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Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on title page.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: New. No Jacket. New book signed by author.Red Wheel, 2020. As New/No Jacket. Tall paperback with green illustrated covers. 9.25x5 with 441 pp including index. Signed.
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Seller: Paisleyhaze Books, New Hartford, CT, U.S.A.Paisleyhaze Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Kent State University Press hardcover in dust jacket, 1991- first edition/1st printing; clean/tight, no signs of use, inscription on half-title page SIGNED by Willy Schumann else unmarked and defect free; (Fine/Fine). We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, b…ubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by McGraw-Hill, NY 1967
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Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition (Stated). INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. "For --- with all good wishes of this playful historian. Richard Armour." Fine in a price-clipped jacket. Signed.
Language: English
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. 1928
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Seller: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.Yak and Yeti Books
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Hardcover. Condition: VG-. 218p, + 6p book ads, ills. covers bright, some foxing on page edges & a bit of foxing on a few pages. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books, Kent, OH, U.S.A.Archer's Used and Rare Books
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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Remainder mark. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Germany; World War II. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0873384474. ISBN/EAN: 978087…3384476. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20289.
More imagesPublished by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. 1955
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Seller: Live Oak Booksellers, Langley, WA, U.S.A.Live Oak Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY ARMOUR as usual on the front free endpaper as follows: "Regards, | Richard Armour." 8vo. (20 cm.) [8]1-119p. Profusely illustrated with black and white line drawings by Campbell Grant. "About the Author" on the last page. Black paper over w…hite paper with letters in red on the spine and with a vignette in red on the front cover of a cave man who appears to have just drawn images of horses and a buffalo (in white on black). Just touches of wear to extremities, covers clean and bright, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket chipped, shelfworn and price-clipped, but most all there. A Harvard Ph.D., Richard Armour is well known for writing light and humorous verse, as well as a series of humorous "historical" books whose titles begin with "It All Started With." He was Professor of English in Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA. Campbell Grant [b. 1909] was a water color painter and mural painter in California who was also a member of the Federal Art Project. "IT ALL STARTED WITH EUROPA is a devastation of Europe's past, from the Caveman to the Cold War." [from the dust jacket]. Campbell Grant (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Libros Angulo, Madrid, M, SpainLibros Angulo
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Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Recito Förlag, 2012. Texto en inglés. 261 pp. 20 x 12. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada con solapas. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación. ISBN: 9789175172675. Firmado por el Autor(es).
Published by Published by Almenna Bokafelagio, Reykjavik, Iceland First Edition . Iceland 1973. 1973
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Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange glazed boards. 8vo. 7½'' x 8¼''. Contains 92 printed pages of text with 16 colour photographic plates to the rear. Some creasing to the spine ends, sun fading to the orange of the spine and front gutter, shallow rubs to the corners and in near V…ery Good condition, no dust wrapper. SIGNED by the Translator to the front free end paper 'To Hamish & Ellen Johanne, with best wishes from the translator, Petur. Xmas 1973'. Member of the P.B.F.A. ICELAND (Ísland, Icelandic).
More imagesPublished by Ward C. Burton, Minneapolis 1926
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Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Midway Book Store (ABAA)
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Hard Cover. Condition: very good. First edition. 17.5 x 11 cm. 53pp. Paper title label to front cover. Tan boards. Bookplate removed from front endpaper, left a subtle white marking. Inscribed and signed from publisher Ward Burton. Laid-in errata. Black and white illustrations.
Language: English
Published by UK 1853
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Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United KingdomLasting Words Ltd
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Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Document Signed by Nine including William Gladstone, Sam Gurney, Edward Burton Bt, J D Powles, James Duke Bart etc. Dated 1853. The Undersigned had the Honor of being the Deputation appointed to present to the Emperor Louis Napoleon the Declaration of Amity and Respect towards t…he French nation signed by upwards of 4000 Merchant Bankers and Trades of the City of London. Presented to the Emperor at the Palace of the F……… 28th March 1853. Signed by nine including William Gladstone, Sam Gurney, Edward Burton Bt, J D Powles, James Duke Bart etc. Size is 227mm x 188mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. Mounted on paper. Small repaired closed tear to base. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18424. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Arden Press 1924
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Seller: Widney Manor Books, solihull, MIDLA, United KingdomWidney Manor Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hand signed by S.G. Russell. Rare copy. In very good condition internally with some wear to external fabric boards. B/W photographs. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Author, Moate 1982
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Seller: Joe Collins Rare Books, Dublin, , IrelandJoe Collins Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 224 pages. Illustrations, maps. 225x155mm. Original publisher's rexine covered boards, spine lettered gilt, with pictorial unclipped dust jacket. *This copy is signed and dated by Jeremiah Sheehan Some wear to dust jacket, otherwise a near fine copy.… Images available on request. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London: Richard Bentley 1875
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Seller: Theatreshire Books, Dacre, NYK, United KingdomTheatreshire Books
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red cloth with gold embossing, this copy inscribed by the author: "To Gideon Ashdown from Henry Neville with Kindest Regards &c. 1907", a further letter pasted on the front inner board to Mr Ashdown and signed by Neville on his own notepaper. Lovely item.
Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1939 1939
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Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United KingdomROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD
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Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Signed presentation copy from the Author. Covers slightly edge worn and browned, otherwise very good indeed.
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928
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Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Quarto bound with green cloth at spine & paper-covered boards. This copy contains a 10-page mimeographed circular letter to the reader containing copies of correspondence relating to the text of the book. In addition, there is a typewritten letter signed by the author on h…is letterhead stationery to a Mr. Robert E. McGoodwin of Philadelphia indicating he is sending him this copy of the book. This letter is mounted on the first pastedown; Mr. McGoodwin's signature is inked above the mounted letter. The text is in French and English. B&W illustrations, diagrams. Condition: spine ends slightly frayed; corners rubbed through; covers show minor soiling; else very good condition. 143 pages. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Jerwood 2004
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Seller: The Topsham Bookshop, EXETER, DEVON, United KingdomThe Topsham Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Grey cloth cover, head slightly bumped, lower right hand side of back cloth cover has glue stain from price sticker, 78 coloured illustrations intact. 17 cm x 24.5 cm 78 pp. Signed by Illustrator(s).
More imagesPublished by Thomas Hatchard, London 1856
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Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, , United KingdomMcGonigles'
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. With remarks on the perilous position of her members, and especially of apostates to her communion; to which is added, A Copious Index of Illustrative Notes. Hard cover with titles within rather damaged cream paper plate on black/dark green cloth spine, and grey paper boards; c…over wear is mostly confined to worn corners. The book has viii, 256 pages and includes a letter addressed to Mr Drummond dated November 1857, and although unsigned appears to be possibly from the author. Published by Hatchards in 1856 this 1st edition is in good to very good condition with a most interesting letter included. Signed by Author(s).
Language: French
Published by londres 1788
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Seller: Librairie Guimard, Nantes, , FranceLibrairie Guimard
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Condition: en trés bon état. N. RANSONNETTE londres 1788 -in-12 demi-veau 3 parties en un volume, reliure demi-veau glacé violet in-douze (binding half calfskin in-12)(17,1 x 10,3 cm), Reliure XIXème, dos long (spine without raised band) trés légèrement insolé, décoré "or" et à froid (gilt and blind stamping decoration), titre f…rappé "or" (gilt title) avec un filet "or" de part et d'autre, filet "or" en place des nerfs avec un filet à froid et un filet "or" de part et d'autre des nerfs, double filet "or" et un filet perlé "or" en tête et en pied, papier peigné vert, violet et crème aux plats, toutes tranches lisses jaspées, orné d'une gravure en frontispice gravée sur cuivre en noir par F.F.L. MAIER graveur à Hamburg d'aprés N. RANSONNETTE représentant "le poignard des Jésuites retrouvé dans les ténèbres", (2ff + (IV) + 134) + ( 2ff + 172) pages, 1788 ORIENT DE LONDRES sans nom d'Editeur, en trés bon état Note : Par Nicolas de Bonneville d'après la dédicace, p. I. du t. 1. Chaque tome a une pagination, une page de titre et un faux-titre particuliers. - Le faux-titre porte : "Les Jésuites chassés de la Maçonnerie et leur poignard brisé par les Maçons". - On a imprimé à la suite : Masonry dissected, being an universal and genuine description of all its branches, from the original to the present time, as it delivered in the constituted regular lodges, both in city and country. by Samuel Prichard, 21st edition, London, Byfield and Hawkesworth, (s. d.). In-12, paginé 127-172.Note : Imprimé à la suite de : Bonneville (Nicolas de). - La Maçonnerie écossaise comparée avec les trois professions et le secret des Templiers du 14° siècle. - London, 1788. ?Barbier II, 993 -.Les 2 parties de cet ouvrage sont suivies de la réimpression du très rare texte de Samuel Prichard "Masonry dissected." présenté comme "le plus ancien Rituel des loges maçonniques en Angleterre", et que la Grande Loge de Londres en 1783 avait refusé de publier. .Bon exemplaire, un des rares complet de la planche de N. Ransonnette représentant "le poignard des Jésuites retrouvé dans les ténèbres" qui manque la plupart du temps.Rarissime ouvrage maçonnique, certainement l'un des plus rares, car en grande partie détruit. En effet, La Mère Loge Ecossaise fut tellement irritée par cet ouvrage qu'elle le brûla le 13 juin 1788.RARETE.en trés bon état (very good condition).
More imagesPublished by Published by Privately Published by the Author Alan Lagden 30 | 32 Mill Street, Brightlingsea, Essex First Edition . 1988. 1988
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Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original British racing green buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, black end sheets. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. 1 of 200 Limited Edition copies. Contains colour frontispiece, (xvii)-blank, 236 pp with 13 full-page single-sided colour and monochrome plates t…hroughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition panoramic artwork dust wrapper by Denis Dighton. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Peter - Very best wishes, Alan Lagden' + hand written letter by author (to Peter) loosely inserted and SIGNED 'Alan Lagden.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLISH HISTORY.
Published by Dutton 1936
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Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.Sequitur Books
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Spiritualism] *Inscribed by author.* Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. vii-xii, 7-118 pages 20 cm. *Autographed by author.*. Signed.
Published by British Columbia Historical Association NONE, Vancouver and Victoria, BC
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[NONE] 1913. (hardcover) Near fine. 210; 226; addenda; portraits. Folio. Navy cloth and as such, scarce. Lightly scuffed, as may be anticipated. Marbled endpapers. Signed and numbered; this copy is No. 322 of 350 copies printed. 'British Columbia Sixty Years of Progress' stamped in gilt to spine. Gilt decoration stamped to top b…oard. No dust jacket (presumed as issued). More than 250 portraits of individuals who made historically significant contributions to the development of the province, each with with captioned tissue gaurds. Signed by R. E. Gosnell to the colophon page. Text and plates are clean and bright. Starting lightly at the last page, something not surprising given the heft to the tome. A near fine to fine copy of this provincial history. Additional shipping charges may be required (weight.
More imagesPublished by London: Chapman and Hall Limited MCMXXXI 1931
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Seller: CHILTON BOOKS, SUDBURY, United KingdomCHILTON BOOKS
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Signed first edition. Original blue cloth with dulled edges. Original printed dust jacket with price "7/6 NET". Some darkening of jacket with chipping along edges, back cover with some staining. Inscription to front endpaper: "To R. E. Neale. To whose suggestion (though I don't whether it was meant to be taken seriously) this ve…ry serious manual was written by his old friend and colleague Ralph Straus". Cartoon portrait frontis. Clean English text throughout, with one black & white portrait photo of Straus. ** Review: "The book is "the story of a novel, from the moment it is conceived in the author's brain until it reaches the reviewers' hands. Mr. Straus . writes as novelist, publisher, and literary critic, exploiting every side of his experience with irresistible relish, contradicting himself in the cheeriest fashion, and generally providing a feast of amusement fresh in flavour, wittily spiced, and completed with the sauce of worldly wisdom to give life and meaning to the ingenuities of a brilliant practical joke." Pretty funny stuff in 1932, and although some of the in-jokes will be lost on today's readers, there remains a good deal of eternal truth about the publishing world, the vicissitudes of celebrity, the degradations of the marketplace, and so on." *** Ralph Straus (1882-1950) English novelist and biographer. Born in Manchester and educated at Harrow and Cambridge. He was a prolific novelist and biographer, with a special interest in Charles Dickens, about whom he wrote at least four books. **** R. E. Neale appears to have been a director of Chapman And Hall Limited - See A Year to Remember: A Reminiscence of 1931, By Alec Waugh.
More imagesPublished by British Columbia Historical Association 1913
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Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Arundel Books
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Leather Binding. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Copy #261 of 350 numbered copies, signed by co-author R.E. Gosnell on limitation page. This is a truly fine copy in the deluxe binding of full brown suede leather over heavy boards (there were slso copies in cloth), spine stamped in gilt, upper cover tooled in blind, top edge… gilt, marbled endpapers (has very minor wear). Notes: Binder's spine title reads: British Columbia, sixty years of progress. Half title: Sixty years of progress, British Columbia. Limited ed. of 350 numbered and signed copies. Description: 2 volumes in 1 (210 : portraits ; 226, vi pages, [574] leaves of plates) ; 33 cm Contents: pt. 1. Being a survey of events from the earliest times down to the Union of the Crown Colony of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada / E.O.S. Scholefield -- pt. 2. Being a history, mainly political and economic, of the province since Confederation up to the present time / R.E. Gosnell. Other Titles: British Columbia, sixty years of progress Sixty years of progress, British Columbia (PLEASE NOTE: due to the size and weight of this book it will require additional charges for overseas and expedited shipping.).
Published by British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. 1913
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Seller: Parker's Rare Books, Ontario, WI, U.S.A.Parker's Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardback. Full suede leather, gilt lettering on spine, folio, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Half title: Sixty years of progress, British Columbia. Limited edition of 350 numbered and signed copies (This copy number 264, signed by R. E. Gosnell). Other title: Sixty Years of Progress, British Columbia. 2 volumes in 1 (210 ; 2…26, vi p., [ca. 280] leaves of plates). Each full page plate preceded by a tissue guard with a brief biography of the individual shown. Plates are divided into three section as follows: 1. Portraits of some of those who laid its foundations and whose memory for years to come will be revered for their pioneer services in behalf of all who came after them. 2. Portraits of leading men in judicial, political and other capacities, who have been identified therewith. 3. Portraits of some of the men conspicuous as present day factors in development. Five page chronological history of British Columbia at end of part two of text. An absolutely massive volume, in Near Fine condition with slight rubbing top rear hinge area. Binding: HB.
More imagesPublished by Printed for William Watson and Son, Dublin 1798
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First edition. 38pp. Recent marbled paper wrappers. Bookplate of Ron Clive Fiske to verso of upper wrapper. Occasional manuscript corrections to text - seemingly in the hand of the author. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'For His Grace The Lord Primate / From the Author'. A rare survival of the sole e…dition of Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath Thomas Lewis O'Beirne's (1749-1823) sermon of thanksgiving for the victories of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. ESTC records copies at four locations in the British Isles (Cambridge, NLI, Royal Irish Academy, and Trinity College), and none elsewhere. ESTC T174199. Size: 8vo.
More imagesPublished by Rosario de Santa-Fe [: Printed at the Office of the "Ferrocarril" 1864
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 91, 78 pages ; 20 cm. Bound in 1/4 green cloth over brown cloth boards. Shelf wear. Small tear to head of spine. Edges rubbed. In Spanish and English. Fold out map in front. Inscribed by the author's son, Alfred George Perkins. Early ownership signature of William McClure, Boston. An interesting…bi-lingual tract written to encourage English speaking immigrants to Argentina. Signed.
Published by The Tientsin Press, Ltd, Tientsin, China 1932
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Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition of this extensive history of Chinese medicine. Thick octavo, original publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, frontispiece of Founder of the Republic Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in his Chungsan suit, generously illustrated with 92 photographs, diagrams, and drawings, plate with photographs of the…Director of the Chinese Educational Mission Dr. T. Philip Sze and Honorable Senator H. C. Lodge laid in, rear pastedown pocket containing a folding map of China printed in color, two printed promotional pieces for the book, and a notice of the upcoming second edition with international order form tipped in. Signed by the two physician authors on a paper label tipped in to the half-title page. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities and light toning to the front and rear free endpaper, gift inscription to the margin of the autograph label. Rare and desirable signed. Dr. Wu Lien-Teh was awarded the Queen's Scholarship in 1896, which enabled him to attend Emmanuel College, Cambridge as the first student of Chinese heritage ever to do so. As an epidemiologist, he was sent to study the deadly plague outbreak that began in Harbin, China in the winter of 1910. Once there, he took a number of measures that will appear very familiar to those of us who lived through COVID-19 outbreak. He suggested quarantines, disinfected buildings that had housed the sick, and in at least one case ordered an infected plague hospital burned to the ground. Dr. Wu also understood that the corpses of plague victims carried disease, and as the ground was frozen solid, making burial impossible, he asked for an imperial sanction to allow cremation of the remains. His design for the Wu mask was the forerunner of today's N95 respirator, the elastomeric filter with at least 95% filtration. With his measures in place, rates of infection began to decline immediately, and in less than a year, the outbreak was over, but not before claiming more than 60,000 lives. Dr. Wu continued his work on plague research, and was also nominated in 1935 for the Nobel Prize in Medicine 1935.
Published by Printed by E.J. Van Brunt, Charleston 1831
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Brown printed wrappers. [4], 155pp., lacking pages 15-20 due to binding error. A couple of chips and a few small holes on the wraps, spine partially perished and a tear on the first blank leaf and one internal page (107-108), but a sound and attractive, very good copy. Perk…ins first published these essays as part of a series in the *Charlotte Mercury* under the pseudonym "Hampden," shortly before being elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. He would later serve as Governor of South Carolina when it became the first state to secede from the United States. This pamphlet is Inscribed on the front wrap to Henry William de Saussure: "Judge Desaussure with the Author's best respects." De Saussure was a Swiss citizen appointed the Second Director of the U.S. Mint by George Washington and was a co-sponsor and early trusty of the University of South Carolina. He was a Federalist voice of moderation in South Carolina who strongly opposed nullification but was eventually drown out State's Rights supporters, including John C. Calhoun, who clerked at de Saussure's law office. A compelling association between two sides of the Nullification debate is South Carolina in the years before the Civil War.
More imagesPublished by printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, London 1720
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Full Calf. Condition: Fine. First Edition thus. First Strype Edition, best and most desirable edition of Stow's magisterial studythe "starting point of all inquiry into the subject of Elizabethan London." Complete in two folio volumes; each of the six 'books,' introduced by a drop-head title, with its own pagination: [4], xii, x…lii, [2], 308, 208, 285, [1]; [2], 120, 459, [1], 93, [3], 143, [1], 26, [2]pp, with 70 plates, plans and maps (31 double-page or folding), including those of London, Westminster and Southwark. Title pages in red and black. Superbly bound in handsome contemporary paneled calf sewn on six raised bands, very skillfully rebacked with the original lettering pieces laid down. A crisp, clean, fresh copy, with only occasional minor soiling, the copper-engraved plates in deep, rich impressions. Provenance: On the verso of the title pages, the engraved armorial bookplate of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone (bapt. 14 October 1694 - 17 February 1761), English Politician and first elected president of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, whose members included Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, William Hogarth and Charles Dickens. Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 584. Lowndes V, 2526. Gibson's Library, p. 258. ESTC Citation No. T48975. This edition of Stow's Survey was the first to contain a series of ward maps: "Many of these maps are excellent. Their clarity and accuracy fulfill the requirements of the student of London history" (Hyde). Fifth and Best Edition.Titlepage in red and black. Each of the 6 'books' has its own pagination, and is introduced by a drop-head title. Adams London Illustrated 25; Lowndes III, 2526; Upcott II, pp, 605-617; Darlington and Howgego 16, 8 (London maps). "Fifth and grandest edition. John Strype was already collecting materials for the text by 1703, and an ambitious reprint 'with very great Additions throughout, and illustrated with about 100 large Copper Cutts . requiring much Time and Great expence' was advertised as early as 1708. The advertisement was on the title verso of Hatton's New View of London, a smaller and cheaper book whose popularity actually caused the postponement of Strype's more monumental work. His two folio volumes cost six guineas and the print run was probably at least 500 copies. He included what he believed to be Stow's entire original text, which had become conflated with the 1618 and 1633 editions of Anthony Munday, clearly identifying his own additions in the margins. John Kip, who had been responsible for the views of London buildings in volume I of Mortier's Nouveau theatre de la Grande Bertagne (1707), is credited with about half the 28 engraved views of 'eminent places'. In addition there are two folding general maps of London, one showing the city as it was in Queen Elizabeth's time, 17 ward maps (bks. II-III) and 20 parish maps (bks. IV and VI). The only map to be signed is the Parish of St. Mary Rotherhithe revised by John Pullen and engraved by John Harris. (2)" Christies. John Stow's Survey of London, first published in 1598, brims with amusing descriptions and anecdotes as well as highly detailed accounts of the buildings, social conditions and customs of the time, based on a wide range of classical and medieval historical literature, public and civic records, and Stow's own intimate knowledge of the city where he spent his life. "The reader of A Survey travels with Stow through each of the city's wards and the adjoining city of Westminster, learns about the wall, bridges, gates, and parish churches . . . [Stow] also records the negative aspects of urban growth, in the shape of unsightly sprawl, filth, the destruction of ancient monuments, and above all poverty. His book approaches the thoroughness of an encyclopaedia . . . It is noteworthy that while Camden's Britannia was written in Latin for the educated élite, Stow's Survey was composed in the language of his fellow countrymen." This edition, of 1720, greatly expanded with interpolated.
