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Indiana University. Book. Good. Soft cover. pp173-196, photo. Removed from INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Volume 65, No. 3, September, 1969. Wrps. G. In report covers. Olleman was a prosperous farmer, newspaper editor, and one of the founders of the Greenback Party in Indiana..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Good. Soft cover. pp247-288. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1899. VG. In plastic report covers. John Joly was an Irish geologist. His theory was that if one knew how much salt was in the ocean and the rate at which salt was being added or lost by rivers and evaporation, one could calculate how long it had taken for ocean salt to accumulate and would therefore know the age of the oceans and presumably the Earth as well. His estimates turned out to be greatly understated. .

NY,: Gramercy Books, Book. As New. Hardcover. (2006), 192pp, illustrated. As New in As New dj. Quotations by Einstein gathered from his writings, notes, lectures, and speeches on a wide variety of topics, including: The Speed of Light; The Special Theory of Relativity; The General Theory of Relativity; The Concept of Time; Black Holes; Science, Religion and Art; Determinism; The Nature of God; Judaism; The Atomic Bomb and the Future; Democracy and Responsibility; The Nature of Knowledge..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1980), xv, 317pp, index, bibliography, illustrated. VG in VG dj. From the dj: At the height of their achievement between the eighth and fifth centuries B.C., the Etruscans of west central Italy, enjoyed a civilization comparable to that of the Greeks or the Romans..

New York: The Macmillan Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1960, xvi, 493pp, index, illustrated. Front inner hinge neatly reinforced, else VG. Ezra Pound, (1885-1972), was an American poet, editor, and critic, and one of the most influential figures in modern literature. He was the guiding spirit and chief promoter of Imagism, a poetic movement that stressed the direct treatment of the object without unnecessary rhetoric, the free phrase rather than the forced metric, and utter clarity of image and metaphor. See THE READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA..

New York: Crown Publishers Inc. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. (1979), 282pp, index. VG in VG dj. The author asks whether we are alone in the universe and then proceeds to analyze the universe, life, and intelligence, basing his conclusions on the most recent scientific findings..

Brandywine: Marker Tours Book. Fine. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 1984. Second Printing, 38pp, profusely illustrated. Fine. A pamphlet to accompany a Marker Tour of the John Wilkes Booth escape route..

New York: Newsweek Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1971), 4to, 172pp, index, profusely illustrated in color and b&w, simulated leather covers. VG in G+ dj. Wonders of Man series. El Escorial, the vast monastery/palace that was the spiritual and political heart of Spain in the sixteenth century, was built to celebrate Spain's victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557..

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. (1971). BCE, xv, 718pp, index, illustrated. VG in G+ dj. From the dj: "The life of Albert Einstein has been brought into brilliant focus by Ronald W. Clark's deeply significant and compassionate biography. Mr. Clark has drawn on an immense amount of new material. But he has never lost sight of the man who was one of the greatest contradictions of our times: the German who hated the Germans; the pacifist who changed his mind; the ambivalent Zionist who was asked to head the Israeli state; the physicist who believed ina God.".

London: Collins Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 1946, 48pp, 6 plates in colour, and 16 illustrations in b&w. The Britain in Pictures Series. Previous owners' bookplate on front pastedown and inscription on front endpaper, else VG in G, lightly chipped dj..

London: Collins Book. Good. Hardcover. 1946, a volume in the Britain In Pictures series, 46pp, 29 illustrations including 8 in color. Extremities lightly worn, a one inch split in the front outer hinge at the bottom, else G. This book is primarily about the art of printing and does not address, except superficially, the other elements that go to make up a book: bindings, endpapers, design, etc. .

Worcester,: American Antiquarian Society Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1981. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 91 - Part 1, April 1981, pp 111-127. Wrps. Near Fine. From the introductory notes: "This article describes forty-seven previously unrecorded imprints in the collection and one previously unrecorded lost imprint on the basis of collection evidence (no.L130c). Included are five imprints that are noted in OREGON IMPRINTS. Examination of the Oregon Archives copies has required some revisions in my master copy of OREGON IMPRINTS.".

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers Book. Good. Hardcover. (1951), xiii, 199pp, index, Fourteen full page plates, three in color, drawings in the text. Light wear, else G+. Written for the benefit of all those who are interested in the why and how of astronautics yet do not wish to delve too deeply into the scientific details..

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers Book. Good. Hardcover. 1904, viii, 470pp, index, frontispiece portrait of Fox. TEG. Extremities lightly worn, else G. Fox, 1749-1806, was the English foreign minister, and leader of the Whig party during the American Revolutionary War..

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1920, 12mo, vii, 123pp, bibliography, index, paper covered boards. Spine and front cover at the bottom near the gutter stained, extremities worn, contents G. With an article by Albert Einstein and a bibliography. Subtitled: A Discussion of the More Intelligible Features of the Theory of Relativity..

Morgantown: West Virginia University Library Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1966, xvi, 99pp, index. Near Fine in VG+ plain paper dj. From the preface: "The present bibliography differs [from several others mentioned by the author] in that it aims to list by title all her novels, short stories, poems, essays, nonfiction, etc. In addition, all the essays about her and her writings are listed, as well as biographies, critical works, and theses. Book reviews, translations and drama and films based on her works are given. Book reviews shorter than 150 words are omitted.".

New York: Anchor Press Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1987, 368pp, index, illustrated. VG in VG dj. Ezra Pound, (1885-1972), was an American poet, editor, and critic, and one of the most influential figures in modern literature. He was the guiding spirit and chief promoter of Imagism, a poetic movement that stressed the direct treatment of the object without unnecessary rhetoric, the free phrase rather than the forced metric, and utter clarity of image and metaphor. See Benet, THE READER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA..

London: David & Charles Publishers Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1983, 256pp, index, bibliography, profusely illustrated. Yellow highlighting on about fifteen pages, usually no more than four or five lines per page, else VG+ in VG+, price-clipped dj. The author traces the development of children's books from their beginning in the sixteenth century, through the early part of the twentieth century. A scholarly, exhaustive work..

Washington, D.C.: National Education Association Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1950). Facsimile Edition, 136pp. Wrps. Light soiling, else VG. A reproduction of Horace Mann's famous Eighth Annual Report, originally published in 1845. This report considers the value of local and county educational institutes; the value of music; the use of the Bible; and employment of women teachers..

Saratoga Springs: Skidmore College Book. Very Good. Soft cover. (1975), 28pp. Wrps. VG. Limited to 800 hand printed copies. Issued on the occasion of the accession of the 200,000th book by the library, a volume from the Jean Garrigue personal collection which was donated on April 25, 1974. Includes remarks made by the author when she received her honorary degree from Skidmore in 1970, several of her poems, notes on the donated collection by Aileen Ward, a poem in memory of the author by Professor Laurence Josephs, and the main address by author and critic Jane Mayhall. The author was born Gertrude Louise Garrigus in 1912 in Evansville, Indiana and died in 1972 in Boston. .