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Hardback. Etat : Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1928. First UK edition. vii, [i], 250pp., a frontispiece and 7 other black and white plates. From 1573 to 1617, Master Franz Schmidt was the executioner for the towns of Bamberg and Nuremberg. During that span, he personally executed more than 350 people while keeping a journal throughout his career. 'A Hangman's Diary' gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason for the punishment. The Diary is preceded by a brief account of criminal procedure in Germany in the Middle Ages by C. Calvert and an introduction to Schmidt's diary by Albrecht Keller. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and some light soiling to the boards and bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with slight browning to the free endpapers and a name and date (1928) written in pencil on the front free endpaper.…

Hardcover. Etat : New.

VIII + 304 S. Marm. HLwd. der Zeit Berieben u. bestoßen, stockfleckig, Besitzsign. a. V., gut erhalten.

Etat : Gut. 4. durchgesehene und vermehrte Auflage. 4 nn.Bl., 369 S., 1 nn.S., 8 Tondrucktafeln, zahlreiche Textabbildungen Einband berieben und bestossen, innen durchgehend mehr oder weniger stockfleckig. Insgesamt befriedigender Zustand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 497 Halbleineneinband, handschriftliches Rückenschild, ca. 19 x 14,7 cm. …

Paperback. Etat : Good-Very Good condition. First Edition. St. Paul, Minnesota: Iron Range Resources And Rehabilitation, 1946. This is the original 1946 edition -- NOT print on demand edition or modern reprint. Cover is in Good+ condition. Bound in the orginal dark green wraps with a brown cloth spine. Author's name and 1946 are hand inked on the spine. Internally Very Good. Illustrated with 20 plates and 7 figures. Complete with large folding chart in a pocket at the rear. It is in perfect condition. This is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition. Softcover. Good-Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. ix, 127pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Near Very Good condition. First Edition. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota, 1924. This is the original 1924 first printing -- NOT print on demand edition or modern reprint. Near Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. "Minnesota Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 19" is hand inked on the spine. Illustrated with figures, charts, maps, tables, and 13 plates. Complete with folding chart and HUGE (70" wide by 16" tall) full color folding map (Geologic Map of the Western Mesabi District) in a pocket at the end. The pocket is frayed at the edges, but the enclosed chart and map are in perfect condition. Index. Bound in the original gray wraps, printed in black. This book is from the library of, and bears the tiny ink stamp of Robert B. Sosman. A geophysicist and physical chemist, Robert Browning Sosman authored THE PHASES OF SILICA (1965, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press). Sosman received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1907, at the age of 26. By 1908 he had joined the Geo-Physical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. Dr. Sosman worked at the Geo-Physical Laboratory for 20 years, serving 8 years as Assistant Director. During World War I, his contributions were instrumental in establishing America's capacity for manufacturing optical glass. In 1928 he left to join the United States Steel Corporation as Assistant Director of Research. Following his retirement from U.S. Steel in 1947, he became visiting professor of Ceramics at Rutgers University. Dr. Sosman was a past president of the American Ceramic Society. In his honor, the Society established The Robert B. Sosman Award, "the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the Basic Science Division. in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.". First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 71 pp. + 13 plates & folding map. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrateur).…