Elisha Loomis (41 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Lakeside Press, like new. No Jacket issued. Top edges gilt. Color map, color and black and white illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. From The Lakeside Classics series. 447 pages, illustrated. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. c.68pp. Thin tan stiff paper covers, staples at spine, Eleventh Printing, light stains on a few pages, bibliography, Original Investigation or How to Attack an Exercise in Geometry.

Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Issued. First Thus. A Lakeside Classic. Brown cloth binding. The book is still in the original shrink wrap. New. Pristine. And, the book will be sent to you well packed in a box.

Hardcover. Lakeside Edition. 16 mo; dark cloth covered boards with publisher's logo in gilt on front board; gilt spine lettering; 447 pp; includes: historical introduction, illustrations & maps, glossary of Arctic Terms, & list of Lakeside Editions. As New - no dj as issued; clean, tight, & attractive. 0.0. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ## NEW book is clean, crisp and unmarked. Number 94 in the Lakeside Classics series by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. No dust jacket issued. Deep brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with color reproductions of paintings, B&W drawings, color maps. No marks in or on book. NOT A REMAINDER. 440 pages. Index. Size: c. 4 1/2 by 7 inches. Special pricing available when multiple volumes in this series are ordered at the same time. New.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket (As Issued). First Edition Thus. The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA, December 1996. First (1st) Printing of this First Edition Thus. As new condition. No Dust Jacket (as issued). Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, very tight, straight and square with top-edge bright gilt and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full chocolate brown vellum with the publisher's logo in bright gilt on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. See photos. lix + 447 + i pages. 4 1/2" x 6 7/8". Kane's account was originally published by Childs & Peterson, Philadelphia, 1856. This edition adds an extensive historical introduction, mostly about Elisha Kent Kane, "an improbable arctic explorer" in their words, by Chauncey Loomis and Constance Martin, who also edited the text. In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin set out from the UK with two ships, the Terror and the Erebus, to explore the Northwest Passage. They were lost and never heard from again. In subsequent years, many attempts were made to discover what happened to them. This is the account of one of those expeditions. Numerous illustrations and four pages of color maps.…

Brown cloth, titled in gilt. Condition: Fine. First printing thus.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Reprinted edition in stapled wraps, has slight bumps to spine ends and cover corners, faint sunning to spine, some rubbing with a couple small smudges to front cover, and a hint of edgewear, otherwise a solid VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition, thus. 16mo; pp; lix, (i), 447, (i), with index and a list of the Lakeside Classics; frontispiece portrait, plus twenty-seven additional illustrations including two maps; brown cloth, gilt, top edge gilt. Kane's is a well known tragedy of Arctic exploration.…

Hardcover. Condition: NEW - COLLECTIBLE. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW COPY. Gilt embossed black linen boards/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. Upper text block in gilt. Lakeside Classics series Vol. 94. Literary account of explorer, physician & naval officer Dr Elishsa Kent Kane (1820 - 1857), leader of The Second Grinnell Expedition of 1853, the American effort to determine the fate of Sir John Franklin's (1786 - 1847) expedition. The team explored northwest of Greenland (now known as Grinnell Land). Though unable to find clues to Franklin, the expedition did set a new record in northward penetration, and discovered the long-sought-for open Polar Sea. 447 pgs. 31 chapters of graphic records of discoveries including flora, fauna, native peoples & meteroroligcal events, agumented by illustrations.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (exploration, expeditions, history) 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. 450 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Top edge gilt w/ few scratch marks to gilt. Illust. w/ color maps, and b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.

1996. (Hardcover) Near fine, no dust jacket. 447pp. Brown cloth with gilt decoration to the front cover. Top edge gilt, frontispiece, illustrations, notes, index. "Exploration of the Arctic reached a climax in the last century. As expedition after expedition probed into the labyrinth of land, sea, and ice that stretches westward from Greenland through Canada's Arctic Archipelago to Alaska, the far north became a focus of international attention and excitement" - from the Historical Introduction. Edited by Chauncey Loomis & Constance Martin. Locale: Arctic. Series: Lakeside Classics 94. (Arctic/Polar, Exploration--Arctic, Franklin Expedition, Second Grinnell Expedition--1853-55, Voyages and Travels--Arctic). …

1st ed. thus hardback in decorated cloth As New 16 mo. lix + 447pp., frontis., colour & b/w plates, index, A Lakeside Classic: One of a series of fine reprints.Lakeside Press was a Chicago publishing imprint under which the RR Donnelley Company produced fine books. Lovely crisp copy in brown buckram with the bright gilt device of The Lakeside Press on the front board.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Kane, Elisha Kent: Arctic Explorations The Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin 1853, 54, 55, edited by Chauncy Loomis & Constance Martin. The Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1996. Small 8vo, bown cloth gilt device to fron, gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. pplix + 447 pp. 2 maps, frontis & 28 plates, 6 in colour. An attractive Lakeside Classic in FINE condition.…

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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bound in red flexible cloth, stamped in black. 61 pp. Contents: A. Original demonstrations. 1. Synthesis--direct proof--deductive--its convenience -- 2. Analysis--inductive--reductio ad absurdum--must learn to reason -- 3. Four working principles -- 4. Application and illustration -- 5. Four concluding observations -- B. Original solutions. 1. Geometric problems -- 2. Kinds of geometric problems -- 3. Steps in the systematic solution of a problem--eight -- 4. Seven fundamental and working principles stated -- 5. Application, illustration, and model solutions -- C. Methods of investigation. 1. The method of analysis -- 2. The method of successive substitutions--illustrations -- 3. The method of reductio ad absurdum--model solution -- 4. The method of intersection of loci--discussion -- 5. The method of construction of loci by points-model solution -- 6. The method of parallel translation--model solution -- 7. The method of similar figures--discussion -- 8. The method of infinites--discussion -- 9. The method of limits--discussion -- 10. The algebraic method--discussion--illustrations -- D. Outline of the analytico-synthetic method of attacking an original problem. A light bit of edgewear, but a tight, clean copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Contents continued from above: . discussion of the magnetic and meteorological observations made at the girard college observatory, philadelphia, in 1840-1845. Part 1. investigation of the 11 year period in the amplitude of the solar-diurnal variation and of the disturbances of the magnetic declination -- meteorological observations in the arctic seas, made during the 2nd grinnell expedition in search of sir john franklin, in 1853-1855, at van rensselaer harbor, and other points of the west coast of greenland -- the coleoptera of kansas and eastern new mexico -- observations on terrestrial magnetism in mexico, conducted under the direction of baron von muller, with notes and illustrations of an examination of the volcano popocatepetl and its vicinity -- on certain storms in europe and america, december 1836. Top of title page has former ownership stamp of anthropologist George Grant MacCurdy; top corner of free front endpaper has stamp indicating that this volume was not accessioned by a Harvard University library; binding has wear and soil; corners bumped; back cover has a dent at center of top edge, fore edge, and bottom edge; a large acidic sheet (such as a newspaper clipping) was likely laid in loosely at front and back for a very long time, as each free endpaper has a large rectangular browned area; interior has foxing; the bottom inner margins of about half of the volume have an old 4 x 2 1/2 inch damp stain, not affecting text (aside from impinging slightly on captions of plates); text block has interior hinge cracks, holding. Paginated viii, 132 p., 5 egg plates -- eclipse frontispiece, 18 p. -- 20 p. -- [6], 112 p. -- color entomological frontispiece map, 58 p., 2 beetle plates -- volcano map, 84 p. -- 26 p., 13 color meteorological charts. Large, heavy volume, with interesting provenance. Size: 12 3/4 x 10 inches. [otob: 55L].…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo (crown). Limited Edition, Copy No. 146 / 150. Brown cloth lettered in gilt, 190pp, [12] illustrations [including frontispiece], bookplate on front free endpaper, very light edge wear, small bruise at spine tail. about fine. Schuyler was elected president of Baldwin University, a position that he held for ten years. During that time he continued as professor of mathematics and philosophy. He was awarded honorary degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University (A.M. in 1860), Otterbein University (LL.D. in 1874) and Kansas Wesleyan (Ph.D. in 1887).[Mathematical Association of America].…

Original cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus; Second Printing. With frontispiece, plates & illustrations. Bookseller's label on back pastedown. Slight wear to spine, covers & corners.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvi, 285 pages.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. Pages: 88. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1952 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. Language: English Pages: 88.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. Pages: 86. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1901 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. Volume c.1 Language: English Pages: 86 Volume c.1.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. Pages: 152. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1937 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. Language: English Pages: 152.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 284 pages. Ex-college library marks, light wear and discoloring; a sound binding; good overall. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mathematics; Inventory No: 235602.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. Pages: 226. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1927 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. Language: English Pages: 226.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. Pages: 230. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1936 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. Language: English Pages: 230.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. Pages: 446. 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. Language: English Pages: 446.…