1887 Subject (20 results)

THE MAGNIFICENT MITSCHER
Taylor, Theodore, 1921-2006 [atuhor]; Radford, Arthur W. [foreword]; Barlow, Jeffrey G. [introduction]; Mitscher, Marc Andrew, 1887-1947 [subject]
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. First printing. Octavo, xxxviii, 364 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine is black with gold print. Dust jacket has slight edge wear. Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and tan paper to boards. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Illustrated: b&w maps on endpapers, b&w plates (photographs). Originally published 1954, W.W. Norton & Company, New York. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1381866. FP New Rockville Stock.…
JOHN ROACH, MARITIME ENTREPRENEUR : THE YEARS AS NAVAL CONTRACTOR, 1862-1886 [SIGNED]
Swann, Leonard Alexander, Jr.; Roach, John, 1813-1887 [subject]
Published by United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, 1965
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Octavo; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, grey with black print; DJ has light edgewear, toning to spine, else clean and bright; Boards in brown cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, light spotting; Text block has black-tinted top edge, spotting to fore edge, else clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page; xv, 301 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). 1361971. FP New Rockville Stock. …

FRUITS OF PROPAGANDA IN THE TYLER ADMINISTRATION
Merk, Frederick, 1887- ; Merk, Lois Bannister [authors]; Tyler, John, 1790-1862 [subject]
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. Octavo, x, 259 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is grey with white print. Dust jacket is brown with white print. mild edge wear, toning to spine, light rubbing. Price unclipped: "$9.00". Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, cocked spine. Text block has spotting to top edge. Illustrated: b&w map on front endpapers, b&w plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1392908. FP New Rockville Stock.…
MARCEL DUCHAMP, APPEARANCE STRIPPED BARE
Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998 [author]; Phillips, Rachel; Gardner, Donald [translators]; Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968 [subject]
Published by A Richard Seaver Book, The Viking Press, New York
- Softcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. Unrevised proof. Octavo, vii, 191 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is yellow without print. Cover is yellow with black print. Light edge wear, light shelf wear. Text block has name in ink on bottom edge, spotting to top edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1383707. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Jim Bridger, Mountain Man: A Biography [TRAPPER ; Enterprising young man; Set poles for the mountains ; Hivernan ; The Missouri Legion ; Hugh Glass and the grizzly PART : BOOSHWAY ; Blanket chief ; The Battle of Pierre's Hole ; Shot in the back ; Devil take the hindmost ; Arrow butchered out ; Old Gabe to the rescue ; Injun scrapes ; The last rendezvous ; PART : TRADER Fort Bridger ; Milk River ; The Overland Trail ; The Treaty at Laramie ; The saints raid Fort Bridger ; PART : GUIDE Sir George Gore ; The march south ; Tall tales ; PART : CHIEF OF SCOUTS ; The Powder River Expedition ; Red Cloud's defiance ; The Cheyennes' warning ; Bloody junket ; Fort Phil Kearney ; Ambush ; Massacre ; The end of the trail
Vestal, Stanley, 1887-1957 ; [subject: Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881]
Language: English
Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, [1970, 1946], 1970
- Softcover
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.Joseph Valles - Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Bison Book printing, May 1970 ; x, 333 pages maps, portrait 21 cm ; ISBN 9780803257207, 0803257201 ; OCLC 500289323 and 66572 ; pictorial color stiff paper wrappers ; "He discovered the Great Salt Lake, and was one of the foremost trappers in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. He opened the Overland Route, which was the path of the Overland Stage, the Pony Express, and the Union Pacific railroad" ; Contents: Preface -- The Trapper: -- Enterprising young man -- Set pole for the mountains. -- Preface. PART 1: TRAPPER. 1. -- Enterprising young man -- 2. Set poles for the mountains -- 3. Hivernan -- 4. The Missouri Legion -- 5. Hugh Glass and the grizzly. PART 2: BOOSHWAY. -- 6. Blanket chief -- 7. The Battle of Pierre's Hole -- 8. Shot in the back -- 9. Devil take the hindmost -- 10. Arrow butchered out -- 11. Old Gabe to the rescue -- 12. Injun scrapes -- 13. The last rendezvous. -- PART 3: TRADER. 14. Fort Bridger -- 15. Milk River -- 16. The Overland Trail -- 17. The Treaty at Laramie -- 18. The saints raid Fort Bridger. -- PART 4: GUIDE. 19. Sir George Gore -- 20. The march south -- 21. Tall tales. -- PART 5: CHIEF OF SCOUTS. 22. -- The Powder River Expedition -- 23. Red Cloud's defiance -- 24. The Cheyennes' warning -- 25. Bloody junket -- 26. Fort Phil Kearney -- 27. Ambush -- 28. Massacre -- 29. The end of the trail. -- Appendix. -- Index ; FINE. Book.…

BOUSSINGAULT, CHEMIST AND AGRICULTURIST (CHEMISTS AND CHEMISTRY)
McCosh, F. W. J. (Frederick William James), 1907- [author] ; Boussingault, J. B. (Jean Baptiste), 1802-1887 [subject]
Language: English
Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 1984
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. Octavo, xv, 280 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is cream with blue print. Boards in clear plastic sleeve, toning to spine. Illustrated: b&w photographs, drawings, maps. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. 1415255. FP New Rockville Stock.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF RUTHERFORD B. HAYES : ALSO A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF WILLIAM A. WHEELER
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 [author] ; Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893; Wheeler, William A. (William Almon), 1819-1887 [subject]
Published by Folcroft Library Editions, Folcroft, 1977
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Reprint. Octavo, vi, 195, 31 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is red with gold print. Boards in red cloth. Text block has bookplate on front pastedown, bookmark adhered to rear pastedown. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and 1 plate (portrait). Reprint of the ed. published by Hurd and Houghton, New York, 1876. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1410851. FP New Rockville Stock.…
GIORGIONE
Baldass, Ludwig, 1887-1963 [author] ; Brownjohn, J. Maxwell [translator] ; Heinz, Günther [notes] ; Giorgione, 1477 or 1478-1510 [subject]
Published by Harry N. Abrams [1965?], New York, 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Quarto, 188 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is tan with gold print. Boards in tan cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, tear to spine tail, smudges on rear panel. Text block has cracked hinges, spine break at page 9, age-toning to paper. Illustrated: "With 26 color plates [tipped in] and 56 monochrome plates" title page. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in column ND-QC. 1402072. FP New Rockville Stock.…
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE, A PORTRAIT : WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946 [photographer] ; O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 [subject]
Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1978
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First edition. Quarto, unnumbered pages. In Good condition with a Good dust jacket in a Good minus slipcase. Slipcase in grey paper, light smudging/shelf wear, damp stain. Spine is cream with grey print. Dust jacket in cream paper, illustration, grey print; short tear to spine. Price unclipped: "$35.00". Boards quarter bound with cram cloth to spine and grey cloth to boards, black print. Text block has inscription in ink on title page. Illustrated: b&w plates (photographs). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QC (ND-QC). 1400277. FP New Rockville Stock.…
NAPOLEON, FOR AND AGAINST (THE BEDFORD HISTORICAL SERIES ; XII)
Geyl, Pieter, 1887-1966 [author]; Renier, Olive [translator]; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 [subject]
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1968
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Revised edition, reprinted. Octavo, 477 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is tan with black and green print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, stray pen mark on rear, small vendor label on front. Price unclipped: "ï¿¡3.95 net". Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine cap, spotting/soiling. Text block has pink tinted top edge. Illustrated: one folded color map. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1381627. FP New Rockville Stock.…
ROBINSON JEFFERS : THE MAN AND HIS WORK
Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001 [author]; Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962 [foreword] [subject]
Published by San Pasqual Press, Pasadena, 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Revised edition. Octavo, xvii, pages. In Good condition. Spine is tan with brown print. Boards in tan cloth with brown print. Wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates (1 folded). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1375384. FP New Rockville Stock.…

BIBLIOGRAPHY Of WILLIAM HAZLITT
Keynes, Geoffrey [1887 - 1982]. Hazlitt, William [1778 - 1830] - Subject
Published by Nonesuch Press, London, 1931
- Hardcover
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller1st edition, #108/750 cc. 136 pp (including index), illustrated with facsimile title pages, 8vo. VG+ (offset to eps/top edge dusty)/VG (backstrip sunned/some minor edgewear). Paper wrapped boards with paper spine label. Dust jacket.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF HARRISON GRAY OTIS, FEDERALIST, 1765-1848 [Two volumes]
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976 [author] ; Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848 [subject]
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1913
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Octavo, Two volumes (xv, 335 pages; viii, 328 pages). In Good minus condition. Spine are green with gold print. Boards in green cloth; wear to spine caps and corners. Text blocks have gilt top edge; spotting to endpapers, first volume has penciled marginal notation and notes on rear flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portraits and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1410739. FP New Rockville Stock.…
SUGDEN THE MAGICIAN : THE WONDER SHOW OF THE CENTURY [signed]
Frank, Gary R., 1953- [author] ; Sugden, Ray S., 1887-1939 [subject]
Language: English
Published by Gary R. Frank, Granada Hills, 2007
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. dj. Octavo, 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is yellow with brown print. Dust jacket in mylar. Boards in brown cloth. Illustrated: b&w photographs, color plates. Inscribed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column F (ND-F) . 1418160. FP New Rockville Stock. Signed. …
Published by Praeger Publisheres, New York, 1970
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Quarto (oblong), 208 pages. In Poor plus condition with a Fair minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, peripheral toning, mild shelf wear. Price unclipped: "$25.00". Boards in tan cloth with red print. Text block has name in ink on front pastedown, intermittent spine breaks resulting in some loose pages. Illustrated: b&w and color. Text in English, French, and German. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case #2. 1379721. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Language: English
- Art / Print / Poster
Spend US$ 50.00 on 2+ items, get 20% offfrom this sellerSeller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.Legacy Books II
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: VG. No date, circa 1900, sized about 9 x 12 inches, very sharp, clean, and bright, suitable for framing. Includes 5 pages of biographical info.
PHILO : FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM (STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF PHILOSOPHIC SYSTEMS FROM PLATO TO SPINOZA ; II) [Two volumes]
Wolfson, Harry Austryn, 1887-1974 [author] ; Philo, of Alexandria [subject]
Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1948
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Second printing, revised. Octavo, Two volumes (xvi, 462 pages ; xiv, 531 pages). In Good minus condition with Fair dust jackets. Spines are tan with blue print. Dust jackets in mylar; edgewear with short tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Price unclipped: "$12.50". Boards in blue cloth; wear to spine caps and corners, slight stain to bottom edge of first volume. Text blocks have light spotting to fore edge, first volume has shaken binding. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Section. 1404946. FP New Rockville Stock.…

ROBINSON JEFFERS. The Man and His Work.; A Foreword by Robinson Jeffers
Jeffers, Robinson [1887 - 1962] - Subject. Powell, Lawrence Clark [1906 - 2001]
Published by San Pasqual Press, Pasadena, 1940
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerxvi, [3], 222, [3] pp. Decorations by James Hawkins. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6-1/4" VG+ (some light foxing, primarily to terminal leaves/small po book label)/VG+ (some minor chipping at the extremities). Tan cloth binding with maroon lettering. Orange dust jacket printed in dark brown 2nd Revised Edition. PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED by Powell in the year of publication to Donald Burleson. …

THEODORA KIMBALL (1887-1935) first librarian of the Harvard School of Landscape Architecture, and a contemporary of and collaborator with many significant figures in landscape architecture in expanding the body of knowledge in that subject area; HENRY
THEODORA KIMBALL (1887-1935) first librarian of the Harvard School of Landscape Architecture, and a contemporary of and collaborator with many significant figures in landscape architecture in expanding the body of knowledge in that subject area; HENRY
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- First Edition
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Add to basketTHEODORA KIMBALL (1887-1935) first librarian of the Harvard School of Landscape Architecture, and a contemporary of and collaborator with many significant figures in landscape architecture in expanding the body of knowledge in that subject area; HENRY V. HUBBARD EDitor REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSING CORPORATION Volume II : Houses, Site-Planning, Utilities. United States Department of Labour, Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation, War Emergency Construction (Housing War Workers), Washington, Government Printing Office 1. Auflage 1919, ERSTAUSGABE, 527 SS. und Anhang, gebunden (Hardcover, H 30 x B 24 cm, bordeauxrotes Oln. gr. 4 to, Einband berieben), Gebrauchsspuren.…
More imagesRemarks of Henry B. Stanton, in the Representatives' Hall, on the 23rd and 24th of February, before the Committee of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, to whom was referred sundry memorials on the subject of slavery [1837]
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887; Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives. Committee on Memorials on the Subject of Slaver
Published by Recreasoft, Paris, 2026
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Seller: Livres Anciens Rares, Paris, FranceLivres Anciens Rares
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 84 pages. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1837. Text in English. This historical document presents the remarks of Henry B. Stanton, delivered in the Representatives' Hall of Massachusetts on February 23rd and 24th, 1837, before the Committee of the House of Representatives. The speech addresses the subject of slavery, reflecting the political and social debates of the time. The text provides valuable insights into the abolitionist movement and the legislative processes surrounding the issue in early 19th-century America. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.…