The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Complete Two Volume Set by Shakespeare, William - 1842: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Proof Copy Left by the Late George mSteevens, Esq. with a Glossary and Notes and a Sketch of the Life of Shakespeare

International Graphoanalysis Society, 1994-1997. Softcover. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between February 1994 and December 1997. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. The March 1994 specimen for the study specimen was frequently in the news for several years. The name of this Mystery Writer, his intriguing story, and his graphoanalysis are included in the May 1994 Model Answer. Each issue is a minimum of 4 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 31 issues bound in a 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copy with light shelf wear. Unmarked front to back. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Copy signed by Katherine Mayo and Lynn G. Adams— an original member of the Pennsylvania State Police. Book itself is in very good condition. Dust jacket is in good condition, with some tears on side of spine and jacket corners. Dust jacket has been wrapped in Mylar for the book's protection.

Tan leather binding with raised banding, brown title plate and gilt lettering on the spine. Gilt "Society of Writers to the Signet" emblem on both boards.

En Suisse, chez les Libraires Associés, 1780.. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION 1780, 2 volumes bound together in 1 volume. Text in French. Thick 8vo, approximately 190 x 120 mm, 7½ x 5 inches, 3 folding plates at the end of each volume, bound in half roan over speckled boards, gilt lettered label to spine, gilt rules between raised bands, blue speckled edges, pages: [2], 1-344; [2], 1-364, patchy fading to spine, covers rubbed with some loss to surface, spine pasted down, slight minor pale browning to 3 plates, endpapers age-browned, ink name and number to first pastedown, occasional small spot otherwise text clean, good tight copy. Guillaume Le Gentil was born in Coutances and intended to enter the church before turning to astronomy. He discovered what are now known as the Messier objects M32, M36 and M38, as well as the nebulosity in M8, and he was the first to catalogue the dark nebula sometimes known as Le Gentil 3 (in the constellation Cygnus). On his voyage to observe the transit of Venus he had many… Read More

1811. Fine. 8 14 2. Tan calf full binding. Black title plates with gilt lettering, banding and floral design on the spine. Dimensions are for one volume.
A well-kept rare edition The History of England, From the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II, Vol. 5: Designed as a Continuation of Hume Tobias George Smollett (baptised 19 March 1721 – 17 September 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for picaresque novels such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) and The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771), which influenced later novelists, including Charles Dickens. His novels were liberally altered by contemporary printers; an authoritative edition of each was edited by Dr O. M. Brack Jr and others. Smollett's first published work in 1746, was a poem about the Battle of Culloden entitled "The Tears of Scotland", but it was The Adventures of Roderick Random, a semi-autobiographical story of a' north Britain on the make' which made… Read More

This used paperback book is in very good condition. The pages are clean and neat. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out.

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Read More

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896 Book. Illus. by with thirty illustrations by V. Foulpuier, etched by G. Mercier. Very Good. Hardcover. lvi, 316; [iv], 314; [iv], 354 pages + 33 plates. In quarter leather and cloth bindings, rubbing to the leather. Head of spine of vol 1 torn. End papers browned. Small booklabel to each volume - Marion C. Walker her book. 250 copies printed, this set not numbered..

This is a scarce, antique copy of "Taintor's Route and City Guides" - this particular guide is for the "Pennsylvania Coal Regions via Morris & Essex R.R." Published in 1867 by Taintor Brothers in New York. The guide features 4 color maps; the "Map of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania with Connecting Railways" is larger and folds out. "With sketches of the cities, villages, stations, scenery, and objects of interest along the route." There are illustrated advertisements at both the front and back. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.Condition:The pages are in great condition - mostly clean and white with no writing and only some very sparse light foxing; tiny tear at the outer edge of page 29. The fold-out map is clean and firmly attached. The covers are present, but have detached from the spine and are separated along the right edge of the spine; creases at the left-hand corners of the front cover; there are a few tiny stain spots on the back cover.

London: Impensis Hen. Clements, 1710 Book. Good. Full-Leather. [viii], 362, [2] pages. ESTC T131824 where it states that the work is mainly attributed to - Crotus Rubianus and Ulrich von Hutten, possibly in collaboration with Hermann von dem Busche. Title pages included in the pagination for vol 2 and also for Epistola Magistri Benedicti Passavantii. In old full leather binding - the boards would once have had arms in gilt - but these have been erased. The lettering piece to the spine has gone. Occasional light browning and spotting ot pages. Tear to the fore edge of pages [iii]/[iv] with an old paper repair - this affects a few words. Ink name and inscription to the title page for vol 2. Pencil owner's name to a front free end paper - RA Linscott Paris 1927. Ink note in French also..