One of several editions published in the year of the quake, 1750 (priority unknown.) 12mo, 16 pp. Unbound, as issued. Stitched at left margin, but stitches mostly pulled. ##### In 1750 a series of five earthquakes rocked London. This sermon by Thomas Sherlock warns of a merciful God to a sinful people and lays part of God’s wrath at the feet of a sinful press: "Have not all the Abominations of the publick Stews been open to view by lewd Pictures exposed to Sale at Noon-day? Have not Histories or Romances of the vilest Prostitutes been published, intended merely to display the most execrable s... View More...
1st ed., 8vo, original decorated green cloth, gilt decorations and lettering. 41 [2] i-xxxiii. Tipped in photographic frontispiece of “Wordsworth’s Glen.” [See note below] A talk about the Quantock Hills area of southwest England, where Coleridge and Wordsworth wrote Lyrical Ballads, which Nichols writes about the landscape as well as some of the other "Quantock Poets," including Charles Lamb, Thomas Lovell Beddoes and Charles Lloyd. Gift inscription on FFEP “with the writer’s compliments” to Welsh mathematician, photographer, and painter Rev. Calvert R. Jones, [1804-1877]. We believe Jones m... View More...
1st ed., 4to. 3/4 red cloth. 24 b/w plates, 62pp. of text.
Heilprin was an American geologist who arrived in Martinique soon after the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902; he was the first scientist to ascend the crater of the volcano. This work is his report on his third visit the volcano in 1903 and includes photographs by him. Good: Internally, a clean, tight copy. Covers worn at extremities, panels soiled and toned, rubbing to spine; hinges lightly shaken. View More...
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Sacramento, California State Dept of Education : 1956
Seller ID: k181231a
40 single plate black & white photographs (8 1/2" x 11"), printed on stiff paper and housed in publisher's printed portfolio folder; accompanied by three page "Teacher's Guide"). Plates are fine; folder has some wear and a few nicks but very good overall; title written in red ink on the spine. The photographs depict the famous CA flooding throughout the north state the week before Christmas --, principally Yuba City and the Feather River, but also other cities and counties -- including a few in the south state. ; a photographic archive of the mainly northern and central California flood even... View More...
Charles Erskine Scott Wood [Emma Goldman, Basil Rathbone, Sara B. Field]Self-published, 1918/ 112 pp. Original Printed Wrappers. 16mo.#####Presentation copy to actor Basil Rathbone, with lengthy inscription dated 1934. Possibly with Rathbone's signature on the cover. #####A very unusual item loosely associating actor Basil Rathbone with anarchist Goldman.#####Although little known today, Charles Erskine Scott Wood [C.E.S. Wood (1852 –1944)] was a successful author, civil liberties advocate, artist, soldier, and attorney. He served as a lieutenant with the 21st Infantry Regiment, fought in t... View More...
London: Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance, & Co., 1827. 1827. Small 8vo. xi, 56 pp. Original ¼ leather over plain boards, gilt-stamped spine title. A “new edition” of a classic first printed in 1670 as “The Shepherd's Legacy”. , Observations and predictions about weather, with aphorisms, rhymes, and folk wisdom. CONDITION: Fair-Good. The text block is clean, with no tears and very little foxing or toning. Covers have moderate edgewear but substantial rubbing of the spine, front hinge split, rear hinge cracked; prior owners penciled names on front flyleaf. View More...
Second edition, 16mo, dark olive green boards. 1917. 54 pp. Limited to 5,000 copies. A brief general history of aviation in Southern California, a description of the War Department school of aviation at San Diego, and lessons on applied meteorology for aviators. Illustrated with charts and b/w photographs. This copy inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. CONDITION: Very good. Covers: light wear but rubbed at corners and top/bottom of spine. Text block is clean, tight, and bright. View More...
Matthiessen was a member of the Nunivak Expedition formed to capture a group of musk ox calves to raise for their wool. Black and white photographs by the author. Book is flawless. Dustwrapper has a faded spine and faint sun line 1/4" wide along spine. View More...
1st ed. thus, 4to., (13 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches). 30 hand-colored engraved plates. Original publisher's brown cloth, blind decorations, gilt titles. Whymper was an English wood engraver, book illustrator and watercolor painter who specialized in riverscapes. He was also well known for his fine engravings of animals, fish, and landscapes for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (as here). The plates were first published in 1846 and this collected edition in 1849. They were offered both colored and uncolored versions. Scenes depicted include the Aurora Borealis, Geysers of Iceland, Niagra F... View More...
First and only printing. Small 4to, illustrated boards, 118 pp. illustrated throughout with photos of film celebrities planting trees, decorative borders. A
collaboration between the American Reforestation Association and Hollywood stars to encourage communities to plant and preserve the nation’s trees. Practical advice with poetic inspiration, with photo illustrations of Sequoia National Park, the Hooker Oak and other trees. Full page portraits of about 20 Hollywood stars planting tees, including Jackie Coogan, Douglas Fairbanks, Harold Lloyd, Norma Shearer, Rudolf Valentino, and Mary Pickf... View More...
First Edition.Two volumes. 704 pp. (27½x18½"), full leather; cherrywood bookstand designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando; original wood shipping crate. No. 0430 of 500 in the Art Edition from a total edition of 3000 copies. Signed by Salgado at the colophon; with a clothbound book of detailed captions explaining each stunning shot./////Salgado's magnum opus is breath-taking in its scope, and the 'sumo' size of the volumes presents each of the images in sharp museum quality. Published in five 'Art Editions' of 100 copies each and a signed Collector's Edition of 2,500 copies. Each of the Art... View More...
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