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[003656] . SCIENCE, August 27, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 186. ill. Etching. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. WILLARD GIBBS: Multiple algebra. in Letters to the Editor: WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period;HENRY B. BAKER: The causation of pneumonia; and E.W.EVANS: The sweating sickness. Another article:"A New Submarine Torpedo Boat" with illustration. ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark along top edge of front cover and on first page top margin inside. watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $40.00

[004028] . Report of the Third Annual Reunion of the Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf Held at Newport, R. I., July 7th, 1871. New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co, 1872. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Stiff Covers. Military. Good Contents include: A Poem "Gulf-Weed" by Henry Howard Brownell; Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Admiral D.G.Farragut by Rev. Henry E. Montgomery; Remarks by General McDowell, Alexander Hamilton Rice, Dr. Foltz, Gen. Sheridan, and others; List of Vessels in the Gulf Squadron Commanded by Admiral D.G.Farragut and Roster of Troops (19th Corps) Department of Gulf. 80 pp. Blue stiff covers. Faint gilt lettering on front cover. Front bottom corner tip missing.Tears at spine joints. Back cover's top corner creased. 1/2" spine paper missing at base. Overall covers are Good. Still intact. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good + condition. Mildly brown-tone to pages, age? related. $80.00

[003246] . SCIENCE, December 18, 1885. Volume VI. No. 150. ill. Etching. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ With Science Supplement. Some articles: "The Meeting of the American Public Health Association"; "The government and its scientific bureaus" and "Methods of teaching political economy". Articles by or about Famous Americans: in Letters to the Editor: "NEWCOMB's Political Economy"; LESTER F. WARD "A National university"; P. J. FARNSWORTH "The English sparrow"; and WILLIAM FERREL "The temperature of the moon". In Science Supplement:.I. C. RUSSELL "North Carolina coal-fields"; "Laying a Cable" (joining the two islands Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket); "Physics at Johns Hopkins"; and "The American ferret" with an illustration of one. Covers slightly soiled. Slight chipping at edges. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement"s edges lightly soiled/chipped, otherwise in VG condition. $45.00

[005054] . REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY...Construction and Distribution of the Standards of Weights and Measures 1856. ill. Plates, Foldouts, Graph. 1856. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Weights and Measures. Very Good Communicating In Compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th of August, 1856, a report of the progress on the construction and distribution of the standards of weights and measures, and supply of hydrometers to the custom-houses; the balances made and distributed to States, and the legislation thereof relative to standard weights and measures. Report to the Treasury Department, by Professor Alexander D. Bache, on the progress of the work of constructing standards of weights and measures for the custom-houses, and balances for the States, and in supplying standard hydrometers to the custom-houses, from the 1st of January, 1848 to the 31st of December, 1856. 218 pp. 5 foldout Plates of: Saxton's Yard Dividing Machine; Saxton's Reflecting Pyrometer and Comparator; Experiments on the Weight of Various Liquids at Different Temperatures; a Plan; and Weighing in Vacuum. IncludesTables, and 26 Appendices. Famous Americans in document: Alexander D. Bache (1806-1867) a physicist and educator who studied the earth's magnetic field. As an educational leader, he organized the Philadelphia public schools. He was a great grandson of Benjamin Franklin; Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury; James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury; F. R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Survey Of The Coast Of The United States; and W. H. Vesey, the consul of the United States at Havre. Disbound but intact. Pages 1-16 loose 2" up the spine otherwise document is tight. Sporadic light foxing, mainly clean. Overall document is Very Good. $95.00

[003330] . THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE RT. REV. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, D.D., October 10th to 14th 1898. New York: Bangs & Company , 1898. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Auction Catalogs. Good to Good- Auction Catalog of the Bishop of the Diocese of Iowa. "A Collection Comprising Many Interesting Works in General Literature; Some Americana, History, Biography, Travels, Antiquities, Controversy, Poety, Etc., Etc, and Special Lists of Book Relating to Charles The First of England; The Dance of Death; Jeanne D'Arc, The Maid of Orleans; Thomas A'Kempis, and a Long List of Liturgical Literature." During his lifetime, Rev. Perry held numerous church offices, including President of Hobart College. He has published more books probably than any living clergyman in the Episcopal church. In 1876 he was elected Bishop of Iowa. 148 pp. Front cover soiled, chipping to side and bottom edges. Missing pieces of spine paper at both ends, but intact with front cover. Back cover missing. Exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $45.00

[003361] . SCIENCE, August 31, 1883. No. 30.. ill. Etchings, Tables, Graph. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1883. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles: Notes on the Geology of the Troad, by J.S. Diller; Occurrence of Mound-Builders Pipes in New Jersey, by Charles C. Abbott with an illustration; The Igloo of the Innuit. -III. with 9 illustrations; Minnesota Weather; Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Geology of Philadelphia by Henry Carvill Lewis; The Iroquois Book of Rites; The Evidence for evolution in the history of the extinct Mammalia with a table; A classification of the natural sciences by T. Sterry Hunt with a table; Orbit of the great comet of 1882 by Edgar Frisbie; The tornado at Racine, May 18, 1883 ; A Method for the calibration of a galvanometer with an illustration; The utilization of the sun's rays for warming and ventilating apartments by E. S. Morse; New form of selenium cell, with some remarkable electrical discoveries made by its use; 3 articles by B. F. Thomas: A Method of determining the centre of gravity of a mass with an illustration; Two forms of apparatus for Boyle's law with 2 illustrations; and A new heliostat with an illustration; The static telephone by Prof. A. E. Dolbear; Report of the committee on indexing the literature of chemical elements; The kinetic theory of the specific heat of solids and A kinetic theory of melting boiling by H. T. Eddy; On y-dichlordibrompropionic and y-dichlorbromacrylic acids by C.F. Mabery; The sub-aqueous dissociation of certain salts with a graph; Suggestions for computing the speed of chemical reactions; Twelve months of lysimeter record at the New York agricultural experiment station by E.L. Sturtevant; The composition of American wheat and corn with a table; The sotol, A Mexican forage plant; American butters and their adulterations by H. W. Wiley; A Comparison of terr-cotta lumber with other materials; Improvements in shaping-machines; Regularity of flow in double-cylinder rotary pumps; The early History of the North American Continent; and The Remington Type-Writer by Richard A. Proctor with an illustration. pp. 255-298. Covers are advertisements for Photo-Engraving, Park Place, N.Y. and Electrical Test Instruments.. Additional page front and back with advertisements, before articles. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Some small chips on side and bottom edges.Spine split up 6" but covers still intact. overall exterior is Good.. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Around borders some age-toning, not on text. $60.00

[003518] . SCIENCE, July 25, 1884. Volume IV. No. 77. ill. Etchings, Map. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by or about Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Implements of the Igloo with 12 illustrations; COUES'S Key to North-American Birds; 2 articles regarding GREELY Expedition, one with "two despatches from Lieut. Greely" including a map showing "points visited by Greely's party"; and EUGENE A. SMITH: Cretaceous phosphates in Alabama. Other articles include:Wiedemann's Electricity and The Organization for an International Scientific Association by Charles S. Minot. Also included the Index of Special Articles for SCIENCE, Volume III, January-June 1884 . covers detached. Slightly soiled around edges. Back cover's top corner creased. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edges. Vertical crease down the middle, going through "bulletin"-very minor. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ $50.00

[003519] . SCIENCE, November 5, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 196. ill. Etchings. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: L. P.GRATACAP: An Archeological Fraud with 2 illustrations; and O. T. MASON: The Guadalajara Pottery with 14 illustrations. In Supplement: Cable Street-Railways with 10 illustrations and The physical basis of aesthetics. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. numberson front. light vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at side edge. small yellow musuem label on front cover. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. pp.401-422. $55.00

[003230] . SCIENCE, October 30, 1885. Volume VI. No. 143. ill. Etching. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Articles by Famous Americans: F.W. PUTNAM "Man and the mastodon" (found in Worchester County, Mass.). In Letters to the Editor: ALPHEUS HYATT "Cruise of the Arethusa"; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN "The care of pamphlets". In Science Supplement:" The Nordenfelt submarine boat" with illustration. Other articles: "The International Geological Congress at Berlin"; " Localization of Functions in the Brain"; plus "Geographical Notes" (Lieut. H.T. Allen's expedition to Copper or Atna River and Lieutenant Cantwell's exploration of the Kowak River); "Astronomical Notes" (Small versus large telescopes, Comet 1885. III.(Brooks), New variable in Cygnus, Common decimal unit of circular measure,and Gould's Zone Catalogue). ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slightly soiled. Vertical crease, goes through, but very minor. some mild chipping to edges, exterior is Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Supplement's border mildly soiled. Some pages uncut. Overall Supplement is VG-. $45.00

[003552] . SCIENCE, January 8, 1886. Volume VII. No. 153. ill. Table, Line Drawings.. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: H.M. PAUL: Close approach of Saturn and Geminorum with illustration; In Letters to the Editor: JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE: The moon's Atmosphere; NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER(The Nobel Peace Prize 1931): The Convict-Labor Problem and WILLIAM FERREL: The Temperature of the Moon. Also in Letters to the Editor: Relics from an Indian grave by Stephen Bowers with illustration. Other articles: General Abbott's Report on the Flood Rock Explosion with a table; Success in Hatching the Eggs of the Cod by John A. Ryder with illustration; The palace of the kings of Tiryns, Winter on Mount Washington, Japanese Houses, and Physical expression and Reforms in English Public Schools. ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Chipping along side/bottom edges. Stains at top edge near spine. Overall exterior and interior are Good.Interior with watermarks along top border-never on text.Otherwise interior is tight and Very Good. $45.00

[003222] . SCIENCE, October 16, 1885. Volume VI. No. 141. ill. Etchings, Tables. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good- With Science Supplement Articles by/or about Famous Americans: H.M. PAUL "Timing the Flood Rock explosion"; T. C. MENDENHALL "The explosion at Flood Rock"; GEORGE M. STERNBERG "Disinfection"; and "Life of AGASSIZ" with a full page portrait. In Letters to the Editor: C. A. YOUNG "Flood Rock explosion observed at Princeton, N.J."; S.P. LANGLEY "False report of the fall of a meteorite in western Pennsylvania"; and G. BROWN GOODE "The care of pamphlets". Also in Letters to Editor: "Color and other associations" with 2 illustrations; " Education and The Health of Women" with 2 tables; and " An African smithy" with illustration. Covers detached but "intact". ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slightly soiled. Vertical crease, goes through, but very minor. some chipping to side/bottom edges, exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Supplement's border mildly soiled. Some pages uncut. Overall Supplement is VG-. $40.00

[003657] . SCIENCE, October 15, 1886. Volume VIII. No. 193. ill. Etchings. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: J. E. OLIVER: Education and the cost of living; H. CARVILL LEWIS: The genesis of the diamond; WILLIAM NORTH RICE: The eccentricity theory of the glacial period; H. W. WILEY: Unexplained noises; and EDWARD S. HOLDEN: How astronomers may work. Other articles:"The mounting of Mungo"( African elephant) with 4 illustrations; " A few words about pavements"(Fifth Ave, New York) with 4 illustrations; and "Washington's signature" with 8 different "examples". ex.mus.numbers on front cover. mildly soiled. watermark at top corner of front/back cover -not inside. thin watermark at spine hinge. small chipping around bottom/side edges. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $50.00

[003659] . SCIENCE, June 6, 1884. Volume III. No. 70. ill. Etchings, Chart. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good Articles by Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Middle Yukon with 9 illustrations; in Letters to the Editor: G. BROWN GOODE: The invention of the vertical camera in photography with photo engraving illustration; and CHARLES C. ABBOTT: Hibernating mammals. Other articles: " The conic projection in oceanic cartography" with a North-Atlantic track-chart. " The Royal Society of Canada"; and " Calderwood's Mind and Brain". Mildly chipped covers at side edge. Overall covers are Very Good. Faint vertical crease down the middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $55.00

[003733] . A SKETCH OF THE SERVICES OF THE LATE W.W.SEATON IN CONNECTION WITH THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, AND SOME NOTICES OF HIS LIFE AND PERSONAL CHARACTER.. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Biography. Good+ to Very Good- " In 1846 Mr. Seaton, being then mayor of Washington, and surpassed by on one in zeal for the public good and in the influence due to his rare social qualities, his known integrity, and peculiarly winning and unaffected eloquence, united with other gentlemen of like feelings in quring upon Congress the organization of an establishment which should at length do justice to the benevolent and far-sighted views which had dictated the bequest." pp.80-87. mildly soiled covers. ex.mus.stamp on front cover. some fading around borders. Tiny missing side edge piece and at spine. Overall exterior is Good+ or better. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is clean, tight, and VG. $30.00

[003994] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1881-1883. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor. Interior Good+ Vol.1 Part I and 2. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: T. SHERRY HUNT's "Mineral Physiology"; and 3 articles by LEROY C. COOLEY-"Chemistry and the Question of Life"; "Examination of a Stain found on Monumental Marble"; and "The Work of the Scientific Section". Other articles by W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring, and W. G. Stevenson (editor). 148 pp. Paper covers detached with tears and missing pieces. Title and illustration on front cover intact. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. Side edge stained? not on any text. String tied. At pages 96-97 string has broken, so text is in two parts. Otherwise interior is clean and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $40.00

[003996] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1884-1885. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.III Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: MARY WHITNEY - "The Sun-Spots of the Past Few Years" with an illustration; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"The Evolution of Science". Other articles by William B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Gyroscope with 4 plates), and Edward D. Cope . 216 pp. Front paper cover 4" tear at spine joint. Back cover detached with tears and small pieces missing. Blank back endpaper torn, no text. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003997] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1885-1887. ill. Plates, Tables,Figures (line drawings) Maps. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Fair Interior Very Good Vol.IV Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: W. LE CONTE STEVENS - "Aerial Navigation" with 4 illustrations; and MARY WHITNEY - "New Stars in Andromeda and Orion" with an illustration. 3 articles by William G. Stevenson, President of The Institute: "Interpretations of Nature", "Genius and Mental Disease" and "Earthquakes". Other articles by Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss, Capt. Henry C. Taylor, Isabel Mulford, Charles L. Bristol, Edward Riggs,William B. Dwight, and Charles B. Warring. 282 pp. Front paper cover missing bottom corner and two small pieces at side edge. Water mark at front top corner and down side edge. Shows on top corner of title page and no further. Spine paper cracking. Strip at base missing. Back cover missing. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003998] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1887-1890. ill. Plate, Figures (line drawings). Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor.Interior Very Good Vol.5 Part I and II. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: CHARLES A. YOUNG - "Nebulae and the Nebular Hypothesis"; and LEROY C. COOLEY-"Limit of Visibility for Minute Masses". Other articles by Henry V. Pelton, President of the Institute, William A. Mowry (Oregon Settlement), W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring (Mathematics & Gyroscope), Gilbert Van Ingen, Edward Elsworth (Photography), and W. G. Stevenson's Obituary. Frontis. portrait of Stevenson. 192 pp. Front paper cover detached with missing pieces around edges. Title and design on cover intact. ex-mus. numbers/stamp on front top edge. Back cover missing. String tied. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $45.00

[003541] . SCIENCE, March 12, 1886. Volume VII. No. 162. New York: The Science Company, 1886. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good Articles by Famous Americans: N. S. SHALER: The swamps of the United States; and ERNEST INGERSOLL: The Rocky Mountains as seen from the Canadian Pacific railway. in Letters to the Editor: S. LOCKWOOD: Apropos to Pteranodon and Homo. Other articles: The origin of human races and types and Comparative distribution of Jewish ability. ex.-mus. numbers on front cover. mild soil at stapled side. Bottom edge chipped. Some chipping to bottom edge. Overall exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. pp. 229-250. $40.00

[003164] . SCIENCE, April 17, 1885. Volume V. No. 115. ill. Engravings, Drawings, Tables. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ or Better Article by Famous American: A. W. GREELY "The scientific results of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition" with full page illustration of "The station of the Greely Party at Lady Franklin Bay". Other articles: "Footprints in the rocks of Colorado" by H.W. Parker with 2 illustrations; and "Successful extraction of a bullet from the brain" with 2 illustrations. Under News and Notes, a paragraph on the "remarkable halo seen in Orleans, France on " 17th of January last" with an drawing of the "halo". Paper covers lightly soiled with light chipping around edges, otherwise Good+. Back cover's lower corner folded back. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $35.00

[002955] . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE FOR 1900. ill. Table. Philosophical Society of Washington, 1901. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Mathematic. Very Good to Very Good+ Bulletin, Vol.XIV, pp. 139-166. pages' top edge uncut so interior is Fine. Articles by Famous Americans on GEODESY by J.F. Hayford; ASTRONOMY by T.J.J. See; ASTROPHYSICS by J. G. Hagen; and PURE MATHEMATICS by F. G. Radelfinger. Salmon colored covers mildly soiled. Spine sunned, tears at bottom to gutters, 1". otherwise VG+. Also have REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE FOR 1899. $50.00

[002956] . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE FOR 1899. Philosophical Society of Washington, 1900. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Mathematic. Good Bulletin, Vol..XIV, pp. 1-20. most pages' top edge uncut so interior is Fine. Articles on GEODESY by J.F. Hayford; ASTRONOMY by T.J.J. See; and ASTROPHYSICS by J. G. Hagen. Salmon colored front cover soiled with ex.mus. stamp and numbers.Bottom corner creased with 1/4"x3/4" piece missing. 3/4" tear on back cover. Exterior overall Good. First page of text's bottom corner slightly soiled, only in margin. Otherwise interior is clean, tight and Near Fine. Also have REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE FOR 1900. $50.00

[002957] . REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR 1900. ill. Figures (line drawings). Philosophical Society of Washington, 1901. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Physical Science. Very Good Bulletin, Vol..XIV, pp. 93-138. most pages' top edge uncut so interior is Fine. Articles on HYDRODYNAMICS by R.A. Harris; PHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS by C.F. Marvin; TIDES by L.P. Shidy; ACOUSTICS by C. K. Wead and METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF FORCE OF GRAVITY ON THE OCEAN By G.W.Littlehales. Salmon colored covers slightly soiled. Spine faded and mildly chipped.Bottom front cover edge one small tear and corner tip missing. Overall exterior is VG. Interior is clean, tight and Near Fine. $50.00

[002972] . SIMON NEWCOMB. Memorial Addresses. Philosophical Society of Washington,, 1910. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Biography. Very Good- Memorial Addresses by Charles K. Wead, James Bryce, Milton Updegraff, R.S. Woodward, L.O. Howard, Herbert Putnam, and E.M. Gallaudet. Resolutions Read by O.H. Tittmann. Read before Philosophical Society of Washington, December 4, 1909. Bulletin, Vol. XV, pp. 133-167. pages uncut. mildly faded/soiled covers. ex.-mus stamp and number on front cover, otherwise in VG condition. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Frontis. portrait of Newcomb. $50.00

[003110] . AGASSIZ COMPANION,1886-1888,18 Issues. ill. Engravings. Wyandotte, Kansas: Will H. Plank, 1886. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Science. Good A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Natural Sciences, Philately and the Interests of the Agassiz Association. 18 issues. 1886: Vol.I, No. 1-4. 1887: Vol.II, No. 1-8, and No. 12. 1888: Vol.III, No. 1-2, No. 5, No. 7, No.11-12(one issue). Some Articles: Insects, Andes, Fauna of Lower Silurian in the vicinity of Lebanon, Ohio: Sea-weeds and Coral, Plant Movements, Fossil Hunt, Botany in Public Schools, Geology, Agassiz, His Life and Works (with portrait engraving), Rocks and Minerals of Maine. ex.-mus. stamp/numbers/or "Agassiz Association, Chapter 158" on front cover. Mild soiling. First issue, 2 1/2"x3", missing piece on front cover; one issue's back cover missing piece and several with paper label residue. All covers are intact. Paper wraps overall Good. Interiors are clean, tight and overall Very Good+. $320.00

[003135] . POPULAR SCIENCE NEWS AND BOSTON JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY.1892-Complete year. 12 issues. Vol. XXVI: Number 1-12. January-December.. ill. Figures (line drawings), Tables,. Boston: Popular Science News Co., 1892. Size: Approx. 9 1/2" x 12". Paper Wraps. Science. Good or Better Articles by Harlan Hoge Ballard,"then" President of the Agassiz Association; and THE NEW STAR IN AURIGA, by Charles Augustus Young. Articles include: NOVELITIES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (6 etchings); WATER AND AIR BAROMETERS (2 etchings); PHOTOGRAPHING LIGHTING-STROKES(1etching); FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF COCHIN CHINA (1etching); SOME CURIOUS MINERALS (5 ETCHINGS); ABOUT LICHENS(17 etchings); MIMICRY IN ANIMALS (3 etchings); EXPERIMENTS WITH WATER-JETS(3 ETCHINGS); EVOLUTION FOR THE CONTINENTS( 4 etchings); MINIATURE SUN-DIALS (4 etchings); SOUP-BUBBLES (6 etchings); JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (2 etchings); SIMPLIFIED COMPOUND LEAVES (8 etchings). Includes monthly section on MEDICINE and PHARMACY, ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA and METEOROLOGY. December Issue includes Index for the Year with List of Articles. All are in Good or better condition. One issue will ex-mus. numbers on front cover (advertisement page). May issue does not have 2 pages of advertisements as its "covers", all the other issues do. Covers lightly soiled or age-toned around borders. One issue torn area on cover (advertisements), but all there. One issue's side edge with tear, but intact. Overall interiors are clean, tight, and in Very Good condition. $125.00

[003154] . SCIENCE, January 16, 1885. Vol. V. No. 102. ill. Sketches. Cambridge, MA,: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good- Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE "Recent advances in electrical science"; J. W. POWELL "The administration of the scientific work of the general government"; J. R. BARTLETT "Some recent experiments with oil in stopping breakers"; ADOLPH F. BANDELIER "Bandelier's Archeological Tour in Mexico" with illustration of " The Great Mound at Cholula"; and BENJAMIN GOULD "The Argentine Zone Catalogue" with 2 illustrations of " Dr. Gould's Observatory at Cordoba" and "View of Corboba from Dr. Gould's Observatory" also in Letters to the Editor-J. S. DILLER " Coal in the Chico group of California"; HENRY W. HAYNES "Man in the stone age"; and B. G. WILDER " The use of slips in scientific correspondence". Includes other scientific articles. pp41-62. Covers detached. Top front corner torn-have "detached" piece, 3"x2". ex. mus. stamp on front cover. 3" tear and small chippings around edges. Mildly soiled. Good- exterior. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $42.50

[003233] . SCIENCE, November 20, 1885. Volume VI. No. 146. ill. Tables, Engravings. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ With Science Supplement. Article by a Famous American: in Science Supplement: E. J. JAMES "Recent land legislation in England". Other articles: "Blackfoot Tribes"; "Some Reaction-Time Studies" with a table; "Ben Nevis Meteorological Observatory" with an illustration of the observatory; and "Entomology in the National Museum" with a table. In Letters to the Editor: "Effigy mounds in Iowa" with an illustration. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front. vertical crease, mildly seen throughout publication, very minor. Slight chipping at bottom edge, very slightly at top. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement's bottom edge mildly chipped otherwise in VG condition. $45.00

[003161] . SCIENCE, March 20, 1885. Volume V. No. 111. ill. Etchings,diagrams, Drawings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: JOHN TROWBRIDGE " The Jefferson physical laboratory"(at Harvard University) with engraving of the facility and 4 layout diagrams; JOSEPH F. JAMES "Evidences of beaches in the Cincinnati group" with one illustration; and DAVID P. TODD "Researches in stellar parallax"with one illustration. Other articles: "Coffins of the Seventh Century" with one illustration and under Notes and News, a paragraph on a "new loud-speaking telephone" with an illustration of one. Under Letters to the Editor, a short paragraph from D.P.TODD "Solar eclipse of March 16. Other Letters to Editor: "Hereditary abnormality of sense-organs" by W.J. McGee with illustration and "Economy of fuel" by Bailey Willis with illustration. Some soiling to paper covers. Side edge with mild chippings.Very little to bottom edge. Covers intact. Overall exterior is Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $40.00

[003254] . SCIENCE, December 11, 1885. Volume VI. No. 149. ill. Tables. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ With Science Supplement. Some articles: "A National University"; "The Decay of the Obelisk"(in Central Park) by ARNOLD HAGUE; " The Meeting of the American Public Health Association" with diagram exhibiting the comparative mortality by absolute number of decedents from fifteen most important causes of death, in Rhode Island, during 25 years, from 1860 to 1884; "Telpherage"(in England) with 4 illustrations, under Astronomical Notes: "Two new comets" with table and "The Biela comet meteor-stream" with table. Articles by or about Famous Americans: in Letters to the Editor:E. J. JAMES "NEWCOMB's Political Economy"; and H. M. PAUL "The Biela comet meteor-stream". In Science Supplement: G. BROWN GOODE " Recent Challenger Monographs"(report of Challenger Expedition); "Heights in France"(of country's inhabitants) with map; and "Progress in Metallurgy". Tipped in one page: THREE NEW PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON". Covers only 1/5 attached, but covers "intact". Slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Slight chipping at edges. label residue covering up part of "title" contents. Some creasing. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement is in VG condition. $45.00

[003167] . SCIENCE, May 8, 1885. Volume V. No. 118. ill. Portraits, Engravings, Map,. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good- Articles by Famous Americans: S. NEWCOMB "Mortality experience of the Connecticut mutual life-insurance Co."; and in Letters to the Editor ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL "The Wisconsin Bill relating to the instruction of deaf-mutes"; and EUGENE A. SMITH " Tertiary phosphates in Albama". Other articles: "Composite Portraits of Members of the National Academy of Sciences" with a full page of 4 portraits protected by a tissue guard; " American Flash Language in 1798" with Tufts's glossary, 1793-98; "Walking and Running" with 5 illustrations; and under Notes and News, a paragraph on the "earlier floods of the lower Mississippi" with a map. Also "Naval architecture in England, and "Recent British locomotives". Paper covers lightly soiled with chipping around edges. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Top right corner of front cover missing,and another piece of top border. Bottom edge piece folded up and corner missing. Tearing at spine. Covers still intact. Overall covers are Good-. First 3 pages' upper corners missing, 1 1/2"x1/2", not on text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $40.00

[003179] . SCIENCE, July 10, 1885. Volume VI. No. 127. ill. Foldout Map, Etching, Table. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles by Famous Americans: J. H. RAUCH "Chicago-River pollution"; IRA REMSEN "City-Wells"; and E. L. CORTHELL "The ship-railway between the Atlantic and Pacific" with large, laid in, foldout map, 29"x18" of the "proposed Tehuantepec ship-railway, and illustrations showing the various appliances to be used on the railway" (The article "presents the scientific and commercial reasons why the ship-railway across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec may be superior to either the Panama sea-level canal or the Nicaragua lock canal". Several articles relating to medicine and health: "Sanitation and science"; "Quarantines and their scientific value"; "How to deal with yellow-fever"; "Soils and health"; "Berlin exhibition of hygiene in 1882-83" and "Animal diseases and public health". Paper covers lightly soiled and chipped. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Map is Very Good, one tiny tear at bottom edge, not within border of illustration. $100.00

[003182] . SCIENCE, July 24, 1885. Volume VI. No. 129. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good+ Articles by Famous Americans: N. S. SHALER " Humanism in the study of nature"; and in Letters to the Editor: M. E. WADSWORTH "Volcanic dust east of the Rocky Mountains". Other articles: " An Arizona Natural Bridge" with illustration; " Sir Peter Lumsden on the Tribes upon the Afghan Boundary" with 2 illustrations- Gateway of Bala Murghab and Some types of Afgan Tribes; "Comparison of the Skulls of Assassins and Men of Note" with an illustration of "average measurements of three classes of heads" and under Notes and News, a paragraph about Observatory at Nice and its floating dome with 2 illustrations showing "sections" of the dome. ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edges. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $35.00

[003183] . SCIENCE, August 7, 1885. Volume VI. No. 131. ill. Etchings, Maps,. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ From Famous Americans in Letters to the Editor: JOSEPH F. JAMES "An abormal Rudbeckla" with an illustration; and WM. H. BREWER "The ginkgo tree"; also under Letters to Editor: "The swimming-habits of the sunfish" by John A. Ryder with an illustration of "Mola Rotunda". Other articles: "Exploration in Indo-China" with 4 illustrations including a map of proposed railways; "The Telephone in Paris" with a map "showing Paris and the distribution of telephones"; "Around Africa" with 2 head "portraits" of "Natal Caffre and Sulu Maiden". ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Tiny chipping around bottom edge. Overall covers are Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $40.00

[003196] . SCIENCE, August 28, 1885. Volume VI. No. 134. ill. Foldout Map, Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good Articles about/or by Famous Americans: "Biographical Sketch of the President of the Association"(HUBERT ANSON NEWTON) with portrait illustration; 2 articles about HENRY STANLEY: "The Kongo Free State"; and "Stanley's Kongo" including a large foldout Map of Central Africa and the Kongo Free State. In Letters to the Editor: THEO. GILL "Man's Ancestry". Other articles: "Composite Portraiture" with illustration; and "The Yacht Puritan" with 2 illustrations.Lightly soiled. Tiny chipping around side/bottom edge.Crease down middle. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG. Map is Very Good-. Two tears at middle fold. $55.00

[003197] . SCIENCE, September 4, 1885. Volume VI. No. 135. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good- Articles about/or by Famous Americans: In Letters to the Editor:R.P. WHITFIELD "An American Silurian scorpion"with illustration; CHAS. A. ASHBURNER "The geology of natural gas"; and R. W. SHUFELDT "Probable period of gestation in the 'horned-toad'. Other articles: " The Lick Observatory" with 5 illustrations; and "The Development of the Eye" with 2 illustrations. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. Covers detached. Front cover is Good to Good+. Back cover with tears and missing pieces, Good-. Crease down middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $45.00

[003215] . SCIENCE, September 11, 1885. Volume VI. No. 136. ill. Etchings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good+ Articles by Famous Americans: W. R. NICHOLS "Chemistry in the service of public health"; EDWARD ORTON "Problems in the study of coal, with a sketch of recent progress in geology"; DR. BURT G. WILDER "Educational musuems of vertebrates"; and EDWARD ATKINSON "The application of science to the production and consumption of food". Other articles: on Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Mechanical Science, Geology and Geography, Biology, Histological Investigation, Histology and Microscopy, Native Tribes of Alaska, Anthropology and Economic Science and Statistics. In Notes and News: Paragraph on a monument of the first duke of Sutherland in England being struck and injured by lightning with an illustration; Use of the telephone for military purposes with an illustration and An electric railway at Frankfort with illustration. ex. mus. stamp (faint) on front cover. Covers slightly soiled. Bottom edge lightly chipped on front cover, back cover chipped with one 1" tear and 3/4"x1/2" circular spot?goes through on bottom edge on several pages, never close to text. Otherwise exterior is VG. First page of text with several soiled spots? otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Vertical crease through publication as if once folded. Not obtrusive. $45.00

[003159] . SCIENCE, March 13, 1885. Volume V. No. 110. ill. Foldout Map, Drawings. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good to Good- Some articles: "The Solar Eclipse of March 16" with illustration; "The Hudson-Bay Expedition of 1884" by Wm. P. Anderson with 2 illustrations and foldout "Chart showing the track of the 'S.S. Neptune' Hudson's Bay Expedition 1884"- Chart is 13"x10"; "The Annisquam Seaside Laboratory"; and "The Prehistoric Congress at Lisbon". Some soiling to paper covers. Side edge with tears. Some chipping to bottom edge. Small watermark at top edge, barely goes through. Covers intact. Overall exterior is Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Foldout chart is Very Good-. 3/4" tear at edge, along border of chart. 2 small missing pieces along bottom edge, not near border of chart. $50.00

[005028] . SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE OF PROF. JOSEPH HENRY, LL.D., Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Biography. Good Biographical sketch of Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797-May 13, 1878), an American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. During his lifetime, he was considered one of the greatest American scientists since Benjamin Franklin. 10 pp. No date. Plain cream wrappers. Written in pen on front cover: "Henry, Joseph, Sketch of Life and contributions to Science". Mildly soiled covers. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. 1/4" tear at base of spine. 1" tear on back cover, close to spine otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[004787] . The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review . ill. Frontis Engraving. New York: J.& H.G. Langley, 1841. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Single Issue Magazine. Fair October 1841. No covers. Contents: DR CHANNING'S RECENT WRITINGS; A SABBATH AMONG THE HILLS; FREE TRADE, Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Import Duties with the principal Evidence; GRASSMERE AND RYDAL WATER, by Mrs. Sigourney; POLITICAL PORTRAITS WITH PEN AND PENCIL-No.XXVI. FRANCIS THOMAS OF MARYLAND; FELICITY. From the German of Goethe, by James K. Armstrong; THE FIRST MEETING OF JEFFERSON AND BURR; THE LIGHT OF LIFE, by C. W. Denison; ANTON'S DICTIONARY AND DEFENCE; SONNETS ON CHARACTER, by B. F. Butler-V. JOHN CALVIN, VI. WILLIAM PENN; and POLITICAL PORTRAITS WITH PEN AND PENCIL-No.XXVII. MARCUS MORTON OF MASSACHUSETTS( with a fine Engraving on steel). First 36 pages "Monthly Literary Advertiser" with ads. Some foxing-heaviest on first few pages. Frontis. engraving of Marcus Morton protected with foxed tissue guard. Mild foxing around engraving-not on portrait. pp.315-408. String-tied. Text is tight. Mild foxing. Doesn't interfere with text. Text is Good. Have to list publication as Fair because covers are missing. Dr. Channing was an honorary transcendentalist, as an active Unitarian minister whose productive years predated and anticipated many of the ideas adopted by Emerson and Parker, in particular, so much that Emerson would say respectfully, "he is our Bishop." Lydia Huntley Sigourney née Lydia Howard Huntley (September 1, 1791 - June 10, 1865) was an extremely popular American poet during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford." Most of her works were published with just her married name "Mrs. Sigourney." Francis Thomas (February 3, 1799-January 22, 1876) was a Maryland politician who served as Governor of Maryland from 1842-1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland. Marcus Morton (December 19, 1784-February 6, 1864) was a lawyer, jurist, and politician from Taunton, Massachusetts. He represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and served two terms as Governor of Massachusetts. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review began publication with the October 1837 issue. In 1852 its name changed to Democratic Review, and it seems to have ceased publication or been absorbed into other magazines not long afterward. $50.00

[004871] . S. C. POMEROY'S EXPEDITURES FOR THE COLONIZATION OF PERSONS OF AFRICAN DESCENT. 2 U.S.Government Documents. 1870. ill. Tables. 1870. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good Two documents dated two days apart relating to itemized expenditures of Samuel C. Pomeroy, who by request of the President consented to organize emigration parties of free colored persons, for settlement in Central America.#1. COLONIZATION OF PERSONS OF AFRICAN DESCENT. Letter From THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, In Answer To A resolution of the House of March 23, 1870, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures out of the appropriation contained in the eleventh section of chapter 54 of Statutes of 1862, and the present condition of any unexpended balances of such appropriations. March 28,1870. Shows statement with breakdown of $100,000 worth of expenditures. 3 pages. Disbound. Barely attached at spine( 1/2") otherwise Very Good+. #2. ACCOUNTS OF THE COLONIZATION AGENT, Letter From THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY Transmitting A letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the accounts of the colonization agent. March 30, 1870. Includes the contract with Ambrose W. Thompson..."owns and controls such rights in a tract of country within the republic of New Granada...valid land titles to colonists of African descent brought from the United States..." Includes "Executive Mansion, Washington, September 11, 1862. "the within contract is approved...A.Lincoln." With Table of expeditures. 12 pp. 6 1/2" tear at spine. Still attached. Very Good+. Clean. Famous Americans in documents: Abraham Lincoln, President; Geo. S. Boutwell, Secretary of Treasury; Samuel C. Pomeroy, Colonization Agent; and Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior. $80.00

[004886] . PASSENGERS ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN 1842. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.... ill. Tables. 1843. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. American History. Good Transmitting A statement of passengers arrived in the United States, from foreign countries, during the year 1842. Disbound but intact. 33 pp. 27th Congress, 3d Session. Doc. No. 177. Ho.of Reps. State Dept. First page from Department of State, Washington, February 22, 1843 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. "Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, statements showing the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived from foreign countries in each collection district of the United States, and in each quarter, during the year 1842..." DANIEL WEBSTER. Page 2-33 tables with Custom-House, with name of collector, Quarter ending, Occupations (laborers, servants, ladies, gentlemen, farmers, etc), Males, Females, then a breakdown of ages: Under 5-males, females; from 5 to 10 years-male and female, etc to "Upward of 40 years", Where born, and Total. Disbound but intact. Light foxing. Otherwise clean and Very Good. Early historic document. $95.00

[004624] . A Memorial Of Stephen Salisbury Of Worcester, Mass. . Worcester: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 3/4". Brown Cloth. Biography. Good- On front free endpaper, 6"x3" strip of paper, glued down on one side: "With the respects of Stephen Salisbury. Worcester, Massachusetts. Contents: Biographical Notice; Notices by the Worcester Press; Notices of the Funeral; From Yucatan Newspapers; Proceedings of Societies; Sermon and Eulogy by Rev. A.P. Peabody; Memoir by Hon. John D. Washburn; Proceedings of other Institutions; and Extracts from Private Letters including a Letter of Hon. George Bancroft. 158 pp. Covers worn. Corners rubbed/frayed to boards. Spine joints splitting/fraying and spine ends fraying. Back cover's spine joints with some small holes?. Front lower cover with scuffing? worn area. Covers are overall Good-. Hinges broken. Frontis. engraving portrait of Stephen Salisbury. Interior is clean, tight and in Very Good condition. Stephen Salisbury I had established Worcester as a center of trade between the ports of Boston and Providence and the hundreds of small towns in the interior New England in the early 19th century. He had extensive land holdings in Worcester, including most of the west side of the city, which he passed on to his son. $25.00

[004892] . MARTHA GRAY, WIDOW OF CAPTAIN ROBERT GRAY. 1848. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. American History. Very Good- Thirtieth Congress-First Session. Report No. 502. April 26, 1848. "The petitioner claims a pension on account of the services of her husband in the navy of the United States, during the revolution, and also on account of his discovery of the Columbia river..." Details regarding "Captain Gray" and his discovery of the Columbia River. Copies of letters from George Washington; and John Hancock. 10 pages.Disbound. Corners creased. Pages 1-6 attached but loose from the rest of the document. Otherwise Very Good. $55.00

[003244] . SCIENCE, November 27, 1885. Volume VI. No. 147. ill. Etching, Table,. New York: The Science Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Good With Science Supplement. Article by or about Famous Americans: ASA GRAY "Dr. Asa Gray's seventy-fifth birthday" with illustration; ERNEST INGERSOLL "The plains of British America"; and E. J. JAMES "NEWCOMB's Political Economy". in Science Supplement: JAMES B. ANGELL "A need for a careful study of the history of China"; and H.M. PAUL "Stars in Rapid Motion" with table. Covers slightly soiled. ex.mus. stamp on front cover and front page of Supplement. vertical crease, doesn't go through interior. Slight chipping at edges. 6" tear at spine. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Supplement's edge mildly soiled otherwise in VG condition. Some uncut pages. $45.00

[004470] . Autobiographical Notes and a Bibliography of the Scientific Publications of Joel Asaph Allen . New York: American Museum Natural History, 1916. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Autobiography. Good to Good- In the Foreword written by Henry Fairfield Osborn, " The life and writing of Joel Asaph Allen have exerted so great an influence on the progress of ornithology and mammalogy in America that all who have the interests of these branches of science at heart, both in this country and abroad, will welcome this biographical and bibliographical volume. It is issued as an expression of the appreciation of Doctor Allen's life work by the Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History and devoted colleagues on its Scientific Staff. The biographical sketch was especially desired in connection with the Bibliography because it sets forth so clearly the broad groundwork of travel, of field observation and of field record which has established a model of all modern American work on the birds and the mammals..." 215 pp. most uncut at top edge. Side edge untrimmed. Tears and chips mainly at front cover's side edge. Covers soiled with fading at front top edge. Top spine strip down 1/2" missing. Tear at spine joint, 1 1/2". Overall covers are Good to Good-. Covers intact. Frontis. engraving of Joel Asaph Allen. ex.mus. stamp on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $85.00

[004738] . Annual Report of the National Academy of Sciences: First 3 Annual Reports 1865-1867 . Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1865. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Paper Wraps. Academy of Sciences. Good First Three Reports. ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1863-64. "The Annual now presented is intended to cover the whole period from the organization of the Academy in April, 1863, to January 1st, 1865. Wolcott Gibbs. Louis Agassiz." Contents include: Address of Hon. Henry Wilson, delivered at the opening of the First session of the Academy, April 22, 1863; Constitution and By-Laws of the Academy, Organization of the Academy; Committees of the Academy; List of Members and Eulogy on J.S. Hubbard. 112 pp. ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1865. Contents include: Act of Congress establishing a National Academy of Sciences( with names of members and "Approved March 3, 1863. Abraham Lincoln, President"; List of Members; Constitution; Foreign Associates; List of Memoires; Biographical Notice of Joseph G. Totten. 130 pp. and ANNUAL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR 1866. Contents include many of the same listings as in previous Reports, plus Biographical Notice of James Melville Gilliss; Memoir of Benjamin Silliman and Obituary of Dr. Edward Hitchcock. 154 pp. Salmon colored covers. String-tied. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front covers. Mildly soiled. One report missing a 2" x 3/4" piece at base of front cover with 1 1/2" tear at spine's crease. 2 Reports with missing paper pieces on spine. Overall covers are Good. All intact. Interiors are clean, tight and Very Good+. A. D. Bache was President. Scarce. $225.00

[005020] . AMERICAN REBELLION. REPORT OF THE SPEECHES OF THE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER...1864. Manchester, England: Union and Emancipation Society, 1864. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Paper Wraps. Good DELIVERED AT PUBLIC MEETINGS IN MANCHESTER, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, LIVERPOOL, AND LONDON; AND AT THE FAREWELL BREAKFASTS IN LONDON, MANCHESTER, AND LIVERPOOL. Beecher's speeches delivered in Great Britain and published together in one volume. Speeches during the Civil War period regarding the Union, Slavery and the state of affairs in the United States. 175 pp. including Appendix: The Rev. Mr. Beecher at Lancashire Independent College. Front cover missing, therefore the title page is mildly soiled with some small chips to the bottom edge. 5" tear from base of spine hinge. Most of spine paper missing but publication intact. Covers are Good-. Many pages uncut. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887) was a prominent, theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to late 19th Century. $60.00

[004920] . SKETCH OF HENRY CARVILL LEWIS. 1889. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Biography. Very Good Reprint from "Popular Science Monthly", July, 1889. Vol. XXXV.-26. Pages 402-408. Includes a list of Prof. Lewis's published papers from the "American Geologist". Tan covers with black lettering on front. Covers are Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Henry Carvill Lewis (November 16, 1853 - July 21, 1888),was an American geologist. $55.00

[004397] . AGAINST UNRESTRICTED COINAGE OF SILVER, Speech of Hon. James T. McCleary of Minnesota in the House of Representatives. 1896. ill. Graphs, Tables. Washington: 1896. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Paper Wraps. Economics. Good Speech given Wednesday, February 12, 1896. " What will Congress do? is being asked all over this country and even beyond its confines. It is our manifest duty to the people and to ourselves to answer that question so plainly that no one need misunderstand our meaning." Speech given to counter the "free-silver controversy". 70 pp. Many tables and graphs/charts throughout text. Speech discusses: The Great Fall in Prices Fron 1809 to 1849 with graph; The Impotence of Silver to Affect Prices; What Caused the Two Great Falls in Average Prices? with Soetbeer Tables; The Increase in Wages; Production and Coinage of Silver in This Country and much more. Paper covers. Some soiling. Front cover stamped: JAS. W. BOLLINGER, Attorney at Law, Davenport, Iowa." Staped at spine. Bottom front corner"tips" missing. Some soiling to covers. Overall covers are Good. First page of speech, bottom right corner folded back, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. James Thompson McCLEARY, a Representative from Minnesota; was born in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, February 5, 1853. In 1881 he moved to Minnesota and became State Institute Conductor of Minnesota and Professor in the Normal School in Mankato, Minn.; president of the Minnesota Educational Association in 1891; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1907). James Wills BOLLINGER was born in Geneseo, Illinois, on April 10, 1867. His family moved to Davenport, Iowa, in 1873, where he attended public school. In 1889, he graduated from the State University of Iowa Law School and received his master's degree in 1893. Bollinger practiced law throughout his life, and served as Scott county district judge from 1897 until 1911. $80.00

[004379] . HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. NOVEMBER 1868. ill. Engravings, Drawings,. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 10". Paper Covers. Harper's Magazine. Good- to Fair November Issue. Volume 37, Number 222. Some articles written or about FAMOUS AMERICANS: J. ROSS BROWNE:Explorations in Lower California (Second Paper) pp.740-752 with illustrations; Fish-Culture in America, pp.721-739 with illustrations- one of SETH GREEN; The Handel Festival at the Crystal Place, 1868, pp.753-759 with illustrations-one of CHRISTINE NILSSON; and Democracy of the Chinese by REV. WILLIAM SPEER, pp.839-848. Soiling to front cover. Ink "blottish" from spill? on lower spine on to front lower cover, widest area 1/2". One inch tear, side edge chipped. "Duplicate" stamped.Cover is Good- to Fair. pp.721-744 one or both side corner edges creased/folded. Last 2 pages side top corner also creased/folded. Otherwise interior is tight and clean and Very Good. Many engravings. $20.00

[003147] . SCIENCE, August 12, 1887. ill. Engravings. New York: The Science Company, 1887. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Newsprint. Science. Good Some Articles: What American Zoologists have done for Evolution, by E.W. Morse. Laid in page with portrait engraving of Morse; Economy in Management of Soil, by H. E. Alvord; Prehistoric Chronology of America by D.G. Brinton; The Sonora Earthquake with illustration and Chemical Laboratory of the University of Nebraska with 5 illustrations. Front wrap detached but intact. ex-mus mailing label and numbers on front. Slightly soiled. Overall exterior is Good to Good+. interior is clean, and tight and VG+. Engraving of Morse, top border watermarked. Not on portrait. From SCIENCE, Aug. 20, 1886. $35.00

[000044] (Whistler, James McNeill). CATALOGUE OF ETCHINGS BY J. McN. WHISTLER Compiled by an Amateur.. New York: H. Wunderlich , 1902. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". Supplementary to that compiled by F. Wedmore. Number 126 of 135 copies.Text catalogue of his etchings.There are no illustrations in the book. Just a listing of his etchings, each described including height and width. The "author" states in the Preface: "The compiler of the present supplement ...recognizes that there are still a number of plates which remain to be recorded and described. They are extremely hard to find..." Slight cover soiling & little corner wear: otherwise Very Good. Linen spine. Untrimmed page ends. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+.40 pp.including Index. $125.00

[000400] [Catlin, George]. Sketching Up the Missouri River in 1832. ill. Catlin. Gilcrease Institute Library: American Scene Magazine, 1964. Offprint. Size: Approx. 8 " x 11". Softcover. Artists. Very Good+ Offprint from Vol.V, No.3, 1964, of AMERICAN SCENE, a Gilcrease Institute publication. "Contents quoted from George Catlin's writings, notes, and sketches" in the Gilcrease Library. George Catlin was one of the first artists to venture into the trans-Mississippi West. 1832 found him in the West alone, preparing for a journey up the Missouri river to sketch and paint. Mr. Catlin was an eye-witness to history; what he saw he preserved for all mankind. 28 pp., with Catlin on-site sketches, accompanied (on facing pages) by Catlin's own notes on each sketch. Some are remarkable action depictions (Indian dances,killing buffalo on horseback, medicine men invoking spirits, etc.) It ends with Catlin's own notation "Thus much I wrote and painted at this place, whilst on my way up the river," and his signature. 16 full page illustrations.Covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $25.00

[002959] Abbe,Cleveland. THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF METEOROLOGY, Annual Presidential Address. Washington: Philosophical Society of Washington, 1907. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Meteorology. Very Good Offprint from Bulletin, Vol XV, pp. 27-56. Abbe was the first official daily weather forecaster in the United States. He wrote on the atmosphere and on climate, and was responsible for the introduction of the system of Standard Time. Salmon paper covers. Mildly soiled. Small tears at bottom edge and back cover bottom corner "tip" missing (1"x1/2"). Exterior Very Good for almost 100 years old. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $50.00

[004583] American Antiquarian Society. SALISBURY MEMORIAL...A TRIBUTE FROM YUCATAN. Worcester, Mass: The Davis Press, 1906. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Stiff Covers. Biography. Very Good Stephen Salisbury was President of The American Antiquarian Society for eighteen years. His interest in South American archaeology shaped the direction of the institution's collecting during his tenure. Early imprints from Mexico and Central America were added to the Society's holdings and papers on archaeological expeditions to the Yucatan, many sponsored by Salisbury, were published in the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. Famous Americans who spoke at his memorial: Rev.Edward E. Hale, an American author and Unitarian clergyman; Samuel Swett Green, one of the founders of the American Library Association and his name appears on the ALA charter; Franklin B. Dexter, Professor of American History in Yale College; and Andrew McFarland Davis, author of many important papers and monographs on the history of currency and banking in the colony of Massachusetts. Also included David Casares, a Yucatecan, who developed a friendship with Salisbury during their days at Harvard College; and Senor Olegario Molina. Gray stiff covers with black lettering on front cover. Very faint ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Tiny nick to back cover. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Portrait bust of Salisbury on frontis page. ex-mus.stamp on first page, otherwise interior is tight, clean, and Very Good+. $45.00

[004372] American Philosophical Society. CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY. 1880. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. American Philosophical Society. Good- Proceedings at the Dinner Commemorative of the Centennial Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Society Held at the St. George Hotel, Philadelphia, March 15, 1880. Speechs the Address by the President, Frederick Fraley; The alliance of Universities and the learned Societies by Prest. D. C. Gilman of John Hopkins University; Our Friends who have passed away by Dr. W. A. Hammond, New York City; The Study of Languages; by Prest. Wm. C. Cattell, Lafayette College, Easton PA; The Society's Name by Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, Philadelphia; The need of an elevated and permanent civil service by A. Loudon Snowden, Superintendent U.S. Mint; The tendencies of scientific culture by Dr. John L. LeConte, Philadelphia; Daily and Periodical Literature by Mr. W. V. McKean, Philadelphia; and The Spirit of the Philosophical Society by Prof. J. P. Lesley, Philadelphia. 84 pp. Includes all present at the Dinner, the Menu and "Regular Toasts". Paper covers soiled/sunned?. Front cover water stain ring at lower edge. Doesn't go through to interior. ex. mus. numbers . Back cover detached. "Pieces" of spine paper missing. Covers are Good-. Most pages uncut along top edge. pp.65-84 detached but intact. Interior is clean. and in Very Good Condition. $55.00

[002395] Bancroft, Aaron. The World Passeth away; but the Children of God abide forever. A Sermon, Delivered before the Second Christian Church and Society in Worcester, on the Sixth Day of January, 1811. 1811. Paper Wraps. Sermon. Good to Good+ Aaron Bancroft,clergyman, born in Reading, Massachusetts, in 1755 ; died in 1839. graduated from Harvard College in 1778. In 1785 he was settled in Worcester as pastor of the Congregational Church, and remained in the same post until his death. Grayish blue paper wraps, nothing on wraps. small hole( 1/16" x1/16" ) through the pamphlet,. Doesn't interfere with text. Foxing on endp. Includes history of Worchester, Mass. Interior is tight and in Very Good condition. $60.00

[002011] Bangs, John Kendrick. THREE WEEKS IN POLITICS . 1894. Good covers soiled. stain on front cover and back water line(?). owner's stamp on free endp. otherwise interior is tight and clean. $7.00

[004188] Beecher, Henry Ward. INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS: The Elzevir Library. Vol. VIII. No.385. New York: John B.Alden, 1889. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". Paper Wraps. Famous American. Good Reprinted from "Beecher's Lectures to Young Men". pp.7-25 plus pages of ads for other publications. Some wear to covers. Covers intact. 1" tear at back spine joint. Overall covers are Good. Interior is clean, tight, and Very Good. $10.00

[001178] Bell, Alexander Graham, Prof. W. H. Brewer, Prof.S.P. Langley and Prof. C. A. Young. MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Volume II 1883. ill. Figures, Tables, Plates. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/2". 3/4 Leather. Science. Very Good 4 separate reports by Famous Americans: 1. Report of the Eclipse Expedition to Caroline Island, May 1883 by Prof. C. A. Young, pp.10-146, 22 Figures ( illustrations, charts/graphs, maps). 2. Wave-lengths in the Invisible Prismatic Spectrum, by Prof.S.P. Langley, pp. 147-162, 5 Tables, 4 Figures, 4 Plates (fold-out graphs) 3. Subsidence of Particles in Liquids, by Prof. W. H. Brewer, pp.163-175 and 4. Formation of Deaf Variety of Human Race, by Alexander Graham Bell pp.177-224, 30 Tables, 12 Figures (some foldout graphs), Also Appendix pp.225-262 with Tables A-Y. 3/4 brown leather with marbled boards, marbled edges, and marbled endpapers. Darker brown leather on spine than corners. Spine has raised bands with gilt lettering. previous owner's name in gilt at spine base: Geo. L. Shoup. Rubbing to spine gutters, with rubbed out piece 1/2" on back gutter. Rubbing on top and base of leathered section and some to corners. All minor.Still in Very Good condition, especially considering its age. Handsome book. Inside is clean, and tight. Very Good + condition.. $195.00

[003089] Britton, N.L. and Melville Thurston Cook. THE GENERIC NAME BUCIDA by N.L. Britton and THE HYPERTROPHIED FRUIT OF BUCIDA BUCERAS, by Melville Thurston Cook.. ill. Figures (line drawings). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Botany. Very Good Reprinted from The Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 35. pp.303-308. ex-mus stamp on front cover. light fading, missing 1/2"x1/4" piece at bottom edge and bottom corner tip otherwise exterior is VG. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. 3 illustrations. $25.00

[001802] Browne, J. Ross. A TOUR THROUGH ARIZONA: First and Second Paper. ill. Engravings. Harper's New Monthly Magazine , 1864. Disbound. Good No. CLXXIII. October, 1864. Vol. XXIX. "...I have now to offer a new programme of exploration and adventure...possessing peculiar charms ...and extraordinary advantages in the way of burning deserts, dried rivers, rattlesnakes, scorpions, Greasers, and Apaches: besides unlimited fascinations in the line of robbery, starvation, and the chances of sudden death by accident." Disbound. stapled. Front page corners creased. bottom edge browned. Side edges chipped. Mild foxing. Overall Interiors are Very Good. First paper: pp.553-574 with pp. 571 loose. Second paper: pp.689-708. Many illustrations. (Browne's name not stated anywhere in articles) $65.00

[004294] Bryant, Edwin. ROCKY MOUNTAINS ADVENTURES, Bristling with Animated Details of Fearful Fights of American Hunters with Savage Indians, Mexican Rancheros, and Beasts of Prey . ill. Frontis. Engraving. New York: Hurst & Co, 1885. Arlington Edition. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Red Decorative. American History. Good "Awful fate of hundreds of overland emigrants amid the snow drifts of the Truckee Peaks, from whence half-frozen men, women, and children were carried over slippery cliffs, lashed to the backs of their gallant rescuers." Also, a "full account" of "The Bear Conquest of California". 452 pp. plus 4 pages of book advertisements. Decorative front cover with Arlington Edition written along cover. Spine faded. Title illegible. Spine ends rubbed/fraying. Overall covers are Good. Frontis. engraving with tissue guard protection. Front hinge broken. paper label with previous owner's name and number on front endpaper. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. Brown toned to pages, possibly due to age of book. $18.50

[001727] Burket, Walter C. , M. D. , Prepared By. Bibliography of William Henry Welch, M. D. , LL. D.. Baltimore,MD: John Hopkins Press, 1917. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Olive Green Cloth. Medicine. Good Laid in 5 1/4 x 2 1/2" sheet "Presented with the Compliments of Dr. Walter C. Burket and The John Crerar Library." Writings of Dr. Welch of The John Hopkins University. 47 pp. Olive green covers with gilt lettering on front. Covers soiled. Spine darkened, can't make out lettering. Otherwise the exterior is Very Good. ex-mus. stamp & numbers on title p. otherwise interior is tight, clean and in Very Good+ condition. $28.50

[000133] Capa, Cornell. Adlai Stevenson's Public Years. ill. Photos. New York: Grossman NY, 1966. VG in G+jacket 1st Cloth 4to Yes 160 Text from Stevenson's speeches and writings,photos by Capa, John Fell Stevenson, and Inge Morath,preface by Walter Lippmann. Pictorial endpapers, light blemish bottom edge of front cover, closed tears on dj,red ink line on fore edge, else VG/G+. $10.00

[004666] Chamberlin, T.C. & Salisbury, R.D.. THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY . ill. Map Plates, Engravings, Tables,diagrams. U.S Geological Survey, 1885. Size: Approx. 7 3/4" x 11 1/4". Self Covers. Mississippi River. Very Good+ "In the midst of the great mantle of drift that overspreads the Upper Mississippi Basin there lies a drift-barren tract of about 10,000 square miles, the driftless area of Wisconsin and adjoining States. This island in the sea of drift is unique..." pp. 199-322. 6 plate maps, 5 are in color, some double-spread and one foldout. Numerous engravings. Disbound from The U.S. Geological Survey. Top page edge with black marking?- partially stamped? "Bound" in paper wraps with tissue guards at front and back. Very Good + condition. No tears. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (September 25, 1843 - November 15, 1928) was an influential American geologist and educator. $45.00

[003723] Cole, Fay-Cooper. CHRONOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE WEST. ill. Diagram. American Philosophical Society, 1943. Size: Approx. 8 " x 10 1/2". Stiff Covers. Archaeology. Very Good- Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 86, No.2, 1943. "Today we recognize in the Middle West two large patterns-The Woodland and the Mississippi-each with its subdivisions. Throughout the area, wherever stratification exists, we find an early Woodland which is characterized by small villages with scanty refuse piles; by crude, heavy, grit-or crushed-rock-tempered ceramics..." pp.299-303. one diagram of "Early Woodland(?)-Not Well Defined". previous owner's name on front cover: John H. Bailey. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $30.00

[002016] Comstock, George C.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. VOL. X, Part 1. OBSERVATIONS OF DOUBLE STARS 1892-1896. ill. Graphs. Madison, WIS: Democrat Printing Company, 1896. Size: Approx. 8 " x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good Wraps. Good. Missing pieces around edge-minor. ex. mus. stamp on front cover. 77 pp. Pages uncut. Interior clean, tight and Very Good+. $60.00

[002630] Comstock, George C.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Vol. XIV OBSERVATIONS OF PROPER MOTION STARS 1906-1916. Madison, WIS: . Size: Approx. 8 " x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good No date. Paper Wraps, mildly soiled. Spine ends small tears and each with small piece missing. Otherwise exterior is Good to Good+. ex. mus. stamp, barely visible on front cover. 187 pp. Top edge pages uncut. Interior clean, tight and Very Good+. $60.00

[002295] Comstock, George C. and Albert S. Flint. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. VOL. IX. ill. Figures & Tables. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1896. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good Part 1, Investigation of the Aberration and Atmospheric Refraction, by George C. Comstock and Part 2. Determinations of Right Ascension., by Albert S. Flint. 258 pp. Some soiling to green wraps with ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front. Chips & small missing pieces around edges. paper label and numbers on spine, spine edges missing small pieces. Moisture stain(widest part 1"x 1 1/2") on front. Doesn't go through. Wraps still intact and in Good condition for over 100 years old. Side pages untrimmed. Many uncut pages. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ condition. $65.00

[003940] Congress. MEMORIAL OF A NUMBER OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, Praying an Alteration of the Law Regulating Copyrights. Washington: 1837. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good to Very Good- 24th Congress, 2d Session. February 4, 1837. A petition of "undersigned, citizens of the United States, Respectfully represents: That they believe native writers to be as indispensable as a native militia; that, although foreign writers and foreign writings may be had cheaper, owing to the present law of copyright, our people must look, for the defence of their habits, their opinions, and their peculiar institutions, to those who belong to them and have grown up with them-to their own authors, as to their own soldiers, whatever may be the cost in dollars and cents:.." Petition with 30 names, including: Henry W. Longfellow, Cornelius C. Felton, Robert M. Bird, T.K. Wharton, and Samuel F.B. Morse. 2 pp.(front and back) Light foxing. No interference with text. Small nicks at "disbound" edge, otherwise Very Good. $50.00

[000489] Coues, Samuel Elliott. OUTLINES OF A SYSTEM OF MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY:Being a Research Into the Laws of Force. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. Size: Approx. 5 " x 8 1/4". Hardbound. Philosophy. Good + / No Jacket. "These outlines of a System of Mechanical Philosophy are the result of a research made by the author, for his own instruction. In the research he attempted to separate supposition from fact,-the questionable from those things necessarily taken for truth by the laws of the mind." Embossed decorative brown boards.Backstrip ends frayed, else Good Plus externally. . Foxing on endpapers and title page, rest of interior clean and tight. 330pp. $75.00

[003035] Cutting, Hiram A.. NOTES ON BUILDING STONES, ALSO ON PLANT GROWTH. ill. Tables. Montpelier, VT: Freeman Steam Printing House and Bindery, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Geology. Good to Good- State Geologist, Vermont. 1880. on title page, tipped in author's business card: With Compliments of Dr. Hiram A. Cutting, State Geologist, Vermont. P.O. Address: Lunenberg, Essex Co., Vermont." Stamped on front cover wrap "Academy of Natural Sciences J.D. Putnam. Apr 8 1881". small numbers above stamp. One missing piece,1/4"x1/2", at front spine. Back cover bottom corner "tip", 1 1/2"x3/4", missing,tiny piece of side edge and tiny piece at top corner. "thin" spine paper mainly missing. Back cover barely attached. Overall exterior is Good. to Good-. 21pp. Two page spread tables on: Granites, Limestones, Sandstones, Marbles,etc. Interior tight, clean and Very Good+ $60.00

[002712] Draper John William. A TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY, For the Use of Schools and Colleges. ill. Wood Engravings. New York: Harpers & Brothers, 1866. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7 3/4". Brown Cloth. Medical. Very Good- Being An Abridgment of the Author's Larger Work on Human Physiology. "A desire has been frequently expressed by professors and teachers who have used my large work on "Human Physiology," that I should publish an abstract of it, suitable for use as an elementary textbook in colleges and schools. I have accordingly in this work endeavored to satisfy that wish, and to furnish a book sufficiently simple and compendious for such general use, and yet representing the state of the science at the present day." 376 pp. 140 wood engravings. Brown peddled covers. Spine lettering barely visible. Top spine end slightly fraying. Tiny piece 1/4"x 2/16" of base missing. Slightly bumped corners. Overall exterior is Very Good. Front endpaper with small bookplate, on free endpaper five small marks on ink smudging from numbers on opposite page's bookplate, mildly discolored endpapers. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. Exterior and Interior in amazing condition for a book almost 140 years old. John William Draper, 1811-82, was an American scientist, philosopher, and historian. born near Liverpool, England. In 1839 he became professor of chemistry at the Univ. of the City of New York. He helped organize the medical school of the university, became its professor of chemistry and physiology, and in 1850 succeeded as its president. $145.00

[003037] Dudley, William Russell. PHYLLOSPADIX, ITS SYSTEMATIC CHARACTERS AND DISTRIBUTION.. 1894. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Botany. Signed by Author. Very Good Extracted from Zoe, Vol.IV, No. 4, issued February 26, 1894. pp.381-385. Signed by author on front cover "Compliments of W.R. Dudley". "The genus Phyllospadix, Hook., was founded on plants collected by Dr. Scouler, at Dundas Id., Columbia River...In making a critical biological study of the genus, its morophology and anatomy, during the past year, for the purpose of ascertaining its relationship to Zostera, and the possible causes, under the peculiar climatic conditions of this Coast, of its evolution as a genus, I came upon certain important structural characters which had remained undescribed, and was enabled to clear away some existing misapprehensions." ex-mus. stamp on cover. Faded around edges otherwise Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $65.00

[003038] Dudley, William Russell. THE GENUS PHYLLOSPADIX . Ithaca, N.Y.: 1893. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Botany. Signed by Author. Very Good Reprinted from The Wilder Quarter-Century Book. pp.403-418. Signed by author on front cover "Compliments of W.R. Dudley". "Phyllospadix belongs to a group of plants-the Sea Grasses, remarkable in their morphological characters, their habitat, and the probable antiquity of the types constituting them. The genera are few in number, variously reckoned from seven to ten, embracing less than thirty known species, and including all the flowering plants whose habitat is wholly marine." 2 plates with explanation. Author was Professor of Botany at Leland Stanford Junior University. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on cover. Faded around edges otherwise Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $65.00

[004529] Field, Henry. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1926-1964 . Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers Inc, 1964. Size: Approx. 8 1/4 " x 11". Stiff Covers. Bibliography. Good "During a visit in 1925 to the Field Museum-Oxford University Joint Expedition to Kish, Iraq, I decided to concentrate my researches on the Anthropogeography of Southwestern Asia, particularly from the Suez Canal to the Caucasus Mountains. At that time Dr. L. H. Dudley Buxton, my tutor at Oxford, proposed this thirty-eight year project, which is now nearing completion. This list of 594 titles includes and supplements my "Bibliografia"... Subject matter includes: Asia-Physical Anthropology; Africa-Physical Anthropology; Europe-Prehistory, Archaeology and Physical Anthropology; North America-Grave on Martha's Vineyard; Canoe from Marathon, Florida; Central America-Mexico-The Prehistory of Morelos and the Physical Anthropology of the Tepoztecos of Tepoztlan, Morelos; Caribbean-Anthropogeography of Trinidad and Tobago; and South America-Notes on the Macushi Indians of the Rupunumi Savanna, British Guiana. Includes the complete list of materials microfilmed in the American Documentation Institute. 112 pp. Original covers, mildly soiled. Otherwise Good to Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. . $42.50

[002720] Flint, Albert S.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Vol.XIV, Part 2. MERIDIAN OBSERVATIONS OF COMPARISON STARS. ill. Tables. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1926. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good The following work on the meridian positions of stars was in an advanced state of completion by Professor Flint at the time of his death in 1923. The mean results are now published in a form similiar to what he had planned. pp.193-225.Top edge uncut. Paper covers detached from inside text, but intact. Covers mildly soiled. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Tears to spine. Overall exterior is Good. ex-mus. stamp and numbers on title page, otherwise interior is tight, clean and in Very Good condition. $55.00

[002719] Flint, Albert S.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Vol.XIII, Part I. MERIDIAN OBSERVATIONS FOR STELLAR PARALLAX, Second Series, 1898-1905. ill. Tables. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1919. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good Similar observations as those published in Vol. XI (also available), except for a few changes in the conditions, the most important was the introduction of the registering transit micrometer.102 pp. Top edge uncut. Side and bottom edges untrimmed. Paper covers mildly soiled. ex-mus. stamp barely visible on front cover. Tears to spine, some repaired. Spine ends small tears at ends with 1/2"x1/4" missing piece at base. Otherwise exterior is Good. Covers intact. Faint ex.-mus stamp on title page and numbers, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+ condition. $55.00

[002629] Flint, Albert S.. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Vol.XI. MERIDIAN OBSERVATIONS FOR STELLAR PARALLAX, First Series, 1893-96. ill. Plates and Tables. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1902. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Wraps. Astronomy. Good to Good- 9 Tables with an Appendix for Table IX. 4 Plates. 435 pp. Top edge uncut. Side and bottom edges untrimmed. Paper covers mildly soiled. ex-mus. stamp barely visible and numbers on front cover. Spine ends small tears at ends with 1/4"x3/4" missing piece at top back gutter. Tear at back spine joint, along bottom edge and at spine base. "Filing" numbers at base of spine. Overall exterior is Good to Good-. Covers intact. Interior is tight, clean and VG+ condition. $60.00

[002302] Freeman, Lewis R.. DOWN THE COLUMBIA . ill. Photographs. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1921. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Blue Cloth. Oregon. Very Good- DOWN THE COLUMBIA offers the reader a variety of thrills, from its initial trek to find the headwaters of the Columbia below a frosty glacier high in Canada's Selkirks, to its last precarious run past Palisade Rock. Freeman is noted for his attention to scenic detail, and this is one of the book's strengths: The author describes a canoe voyage he made on the Columbia River from where the stream begins in Canada to Portland, Oregon. 383 pp. Photographs throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Slight rubbing to corner tips and mildly bumped spine ends, otherwise the covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+ $20.00

[004070] Gibson, Wm. Hamilton . Sharp Eyes, a Rambler's Calendar of Fifty-Two Weeks Among Insects, Birds, and Flowers . ill. By Author. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 ". Green Cloth. Natural History. Good 322 pp. including Index. Soiling to covers/spine. Corners bumped /rubbed. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Wear/rubbing to spine ends.Gilted top edge. Overall covers are Good. ex-mus. bookplate on front endpaper and ex.mus. stamp and numbers on title page.Tissue guard protecting frontis illustration. Nature sketches on every page. printed on heavy paper. pp.160-161 hinge breaking. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $25.00

[003064] Goodale, George Lincoln. GRAY'S BOTANICAL TEXT-BOOK (Sixth Edition). Vol.II PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY. 1. Outlines of the Histology of Phaenogamous Plants.. ill. Text Drawings. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company, 1885. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Brown Paper Over Boards. Botany. Good Author was a Professor of Botany at Harvard University and colleague of Asa Gray. In the Preface, Asa Gray writes "The preparation of the volume upon PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY (Vegetable Histology and Physiology) is assigned to the author's colleague, Professor Goodale." 194 pp. Numerous text drawings. Covers rubbed and spine's bottom edge 1/2" missing paper, spine's top edge repaired with 2 small missing pieces, overall Good. owner's name and Feb.11th 1885 on free endpaper, otherwise interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. $50.00

[005006] Goodrich, S. Griswold. THE MALTE-BRUN SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY...1836. ill. Engravings. Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas & Co, 1836. Twelth Edition. Size: Approx. 4 " x 6 1/2". Paper Over Boards. Geography. Good Title page reads: A SYSTEM OF SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY, CHIEFLY DERIVED FROM MALTE-BRUN, AND ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE INDUCTIVE PLAN OF INSTRUCTION. The front cover states: THE MALTE-BRUN SCHOOL GEOGRAPHY, Illustrated by numerous engravings, and an Atlas... The Atlas must have come separately. Do not have the Atlas. 288 pp. Includes facts and history on each State, Individual countries of the world, with "General View of the World" with division of Land , Water, Continents, Islands, Peninsulas, Capes, Oceans, Seas, Population of the Globe, Christian Missions, Political Divisions, Classes of Nations, etc. Engravings throughout. Paper over boards. Calf? spine. Covers worn/soiled but lettering intact and legible. Corners rubbed to boards. Overall Good. Foxing on endpapers. Faint watermark on top margin of pages starting on frontis. through page 65 decreasing until gone. No interference with text. Sporadic light foxing throughout. Otherwise interior is tight and Very Good. Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793 - 1860) was an American author, better known under the pseudonym "Peter Parley". $125.00

[003990] Gough, John B.. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN B. GOUGH, With Twenty Six Years Experience As A Public Speaker . ill. George Cruikshank. Springfield, Mass: Bill, Nichols and Company, 1869. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Rust Cloth. Autobiography. Good By the age of 25, Gough was unemployed, homeless, and a confirmed drunkard. In 1842 he attended a temperance meeting in Worcester, Massachusetts where he took a pledge to totally abstain from liquor. He began to tell his story to eager audiences and soon embarked on a career of lecturing against the evils of drink.During his career, Gough delivered some 9,600 lectures to more than nine million people in America, Canada, England, Scotland, and Ireland. He became the most sought-after temperance lecturer in the country. When he died in 1886, the New York Times wrote that he "was probably better known in this country and in Great Britain than any other public speaker." Mr. Gough was one of this country’s most influential social reformers who helped to solve one of America’s most pressing problems. 552 pp. Covers are rubbed as are all edges, but solid and intact. Corners rubbed, 2 of them to boards. Overall covers are Good. Front endpaper with small paper sticker with numbers. Slight foxing on a few pages, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and others. Laid in a newspaper article from The New York Times Book Review, February 16, 1930: Rum and John Gough. $19.50

[004894] Gray, Asa. BOTANICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1879. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 3/4". Paper Wraps. Botany. Very Good+ 2 articles extracted from the Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol.XV. Issued October 1, 1879. pp.25-51. Article 1:Characters of some new Species of Compositoe in the Mexican Collection made by C.C. Parry and Edward Palmer, chiefly in the Province of San Luis Potosi, in 1878. Article 2: Some New North American Genera, Species, etc. Paper covers slightly soiled otherwise covers are Very Good+. String-tied. Interior is clean, tight and VG+ $50.00

[002827] Gray, Asa. FOREST GEOGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, .A Lecture.. Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Vol.XVI, 1878. Disbound. Forests. Good- From The Americal Journal of Science and Arts, Vol.XVI, 1878. Delivered before The Harvard University Natural History Society, April 18, 1878. "...It is the forests of the Northern temperate zone which we are to traverse....In speaking of our forests in their present condition, I mean not exactly as they are to-day, but as they were before civilized man had materially interfered with them". pp.85-94, pp.183-196. no covers. String-tied. Mildly soiled first page with "J.Duncan Putnam" signature. small piece paper residue 1/4"x3/16". Back page torn, barely attached and missing piece including text(on both sides) 3"x2 1/2". Also torn at top and bottom edges-but no text missing. Due to back page, listing exterior as Good-. Otherwise the pamphlet is Good+ or better. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $45.00

[004780] Hammon, Jupiter. ADDRESS TO THE NEGROES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK . William F. Northrop, 1978. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Paper Wraps. Religious Tract. Fine Publisher's Notes: "This pamphlet is a true facsimile of the last published work of Jupiter Hammon, the first black American to be published. The original 500 copy edition was published by the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery." Number 171 in black bold letter at base of page. String-tied. 20 pages. top edge uncut. Pages edges roughly cut to resemble the original. Extra, 7 3/4"x10" facsimile sheet: AN EVENING THOUGHT. SALVATION BY CHRIST,WITH PENETENTIAL CRIES: Composed by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro belonging to Mr. Lloyd, of Queen's Village on Long-Island, the 25th of December, 1760. Pamphlet and sheet are Fine. Jupiter Hammon (born October 17, 1711- died 1806?) was a Black poet and the first published Black writer in America, a poem appearing in print in 1760. He is considered one of the founders of African American literature. $21.00

[003114] Hartshorne, Henry. Memoir of George B. Wood, M.D., LL.D. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Biography. Very Good Dr. Wood was a physician in the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1835-'59, became President of the American Philosophical Society in 1859, and was for many years President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. With Franklin Bache, M. D., he published "The Dispensatory of the United States". 35 pp. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. otherwise the exterior is VG+ as is the interior. Read before the American Philosophical Society, October 11, 1880. $50.00

[001122] Holmes, Oliver Wendell. ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITY AUTHORITIES OF BOSTON ON THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA. Philadelphia: 1863. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Wraps. Civil War. Good+ Printed for Gratuitous Distribution. Speech given during the Civil War days, in the 87th year of American independence. "The war in which we are engaged is for no meanly ambitious or unworthy purpose. It was primarily,and is to this moment. for the preservation of our national existence." "We know our enemies, and they are the enemies of popular rights. We know our friends, and they are the foremost champions of political and social progress." Some discoloring to wraps. 30 pp. Interior Very Good. Tears to top and bottom of spine, missing 1/2" paper at base of spine. Otherwise Very Good. Sabin 32621, BAL 8826 $90.00

[000048] Holmes, Oliver Wendell. ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITY AUTHORITIES OF BOSTON ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1863. Boston: J.E.Farwell & Co. , 1863. Civil War. Back Wrap and spine wrap missing. Front cover wear & soil. First Edition Paper wraps. 60 pp. Interior Very Good. Speech given during the Civil War days, in the 88th year of American independence. "The war in which we are engaged is for no meanly ambitious or unworthy purpose. It was primarily,and is to this moment. for the preservation of our national existence." "We know our enemies, and they are the enemies of popular rights. We know our friends, and they are the foremost champions of political and social progress." Sabin 32621, BAL 8826 $75.00

[000113] Holmes, Oliver Wendell. THE IRON GATE and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1880. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Brown Cloth. Poetry. Good Nineteen poems/sonnets. Two Sonnets: Harvard.. One poem titled "For Whittier's Seventieth Birthday, December 17, 1877 ". Another one "Welcome to the Chicago Commercial Club, January 14,1880." 82 pp. Mildly soiled covers.Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilted. 3/4"x1" top spine missing plus tiny strip at base. Back cover spine joint rubbed.corners rubbed to boards. Overall exterior is Good. Decorative endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper: Oliver Henry Perkins. Frontis. portrait of Holmes. Slight foxing on side edge, and on side margin of 2 pages, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. $22.50

[002461] Hoover, Herbert. THE CHALLENGE TO LIBERTY . 1935. Very Good+ / Good. tipped in on free endp.: business card "The Compliments of Lawrence Richey, Shoreham Building, Washington, D.C.". $6.00

[004534] House of Representatives. HALL COLBY. 1875. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. Astronomy. Very Good 43D Congress. 2d Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 310. Report from The Committee on Claims regarding the petition of Hall Colby..."that he is the discoverer of certain principles in nautical astronomy of great importance, which he has for more than twenty years made known for the free benefit of the world:...he invented an improved mariners' compass, ...In the case of the United States naval vessels and transports, for many of which he represents that he has furnished and corrected compasses, he declares that he has never received any compensation..." 2 pages, front and back. Disbound. In Very Good + condition. $20.00

[000971] House of Representatives. SURVEY OF ALLOUEZ BAY, WISCONSIN. ill. Fold-out Map. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Government Document. Very Good+ "Letter from The Secretary of War", Transmitting, With letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a Survey of Allouez Bay, Wisconsin."House of Representatives, 53d Congress, 3d Session., Ex. Doc. No. 172. Four page disbound document plus a very large foldout map (38"x23") of Allouez Bay by Clinton Sears, Corps of Engineers, 1894. Includes physical features of the town. Famous Americans in document: Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War (during Grover Cleveland's second term); and Thom. Lincoln Casey, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers. moisture ring on back of Foldout map, shows through to map a bit, otherwise Near Fine. $150.00

[004147] House of Representatives. REPORT ON THE INLAND NAVIGATION AND SEA PORTS OF FRANCE, WITH LIST OF CANALS AND CANALIZED RIVERS IN THE UNITED STATES. ill. Foldout Maps. Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1890. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. France. Very Good Letter from SECRETARY OF WAR, Transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers and a copy of a report of Lieut. Col. Merrill, of the Corps of Engineers, with copies of accompanying papers, including two maps, concerning the International Congress of Engineers, interested in the utilization of water, which was covened under the auspices of the Government of France; and recommending that the same be printed. 51st Congress. 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 378. 28 pp. plus two foldout colored maps: MAP OF THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE IN 1822 and MAP OF THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE IN 1877, both 10"X18". Maps are Very Good +. No tears. Disbound. String-tied. Still attached but barely in places. Paper is brown-toned due to age, otherwise document is Very Good. Famous Americans included in the document: Thomas Lincoln Casey (Brig. General, Chief of Engineers) $90.00

[004343] House of Representatives. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876. Message from the President of the United States (U.S. Grant). 1876. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Pennsylvania. Very Good 43d Congress. 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 125. Message from the President of the United States Transmitting A report giving a statement of what is proposed to be exhibited by each Executive Department of the Government at the International Exhibition to be held in the city of Philadelphia in the year 1876, together with an estimate of the expense to be incurred. 19 pp. Famous Americans in document: U.S. Grant, President of the United States; S. C. Lyford, Bvt. Lieut.-Col. U.S.A., Chairman of the Ordnance Office, War Dept. Board; Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, R.W. Tayler, Comptroller; William Saunders; Joseph Henry, Secretary Smithsonian Institution; Spencer F. Baird; Wm. W. Belknap, Secretary of War; Thornton A. Jenkins, Rear Admiral, commissioner of Navy Department; and George M. Robeson, Secretary of Navy. Disbound. String-tied. Top right corners small crease, otherwise document is clean, tight, and Very Good+. $55.00

[004733] House of Representatives. SUBMARINE TELESCOPE 1844. ill. Drawing. Blair & Rives, Printers, 1844. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Self Covers. Invention. Very Good- 28th Congress, 1st Session. Rep. No. 481. Ho. of Reps. "The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sarah P. Mather, asking Congress to take from her the right to make and use a submarine telescope invented by her, beg leave to submit the following report: The invention to which the petition refers is composed of two long water-tight tubes, each aided by two smaller ones. One of the tubes, called a submarine lamp, has a glass globe containing a lamp suspended at one end, which may be plunged in the water to any given depth, and the two smaller tubes being fastened to the larger, and running into a reservoir below the lamp, supply it with fresh air;...The invention is supposed to be susceptible of great utility in examining the sides and bottoms of ships and steamboats, to ascertain whether they are defective or not, without docking them: in discovering wrecks, obstructions, and all other objects at the bottoms of bays, harbors, lakes, and rivers, ..." 4 pp. Opinions given by Famous Americans in the document include: Francis Grice, U.S. naval constructor; Thos. W. Freelon, Commander U.S. navy; Aaron Clark, Ex. mayor of New York; William P.S. Sanger, Civil Engineer; Wm L. Hudson, Commander U.S. navy; Denison Olmsted, Professor of natural philosophy and astronomy in Yale College; Samuel H. Cox, D.D, Pastor of the first Presbyterian church of "this city"; A. D. Bache (Superintendent U.S. Coast Survey) and A.P. Upshur, (Secretary of the Navy). Plus a full page illustration of the Submarine Lamp and Telescope with explanations of the different parts. Document is disbound but in gray stiff self wraps with a paper label on the front cover.Self wrap covers are Fine. Light dampstain on document at upper edge, down 2 1/2" affecting some of the text but text very legible. Not on illustration. Illustration's paper is brown-toned. Otherwise interior is clean and Very Good. Scarce. $170.00

[004783] Howe, S.G. M.D.. A LETTER ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE TROOPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON ADDRESSED TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS. ill. Table. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Paper Covers. Massachusetts. Good Printed by request of the Advisory Committee. A letter written to "His Excellency Governor Andrew": "...Some time ago I made, at your request, a hasty inspection fo the sanitary and general condition of our troops which were first sent to Washington, and reported to you that it was, upon the whole, satisfactory, considering the ordinary condition of armies in the field and considering that the march of our men was not only their first march, but a forced one.... From the moment a man enlists in the army his bodily and mental powers belong to the country. He is called upon by honor, duty, and patriotism, to devote his time, strength, and life even, if need be, to her service. . . Government ought to take as much care of the soldier's health as it does for its personal estate, its implements of war, or its horses, but it does not. . ." 16 pp. Front cover mildly soiled/discolored. 1 1/2" tear at spine base. Missing back cover, therefore page 16 is mildly soiled. Text very legible. Covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Howe was a member of the United States Sanitary Commission. Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 - January 9, 1876) was a prominent 19th century United States physician, abolitionist, and an advocate of education for the blind. He was the husband of Julia Ward Howe and the father of Pulitzer prize-winning writers Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott. $40.00

[004805] Hughes, Rupert. The Last Rose of Summer . New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914. First Edition. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7". Fiction. Very Good A short novel about an elderly spinster in a little town who finally finds love. It was described by the New York Times as a "very dainty, very charming little story ... told with skill and humor." 84 pp. Color illustrated pastedown on front cover with gilt lettering. Spine and back cover faded. Overall covers are Very Good. Small bookstore sticker on front endpaper. Frontis.illustration the same as on the front cover. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Side and bottom page ends untrimmed. Rupert Hughes (1872-1956) was a historian, novelist, film director, and composer based in Hollywood. He was the uncle of Howard Hughes. His three volume scholarly biography of George Washington broke new ground in demythologizing the general and was well received by historians. Hughes, active in state politics, was one of the founders of the California State Guard in 1940. $38.50

[004665] Hunt, Prof. T. Sterry Hunt and Dr. Richardson. ORIGIN OF METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS, By Hunt and THE PHENOMENA OF SLEEP By Dr. Richardson. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1873. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8". Paper Back. Science. Good Half-Hour Recreations in Popular Science. No. 10. Two "addresses": ORIGIN OF METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS by T. Sterry Hunt, F. R. S., before the Polytechnic Association of the American Institute of New York. "There are about sixty bodies which chemists call elements; the simplest forms of matter which they have been able to extract from the rocky crust of our earth, its waters, and its atmosphere..." pp. 375-391 and THE PHENOMENA OF SLEEP by Dr. Richardson, F. R. S. " The twinkling of oblivion, as Wordsworth exquisitely defines the phenomena of sleep, has, from the time of Hippocrates to the present hour, engaged the attention of thoughtful minds..." pp. 392-403. Two other short addresses on ANIMAL LIFE AT GREAT DEPTHS IN THE SEA by George Jeffrey and RUSSIAN METALLURGICAL WORKS by Herbert Barry. Original wraps are pale purple with black lettering on front cover. 4" tear at back cover's spine. Rubbing to paper at spine with one worn through spot. Back cover's corner tip missing. Tiny missing piece at side edge of front cover. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Scarce. T. STERRY HUNTwas North America's first Geochemist. At the time of this writing, he was a Professor at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. $60.00

[004849] Hutchins, Robert M and Mortimer J. Adler (Editors-in-Chief). The Great Ideas Today 1961. . ill. Photographs. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961. Size: Approx. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Philosophy. Very Good to Very Good+ / Good to Good-. A dynamic new work which focuses the wisdom of the past upon the problems of today...Justice WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS tells why democracy is best for the new nations while noted journalist PEREGRINE WORSTHORNE disagrees in The Great Debate of the Year. The Editors examine our exciting times in the light of the Great Ideas Experts. MARK VAN DOREN, GILBERT CANT, GEORGE P. GRANT, EDWARD A. SHILS, WALTER SULLIVAN explore the newest contributions in the arts and sciences. Also pertinent works by EINSTEIN, TOYNBEE, DEWEY and MOLIERE. 562 pp. Covers are Very Good+. Spine with gilt lettering. Vertical crease on spine. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine. Numerous illustrations. Some in color $35.00

[003589] Iddings, Joseph Paxson. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS EXPRESSED BY MEANS OF DIAGRAMS WITH REFERENCE TO ROCK CLASSIFICATION ON A QUANTITATIVE CHEMICO-MINERALOGICAL BASIS . ill. Charts, Graphs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/4". Disbound. Geological Survey. Very Good+ 8 Plates in rear. Most in color and fold-out charts and graphs. 98 pp. including Index. Disbound. Exterior and Interior are VG+ to Near Fine. $20.00

[003544] Irving, Washington. WOLFERT'S ROOST & Other Papers, Now First Collected. . New York: G.P.Putnam & Co., 1855. Green Embossed Cloth. Good initials of previous owner on free endpaper. hinge broken. occasional foxing. $10.00

[002289] Irving, Washington. CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA . 1894. Very Good to Very Good- Author's revised edition. red cloth cover with gilt lettering and moorish design. gilt along top edge. spine sunned/soiled. Back cover's cream cloth mildly soiled. Bookplate on free endp. with owner's name and date: 1934. Otherwise interior is clean, tight and VG+. top edge gilt. decorative covers with gilt. $14.50

[003719] Irving, Washington. THE ALHAMBRA. ill. Photographs. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1894. Red Cloth. Travels. Good to Good+ Author's revised edition. red cloth cover with gilt lettering and moorish design. gilt along top edge, spine faded and soiled. "water? line" down front cover. not obtrusive. mild fading on back cover's side edge. Exterior is overall Good to Good+. previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. On "back"side of frontispiece page, 2 1/2"x1/4"water mark along bottom edge-not near frontis. photo. Doesn't go any further. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $10.00

[001032] Jackson, Sheldon. Thirteenth Annual Report on INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA 1903. ill. Foldout Map and Photographs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Disbound. Alaska. Very Good 58th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Document No. 210. " The winter of 1902-3 was one of unusual severity, both as to the degree of cold and depth of snow. In many sections, especially along the coast, there was a succession of thawing and freezing to the snow until several layers of ice and crust had been formed so thick that even the hard hoofs of the reindeer could not dig down to the moss, and in those sections it became necessary to drive the reindeer farther away from the coast, where these conditions did not exist. Not withstanding the unfavorable conditions, the reindeer did surprisingly well." 192 pp. Includes a Large foldout colored map, numerous full page plates, and index. Disbound. Exterior is clean and Very Good. pp.7 top edge of page missing piece, 1"x1/2", otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $50.00

[002448] Jordan, David Starr. THE CALL OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. 1903. Education. Good spine soiled. corners bumped/rubbed. $5.50

[002664] Kerman, Joseph. LISTEN. ill. Photographs, Figures(text drawings). New York: Worth Publishers, 1974. Third Printing. Size: Approx. 8 3/4" x 10 1/4". Gold Cloth. Music. Very Good ISBN: 0-87901-023-1. LAID IN 33 1/3 RPM RECORD "LISTEN" by Joseph Kerman. Chapters include: A Vocabulary for Music; 1550-1600 The Late Sixteenth Century; 1700-1750 The Late Baroque Period; 1775-1825 The Viennese Style; 1825-1900 Romanticism; 1900-1950 The Early Twentieth Century; and 1950- The Electronic Age. 392 pp. including History Chart, Glossary, and Index. Filled with illustrations, photographs, many in color and musical "scores". Gold cloth with white lettering on front cover and spine. Slightly soiled. Slight rubbing to corners and spine ends. Overall covers are Very Good to Very Good+. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Occasional underscoring of a word-almost looks like part of text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. Joseph Kerman (born April 3, 1924) is a known writer of music and a musicologist. He is a professor emeritus at University of California, Berkeley. $35.00

[004293] King, Captain Charles U.S.A.. CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK . ill. Drawings. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. Second Printing. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Green Cloth. American History. Very Good+ / Good. The Western Frontier Library. Very Good."Covers the activities of the Fifth Cavalry before joining Crook's force, including the fight on the War Bonnet, which succeeded in turning a large group of Cheyennes back to the Red Cloud Agency and prevented their joining Sitting Bull. It was on the War Bonnet that King witnessed Buffalo Bill Cody's famous fight with Yellow Hand, which he recounts in detail. 165 pp. including two pages of other Western Frontier Library Books. CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK is Number 25. Book is Very Good +. Interior is tight,clean and VG+ to Near Fine. Dust Jacket's front top flap corner clipped. Date stamped on back flap. Rubbing at edges. No tears. Overall Good. $15.00

[000579] Kirk, Rev. Edward N.. OUR DUTY IN PERILOUS TIMES. Boston: S.K. Whipple & Co., 1856. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Original Wraps. Sermon. Very Good / No Jacket. A Sermon Delivered in Mount Vernon Church, Boston, Sunday, June 1, 1856. 15 pages. Stitched. Front wrapper soiled around edges and some on bottom edge of title page, o/w clean, bright and tight copy. Rev. Kirk speaks of Joel 11:15-18 and a summons of repentence. He compares the Old Testament times with times in the United States. "He (God) has called us to be a benevolent people; but instead of that, selfishness abounds among us." $50.00

[002014] Lamb, Alice Maxwell, Milton Updefraff and George C. Comstock. PUBLICATIONS OF THE WASHBURN OBSERVATORY. VOL. VI, Parts I and 2.. ill. Graphs. Madison, WIS: Democrat Printing Company, 1890. Size: Approx. 7 1/2" x 10". Wraps. Astronomy. Good- " During the years 1881-82-83, a considerable part of the working force of the Washburn Observatory was devoted to the search for new double stars, and Vols. 1 and 2 of the Publications of the Washburn Observatory contain the approximate positions of 259 such stars discovered during that period." Part 1: OBSERVATIONS WITH THE MERIDIAN CIRCLE by Alice Maxwell Lamb and Milton Updefraff and Part 2: OBSERVATIONS OF DOUBLE STARS by George C. Comstock. Wraps detached from text. Some soiling,discoloration to wraps.Tears to edges, missing piece at bottom edge and upper spine. ex-mus. numbers on front. covers are Good-. 140 pp. Interior is clean, tight and Very Good +. $65.00

[004512] Lanman, Charles Rockwell. Sanskirt Reader Text and Vocabulary . Cambridge, MA,: Harvard University Press, 1952. Thirteenth Printing. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4". Blue Cloth. Language. Good to Good+ "The results of comparative philology are now so generally incorporated into our modern classical grammars, lexicons, and text-books, that even a slight knowledge of Sanskrit...is of great service to the classical teacher in making his instruction interesting and effective. As independent disciplines, Sanskrit and comparative philology, and the literatures and religions of India, are constantly gaining in importance, so that, for example, Sanskrit is now taught at all but one of the twenty universities of the German Empire." Sections: From the Maha-bharata; From the Hitopadeca; From the Katha-sarit-sagara; From the Manava-dharmacastra; From the Rigveda; From the Maitrayani; Other Brahmana-pieces; and From the Grihya-sutras. 405 pp. Blue cloth mildly rubbed/scuffed. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine darkened. Spine ends and covers' corners rubbed. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Guerard Piffard's name written on front endpaper. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Charles Rockwell Lanman (July 8, 1850-February 20, 1941) was an American scholar of the Sanskrit language. He was professor of Sanskrit at Johns Hopkins University from 1876 to 1880 and subsequently at Harvard University. In 1889 he travelled in India and bought for Harvard University Sanskrit and Prakrit books and manuscripts, which, with those subsequently bequeathed to the university by Fitzedward Hall, make the most valuable collection of its kind in America". $80.00

[000972] Lesley, J.P.. THE IRON ORES OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY. ill. Fold-out Map & Figures. Pennsylvania: 1873. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good Title page reads:THE IRON ORES OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY, yet the article is called: THE IRON ORES OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN, Along the Line of the Harrisburg and Potomac Railway, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania . (Read before the American Philosophical Society, January 3, 1873.) J.P. Lesley was a Professor of Geology in the Department of Science, University of Pennsylvania. 19 pp. 19 figures(sketches). 27 1/2"x 16 1/2" large fold-out map in front. Map of The Juanita Lands & Ore Rights of Messrs Lyons Shorb & Co, Situated in the Counties of Blair Centre and Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Drawn by Harden & Son, Mining Engineers, Philadelphia. 9 1/2" scotch tape repair on fold, otherwise map is clean and Very Good + condition. Wraps with paper label on front. Small residue from sticker otherwise in Very Good condition. $50.00

[000914] Lewis, Henry Carvill. THE IRON ORES AND LIGNITE OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY VALLEY. ill. Illus. With Diagrams. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good+ Read before the Mineralogical and Geological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 27th, 1879. 12 pp. 2 diagrams. Wraps slightly discolored around edges otherwise the pamphlet is Very Good+ to Near Fine. ( Have other pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $20.00

[000915] Lewis, Henry Carvill. ON PHILADELPHITE (Sp. Nov.). Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good+ Read before the Mineralogical and Geological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, December 22d, 1879. " The mineral to which the above title has been applied was found by the writer four years ago, ...". 16 pp. Wraps slightly discolored around edges otherwise the pamphlet is Very Good+ to Near Fine. Laid in a 5" x 2 1/4" paper hand written "With the Compliments of H. Carvill Lewis." ( Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $25.00

[000919] Lewis, Henry Carvill. ON A NEW SUBSTANCE RESEMBLING DOPPLERITE FROM A PEAT BOG AT SCRANTON.. 1881. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good Lewis, at the time of this paper, was the Professor of Mineralogy in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This was read before the American Philosophical Society, Dec. 2,, 1881. "In the course of an excavation for a new court-house at Scranton, Pa., made last July, a very interesting substance was discovered, specimens of which were sent to the writer at that time for investigation. The excavation cut through a peat bog, and it was at the bottom of this bog, some 25 feet from the surface of the ground, that the substance here referred to was found." pp.112-117. Wraps slightly discolored around edges otherwise the pamphlet is Very Good+. (Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $15.00

[000921] Lewis, Henry Carvill. ON SUPPOSED GLACIATION IN PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL MORAINE. ill. Illus. With a Fold-out Map. 1884. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good+ At the time of this paper, the author was a Professor of Geology at Haverford College. From The American Journal of Science, Vol. XXVIII, Oct., 1884. Large foldout map at back of "Supposed Glaciated Localities in Pennsylvania South of the Terminal Moraine" The glaciated areas on the map are colored. pp. 276-285. Very Good +. (Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $22.50

[000923] Lewis, Henry Carvill. THE GENESIS OF THE DIAMOND. COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN GLACIATION.. London: Trubner & Co., 1887. Size: Approx. 6" x 9 1/4". Wraps. Geology. Very Good Includes two papers. ON A DIAMANTIFEROUS PERIDOTITE, AND THE GENESIS OF THE DIAMOND. Extracted from the Geological Magazine, Decade III. Vol. IV. No. 1, p.22, January, 1887. Abstract of a Paper read at the Birmingham Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, September 1886. pp. 22-24. Also COMPARATIVE STUDIES UPON THE GLACIATION OF NORTH AMERICA, GREAT BRITAIN, AND IRELAND. Extracted from the Geological Magazine, Decade III. Vol. IV. No. 1, p.28, January, 1887. Abstract of a paper read at the Birmingham Meeting of the British Association, September, 1886. pp. 28-32. Laid in two newspaper clippings: one written"To the Editor of the Standard", in pencil on the margin written "Standard June 14th 99 -". the other clipping is about "the dispute among geologists as to the origin of the diamond..." One small tear on front side edge otherwise Very Good . String-tied. (Have 8 more pamphlets by Lewis, all different titles) $15.00

[005015] Lieber, Francis. PLANTATIONS FOR SLAVE LABOR. THE DEATH OF THE YEOMANRY. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Slavery. Signed by Author. Very Good "In the southern portion of our country the increasing extent of plantations, the ousting of the yeoman, the pauperizing and degradation of the ousted farmer...has shown itself...No feudal law promotes the land-devouring tendency with us , but THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY TAKES ITS PLACE. Slavery is unfit for small farming and profitable only if used for the cultivation of simple staples on a large scale, so that Slavery leads to large accumulations of landed property and keeps them together, although the owning family may change every generation." 8 pp. No date. Mildly soiled covers. At top edge of front cover: "Hommage de l'Auteur". Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Dr. Francis Lieber (1798-1872), originally known as Franz Lieber, was a German-American jurist and political philosopher. Aside from being the first American to take the title of political scientist, he is most widely known as the author of the Lieber Code during the American Civil War, also known as Code for the Government of Armies in the Field (1863), which laid the foundation for conventions governing the conduct of troops during wartime. $50.00

[003523] M'Neile, Rev. Hugh. A LECTURE ON THE LIFE OF DR. FRANKLIN. ill. Facsimile. Henderson Greene, New York:Carey and Hart, Philadelphia:Munroe & Co., Boston, 1842. Second Edition. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Paper Wraps. Biography. Good Delivered by Rev. M'Neile at the Liverpool Royal Amphitheatre on Nov.17, 1841. Contains a two page foldout facsimile of Dr. Franklin's letter to the Rev. George Whitefield. Also illustrated with an engraving of the press at which Ben Franklin worked. 46 pps. Yellow wraps. Mildly soiled. Watermark?(paper faded) on front cover's upper left, 1 1/2"x3". Covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. On front endpaper where foldout facsimile is "attached"-one "area" detached, leaving a circular "hole", 1/2"x1/2", on the facsimile-only on second page and in the side margin, not the text. $25.00

[004323] McAdams, Jr. E. L. & George Milne (editors). A Johnson Reader . New York: Pantheon Books, 1964. First Printing. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Anthology. Very Good+ / Very Good. "The purpose of this anthology is to offer a full picture of Johnson...to this end, the editors have sought to present Johnson's first, unrevised thoughts, reprinting entirely from first editions of his works. 464 pp. Book covers are Near Fine. Top page edge slightly soiled. Title page with previous owner's stamp, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $10.00

[004428] McCulloh, R. S.. CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SUGAR, MOLASSES, &C . LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 1845. ill. Tables. 1845. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good- Transmitting REPORT OF CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SUGAR, MOLASSES, &C , AND OF RESEARCHES ON HYDROMETERS, MADE UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF PROFESSOR A. D. BACHE, by Professor R. S. McCulloh. 28th Congress, 2d Session. Ho. of Reps. Treas. Dept. Doc. No. 146. Contents: Different kinds of sugar defined; Qualitative and quantitative analysis of sugars, sirups, and molasses and particularly those derived from the cane; Analysis of several specimens of molasses by the circular polarization of light; Remarks upon molasses and other saccharine substances; Drawback to be allowed on foreign sugars refined in the United States; Hydrometers; Method of manufacture to be observed by instrument-makers in the construction of standard decimal hydrometers; Hydrometers in different countries: Britain, Prussia, Holland, Switzerland, and America; New analytical discussion of the observations of M. Despretz; Different proofs of spirits; nd Experiments of comparison of several of the hydrometers used for spirits. 106 pp. Numerous tables and equations. Famous Americans in document: George M. Bibb, Secretary of the Treasury; Alexander D. Bache; and J. C. Spenser, Secretary of the Treasury. Disbound. Mild foxing. No interference with text. Overall Very Good. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterpart. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. $75.00

[002951] Morse, E.S.. WHAT AMERICAN ZOOLOGISTS HAVE DONE FOR EVOLUTION. Salem, Mass.: Naturalist's Agency, 1876. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Paper Wraps. Zoology. Good "An Address by Vice-President E.S. Morse, before the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At Buffalo, N.Y. August. 1876. Reprinted from Vol. XXV of the Proceedings of the Amer.Assoc. for the Adv. of Sci." 42 pp. ex.-mus. stamp and numbers on front. Tears at spine's gutter and thin strip at front bottom edge, otherwise covers are intact. Good to Good-. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good condition. $90.00

[003729] Morse, Edward S.. BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF CHARLES SEDGWICK MINOT 1852-1914. Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1920. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Stiff Covers. Biography. Very Good Presented to the Academy at the Annual Meeting, 1919. Biographical Memoirs. Part of Volume IX.. "In an address before the American Association of Anatomists...Dr. Minot was "by common consent the leading American anatomist." pp. 263-285. Some soiling to covers. 1/2" tear at spine base. Overall covers are Good+ to Very Good-. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Frontis. portrait of Minot. Edward Morse was an American Zoologist, academic, author, and museum curator. Charles Sedgwick Minot, at the Harvard Medical School, invented the automatic rotary microtome. $40.00

[002046] Newcomb, Simon.. Popular Astronomy. ill. Engravings, Maps. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Green Cloth. Astronomy. Good- "The main object is to present the general reading public with a condensed view of the history, methods,and results of astronomical research..." 112 engravings, and 5 foldout star maps. 577 pp. plus 12 pages of ads. Index. Covers soiled and spotted. Edges of cover rubbed/worn. Spine edges frayed. Corners rubbed through to boards. Good to Good-. Inside front cover removed bookplate(?) leaving paper residue & parts worn to boards. Front hinge starting and back hinge broken. Mildly foxed up to Preface, then text is clean. Mild moisture stain to border of some pages, never on text. 108 Figures. Appendix with tables. Small tear on one of the foldout maps. Overall interior is Good +. $30.00

[002068] Newcomb, Simon.. The Stars. a Study of the Universe.. ill. Photographs, Tables. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1901. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/4". Green Cloth. Astronomy. Good Part of the Science Series. Chapters include: Review of Recent Progress; Magnitudes of the Stars; Constellations and Star Names; Cataloguing and Numbering the Stars; The Spectra of the Stars; Proper Motions of the Stars; Variable Stars; New Stars; The Parallaxes of the Stars; Systems of Stars; Nebulae; Constitution of the Stars; Stellar Evolution; The Structure of the Heavens; Apparent Distribution of the Stars in the Sky; and more. Many illustrations/photographs. 333 pp. including Index. plus 4 pages of advertisements for other Science Series books. Olive green cloth with gilt design on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Some soiling. Spine ends bumped/rubbed with 1/2"x 1/16" top spine cloth missing. Overall covers are Good. Davenport Academy of Sciences bookplate with "The Gift of William Clement Putnam MCMVI" on front endpaper. ex.mus.stamp and number on title page. Back hinge broken. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. $25.00

[003944] Parker, Joel. Habeas Corpus and Martial Law. A Review of the Opinion of Chief Justice Taney, in the Case of John Merryman.. Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1862. Second Edition. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Paper Wraps. Law. Very Good Published By Authority. "The opinion of Chief Justice Taney, in the case of John Merryman, has necessarily attracted much attention...Merryman was arrested by a military force, without any warrant from a magistrate, on charges of treason and rebellion founded upon certain acts done by him at,...the attack by a mob upon the Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, in its passage through Baltimore:..." 55 pp. Mildly soiled covers, otherwise exterior is Very Good to Very Good+. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $130.00

[001596] Preston, Robert L.. Southern Miscellanies. Leesburg, VA: Privately Printed, 1919. Size: Approx. 6" x 8 1/2". Paper Wraps. American History. Very Good Printed privately for the author, Robert L. Preston, Leesburg, VA. February 1919. No. 2. Articles include "A Retrospect" on Colonel Henry Watterson; Prefatory Remarks (an article that appeared in the COURIER-JOURNAL, Louisville, KY on Sept. 9, 1917; To Col. Henry Watterson-an interview with the Washington Post; Armament or Disarmament and A Letter to Mr. Balfour, Head of the British War-Mission to the United States, by Robert L. Preston. 39 pp. Paper wraps. Stapled spine. Slight fading around edges, otherwise a clean and Very Good copy. Colonel Henry "Marse" Watterson. (1840-1921). Owner and editor of the Louisville Courier Journal. Watterson was a powerful influence among conservatives within the Democratic Party. Watterson won the Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for his editorials supporting US entry into World War I. $35.00

[002647] Proctor, Richard A.. STRANGE DISCOVERIES RESPECTING THE AURORA AND RECENT SOLAR RESEARCHES. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8". Wraps. Astronomy. Fair Half-Hour Recreations in Popular Science. No. 1. Original wraps are pale purple, worn and loose. Front cover missing portion of bottom, approximately 3"x3".(date and publisher "area" gone- 1870?) Smaller piece at top edge, 3/4"x3/4". Back cover intact, a couple of creases at edges. Barely string-tied. 21 pp. Interior is Good. First page some brown discoloration(only slightly on text and doesn't interfer with text). Some pages around border mildly soiled otherwise Good. Scarce in original wraps. $82.50

[001899] Putnam F W. The Serpent Mound of Ohio . Disbound. Very Good from Century Magazine.1889-1890. last page loose. $16.50

[003118] Rau, Charles. Memoir of C. F. P. Von Martius. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871. Paper Wraps. Biography. Good A celebrated botanist and ethnologist. pp.169-178. Two ex.-mus. stamps on front cover, one of Smithsonian Institution Jun 1871. ex.mus. stamp also on first page. Exterior wrap with black lettering on front. lightly soiled, bottom corner folded, otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good $15.00

[000124] Ravenel, Mazyck P., M.D.. Notes on the Bacteriological Examination of the Soil of Philadelphia.. ill. Color plates, Figures. Washington: GPO, 1896. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". 3/4 Calf. Medicine. Very Good Memoirs of the Natl.Academy of Sciences, Vol.VIII. House of Representatives, 54th Congress 1st Sess., Doc. No.253. An examination of "the greater mortality among persons living in houses built on made ground over those living on virgin soil." Soil was examined in both made and virgin soil to a depth of 12 feet, over a period of 10 months. Results are detailed. 3/4 red calf, marbled boards and endpapers, all edges marbled. A handsome, deluxe presentation. Some rubbing on spine and corners, else Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. 42 illustrations. 4 color plates. $70.00

[001624] Remington, Frederic. FREDERIC REMINGTON'S OWN WEST. . 1960. Very Good / Good-. Book Club Edition $5.00

[001715] Remington, Frederic. Pony Tracks . ill. Remington, Frederic. 1962. Second Printing. Very Good+ / Very Good. Western Frontier Library. With an introduction by J. Frank Dobie. $10.00

[004228] Richards, James. A SERMON, Delivered Dec. 12, 1822, DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER. Newark: John Tuttle & Co, 1823. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Disbound. Sermon. Good+ to Very Good- Recommended by the Governor of the State to be Observed as a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer. Published by the request of the hearers. " THOU CROWNEST THE YEAR WITH THY GOODNESS. The goodness of God is one of the most conspicuous attributes of his nature, -and, when comprehensively viewed, may be considered as embracing the whole of his moral perfections." 19 pp. Disbound. Front cover's top edge small tears and missing 1"x1/4" piece. Foxing, but doesn't interfer with text. top corner, 2"x1", darkened area from cover through text-dampness? otherwise publication is Good. Interior is tight and Very Good. Listed in Famous Americans, "He served in the 1st Presbyterian church of Morristown, New Jersey, from 1794 till 1797, when he became its pastor, and in 1809 was charged with the Presbyterian church of Newark, New Jersey. In 1823 he became professor of theology in Auburn theological seminary, which chair he held until his death, he was a trustee of Princeton college and seminary, and received the degree of A.M. from Yale in 1794, and that of D. D. in 1815. $45.00

[003924] Riley, C.V., S.W. Williston and P.R. Uhler. REPORT ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF INSECTS MADE DURING THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION; LIST OF DIPTERA FROM DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AND ADJOINING REGIONS; HEMIPTERA AND HETEROPTERA OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION. 1893. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Entomology. Good to Good- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy. Offprint from NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA, NO.7, pp.235-268. 3 articles referring to the Death Valley Expedition. One article by C. V. Riley titled:REPORT ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF INSECTS MADE DURING THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION, pp.235-252. The other authors are S.W. Williston: LIST OF DIPTERA FROM DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AND ADJOINING REGIONS, pp.253-259 and P.R. Uhler: HEMIPTERA AND HETEROPTERA OF THE DEATH VALLEY EXPEDITION, pp.260-268. Paper covers detached, slightly faded otherwise Good. Interior is tight, clean and in Very Good + condition. $35.00

[001713] Sargent, Shirley. John Muir in Yosemite . 1971. Very Good+ $5.00

[001101] Schaeberle, J. M.. REPORT ON THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, OBSERVED AT MINA BRONCES, CHILE, ON APRIL 16, 1893. ill. Photographs, Plates, Foldout. Sacramento,CA: A.J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing, 1895. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Brown Cloth. Astronomy. Very Good Contributions from the Lick Observatory No. 4. Printed by authority of the Regents of the University of California. Ex-mus. stamp on title p.( only marking). at base of page. Actual photograph( silver print) of elipse glued on to frontis. page. 10 plates (full pages). 126 pp. Brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Slight rubbing to corners and spine's ends . A few worn areas on covers otherwise Very Good+. Interior tight, clean Very Good+. $180.00

[003615] Schuchert, Charles. THE CONDITIONS OF BLACK SHALE DEPOSITION AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE KUPFERSCHIEFER AND LIAS OF GERMANY. 1915. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Paper Wraps. Paleontology. Very Good Reprinted from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. LIV, No. 218, August, 1915. " Stratigraphers do not agree as to the conditions under which the black bituminous shales so often met with in American Paleozoic marine deposits were laid down. Among the more striking of such formations may be mentioned the Quebec, Martinsburg, Collingwood, Utica, Maquoketa, Genesee-Portage, Ohio, Chattanooga, and Caney, formations ranging from the Ordovician to the Pennsylvanian. To aid in the interpretation of such black shales, the writer presents herewith the main results set forth by Professor J. F. Pompeckj, of the University of Tubingen, in a publication that wll not be of wide distribution in America. The following is a decided condensation and in part a free translation of his exhaustive paper, which is replete with bibliographic references." pp.259-269. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. slight fading to covers, otherwise VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $20.00

[004154] Senate. CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT OR NEAR FORT SNELLING...Letter from The Secretary of War. ill. Foldout Maps. 1878. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Disbound. Minnesota. Very Good An appropriation for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Fort Snelling, and the granting of the right of way for a public highway through said reservation. 45th Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 73. Famous Americans submitting their report in this document: George Washington McCrary-Secretary of War; Samuel James Renwick McMillan, Jacob Henry Stewart, Joseph Washington McClurg-Chairman Special Committee; Gouverneur Kemble Warren-Major Engineers & C.; and Alfred Howe Terry-Brigadier General Commanding. 8 pp. Two large foldouts: Map of Mississippi River From Surveys made under the direction of Bvt. Maj. Gen. G. K. Warren, MAJ. of Engrs. U.S.A. Soundings taken Aug. 26, 1867 and Aug. 30, 1867. Size of map: 20"x19". Second foldout has no title. "Diagram" of Mississippi River with lettering showing "Island", "Bottom covered with trees", "Road from Ferry", "Stone Building" and "Cemetery". Paragraph in document explains it as "Four places where the bridge might be judiciously located." Disbound. String-tied. Front/back page loose but intact. Otherwise document is Very Good. Foldouts are Very Good+. No tears. $45.00

[004820] Senate. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (MILLARD FILLMORE) COMMUNICATING ...CERTAIN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN...AND EXISTING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN 1852. 1852. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Disbound. American History. Very Good To the Senate of the United States: I herewith transmit to the Senate,...a report from the Secretary of State with accompanying papers". Report from the Secretary of State: DANIEL WEBSTER. April 8, 1852. "The Secretary of State...requesting the President "to furnish to the Senate, ...copies of all communications relative to the empire of Japan that may be on file in either of the Executive Departments, particularly of the instructions under which Commodore Biddle visited Japan in 1846; his official report of that visit; the communication made by him to the local authorities in Jeddo bay, and a copy of a translation of a communication made to him on that occasion; together with ...a communication to the State Department from Alexander H. Everett, then commissioner to China..." 87 pp. Includes correspondence from the Secretary of the Navy, William A. Graham regarding the U.S. ship Preble to the port of Nangasacki, for the purpose of demanding sixteen American seamen held prisoners by the Japanese. Correspondence from D. Geisinger, commanding U.S. squadron, East Indies with "particulars of the shipwreck of the American whaler Lagoda and the detention by the Japanese authorities of the survivors..."Sailing instructions for Commander Glynn, of the U.S. ship Preble; Narratives by 6 of the American prisoners, Robert McCoy, John Bull, John Martin, Jacob Boyd, Melcher Biffar, Ranald McDonald of the shipwreck, capture and attempted escapes. Includes Notes Made at an Interview between Commander James Glynn and Different Japanese Officers, at Nangasacki, Japan; "Cruise of the U.S. Sloop-of War Preble...to Napa and Nangasacki. Also includes 13 letters/correspondence from 1832-1851: Sailing instructions to Commodore James Biddle for his visit to Japan; Letter from James Biddle, flagship- USS Columbus, to Secretary of the Navy; George Bancroft; From Edward Livingston, Secretary of State; James Glynn, Commander U.S. Navy to Millard Fillmore, President; Daniel Webster to Commodore Aulick and Letter from Millard Fillmore, President of the United States to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Famous Americans in document: Millard Fillmore; Daniel Webster; William A. Graham; Commodore David Geisinger; James Glynn; James Biddle, and Edward Livingston. Disbound. First page darkened, due to age? pp.59-78 attached by only one string. Interior is clean and Very Good. One table showing exports of teas from Shanghai to the U.S. for the years 1848-1851. Historical document. Scarce. $125.00

[000929] Senate. STATUE OF MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD, Erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol Building at Washington. ill. Illus. With an Engraving Of Miss Willard. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Disbound. Gov't Document. Very Good+ Proceedings in the Senate and House of Representatives on the Occasion of the Reception and Acceptance of the Statue from the State of Illinois. Limited copies produced. 89 pp. Marbled edges. Disbound but in Very Good + condition. Frances Willard was a major force in the temperance crusade and was elected president of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1891. Temperance, in her opinion, was basically a measure for the protection of home life and therefore an ideal which demanded personal sacrifice. $18.50

[004734] Senate. 1852 Foreign Relations Report Regarding Losses Incurred By Spanish Subjects in New Orleans, Including Letter from Daniel Webster, Secretary of State and Millard Fillmore, President. 1852. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Disbound. Spain. Very Good- 32d Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Rep. Com. No. 272. "The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, of the 15th June, 1852, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, together with a letter from Senor Don Calderon de la Barca, minister of Spain to the United States, claiming indemnity for losses sustained by certain Spanish subjects by the unlawful violence of a mob in New Orleans, consequent on hearing of the execution of certain persons who unlawfully invaded the island of Cuba in August, 1851, with the recommendation of the President contained in said message, that the indemnity should be granted,..." 6 pp. Including a Message from the President (Millard Fillmore); a short paragraph from Danl. Webster, Secretary of State to the President: "The Secretary of State accordingly suggests that Congress be recommended to make provision for the reparation desired"; and correspondence from the Minister to Spain, A.Calderon De La Barca to "The Hon. Daniel Webster, Secretary of State of the United States." Document is disbound. Pages 1-2 are loose, otherwise the document is clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[004581] Senate. PETITION OF WILLIAM C. BRYANT, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW, HORACE GREELEY, JOHN A. DIX, U.S. GRANT, AND OTHERS, Citizens of the United States...for a National Home for Totally Disabled Soldiers and Sailors of the Army and Navy of the United States. 1864. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good- An appropriation for the founding and support of a National Home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors of the army and navy of the United States. 38th Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 3. Petition lists many Famous Americans: William C. Bryant; Parke Godwin; Henry W. Longfellow; Ira Moore Barton; John A. Dix; Horace Greeley; Joseph Henry; Clara Barton; Fred P. Stanton; George Bancroft; U.S. Grant; George Ripley; and numerous others. 3 pp. Disbound. Mild foxing. Otherwise Very Good. $45.00

[004644] Senate. MEMORIAL OF HENRY O'RIELLY: 2 DOCUMENTS. 1858. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. U.S. Government Document. Very Good 2 Documents. 35th Congress, 1st session. Mis. Doc. No. 134 and No. 135. #1. MEMORIAL OF HENRY O'RIELLY Concerning Military highways or "stockade routes" for protecting travelers and settlers, facilitating mail and telegraph communication through vast interior territories, and rendering the United States independent of foreign countries for transmitting mails between the Atlantic and Pacific States. "Henry O'Rielly, constructor of the first telegraph lines which electrically connected the United States, respectully showeth that the failure of the federal government to furnish the protection of life and property which every American citizen should enjoy on at least two highways through the territories of the United States...has not only rendered us dependent on foreign routes with immense expenses for ordinary mail transportation...but has prevented the extension of settlements and the establishment of express mails and telegraphic intercourse...between the Mississippi and Pacific States..." 16 pp. including Appendix with A. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph; B. Intercourse between the Atlantic and Pacific States-Overland Route, &c; C. Missouri; D. Message of the Governor of Nebraska; E. Nebraska Legislative Resolutions, (or Memorial) and F. Nebraska-Governor's Message, Dec. 9, 1857. Famous Americans in document: Henry O'Rielly; Reuben Noble, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and James W. Grimes. #2. A MEMORIAL OF HENRY O'RIELLY, JOHN J. SPEED, AND TAL. P. SHAFFNER, Concerning The Completion of Telegraph Lines to Fort Laramie and Salt Lake. 2 pp. Famous Americans in document: Henry O'Rielly and Tal P. Shaffner of Kentucky. Both documents disbound but intact. Slight to mildly foxed on several pages, otherwise documents are Very Good. Scarce. $240.00

[004297] Smithsonian Institution. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SHOWING THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR 1857. . ill. Tables, Figures(line Drawings. Washington: William A. Harris, 1858. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Brown Cloth. Smithsonian. Good to Good- Senate. 35th Congress, 1st Session. Mis. Doc. No. 135. Important Articles by Famous Americans include:Communication From Prof. Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Relative to a Publication by Prof. Morse, pp. 85-117 in regards to the telegraph. Joseph Henry denies knowing Morse "ever made a single original discovery, in electricity, magnetism, or electro-magnetism, applicable to the invention of the telegraph". Also Statement of Professor Henry in Relation to the History of the Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, pp.99-106 with illustrations. Other articles: Lectures on Coal by Joseph Le Conte with illustrations; Lectures on the Vastness of the Visible Creation by Professor Stephen Alexander witn an illustration; Meteorology-Communication from A. Fendler in Venezuela 1856 with tables and illustrations; The Climate of Sacramento, California by Thomas M. Logan, M. D. with tables; Best Hours of Daily Observation to Find The Mean Temperature of the Year, by Prof. Chester Dewey with tables. Plus a Report of Recent Progress in Physics, by Dr. Joh. Muller, Professor of Physics and Technology at University of Freiburg and translated from the German for the Smithsonian. pp.333-431 with numerous illustrations. 438 pp including Index. Embossed brown cloth. Cloth worn?/rubbed? in small areas on front cover through to boards. 3/4" strip at spine's top missing.Spine base fraying. Covers intact and overall Good. Foxing to endpapers. Front endpaper with previous owner's name and gift inscription, plus numbers. Two numbers blotted over to next page. Mildly foxed on a few of the pages at front/back of book, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+ $18.50

[002931] Spectorsky, A.C. (ed.). THE BOOK OF THE SEA. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954. Very Good Being a collection of writings about the sea in all its aspects, with 64 pages in halftone and gravure, and many line drawings. A massive, handsome anthology of great writings on the sea. A few checkmarks under Contents by previous owner, otherwise interior is VG+. Decorative covers slightly soiled otherwise VG+. Protective plastic cover. $6.50

[004424] Stearns, Robert E. C.. Remarks of Robert E. C. Stearns on the late Professor Joseph Henry, before the California Academy of Sciences. May 20th, 1878; and Resolutions of the Academy, June 17th, 1878. . Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Famous American. Good+ 4 page pamphlet. "Death, which hath all seasons for its own, has just stricken from the roll of the living, one of the illustrious names of the century, a name eminent in intellectual, especially scientific circles, throughout the world. I refer, of course, to the late Prof. Joseph Henry, whose long life service to his country and to mankind as an educator and scientific investigator , and as the organizer and head of the Smithsonian Institution..." ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Mild discoloration along top edge and several tiny nicks at top/bottom edges. Otherwise Very Good-. $30.00

[004587] Tedrow, Richard L. & Thomas L.. Death at Chappaquiddick . ill. Photographs. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, 1980. Second Printing. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Paperback. Biography. Signed. Very Good ISBN: 088289-249-5. Gift inscription by R. Tedrow. "On July 19, 1969, Senator Edward Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, leading to the death of his young female companion and, the authors contend, an extensive coverup to protect Kennedy's political ambitions...." 240 pp. Paperback is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Richard Tedrow served for 17 years as Chief Commissioner of the U.S. Court of Military Appeal. $10.00

[000574] The Saturday Evening Post. NORMAN ROCKWELL MEMORY ALBUM, Vol. 1, No. 1. ill. Norman Rockwell. Indiana: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1979. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Wraps. Magazine. Good / No Jacket. The Best of Norman Rockwell Art and Humor from the Archives of The Curtis Publishing Company. Heavy cardstock covers, about 150 pages, loaded with Rockwell's best with commentaries by the editors on how they came about, reaction to them, etc. Also reproduced advertisements illustrated by Rockwell. A delightful book. Some scuffs to front cover and couple of pages with light foxing else Very Good. $10.00

[003273] Thurber, James. My Life And Hard Times.. ill. Author. New York: 1933. Armed Services Editions. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 3 3/4". Good Softcover. illustrated with humorous sketches by the author. Mild rubbing to cover and edges. Pages brown age-toned. Covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. $15.00

[002598] Twain, Mark. Edited By Michael Patrick Hearn. ANNOTATED HUCKLEBERRY FINN. ill. E. W. Kemble. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1981. First Edition. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". Brown Cloth. Literature. Fine / Very Good-. ISBN: 0-517-530317. Edited, with an introduction, notes, and bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn. More than 300 line drawings, photographs, and engravings, including 175 original illustrations by E. W. Kemble. 378 pp. including Appendix, bibliography, and index. Book is Fine. DJ 1" tear at top corner of flap and 1/4" tear on top edge, otherwise DJ is Very Good+. $58.50

[003825] U. S. Department of Agriculture. REPORT ON THE USE OF MAIZE (INDIAN CORN) IN EUROPE And On The Possibilities Of Its Extension. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Paper Wraps. Agriculture. Good to Good+ 3 "Articles". 1. THE INTRODUCTION OF MAIZE INTO EURPOE, by Charles J. Murphy, Special Agent. 2. THE FOOD VALUE OF MAIZE, by Dr. H.W. Wiley, Chief Chemist. and 3. THE INDIAN CORN INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES, by B.W. Snow, Assistant Statistician. 36 pp. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $55.00

[004436] Unger, Merrill F.. UNGER'S BIBLE DICTIONARY . ill. Drawings By Robert F. Ramey, Maps, Photographs.. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Moody Press, 1973. Nineteenth Printing. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Red Cloth. Theology. Very Good- ISBN: 0802490352. More than 500 photographs, maps and drawings. 1192 pp. plus colored maps. Thick book. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. top edge "brownish tint" with mild watermark lines down the side edge. Nothing in the interior text. Otherwise exterior is Very Good+. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $18.00

[004344] Van Dyke, Edwin C.. CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD A KNOWLEDGE OF THE INSECT FAUNA OF LOWER CALIFORNIA. No. 3 COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE. ill. Plates. California: California Academy of Sciences, 1942. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 ". Paper Wraps. Baja California. Very Good- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. Vol. XXIV, No. 3, pp. 97-132, Plates 6-7. March 31, 1942. "This paper, while dealing primarily with the materila collected in Lower California during the summer of 1938 by Michelbacher and Ross, in order to be more useful, has been amplified to the extent of mentioning all the species of Buprestidae which are known to have been collected in that region." Stapled at spine. Thin 2 3/4" waterstain line at base of spine on front page. Doesn't go through. 1/2" tear at spine base. Otherwise publication is tight, clean and Very Good +. 2 plates with 18 insects. Edwin Van Dyke was one of America’s leading coleoperists at the turn of the last century and Professor Emeritus of Entomology at University of California. $20.00

[004230] Walker, Bryant. REVIEW OF OUR PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOLLUSCAN FAUNA OF MICHIGAN. ill. Tables. 1894. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Michigan. Very Good- Read before the Michigan Academy of Science, December 27, 1894. "Barring a few scattering descriptions by European naturalists of such species as were brought home by the early travellers in this country, the history of North American conchology may be said to have begun where Thomas Say, in 1817, wrote the article on "Conchology" for the first American edition of Nicholson's Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences." 27 pp. Includes Catalogue of the Mollusca of Michigan, Notes and Literature. Mildly soiled covers. Faint stamp "W. A. Bryan" on front cover. Otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Dr. Bryant Walker of Detroit was one of the leading malacologists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries $50.00

[003045] Watson, Sereno. CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN BOTANY,12 Vols From Years: 1873-1891: II, IV,V., VI.,X.,XI, XII.,X1V.,XV.,XVI. XVII and XVIII. 3 Vols. SIGNED BY WATSON. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Size: Approx. 6" x 10". Paper Wraps. Botany. three Signed By Author. Good or Better 3 Volumes SIGNED on the cover by Sereno Watson. Vol.,XI.signature reads:"Davenport Acad of Science from the author". Vol. XVI: "Library of Davenport Academy from Sereno Watson", and Vol. XVII signed on cover "Calif Academy of Sciences from Sereno Watson". Vols. II, and IV.'s paper wraps with writing on front, Watson's?. 8 volumes have ex-mus. numbers on front cover. Covers overall are Good or Better. some soiling and chipping around edges. Most of the pages uncut, so interiors are tight, clean and VG+. Articles on: LUPINUS, POTENTILLA, OENOTHERA, NORTH AMERICAN CHENOPODIACEAE, GENUS CEANOTHUS, DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW PLANTS, SILENE, LIST OF PLANTS FROM SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS and NORTHERN MEXICO collected by Dr. E. Palmer in 1879-80, PLANTS COLLECTED BY DR. PALMER IN SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, PLANTS FROM YZABAL, GUATEMALA, PLANTS COLLECTED IN STATE OF JALISCO, MEXICO IN 1886, NEW SPECIES OF MEXICAN PLANTS, CHIEFLY OF MR. C. G. PRINGLE'S COLLECTION IN 1887, PLANTS FROM GUAYMAS, MEXICO and LOS ANGELES BAY IN LOWER CALIFORNIA, AND ON THE ISLAND OF SAN PEDRO MARTIN IN GULF OF CALIFORNIA,and COLLECTION OF PLANTS FROM ISLAND OF ASCENSION. $645.00

[000365] Whistler, J. McNeill. NOCTURNES, MARINES, & CHEVALET PIECES. Chelsea: Goupil Gallery , Size: Approx. 6" x 7 3/4". "Small Collection Kindly Lent by Their Owners". n.d. (1892?) Quotes and critics on Whistler's different works from the Attorney General of England, 1878 to THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, PUNCH, MERRIE ENGLAND and the Art Critic of THE TIMES.Original wraps, rebound, 3/4 calf w/marbled boards and endpapers. Covers separated from spine. 3/4" top spine missing, otherwise covers are Good. Front marbled free endpaper loose otherwise interior is tight and clean and Very Good. Scarce. 29 pp. $80.00

[000096] Whistler, J. McNeill. CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF ETCHINGS BY WHISTLER. New York: Galleries of M.Knoedler & Co 1920 [New York], 1920. Size: Approx. 6 " x 7 3/4". Brown Wraps. Art. Good 20 pages, untrimmed. Handsome catalogue. Assumed that this was published for an Exhibition of Whistler's works on display at Galleries of M. Knoedler & Co. No city is listed on title page, only the Gallery's name and address:556-558 Fifth Avenue, near 46th St. Commencing November 10th,1920. Brown Wraps with black lettering on front. Wraps are wider than "Catalogue" therefore there are minor chips and creasing to edges. 1" tear at bottom front corner. Back wrapper's corner is missing. Still in Good condition. Interior is VG. $40.00

[003730] Willson, Rev. Edmund B.. Henry Wheatland, M. D., Born January 11, 1812. Died February 27, 1893. (Sermon Preached by Rev. Edmund B. Willson, at the North Church, Salem, Sunday, March 5, 1893.). Essex Institute, 1893. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Stiff Covers. Biography. Good+ Sermon preached by Rev. Willson for Henry Wheatland, M.D. President of the Essex Institute. 17 pp. many uncut. Stiff covers. Mildly soiled. ex.mus. numbers on front. 1/4" tear at top edge. goes through pamphlet. Otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. One side edge page protrudes more than others, therefore has chips-very minor. $30.00

[004498] Wilson, Henry Hon.. THE NEW CONSTITUTION. ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON. HENRY WILSON, To His Constituents, Explanatory of the Proposed Constitutional Amendments. . Boston: Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Paper Wraps. American History. Good "Fellow Citizens: Commissioned by you a delegate to the late Convention for the revision of the organic law of this Commonwealth-having daily attended its sittings, and taken an humble part in its proceedings, I cheerfull comply with the request of some of my friends to present to you a plain and unvarnished, but, I trust, a clear and exact statement of its labors and results. I propose, to-night, to trace out the acts of the Convention; to point out the results of its labors; and, to state the precise and exact position of the pending issues at the coming election." 16 pp. Some of the subjects covered: The Declaration of Rights; The House of Representatives; Trial Justices; Tax Qualification to Vote; The Secret Ballot; The Plurality System; Harvard College; and Revisions and Amendments to the Constitution. No date but probably 1853 as he was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention that year. String-tied. Front/back covers soiled with some foxing. Interior sporadic foxing, otherwise tight, clean and Very Good. Overall the publication is Good. Back page states the Printers as White & ??(illegible)ter, Printers, 4 Spring Lane, Boston. Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812-November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States (President Ulysses S. Grant). He was a leading Republican who devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he considered the Slave Power, that is the conspiracy of slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty. $50.00

[004328] Yale,Caroline A.. FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELEMENTARY ENGLISH SOUNDS. . 1946. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9". Stiff Covers. Language. Good Author was Principal of Clarke School for the Deaf, 1866 to 1922, Northampton, Mass. 46 pp. Includes Vowel and Consonant Charts. Covers are mildly soiled with sunned/foxed? areas. Previous owner's name on front cover. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Stapled-mildly rusted. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $10.00