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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good Plus. An excellent regional literary review, edited by Charles L. Hayes (fiction) and Philip Pierson (poetry). Other contributors not listed above: Thomas Johnson, Ronald Wallace, John Allman, Errol Miller, Richard Frost, and P.B. Newman. 64 pages. CONDITION: a solid, unmarked, uncreased copy with moderate shelf-wear (soiled/discolored covers - see accompanying scan image), its interior pages uncompromised. This scarce copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board. Paige Hayes (cover) (illustrator). …

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:1555466788. …

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9781857392609.…

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9781847010377.…

Zustand: NEW. 416, col photos. . HB. NEW. . Sutton Park National Nature Reserve is a botanical jewel in the urban midlands supporting a treasure trove of botanical diversity.At over 400 pages, this book includes chapters on the flowering plants, ferns, bryophytes, fungi and lichens from a team of local experts. [9781913994099].…

(Paris, Bachelier), 1835-36. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 1, Séance du Lundi 14 Décembre 1835 and tome 2, Séance Lundi 11 Avril 1836 + Séance Lundi 27 Juin 1836 + Séance du Lundi 18 Avril 1836. + Pp. (467-) 498, (355-) 386, (387-) 402 a. pp. (601-) 630. (4 entire issues offered. Poisson's papers: pp. 473-495 (1835), pp. 377-380, pp. 395-400 and pp. 603-13. (1836). Clean and fine. First appearance of 3 importent paper in probability theory, serving as a preamble to Poissons's famous work published two years later, and with nearly the same title "Recherches sur la probabilité des jugements en matiere criminelle et en matiere civile" (1837). The paper offered introduces THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS (Loi universelle des Grandes nombres, pp. 478-79), a key concept in probability theory. Poisson states that all events of a moral as well as of a physical nature are subject to this universal law. His definition (in English translation) on p. 478 reads "Things of every kind obey a universal law that we may call the law of large numbers. Its essence is that if we observe a very large number of events of the same nature, which depend on constant causes and on causes that vary irregularly, sometimes in another, 1.e., not progressively in any determined sense, then almost constant proportions will be found among numbers" (p. 478 in the first memoir). …

406 x 273 mm. (16 x 10 3/4"). Double column, 42 lines in a fine rounded early proto-gothic hand. Recto with a pleasing three-line red initial. âFormerly used in a binding and consequently a bit soiled and trimmed at the head with loss of the first line, perhaps 100 or so small wormholes in the margin (only a few causing trivial harm to the text), a faint grayish stain affecting a couple of words in the top 20 lines of one column on each side, but the entirety of the text completely clear and the stately leaf quite fresh and unusually well-preserved in general for a recovered specimen. This leaf comes from a very large copy of one of the major texts by one of the great popes of the early Middle Ages. Dealing (in part) with the central occurrence in the salvation of humanity, the text here treats of John 20:19-31, which tells of the risen Christ's appearance to the Apostles. Doubting Thomas insists on touching the Lord's wounds before he will be convinced of the Resurrection. Gregory tells his audience that Thomas was healed of unbelief, and so must they be, although they cannot see Jesus in the flesh as did Thomas. Written ca. 593, Pope Gregory's 40 homilies on the Gospels enjoyed enduring popularity throughout Medieval times, as they offered ordinary Christians practical guidance on applying the lessons of the Gospels to their own lives. Elected pope in 590, Gregory (ca. 540-604) was one of the most influential pontiffs in the history of the Church. In addition to revising liturgical worship, he wrote extensively on theology, offering homespun wisdom rather than esoteric debates. He was declared a saint immediately upon his death. The script here is regular, rounded, and very pleasing--almost soothing--to the eye. Moreover, the letters are so large (and there is so little significant damage to the leaf) that the text can be easily read from a considerable distance.…

406 x 273 mm. (16 x 10 3/4"). Double column, 42 lines in a fine rounded early proto-gothic hand. With rubrics in red, one three-line initial "I," and A PANELLED 13-LINE INITIAL "F" (all of these on the very faded recto and, consequently, indistinct). Formerly used in a binding, with text on the recto unreadable, the verso with a narrow band of darkening along one edge (not obscuring text), edges very wormed (but 90 percent of the worming in the margin, with very little damage to the text); some obvious condition problems, but the large and beautiful script on one of the sides entirely legible and certainly very pleasing. This leaf comes from a very large copy of one of the major texts by one of the great popes of the early Middle Ages, and it is notable for the spaciousness and elegance of its script. The sermon here is based on the Gospel reading for Easter Sunday, John 20:1-9, which reports Mary Magdalene's discovery of the empty tomb and her running to tell the apostles what she had--and hadn't--found. Given the fact that the passage under discussion celebrates the most critical event in Christianity, the opening phrase ("Fractus longa molestia stomachus") is unexpected (who would have thought it appropriate to mention protracted gastrointestinal problems?) and probably more effective as a result. Gregory says he is so weakened that he had given up explaining the Gospel to his flock, but now he must resume. He recounts how Mary Magdalene told John and Peter about the empty tomb, how John arrived first but did not enter the sepulcher, and how Peter, the tardier one, did. Gregory then gives an allegorical interpretation of this episode: John, he says, represents the Synagogue, Peter the Church; the Jews were prior to the Christians, but they hesitated on the brink of belief in the Son of God, while the Christians entered into full belief.…

(Paris, Bachelier), 1835-36. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 1, Séance du Lundi 14 Décembre 1835 and tome 2, Séance Lundi 11 Avril 1836. Pp. (467-) 498 and (355-) 386. (2 entire issues offered. Poisson's papers: pp. 473-495 (1835) a. pp. 377-380 (1836). First appearance of 2 importent paper in probability theory, serving as a preamble to Poissons's famous work published two years later, and with nearly the same title "Recherches sur la probabilité des jugements en matiere criminelle et en matiere civile" (1837). The paper offered introduces THE LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS (Loi universelle des Grandes nombres, pp. 478-79), a key concept in probability theory. Poisson states that all events of a moral as well as of a physical nature are subject to this universal law. His definition (in English translation) on p. 478 reads "Things of every kind obey a universal lw that we may call the law of large numbers. Its essence is that if we observe a very large number of events of the same nature, which depend on constant causes and on causes that vary irregularly, sometimes in another, 1.e., not progressively in any determined sense, then almost constant proportions will be found among numbers" (p. 478 in the first memoir)."Prior to the publication of the "Rechearces", Poisson presented his principal results and philosophical views to the Academie des Sciences in papers read at the sessions of 14 december 1835 and 11 April 1836. The first memoir became the "Préambule" of the "Rechearches" and outlined Poisson's criticism of Laplace's approach to the probability judgements, the universal applicability of the law of large numbers, and some of the results based on the Ministry of Justice's statistics. Poisson's second memoir discussed his "Law of Large Numbers", with special attentuion to how it differed from bernoulli's theorem and how it was particularly well suited for applications to the moral sciences." (Lorraine Daston "Classical Possibility in the Emlightment", pp. 364-65)."In Recherches sur la probabilité des jugements en matière criminelle et en matière civile (1837" (Research on the Probability of Criminal and Civil Verdicts), an important investigation of probability, the Poisson distribution appears for the first and only time in his work. Poisson?s contributions to the law of large numbers (for independent random variables with a common distribution, the average value for a sample tends to the mean as sample size increases) also appeared therein." Encl. Britannica). - In fact the law appears here, two years before, in the offered paper." (Encl. Britannica). …