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Published by Bull Geol Soc Amer, 1929
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Paperback. Condition: Good. Vol 40, pp. 541-546+ 5 Photo Plts, Orig Tan Paperback of Author's Offprint, 1 inch tearout T cover else Good (Signed by Author).
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons - Scribners, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 0684184826ISBN 13: 9780684184821
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. James Stevenson; (illustrator). First Edition. (xii) 388 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Quarter-bound in green cloth on beige boards; decorated in gilt on the spine; headband; green upper edge. Some wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few short tears around the edges; price clipped; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by James Stevenson. There are far too many writers and articles here to list them all but some of the highlights are: Foreword by Peter V. Ueberroth; The Web of the Game by Roger Angell; Who's on First? - Anonlymous; The Grip by Jim Bouton; The Extinction of the .400 Hitter by Stephen Jay Gould; Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa by W. P. Kinsella; A Busher's Letters Home by Ring Lardner; Lines Composed in Exaltation Over the North Atlantic by James Michener; La Vie en Rose by Pete Rose; Josh - The Black Babe Ruth, or was Ruth the White Josh Gibson by Robert Peterson; My Baseball Years by Philip Roth; Pick-up Game by John Sayles; No Jury Would Convict by Irwin Shaw; Howard Ehmke by Red Smith; The Silent Season of a Hero - Joe DiMaggion by Gay Talese; Franks Chance's Diamond - Why Ring Lardner Soured on Baseball by Jonathan Yardley; and many, many more. Size: 8vo. Book.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1931 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 154 Language: English Pages: 154.
Published by The Academy, 1931
Seller: Katsumi-san Co., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page to geologist Hervey Woodburn Shimer, "H. W. Shimer, with regards of Sayles." Dr. Shimer pencilled annotations on a few pages, mostly short lines. This volume has a condition rating of Fair+ chiefly because the back wrapper is detached (present) and the spine paper is chipped; bottom of front wrapper has small stain near spine; wrappers are chipped; pages have top corner crease; interior has other minor wear. Paginated 382-467, with in-text illustrations, 13 leaves of plates, a foldout chart, and a foldout map in the back pocket. Interesting provenance. [b 724]. Signed by Author(s).
Published by np nd
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
9 x 6", wrappers, 468pp, 13 plates, 18 figures, folding map in rear pocket, bib, owner's names to front wrapper else vg. First edition.
Published by American Academy of Arts., Boston, 1931
Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark, Svendborg, Denmark
orig.wrappers Rubbed. A 1cm chip from head of spine. Just Good. 13 photoplates; folding map 23x15cm, (76),(26) pp, A 4cm tear to rear exterior hinge. Small stain to front cover. A small tear & some fraying to rear cover A small stain to bottom page-edge. Series: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Vol. 66, No. 11. Pagination runs 381 - 467 + 13single-side photoplates + a folding chart + a large folding map in rear pocket. Includes textual photos, diagrams & tables. Contents: Introduction:Inception of the Theory; History of Field Work & Acknowldgments; Previous Geological Work; Topography; Igneous Rocks; Sedimentary Rocks: Rock Types; Stratigraphy; Type Localities & Special Areas; Fossil Soils: Character & Origin; Soil Bases; Paleontology: Fossil Snails; Foraminifera; Algae; Petrology & Chemistry; Physiography of Bermuda: Older & Younger Bermuda; Marine Benches; Caves of Bermuda; Evolution of Bermuda: Recapitulation of Significant Facts; Inadequacy of Subsidence Hypothesis; Pleistocene Oscillations of Sea-Level; Origin of Fossil Soils & Eolianites; Subdivisions of the Pleistocene; Correlation of Bermuda with North America;Cutting of the Bermuda Platform; Observations on the Location of the Bermuda Islands on the South and Southeast Edge of the Volcanic Platform; Summary of Geologic History of Bermuda. Rubbed. A 1cm chip from head of spine. Just Good.