Parsons Compiler (21 results)

Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use: a bit of crimping at the heel of the backstrip; else flawless; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows very light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing; faint sunning at the backstrip and hinges; unclipped. No longer 'As New', but remains c…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue wraps with applied typed title label, plastic spiral bound, [1] ii + 52 pp, maps, tables, photos, coring profiles, collected references. Age darkened at extremities, loss of spiral binding. The examination of the coal mining district: Darwin Mine Shaft, Dolores Mine, Cannel Coa…

i-x, [1], [64 pages of b/w plates], [3] pages. Hardcover: H 17.75cm x L 12.5cm. White dust jacket well soiled; nicks and tears at edges; chipping to spine head at top corners of rear panel; slender loss at head of front flap fold; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Gray boards; scuffing and light bumping at spine end…

Softcover. Condition: Good. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Front cover is missing a piece of paper approx. 1" wide by 1 1/2" from the lower outer corner. Front cover has some darkened smudges and fingerprints, much less on the rear cover. Light bumping to the upper outer corners. ; Bookplate of James Strohn Copley on the inside of…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 410 pages. The Southern Argus was a product of the turbulent Reconstruction era. During this period many newspapers failed to survive the hardships brought about by the Civil War and the financial retractions of the early 1870's. The scarcity of Southern newspapers for this i…

An Economical, Practical Guide for the Twentieth Century Housekeeper. Chicago, 1913. Hamming Publishing. 224pp. 1st edition? Very light gray oilcloth with blue imprint; boards soiled and worn. Interior crack at unpaged Karo insert with recipes and color photos (one loose page) that seems to have been part of the book, contents o…

Condition: Good. - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. Bound in gray boards backed with brown calf, titled in gilt on the front cover. The spine has been crudely repaired with green tape. The covers are bumped, soiled and heavily rubbedand the front edges of the boards are reinforced with scotch tape. . xxiii & 517 page…

paperback. 24 mo; stapled red wraps featuring a woman using a small shovel to load the fire-box with coal next to a man swinging a sledge hammer, perhaps intent not on destroying the steel range, but demonstrating that it is indestructible; pp 1-24 illust. of various models, and specifications. Recipe book pp. 25-80. good; last…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thick quarto in half-leather binding with paper-covered boards. Monochrome plates. Condition: spine strip is detached; heavily chipped & loosely laid in the book. Minor smoke & damp staining to the edges of the volume. Many pages unopened and therefore in very good condition. O…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated with small line drawings by Rita Parsons, small octavo, pp (6), 248, extremely clean internallym, violet cloth in fine condition, in a very good dustwrapper, not price-clipped, and now protected in a removable plastic cover. A splendid copy…