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Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1050grams, ISBN:9780520204249.…

OTHER WORLDS - March 1953
Mahaffey, Bea; Palmer, Ray (editors) (Edward E. Doc Smith; L. Sprague de Camp; Robert Moore Williams; E. E. Doc Smith; Joe Gibson; Ralph Robin; R. A. Palmer; Boyd Ellanby)
Published by Clark Publishing Company, Chicago, 1953
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Digest format. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Cover art by Robert Gibson Jones; interiors by: J. Allen St. John; Hannes Bok; H. W. McCauley; Sam Kweskin; Robert Fuqua working as Joe W. Tillotson; and Malcolm Smith. This issue contains: The People Who Make Other Worlds by Edward E. Doc Smith; Lost Continents: Welsh and Other Indians by L. Sprague de Camp; Publicity Stunt by Robert Moore Williams; Tedric by E. E. Doc Smith; The Machine That Floats by Joe Gibson; Business for the Lawyers by Ralph Robin; Diagnosis by Raymond A. Palmer writing as R. A. Palmer; and What Do You Read? by Lyle G. Boyd and Williams C. Boyd writing as Boyd Ellanby; along with the usual features Size: 12mo. Robert Gibson Jones; J. Allen St. John; Hannes Bok; H. W. McCauley; Sam Kweskin; Robert Fuqua; Joe W. Tillotson; Malcolm Smith; (illustrator). Book.…
SUCCESSFUL EVANGELISM OR LIFE AND LABORS OF REV. E.A. FERGERSON. [Edward Allen Fergerson.]
Yates, W.B. (compiler). [E.A. Fergerson - Edward Allen Fergerson, 1869-1912.]
Published by Louisville, KY: Pentecostal Publishing Company, [no date, possibly circa 1912]., 1912
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Contact seller4-star seller233 pages. Hardcover: H 18.75cm x L 13.25cm. No dust jacket present. Blue cloth with slight soiling and staining; mild sunning to spine; gilt stamping to front board an spine still reasonably bright. Toning and foxing to edges; three dark ink stains to fore-edge affecting several leaves at margins; strong toning to endpapers; past owner's pencil signature on front pastedown; some toning and a few occasional stains and soiling to interior pages; several leaves have creased corners from fold-ins. Binding remains firm. A good+ copy. With a total of ten b/w plates on unpaged leaves including frontispiece plus images opposite pages 10, 18, 28, 38, 48, 59, 76, 94, and 180. OCLC cites two editions of this book, the other having the imprint "Malden, MA: Glory Publishing Company" but neither with a stated publication date but must be after Reverend Fergerson's passing and thus no earlier than 1912. OCLC locates copies of the Pentecostal Publishing Company imprint at three institutions with six others having the Glory Publishing imprint. Compilation of biographical essays and recollections regarding the insightful and stirring preaching of itinerant Methodist evangelist Edward Allen Fergerson (1869-1912). …

The Russian campaigns of 1944-45 / W.E.D. Allen and Paul Muratoff.
Allen, W. E. D. (William Edward David) (1901-1973). Muratov, P. P. (Pavel Pavlovich) (1881-1950)
Published by Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1946
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The Russian campaigns of 1944-45 / W.E.D. Allen and Paul Muratoff.
Allen, W. E. D. (William Edward David) (1901-1973). Muratov, P. P. (Pavel Pavlovich) (1881-1950)
Published by Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1946
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 332 pages : maps ; 19 cm. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Soviet Union. Soviet Union History 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Russia. Soviet Union History 1939-1945; description. 1 Kg.…

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Language: English
Published by London : Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1970
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First Edition in this form. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd series, no. 139. Physical description: ix, p. 369-640 : ill., maps ; 21cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Georgia (Republic) ; Foreign relations, Russia. International relations. 1 Kg.…
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes: xxxii+368 pages with frontispiece, five folding maps and ten plates; ix+[369]-640 pages with frontispiece, two folding maps, six plates, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Translated by Anthony Mango. Second Series, volumes 138 and 139. First edition. By the early sixteenth century the loosely knit kingdom of Georgia had disintegrated from the strong monarch of the middle ages to a number of small states and principalities. This internal disunity made the Georgians easy victims of the power politics of the neighboring Ottoman and Safavid empires, and by the end of the century the southward drive of the Russians intensified the struggle for military and diplomatic control over the whole of the Caucasian isthmus. As a result of this struggle seventeen embassies were exchanged between the Russian tsars and the Georgian kins ruling in Kakheti during the years 1564-1605. W E D Allen and Anthony Mango (who undertook the translation) have selected the documents relating to the embassies of 1589-90 and 1604-5. Although the writers seem to be frequently pre-occupied with questions of protocol, their observations give a clear picture both of current Russian administrative and diplomatic practice and of the life and customs of the people of the Caucasus and Georgia. The texts are further enlivened by dramas such as the murder of the Kakhian King Alexander II and the secret negotiations for the marriages of the son and daughter of the Tsar Boris Godunov. The documents are of considerable geographical interest as they provide the earliest extant accounts of the crossing of the main chain of the Caucasus from north to south. Allen provides both a detailed background introduction and full commentary and notes on the texts. The second volume also contains some valuable genealogical tables which clarify the complicated relationships between the Caucasian royal and princely families and their connection with the Russian Ottoman and Persian ruling houses. Condition: Some light rubbing to spine ends else better than very good copies in near finejackets.…

Language: English
Published by London : Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1970
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First Edition in this form. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd series, no. 139. Physical description: ix, p. 369-640 : ill., maps ; 21cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Georgia (Republic) ; Foreign relations, Russia. International relations. 1 Kg.…
More imagesGamma Vol. 2 No. 1 1964
Turner, Robert; Lowenkopf, Shelly; Malamud, Bernard;Ludwig, Edward W.;deFord, Miriam Allen; Johnson, George Clayton; Banks, Raymond E.; Goulart, Ron; Highsmith, Patricia; Fritch, Charles E. (Editor)
Published by Star Press Inc, North Hollywood, 1964
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Add to basketStapled Softcover Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Includes 'The Snail Watcher' by Patricia Highsmith. Light edgwear and 1/6 stamp on front cover. Pages a little browned at the edges. Cover art by Morris Scott Dollens. Interior art by Luan Meatheringham. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Dollens, Morris Scott; Meatheringham, Luan (illustrator).…

Language: English
Published by Cambridge : published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1970
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First Edition. Fine cloth copies in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 2 vols., ill., maps, 22cm. Subjects: International relations. Georgia (Republic) Foreign relations Russia. Russia Foreign relations Georgia (Republic). Genre: Russian history. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

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Language: English
Published by Published for the Hakluyt Society At the University Press, Cambridge [eng. ], 1970
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Language: English
Published by Macmillan, 1925
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. MacMillan & Co.; London, 1925: First Edition, Signed w/a nice, personalized Inscription by the Author on The First Free Endpaper. A Solid Very Good Copy, w/some light shelf wear & scattered foxing to pre-lims, spine lean, bit of sunning to spine buckram, some age toning to pages, wear to board corners, No Dust wrapper. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book. Signed by Author.…

Language: English
Published by Cambridge : published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1970
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First Edition. Fine cloth copies in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 2 vols., ill., maps, 22cm. Subjects: International relations. Georgia (Republic) Foreign relations Russia. Russia Foreign relations Georgia (Republic). Genre: Russian history. Language: English. 1 Kg. …

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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

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First Edition. Lady Jellicoe's copy. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-stained dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxiv, 429 p. : plates, ill., maps ; 24 cm. Subjects; Georgia (Republic) History. Transcaucasia History. 1 Kg.
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics with International Abstract of Surgery Volume XXIII, Number 4, October, 1916 + Clinical Congress of Surgeons, Seventh Annual Session, Philadelphia, Oct.23-28, 1916
Murphy, John B. (et.al.) (eds.) / Frederick R. Charleton, Charles Harpster, G.J.Thomas, John Cunningham, Herman Kretschner, Edward Young, R.L.Rhodes, F. de Quervain, Frank Warner, W.W. Grant, Arthur Stein, Alexis Moschowitz, Irving Eddy, Edward Davis, Otto Seibert, Isadore Seff & Samuel Berkowitz, Carl Waldron, Joseph Smith, Frederick Dyas, Allen Kanavel, George Crile, E.P.Quain, P.S. Pelouze, Frederick Dyas, Jacob Franck
Published by Surgical Publishing Co.,, 1916
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First Edition. Lady Jellicoe's copy. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-stained dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxiv, 429 p. : plates, ill., maps ; 24 cm. Subjects; Georgia (Republic) History. Transcaucasia History. 1 Kg.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 2nd edition, 1st printing ; xvi, 937 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0801638739; 9780801638732; National Library: 8802512; 009122791 LCCN: 88-5219 ; LC: RM217.2; Dewey: 615.8/54; NLM: QU 145; NAL: RM217.2.C5 ; OCLC: 17621827 ; green cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels, ownership stamp on title page ; Rev. ed. of: Manual of clinical nutrition ; "This second edition reflects advances that have been made during the past decade and their application to clinical practice. Forty-five contributions cover: principles; nutrition in the normal life span; evaluating nutritional status; systemic disorders; specific disease states and nutritional management; deficiencies and abnormalities; and exercise, diet and counseling. Each chapter has been reviewed, and in some cases, significantly revised. New chapters on home parenteral nutrition and the interaction of nutrition and allergy have been added."--Book News ; Contents: Principles of nutrition -- Nutrition in the normal life span -- Evaluating nutritional status -- Systemic disorders and nutrition -- Specific disease states and nutritional management (Infection, Surgery and Burns, Cancer, Anorexia Nervosa, Psychiatric disorders, Childhood diseases, Diarrheal diseases, Diseases of aging, Enteral and parenteral nutrition, Parenteral nutrition in infancy and childhood, Home parenteral nutrition)-- Nutritional deficiencies and abnormalities -- Exercise, diet and counseling -- US Dietary standards -- Selected reference diets -- Food tables -- Growth standards -- Analyses of popular diets -- US Dietary intake -- US General Accounting Office report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, United States Senate ; large heavy volume ; VG. Book.…

Bound Volume Of Original Piano Forte Sheet Music, Including Columbia Grand March [Columbia College / Columbia University] By George Frederick Bristow; Bangor March By Oliver J Shaw, And 21 Other Marches, Polkas, Waltzes And Mazurkas
Bristow, George Frederick; Oliver J. Shaw; W. V. Wallace; Theodore Treakell; Henry Chadwick; W. Scharfenberg; Allen Dodworth; H. E. Vaas; W. Vincent Wallace; G. A. Osborne; Edward Howe Jr.;Frederick C. Crambs;Johann Munck;Francois Hunten; Chch Jarvis Etc
Language: English
Published by Charles Bradler, Scharfenburg & Luis, Etc., New York 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849, 1843
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Large bound volume, quite worn externally but contents clean, containing 23 original sets of sheet music, with the ownership label of Mrs. Frank A. Cooper, and internal signatures of Mr. And Mrs. Wm. Hardenbrook. The first piece in the collection is the Columbia Grand March by Bristow, first performed at the Columbia College [now Columbia University] commencement Oct 2, 1849, and reportedly played at all commencements for some years thereafter. Lithographed Scenes (illustrator).…

The New America And The Far East: A Picturesque And Historic Description Of These Lands And Peoples. Hawaii. The Philippines. Japan. China. Cuba. Porto Rico, Alaska
Browne, G. Waldo; Introduction By Edward S. Ellis; Henry Cabot Lodge, Joseph Wheeler, Kogoro Takahira, John D. Long, Leonard Wood, Charles H. Allen, Walter E. Clarke
Language: English
Published by Marshall Jones Company, Boston, 1907
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. American Imperialism, A Celebration And Obfuscation. Nine Volumes, First 8 Volumes Copyright 1907 And First Editions, Ninth Volume On Alaska Is Copyright 1910, Lacking The 10Th Volume On India. Three Quarter Brown Morocco, Pebbled Black Cloth, Gilt, All Edges Gilt, Marbled Endpapers. Wear At Edges, Fraying At Some Tips, Bindings Sound But Alaska Volume Has Cracked Front Joint. No Marks, Contents Immaculate. Shipping By Media Mail In Us, No International Orders As Insured Shipping Would Be Well Over $155. Engravings And Photographs, Color And B/W, Throughout (illustrator).…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Top of spine has hard bump which has caused top of pages to crease. Minor shelfwear otherwise.; Extensive English introduction and commentary with Greek Text. Unchanged reprint of 1936 edition.; 471 pages.
More imagesSweet's indexed catalogue of building construction for the year 1906
Nolan, Thomas 1857-1926 ; Robert M. Russell, Jr. Wm. Martin Aiken, Claire Allen, J. M. Baillie, Charles I. Berg, Otto Block, Claude Bragdon, Arnold W. Brunner, George Cary, Henry M. Congdon, James B. Cook, Francis W. Cooper, R. L. Daus, Robt. E. Dexter, A. F. D'oench, Gustav W. Drach, Wm. S. Eames, Stephen C. Earle, E. J. Eckel, John H. & Wilson C. Ely. George B. Ferry, Clellan Waldo Fisher, W. E. Fisher, Herbert W. Foltz, Henry Lord Gay, Arthur N. Gibb, Robert W. Gibson, Chas. Sumner Greene, Fred. B. Hamilton, George F. Hammond, Samuel Hannaford, Olof Hanson, H. J. Hardenbergh, W. S. Hebbard, Charles Henry, J. G. Howard, Wm. B. Ittner, Elmer F. Jacobs, Clarence H. Johnston, Harry W. Jones, E. A. Kent, Thos. R. Kimball, Edward Kneezell,
Published by Architectural Record, New York, [1995], 1995
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. lxvii, 760 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm OCLC 52073501 This reprint of the first edition of Sweet's Catalog commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Sweet's business."--Foreword ; "In offering to the public, and especially to the architects of the United States, the first edition of Sweet's Indexed Catalogue of Building Construction, the publishers have realized at the very outset the importance of stating clearly, first, what the book is, and secondly, the reasons for commending it to the architectural profession for their use and support. .to explain in a few words the character and purpose of the work, . a embodied in these first successful efforts toward a really scientific standard catalogue and index of building materials and construction. Let the matter be looked at entirely from the point of view of the architect. For a period of a dozen years, every possible method of collecting, sorting, classifying, filing and indexing all the catalogues and circulars of building materials was conscientiously given a fair trial, and after a thorough test, every method was just as conscientiously abandoned. They were abandoned because they did not work well in the specification room. They were not practicable. Everything was tried, arrangements of shelves, bookcases, pasteboard boxes, filing cases, patent binders, filing cabinets, cases of drawers, indexing schemes and " index- rerums. " At first, all the big books were put together in one place and all the little books in another place; and then all the big and little books were mixed up together, and indexed according to subject. Some had four pages, and some had four hundred pages. Barely two were of the same shape or superficies. The little ones would not stand up, and could not be gotten at when laid flat. Another elaborate system was introduced, and a voluminous cross-index started, but the big books contained too much useless matter, and the little books got lost or mislaid or could not be found just when wanted. Then the writer decided, after much time and expense, that the present system of publishing and distributing catalogues, as far as the architect is concerned, might be rightly termed " The Catalogue Delusion, " and that the only solution of the problem must lie in a scientific standard catalogue and index of building materials and construction, gradually developed toward an ideal result by the co-operation of manufacturer and architect. Briefly, then, what is Sweet's Indexed Catalogue of Building Construction? It is a scientific catalogue book system ( a volume or series of volumes) , as easy to refer to as a dictionary, consisting of groups of catalogues from which as much unnecessary matter as possible has been eliminated, carefully indexed and cross- indexed, and sent out gratuitously by the publishers to every architect of good standing. Each catalogue in the work is organically arranged in its parts. It proceeds in a regular order from fact " A " to fact " Z " . Illustrations of a certain class are all grouped and arranged according to some obvious plan. " Literature " and " mere writing " are omitted, as an architect has no time in his office for either."; authors and compilers include Wm. Martin Aiken, Claire Allen, J. M. Baillie, Charles I. Berg, Otto Block, Claude Bragdon, Arnold W. Brunner, George Cary, Henry M. Congdon, James B. Cook, Francis W. Cooper, R. L. Daus, Robt. E. Dexter, A. F. D'oench, Gustav W. Drach, Wm. S. Eames, Stephen C. Earle, E. J. Eckel, John H. & Wilson C. Ely. George B. Ferry, Clellan Waldo Fisher, W. E. Fisher, Herbert W. Foltz, Henry Lord Gay, Arthur N. Gibb, Robert W. Gibson, Chas. Sumner Greene, Fred. B. Hamilton, George F. Hammond, Samuel Hannaford, Olof Hanson, H. J. Hardenbergh, W. S. Hebbard, Charles Henry, J. G. Howard, Wm. B. Ittner, Elmer F. Jacobs, Clarence H. Johnston, Harry W. Jones, E. A. Kent, Thos. R. Kimball, Edward Kneezell, Theo. C. Link, W. E. Mansur, Thos. H. Morgan, Wm. G. Nolting, J. O'Rourke,; FINE. Book.…