edwards oscar (5 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Condition Notes: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Five issues include summer, fall, and winter 1996; and spring and summer 1997. Each issue is staplebound, 48 pages. A few marks here and there. Light exterior wear. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.).

Hardcover. Zustand: Nr Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Nr. Fine. First Edition.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. George Edwards (illustrator). A very scarce copy of the second edition of this illustrated study examining heredity and selective breeding in poultry at the dawn of modern agricultural science. Rebacked in a quarter cloth, with the original paper-covered boards retained.First published in 1917, this is the second edition published in 1921.Illustrated with 16 monochrome plates showing parent stock and progeny across successive mating. Collated, complete.A scientific study of heredity in poultry, analysing the transmission of fecundity through controlled breeding experiments, with detailed discussion of regression, selection, and genetic variation.Publisher's advertisements to rear. Rebacked in a quarter cloth, with the original paper-covered boards retained. Externally, smart. Very slight damp staining to upper perimeter of front board. One or two minor handling marks to boards. Scattered spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean if typically age toned, with scattered spotting heavier to first and last few leaves. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to dedication page. Small red ink annotations to plates 4-7. Very Good. book.

Northampton, Mass: Steam Press of Gazette Printing (illustrator). Northampton, Mass: Steam Press of Gazette Printing. The Greatest Burglary in U.S. History [Edwards, Oscar]. Robbery of the Northampton National Bank. The Cashier Overpowered at Midnight, Tortured, And Forced to Give the Combinations to the Vault and Safe: Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars in Money and Bonds Stolen. $25,000 Reward. Northampton, MA: Steam Press of Gazette Printing Company, 1876. 24 pp. Two woodcut text illustrations, one a floor plan. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Negligible light soiling, spine worn at ends, faint vertical crease through center, light toning to text. $250. * Only edition. Text at head of title page: "The Greatest Burglary on Record." An early account of the greatest burglary in U.S. History, which was carried out by members of the Rufus Ring, a gang that conducted several bank robberies in places ranging from Kentucky to upstate New York. The subtitle is not accurate; the robbers stole $1.6 million in cash, bonds and other securities, about $26,000,000.00 in today's money. Three of the robbers were captured and the securities recovered. Unfortunately, the money was never found. Appended to the text is a list of the stolen securities. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries (Harvard, Library of Congress).