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By: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
Price: $12.00
Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Company: 1935
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16565
283 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, black cloth over spine and tips, gray boards, [xiv] + 283 pages, gray title label on spine, index, 3 appendixes, 9 full-page b/w illustrations including frontispiece portrait on glossy plate. ; Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876) was a major figure in 19th-century America. He was best known as founder and president of the Perkins Institute, first US school for the blind. With his famous wife, Julia Ward Howe, author of Battle Hymn of... View more info
By: Sanger, Clyde
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Stoddart Publishing Company: 1986
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20176
266 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, green endpapers, [xiv] + 266 pages, index, footnotes, 4 appendixes, 33 b/w photos on glossy plates with captions. ; Remarkable true story of amazing Lotta Hitschmanova (1909-1990) a petite woman who single-handedly founded and operated Canadian branch of Unitarian Service Committee for 37 years, a worldwide social welfare organization through which she established countless successful programs Hong Kong, India, Vie... View more info
By: Schwartz, A. Truman, and John G. McEvoy
Price: $11.00
Publisher: Skinner House Books: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20853
277 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Gray softcover, [xxvi] + 277 pages, index, chapter endnotes, 10 chapters by various experts, 28 full-page b/w illustrations. ; Scientist, theologian, pioneer preacher, the Rev. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) discovered oxygen, invented the eraser, discovered photosynthesis, wrote about the Corruptions of Christianity, founded one of the first Unitarian congregations in North America, and much more. ; Only a whisper of shelfwear. Appears unrea... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: National Association of Black Storytellers: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19390
32 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Softcover booklet, 32 pages, 13 b/w photos. Front cover inscribed and SIGNED by Mary Carter Smith. Text includes 1-page bio and 31 pgs of tributes including one from Bill Clinton. ; Tribute to famed storyteller Mary Carter Smith, known as Mother Mary, proclaimed Griot (African storyteller) of the State of Maryland and Mother Griot of the National Association of Black Storytellers. ; Rear cover, which is blank, shows stray inkmarks, very fain... View more info
By: Starkie, Enid; Illustrated by Giraudon
Price: $21.00
Publisher: New Directions: 1961
Seller ID: 15007
491 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Green cloth over spine, white boards, 2 indexes, bibliography, endnotes, 3 appendixes. ; Cover photo by Giraudon. ; Book shows a touch of shelfwear, otherwise crisp, appears unread. Jacket unclipped, but rubbed, creased, with several small edge chips not affecting any text. View more info
Price: $17.00
Publisher: Vantage Press: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20813
628 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, red endpapers, 628 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, appendix list of patents, 22 b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates with captions. ; Extensive biography of pioneer of electrochemistry, inventor of carborundum, graphite, synthetic diamonds, etc, and holder of 70 patents. ; Small sticker on jacket rear panel with library barcode. No other library marks. Jacket shows light shelfwear to heel and crown. Other... View more info
Price: $14.00
Publisher: Vantage Press: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20814
628 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Hardcover, gray cloth, red endpapers, 628 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, appendix list of patents, 22 b/w photos and facsimiles on glossy plates with captions. ; Extensive biography of pioneer of electrochemistry research, inventor of carborundum, graphite, synthetic diamonds, etc, holder of 70 patents. ; No defects to book. Jacket has two small closed tears, several spots to rear panel, but everything is readable. Scarce. View more info
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Published by Author: 1970
Seller ID: 11542
212 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; White softcover, green lettering, a few endnotes. Errata slip laid in, as issued. Foreword by Benjamin H. Thurman. ; Biography of Clarke Edwin Davis, born 1888, lived and died in Michigan with stints in Utah and in New York, PhD, professor of chemistry, pioneer researcher into properties of food substances, food safety, etc, at National Biscuit Company, improved manufacturing methods of biscuits, crackers, fig newtons, chocolate, etc; as ... View more info
By: Trowbridge, W. R. H. (William Rutherford Hayes)
Price: $34.00
Publisher: Brentano's: 1910
Edition: First US Edition
Seller ID: 16668
351 pages; 8vo (8.75") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, illustration on front in white and gilt of armored Cupid-like figure with tilting lance skewering crown, laurel and heart; similar character in gilt on spine; 351 pages, index, bibliography, footnotes, 39 b/w portraits and illustrations on glossy plates, with captions. ; Originally published 1909 by London: T. Fisher Unwin. This is 1st US edition, 1910. Detailed and well-written b... View more info
By: Wallin, Helen; Illustrated by James Campbell
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Department of Natural Resources: 1977
Edition: Second Revised Edition
Seller ID: 19758
32 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Tan softcover booklet, 32 pages numbered to 25, appendix, bibliography, 10 b/w illustrations. ; Originally published 1966. This is 2nd edition, revised, 1970. This printing 1977. ; One page has four sentences highlighted. No other marks or defects. ; Geological Survey Pamphlet Series; Vol. 1 View more info
Price: $32.00
Publisher: Trafford Publishing: 1999
Edition: Fifth Printing
Seller ID: 20074
392 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Tan softcover, [viii] + 392 pages, bibliography, endnotes, over 100 medium-quality b/w photos and illustrations. ; Sprawling yet fascinating biography of the seven famous Washburn sons, among them an inventor, an Ambassador to France, a Governor of Maine, a US Senator and a Civil War General. ; A touch of edgewear only. Quite scarce. View more info
By: Whitney, Janet
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Konecky & Konecky: 2002
Seller ID: 20348
357 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, lavender boards, [xvi] + 357 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, family tree diagram, 4 b/w illustrations. ; Copyright 1947, this is an unabridged facsimile edition, 2002.; No defects to book or jacket. Appears unread. View more info
Price: $46.00
Publisher: James M. Usher: 1854
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20200
420 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; This is vol-1 ONLY of a four-vol set. Hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt title on spine, 420 pages, pale pink endpapers, b/w portrait frontispiece engraving of Ballou, footnotes throughout. ; The Rev. Hosea Ballou (1771-1852) was one of the most important Universalist preachers in US history. He was vice president of the Universalist Church of America 13 years and president 13 years. His book, A Treatise on Atonement, 1805, was the first pub... View more info
By: Whorf, Michael
Price: $25.00
Publisher: McFarland & Company: 2012
Seller ID: 18067
239 pages; 4to (10") 26 cm; Pale green softcover, [xii] + 227 pages, index, bibliography, appendix, about 40 b/w photos and illustrations in text, with captions. ; Written by longtime WJR Radio Detroit broadcaster, producer, and writer, winner of Peabody Award for excellence in journalism, who, over his 39-year career, interviewed hundreds of notables. Here are concise bios and fascinating interviews of 39 top American lyricists of the 1920s-1960s in their own words.... View more info