The Hawfinch de Mountfort, Guy - 1957

France, 1749. In French and Latin. Volume IX (nine) only. A rare book "with approval and privilege of the King." The French Revolution and the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in France in the 1790s makes this a truly rare volume to have survived as many churches were looted and damaged and clergy persecuted, imprisoned and executed. From title page: "La Sainte Bible en Latin et an Francois, avec des notes litterales, critiques et historiques, des prefaces et des dissertations, tirees du Commentaire de Dom Augustin Calmet, Abbe de Senones, de M. l'Abbe de Vence, & des Aureurs les plus celebres; pour faciliter l'intelligence de l'Ecriture Sainte. Ouvrage enrichi de Cartes Geographiques & de Figures. Tome Neuvieme. A Paris, Rue S. Jacques, Chez: Gabriel Martin, a l;etoile; J.B. Coignard & Ant. Boudet, a la Bible d'or; Pierre-Jean Mariette, aux Colomnes d'Hercule; Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, a S. Thomas d'Aquin. M.Dcc. XLIX. Avec… Leer más

New York: Hanover National Bank, 1920. Being an account of the experiences of the men of the Hanover National Bank in the Great World War Published for private distribution 1920, very rare; we couldn't find another copy. 8vo size hardcover; 181 cream laid pages. Faded gilt titles on spine; bright gilt titles and decoration (Hanover Bank logo) on cover. Includes sepia photos on glossy stock. Following a brief biographical sketch each employee tells his story of employment, enlistment and training and service. Other information may include birth date, where and when born and where the subject went to school and where else he was employed. Employees include: Claude M. Adamson John P. Anderson John H. Barnett Ralph S. Beckhorn Richard Dewey Benson Alexander Bissett Charles Bobel James A. Bolton Arthur Francis Clarke John Clos, Jr. F.F. Christopher Richard E. Everiss Elmer A.F. Hanscom Ernest T. Gogoll George A. Godine Joseph V. Gately William Porklab Walter H. Meyer Conrad J. Meir Frank… Leer más

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Leer más

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.. Very Good+. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations are twenty-five plates produced by the Heliotype Co. This work was a major example of heliotype printing and the first of what was intended to be a series, but it seems to have been the only publication to make it to press. Clean brown pebble cloth with gilt titles on spine & front cover. Top edge gilt. Interior of text Is tight, clean & intact. Chapter head decorations. Geology, Glaciers, Science; Heliotype Plates; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 196 pages .

Hagae-Comitis: Apud Arnoldum Leers, 1682 Book. Very Good. Full vellum. [xviii], 412 pages + portrait plate of the author Glisson before page 1. Illustrations in the text. Small adhesion damage to the title page affecting the r of puerili. Ink number written on the front free end paper has transferred a little to the title page. In the original full vellum binding, ink titled to the spine..

France, 1749. In French and Latin. Volume IX (nine) only. A rare book "with approval and privilege of the King." The French Revolution and the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in France in the 1790s makes this a truly rare volume to have survived as many churches were looted and damaged and clergy persecuted, imprisoned and executed. From title page: "La Sainte Bible en Latin et an Francois, avec des notes litterales, critiques et historiques, des prefaces et des dissertations, tirees du Commentaire de Dom Augustin Calmet, Abbe de Senones, de M. l'Abbe de Vence, & des Aureurs les plus celebres; pour faciliter l'intelligence de l'Ecriture Sainte. Ouvrage enrichi de Cartes Geographiques & de Figures. Tome Neuvieme. A Paris, Rue S. Jacques, Chez: Gabriel Martin, a l;etoile; J.B. Coignard & Ant. Boudet, a la Bible d'or; Pierre-Jean Mariette, aux Colomnes d'Hercule; Hippolyte-Louis Guerin, a S. Thomas d'Aquin. M.Dcc. XLIX. Avec… Leer más

New York: Hanover National Bank, 1920. Being an account of the experiences of the men of the Hanover National Bank in the Great World War Published for private distribution 1920, very rare; we couldn't find another copy. 8vo size hardcover; 181 cream laid pages. Faded gilt titles on spine; bright gilt titles and decoration (Hanover Bank logo) on cover. Includes sepia photos on glossy stock. Following a brief biographical sketch each employee tells his story of employment, enlistment and training and service. Other information may include birth date, where and when born and where the subject went to school and where else he was employed. Employees include: Claude M. Adamson John P. Anderson John H. Barnett Ralph S. Beckhorn Richard Dewey Benson Alexander Bissett Charles Bobel James A. Bolton Arthur Francis Clarke John Clos, Jr. F.F. Christopher Richard E. Everiss Elmer A.F. Hanscom Ernest T. Gogoll George A. Godine Joseph V. Gately William Porklab Walter H. Meyer Conrad J. Meir Frank… Leer más

Privately Printed, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 1931 University of Wyoming doctoral thesis submitted by Joseph Conrad Twinem pertaining to the genesis of the geological development of the lithosphere of southeastern Wyoming. Includes discussions of dozens of formations and numerous skillfully executed watercolors of cross-sections of formations, etc. Of special interest are four large watercolors, two of them 3-panel fold outs, of Wyoming landscapes, and one of the Rock Creek oil fields. Also includes 36 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" original, unique photos inserted in corner mounts - views of Wyoming camp facilities, canyons, mountains, striking geological features, Independence Rock, gold mining operations, the Pathfinder Dam, Parco, Wyoming (street view), oil distillers, a Snow Range sericite mine and much more. No exaggeration; this thesis is a work of art and unique. Notably, Twinem was the former Maine State Geologist, also an accomplished petroleum engineer and geologist. Bound in burgundy cloth… Leer más

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co.. Very Good+. 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrations are twenty-five plates produced by the Heliotype Co. This work was a major example of heliotype printing and the first of what was intended to be a series, but it seems to have been the only publication to make it to press. Clean brown pebble cloth with gilt titles on spine & front cover. Top edge gilt. Interior of text Is tight, clean & intact. Chapter head decorations. Geology, Glaciers, Science; Heliotype Plates; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 196 pages .

Hagae-Comitis: Apud Arnoldum Leers, 1682 Book. Very Good. Full vellum. [xviii], 412 pages + portrait plate of the author Glisson before page 1. Illustrations in the text. Small adhesion damage to the title page affecting the r of puerili. Ink number written on the front free end paper has transferred a little to the title page. In the original full vellum binding, ink titled to the spine..