J r millburn (9 Ergebnisse)

Card cover, staple bound. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. Inscribed by the author. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 260 pages. 9.10x6.00x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 1 Introduction and Early Life, 1705-35.- 2 Schoolmaster and Author, 1735-7.- 3 Dilettante and Microscope Maker, 1737-40.- 4 Itinerant Lecturer, 1740-55.- 5 Philology and the General Magazine.- 6 Establishment of the Fleet Street Business, 1756-9.- 7 Consolidation: the 1760s.- 8 The 1770s.- 9 Death and Aftermath.- I Short-title List of Martin's Publications.- II Manuscripts Relating to Benjamin Martin.- III Martin's Catalogue of Instruments, Books and Prints, 1762.- IV Locations of Representative Martin Instruments.- V ibliography of Printed Sources, other than Martin's Publications.…

Hard covers. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition. Scarcely used. Includes Supplement (Vade-Mecum Press, 1986) in paper covers with loosely inserted material including a letter from the author. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 9028601767 Good; Hardcover; 1976, Springer Publishing; Former library copy with standard library markings; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Good binding with straight spine; Blue cloth covers with title in white lettering along spine; 256 pages; "Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-Maker, and `Country Showman' (History of Science)," by J.R. Millburn. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August (Aug.) 1925, Vol. LV No. 328 - Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano / Two Years in Borneo Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man'. Illustrated by Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Goss, G.W.; Hiley, F.E.; Gillett,Frank; Skelton, J.R.; Briault, S.; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Dewar,W.; Carruthers, G.P.; Carruthers, G.P.; Eyles, D.C.; Holloway, Cyril;Goss, G.W. (illustrator).…