Meem John (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

103 pages. Paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.5cm. Paper covers rubbed with some edge scuffs. Some light moisture staining and associated light rippling mostly occurring at top margins of leaves; ink underlining and some marginalia on pages 7, 11-12, 14, 17, 19, 29-32, 35, 88 and perhaps another page or two missed on a quick perusal; top corner of pages 41-42 creased from fold-down; small residue/impression from removed bookmark at bottom margin of page 73. Binding is firm. A good copy. Although unmarked as such, the book was acquired from the estate of Mary Anne Sanders Ross, a highly regarded artist and renowned art professor who taught at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi from 1969-2000; three pencil trace drawings by Ross are laid-in between the front cover verso and the opposing half-title page. ISBN 0865340692.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 48 pp illustrated, tour route maps to endpapers. Covers a little rubbed and faded, solid copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Like New. 3rd Edition. 108 pp. Clean, fresh, sharp, essentially flawless copy save minimal shelf wear. Over-sized and/or over weight book; extra postage required. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. The Historic Santa Fe Foundation (Front Cover); Hope A. Curtis, Photographer (Back Cover) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 4to, 175 pp, near fine in cloth in VG+ pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with 123 b&w photographs and architectural drawings. Still the best book on the master of pueblo revival architecture. Uncommon in hardcover and in such fine condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Pp 54-95, Offprint Of A Talk Presented November 17Th, 1897, By Branner, Published In The Transactions Of The American Society Of Civil Engineers, Vol. Xxxix, June 1898, #821. Blue-Grey Printed Wrappers, Fine Condition. Inscribed By The Author To Geologist James Perrin Clark. Very Scarce Offprint, Seven Institutional Copies Shown In Worldcat. Per Wikipedia, John Casper Branner (1850 -1922) Was An American Geologist And Academic Who. He Was A Member Of The Founding Faculty At Stanford And Served As The University's Second President. He Was An Expert In Brazilian Geology, Among Many Other Things. During The Civil War He Was Very Anxious To Join The Confederate Army, And On Two Occasions Left School For The Purpose Of Enlisting. His Age, However, Prevented His Being Accepted; He Was Only Thirteen.In 1869, Went To Ithaca, New York, To Attend Cornell University. He Spent A Year Attending Ithaca Academy And Entered Cornell In 1870, In The So-Called Classical Course. In 1874, Without Having Completed His University Studies, He Went By Way Of Europe To Brazil With Charles Fred Hartt, Then Professor Of Geology At Cornell. In 1875, He Was Made Assistant On The Geological Survey Of Brazil And Remained On That Work Until The Survey Was Abolished By The Government And Professor Hartt Died. In 1879, He Accepted A Position As Assistant Engineer And Interpreter For The São Cyriaco Gold Mining Company Of Boston, And Spent A Year Near Serro, State Of Minas Geraes, In The Diamond Regions Of Brazil. In 1881, He Returned To The United States, But Was Sent Back To South America By Thomas Edison In Search Of A Vegetable Fiber For Use In His Then Newly Invented Incandescent Electric Lamp. In 1882, He Returned To Cornell University, Completed His Studies And Graduated. In 1883 To 1885, He Was Topographic Geologist Of The Geological Survey Of Pennsylvania In The Anthracite Regions; In 1885, After Receiving His Ph.D. From Indiana University, He Was Made Professor Of Geology At Indiana University, A Position He Held Until 1891, Though He Was Absent On Leave For Several Years. He Was Chair Of The Departments Of Botany And Geology At Indiana University (And Later At Stanford University). In 1886, He Was Elected As A Member To The American Philosophical Society. In 1887, He Was Appointed State Geologist Of The Geological Survey Of Arkansas. As State Geologist, He Discovered Important Bauxite Deposits, And He Exposed Gold-Mining Swindles Then Operating In Arkansas, For Which The Citizens Of Bear City, Arkansas, Burned Him In Effigy, And The Stock Promoters Tried To Have Him Fired. In 1891, He Was Appointed Professor And Chair Of The Department Of Geology At The Newly Opened Stanford University, Recruited By His Colleague From Cornell And Indiana, Stanford President David Starr Jordan. He Served As President Of The Geological Society Of America In 1904. He Was President Of The Seismological Society Of America In 1911. When Jordan Retired As President Of Stanford In 1913, Branner Was Elected President Of The University. He Retired January 1, 1916, Due To An Age Limit Established By The University And Was Named President Emeritus. While At Stanford He Directed The Agassiz-Branner Expedition To Brazil In 1899 And A Second Similar Expedition In 1907-1908. He Served On Government Commissions Studying The Panama Canal And The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. He Published A Grammar Of The Portuguese Language, Based On His Work In Brazil, Which Went To Multiple Editions. In 1913, He Contributed To Genealogical Research Of The Shenandoah Valley By Privately Publishing Casper Branner Of Virginia And His Descendants, A 453-Page Work. Maps And Figures (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. A very limited, privately printed edition. Reports of 50 or less copies. String binding, paperback. Some edge wear to covers with a few small closed tears to cover edges and the upper and lower spine folds. Text is clean and unmarked. Small faint stain to rear cover, faint stain to outer edge of front cover. Title page is lightly worn and faintly stained along edge. Interior pages are clean. A good copy with some shelf wear. Stored in protective sleeve. Rare and very hard to find. Additional photos available upon request. All of our books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.…

Hardcover. Condition: New.