Rev j l blake (16 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1833; Boston; paper covered boards with cloth covered spine; split at front joint; worn at edges and corners with boards peeking through; soiling to covers; Previous owner's name on front pastedown; gutter gap at few places in book; light foxing; 12mo, 6 3/4" - 7 3/4" Tall; 260 pages. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. 1854 Harper. Lone Tree Iowa, Founder Jayne's library. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Seventh edition. Good Book's front cover is gone. Top and bottom pieces missing off of spine. Little brown spots on some pages. Cover is missing. Binding is very worn.

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. (Juvenile Non-Fiction, Astronomy, School Book, Education) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Scarce. Published by Lincoln and Edmands (Boston) in 1825. Full Leather edition, but leather and outside cover is very worn. Pages are all intact but have some discoloration on some of the pages. 24 full page illustrations at rear of book. Has the signature of the former owner in very old cursive "Stephen P. Rodgers April 18, 1831". Another indiscernible name in cursive on the next blank page with a date of February 8, 1828. Front cover is almost detached from book. Otherall, in good condition for its age. (BR) Box 199.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. New York, 1843; brown boards with gold spine titles and gray paper cover; heavy wear, discoloration, and staining to boards; corners bumped; spine faded; edges of spine frayed; 16mo, 5 3/4" to 6 3/4" tall; hinges cracked; no jacket; stamp on flyleaf; heavy staining throughout interior. 252 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Concord, 1825; brown leather covered boards; corners heavily bumped and scuffed with board exposed; edges and covers scuffed; crown of spine chipped; housed in a plastic sleeve; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; hinges split; previous owner's name on front and rear end papers; interior pages tone with finger smudges; interior clean and unmarked; 372 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Boston stereoty. Boston Stereotype Edition. Good only, spine and front cover detached at front hinge, leather covers and spine scuffed and stained, spine label almost completely chip off, owners name on front fly, blotchy brown spots on pages, cover edges worn.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Concord, NH: Horatio Hill & Co., 1830. Title page dated 1830. Worn. Full calf leather with spine label, frontis engraving, other full page engravings, 372 pages. Expected cover wear, endpapers removed, sound text block frontis plate of US Capitol torn and chipped, old dampstains throughout but no damp odor, pages otherwise lightly age toned but clean, name in pencil inside rear cover. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Staying with the small, vintage hardcover books, here s another: The Wonders of the Earth; Containing an Account of its Remarkable Features and Phenomena; to wit, Minerals, Mountains, Caverns Earthquakes Volcanoes, Storms, Whirlwinds and Other Miscellaneous Matter by the Rev. J.L. Blake. This small hardcover book (4 x 6 ? inches, 252 pages) was designed for the instruction of young persons and published by Mills, Crandall & Moseley of Cazenovia, New York dated 1849. The book is bound in nice smooth calfskin boards with a black & gilt title panel on the spine. As it may be recalled, Cazenovia, New York was the home of the recently closed Cazenovia College. Please see the photos of the Table of Contents for your further information. Surprisingly, the book is without any illustrations. Condition: This book is in very good condition. The calf boards are in very good shape with some minor bumping to the corners and spine tips and a bit of wear to the title label on the spine. Inside the book is unmarked and the interior pages are bright and without toning or foxing although they do exhibit random and common instances of smudges and specks of soiling, none of it extreme. Both hinges are intact, and the binding is tight, sound and square. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. "Illustrated with Plates", 7 x 4.25", full tree calf, 252pp + 23 full page plates, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, bottom of spine lightly worn and darkened, outer hinge beginning to wear, contents toned and spotted, but still a nice, typical early 19th Century decorative leather binding.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Boston: Lincoln, Edmands & Co., 1834. Title page dated 1834. Illustrated with 28 engraved plates including the frontis. Externally good to very good, internally good but pages heavily foxed. Full calf leather with black spine label, gilt ruled spine, 7.25 inches tall. Some scuffing to covers, binding sound, pages age-darkened and foxed but clean and legible, name and town on front free endpaper, no other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: fair. Eighth American Edition. Duodecimo. viii-252pp., xxiii plates. Original brown calf. Adapted to the comprehension of young pupils and illustrated with plates by the author of "Conversations on Chemistry" and "Conversations on Political Economy." This edition improved by appropriate questions for the examination of scholars and by illustrative notes and a dictionary of philosophical terms. Illustrated with 24 detailed scientific b/w lithographs, incl. frontispiece. Contains a comprehensive dictionary of philosophical terms at rear. Binding with wear along edges, corners and scuffed. Spine creased, small tears at top and one inch chip missing at tail. Endpapers stained, some pencil and inked notes and reinforced with library tape at joint. Moderate foxing throughout, including plates. Though foxed motifs of plates clearly decernible. Plate v missing 2" at bottom. Plate vii and viii with tears, visuals intact. Library tape reinforced between plates ii and iii. A few penciled notes and a drawing on blank versos of three plates. Binding and interior in overall fair condition.…

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Good. First Edition Thus. First edition thus. Printed first in London, then in the United States, this edition incorporates some new material composing about 1/5 of the volume. Dark brown cloth with decorative blindstamping, gold titles, gold decoration and titles on spine. 252 pp. Frontispiece map of the early settle parts of Virginia, map of Boston, map of New York in 1776, map of Lake Champlain, plus a few small engravings. Boards bowed, scuffed, stained, partial ffep, occasional foxing. Good condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Tenth American edition from the eighth London edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. Octavo. 348pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. Contemporary leather over boards with leather spine label. Binding modestly rubbed with a bit of loss at the corners, likely lacking flyleaves, light to moderate foxing throughout, tiny splits at the crown, very good and sound.…

Letter. Zustand: Good Only. 12mo. Leather boards (7 3/8 in. x 5 in.), missing leather spine. Boards are scuffed and loose, but holding well. Small portion of detached contrasting gilt-on-black spine label, double ruled in gilt, laid inside. Advertising section at the beginning.Pages are a bit age-tanned, but generally bright, supple and easy to turn Six beautiful color lithographic plates by Margaret Clark Snow Pendleton of Boston. Plates: Clove Carnation; Narcissus; China Pink; Foxglove; Convolvolus; Sweet Pea. Also four black and white plates with legends at rear. Index following. 372 pp. Marcet employs a fascinating pedagogical method, framing these teaching "modules" into conversations -- . ". {framing] a scientific dialogue between two pupils, Caroline and Emily (or Emilie), and their teacher, Mrs. Bryant (Mrs. B). Caroline, the younger, asks flippant questions that still move the dialogue along, while Emily is more controlled and reflective. Mrs. Bryant is a maternal mentoring figure, who leads them to question and examine their ideas. Both the scientific content and the discursive process of sharing scientific knowledge were important to Marcet's readers.Mrs B's flippant pupil Caroline says she would have thought a woman could be excused ignorance of that topic. Mrs B replies tartly, "When you plead in favour of ignorance, there is a strong presumption that you are in the wrong.". (Wikipedia) Chapters include: Roots, Stems, Leaves, Sap, Cambium and the Peculiar Juices of Plants; On the Action of Light and Heat on Plants; On the Naturalsation of Plants; On the Action of the Atmosphere on Plants; On the Action of Water on Plants; On the Artifical Modes of Watering Plants; On the Action of Soil on Plants; The Action of Soil on Plants Continued; On the Multiplications of Plants by Subdivision; On Grafting; On the Multiplication of Plants by Seed -- The Flower; On Compound Flowers; On Fruit; On the Seed; On the Classification of Plants; on Artifical Systems of Classification of Plants; On the Natural Systems of Classification; On Botanical Geography; On the Influence of Culture on Vegetation; On the Degeneration and the Diseases of Plants; The Diseases of Plants Continued; On the Cultivation of Trees; On the Cultivation of Plants which Produce Fermented Liquors; On the Cultivation of Grasses, Tuberous Roots, and Grain; On Oleaginous Plants and Culinary Vegetables. Jane Marcet (1 January 1769 - 28 June 1858) was an . innovative writer of popular, explanatory science books .She produced expository books on chemistry, botany, religion and economics under the general title "Conversations". In her prefaces, Marcet addresses whether such knowledge is suitable for women, arguing against objections and stating that public opinion supports her view] The first was written in 1805, though not issued until 1819, as Conversations on Natural Philosophy. It covered the basics of scientific knowledge of the time: physics, mechanics, astronomy, the properties of fluids, air and optics. By writing in discursive English, she made scientific knowledge accessible not only to women, but to men not trained in the fundamental languages of a classical education, Latin and Greek. While her original intent was to educate women, she reached a broader audience in line with enlightenment ideals, and laid claim to the natural sciences as a public endeavour.Her works remained standard textbooks for several decades. .One of those who read her work was Michael Faraday, born in 1791, who would become one of the world's greatest scientists, revolutionizing physics and chemistry. He was impressed by her work on chemistry, which helped him to find a new calling for science. He later claimed it had played a vital role in his own career as a chemist.".…