Phelps John Editor (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in orange and black pictorial boards. Giftable. 792 pp. including index. Clean and unmarked. Many illustrations and diagrams, Presents the ways and means of constructing a building assuming that you have resonable familiarity with the basic tools of carpentry and masonry and a measure of mechanical aptitude. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. b/w Plates; Maps on End Papers (illustrator). 3rd printing; dj in mylar; 390 clean, unmarked pages; reprinting of the 1856 original edition with illustrations reproded from the author's sketches.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Very Good- in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very Good-/ Very Good in blue cloth. Very light wear to boards and to cocked spine; light wear to jacket. 390 pages, B&W illustrations. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 61 pages. 8.50x8.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. original edition. 240 pages. 7.50x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 61 pages. 8.50x8.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Art as Applied to Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Univeristy, Timothy H. Phelps, M.S., F.A.M.I., C.M.I., David A. Rini, M.F.A., C.M.I., Corrine Sandone, M.A. (Illustrations); Marc Cohen (Jacket Design); Jannette Jacobs (Design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1657 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear. Clean text. Light shelfwear. Please note that large or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Slightly bumped cover board corners.

Decorative Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Art as Applied to Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Univeristy, Timothy H. Phelps, M.S., F.A.M.I., C.M.I., David A. Rini, M.F.A., C.M.I., Corrine Sandone, M.A. (Illustrations); Marc Cohen (Jacket Design); Jannette Jacobs (Design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1657 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear. Clean text. Light shelfwear. Please note that large or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Slightly bumped cover board corners.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 390pp. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt spine title, paste-down map on the front flyleaf, slight corner wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. MC. Inscribed By Editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 149 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. 1st printing of this edition, the original published in the mid-19th century. Cloth with gilt-stamped spine. 390pp. Illus. In pencil on the half-title in large writing is "Property Chamber of Commerce - Portage." The front paste down has an affixed map of Wisconsin, 1831-1931 that we presume the publisher added. Near fine copy with just traces of wear to extremities and with about a 2" crack to the lower front hinge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Brown linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF; showing faint discoloration to spine. DJ/None. Creasing to endpaper and PO to endpaper verso; and PO name to title page. Historical Autobiography/Memoir of Connecticut-born historian, pioneer & writer Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie (1806 - 1870) who moved to Chicago at the age of two and married John H. Kinzie, an Indian agent & son of fur traders. First published anonymously in pamphlet form 1844 as " Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812 and Some Preceding Events", contents of which was incorporated into the 1856 book WAU-BUN ("dawn" or "early day" in Ojibeway). This 390-page 1930 publication carries the original 38 chapters & illustrations from 1856, and, is edited w/an Introduction & annotated by historian Louise Phelps Kellogg. Autobiography/memoir; a historical travelogue covering Chicago of 1812, Chicago in 1831, and, life at Fort Winnebago (Portage), Wisconsin, 1830-1833. A rich narrative bringing to life days of early American mid-western life.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bound Volume I November 1873 - November 1874. Half Brown Leather Over Brown Pebbled Cloth. Original Buff Endpapers, Page Edges Colored Red. Very Well Preserved With Just A Touch Of Wear. Hinges Tight, Binding Solid, Pages Square. Tiny Shallow Chip At Bottom Of Spine. No Marks Or Damage.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 132 Pp. Bright Red Cloth, Elaborately Gilt On Front Cover, Elaborately Stamped In Blind On Rear Cover; Floral Endpapers. Pacific Press Imprint On Copyright Page, And Their Pacific Press Book Bindery" Paper Label On Front Pastedown. Possibly The Earliest Book To Include "Pasadena" In Its Title. Presentation Inscription To A Member Of A Prominent Pasadena Family From Winifred Farnsworth Hall, Daughter Of The Editor, Dated In 1945, And With The Recipient's Ownership Signature And A Few Pencil Notes Around The Printed Text Referring To His Family.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated at copyright: "Entered according to Act of Congresss in the year 1873 by Gen'l. J. W. Phelps in the office to the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C." This first edition volume features second book following first, which is edited by H. L. Kellogg: "College Secret Societies: Their Customs, Character, and Efforts for Their Suppression," with 1874 date at its title page. Original dark brown cloth boards with blind-stamped decorative borders at front and back, rubbed gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear, bump, discoloration. Pages generally very good, clean with light toning. Antiquarian stamp at title page: "For Sale By: The National Christian Association, 221 W. Madison Ave., Chicago." Patterned gold and cream floral endpapers. Bind good, moderate cant. Rare first edition in original cover and bind with clean interior. Statement at title page: "By correcting the infirmities of popular Government, it will prevent the disgust against that form which may otherwise produce a sudden transition to some very different one. It is no secret to any attentive and dispassionate observer of the political situation of the United States, that the real danger to republican liberty has lurked in that cause." - James Madison. The Madison statement would seem to indicate that the regular transition of representatives and executives in America's government was vulnerable to manipulation, corruption and alteration, especially from secretive groups and entities as General Phelps presents here. Be a man and not a minion. John Wolcott Phelps born November 13, 1813 was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, an author, an ardent abolitionist and a presidential candidate. Phelps also translated a related titles to this volume: Lucien de la Hodde's "The Cradle of Rebellions: A History of the Secret Societies of France." Phelps was the presidential candidate for the Anti-Masonic Party in 1880 with running mate Samuel C. Pomeroy of Kansas. The Phelps/Pomeroy ticket ran on the prohibition of alcoholic beverages, prohibition of all secret lodges, justice for Indians, and demanding the Bible be a required text in all educational institutions, etc. "Table of Contents. I. The Antiquity of Secret Societies; II. The Life of Julian; III. The Eleusinian Mysteries; IV. Origin of Masonry; V. Was Washington a Mason; VI. Fillmore's and Webster's deference to Masonry; VII. A brief outline of the progress of Masonry in the United States; VIII. The Tammany Ring; IX. The Credit Mobilier Ring; X. Masonic Benevolence; XI. The uses of Masonry; XII. An Illustration; XIII. The Conclusion." Statement from title page: "By correcting the infirmities of popular Government, it will prevent the disgust against that form which may otherwise produce a sudden transition to some very different one. It is no secret to any attentive and dispassionate observer of the political situation of the United States, that the real danger to republican liberty has lurked in that cause." - James Madison. The Madison statement would seem to indicate that the regular transition of representatives and executives in America's government was vulnerable to manipulation, corruption and alteration, especially from secretive groups and entities as General Phelps presents here. Be a man and not a minion. 240 pages and 88 pages. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.