Of Every Page By Edwin J. Prittie. (illustrator). 1st Edition. 158 Pp. + Eight Full Color Plates, Including The Earliest Plates By Shrader, Later Head Of Faculty At The Otis Art Institute From 1919 To 1949 And President Of The California Art Club From 1924 To 1930 And Again In 1934 . Green Cloth, Gilt And Black Lettering And Illustration. First Printing,1909 (Also Later Reprinted By Barse & Hopkins With The Same 1909 Copyright Date, Later By Grosset & Dunlap. A Children's History Of European Exploration In The Western Hemisphere In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries. Although The Title Refers To A Finding Of America Which Is A Concept That Would Have Been Of The Greatest Surprise To The Inhabitants Who Were Found, The Book Is Otherwise Remarkable For Its Great Evenness Of Discussion Of Explorers And The Natives, A Children's Basic History. The Book Is Clean, Hinges Solid Although Front Hinge Cracked, Gilt And Black Lettering Bright And Complete With No Rubbing To Gilt Sky On Front Cover, Touches Of Rubbing Right At Corners, Two Previous Owner's Gift Inscriptions On Front Endpaper Dated In 1910 And 1916.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 158 Pp. + All Eight Full Color Plates (Including The Earliest Plates By Shrader). First Printing Of The First Edition,1909 (Also Later Reprinted By Barse & Hopkins, And Again Later By Grosset & Dunlap). .Green Cloth, Gilt And Black Lettering And Illustration. Inscribed By Shrader To His Mother, And Dated In Christmas 1909. Shrader Was A Student Of Howard Pyle, Later Head Of Faculty At The Otis Art Institute To 1949 And President Of The California Art Club From 1924 To 1930 And Again In 1934. A Children's History Of European Exploration In The Western Hemisphere In The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries. Although The Title Refers To A Finding Of America, Which Is A Concept That Would Have Been Of The Greatest Surprise To The Inhabitants Who Were Found, The Book Is Otherwise Remarkable For Its Great Evenness Of Discussion Of Explorers And The Natives, A Children's Basic History Which I Think Would Still Be Largely Politically Correct Today And Which Is A Credit To, And Perhaps A Remarkable Change In, American Children's Historical Book Style, Which At Least Until This Time Was Generally Imperialist And Militaristic. The Book Is Very Worn, Spine Panel Completely Worn Through Along Front Spine Edge, Front Hinge Cracked Through, But Binding Remains Intact. Black Lettering On Front Board Partly Rubbed Away But Still Readable. Cloth Frayed At Edges. Excellent Provenance, Directly From Shrader's House In La Canada- Flintridge, Ca. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Fifth Edition. 8vo. 398 pp. Fifth edition, ex-library copy with ink stamp and bookplate on endpapers, small class mark verso titlepage, and last page, light browning, very good in original maroon cloth gilt, corners bumped, class mark on spine, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Black hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Library. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). 715pp + plates. 50 plates (7 in colour). Plus The Development of the Branchial Arterial Arches in Birds + Development of the Sympathetic Nervous Systems in Mammals + On the Mammalian Nervous System + The Skeleton of the Irish Giant, Cornelius Magrath + Contributions to the Chemical Bacteriology of Sewage + The Cerebrum of Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus + The Hippocampus and three others. Various publication dates 1868 - 1892. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Autograph collection with signatures from eighteen of the world's famous aviation pioneers and fighter pilots. Octodecimo, eighteen pages mounted on carbon paper, the collection includes: postcard signed by Igor Sikorsky, "I. Sikorsky," illustrated with a photograph of the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat; card signed by Edward Rickenbacker, "Capt Eddie Rickenbacker 1936," mounted with a photograph of Rickenbacker in uniform; card signed by Major James Harold Doolittle, "J.H. Doolittle," mounted with a photograph of Doolittle; card signed by Major Alford J. Williams, "Major Al Williams / U S Marine Corps (R)"; card signed by Anthony Fokker in green ink, "Fokker," mounted with a newspaper clipping adhered to the verso of the carbon paper 'Edsel Ford Dead of Old Malady - Head of Auto Company, 49, Expanded Vast Industrial Empire'; card signed by Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, "C.E. Rosendahl Commander U.S. Navy," mounted with a photograph of Rosendahl in uniform; collector's typed letter signed by Sherman Fairchild on the verso, "Sherm / Sherman M Fairchild"; card signed by Roscoe Turner in green ink, "Roscoe Turner 1935," mounted with a photograph of a signed photo of the NR257Y; card signed by Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, "T.O.M. Sopwith," mounted with a news clipping portrait of Sopwith adhered to the carbon paper; card signed by Flight Lieutenant George Stainforth, "G.H. Stainforth" and Richard Atcherley, "R.R. Atcherley," mounted with a diagram of Stainforth's supermarine seaplane S6B; autograph letter signed by Stainforth to the collector on 'Experimental Section Royal Aircraft Establishment' stationary, "13 Aug. 35. Eric Brett. I have just found . your letter in sorting papers . or send an autograph in case it was not sent before. G.H. Stainforth"; typed letter signed by Wing Commander Clyde Pangborn to the collector on 'Bill Barnes Air Trails' stationary, 'July 8, 1935 . Requests for autographs since my London-to-Melbourne flight threatened me with writer's cramp . I'd have to find some way to fly without gasoline, and use only airmail covers for petrol . "Clyde Pangborn,"' news clipping portrait of Pangborn adhered to the lower left corner; card signed by Ruth Nichols, "Ruth R. Nichols"; card signed by Glenn L. Martin, "Glenn L. Martin," mounted to a typed letter signed by his secretary to the collector on 'Glenn L. Martin Company' stationary; card signed by Hugh Herndon, Jr, "Hugh Herndon, Jr," mounted with a clipped photograph of Herndon, Jr. beside his Stinson; card inscribed by Frank Hawks, "Sincerely Frank Hawks Feb 22 1935," mounted with news clipped images of Captain Hawks, his Texaco No. 13, and his Texaco Sky Chief; card signed by Billy Bishop, "W.A. Bishop," ink stamped with a flying cross, accompanied by a clipped magazine photograph of Bishop; and a clipped signature of Giuseppe Mario Bellanca, "GMBallanca," adhered to a card featuring photographs of Bellanca and his aircraft. In very good to fine condition. A unique collection. Just coming into military use at the outset of World War I, airplanes were employed mostly for reconnaissance before gathering use in more specialized ways as fighters, bombers, and trench strafers.

Rather used copy with worn / damaged spines (spine vol. 1 missing). Privately printed (worn) dustjackets made for the set (appr, 1930?). Hinges worn / repaired, contents browned / foxed, else good. Well used rare complete set of this classic. Please see description or ask for photos.