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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 6 x 9 in. Heavy paper covers. Numerous color photos. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor edge wear, covers clean with some toning, binding tight, text unmarked. Gems. Stax.
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Hardback. Condition: New. On Saint Patrick's Day, 1990, one of the largest art thefts in the world took place-the heist of Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in which thirteen works of art, worth over half a billion dollars, were stolen by two thieves posing as policemen. Had there been a prior practice run for this theft?… Ten years earlier, during the Christmas season, two thieves who posed as delivery men, after hijacking a FedEx van and etherizing its female driver, were thwarted in their attempt of a nearly identical robbery at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York-an art museum modeled after a one in Boston. The young mastermind of these crimes was Brian McDevitt of Swampscott, Massachusetts. He arrived in the small NY town in the spring of 1980, posing as a rich Vanderbilt heir and freelance writer. Prior to his failed heist he spent two months ingratiating himself to the museum's director, the author of this story, in hopes of extracting vital information that would aid in his crime. The book investigates the planning and execution of The Hyde's attempted robbery and traces McDevitt's various escapades following his jail sentences in New York State and one in Massachusetts over a previous bank heist. Ten years later he fled Boston immediately after the Gardner heist and settled in Hollywood, California, masquerading as a screenwriter. When word of his criminal past hit the West Coast, he hightailed it to South America to avoid extradition where he mysteriously died. FBI and Gardner Museum officials act skeptical about McDevitt's association with the heist, yet they claim they know who the perpetrators were but that they are dead, raising suspicion that McDevitt may be in the witness protection program. This story also explores the fascinating history of these two rather impoverished sister museums with art collections of international renown, that were jolted into the recognition of their vulnerabilities, following one thwarted and one actual theft. And even more fascinating is the possibility that a single individual might have been the mastermind of both crimes.
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It's Raining More Corpses In Chinatown
J. K. Butler; Dane Gregory; Steve Fisher; Emile C. Tepperman; Arden X. Pangborn; William Hines; Frank Gruber; Sidney Herschel Small; Hugh B. Cave; Frederick Nebel
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Published by Adventure House August 22, 2001, Silver Spring, Maryland, 2001
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Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A near fine first edition paperback copy, no spine creases or remainder marks. Full numberline to one. Baumhofer, Walter (illustrator).
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DARE-DEVIL ACES: Februiary, Feb. 1936
Dare-Devil Aces (Robert Sidney Bowen; C. M. Miller; Steve Fisher; Robert J. Hogan; William E. Poindexter; Orlando Rigoni; Darrell Jordan; Larry Jones; Frederick Blakeslee)
Published by Popular Publications, NY, 1936
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Add to basketSingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 12, no. 3. Pulp magazine. Cover art by Frederick M. Blakeslee. Includes "Satan's Ace" (novelette) by Robert Sidney Bowen; "The Rotting Death" by C. M. Miller; "The Squadron from Hell" by Steve Fisher; "The Scrap Iron Comet" by Robert J. Hogan; "Captain Jerry" by William E. Poindext…er; "The Deathless Staffel" by Orlando Rigoni; "Doom's Eye Flight" by Darrell Jordan. Special Sky Features: "Would You Believe It!" by Larry Jones; "The Vickers Vampire: Story Behind the Cover" by Frederick Blakeslee. Tanning; creasing; some soiling with minor stains; standard wear and tear at edges. Book.
Family Life Today: Papers Presented at a Conference in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Family Social Work in America held at Buffulo, October 2-5, 1927
Margaret E. Rich (ed.); Herbert S. Jennings; W. F. Ogburn; Dorothy Canfield Fisher; Ernest R. Groves; Mary E. Richmond; A. J. Muste; Paul H. Douglas; David C. Adie; Karl de Schweinitz; Frederick May Eliot; Rufus M. Jones; Gordon Hamilton; Frank J. Bruno; Mary Wilcox Glenn
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1928
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Published by cambridge Univ. Press, 1961
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, edges slightly dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall. Library copy with minor library marks remaining. Physical description; 235 pages : portrait ; 23 cm. Subjects; Great Britain Economic conditions 16th century. Great Britain Economic conditions 17th century. Gr…eat Britain Social conditions 16th century. Great Britain Social conditions 17th century. Tawney, R. H. (Richard Henry) 1880-1962. 1 Kg.
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More imagesTransactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York, for the Year 1865.
Bailey, Wm. H.; Hyde, Frederick; Robertson, C.A.; Taylor, Charles Fayette; Hough, Franklin B.; Gay, Chas. C.F.; West, Henry S.; Burr, Charles; Eastman, H.N.; Doctor Armsby; Vanderpoel, S.O.; Taylor, Isaac E.; Smith, Wm. Manlius; Ramsay, Cyrus; Richardson, Wm. H.; Downs, Henry S.; Elsberg, Louis; Willard, Sylvester D.; Noyes, Henry D.; Hutchison, Joseph C.; Goodridge, J.C.; Fisher, G.J.; Foote, E.T.; Arnold, Edmund S.F.; Sprague, Wm. B.; Thomas, D.G.; Squibb, Edward R.; Nichols, S.B.H.; Orton, J.G.; Lee, Charles A.;
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Published by C. Wendell, Printer., 1865
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Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Margins stained, some loss along spine edges, front free endpaper removed. 1865 Hard Cover. vii, [1], 375, [3] pp. 8vo. A collection of medical papers by various authors, with discussions of: phlegmonoid erysipelas; meningitis; quinine; ligature of the subclavian artery; pneumonia; placent…a previa; smallpox and vaccinations; opium; remedial inhalation; the insane poor and asylums; the ophthalmoscope; epithelial cancer; diploteratology; Chautauqua County physicians; Mason F. Cogswell, M.D.; Thomas Goodsell, M.D.; Pelatiah Brooks, M.D.; James Stewart, M.D. Illustrated with color and black-and-white plates, with lists of members following articles. Garrison-Morton 534.64 (referencing three separate articles published 1865-1867): "Includes a valuable history of teratology with a detailed bibliography. Fisher assembled one of the largest of all libraries on teratology.
More imagesTransactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York, for the Year 1867.
Hutchison, Joseph C.; March, Alden; Eastman, H.N.; Hough, Franklin B.; Root, John; Coventry, C.B.; Churchill, Alonzo; Thomson, W.H.; Moore, Levi; Salmon, H.B.; Hyde, Frederick; Beard, George M.; Storer, Horatio Robinson; Elliot, George T.; Armsby, J.H.; Swinburne, John; Towler, J.; Thoms, Wm. F.; Quackenbush, J.V.P.; Field, Henry M.; Loines, J.P.; Parker, Willard; Morris, Oran W.; Watkins, John D.; Fisher, G.J.; Smith, William Manlius; Crandall, C.M.; Moore, Joseph W.; Harris, Elisha; Vanderpoel, S.O.; Cooper, Henry C.; Hun, Thomas
Language: English
Published by Van Benthuysen & Sons' Steam Printing House., 1867
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Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Top half of last few pages and bottom corner of first two pages stained, endpapers foxed, corners rubbed. 1867 Hard Cover. iv, 562, [4] pp. 8vo. A collection of medical papers by various authors, with discussions of: urinary calculi; capillary blood vessels; empyema; spotted or congestive…fever; cerebro-spinal meningitis; chlorosis; vomiting of fat; hernia; medical use of electricity; chronic metritis; still-births; ligation of the primitive carotid artery; cholera at quarantine at the Port of New York; physiology of the retina; tenant houses; spontaneous evolution of the foetus; continued fever of New York City; cystitis and rupture of the bladder treated by cystotomy; consanguineous marriages; fatal hemorrhage succeeding pneumonia; diploteratology. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, lists of members following articles. Garrison-Morton 534.64 (referencing three separate articles published 1865-1867): "Includes a valuable history of teratology with a detailed bibliography. Fisher assembled one of the largest of all libraries on teratology.
Published by cambridge Univ. Press, 1961
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. On Saint Patricks Day, 1990, one of the largest art thefts in the world took placethe heist of Bostons Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, in which thirteen works of art, worth over half a billion dollars, were stolen by two thieves posing as policemen. Had there been a prior practice run for t…his theft? Ten years earlier, two thieves posing as delivery men were thwarted in their attempt of a nearly identical robbery at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New Yorkan art museum modeled after the one in Boston. The young mastermind of these crimes was Brian McDevitt of Swampscott, Massachusetts. He arrived in the small NY town in the spring of 1980, posing as a rich Vanderbilt heir and freelance writer. Prior to his failed heist he spent two months ingratiating himself to the museums director, the author of this story, in hopes of extracting vital information that would aid in his crime. The book investigates the planning and execution of The Hydes attempted robbery and traces McDevitts various escapades following his jail sentences in New York State and Massachusetts. After the Boston heist, he fled to Hollywood, California, masquerading as a screenwriter. When word of his criminal past hit the West Coast, he hightailed it to South America to avoid extradition, where he mysteriously died. FBI and Gardner Museum officials act skeptical about McDevitts association with the heist, yet they claim the perpetrators have been identified and are deceased, raising suspicion that McDevitt may be in the witness protection program. This story also explores the fascinating history of these two rather impoverished sister museums with art collections of international renown as well as their vulnerable public exposure following the heists. Even more fascinating is the possibility that a single individual might have been the mastermind of both crimes. The former director of a small Upstate New York art museum in 1980 tells the true story of a failed heist. Ten years later, the world's most disastrous heist of a Boston museum uses similar tactics. The story follows the suspected perpetrator's life of crime including his masquerading as a Hollywood screenwriter. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
a TASTE for SPLENDOR: RUSSIAN IMPERIAL and EUROPEAN TREASURES from the HILLWOOD MUSEUM *
ODOM, Anne; AREND, Liana Paredes; PIOTROVSKII, Mikhail; FISHER, Frederick J.; SALMOND, Wendy R.; MARSHALL, Albert
Language: English
Published by Art Services International, Alexandria, VIRGINIA * * * * *, 1998
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. B00K: As New/, $59.80 0883971275 a TASTE for SPLENDOR: RUSSIAN IMPERIAL and EUROPEAN TREASURES from the HILLWOOD MUSEUM * ODOM, Anne; AREND, Liana Paredes; PIOTROVSKII, Mikhail; FISHER, Frederick J.; SALMOND, Wendy R.; MARSHALL, Albert Art Services International Alexandria, VIRGINIA * * * * * 1998…UnStated Edition Tall Wide Thick S/c. Black Spine With Title In 0ff~White Letters, Soft Cover B00K: As New/, Slightest Shelf, Bottom Edge And Corner Wear. Corners Are Square. 340 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper, In As New/ Condition, Clean To The Spine, Slightest Use. = No Odors, No Writing, No Other Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Remainder Or Other Marks. = This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Padded Mailing Envelope = To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *. B00K: As New/, 1998 (illustrator).
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Published by Cambridge [England] : University Press, 1961
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Add to basket1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Marginal pencil markings. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 235 pp., portrait, tables, 23 cm. Contents; Tawney's century, by F.J. Fisher.--Protestantism and the…rise of capitalism, by C. Hill.--Habitation versus improvement: the debate on enclosure by agreement, by M. Beresford.--Industries in the countryside, by J. Thirsk.--The fruits of office: the case of Robert Cecil, first earl of Salisbury, 1596-1612, by L. Stone.--England and the Mediterranean, 1570-1670, by R. Davis.--Charles I and the city, by R. Ashton.--The officers of the exchequer, 1625-42, by G.E. Aylmer.--The accounts of the Kingdom, 1642-49, by D.H. Pennington.--Sir John Banks, financier: an essay on Government borrowing under the later Stuarts, by D.C. Coleman. Subjects; Tawney, R. H. (Richard Henry) 1880-1962. Historians Great Britain 20th century. Economic history. Social conditions. 1 Kg.
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Published by Cambridge [England] : University Press, 1961
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Contact seller5-star seller1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Marginal pencil markings. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 235 pp., portrait, tables, 23 cm. Contents; Tawney's century, by F.J. Fisher.--Protestantism and the…rise of capitalism, by C. Hill.--Habitation versus improvement: the debate on enclosure by agreement, by M. Beresford.--Industries in the countryside, by J. Thirsk.--The fruits of office: the case of Robert Cecil, first earl of Salisbury, 1596-1612, by L. Stone.--England and the Mediterranean, 1570-1670, by R. Davis.--Charles I and the city, by R. Ashton.--The officers of the exchequer, 1625-42, by G.E. Aylmer.--The accounts of the Kingdom, 1642-49, by D.H. Pennington.--Sir John Banks, financier: an essay on Government borrowing under the later Stuarts, by D.C. Coleman. Subjects; Tawney, R. H. (Richard Henry) 1880-1962. Historians Great Britain 20th century. Economic history. Social conditions. 1 Kg.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. On Saint Patricks Day, 1990, one of the largest art thefts in the world took placethe heist of Bostons Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, in which thirteen works of art, worth over half a billion dollars, were stolen by two thieves posing as policemen. Had there been a prior practice run for t…his theft? Ten years earlier, two thieves posing as delivery men were thwarted in their attempt of a nearly identical robbery at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New Yorkan art museum modeled after the one in Boston. The young mastermind of these crimes was Brian McDevitt of Swampscott, Massachusetts. He arrived in the small NY town in the spring of 1980, posing as a rich Vanderbilt heir and freelance writer. Prior to his failed heist he spent two months ingratiating himself to the museums director, the author of this story, in hopes of extracting vital information that would aid in his crime. The book investigates the planning and execution of The Hydes attempted robbery and traces McDevitts various escapades following his jail sentences in New York State and Massachusetts. After the Boston heist, he fled to Hollywood, California, masquerading as a screenwriter. When word of his criminal past hit the West Coast, he hightailed it to South America to avoid extradition, where he mysteriously died. FBI and Gardner Museum officials act skeptical about McDevitts association with the heist, yet they claim the perpetrators have been identified and are deceased, raising suspicion that McDevitt may be in the witness protection program. This story also explores the fascinating history of these two rather impoverished sister museums with art collections of international renown as well as their vulnerable public exposure following the heists. Even more fascinating is the possibility that a single individual might have been the mastermind of both crimes. The former director of a small Upstate New York art museum in 1980 tells the true story of a failed heist. Ten years later, the world's most disastrous heist of a Boston museum uses similar tactics. The story follows the suspected perpetrator's life of crime including his masquerading as a Hollywood screenwriter. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
China. [Life in Other Lands]
Wiens, Herold J. (Herold Jacob), 1912-1971. [eds., Raymond E. Fideler, Margaret Fisher, Wayne McDowell, Lila Grace Beattie, Marion Smith, Henrietta Lutke, Alan Adsmond, Patricia Poll, Frederick Hung; art, Jack A. Roderick; photos, John L. Strohm]
Published by Grand Rapids, MI : The Fideler Company, 1962., 1962
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. 192 pp. ; 145 Richtone photos in black and white ; an appealing cover painting in full color by Jack A. Roderick ; unusual photos not found elsewhere document China's initial years under communism, often showing less-than-ideal conditions ; also fou nd are images of propaganda whose texts are highly c…ritical of the United States -- and these were included here in a US children's textbook! ; the English texts of the photos are themselves often examples of period American propaganda against the C hinese communists ; several maps, photos of important individuals, and scenes of domestic activity ; a typewritten letter from the publisher, Raymond E. Fideler (and possibly signed by him) dated April 20, 1962 is laid-in ; " 'China' is one of the most urgently need textbooks we have published.to enable students to study China by the 'unit or problem solving method' " ; a pink prospectus of other titles in also laid-in ; very slight edge wear to spine, else FINE. Book.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. On Saint Patricks Day, 1990, one of the largest art thefts in the world took placethe heist of Bostons Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, in which thirteen works of art, worth over half a billion dollars, were stolen by two thieves posing as policemen. Had there been a prior practice run for t…his theft? Ten years earlier, two thieves posing as delivery men were thwarted in their attempt of a nearly identical robbery at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New Yorkan art museum modeled after the one in Boston. The young mastermind of these crimes was Brian McDevitt of Swampscott, Massachusetts. He arrived in the small NY town in the spring of 1980, posing as a rich Vanderbilt heir and freelance writer. Prior to his failed heist he spent two months ingratiating himself to the museums director, the author of this story, in hopes of extracting vital information that would aid in his crime. The book investigates the planning and execution of The Hydes attempted robbery and traces McDevitts various escapades following his jail sentences in New York State and Massachusetts. After the Boston heist, he fled to Hollywood, California, masquerading as a screenwriter. When word of his criminal past hit the West Coast, he hightailed it to South America to avoid extradition, where he mysteriously died. FBI and Gardner Museum officials act skeptical about McDevitts association with the heist, yet they claim the perpetrators have been identified and are deceased, raising suspicion that McDevitt may be in the witness protection program. This story also explores the fascinating history of these two rather impoverished sister museums with art collections of international renown as well as their vulnerable public exposure following the heists. Even more fascinating is the possibility that a single individual might have been the mastermind of both crimes. The former director of a small Upstate New York art museum in 1980 tells the true story of a failed heist. Ten years later, the world's most disastrous heist of a Boston museum uses similar tactics. The story follows the suspected perpetrator's life of crime including his masquerading as a Hollywood screenwriter. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Hardback. Condition: New. On Saint Patrick's Day, 1990, one of the largest art thefts in the world took place-the heist of Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in which thirteen works of art, worth over half a billion dollars, were stolen by two thieves posing as policemen. Had there been a prior practice run for this theft?… Ten years earlier, during the Christmas season, two thieves who posed as delivery men, after hijacking a FedEx van and etherizing its female driver, were thwarted in their attempt of a nearly identical robbery at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York-an art museum modeled after a one in Boston. The young mastermind of these crimes was Brian McDevitt of Swampscott, Massachusetts. He arrived in the small NY town in the spring of 1980, posing as a rich Vanderbilt heir and freelance writer. Prior to his failed heist he spent two months ingratiating himself to the museum's director, the author of this story, in hopes of extracting vital information that would aid in his crime. The book investigates the planning and execution of The Hyde's attempted robbery and traces McDevitt's various escapades following his jail sentences in New York State and one in Massachusetts over a previous bank heist. Ten years later he fled Boston immediately after the Gardner heist and settled in Hollywood, California, masquerading as a screenwriter. When word of his criminal past hit the West Coast, he hightailed it to South America to avoid extradition where he mysteriously died. FBI and Gardner Museum officials act skeptical about McDevitt's association with the heist, yet they claim they know who the perpetrators were but that they are dead, raising suspicion that McDevitt may be in the witness protection program. This story also explores the fascinating history of these two rather impoverished sister museums with art collections of international renown, that were jolted into the recognition of their vulnerabilities, following one thwarted and one actual theft. And even more fascinating is the possibility that a single individual might have been the mastermind of both crimes.
More imagesCentennial History of Rochester, New York, in Four Volumes: Beginnings; Home Builders; Expansion; Jubilee
Foreman, Edward R.; Wiltsie, Charles H.; Owen, Charles S.; Garvin, Margaret Root; Parker, Arthur C.; Olds, Nathaniel S.; White, W. Pierrepont; Motley, Maude; Sutherland, Arthur E.; Scrantom, Edwin; Whittlesey, Frederick A.; Sabin, Stewart B.; Stewart, Alexander McGinn; Benton, Paul; Case, Wheeler C.; Dow, Harriet Brown; Brown, Selden S.; Feely, Joseph M.; Hamilton, R. Andrew; Nelson, Peter; Mosher, John P.; Fairchild, Herman LeRoy; Hooker, Elon Huntington; Greer, Emma M. Pollard; Cassebeer, Walter H.; Vail, Robert W.G.; Turpin, Morley B.; Swinburne, Thomas Thackeray; Hanmer-Croughton, Amy; Weller, W. Earl; Butler, William Mill; Bly, Myron Tuthill; Warner, J. Foster; Fisher, Edwin A.; Price, Orlo J.; Spouse, Alfred; Ellis, Franklin Courtney;
Language: English
Published by Rochester Historical Society, 1931
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spines a bit faded with some weakening of gilt titles, boards lightly soiled, ink stamp on front endpaper of fourth volume. Bindings tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1931 Hard Cover. Complete in four volumes. viii, [2], 403, [1]; viii, [2], 431, [1]; vi, [2], 419, […1]; viii, [2], 483, [3] pp. 8vo. Essays and articles celebrating one hundred years of Rochester, New York, including contributions by various authors. The first three volumes include poems about Rochester, and the fourth the music for the Centennial Hymn composed for the occasion. Includes Volume 1: Beginnings, Volume 2: Home Builders, Volume 3: Expansion, and Volume 4: Jubilee.
More imagesCentennial History of Rochester, New York, in Four Volumes: Beginnings; Home Builders; Expansion; Jubilee
Foreman, Edward R.; Wiltsie, Charles H.; Owen, Charles S.; Garvin, Margaret Root; Parker, Arthur C.; Olds, Nathaniel S.; White, W. Pierrepont; Motley, Maude; Sutherland, Arthur E.; Scrantom, Edwin; Whittlesey, Frederick A.; Sabin, Stewart B.; Stewart, Alexander McGinn; Benton, Paul; Case, Wheeler C.; Dow, Harriet Brown; Brown, Selden S.; Feely, Joseph M.; Hamilton, R. Andrew; Nelson, Peter; Mosher, John P.; Fairchild, Herman LeRoy; Hooker, Elon Huntington; Greer, Emma M. Pollard; Cassebeer, Walter H.; Vail, Robert W.G.; Turpin, Morley B.; Swinburne, Thomas Thackeray; Hanmer-Croughton, Amy; Weller, W. Earl; Butler, William Mill; Bly, Myron Tuthill; Warner, J. Foster; Fisher, Edwin A.; Price, Orlo J.; Spouse, Alfred; Ellis, Franklin Courtney;
Language: English
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spines a bit faded with some weakening of gilt titles, boards lightly soiled, endpapers of volume three a bit foxed with top corner of front free endpaper clipped, ink stamp on front endpaper of volume four with small spot on fore edge. 1931 Hard Cover. Complete in four volumes. viii,… [2], 403, [1]; viii, [2], 431, [1]; vi, [2], 419, [1]; viii, [2], 483, [3] pp. 8vo. Essays and articles celebrating one hundred years of Rochester, New York, including contributions by various authors. The first three volumes include poems about Rochester, and the fourth the music for the Centennial Hymn composed for the occasion. Includes Volume 1: Beginnings, Volume 2: Home Builders, Volume 3: Expansion, and Volume 4: Jubilee.
Published by [London] : G. Becker, for private circulation, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very good copy in half black leather over white leather boards, with black-blocked armorial motif to front board, and silver-blocked title to spine. Silver endpapers. Covers slightly dust-toned and rubbed at the corners, joints and ends of spine. Internally tight, bright and clean with heavy leaves and plates reta…ining their tissue guards. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 138 pages : illustrations, coat of arms, facsimiles ; 24 cm. Notes; Limited publication for private circulation, this being copy no. 186. Subjects; Worshipful Company of Horners - History, Guilds - England - London - History, London (England) - History. 1 Kg.
Published by [London] : G. Becker, for private circulation, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good copy in half black leather over white leather boards, with black-blocked armorial motif to front board, and silver-blocked title to spine. Silver endpapers. Covers slightly dust-toned and rubbed at the corners, joints and ends of spine. Internally tight, bright and clean with heavy leaves and plates reta…ining their tissue guards. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 138 pages : illustrations, coat of arms, facsimiles ; 24 cm. Notes; Limited publication for private circulation, this being copy no. 186. Subjects; Worshipful Company of Horners - History, Guilds - England - London - History, London (England) - History. 1 Kg.
