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Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Science, Energy, Atomic power) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

236 x 160 mm. 8vo. xii, 227 pp. Frontis., 31 figs., tables, index. Brick red cloth. Very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2 preliminary leaves, [3]-26 pages illustrations, VII plates on 4 leaves. Series: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Bulletin ; 15. Rebound in heavy card boards, with original paper wrappers laid down. Binding age-toned but sturdy; bookplate removed from front pastedown, else contents clean and attractive, plates fine. 240 grams.

Hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition. First edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY R. TOM SAWYER AND DATED 2/21/47 ON THE TITLE PAGE. 227 pp. With diagrams. Early work on the anticipated uses for atomic power for the benefit of the human race. Includes sections on uranium, atom-splitting, a summary of the development of atomic energy, possible methods of concerting atomic energy into mechanical power (Sawyer's contribution to the work), and a summary of industrial benefits. Fine in essentially destroyed dust jacket (see the picture). R. Tom Sawyer was a pre-eminent mechanical engineer of his time; the ASME annually bestows an award in his name.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very good. first edition. 6 x 9 in. Green paper wraps. 12 pp. Very scarce title. Condition is VERY GOOD : covers very clean but toned at edges, small tear to upper spine fold. Stapled binding tight and text bright, clean and unmarked. New Eng. RGR.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prentice-Hall 1946. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Wrappers. Zustand: Good. First Edition. pages 133-194, text illustrations. Covers worn on edges, rear cover detached. Articles: Polynesian origins (continued), by Edward Tregear, p 133-152; The occupation of Wai-rarapa by Ngati-kahu-ngunu, by S. Percy Smith, p 153-165; The Uhi-Maori or native tattooing instruments, by Elsdon Best, p166-172; Traditions and some words of the language of Danger or Pukapuka Island, by Rev. J. J. K. Hutchin, p 173-174; E Tuatua teia na Ura, e tangata bukabuka aia, by Tuatua Taito, p 175-176; The Maori people, by Lieut.Col. Gudgeon, p 177-192; Notes and queries, p 193-195; Transactions and proceedings, p 196.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated. Stapled and tape bound in stiff card wrappers. Covers lightly rubbed, a few splits along the spine tape, else near fine. A hard-to-find literary journal that features an interview with Robert Lowell and poems, essays, and short stories from Diane di Prima, Diane Wakoski, Gerard Malanga, Fred Brewer, Harold Whitehall, Robert Karmon, D. Murray, Chaim Mendelson, John Perreault, Norman Rosten, S. Dorman, Douglas Flaherty, Louis Freund, G.F. Goekjian, David Wade, Brother Dimitrious, Carolyn Stoloff, David Luhn, Cynthia Grant, William E. Taylor, Gail Neidorf, Ronald Tavel, Duane Locke, Worth Kitson, Murray Suid, Allan Newman, Edward Oster, William E. Taylor, Jess Perlman, Henry Malone, Sandra Hochman, Raymond O'Hara, Edward C. Smith, Louis Phillips, Harold Whitehall, and Terry Lung.

Stapled. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Covers by John Hyde Phillips, Sgt. Edward A. Lane, Rauschert J. Karl & T Patston (illustrator). First Edition. The May 24 & 31 & June 7 & 14, 1941 issues of the Saturday Evening Post. Fiction includes most notably parts 3 - 6 of 7 of The Body in the Library, a Miss Marple mystery by Agatha Christie, The Tall Men, a short story by William Faulkner (5/31), and That's a Woman for You!, a short story by Erle Stanley Gardner (5/31). Other fiction includes The Good Picker, a short story by Steven Vincent Benet (5/24), parts 4 - 6 of 6 (conclusion) of The Captain from Connecticut, a novel by C S Forester set at the tail end of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 (5/24, 5/31 & 6/7), part 1 of 8 of Silver Spoon (6/14), a novel by Clarence Budington Kelland, and others. Articles include Me and Shakespeare, an article by boxing champion Gene Tunney on how the classics helped him win (5/24), two sports articles in the 6/7 issue - one on golf by Gene Sarazen, and another on Billy Conn's preparation for his heavyweight title fight with Joe Louis, and Showdown in the Pacific, an article by Edgar Snow before Pearl Harbor talking about the inevitability of war with Japan (5/31). Cover art by John Hyde Phillips (5/24 - Sweep it Under the Rug - ethnic), Sgt. Edward A. Lane (5/31 - Air Force Photographers), Rauschert J. Karll (6/7 - Not a Keeper) & T Patston (6/14 - June Bride, 1941). Condition issues include: 5/24 - missing back cover, stains at the bottom left of pages 117 - 120 & small spots on a few other pages; 5/31 - wear to the covers including chips, closed tears, top right corner chip to the front cover, and wear at the spine; 6/7 - wear at the edges of the front cover with some closed tears at the spine; and 6/14 - light wear. A nice set with serial installments and short stories by a prominent & collectible authors plus numerous ads and articles that display the atmosphere around the beginnings of WW II. .

Uniform matching hard back binding in publisher's original slate blue pebble cloth covers, gilt title, author lettering and volume detail to the spines, all page edges gilt, red silk tie, patterned end leaves. Quarto 10½'' x 7''. 7 [of 8] volumes with volume VII missing. This is the edition De Luxe limited to 500 copies of which this set is not numbered. Each volume has a double page colour frontispiece of an H. A. Ogden scene from the civil war. They are all illustrated with both paper guarded black & white drawings, maps, glossy plates and occasional full colour plates. The whole set is in Fine condition having probably never been opened or appreciated. Heavy volume set weighing 15 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [History].

Zustand: Near Fine. Washington 1998 1st Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States 1961-1963 Volumes X/XI/XII. Octavo, 155pp. in original printed folder with 33 microfiche plates, each in printed envelope. Light depository library stamps. Near Fine.