James Howard Fraser (41 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Examines the history of billboards and their reflection of trends in art, advertising, and society.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Examines the history of billboards and their reflection of trends in art, advertising, and society.

Paperback. Condition: Good. An energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted--from Darwin to Pasteur to modern day Nobel Prize winners. For two decades, Matt Kaplan has covered science for the Economist. He's seen breakthroughs often occur in spite of, rather than because of, the behavior of the research community, and how support can be withheld for those who don't conform or have the right connections. In this passionately argued and entertaining book, Kaplan narrates the history of the 19th century Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis, who realized that Childbed fever--a devastating infection that only struck women who had recently given birth--was spread by doctors not washing their hands. Semmelweis was met with overwhelming hostility by those offended at the notion that doctors were at fault, and is a prime example of how the scientific community often fights new ideas, even when the facts are staring them in the face. In entertaining prose, Kaplan reveals scientific cases past and present to make his case. Some are familiar, like Galileo being threatened with torture and Nobel laureate Katalin Karik being fired when on the brink of discovering how to wield mRNA-a finding that proved pivotal for the creation of the Covid-19 vaccine. Others less so, like researchers silenced for raising safety concerns about new drugs, and biologists ridiculed for revealing major flaws in the way rodent research is conducted. Kaplan shows how the scientific community can work faster and better by making reasonably small changes to the forces that shape it.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. An energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted--from Darwin to Pasteur to modern day Nobel Prize winners. For two decades, Matt Kaplan has covered science for the Economist. He's seen breakthroughs often occur in spite of, rather than because of, the behavior of the research community, and how support can be withheld for those who don't conform or have the right connections. In this passionately argued and entertaining book, Kaplan narrates the history of the 19th century Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis, who realized that Childbed fever--a devastating infection that only struck women who had recently given birth--was spread by doctors not washing their hands. Semmelweis was met with overwhelming hostility by those offended at the notion that doctors were at fault, and is a prime example of how the scientific community often fights new ideas, even when the facts are staring them in the face. In entertaining prose, Kaplan reveals scientific cases past and present to make his case. Some are familiar, like Galileo being threatened with torture and Nobel laureate Katalin Karik being fired when on the brink of discovering how to wield mRNA-a finding that proved pivotal for the creation of the Covid-19 vaccine. Others less so, like researchers silenced for raising safety concerns about new drugs, and biologists ridiculed for revealing major flaws in the way rodent research is conducted. Kaplan shows how the scientific community can work faster and better by making reasonably small changes to the forces that shape it.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. minor wear and creasing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 45 p. 27 cm. This copy gently ex libris, with a very slight scar on the spine, a scar on the back cover and stamps to the front end paper. Still a decent looking copy of a rare book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (xiv) 153 pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine; dark blue endpapers; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; small ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings; price intact. Authors relive their most embarrassing moments. This anthology contains: Foreword by Jack McClelland; My New Yorker Stories by Ted Allan; A Bedtime Story by Charlotte Vale Allen; A Flying Start by Margaret Atwood; Woman Talk by Jo Anne Williams Bennett; A Delicate Transaction by D. M. Clark; Where Is My Book by Matt Cohen; And That's the Way it Was by Peter Desbarats; Sometimes One Cook Is Too Many by Howard Engel; A Light Breakfast by Helen English; A Star is Born by Joy Fielding; Return of the Native by Sylvia Fraser; Only on Sunday by James Houston; A Total Misfit by Robert Hunter; No Exit by Martin Knelman; A Welcome Home Party by R. D. Lawrence; Distinguished Professor Meets Careerist Slimeball by Elliott Leyton; The Fish Had a Field Day by Roy MacGregor; The Girl with the Caribbean Curls by Garry Marchant; Interlude at La Guardia by W. O. Mitchell; They'll Die Laughing by Farley Mowat; Breaking Ice by Alice Munro; Waltzing Matilda by Knowlton Nash; The Burning Lighter by Alan Pearson; Just Another Pretty Face by Edward O. Phillips; Oh I Know That One by Garfield Reeves-Stevens; An Afternoon's Diversion by Nancy-Gay Rotstein; Barking Up the Wrong Canoe by Walter Stewart; The Midnight Prowler by Stuart Trueman; Common Ground by Eric Wright; Mortification on the Promo Trail by Tim Wynne-Jones; Fothing at the Mouth by Larry Zolf; Afterword by Margaret Visser. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Condition: very_good.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. 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. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Condition: Good. Paperback, numerous illustrations mostly in colour, oblong (circa 20x29cm).; Book plate on verso front cover.

Condition: Good. Paperback, numerous illustrations mostly in colour, oblong (circa 20x29cm).; Permanent marker square on bottom cut (near spine).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very good condition. 85pp. Book is as described - NO defects or marks of any kind. B&W Photographs (illustrator).

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Single issue. Contains pages 181-254pp. Pictorial cream wrappers. Spine and edges lightly age-toned, near fine. Contributions by Carlos Drummond De Andrade, Elizabeth Bishop, Richmond Lattimore, Robert Wallace, James Broughton, Etta Blum, Raymond Roseliep, Catherine Davis, Kathleen Fraser, William Childress, Jack Marshall, Daniel Hoffman, Witter Bynner, Turner Cassity, Adrienne Rich, Richard Howard, Frederick Bock, Ernest Sandeen, Robin Skelton, Robert Conquest, Hayden Carruth.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: New. hardcover with jacket. new in shrink wrap Fast service with confirmation, no international or priority orders over 4lbs.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good -. 1st Paperback Printing. A creased spine with rubbed edges also creasing on front cover. Store stamped. Stories by:Robert E,Howard, W. Fraser Sandercombe, T.A. Burns, H.P.Lovecraft,James C. White, Emil Petaja, E.Hoffman Price, Horald Preece,Dale Harding Exum, Glenn Ford, Wade Wellman,Franis T.Lanmey,Robert Yaple, Ed Esko, Jr., Fred Blosser, Bryce D. Thompson, Charles O. Gray. Signed by W. Fraser Sandercombe on content page and story page. Signed by Author(s).…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4pp folio size prospectus containing detail of the preparations for the book and its forthcoming publication. Red titling on front cover with a sample engraving by the artist. Text by James Howard Fraser with colour illustrations of the book covers and title page. Colour portrait of John DePol on p4. Publication Number 213. In fine condition. Will adjust overseas shipping costs to reflect weight and size of this prospectus.…

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23 cm 131 S. Opp.OU. zahlr. Ill.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarter black cloth printed in white with DePol decorated paper-covered boards, slipcase, 4to., 162, (1) pages, with 60 single-color and 34 two-color illustrations. One of 400 copies designed and printed by James Wehlage at the Tuscan Press. Prospectus laid in, along with various wood engraved prospectuses, a two-page photocopied Addendum, and a two-page list of publishers. Light penciled check-marks to some entries, slight fading to the spine, else a near fine copy in a lightly used paper-covered board slipcase with spine label.…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy oblong quarto 192pp., col. & b/w pls., index, Well-illustrated history of the large advertising poster in America. Small chip to front board & corresponding small tear to dust jacket o/w a nice copy.

Jüdisches Museum, Berlin 2005. Square small 4to. 132 pages. Photos in b/w. Publisher's boards with dust wrappers. Fine/fine.