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Ball Clinic, Inc.; Excelsior Springs, Missouri; (no date; circa 1950s)., 1950 Stapled wraps, printed/illustrated covers, 8 1/2 x 7 inches, 36 pp., numerous b/w photo illustrations. Good plus or very good minus. Laid in is a printed slip advertising "The Ball Clinic Budget Plan". Contents: History of the Ball Clinic; Types of Rheumatism; Causes of Rheumatism; Home Remdies Bring Only Relief From Symptoms; Rheumatism and Your Doctor; Surgery Seldom Necessary; Chronic Ailments Associated with Arthritis and Rheumatism; Rheumatism Will Respond to Proper Treatment; Causes Can Be Eliminated; Institutional Specialization Necessary; Many Types of Treatment Included in the Ball Program; Associated Conditions Treated; Many Specializing Departments; Mineral Waters and Baths; Excelsior Springs Famous Mineral Water Spa; Free Physical Examination and Diagnosis; Don't Take a Chance --- Face the Facts; General Information: Facts You Should Know About the Ball Clinic; What You Get at the Ball Clinic.… Leer más

Boston; Nov. 1, 1871., 1871 [9] pp., folio. This indenture was made the first day of November, 1871, between the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company and Oliver Ames and Charles F. Choate. The Atlantic and Pacific was to be built from Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific Coast. From the very beginning the Atlantic and Pacific was plagued with problems even though they had the same rights as other transcontinental railroads regarding bonds, land grants, etc. Ames and Choate, noted bankers of railroads and other various schemes were to loan to the railroad in gold coin. The amount is left blank in this document, and the document is not signed by the parties. They were to be repaid in gold coin with an annual interest rate of 6%. In addition to the indenture listed above, another indenture was made with George Bigeldow and James Dixwell. [2] pp. with manuscript corrections and additions. Including a provision to enable the Atlantic and Pacific to mortgage the road. This document was written earlier and… Leer más

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1967 First edition/first printing. Ex-library, with usual markings, else fine. Attractive maroon cloth-covered boards, white spine lettering, 11 x 8 3/8 inches, 92 pp. "Two questions on the war in Vietnam answered by the authors of several nations". Contributors include: W.H. Auden, Graham Greene, Norman Mailer, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter, Bertrand Russell, Simone de Beauvoir, Allen Ginsberg, James Baldwin, Kingsley Amis, Iris Murdoch, Doris Lessing, William F. Buckley, William S. Burroughs, John Cheever, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joseph Heller, Jerzy Kosinski, Denise Levertov, Marshall McLuhan, Herbert Marcuse, James A. Michener, Kenneth Rexroth, C.P. Snow, Susan Sontag, Terry Southern, I.F. Stone, William Styron, John Updike, Gore Vidal, Tom Woolf. There are many very interesting responses, but among my favorites is that of the poet and novelist, George Barker: "Goddammit, every US bomb dropped on Hanoi canstitoots a triumph of the American Way of Life.… Leer más

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California; Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1965 Stapled wraps, illustrated front and rear covers (circuitry of MANIAC II), 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches, 16 pp., b/w photo illustrations (including one of a man working on the large disc memory component while smoking a cigarette). Fine. Scarce. From the foreword: "By 1960, with three IBM 704s and the MANIAC II (Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer) running night and day, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory had earned the reputation as one of the most advanced computer centers in the nation. The 704s have since been replaced, and the Laboratory now operates two IBM 7094s, Stretch, and the MANIAC II to become one of the most advanced computer centers in the world. Page 16 explains some of the purposes for which computers are used at Los Alamos." (K023). Soft cover. Fine.

N. D. Berry, Boston, 1874., 1874 Third edition. Scarce. Reddish brown cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 7 3/4 x 5 inches, 351 pp. About good (substantial edgewear, with focal erosion of cloth at tips and spine ends; sunning of spine, extending onto front board; fading of gilt, spine; pages clean and binding still strong). (3214006). 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good.

W W Norton & Co, New York, 1968 An attractive hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing of this scarce book, with dustcover: book and dustcover near fine. Black paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, 317 pp. Moderate edgewear, boards; pages clean, with no marks of any kind; binding tight and square. Dustcover is price-clipped and has mild rubbing; now in mylar jacket. (K083). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Temple Emanu El, Houston, 1957 First edition. Dark red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (moderately faded), 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 96 pp. About good. "This volume is a collection of the Bible's best, those passages from our Jewish sacred literature which every Jew should know, arranged and edited for public reading in the synagogue. It has grown out of conviction and experience".(3214013). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Cowles, New York, 1968 First edition with dustcover, a very nice copy, book and dustcover very good plus. Green cloth-covered boards, black spine lettering, 7 1/4 x 4 3/8 inches, 206 pp., index, maps and b/w photo illustrations. Small stain to bottom egde and fore-edge of book block; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight and square. Very good plus, price-clipped dustcover. (1722RO069). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Viking, 1986 First British edition. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 197 pp., index. Book fine. Dustcover very good (mild rubbing). (1722RO004). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 1993 An exceptional, fine copy of the first edition/first printing, SIGNED by Danny Glover. Signature personally obtained by me at a benefit event for Gary Graham (Shaka Sankofa) in Houston in 1999. Soft cover, glossy illustrated wraps, 9 1/4 x 7 inches, 208 pp., b/w photo illustrations. Glover's signatures are scarce. This is an important, underappreciated book. "Black Light: The African American Hero is a celebration of 90 of the greatest black heroes of the twentieth century, men and women who through their achievements have significantly illuminated the African American experience. An inspiring photo-essay, it is much more than a tribute to black accomplishment, it is a clarion call for a new generation to continue a proud and important legacy." (1722RO005). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

University of Texas Press, Austin, 1996 First edition, as new. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches, 339 pp, index, b/w photo illustrations. As new, clean, crisp and square. No dustcover. (3214010). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New.

Regnery Gateway; Washington, D.C., 1989 An excellent hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book near fine, dustcover fine. Blue paper-covered boards, blue cloth-covered spine, gilt spine lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches, 215 pp. "In Vietnam Randy Herrod saved Oliver North's life. Then Oliver North came back to save his." (K082). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.

Roycrofters; East Aurora, New York, 1926 Stiff orange wraps, 9 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches, 39 pp., b/w photo illustrations. About very good minus (bumped upper spine end; front cover gilt almost completely worn away; scattered mild foxing). Roycrofter history. Laid in are three printed Roycrofter cards, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches each. (K071). Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

William Kimber, London, 1970 First British edition/first printing. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 10 x 7 inches, 192 pp., illustrated endpapers, illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Book carefully read, near fine. Dustcover very good (moderate edgewear; a few chips, largest 1/4 inch on rear panel; 2 inch closed tear, rear panel). Dustcover attractive (see photos). (1722RO003). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

San Diego Corral of the Westerners; San Diego, 1995 Numbered limited edition (copy number 203 of 500). Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, gilt front board illustration (by Dennis Torzeski), 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches, map illustrated endpapers, b/w and color illustrations. Original art by Dennis Torzeski, photography by Harry W. Crosby and H Blair Burkhardt, cartography by Richard Kent Smith, additional maps by Harry W. Crosby and Leland E. Bibb. Fine. A beautiful book. (K071). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Terpezone, Incorporated; Chicago; (1930s)., 1930 Stiff wraps, printed front cover ("Terpezone Incorporated, Chicago, U.S.A., 'The Breath of Life'"), three hole binder, 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches, unpaginated (about 207 pages, recto only). Very good. Rare. The Terpezone generator was a machine that apparently combined ozone and turpentine to produce "pinene ozone", a "gaseous ozonide". From the Foreword: "In submitting these case records for your careful inspection, we call particular attention to the wide variety of diseases successfully treated by the mere inhalation of Terpezone vapor. For the first time in medical practice ozone in strength, is available in the human body and the result of 25 years of use has been more a matter of discovery than otherwise. As oxygen is necessary for maintenance of life on earth it appears that it may be difinitely shown that ozone, the highest form of oxygen, is necessary for the maintenance of health." The inhalation of… Leer más

Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1970 An excellent hardcover copy with dustcover: book fine and dustcover very good. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the half title page, dated 1971. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, gilt front board decoration, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, illustrated endpapers, 352 pp., index, numerous b/w photo illustrations. Dustcover not price-clipped. Not ex-library. (K078). Signed by Author(s). Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Oswego County Sanatorium; Richland, New York; 1937-1941., 1941 Five issues of The Bug, "A bi-monthly publication by the patients of Oswego County Sanatorium." (July-August 1938, September-October 1939, January-February 1940, September-October 1940, January-February 1941). Stapled wraps, printed/illustrated covers, 9 x 5 7/8 inches, each 24 pp., b/w illustrations including photos. Very good. Plus the Annual Report of the Oswego County Sanatorium for the years 1937 (24th), 1939 (26th) and 1940 (27th). Stapled wraps, 9 1/8 x 6 inches, each 20 pp. The 1937 and 1939 issues have a double-page b/w photo of the Oswego County Sanatorium Buildings. The 1940 issue is missing pp. 9-12 (and thus missing this photo). Else very good. The Oswego County Sanatorium was a tuberculosis hospital established in 1913. Rare (especially "The Bug"). (3214030). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Constable and Company, London, 1988 First edition/first printing, with dustcover. Red boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 9 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches, 232 pp., index, numerous b/w photo illustrations and drawings. Book near fine. Price-clipped dustcover very good. A fascinating book. (K070). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Texas Student Publications, University of Texas, Austin, 1940 SIGNED by Denton Cooley next to his photograph playing basketball (in sheepskin shin pads), page 257. Dark green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering/decoration (faded), 12 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches, illustrated endpapers, 528 pp., index, heavily illustrated (b/w and color). About good (sunning/darkening, spine; edgewear, with erosion of lower rear tip, 1 x 1/2 inch in greatest dimension; a few spots of staining, fore-edge; binding slightly shaken, but still strong; pages generally clean). This is the "Texas Literature Number". From the Foreword: "The Texas Sword, bringing to mind the heroes who have wielded it in Texsas' colorful history, is ever in the consciousness and tribute of true Texans. As expressed by J. Frank Dobie: '.the point of Travis' sword --- like the moving finger of Time --- still moves across the earthen floor of the Alamo.' We are justly proud of our heroic swordsmen. But… Leer más