Thomson Thomas, Signed (12 results)

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. This is a "Union list of printed books and pamphlets, including state and federal documents, dealing with charters, by-laws, legislative acts, speeches, debates, land grants, officers' and engineers' reports, travel guides, maps, etc." This is a signed presentation copy from the author to the "Grand Lodge Masonic Library in the State of New York". It has the Masonic Lodges' bookplate on the inside front cover. The library has deaccessioned it and stamped it so several times, also with the Lodge's blindstamp on the lower corner of the title-page, and a few librarian's catalogue numbers unobtrusively placed. Short introduction, 41 page index. This is a very good softcover copy with some cover soil evenly faded into the tan stiff paper covers. Spine has a short tape-repair to the top, small chip to top front cover corner. Inside clean. 10" high X 7" wide, 250 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. Signed by Author.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to ffep. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Physical description: x, 212 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Church of Scotland - Chaplains. 6 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to ffep. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 212 pages; Physical description: x, 212 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Church of Scotland - Chaplains. 14 Kg.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6ĵ''. Contains (viii), 200 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Loosely inserted Imperial War Museum Duxford Aerodrome flown cover dated 12 September 1999 and SIGNED 'Kenneth Lee 501 Sqn' to the front cover. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ralph Branca and Bobby Thomson on half-title page, with Certified Authentication Service (CAS) sticker, and Branca and Thomson tickets from 1998 Sports Card & Memorabilia Show laid in. Publisher's green cloth, with spine lettered in orange and white; in its original pictorial dust jacket with a drawing by Theodor Lloyd Glazer to front panel, panels bordered in black, and lettered in white, black and orange. Very light toning to board edges, else fine book; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with a tiny nick to top right corner, a hint of sticker residue to rear panel, and $8.95 price on front flap crossed out. Overall, a fresh copy. The "Miracle at Coogan's Bluff" refers to the dramatic 1951 season of the New York Giants, which culminated in the "Shot Heard Round the World," a three-run walk-off home run by Giants' Bobby Thomson against Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca to win the third game in a three-game playoff for the NL pennant, capping off a remarkable comeback season by the Giants. The play was accompanied by one of the most famous sports broadcasts of all-time by Russ Hodges, and a classic column in the New York Herald Tribune by Red Smith, the latter of which opened with the gripping lede: "Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled invention. Only the utterly impossible, the inexpressibly fantastic, can ever be plausible again." The game was ranked second on ESPN's SportsCentury list of the Ten Greatest Games of the 20th Century, and Sports Illustrated ranked Bobby Thomson's home run 15th on its list of the 100 Greatest Moments in Sports History. Signed.

46 signed letters [34 TLS, 12 ALS] comprising decades of correspondence between Frederick Gardner Cottrell and various notable figures of his day in U.S. politics, the international science community, and academia. All letters are housed in new archival mylar sleeves. Cottrell was a notable chemist, inventor, and philanthropist, best known today for his invention of the electrostatic precipitator - one of the first inventions to combat air pollution - and his founding of the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, which used the revenue from the electrostatic precipitator to fund further scientific research, and continues to do so today. While best remembered for these feats, Cottrell had a long and influential career both in the U.S. Federal Government and as a science consultant. He was well known nationally and internationally - in industry, in government, and in academia - for his support of and contributions to new ideas and new talent within the scientific community. The letters, which span from 1901-1941, track Cottrell over the course of 40 years, and evidence the many relationships he had over that period with some of the most influential people of the time. These include a letter of introduction from Alexander Graham Bell, a discussion of chemistry with Thomas Edison, replies from two Nobel Prize winning scientists - the discoverer of the noble gasses, William Ramsay, and discoverer of the electron, J. J. Thomson - to Cottrell's request to study in their labs, and exchanges with two presidents, Herbert Hoover and Woodrow Wilson. Other letters show his personal interactions with leading scientists of his day (Robert J. Van de Graaff, Georges Claude, George E. Hale) and heads of industry (Henry L. Doherty, Ivy Lee), and track the path of his career through his time as the director of the Bureau of Mines; to chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology on the National Research Council; to head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Lab, and beyond. These letters, the vast majority of which were sent by these notable figures to Cottrell, evidence his expertise, the depth and breadth of his professional interests, and his eagerness to collaborate and share research and ideas, coming together to trace the life of a man whose work was and continues to be consequential to the advancement of science as a whole. Shelved case 1. CONTENTS: 1-Page TLS from inventor of the telephone Alexander Graham Bell to a Mr. Fish, dated December 20, 1911, introducing Cottrell to him. In Very Good condition. In this letter, Bell is writing in his capacity as Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. On 1331 Connecticut Avenue letterhead. Faintly creased, with mild wrinkling along the edges. Signed in black ink by Bell: "Alexander Graham Bell". 1-page TLS from inventor of the light bulb Thomas Edison to Cottrell dated January 13, 1925, discussing the unexpected results of a past chemistry experiment of his in relation to the generation of ammonia. In Very Good condition. TLS is on Edison's personal letterhead ("From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison"). Lightly age toned, with some wrinkling and small closed tears along the top edge. Faintly creased from past folding. Signed by Edison in black ink: "Thos. A. Edison". Includes a lightly soiled 1-page facsimile of Cottrell's reply. 2-page ALS from Nobel Prize winning physicist Joseph John Thomson to an unnamed recipient, likely Cottrell, dated July 6, 1901, discussing the possibility of Cottrell coming to study at Thomson's lab. In Very Good condition. In 1901, Cottrell would have been studying in Europe at the University of Berlin, seeking to study in the laboratory of an accomplished scientist. Thomson was already a figure of some renown for his 1897 discovery of the electron, which represented the first identification of a subatomic particle, and would be awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics in recognition of his work. ALS is on Cavendish Laborat. Signed.

Hardcover. Octavo, [4], 5-28, [4], 3-34, [8, incl, plate], 5-29, [4], 5-16, [2], 3-7, [4], 25, [2], 3-66, [6], V-XIV, 15-86, [4], 3-12, [4], [handwritten note], [4], 5-56, [folding plate], [2], 3-12, [2], 3-16, 3, 532-544, 633-640, 665-670, 697-702, 729-734, 794-798, 845-846 [torn and cut away], [6], VI, 7-118, [2], 3-11, [2, torn], 3-28, [2], 3-16, [2, plate], [2], 3-7, [2], 11-28, 19 [followed by two plates and hand-written notes bound-in with pressed plants], [2], 3-12, [2], 3-12, [2], 12, [4], 63, 14 [catalog], [4], 3-17, [2], 3-17, [4], 3-10, [2], 3-23, [4], 6-32, [2], 3-16, [2], 3-24, [2], 31, [2], 26, [2], 3-35, 377-400, [handwritten note bound-in] 401-424, 513-544. Good-; bound in contemporary green cloth, rebacked in blue cloth with gilt titling and decorations to spine, some fading and discoloration to covers, with extensive wear to corners and front edges; first several pamphlets loosened, binding else tight; text block uneven but clean; contents handwritten in ink on ffep (see Note); MF consignment. Contents numbered in ink and listed on ffep: 1. Lecture on the History of Medicine (Begbie) 2. The Study of Medicine (Struthers) 3. The Medical Officers of the Roman Army (Simpson) 4. Address to Medico-Chirurgical Society (Miller) [Case of Fracture of the Pelvis (Taylor)] 5. Principles of Theory in Practice of Medicine (Seller) 6. Pathology, Practical Medicine & Therapeutics 7. Lecture on Respiration (Hopley) 8. Adolphus on Indian Bael in Dysentery 9. Asiatic Cholera (Pairman) 10. Malignant Cholera. Abercrombie 11. Edinbro. Board of Health 12. Magendie on Thoracic and Cardiac Sounds 13. Nature of Fever (Black)[SIGNED] 14. Pulmonary Consumption (Bennett) 15. Williamson on Perforations of the Stomach[SIGNED] 16. Case of Intestinal Concretions (Turner) [Intestinal Concretions (MacLagan)] 17. Blood Vessels of the Mother & Foetus (Reid) 18. Disinfecting Powers (Henry) 19. Pelvic Articulations (Duncan) 20. Duration of Pregnancy (Duncan) 21. Sickness & Mortality in W. Indies 22. Address - School of Medicine Edin. 23. Case of Catalepsy (Coldstream) 24. On the immediate cause of sleep (Cappie)[SIGNED] 25. Nature of Inflammation (Cappie)[SIGNED] 26. Tuburcles of the Brain (Adams)[SIGNED] 27. Cholera in Glasgow (Adams)[SIGNED] 28. Fever in Glasgow (Adams)[SIGNED] 29. Cases of Poisoning (MacLagan) 30. Adulteration of Drugs 31. Acute Pleurisy (Beilby) 32. Life of Dr. Jenner 33. Bell on the Natural System of the Nerves 34. Lecture on Surgery (Carmichael) 35. Collection of Medical Facts, &c &c Handwritten letter bound in between pamphlets 8 and 9, on letterhead from "Dispensing Establishment, 198 Oxford Street" and dated "Feb'y 20th 1851." The letter pertains to the recipient's request for Bael and (possibly) instructions for taking it and the expected result. Handwritten letter bound within pamphlet 32, dated 2 May 50, in which the writer (Dr. Ahern?) describes examining the recipient's patient and his impressions thereof. The recipient's name and much of the letter are illegible. 1359886. Special Collections.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 14 x 22cm. 3 vols. in matching blindstamped publisher's cloth. One cover with piece missing at top of spine. All plates and maps present. Medical history is a signed presentation copy from the author McWilliam. OCLC Numbers: 973232851 and 1029986997.THOMSON (T.R.H.) : A narrative of the expedition sent by her majesty's government to the river Niger in 1841. London, Bentley, 1848. 2 volumes in-8 : XVIII, 509pp. / VIII, 511pp. ; illustré de 18 planches hors texte (dont 2 frontispices) et de 3 cartes dont 2 dépliantes. Percaline gris bleu éditeur, titre doré sur dos insolés, chocs aux coiffes, fleurons à froid en écoinçons, état d'usage. L'expédition, envoyée au Niger avec l'ordre de pénétrer le plus loin possible et de conclure des traités avec les dirigeants locaux pour interdire le commerce des esclaves, rencontra des difficultés considérables dès son arrivée. De nombre de ses membres furent atteint par la fièvre ; l'expédition fut considérée comme un échec désastreux bien que le commandant Allen signa des traités avec les membres les plus influents des habitants de la rivière. ---------------------- WILLIAM (James Ormiston) : Medical history of the expedition to the Niger during the years 1841-42 comprising an account of the fever which led to its abrupt termination. London, Churchill, 1848. In----------------------8, 287pp. Illustré de 3 planches hors texte et une carte dépliante in fine. Reliure identique à l'autre ouvrage proposé à ce numéro (percaline gris bleu éditeur, titre doré sur dos insolés, chocs aux coiffes, fleurons à froid en écoinçons). État correct. M'William devint malgré lui le héros de cette expédition après que son capitaine fut emporté par la fièvre. .Expertise par Michel Convert expert en livres anciens, installé à Salies de Béarn (64) France.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bivolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. Addressed to 'Dear Friend' and signed 'Thos. Thomson.' Begins: 'Having a few moments to spare, I take the opportunity of writing to you. I am sincerely sorry I shall not be back in time to see you before you leave for school, it would have afforded me much pleasure to have cemented our friendship more firmly.' He likes the medical profession 'better than any other', and there is 'every probability' of his joining it. He would like to know the recipient's opinion. He finds Edinburgh 'a splendid city'. He ends by urging him to write soon.

Collection of comic skits inscribed by the author 'Gracie Critchley from RCM January 1902" with a short poem written below. Very good in green cloth with gilt titles, all edges gilt, brown coated end papers. The boards are rubbed to the edges and spine. The text is crisp and fresh. Copies at Dundee and NLS only. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Packet of six items, held together with a pin. Totalling 8pp., folio; 3pp., 8vo. In good overall condition, on aged and worn paper. ONE: Autograph Letter Signed from 'Wm: R: Myers | Secy' to Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co, London. Executive Committee Office; 26 December 1855. 2pp., folio. Giving details of five documents which he is forwarding, 'on the Chairs received from Messrs. Druce & Co'. He writes that he is 'directed to communicate through you, that the Chairs are not accepted and will not be paid for, but will be kept on the account and risk of Messrs. Druce & Co.', who have 'expressly treated you as agents'. He continues: 'I am also to inform you of the receipt with most perfect order of the Lamps, Shades, and all appliances - not one of the glasses or shades is broken or cracked, or injured - which, especially with reference to the condition of the Chairs shipped by the same vessel, is very remarkable - and shews the advantage of good packing and the consequences of bad - in strong contrast. The circumstance will be viewed as one of much force and effect, in the matter with Messrs. Druce & Co.' Covering sheet by Thomson Hankey & Co., reading: '44 | 26th Decr. 1855 | Exect. Committee | Rec'd 17 Jany /56'. From the archive of Thomson Hankey & Co, London. Druce & Co. had been founded by Thomas Charles Druce (now remembered for the Druce/Portland affair) a few years before. The business flourished until its extensive premises (known as 'the Baker Street Baazar') were bombed out during the Second world War.

On one side of a 47 x 20 cm piece of paper. Docketted on reverse. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. In part a form, printed in copperplate, with the details completed in manuscript, and signed on behalf of the firm 'Bristol 3rd December 1822 | Errors Excepted | Gibbs Son & Bright'. Included on the debit side are: Duty; Entry Fees, Wharfage, Town & Dock dues; 95 day's Interest; Freight; Warehouse Rent, Porterage, Weighing & Hauling; Insurance from Fire; Brokerage; Commission, leaving 'Nett Proceeds' of £257 18s 10d on £819 5s 0d. The credit side gives details of payment 'By Daniel Stanton for 20 Hhas Sugar - payble by Bill due 3 Decr 1822'. The St Elizabeth was part-owned by the merchant banker Thomson Hankey senior, who had extensive interests in the West Indies. From the Hankey banking archive.