Spencer Ray E (47 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Softcover book, moderate wear to cover and book edges.

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Wraps. Condition: Good. 8vo, 158 pp., illus. Wrappers edgeworn, 1" jagged tear to top edge of back cover.

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Paperback. Condition: Very good(+). Quarto in purple wrappers; 112 pages: illustrations; 28 cm.; light wear along the very edge of wrappers and corners (small chips); o/w wrappers are clean and free of creases; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; a gently used copy. In English. Very good(+) to Near fine copy.…

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PF. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 6-7 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A Private Eye, originally from Florida, now living in Baltimore, is hired to find a famous missing horror author and his latest manuscript, the writer, one of Mobtown's own.Tender nodded in the direction of the dead Venom. 'What's on his right arm ' 'Believe it or not, it's a Webster's Dictionary. Here, use my pen to flip through these page numbers on this log. Be careful-it's a Paper Mate. Here's a pad; write down the words that are highlighted.' Tender bent down and crossed under the yellow-and-black tape surrounding the crime scene. 'I have my own notebook and pen, a Montblanc.''Well, excuse me for livin', hon!' Omaha said with a smile.'What's with the 'Caution: Wet Paint' on the strip surrounding the body ''All the 'Police Line: Do Not Cross' ones are being used; Captain Calvert ordered more, but Chief Crossland said they haven't arrived.''Busy day, huh ''It's Thursday.'.'You were a bad boy; it was deserved,' PI Tender stated. 'Revenge murder, huh .'Seems likely.''Think he was on the take with the mob ' Tender questioned.'Wouldn't have thought it, but his nose area does look somewhat raw. Get a little closer, check out his mouth.''It's full of oysters!''Definitely a full house,' Omaha said.'Are those bloodstains on his shirt ''Cocktail sauce. Sergeant Small was able to get a little taste. A negligible amount of blood around the wound.…

Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnA Private Eye, originally from Florida, now living in Baltimore, is hired to find a famous missing horror author and his latest manuscript, the writer, one of Mobtown s own.nnTender nodded in the direction of the dead Venom. What.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; ix, 404 p. ; illustrated with numerous black and white photogrpahs, portraits; 24 cm. ; LCCN: 66-25516 ; OCLC: 1630383 ; LC: QL31.G73; Dewey: 598.2/0924 ; green cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; photos, Arthur A. Allen, Spencer Judd, Wallace Rogers, Ivan R, Tomkins, Willie Gray Cahoon, E P Haddon, john M Hopkins, Stephen F. Briggs, Samuel A Grimes, Howe Sadler, Joseph E King, Carl S. Koford, Steve Crouch, E R Kalmbach, Chuck Abbott, Lloyd E Woolever, Nor man Groth, Martha Odum, A Wetmore, Ruth Greene, N R Whitney, Norman French, Douglas Fulton, Jean French, Mary Anne McClendon, J J Carroll, D. Pyle, W Earle Godfrey ; Earle Rosenbury Greene helped found both the Georgia Ornithological Society and th e Louisiana Ornithological Society. He served for a time as refuge manager for the US Biological Survey at the Okefenokee. In the 1920's and 30's Greene kept detailed notes on bird observations in the Atlanta Georgia area. From these note he published "Birds of the Atlanta, Georgia, Area", one of the first annotated bird checklists for the state, and was co-author of the first formal checklist for Georgia birds, published in 1945. The Georgia Ornithological Society established an award in h is name in 1975. ; includes a Life List of North American Birds, with locations noted for each bird ; with detailed bibliography and index ; FINE. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Two Volumes. Xix, 648 Pp.; X, 676 Pp. First American Printings, 1920, With 1920 Dates On Title Pages. Volume Ii With Ownership Signature Of Fanny Bixby Spencer, Dated 1921. Light Wear, Gilt Bright. Fanny Weston Bixby Spencer (1879 - 1930) Was Born Fanny Weston Bixby In Los Angeles, California, The Youngest Of Nine Surviving Children Of Jotham Bixby; He Had Arrived In California In 1852 From Maine, Where He And Several Cousins Had Formed Flint, Bixby & Company, Which Acquired Major Landholdings, Including The 27,000-Acre Rancho Los Cerritos In What Is Now Long Beach. Fanny Grew Up Wealthy, And Although She Was An Active Philanthropist, When She Died In 1930 Her $2.5 Million Estate Was The Largest Ever Probated In Orange County Up To That Point. Fanny Grew Up On Rancho Los Cerritos, Of Which Jotham Was The Manager. Later, Fanny's Grandfather, The Prominent Abolitionist And Unitarian Minister George Whitefield Hathaway, Came To Live With The Family. Fanny Bixby Wrote About His Abolitionist Activities, Including Turning His House Into A Station On The Underground Railroad, In Her Pamphlet Entitled How I Became A Socialist. Fanny Bixby Was Educated At The Marlborough School In Los Angeles And The Pomona Preparatory School.[3] She Attended Wellesley College For Three Years But Left Without A Degree. At Wellesley, She Studied Sociology With Emily Greene Balch, Who Would Go On To Win The 1946 Nobel Peace Prize. While Still At Wellesley College, She Worked For A Time At The Denison Settlement House In Boston (Founded By Balch) And The Nurse's Settlement House In San Francisco. On Leaving College, She Moved Back To Long Beach, Where She Donated Money To Various Civic Causes, Including Long Beach's First Hospital (Seaside Hospital), And The Walt Whitman School (Private) And Her Settlement House, Both In The Boyle Heights District On The East-Side Of Los Angeles. She And Her Husband Often Invited Ghetto Youth Of Working Mothers To Stay On Their Farm In Orange County To Divert Them From Gangs And Delinquency. In 1907 She Founded What Is Now Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. She Also Helped Found The Town Of Costa Mesa, California. When Long Beach Formed Its Police Force In 1908, Captain Tom Williams Brought Fanny Bixby Onto The Force Because Of Her Extensive Philanthropic Work In The City. She Was Sworn In As A Special Police Matron On January 1, 1908, Making Her One Of The First Women Police Officers In The Country. Fanny Bixby Worked With The Long Beach Police Force For Four Years. An Admirer Of Leo Tolstoy, Fanny Bixby Was A Socialist And A Pacifist. She Published Some Poetry In The California Socialist Party's Newspaper, The Oakland World, And She Attended At Least One Antiwar Meeting In Pasadena Before The Espionage Act Of 1917 Made It Risky To Speak Out Against The War. Her 1920 Play The Jazz Of Patriotism Was About A Woman Who Is Ostracized For Refusing To Salute The Flag. It Premiered At The Egan Theater (Later The Musart Theater) In Downtown Los Angeles. Fanny Bixby Met Her Future Husband, W. Carl Spencer, At A Socialist Party Meeting In 1917. They Moved To Costa Mesa (Then Named Harper) In 1919, Where They Raised Five Adopted Children And Supported Many Others. The Couple Donated Land To The City For A Park And A Library. A Couple Of Years Before She Died, She Wrote To Her Cousin Sarah Bixby Smith: "I Have Three Lines Of Work, Bringing Up My Foster Children, Helping My Neighbors (Mostly Japanese Farmers) And Banging My Head Against The Stone Wall Of Militarism And Conservatism That Hems Me In." Her Papers Are Housed At The Rancho Los Cerritos Museum. Maps, Illustrations In Text (illustrator). …

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. The Wide World Magazine: The Magazine for Men - June 1920 - No. 266, Vol. 45. Uncommon British monthly magazine/journal. Several contributors, including Mason Ray, E. Wallace, Trooper Gerald FitzGerald, Frederick A. Talbot, Harry Spencer, & several others. Cover story is "The Mystery of the Missing Nun - An Amazing Story", by Mason Ray, & illustrated by W.C. Nicolson. Numerous b&w illustrations & photographs throughout, plus many wonderful classic vintage advertisements. Includes b&w frontispiece. Front cover artwork by W.C. Nicolson. Front & rear covers printed in full bright colour. Printed & published in Great Britain. "The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication which ran from April 1898 to December 1965. The magazine was founded by well-known publisher George Newnes, also famous for Tit-Bits, The Strand Magazine, Country Life & others. It described itself as 'an illustrated magazine of true narrative' & each month purported to feature 'true-life' adventure & travel stories gathered from around the world. Its motto was 'Truth is stranger than fiction'. Some famous names occasionally wrote for the magazine, & it was copiously illustrated with photographs, as well as black & white drawings." Staplebound pictorial wraps. NOTE: A GOOD COPY. Handling wear, soiling & wear to covers & spine, abrasion to front cover, mild foxing, staples rusting, otherwise a solid complete softcover copy. Internally VERY GOOD. 87-168pp + 20pp vintage advertisements. Uncommon. SB-29.…

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