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Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. 336 pages; Erased inscription from previous owner on ffep. No markings otherwise. Light wear to covers and cover edges; some scratches. No foxing. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Illustrated Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. B/W And Color Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Single Issue In Original Wrappers. Near Fine Except For Faint Water Stain To Right Side Of Ad Pages At Rear, With A Few Tiny Traces Of Adhesion.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 4th Edition. A very clean copy. Minor light edge wear to the jacket and a couple of repaired short closed tears.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 4th Edition. Inscription to fep, otherwise a very clean copy. Minor light edge wear to the jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Fourth edition. 417 pages. Name on ffep.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. brown cloth cover with gilt decoration shows minimal wear. pages lightly tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Brown cloth with decorations in gilt by "F.P." Name neatly erased from front fly, spine a little toned, very good or better.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. xii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm ; OCLC 793852836; art nouveau design with thistles and in green and brown on brown cloth ; no dustjacket ; missing first four pages (replacements provided); "Reading with appreciation is a fine art. This volume contains some of the gems of literature which the race has learned to love. Some of the 'old fashioned selections' and some of the most charming new short classics, are offered as a basis for study and appreciation. The average pupil will study his reading lesson with zest if he is given some definite work to do. In these studies, the brief introduction to each selection is intended to whet the pupil's appetite.The exercises following each study make his study definite and to the point. Helpful notes are added wherever necessary, and additional readings are given. ; Contents: America -- Our native land -- The young witness -- Your first duty -- The blind men and the elephant -- Washington's rules of conduct -- The captain's daughter -- What do they say? -- The whistle -- My dog Blanco -- None of the beauty is wasted -- Arthur's prayer at Rugby -- All is beauty -- Life -- Woodman! Spare that tree! -- Why do bells for Christians ring? -- Expert dervice -- The Three Graces -- Professor Frog's lecture -- Flower in the crannied wall -- The High Court of Inquiry -- A prayer -- To a waterfowl -- The mystery of life -- Song -- Santa Filomena -- The country's call -- How t he crickets brought good fortune -- The flag -- In school days -- Four things -- The flag goes by -- A message to Garcia -- The Brook -- The barefoot boy -- The old Puritan lawmaker -- Work done squarely -- Is there a Santa Claus? -- Nathan Hale -- Kind hearts and simple faith -- De. John Goodfellow-Office Upstairs -- The procrustean bed -- The book our mothers read -- Horatius at the bridge -- True courage -- The house by the side of the road -- The eagle -- The name of Old Glory -- The North American Indian -- The glove and the lion -- How sleep the brave? -- The bloodless sportsman -- An old Armenian gate -- Press onward -- A defense of teh crow -- Our national banner -- The builders -- Nature's song -- Hail to the harvest -- The wonderful one-hoss seat -- Portia's plea -- The sport of my life -- The ship of state -- The landing of the Pilgrims -- Courage -- A psalm of life -- My mind to me a kingdom is -- The barmicide feast -- The man that wins -- Books -- Leonainie -- A parable on brotherly love -- A thing of beauty -- A boy's song -- The legend of St. Christopher -- The sandpiper -- The man wihtout a country -- The seed growing secretly -- Spartacus to the gladiators -- On his blindness -- The rising in 1776 -- We seek for beauty -- Somewhere -- A call to arms -- Dare to do right -- The burial of Moses -- Service -- Think for thyself -- Truth -- The prodigal sopn -- We thank Thee -- The bishop and the convict -- A call to courage -- The Christ of the Andes -- Dear land of all my love -- Antony's oration -- Three gates of gold -- True dignity -- Lincoln, the great commoner -- Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? -- Unweaponed peace -- For a that and a that -- Lo, the poor Indian! -- The vision of Sir Launfel -- My symphony -- The great stone face -- The shepherd psalm -- The Lord's prayer. ; authors: Samuel Francis Smith, C T Brooks, S H Hammond, David Starr Jordan, John G. Saze, George Washington, James T. Fields, Benjamin Franklin, J G Holland, William A McKeever, Thomas Hughes, Robert Browning, James Russell Lowell, George P Morris, Lydia Atery Coonley Ward, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sait Paul, MAL Lane, Alfred Tennyson, Samuel Wilberforce, William Cullen Bryant, John Ruskin, Henry Ladsworth Longfellow, Thmpson, PJ Stahl, George Hoar, Jphn greenleaf Whittier, Henry Van Dyke, Henry Holcomb Bennett, Elbert Hubbard, Robert E Lee, Charles A Dana, Francis Miles Finch, James Ball Naylor, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Sam Walter Foss, James Whitcomb Riley, ;scarce ; FAIR. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo.pp. 234. Signed presentation copy: "Rodney & Jane Stanford with Best wishes, George Dyke. 15 June 1993." Loosely inserted signed handwritten letter from the author to Rodney Stanford enclosing the book and requesting "Please tell me if you find any red snags or faults." Original publisher's boards in rich glossy yellow, lettered black and featuring a short biography and portrait of John Lawes. Black and white photographs,drawings and diagrams illustrate the text. Biography.ISBN:095213060Z./Sir John Bennet Lawes, (1814Ð1900) was an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. He founded an experimental farm at his home at Rothamsted Manor that eventually became Rothamsted Research, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry About fine. Signedes.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 v. (592 pp.) ; 643 illustrations, 18 color plates, portraits (partly in color) ; 29 cm. ; LCCN: 04-777 ; OCLC: 752227 ; LC: JN511 ; ex-library, labels ; presentation by MP Francis Sharp Powell to the Free Library of Wigan in 1903, with signed auto graph letter instructing his staff to acquire and present the volume to the library, bound into volume 1 ; 1/2 red buckram leather, ornate raised bands; all edges gilt ; marbled endpapers ; Francis Powell served as a member of the House of Commons f rom 1857-1891 and again from 1885-1910, and is the subject of the well-known statue in Mejacs Park ; heavily illustrated history of the Houses of Parliament, with portraits of every important figure, interior photographs of the statuary, architecture and portraits of the two Houses, as well as reproductions of painted scenes of important events in the history of the nation ; tear to spine of volume 1 ; wear to corners and hinges ; otherwise VG, VG. Book.

Zustand: Good. Folio. 34 x 47cm. Original gilt morocco with all edges gilt, with restorations. Marbled endpapers. 478 text pages and and 120 hors text plates. 5 volumes. Stamped with the name of an original subscriber? Mrs. R. McElroy. Fine condition. OCLC Number 36006168. Very heavy.Note from the Sierra Club: Picturesque California was an 1888 elephant folio edited by John Muir, published by the J. Dewing Publishing company, featuring over 600 etchings, photogravures, and wood etchings, 700 additional illustrations in the text, and 120 tinted plates. The original work was sold by subscription and was distributed monthly in thirty parts. Muir wrote six of the articles, which we provide here:ContentsPeaks and Glaciers of the High Sierra (by John Muir)The Passes of the High Sierra (by John Muir);A Glimpse of Monterey (by J. R. Fitch);The Yosemite Valley (by John Muir);Totokonulu (poem by J. Vance Cheney);A Visit to the Lick Observatory (by Edward S. Holden);About the Bay of San Francisco (by W. C. Bartlett);Game Regions of the Upper Sacramento (by Joaquin Miller);The Heart of Southern California (by Jeanne C. Carr);Mount Shasta (by John Muir);Southernmost California (by T. S. Van Dyke);North of the Golden Gate (by Kate Field);Early California Mining and the Argonauts (by Joaquin Miller);The Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains (by George Hamlin Fitch);The San Joaquin Valley (by Joaquin Miller);The Foothill Region of the Northern Coast Range (by Charles Howard Shinn);The New City by the Great Sea--San Francisco (by Joaquin Miller);On the Height (poem by J. Vance Cheney);The Sacramento Valley (by John P. Irish);The Tule Region (by Charles Howard Shinn);Monterey to Ventura (by WIlliam L. Ogle);The Plain of Oaks (by Albert E. Gray);The Land of the Redwoods (by Charles Howard Shinn);Washington and the Puget Sound (by John Muir);The Basin of the Columbia River (by John ;Muir);The Canadian Rockies (by Ernest Ignersoll).Bibliographic InformationOriginally published as thirty parts, then ten, and finally as two volumes (J. Dewing and Company: 1888-1890). Reprinted as West of the Rocky Mountains (Philadelphia: Running Press, 1976). Chapters 10, 24, and 25 were reprinted in Chapters 3-5, 17-20, and 21-23, respectively, of Steep Trails.

Vintage reference photograph of actress Janet Leigh, in a brunette wig, relaxing on the set of the 1963 film. Stamps of The Associated Press and Le Parisien on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. An unsuccessful pop songwriter is convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high school girlfriend goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. 7 x 9 inches. Near Fine. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.

Vintage reference photograph from the 1934 film, showing Myrna Loy and Clark Gable in the back seat of an automobile, during an intimate moment. Annotations in manuscript pencil on the verso. The film that solidified Gable's star power with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the famed first pairing of Loy and William Powell, who would go on to make 14 films together, including the "Thin Man" series. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Pinholes at the corners, else Near Fine, lightly toned.

Vintage reference photograph of actors Ann-Margret and Jesse Pearson with director George Sidney and script supervisor Marshall Wolins on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe and Columbia Pictures stamp on the verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name, about an unsuccessful pop songwriter who becomes convinced he can make his fortune if he can get recently drafted rock and roll star Conrad Birdie on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss his high-school girlfriend goodbye. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.

Two vintage oversize borderless double weight photographs of Janet Leigh and Dick Van Dyke rehearsing on the set of the 1963 film. Mimeo snipe, "ORIGINAL A RENDRE PARIMAGE," "COPYRIGHT CAMERA PRESS LTD.," and a struck through, with manuscript pencil, "Holmes-Lebel" stamps on the verso. One contains an "impress" sticker on verso. Based on the 1960 Tony Award winning stage musical of the same name with a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. Unsuccessful songwriter Albert Peterson (Van Dyke) is convinced he can make his fortune and marry girlfriend Rosie (Leigh) if he can get recently drafted Rock and Roll star Conrad Birdie (Jessie Pearson) on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss high school girl Kim MacAfee (Ann Margret) goodbye. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards. 1 - 9 x 12 inches, 1 - 10 x 12 inches. Very Good plus, edgewear and creasing to far corners. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.