Study Handbook, Signed (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Unpaginated with index to back issues. Bound in three clasp folder with clear vinyl front cover. A fine copy. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Paperback. Printed pages: 248. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. Unread copy. Light shelf wear to covers. Very clean text throughout. Inscribed (without dedication) and signed by co-author Andrew W. Mitchell the title page. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 6.75 x 9.75 inches (17 x 24.5 cm). Signed by Author.

241 S. m. 19 Abb. u. 16 Fotos, Ln. - Soil Bureau Bulletin;25 - von N.H. Taylor auf Vorsatz signiert.

250pp., 23cm., signed with dedication by the author, softcover, J68723.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front endpage. (United States, Politics, Church and State).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third printing. Fine in about very good dust jacket with a few small chips and tears. Nicely Inscribed by Clark to American playwright: "To Auston Strong with the friendly regards of the writer Barrett H. Clark 1926." Clark was an exceptionally important figure in modern American drama, aside from authoring many books, he served as the longtime literary editor for the drama publisher Samuel French.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Brisbane, Thorne and Greenwell, 1874. Duodecimo, viii, [9]-14, 17-72 pages (thus lacking one leaf) plus 22 lithographed plates 'Illustrative of Genera' by H.G. Eaton. Dark green blind-decorated cloth over thin flush-cut boards; original paper title-label ('Queensland Ferns') on the front cover; mild signs of age and use; an excellent copy. An impressive association copy of the author's first separate publication, notwithstanding the missing leaf. The front free endpaper is inscribed to 'Prof Tate with | J.E.T.W's compts | The ms alterations are | by the author. | Sydney June 6. 1879'. The recipient is Ralph Tate (1840-1901), geologist and botanist: 'When the University of Adelaide was founded in 1874 Tate was appointed to the Elder chair of natural science . [which] embraced botany and zoology as well as geology. His contributions on botany . were the foundations of the present knowledge of the plants of the colony' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). The donor is Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods (1832-1889), Catholic priest, educationist and scientist: he was 'an accurate observer of the physical world and made original contributions to Australian geology, palaeontology and zoology' (ADB). He is one of half a dozen gentlemen thanked by name by Bailey in his preface to this work. The 'ms alterations' referred to in the inscription comprise a full-page list of ten 'Queensland Ferns to be added' (24 lines on the recto of the first plate), additional data on five pages, and typographical corrections on three pages. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. First Edition. Thick octavo, 938pp., illustrated. A good or better copy in original green cloth which is wearing along the front gutter but expertly strengthened internally and with new end papers. Just starting to fray at the crown. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Comstock to W A Stocking. In print since 1911 it still is the standard publication in the field. She both wrote and illustrated several books including illustrating her husband's. She is famous for bringing her students and other teachers outdoors to study nature. W A Stocking was an author and scholar authoring books on the science of dairy production. He was the longest continuously serving president of the American Dairy Science Association from 1916-1918. He guided the association through years of decision in an America in unrest. Scarce thus.