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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1951. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHORS "Eleanor Maccoby with the sincere regards of Talcott Parsons, Clyde Kluckhorn, S.A. Stouffer, Robert R. Sears, Gordon W. Allport, Harry Murray", A unique Association Copy, Eleanor Maccoby was a noted psychologist best known for her contributions to developmental psychology and the psychology of sex differences. The signees were a Who's Who of eminent sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists. Talcott Parsons career was entwined with the development of sociology as an academic discipline at Harvard, and in this book he was refining his "general theory of action". In 1931, Parsons was one of the inaugural faculty members in the Dept. of Sociology at Harvard. Gordon W. Allport is known as one of the founding figures of personality psychology, and along with Harry Murray were faculty in the Psychology Dept. at Harvard. Robert R. Sears was head of the Psychology Dept. at…
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MOTION STUDY: A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman
by Gilbreth, Frank B. PRESENTATION/ ASSOCIATION COPY
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. First Edition, Presentation/Association Copy of this seminal work on industrial efficiency, with Typed Letter SIGNED by Frank Gilbreth tipped in at front endpage, under his company's letterhead stationery. Dated June 7/11 (1911) and addressed to Adelaide R. Hasse, Dept. of Documents, NY Public Library, as follows -"My dear Miss Hasse, I have ordered my Publishers, Messrs. D. Van Nostrand Co., to send you, with my compliments, a copy of "Motion Study" which I hope you will find interesting. I have told Mrs. Gilbreth about the remarkable work that you are doing and she expresses the wish of meeting you at an early date. I remain very truly, Frank Gilbreth." The front paste down has two bookplates "With the Compliments of the Author" and "Presented by D. Van Nostrand Company, Publishers and Booksellers New York". Of additional Association interest, the book plate of John F. Mee front end page under the TLS. Mee was former chairman of the Dept. of Management at the Indiana Univ. School of Business, an authority on the changing concepts of management and a pioneer of management education. The recipient, Adelaide R. Hasse, is credited with having developed the Superintendent of Documents Classification system used by the Govt. Printing Office and the Federal Depositiry Library Program. In her 54 year career she was an advocate of "efficient and effective" library services, public access to government materials, and the women's movement. Frank Gilbreth, along with his wife Lillian, are best known from the book and movies "Cheaper by the Dozen". However, together they pioneered the field of scientific management and industrial efficiency. Given Miss Hasse's work in "efficient and effective" library services, this Presentation Copy establishes a most desirable and interesting Associaition between two of the towering figures in their field. Very Good in the original green cloth with gilt titles, cloth rubbed at the spine tips, gilt lettering on spine a bit dulled, small dampstain top edge of page block at spine. RARE SIGNED, and hard to imagine a better Association Copy !. TYPED LETTER SIGNED. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Good. Presentation Copy.
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Toward a General Theory of Action
by Parsons, Talcott; Shils, Edward A.; Tolman, Edward C.; Allport, Gordon W.; Kluckhorn, Clyde; Murray, Henry A.; Sears, Robert A.; Sheldon, Richard C.; Stouffer, Samuel A.
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The Making of Scientific Management : Volume 1, Thirteen Pioneers; Volume 2, Management in British Industry; Volume 3, the Hawthorne Investigations
by Urwick, L.; Brech, E. F. L.
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London: Management Publications Trust, 1945. RARE First Edition, First Printing set of all 3 volumes in Urwick and Brech's classic series. Volume 1, published 1945, Near Fine, small area of discoloration to rear board, in a Very Good dust jacket, chipped at the edges. Volumes 2 and 3 are both lacking dust jackets. Volume 2, published 1946, Very Good, spine faded, prior owner stamp front end page, light foxing to end pages. Volume 2 has 3 fold-out charts, all Fine. Volume 3, published 1948, Very Good, gilt titles at spine rubbed and unreadable, endpages browned, half-title page corner clipped. All 3 volumes are unmarked, except for the stamp in Vol. 2. None of these First Edition, First Printing volumes are currently available in collectible condition, the set is RARE. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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History of Spanish Literature. In Three Volumes. New Edition. With Notable ALS to Samuel Rogers Tipped In
by Ticknor, George (1791-1871)
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London: John Murray, 1855. Autograph Letter Signed from Ticknor to noted British poet and man of letters Samuel Rogers tipped in front of Volume I. Inked notation front end page indicating "Sotherans March 1898 Literature" with the cut-out for the listing of this book, item no. 505, laid in. Finely bound in half crimson crushed Levant morocco extra over marbled boards, marbled end papers, tops gilt. From the private library of renowned British Dante scholar Paget Toynbee (1855-1932) with his engraved bookplate to front pastedowns. Near Fine, slight rubs at corners and edges, a bit of spotting at end papers only. The letter, on a single folded sheet, is headed "Clarendon Hotel, July 19-". runs roughly 70 words, and seems to be arranging a meeting with some American friends of Ticknor's. At bottom of letter in pencil "to Samuel Rogers". Ticknor's most important work, in fine binding and with distinguished provenance and with a wonderful ASSOCIATION ALS to Samuel…
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Ida M'Toy (Association Copy)
by Welty, Eudora
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Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1979. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at colophon page -"To Barbara and Larry, Eudora Welty". #23 of 350 copies. Association Copy, From the personal collection of Raymond L. (Larry) Slanker and his wife Barbara. Slanker was the longtime Art Director and book designer for University of Illinois Press, and while not credited, no doubt had a hand in the design of this book. Laid in are an archive of programs for the presentation to Ms. Welty of an honorary degree at the University of Illinois on May 20, 1979, along with assorted newspaper and magazine article clipping, envelopes, an invitation to the Slankers, and 2 color slides and 1 Polaroid photograph of Ms. Welty signing books after the ceremony. Near Fine in the red cloth binding, very faint toning at paste downs. A wonderful Association Copy with considerable provenance. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Small 4to.…
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The Sight of Marble and Other Poems (Association Copy with Pencil Drawing)
by James, Edward
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New York: Julian Messner, 1941. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -" for Hugh and Bridget from Edward, with best wishes for 1942". Bound in original quarter black cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering at spine. Very Good, corners bumped and rubbed, in a Very Good dust jacket with staining and soiling and light edge wear. The front of the jacket with an original pencil drawing of a female in portrait and unsigned. The drawing most likely of Bridget and done by James. Bridget Bate Tichenor (1917-1990) was born in France of British descent. She modeled for Man Ray and Vogue magazine and later became Fashion Editor at Vogue. She was trained at an early age in painting by Di Chirico, and she later studied under Reginald Marsh with fellow artists George Tooker and Paul Cadmus. While living with her cousin Edward James, the British poet, Surrealist art collector and sponsor of the magazine Minotaure, she became enamored with Mexico, and moved there in 1953, following her divorce…
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Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition , with Important Three Page ALS
by Leland, Charles Godfrey
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. The First Trade Edition, there was also a limited edition of 100 copies. Very Good in the original salmon cloth with black decorations to boards; title in red on front and spine, Unwin monogram likewise on rear. Color frontispiece. Spine darkened and red title dulled, 3" tear top edge half-title page, light foxing to end pages, period interesting bookplate front pastedown. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library, Folklore Institute, Indiana University, the only library indicators being its stamp verso of frontispiece and blindstamp to title page. With RARE and important three page ALS tipped to front end page, sent from Leland at the Hotel Victoria, Florence, Italy, to Mr Sampson ( noted linguist John Sampson ), possiby dated 1899, with "99" after heading. "Dear Mr Sampson, I have written and sent you separately by this mail that which I contribute to our book." He then discusses his wishes for the Preface and Introduction…
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An Exceptional Collection of Eleven Rupert Hughes Books, with SIGNED AND INSCRIBED Presentations to Will H. Hays, of Hollywood's "Hays Code " Fame
by Hughes, Rupert
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New York: Harpers, The Century Co., A.L Burt, Grosset & Dunlap , 1912. A wonderful collection of 11 Hollywood Association Copies. Rupert Hughes was the uncle of Howard Hughes and a prolific novelist, film director, and Oscar-nominated Hollywood screen writer. Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. When the Catholic Church formed its Legion of Decency and threatened nationwide boycotts of movies, Hays installed a more formal production code, called the Hays Code( later simply "The Code"), which became the virtual…
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Binding, Fine- Riviere & Son) The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, 15 Volumes of the Edition of 17 Volumes, Bound in 4 Volumes
by Browning, Robert; Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge
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London: John Murray, 1914. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Harry Gordon Selfridge front end page of Vol. 1 - "To Mrs. Skidmore With best wishes from H. Gordon Selfridge Wed. April 6, 1921". Harry Gordon Selfridge was the founder of Selfridges department store in London whose innovations revolutionized English merchandising and created a fortune for him. His life is the subject of the popular PBS TV series "Mr. Selfridge" starring Jeremy Piven. This set contains eight volumes bound as four from the Edition in 17 Volumes ( lacking Vols. 13 and 17), as follows: Pauline-Sordello, Vols 3 & 4 bound in Vol. I, Vols. 5 &6, and 7 bound in Vol. II, Vols. 8-10 and Vols. 12 & 13 bound in Vol. III, and Vols. 14 & 15 and Vol. 16 with General Index bound in Vol. IV. In signed Riviere & Son fine binding of half vellum over powder blue buckram, the backs richly gilt, top edges gilt, marbled end pages, Near Fine, light soiling to vellum, scant toning at illustrations.…
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Elementary Geology (ASSOCIATION COPY)
by Hitchcock, Edward (1793-1864)
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Amherst, Mass.: J. S. & C. Adams, 1840. viii, paginated 9-320, illustrated, 3 fold-out charts. RARE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page - "Mr. A. Jenkins, Jr., with the respect of the author", with laid in single sheet center fold with one side in author's manuscript handwriting, titled "Topics on Geology" followed by 19 numbered topics with corresponding pages noted. ASSOCIATION COPY, Reverend Abraham Jenkins, Jr., (1811-1861), graduated Amherst College in 1838. Upon graduation, he assisted Hitchcock in his chemical lectures, and in his geological survey of the State of Massachusetts until the summer of 1839. Edward Hitchcock later became the third President of Amherst, (1845-1854), and was the first State Geologist of Massachusetts. The book a bit less than Very Good, tear to black cloth at front joint running the length of the book with1/4" loss of cloth at top edge of spine, light foxing, mainly at end pages, with heavier toning on verso of rear…
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{Association Copy} Daddy Was a Number Runner
by Meriwether, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin
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New York: Prentice Hall, 1970. SCARCE Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"to Janet Saxe, Best of Luck Teaching Black Literature. Louise Meriwether April 1972". Louise Meriwether (born1923) is an African-American novelist, essayist, journalist and activist. Daddy Was a Number Runner is her critically acclaimed first book, and the first novel to come out of the Watts Writers' Workshop. Considered an underappreciated classic, it is her fictional account of a year in the life of a 12 year old girl growing up in Harlem during the Great Depression. "It risks offending people by taking up such issues such as police brutality, the unemployment situation, the desperation caused by the Depression and the different ways that the Blacks and whites are treated by society." (Ishmael Reed, The New York Times, June 18, 2021 "A Novel From ’70 Is Still Resonant"). Janet (Cheatham) Saxe (Bell) is an African-American educator, author and independent…
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Motion Study;a Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman.[Hardcover] (Classics in Management)
by Gilbreth, Frank B
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Motion Study: A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, publisher's dark green cloth gilt, very good, light wear and soil, front cover slightly spotty, edges of text block slightly soiled. 116 pp, illustrated, plus publisher's catalog.
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Motion Study: A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. Near Fine. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. First Edition. Octavo. 116 + 48 pp. publisher's catalog. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Green boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards rubbed at extremities. Binding is sound. Brentano's ticket to rear pastedown and pages else unmarked. Near Fine.
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1911. GILBRETH, Frank B. Motion Study: A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. 1st ed. xxiii,116pp. Illus. Orig. cloth. Publisher's price slip tipped onto front free endpaper. Fine. The pioneering work on motion study by the efficiency expert and father (and subject) of the authors of Cheaper by the Dozen.
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MOTION STUDY: A METHOD FOR INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE WORKMAN
by Gilbreth, Frank B
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New York, NY: D. Van Nostrand Company. VG+. 1911. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 116 pages. With an introduction by Robert Thurston Kent. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .
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Motion Study; A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. Near Fine, SCARCE publishers notice tipped in at front endpage "The D. Van Nostrand Company intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price, and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow of discount.", book plate front paste down that of John F. Mee, who was the former chairman of the Dept. of Management at the Indiana University School of Business, an authority on the changing concepts of management and a pioneer of management education. Prior owner name and address front endpage, cloth lightly rubbed, contents are clean tight, and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Motion Study: A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman
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New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1911. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Original green cloth gilt. Fine. A pioneer in the field of motion study and efficiency whose work is still used today, the author was affectionately immortalized by his son and daughter in their classic portrait of his large and idiosyncratic family, *Cheaper By the Dozen*. A beautiful copy.
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MOTION STUDY A method for increasing the efficiency of the workman
by GILBRETH, Frank B. Introduction by Robert Thurston Kent
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New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket (assume none issued). Dark gilt-lettered cloth, clean with just hints of rubbing to extremities. xxiii+116+36 (pub. catalogue)+ (2, two book notices), includes the tipped in pub. notice at front regarding pricing on book, 44 ills. inc 4 pp. block on brick-laying (ills 24-42); only marking is a 3 line erasable pencil inscription top front end-paper, otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. An excellent copy of the first edition of this now rare founding text of industrial psychology which launched the, not uncontroversial, 'time and motion study' approach.13 cm x 19.5 cm
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The Guardians of the House: Inscribed Copy
by Lucy Boston with Diana Boston
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Inscribed "The Simpson family You saw most of these faces at Green Know on 26 April 2001 Diana Boston" Book in Near Fine condition, Dust Jacket Good/VG. Has very little wear but crinkly with a crease down the back, some dents and a purple stain on back by bar code. See photos.A souvenir from visiting the manor at Hemingford Grey which stands near the river Ouse. SHIPS FROM CHICAGO, IL.
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Tours of the Black Clock.
by ERICKSON, Steve. Inscribed to Katherine Dunn (Author of Geek Love)
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New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. Signed by the author on the half-title page, and inscribed: To Katherine Dunn, best, Steve Erickson. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket with toning to the white parts of the jacket. Katherine Dunn was the author of Geek Love.
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The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952
by Williams, Harold A
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Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a few tiny spots to rear cover. A complete history of the first century of this important transportation system servicing the Eastern seaboard and points further west. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs of historic scenes and vintage locomotives including the Alliance, the Monocacy, and the Conewago.
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Cook It in a Casserole: With Chafing Dish Recipes and Menus
by Brobeck, Florence
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New York, M. Barrows & Company Inc, 1943, hardcover, 183 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed to Radio and Television host Nancy Craig "Dear Nancy Craig- Hope this can be added to your shelf of favorite cook books. Devotedly, Florence Brobeck- August 26, 1943", on the front endpaper. Straight and tightly bound, spine-end and top corner wear, tape remnants and soiling to endpapers, darkening to textblock top edge, owner's catalogue number "306" stickers to front board and same noted in pencil to front pastedown, Nancy Craig's personal name and address label above inscription. Later issue dustjacket, seventh printing stated, unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, spine darkened, smudges to rear panel, sticker ghost to rear flap, still displays nicely in new Brodart sleeve. Florence Brobeck, the well-known cookbook author, women's editor of The New York Herald Tribune, one-time food columnist for The New York Times Magazine, associate editor of McCall's…
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Allen Lucas; the Self-Made Man
by Chubbuck, Emily
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New York: Sheldon & Company, 1867. Later edition. Very good with some foxing and prior owner signature to front pastedown.. A scarce printing, which appears to be unrecorded on Worldcat. Part of Sheldon's "Good Boy's Library" as indicated on the spine and which were apparently previously part of Sheldon's "Sunday School Books" library. In publisher's green cloth with gilt stamp decorated spine.
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Hooplas; Odes For Odd Occasions, 1956-1986
by James Broughton
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Malibu & San Francisco: Pennywhistle Press, 1988. First edition. Softcover, glossy wraps. 93pp. Fine.Inscribed to Kermit Sheets and his wife and dated in Dec, 1987.Broughton and Sheets were long time artistic collaborators and their 1953 film The Pleasure Garden received an award in Cannes from Jean Cocteau.A strong association.
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The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith; Written by Himself [Hiester H. Muhlenberg]
by Moir, David Macbeth
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New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. Hard Cover. Good +. xii, [13]-223 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Mansie Wauch. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Remains of old paper label at head of spine and call number in white at tail. In ink on the title page in an old hand, following the title "By Mr Moir." At head of title page in another hand: "To the UPS from Hiester H. Muhlenberg of Reading Pa." Hiester H. Muhlenberg (1812-1886) graduated from Dickinson College in 1829 and practiced medicine in Reading; later he became a banker. A bookplate and inscriptions on the front fixed endpaper indicate that Muhlenberg gave the book to the Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College in 1837. Title page also bears the embossed stamp of the Dickinson College Library. The half title page has been altered in ink to read: The Life of John W.…
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The Select (Signed Association Copy): Inscribed to Graeme Devine
by F. Paul Wilson
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Gray and black boards with gold writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine slightly rumpled. Very slight shelf wear top and bottom of dust jacket spine; author's picture and quotes on back dust jacket. Tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. ISBN, cover price of $24.95, and FPT on front dust jacket fold.William Morrow First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "First U.S. Edition" and complete number line on copyright page. Very rare "association copy" of this book ... not only is it signed by author on first page, but it is also inscribed to famous computer game designer Graeme Devine, who developed "The 7th Guest". F. Paul Wilson also dedicates "this dose is for you" to Devine along with a drawing of a syringe with the number 9574 inside.Best-selling author of The Tomb and The Keep, in this novel "Wilson draws for the first time on his lifetime experience as a medical practitioner". Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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IN THE LOYAL MOUNTAINS
by Bass, Rick
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- 9780395716878 / 039571687x
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Tom McGuane, to whom the book along with John Graves and Jim Harrison is dedicated, on the dedication page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Unusual as such.. Inscribed By Dedicatee. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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MAN-FATE. THE SWAN SONG OF BROTHER ANTONINUS
by Everson, William (Brother Antoninus)
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NY: New Directions, 1974. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Everson on the half-title page to his publisher/bibliographer, the Barlett's of Cayucos Books. "To Peter & Henrietta/once again here at Kingfisher Flat in gratitude for our long friendship Bill Everson Dec 30, 1984 Swanton, CA." Cayucos Books published Everson's Tendril in the Mesh, The Alpine Christ & Other Poems, et al. Very faint beginning toning on the dustjacket topedge (not immediately apparent); otherwise, in Fine condition in a Naer Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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