smith henry herbert (17 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine. Mildly rubbed at the extremities, light foxing to the closed page edges. The binding remains tight, dated signature of a previous owner on the front free endpapers, newspaper clipping to the half-title, the volume otherwise free of markings. Illustrated, xi + 157pp.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Sheet music, 32508. Stapled wrappers. Quarto. 56pp. Wrappers lightly age-toned, spine worn, a very good copy. Containing scores: "Toyland" from *Babes in Toyland*, "My Lady 'Tis of Thee" from *Babette, "When Shall I Again See Ireland" from *Eileen*, "Knot of Blue" from *It Happened in Nordland*, "A Woman is Only a Woman but a Good Cigar is a Smoke" from *Miss Dolly Dollars*, "Mlle. Modiste" from *I Want What I Want When I Want It*, "Neath the Southern Moon" from *Naughty Marietta*, "Love is the Best of All" from *Princess Pat*, "Cupid Will Guide" from *The Ameer*, "Come, Little Fishes" from *The Enchantress*, "Always Do As People Say You Should" from *The Fortune Teller*, "When You're Away" from *The Only Girl*, "Because You're You" from *The Red Mill*, "Life and Love" from *The Velvet Lady*, "The Only One" from *Wonderland*.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. First Edition. 8vo. Ex-Library, Book.

Octavo, paperback,736 pp.,photographs, maps. Florida already has six recorded species of birds that have become extinct.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardback, gilt titles to spine. 340pp, 32pp. Binding a little marked and worn. A very pleasing copy. (ar26).

Paperback. Zustand: Sehr gut. kleine Lagerspuren am Buch, Inhalt einwandfrei und ungelesen Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 870.

First Edition. New York: Stringer & Townsend, 222 Broadway, 1856. 8vo, 425 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher?s catalogue. With six coloured illustrations by John Leech. Original blind-stamped publisher?s cloth, vignette of fox-hunting gilt-stamped on upper cover and in blind on lower cover, backstrip gilt-stamped with titles and sporting motifs, yellow endpapers. Somewhat shaken, backstrip worn at crown and foot, 1.5 inch split to lower hinge, board tips worn, lower cover scuffed, corner of front free endpaper torn away. Bookplates of John R. Kensett and William Mitchell Van Winkle. An unsophisticated copy in a custom quarter leather box. ? First edition to be edited by Frank Forester; the bibliographer?s copy. Van Winkle wrote the definitive bibliography of Frank Forester, whose real name was Henry William Herbert (1807-1858), and was a staunch defender of a man whom others found rather tragic. Herbert was the son of the Dean of Manchester and had been educated at Eton and Cambridge but lost his property and moved to New York to work as a teacher. He achieved some popularity as a writer, editor and translator on English historical and sporting themes but his arrogance and inability to forget his noble origins alienated others (Edgar Allen Poe described him as "not unapt to fall into pompous grandiloquence") and after a series of misfortunes he decided to cut short his own life. Mr. Sponge?s Sporting Tour was first published in England in 1853 and is a classic in the genre of sporting farces. The illustrator John Leech is perhaps best known for his engravings for the first edition of A Christmas Carol. Van Winkle, Henry William Herbert [Frank Forester] a bibliography of his writings. p. 87.

Hard back binding in publisher's original dark green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, crown vignette to the upper panel. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains [xvi] 324 [iv] printed pages of text with 13 monochrome illustrations throughout. Small surface mark to the spine, corners sharp and pointed, without any ownership markings or foxing and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. INDIA (Bharat Ganarajya).

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 112 pages. Features: Use of cemented carbides in industry; The miniature camera; Zeta Aurigae - a close double star; Canalization of the Upper Mississippi River; Archaeologist's notebook; Making your own photomicrographic camera; Rubber plant experiments; Excavations by CWA workers under the Tennessee Valley Authority bring to light the contents of 40 Indian villages and mounds; Preventing fires at sea; The versatile papaya; Is the growing death rate from heart disease and cancer real or only apparent?; Progress in this age of science; Interesting brief note and photo of what may be the first grease cartridges and grease gun; and more. Coverfold partly open. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 133-194. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; Down the King's Great Highway - A Sketch of Stratham - feature article with many photos; The Dreamer (poem); On Puget Sound - article with nice photos of early Seattle; Library Legislation in New Hampshire; What Lily-Bell Told (poem); Mr. Unlukikus Shoots; A Reminiscence (poem); A Look at the Old Farm; My Dream (poem); The Difference in Girls; The Wives of Weinsberg (poem); New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Wigfull, W.E.; Reynolds, Warwick; Evison, G. Henry; Somerfield, Thomas; Rountree, Harry; Jackson, A.E. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Retribution - how a worthless son was punished on a ship circa 1902; My Experiences in Uganda - Mrs. Hubert G. Knight describes housekeeping in the heart of Africa where she also accompanied her husband on hunting trips to wild parts of Uganda; The Lost "Luck" - an important family talisman is lost and finally recovered in White Russia; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth - Part III - J. Campbell Besley continue their dangerous journey, with interesting photos; Pat Ryan's Eldorado - L.W.A. MacArthur, F.G.S., recounts how a gang of rogues imposed upon a credulous Irish farmer; The Wonder-Lake of Trinidad - Pitch Lake - a seemingly bottomless lake of asphalt - article with photos; A Tough Ten Minutes - un uncommonly nasty predicament in River Falls, Wisconsin in 1902 involving Harry Owen; A Pressed Man - an amusing story of the early days of the Australian Light Horse; In Search of Adventure - Part V - the story of a chequered cruise, including photo of ocean graveyard Middleton Reef and 2,000 tons of coal burned by the French to prevent their capture by the Germans; The Fishermen's Republic - a photo-illustrated visit to the tiny Republic of Noli, founded before Rome; "Ways That Are Dark" - Former Straits Settlements public official J.R. Innes describes the cunning and audacity of the Chinese criminal; Photo of a large "Kelek", a raft of inflated goatskins, on the Euphrates; Photo of members of the I.W.W. being water-cannoned in San Diego; and more. pp. 8 [ads], 99-190, 10-32 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.

46 signed letters [34 TLS, 12 ALS] comprising decades of correspondence between Frederick Gardner Cottrell and various notable figures of his day in U.S. politics, the international science community, and academia. All letters are housed in new archival mylar sleeves. Cottrell was a notable chemist, inventor, and philanthropist, best known today for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator - one of the first inventions to combat air pollution - and his founding of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, which used the revenue from the electrostatic precipitator to fund further scientific research, and continues to do so today. While best remembered for these feats, Cottrell had a long and influential career both in the U.S. Federal Government and as a science consultant. He was well known nationally and internationally - in industry, in government, and in academia - for his support of and contributions to new ideas and new talent within the scientific community. The letters, which span from 1901-1941, track Cottrell over the course of 40 years, and evidence the many relationships he had over that period with some of the most influential people of the time. These include a letter of introduction from Alexander Graham Bell, a discussion of chemistry with Thomas Edison, replies from two Nobel Prize winning scientists - the discoverer of the noble gasses, William Ramsay, and discoverer of the electron, J. J. Thomson - to Cottrell's request to study in their labs, and exchanges with two presidents, Herbert Hoover and Woodrow Wilson. Other letters show his personal interactions with leading scientists of his day (Robert J. Van de Graaff, Georges Claude, George E. Hale) and heads of industry (Henry L. Doherty, Ivy Lee), and track the path of his career through his time as the director of the Bureau of Mines; to chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology on the National Research Council; to head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Lab, and beyond. These letters, the vast majority of which were sent by these notable figures to Cottrell, evidence his expertise, the depth and breadth of his professional interests, and his eagerness to collaborate and share research and ideas, coming together to trace the life of a man whose work was and continues to be consequential to the advancement of science as a whole. CONTENTS: 1-Page TLS from inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell to a Mr. Fish, dated December 20, 1911, introducing Cottrell to him. In Very Good condition. In this letter, Bell is writing in his capacity as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. On 1331 Connecticut Avenue letterhead. Faintly creased, with mild wrinkling along the edges. Signed in black ink by Bell: "Alexander Graham Bell". 1-page TLS from inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison to Cottrell dated January 13, 1925, discussing the unexpected results of a past chemistry experiment of his in relation to the generation of ammonia. In Very Good condition. TLS is on Edison's personal letterhead ("From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison"). Lightly age toned, with some wrinkling and small closed tears along the top edge. Faintly creased from past folding. Signed by Edison in black ink: "Thos. A. Edison". Includes a lightly soiled 1-page facsimile of Cottrell's reply. 2-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning physicist Joseph John Thomson to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated July 6, 1901, discussing the possibility of Cottrell coming to study at Thomson's lab. In Very Good condition. In 1901, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin, seeking to study in the laboratory of an accomplished scientist. Thomson was already a figure of some renown for his 1897 discovery of the electron, which represented the first identification of a subatomic particle, and would be awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of his work. ALS is on Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge letterhead, and shows a faint crease across the middle and light pencil writing in the top margin of the first page. Small red pencil mark beneath letterhead. Signed in black ink by Thomson: "J. J. Thomson". 1-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning chemist William Ramsay to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated 14th August, 1901, in which Ramsay says there is no availability for Cottrell to study in his lab. In Very Good condition. As with the letter from J. J. Thomson, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin at the time this letter was sent. In 1901, Ramsay was just a few years away from his landmark 1904 discovery of argon, the first identified noble gas, which would earn him the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and lead to the development of a new section of the periodic table. ALS is lightly toned along the edges, faintly creased, with a similar red pencil mark in the top margin. Signed by Ramsay in black ink: "W. Ramsay". 1-page TLS from U.S. President Herbert Hoover to Cottrell, dated September 17, 1920. In Very Good minus condition. Brief letter of thanks for Cottrell's forwarding another person's letter to Hoover. On Hoover's personal letterhead. Faintly stamped, "Received / 1920 Sep 18 / Interior Department Bureau of Mines / Washington D.C.". Small rust marks and light wrinkling along the top margin; faintly creased. Signed in black ink by Hoover: "Herbert Hoover". Two 1-page TLS's from Herbert Hoover, each part of an exchange with Cottrell. In Very Good condition. Includes a 2-page facsimile of Cottrell's response. First Hoover TLS sent February 5, 1926; Cottrell's response sent February 8, 1926; Hoover's second TLS sent February 12, 1926. In his first letter, Hoover asks Cottrell about the potential improper investigation of a new method of creating aluminum by the Bureau of Mines. In the second letter, Hoover thanks Cottrell for clearing up the issue. Hoover's letters are on Department of Commerce letterhead. Letters show fa. Signed.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Iconic cover photo of Albert Einstein at blackboard proving the principle of Equivalence. 56 pages. Features: Exploring Prehistoric Georgia; Radio Facsimile (early fax machine development) - article with great photos; Building the World's Deepest-Water Bridge - connecting San Francisco and Oakland; Preserving rose bushes with paraffin for shipping; Nova Herculis recently discovered; Amazing growth in the packaging industry; Sundials and their construction - part IX - the principle and construction of the armillary sphere; The Oddest Thing About the Jews - Why Jews have some diseases more and others less than Gentiles - they often are first-class insurance risks; Stout "Scarab" auto photos and write-up; Photo of Einstein with Leo J. Scanlon; Tiny race cars - a developing sport; Astounding facts about American homes and sanitary conditions; Creative photo enlargement; Rapidly growing hybrid poplars; Frederick H. Ecker on progress in this age of science; Photo of harvesting American-grown rubber in California - Guayule; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Openings at each end of coverfold. Chip from lower corner of back cover. An uncommon Einstein collectible. Please note that large faint text appearing on image is not on magazine.

Second (first American) edition. Second (first American) edition. With 6 colored illustrations by John Leech. 425pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Laid. Van Winkle, p. 87-88; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 361 Three quarter blue polished calf, gilt spine. About fine. Fowler bookplate With 6 colored illustrations by John Leech. 425pp. 1 vols. 8vo.