History of Stowe (From 1734-1934) de Bigelow, W. J - 1988

Stowe. VT: Walter J. Bigelow, 1934. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. 251 pages. Hardcover with NO dust jacket. Moderate fading to green cover boards, Gilt lettering on front and spine. Light scratches on rear cover board. Internally, Previous owner's writings on front fly leaf, otherwise bright, tight copy. Record # 750317

Stowe Historical Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Second Edition. Hardcover. Green hardcover with gilt printing. Map endpapers. Clean text tight binding and no highlighting or underlining. Looks new. Stowe is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. It is nicknamed 'The Ski Capital of the East' and is home to Stowe Mountain Resort, a ski facility with terrain on Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak. . Stowe was chartered on June 8, 1763, by Royal Governor Benning Wentworth of the New Hampshire colony.[3] Vermont did not become a U.S. State until 28 years later, in 1791.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages .

Rand Corp, 2002. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 122 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.25 inches.

San Francisco, CA: U. S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, Biology Branch, 1953. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Good. 22 pages. References. Tables. Figures. Distribution. Stamp and notations on front cover. Stamped for Internal Use Only. Not for External Distribution. E. L. Alpen was later associated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In this study of 25 animals changes in circulating red cell volume, reticulocyte level, and osmotic fragility following acute blood loss are reported. Significant decreases in the osmotic fragility of the red blood cells occurred coincident with the production of a new red blood cell population. The observed increase in osmotic resistance appears to be related not only to the increased number of reticulocytes but also to the large number of new erythrocytes present. It is apparent that this new red cell population, as measured or estimated, is greatly in excess of the reticulocyte level. these studies also demonstrate the… Leer más

Toronto: The University Library, 1924. 222, 5 b/w plates. . HB. 8vo, later buckram, gt. title to spine. A few neat ink stamps. Vg. From the library of Prof. J. Green (1928-2016) with his name to endpaper.. University of Toronto Studies, Publications of the Ontario Fisheries Research Laboratory Nos 22-26. Includes: Limnology of Lake Nipigon in 1923; The leeches (<i>Hirudinea</i>) of Lake Nipigon; The distribution and economic importance of the bottom fauna; Food studies of Lake Nipigon fishes; A quantitative study of the plankton of the shallow bays of Lake Nipigon..

Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand and Avery, Printers to the City, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 10.5" x 8" 2.5. Hardcover. Half red leather and marbled paper boards in red, orange, blue and white color themes. Hubbed leather spine with five raised bands, and stamped gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Double column layout. CONDITION: Inner hinges are cracked in both the front and back, yet boards are firmly attached. Dampstain on fore-edge, but does not compromise text. Leaves have evenly toned. Some dark discoloration spots and marginalia occasionally throughout. Crack within the gutter between pages 448 and 449, yet binding is sound and pagination complete. Excerpt from the introductory pages: "The Trustees of the Public Library have the pleasure, by means of the present Index, to open for the use of their fellow-citizens another portion of the books which have been entrusted to their care. It embraces about fifty-five thousand volumes, all in the Upper Hall… Leer más

Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Coast Development Bureau, [1914].. Letter-Sized Page, Signatures & Stamps on Pacific Coast Development Bureau Letterhead, Good with losses, marginal tears, perforations, staining.Provenance: Letters and Autographs from a Who's Who in California 1914 - 1917, to the author Ellis A. Davis, regarding Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona. Sold by Cherokee Book Shop to Frederick Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit.

Washington: Beverly Tucker, 1856. First edition.. Eight of the cactus plates show some browning and occasional foxing, twelve of the botanical plates show some light uniform tanning or foxing, the text is clean and free from foxing or browning, the binding is bright and clean; overall a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. (Part V): vii, 1-165 + folding hand-colored botanical profile of forest trees, 59 monochrome plates (= Cactaceae 24 plates + Botany 25 plates + Mosses and Liverworts 10 plates); (Part VI): pp. 288, numerous tables. Later black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 4to (11.5 x 9 inches). Part V - Botany of the Expedition - contains: 'General Description of the Botanical Character of the Country' by J. M. Bigelow; 'Description of Forest Trees' by J. M. Bigelow; 'Description of the Cactaceae' by J. Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow; 'Descriptions of the General Botanical Collections' by J. Torrey; and 'Description of the Mosses and… Leer más

Washington: Beverly Tucker, 1856. First edition.. Six of the cactus plates show soon uniform tanning, nine of the botanical plates show some light uniform tanning or foxing, the outer from joint shows some cracking but the joint is tight, a few text pages show some light browning, the inner joints have been repaired; overall a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. (Part V): vii, 1-165 + folding hand-colored botanical profile of forest trees, 59 monochrome plates (= Cactaceae 24 plates; Botany 25 plates; Mosses and Liverworts 10 plates); (Part VI): pp. 288, numerous tables. Later black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 4to (11.5 x 9 inches). Part V - Botany of the Expedition - contains: 'General Description of the Botanical Character of the Country' by J. M. Bigelow; 'Description of Forest Trees' by J. M. Bigelow; 'Description of the Cactaceae' by J. Engelmann and J. M. Bigelow; 'Descriptions of the General Botanical Collections' by J. Torrey; and… Leer más

Washington, House of Representatives, 1856, First edition, House issue. . later cloth with printed title label on spine, light stain on margin of title, but overall clean, solid very good condition. . 4to [30 x 24 cm]; vii, 193; 288 pp, 59 lithographed and engraved botanical plates (complete), including 24 of cactii, 10 of mosses, index to each part, large folding hand colored chart showing vegetation cross-sections. . Hasse 62. The surveys to produce a national railroad provided some of the most important natural history, geographical and ethnological information that has ever been made available and resulted in the important 12 volume set, of which this is volume IV, complete in itself. It consists of a report on the botany of the expedition, soil and productions along the route by J. M. Bigelow, cactaceae by George Englemann and J. M. Bigelow, descriptions by famous botanist John Torrey, mosses by W. S. Sullivant. and report on the zoology of the expedition. Wagner Camp Becker 263a. A picture… Leer más