Title aftermath (3 résultats)

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite statement and number line ending in "2" upon copyright page). x, 205 pages. Hardcover; H 21.5cm x L 14cm. White dust jacket rubbed with mild soiling, a few nicks at edges. Blue cloth spine with dark gray boards. Some foxing upon top edge. Interior pages are bright and clean and binding remains crisp. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. ISBN 0394493656. …

8vo, pp. 27, [5]; self-wrappers, saddle-stitched; old Brown University rubberstamp at the top of the first leaf, accession numbers in pencil; all else very good. Uncommon: only 7 in OCLC: University of Alberta, Royal Danish Library, Smithsonian, Oberlin, Dartmouth, the U.S. Navy and National Geographic Society. Regarding the accounts of Robert Peary and Frederick Cook and their respective claims of having reached the North Pole. Fess supports Robert E. Peary's claim to discovery of the North Pole and declares similar claim by Frederick A. Cook to be fraudulent. He also states that U.S. Congress does not support Cook.…

Ca 1918 - 1920. Unpaginated commercial notebook, with blue-lined paper. Entries clear & quite legible. 9-3/8" x 7-1/4" ~ 56 pages of notes of a nursing nature, with 10 pages, at center of original poetry in which the author poignantly expresses her thoughts, including frustrations, about nursing, Bellevue & the aftermath of the war. Poem titles include: "Too Much Trained Nurse", "The Same Old Things", and "Rules Which Must Be Heeded". Also of interest are 22 pages at the book's beginning in which Isabelle, in an obvious light-hearted mood, records the names, home towns, preferences (friends, favorite color/flower/song/game/author, etc), pasttimes, as well as ambitions, of 11 of her fellow nurse trainees. Notebook with wear to spine, with pieces missing & mull showing. Other extremity wear. Ownership signature & date to ffep. Overall, notebook: Good. Text: Very Good. Black faux-leather notebook. Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. …