baxter riley (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 277 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, pp316 + 4 pages of adverts to rear plus b/w frontis and a further 15 pages of b/w photographic plates, over 30 b/w illustrations throughout the text, i b/w map in text and one fold out map to rear in fair/good condition with some small tears and small piece of border missing. Hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers yellow cloth binding with black titles to spine and illustration of canoe to front board in good condition with some shelf wear to top & tail of spine and some rubbing to edges. Inside both hinges cracked exposing the webbing a little but binding still holding well. There is some intermittent foxing throughout, with some of the plates a little tatty. A reasonable copy of these observations of the natives of the region of the Fly estuary by the missionary the Rev E. Baxter Riley who was in the district for twenty-five years.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. DJ a bit darkened and with light chipping, and with one closed tear. Price clipped. Former owner's name on first blank page. A handsome and tight copy. ; "Through the nipa palms, down the Fly River, Mr. Riley came upon the Kiwai-Papuans of New Guinea. In their coastal villages and back through the bush he found the haunts of magic ritual. His account has a curious interest for the Kiwai ideas of the spirit-world show the creative power of the savage mind at its best." - with 50 illustrations and 2 maps. In rare dustjacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. 526 pp. ; ill. ; 24 cm ; LCCN: sf 83-3063 ; LC: SB21; Dewey: 630.62774 ; OCLC: 8464264 ; Pages 1-83 have been used as a period scrapbook [!], into which are pasted various poems from the 1870's-90's clipped from newspapers such as The Detroit Commercial, The Detroit Post & Ledger, and The Berrien County Journal (April 10, 1880) ; Included are A pasted illustration, "St. Louis High School", poems include Eventide / Julia C. R. Dore -- Always mine -- Fatherly Advice -- If I Could Know -- In the Old Church Tower / T. B. Aldrich -- At Last / J G Whittier -- Woman Gossip -- Making the Best of It -- Bob of the Golden City / Will S. Hayes -- Beautiful Things / Ella P Allerton -- Growing Old -- The Kaiser and the Little Maid -- Reward of Endeavor / Julia Ward Howe -- We Must All Scratch / Frank S Bondy -- The Countersign / Margaret Eytinge -- Which one? -- The Honest Farmer -- Our Frank / M. S. A. -- The Love of Long Ago / Ella Wheeler -- Fathers Growing Old, John -- Somebody's Mother -- Comparison / Annie E Fisher -- To My Mother -- Falsely Accused -- Dear John -- Taking the End of the Seat -- It May Be Your Turn Next -- Pomp's Defense -- Cliff Roses / F. W. B. -- Little Mabel / Alice Van Orden -- The Printer's Toil / Scott -- A Pintin' To-day? -- Heartless / Medora Clark -- The Dead Child and the Mocking-Bird / Paul H Hayne -- Mother's Way -- Buddha and the Hindoo Mother / Edwin Arnold -- I Have Drunk My Last Glass / Louisa S Upham -- Brevities and Oddities A Temperance Curiosity -- Of All -- Dr. Holland's Last Poem -- The Two Gates, Only! -- The Country Schoolmaster -- Leap Year -- A Nibble -- A Swarm of Bees -- Do Your Best / M. Ella Cornell -- Annie and Willie's Prayer, A Christmas Story / Sophia P. Snow -- How the Conductor Took the Fare -- Laugh and Grow Fat -- I am So Tired of Being Me -- A Laugh is Worth a Hundred Groans / Josephine Pollard -- A happy New Year / Spirit May -- Just Here -- Coming Home / M. T. Shelhamer -- He Loveth When He Chasteneth / Lizzie Fenner Baker -- They Shall Revive As the Corn / Annie Mills -- True Courage -- Better than Gold / Father Ryan -- Lift Up the Temperance Banner / Rev. Charles Garrett -- Little By Little / J. Albert Wilson -- No Time Like the Present / Phoebe Cary ; articles in the report include: Discussions of the Peninsula Farmers' Club--Fungus not the Cause of Disease, the advantages of top grafting -- Insects injurious to strawberries / A J Cook -- Garden and Wild FLowers / Mrs. Jeremiah Brown -- New Varieties of Fruit (Peaches: Hill's Chill, The Barnard, Honest John, Keyport White, Foster; Paw Paw Apple, Romanite Apple) / T T Lyon -- Fruit Growing at South Haven / J E Bidwell -- Fruit Culture at Grand Traverse / Stanford Howard -- Birds / L H Bailey -- The Necessity of a State Entomologist / H A Shaw -- Orchard Drainage / A T Linderman -- Of One Hundred, How Many? / T T Lyon, James D Husted, A J Cook, Edward Bradfield, R F Hathaway, H E Bidwell -- Pear Blight / P J Berckman, Josiah Hoopes -- The State Fair 1873 -- Orchards and Vineyards of Michigan / S Q Lent -- A Grand Traverse Fruit Farm / T T Lyon -- A Kent County Peach Orchard and Grapery / Albert Baxter -- Flowers at the Michigan State Fair / James Vick -- Old Mission Orchards / WHC Lyon -- Early History of Horticulture in Michigan / JC Holmes -- The Importance to the Fruit Culturist of Shelter or Protection / TT Lyon -- Western New York Horticultural Society / PC Reynolds -- Lecture on Entomology / CV Riley -- The Bird Question / Wm. LeBaron -- Agressive Parasitism of Fungi / TJ Burrill -- Peaches of the Michigan Peach Belt / AS Dyckman -- Horticulture for the People / JJ Thomas -- Insects Injurious to House Plants and Shubbery / AJ Cook -- The Apple Tree / WJ Beal -- Grape Culture / Artimus Sigler -- The Honey Locust as a Hedge Plant / JW Helme ; 14 black and white illustrations ; page 203/204 creased ; because of the scrapbooking, condition is FAIR. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated by Solon, Leon V. (illustrator). First Edition. 481-583, [146] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: The Residence of Henry I. Harriman, Esq., Newton MA - John Barnard, Architect - Arthur Shurtleff, Landscape Architect; The Engineer's Club of Dayton, Ohio - Schenck & Williams, Architects; Modern Industrial Plants - Part VII; The Social Center - Part II - Philanthropic Enterprises; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Basilica of Saint Remy at Rheims; The Future of Industrial Housing; Notes and Comments. Above-average external wear. Covers loose but present. Library markings to front cover. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Architecture, Henry I. Harriman, Newton MA, John Barnard, Architects, Arthur Shurtleff, Landscape Architect, The Engineer's Club - Dayton Ohio, Schenck & Williams, Architects, Modern Industrial Plants, The Social Center, Philanthropic Enterprises, Basilic.