Small Quarto, 10.25 in. x 6.75 in. , pp. xiv, 189. Illustrated with many photographs, maps, and diagrams. Red cloth boards with light green title, arrowhead design and frame on brown background to front. Dark brown title on white spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Red and dark brown arrowhead design to endpapers. Unmarked interior. Light sunning and very light edgwear to dustjacket. The author was newly launched on a teaching career when he was kiled in a boating accident in May 1972. At the time of his death he was an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. His extensive archaeological investigation as a grad student is "a landmark in the study of Great Basin prehistory." (from the dustjacket) "In 1938, University of Oregon archaeologist Luther Cressman excavated at Fort Rock Cave, where he and his crew found dozens of sandals below a layer of volcanic ash, subsequently determined to have come from the 7,600-year-old eruption of Mount Mazama. "In 1966 and 1967, Cressman and his graduate student Stephen Bedwell returned to Fort Rock Cave and several other sites in the Fort Rock Basin. By that time, the interior of the cave had been effectively cleaned out by artifact hunters, and the only undisturbed deposits were under large rock-fall boulders near the cave entry, which were removed with dynamite and a tractor. Bedwell recovered sandal fragments, but his most significant finding was a small set of tools, including a handheld grinding stone, chipped stone scrapers, and a stemmed projectile point which appeared to be associated with a small hearth that produced a radiocarbon age calibrating to more than 15,000 years old. Most archaeologists dismissed this age, citing uncertainty about the association between the artifacts and the dated charcoal and what was considered to be an unreasonably early age for human occupation in the Americas. Although the question of association remains clouded, the confirmed presence of human occupation at the nearby Paisley Caves to nearly 15,000 years ago provides a context that makes the outright dismissal of the early Fort Rock age ill advised." (from Oregon Encyclopedia). Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus
Trade paperback, 8.3 in. 5.3 in., pp. [10], 274. Light purple cardpaper wraps with black title and pulisher's information to front and black title to spine. Light rubbing to wraps. Creased along front joint; one inch closed tear to bottom of front joint. Light thumbing to bottom corners. "Called to Washington, Doc Savage confronts the impossible - a mad monarch who vanished centuries ago. Unstoppable and untouchable, the demon stands ready to plunge his uncanny sword into the vitals of all who seek to unravel the most baffling enigma ever to confront the brilliant Man of Bronze!" The owners of the copyright are Will Murray (1953 - present), a novelist and comic book writer, ardent promoter of Doc Savage, and current executor of the estate of the creator of Doc Savage (Lester Dent, 1904-1959), and Mrs. Lester Dent, the widow of Lester Dent.
Staplebound Softcover. (9 in. x 6 in.) Beige card covers with a lovely cover graphic to front in red, black, dark green and brown of a large tree in both above- and below-ground views. Wrinkling and some wear to paper spine, but tightly bound, and remarkably clean and tight at 106+ years old! 196 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs illustrating techniques, diagrams as well as drawings of tools, "This book is intended to point out the advantages of the use of explosives for various purposes on the farm, and to give instructions for their use.This first part is to emphasize the different purposes for which explosives may be used; and the technical supplement is to describe the most approved methods of blasting. Explosives are also used to advantage for splitting logs for rails, for felling trees, destroying old buildings and for almost any kind of work where a strong force quickly applied, is desirable." "Dynamite is simply concentrated power or condensed strength. In order to have it work in the correct way, and move in the right direction, it must be properly harnessed and the bit kept in its mouth, but this is easily done if the directions given in this handbook are followed intellligently." (from Introduction) "As time passes, farmers will find other ways of saving money by using explosives, for the demand for farm products is increasing so rapidly that greater acreage must be put under cultivation, and the old acres must increase their yield."
Octavo, 9.8 in. x 6.4 in., pp. iv, [2], 831. Illustrated with fifteen full-page engravings and numerous black and white drawings. Contemporary three quarter calf double-ruled in gilt and blind. Gilt title to black panel on spine. Five raised bands, with decorative gilt and blind bandlines, to spine. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to extremities. Corners nudged and exposed. Horizontal crack to leather in bottom spine panel. Marbled endpapers. Booksellers sticker to front free endpaper (Africa Books, Basutoland, South Africa) Bookbinder's ticket to rear pastedown (Archer and Sons, Belfast, Ireland). Light foxing to endpapers and opening pages. Previous owner's stamp to top of table of contents page and to page 1. First serialized in monthly installments in March 1868, this guide for travellers, explorers and settlers first appeared in book form in this edition, in 1871. A wealth of general field knowledge, with specific references to travel and exploration in South Africa, Australia and North America.
Quarto, 11.2 in. x 8.8 in., pp. xxx, [2], 624, 1-145. Forest green, textured leather boards with gilt cross to front. Gilt edges. Seven sewn-in silk ribbons. Printed white sticker on title page offers final two lines (nine words) of title. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper; inscription and additional name to front flyleaf. Signature just starting at p. 224. Nine dark red leather tabs glued to nine fore-edges. The American Missal: The Complete Liturgy of the American Book of Common Prayer with Additional Devotional Material Appropriate to the Same. It was first published in 1931 by Morehouse Publishing Company. A revised edition appeared in 1951 with the copyright: Earle Hewitt Maddux, S.S.J.E. A note on page iv states: "this book can claim no authority from the Church and is not an authorized publication thereof; but is distinctly supplementary to, and not a substitute for, the authorized publication of the Book of Common Prayer." It was offered as a supplement to the BCP for voluntary consideration and use. It represents an Anglo-Catholic tradition and includes collections from monastic offices, and reprinted materials from English missals and ceremonial manuals. Its expanded liturgical calendar included patron saints from various ethnic groups. See Missal Mass. (from The Episcopal Dictionary of the Church).
Set of five titles: Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.25 in. Paper boards over cloth spines with gilt title to spines. Volume I spine printed upside down, and top corners slightly nudged. Other books Near Fine Very light edgewear to all dustjackets. In this science fiction epic from Orson Scott Card, it is 40 million years in the future, and humanity long ago abandoned Earth, rendered uninhabitable by their destructive wars. Now, mankind survives on the planet of Harmony, where the Oversoul - an artificial intelligence - protects them from their own worst impulses. There are no wars, no dangerous technologies or weapons of mass destruction. But after so many millennia, the Oversoul is beginning to fail. Now, a group of humans must return to Earth and seek advice from the entity on which the Oversoul is modeled-the mysterious Keeper of the Earth. (from Macmillan Publishing) The Homecoming Saga is a science-fiction adaptation of The Book of Mormon. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus
Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.2 in., pp. [2] (introduction), i-xxviii (two numbered columns per page), 1-646 (two numbered columns per page), 647-660, [19] (index). Illustrated with large, thick-papered fold-out road map of Ireland (19 in. x 14.25 in. with cartouche of lighthouse scene to map) and fold out map of the Plan for the Lakes of Killarney (8 in. x 10 in.). Contemporary full tree calf. Gilt title to black panel, and decorative gilt bandlines, to rebacked spine. Front corners lightly nudged. Previous owner's bookplate ("Mann, Dunmoyle") to front pastedown. Small pen marking on top corner of rear free endpaper. Three inch tape repair to large fold-out map. Pages bright. This popular travel guide was the essential guide to the roads of Ireland, offering guidance and entertainment to the traveller in the early 19th century. Undated Family Bookplate of Mann family: Henry Mann from Essex arrived in Ireland in 1633 and settled in county Cork. The line from his son Deane established itself at Dunmoyle township in Tyrone.When some money came into the family in the mid-1800's they built Dunmoyle Lodge. (from Select Surnames).
Small folio, 12.25 in. x 9.25 in., pp. xiv, 239. Illustrated with 160 color and black and white plates, dozens of photographs, and seven maps. Inscribed, dated (1969), and signed by the author (W.W. Newcomb) on the half title page. Gray-green cloth boards with brick red pictograph to front. Silver title with brick redpictograph designs to spine. Scuffing and light stains to back board. Sunning and a few creases to dustjacket spine. Water damage to back of dustjacket with two square inch surface tear. Small closed tears to dustjacket edges. Spine and hinges tight; interior pages bright. William W. Newcomb, Jr., Ph.D. (1921 - 2010) was a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas and long-time Director of the Texas Memorial Museum. Bill took a position as Curator of Anthropology and Research Scientist at the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin, Texas and three years after arriving, he became Director, a position he held for 21 years. Bill's early fieldwork with the Delaware and other Indians, combined with his work at the museum, led to his lifelong interest in the ethnohistory of North American Indians and the nature of culture. His 1961 book The Indians of Texas, arguably the most comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject, was just the first of many books and articles published in Bill's distinguished career.