Famous Americans from Bee Creek Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. "No More Words is a moving and compassionate memoir of the final seventeen months of Reeve's mother's life.... Anyone who has had to care for an elderly parent disabled by Alzheimer's or stroke will understand immediately the heartache and anguish Reeve suffered and will find comfort in her story." 174 pp. Trade paperback with… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. The last book published by Twain, the story follows the long cosmic journey Captain Stormfield takes through heaven. Frontispiece illustration by Albert Levering with tissueguard. 121 pp. First edition with MCMIX on title page and 'Published October 1909' on copyright page. Red cloth covers with blue/white image of Captain Stormfield on his golbe-like ship.… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Auk, 1907. Offprint from 'The Auk,' Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1907. Pages 53-70. Inscribed on cover "Compliments of Ruthven Deane." Pamphlet inside of protective wraparound, acid-free binder with label on cover. Ex. museum with stamp and identification numbers on front cover. Covers have dirt smudges. Creasing, chipping and some small tears to cover edges. Some interior pages are… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Edited by Mrs. Walt Kelly and Bill Crouch, Jr. Introduction by Doug Marlette, creator of Kudzu. "Phi Beta Pogo is an all-new collection of authentic Pogo cartoons and memorabilia that chart the history of America's most beloved possum." 256 pp. Paperback. Normal rubbing to cover corners and edges, crease through back cover. Interior… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company 212 pp. Also included is "The Conquest of Spain" with 138 pp. Brown faux leather covers with gilt inlay on front and gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped, corners and edges are rubbed, moderate scuffing to cover faces, spine ends are bent and fraying. Small tear to top spine.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Champaign, IL: Garrard Publishing Company, 1975. 96 pp. Green covers with black lettering on front and spine. Missing DJ. Covers clean with light rubbing to corners and edges, and light line mark on front. Endpapers depict the American football field. Interior is tight and clean. Sales price sticker adhered to back inside cover. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: S.K. Whipple & Co., 1856. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1865. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Pittsburgh: Published By Author, 1921. "It so happens that during the past decade two theories have been maturing whose common aim is to clear away certain long-standing shortcomings which the march of astronomical science has exposed in Newton's great theory of gravitation." Printed with compliments of the author. 27 pp. Appendix with letter from Dr. Albert Einstein… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: The Science Company, 1885. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: American Museum Natural History, 1916. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

1889. 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.. Wraps. Very Good.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Madison, WIS: Democrat Printing Company, 1890. " 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 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.. Paper Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Figures (line drawings). Botany.

1878. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. " 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

1894. 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893. 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.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1919. 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.… Saber más sobre este artículo