By author ithaca ny (21 résultats)

Flexible Sturdy Wraps. Etat : Good Used. 1st Edition. Lots of wear along spine. This is the best button book yet - excellent photographic reproductions of lots of buttons. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Good+. No Dust Jacket. Third Printing. Mild shelf wear to cover, front inner hinge broken, previous owner's signature on front free end page, light browning to page edges, some pencil scribbles to page 43.

Softcover. Etat : Fair. No Dust Jacket. Spine torn for most of its length, covers held on by upper staple only. Spots of staining on the covers and, to a lesser extent, the first two pages and a few other pages. One pair of facing pages are browned. Owner's name written on front cover and title page. ; 36 pages.…

softcover. Etat : with no dust jacket. No Dust Jacket. Browned at Edges.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the titlepage.

Illustr, 9 x 6, stapled wraps, 51 pp with index, covers very worn, sunned at edges and worn, contents toned and used.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No dust jacket. Covers have some slight soil. Spine is browned, spine label is worn. Small brown patch on title page and on facing page. Private owner's address ink stamp on the front free endpaper, blind stamp on front blank and on title page.; Limited to 250 copies.; 117 pages. …

Pamphlet. 17p., wraps secured by folding, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good zine. Not dated, but mentions Hurricane Katrina.

Wraps. Etat : Good-. 1st edition. 1st edition, 1945. A Good- copy. 8vo., 51 pp. bound in publishers stiff blue wraps with stapled spine. Tipped on image on Table of Contents page. Staples missing so text block is loose. Overall soiling, fading and spotting to wraps. Previous owners name inside front cover. Text edges chipped, some scattered foxing. Some very small checkmarks in text and index.…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. A few spots of foxing to the outside edges. ; 102 pages; Photocopied typescript. "A thesis presented to the faculty of the graduate school of Cornell University for the Degree of Master of Science." One staple.

Hardcover. Etat : Near fine. Later printing. 126p, octavo. A near fine copy in dark green cloth. Text block foxed.

Paperback. Etat : Near Fine. Original light green covers, approximately 5 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches, 41 pp, no illustrations. Softcover, near fine. Spine and side edge of front cover faded, previous owner's embossed seal on front endpaper, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Rare; only 1 copy on OCLC. History; New York; modern Americana.…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. College library ink stamp on the first page, no other library markings. Original covers have very small chips to corners. ; 8 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1933, First Edition, Very Good/no dj, quarto, 267pp. plus index, black cloth hardcover, gold lettering on cover but mostly faded off backstrip, b&w ill's., binding tight, text unmarked, requires extra postage for International shipping.

Illustr including color frontis, 9 x 6, string-tied wraps, 32 pp, covers worn and soiled, old price-sticker adhesive mark on rear cover, ink name on front cover, ink name on half title, contents toned and used with some spotting. Still, an early, fairly scarce button title.

Illustr including color frontis, 9 x 6, stapled wraps, 32 pp, covers worn, soiled and abraded, contents used and worn. Still, an early, fairly scarce button title.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

hardcover. Etat : Fair. 384 pp; fair: binding intact; 2/3 of back-strip missing; lacks map; front fly page partially torn, soiling and foxing to pages. A faint water stain to 1st approx. 30 pages. 384p; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.

Hard. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, As Issued. Second Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published by the Author, Ithaca N.Y., 1840. 8vo., 400pp., includes large 1838 folding map of Oregon Territory, one full page plate engraving of the Columbia River and a 14 page Vocabulary of Indian Languages - Nez Perce, Klicatat, Calapoosa and Chinook. Parker accompanied the American Fur Company's exploring party of 1835 from Council Bluffs to Walla Walla. The map is the earliest reliable representation of the Oregon interior. Blind embossed dark brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Two small blemishes along the spine cloth, minor age darkening to pastedowns, else very good, pages bright, no foxing, binding strong and tight, map near fine.…

First edition. First edition in contemporary binding of this popular book, which went through at least four editions in the 1840s, and contained one of the first widely circulated maps to contain reliable information about the Oregon Territory. Parker's journal details his fur trading expedition in the Rockies in 1835, for part of which he was accompanied by Marcus Whitman. The group arrived in Walla Walla in October, 1835 and returned East 2 years later via ship around Cape Horn. A cornerstone Pacific Northwest title. Howes P89. Wagner-Camp 70. Washington 89, 60. 8vo, xii, 13-371pp. Folding map of Oregon Territory at front, and one plate (here between pgs 208 and 209). Contemporary sheep with black spine label, gilt lettering. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Front pastedown stained, mild to moderate foxing throughout. Map with single small tear at fold, neat tape repair at edge, few spots of foxing. A very good example with attractive, fragile map.…

Printed document, partially filled in manuscript in black ink; 7 3/4 x 5; single sheet, text to recto only; two faint, horizontal crease lines and very light dust-dulling to verso; in very good to near fine condition.Interesting, in light of his later achievements, the warning addressed botanist William Russel Dudley (1849 - 1911) during his last year as a student at Cornell University. It was said that he had paid his way by milking cows at the university's farm. His roommate was the future first President of Stanford University David Starr Jordan. By 1884, Dudley would be an assistant professor of botany at Cornell and a full professor at the Martha's Vineyard Summer Institute. In 1892, he would move to California to join his friend as Head of the Stanford Department of Systematic Botany. There, he would build a collection, the base of present day Dudley Herbarium, which is still considered one of the most important contributions to the study of the flora of California.The note sternly proclaimed: "W. R. Dudley, You will please call at my office and pay Tuition, etc., without delay. In accordance with instructions from the Executive Committe [sic.], I shall be compelled in a short time to send a list of delinquents to the Faculty.".…