Inscribed to a library (19 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine condition. Very Good+ dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1999. INSCRIBED to Stephen Rowland [Professor of Geology, UNLV, specializing in the fossil record and paleontology of Southern Nevada] and SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good+ dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($26.00). NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Bound in the original gray boards with a black spine, stamped in bright silver. From the publisher: "In THE DARK SIDE OF MAN, Michael Ghiglieri, a biologist and protà gà of Jane Goodall, takes on one of the most highly charged debates in modern science: the biological roots of bad behavior. Beginning with rape, and moving on to murder, war, and genocide, Ghiglieri offers the most up-to-date, comprehensive look at the male proclivity for violence. In a strong narrative voice, he draws on the latest research and his own personal experiences both as a primatologist and as a soldier to explain that male violence is largely innate, a product of millions of years of evolution. In the process, he debunks many of our most clung-to, politically correct notions: that the differences between men and women are strictly due to socialization, that rape is really about power not sex and that genocide is only possible with a single madman at the helm. Well-argued, evenhanded, yet never dull, this important book illuminates the darkest impulses of the male psyche, and suggests ways for modern society to curb them.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xii, 324pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. The inscription is to Christian [Harrison], author of All the Water the Law Allows: Las Vegas and Colorado River Politics [University of Oklahoma Press June 12, 2021]. Harrison's UNLV business card is laid-in. For more about that book, see below. We have only this one copy, but it is available now and ready to ship today from Henderson, Nevada. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips, tears or fading. Square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom, if ever read. Bound in the original black-stamped tan cloth. Complete with dust jacket. From reviews of RECLAIMING THE ARID WEST: ". provides some fascinating insights into the life and times of wealthy and powerful men who made the West." -- Journal of the West. "A fascinating study of NewlandÂ's complex professional and personal life." -- Nebraska History. "Unquestionably, serious students of the American West should read this meticulously researched and well-written biography." -- The Journal of Arizona History. ". very well researched." -- American Historical Review. ". an engaging, enjoyable portrait of a fascinating character. " -- Water Resources Bulletin. "Through his narrative of NewlandsÂ' life, the author presents a clear and vivid sense of the political battles that led to federal dams and other water reclamation projects in the West. By reclaiming Newlands from the obscurity of history, Professor Rowley provides perspective on our present day battles." -- State Environmental Monitor. ". skillfully blends the local and national, and it portrays Newlands with sensitivity and sound critical judgement." -- Agricultural History. ". a valuable addition to the field and will be enjoyable reading for historians interested in the American West or natural resource management." -- Journal of American History. This biography of Francis Newlands, a key figure in the irrigation of the West and an architect of the modern regulatory state at the beginning of this century, reveals a complicated and sophisticated man who successfully lived a dual political life under a cloud of personal and public scandal." Here is more about: All the Water the Law Allows: "As the population of the greater Las Vegas area grows and the climate warms, the threat of a water shortage looms over southern Nevada. But as Christian S. Harrison demonstrates in All the Water the Law Allows, the threat of shortage arises not from the local environment but from the American legal system, specifically the Law of the River that governs water allocation from the Colorado River. In this political and legal history of the Las Vegas water supply, Harrison focuses on the creation and actions of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to tell a story with profound implications and important lessons for water politics and natural resource policy in the twenty-first century. In the state with the smallest allocation of the ColoradoÂ's water supply, Las Vegas faces the twin challenges of aridity and federal law to obtain water for its ever-expanding population. All the Water the Law Allows describes how the impending threat of shortage in the 1980s compelled the five metropolitan water agencies of greater Las Vegas to unify into a single entity. Harrison relates the circumstances of the SNWAÂ's evolution and reveals how the unification of local, county, and state interests allowed the compact to address regional water policy with greater force and focus than any of its peers in the Colorado River Basin. Most notably, the SNWA has mapped conservation plans that have drastically reduced local water consumption; and, in the interstate realm, it has been at the center of groundbreaking, water-sharing agreements.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine condition. Good+ dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Vantage Press, 1986. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR, directly on the half title page. The insciption is to longtime advertising executive Ed Felesky (for more, see below). Near Fine condition in a Good+ dust jacket (bright and shiny but with short closed tears to the rear panel that are clear tape reinforced on the jacket's blank side). NOT price clipped ($18.95). NOT a remainder. Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1986. First printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page. Full color frontispiece. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Compelling and informative, this novel is the story of a cattle ranch and its people in the Nevada wilderness long before the glitter of the state's gaming era. It focuses on the loves and hates, the triumphs and tragedies, of the Norman family from covered-wagon days to the Great Depression of the present [i.e. 20th] century. The patriarch of this family is Arthur Norman, a giant of a man whose vision of life helped tame a violent and lawless frontier. His love for his family and friends, his lands, his cattle and his horses was so strong that the shadow of his life hovered over his descendants in a lasting legacy. The story covers the gamut of human passions as the characters contend with each other, their harsh environment, and the historical events that brought the Old West into the mainstream of an evolving American culture. The discovery of gold in California, the emigrants, Indian disturbances, cattle drives, the Civil War, the first railroad, World War I, the Great Depression -- these are all here, woven into the lives of a family that developed a cattle kingdom where Indians and white men lived in peaceful coexistence despite the prejudices of their time. For those with a fascination for the history of the Old West or anyone who enjoys adventure and romance, THE TREBLE V: THE LEGACY OF A CATTLE BARON OF THE OLD WEST is a thrilling book." This book is author inscribed to Ed Felesky who served as a B-24 co-pilot in the 376th Heavy Bombardment Group, which flew missions over North Africa and Italy and earned a presidential citation. Felesky came to Las Vegas in 1969, a seasoned advertising executive from New York City whose clients included the Wall Street Journal, Proctor & Gamble, Revlon, RCA, 20th Century Fox, United Artists, and Seagrams. It was Felesky, a former longtime partner at Joyce & Associates Advertising, who created the "Dusty Mac" logo for McCarran International Airport's expansion [the image of a gold miner that appears wherever there is construction at the airport]. He and his wife, attorney Marilyn Romanelli, moved to Las Vegas in 1969, where she became a prominent family law attorney and served as Nevada's deputy attorney general in the early 1970s. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Good+ dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Thick 8vo. (xii), 669pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1992. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the AUTHOR "For Elaine Wynn, with gratitude for her kind hospitality." Elaine Wynn is the ex-wife of casino mogul Steve Wynn. Very Good condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket (only lightly rubbed, one short half-inch closed tear). Pages are clean and unmarked. Describes how a man known as the "Woman's Lawyer" helped a conventional Park Avenue society woman remember the events that had caused her to shove a knife through her estranged husband's heart. From Wikipedia: "Elaine Farrell Wynn is an American businesswoman, philanthropist and art collector. She co-founded Mirage Resorts and Wynn Resorts with her former husband, Steve Wynn.". INSCRIBED/SIGNED by AUTHOR to Elaine Wynn. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 381pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition (so stated). Los Angeles & Nashville: Exxcell Press, 2008. INSCRIBED to Vick Wright (Producer at Vicktory Films) and SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the half title page. The inscription reads: "Vick-- Remember -- Don't believe everything you think! Enjoy my look at our world! Best, Robert." Signed by the AUTHOR a second time directly on the title page. Laid in is the mailing label from the Author/Exxcell Entertainment to Vick Wright in Santa Monica. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket (edge crease to the jacket's front turn-in flap). NO chips, tears or fading. NOT price clipped ($24.95). NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom, if ever read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photos. Endnotes. Glossary. Earth Timeline (chronology). Bibliography. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black boards. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Have you ever been thinking about someone and they call? Or a package arrives from them? That s synchronicity. If it s happened to you, you've already stepped into the land of the New Age. If not and you want to know what others are talking about, then this book is for you!". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 303pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Slim 8vo; Hardback; a few speckles to cover; gold gilt lettering to cover; v. Small writing in corner of fep; Long inscription and signing by author on title page - see picture; small JF and crossing out of incorrect isbn on rear of title page; no other library markings; vg-; ; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Fine condition. Very Fine dust jacket. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed. Herndon, Virginia: Mascot Books, 2018. A gorgeous copy INSCRIBED / SIGNED by both AUTHORS on the front free endpaper to "James" -- Waterfront PGA Professional James Millington. SIGNED copies are SCARCE, especially when inscribed to a PGA Pro. James Millington is named on a sticker on the jacket's rear panel. Very Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($29.95). NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. 2018. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original silver-stamped black boards. Complete with dust jacket. From Goodreads: "Eddie Bennison is at the top of his game, one of the most successful and popular golfers out there, until Tee Time , a national golf magazine, publishes a story that destroys his reputation. Now Eddie, championed by cunning lawyer Charlie Mayfield, must defend himself in court. But proving libel is extremely difficult, and the truth has a way of coming out, especially when the trial becomes a national spectacle. Eddie and Charlie are in for the fight of their proving that what was written in that article was nothing but bad lies." Goodreads rating 4.2. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by both AUTHORS. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Very Fine condition/Very Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xv, 456pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine condition. Very Good dust jacket. Second printing. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. INSCRIBED to comedian Marty Allen and SIGNED by CO-AUTHOR Arnold Forster directly on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads: "To Marty Allen with profound respect for a great talent and a greater human being. Warmest regards, (signed) Arnold Forster June 1962." Near Fine condition in bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($4.50). Sharp corners. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original gilt-stamped black cloth. Complete with dust jacket. Comedian Marty Allen, famous for his catchphrase : "'Hello Der' was a showroom and TV favorite for more than a half-century who gained national fame with stage partner Steve Rossi. With Rossi and as a solo act, Allen made more than 400 TV appearances during his career including Hollywood Squares and The Mike Douglas Show." Allen died at age 95 in Las Vegas in 2018. A copy of his obituary from the Las Vegas Review-Journal is laid-in. INSCRIBED to Marty Allen / SIGNED by Arnold Forste. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xiv, 274pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Near Very Good dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2010. INSCRIBED: "For David Wake, With Highest Regards and fond memories of our tropical adventures together." Dated 12 April 2010 and SIGNED by the AUTHOR. From his New York Times obituary (May 19, 2021): "David Wake, an evolutionary biologist and a pre-eminent authority on salamanders who raised an alarm in the 1980s about the loss of amphibians to climate change A longtime professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wake used salamanders as vehicles to study how animals diversify and develop new species over millions of years. His focus was a family of species of lungless salamander called plethodontids Dr. Wake named 144 salamander species, some of which he discovered, on his own or with colleagues. One, Nototriton wakei, was named for him. Two lizards and a frog also bear his name Dr. Wake's research expeditions took him to the Appalachians, the Pacific Northwest, Costa Rica and Guatemala as well as areas of California. But in the 1980s, he realized that a species of salamander that he had found to be plentiful in Mexico a decade earlier had become difficult to find. Other herpetologists had by then had similar experiences of amphibian scarcity." Fine condition in a Near Very Good dust jacket (a few short, closed edge tears). The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Well illustrated with full color photos. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright lime green metallic on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, 'the Indiana Jones of entomology,' takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett's spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human -- including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. ADVENTURES AMONG ANTS introduces some of the world's most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception: Ants are world-class road builders, handling complex traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems; Ants take slaves from conquered armies and create societies dependent on their labor; Ants with the largest societies often deploy complex military tactics; Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other animals and growing specific crops for food.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. vii, 280pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Las Vegas, Nevada: Stephen's Press, LLC, 2005. INSCRIBED / SIGNED: "To Dwight Marshall, Who has his own story to tell (signed) Jerry & Flossie." Dwight Marshall is Dean Emeritus UNLV, School of Nursing . Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (only very lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears, fading or creases. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Sharp corners. Illustrated in the text and with 12 pages of photos on glossy stock. List of chapter notes. Postscript. Index. Bound in the original black boards, stamped in bright white on the spine. Complete with full color pictorial dust jacket. INSCRIBED / SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. x, 347pp. + 12 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. No dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. INSCRIBED to contributor Robert Lissauer [who provides incisive commentary to the book]. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the CO-AUTHOR, Robert Kimball, directly on the title page. The inscription reads: "This copy of READING LYRICS is inscribed to Melinda and Bob Lissauer with the Affection of Robert Kimball." Besides his contributions to this book, Robert Lissauer, songwriter, Broadway producer, and music publisher, authored the 1.2 million word classic music reference book, LISSAUER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA. Laid is a printed slip: "This book is sent to you with the compliments of the Author." SIGNED copies, especially PRESENTATION copies are SCARCE. Fine condition. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 2000. First printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row (246897531) on the copyright page. Bound in the original pale gray boards with a silver-stamped black cloth spine. From the publisher: "A comprehensive anthology bringing together more than one thousand of the best American and English song lyrics of the twentieth century; an extraordinary celebration of a unique art form and an indispensable reference work and history that celebrates one of the twentieth century's most enduring and cherished legacies. READING LYRICS begins with the first masters of the colloquial phrase, including George M. Cohan (Give My Regards to Broadway), P. G. Wodehouse (Till the Clouds Roll By), and Irving Berlin, whose versatility and career span the period from Alexander's Ragtime Band to Annie Get Your Gun and beyond. The Broadway musical emerges as a distinct dramatic form in the 1920s and 1930s, its evolution propelled by a trio of lyricists -- Cole Porter, Ira Gershwin, and Lorenz Hart -- whose explorations of the psychological and emotional nuances of falling in and out of love have lost none of their wit and sophistication. Their songs, including Night and Day, The Man I Love, and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, have become standards performed and recorded by generation after generation of singers. The lure of Broadway and Hollywood and the performing genius of such artists as Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Ethel Waters, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Ethel Merman inspired a remarkable array of talented writers, including Dorothy Fields (A Fine Romance, I Can't Give You Anything but Love), Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls), Oscar Hammerstein II (from the groundbreaking Show Boat of 1927 through his extraordinary collaboration with Richard Rodgers), Johnny Mercer, Yip Harburg, Andy Razaf, Noël Coward, and Stephen Sondheim. READING LYRICS also celebrates the work of dozens of superb craftsmen whose songs remain known, but who today are themselves less known -- writers like Haven Gillespie (whose Santa Claus Is Coming to Town may be the most widely recorded song of its era); Herman Hupfeld (not only the composer/lyricist of As Time Goes By but also of Are You Makin' Any Money? and When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba); the great light versifier Ogden Nash (Speak Low, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, and, yes, The Sea-Gull and the Ea-Gull); Don Raye (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Mister Five by Five, and, of course, Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet); Bobby Troup (Route 66); Billy Strayhorn (not only for the omnipresent Lush Life but for Something to Live For and A Lonely Coed); Peggy Lee (not only a superb singer but also an original and appealing lyricist); and the unique Dave Frishberg (I'm Hip, Peel Me a Grape, Van Lingo Mungo). The lyricists are presented chronologically, each introduced by a succinct biography and the incisive commentary of Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xxvi, 706pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: No dust jacket, as issued. First Edition, Limited 300 copies. New York: Samuel A. Tannenbaum, 1939. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. The inscription reads: "To Max Baym with the sincere regards and best wishes of Samuel A. Tannenbaum." Max I. Baym (1870-1942), authored A HISTORY OF LITERARY AESTHETICS IN AMERICA and THE FRENCH EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS. Very Good condition. Spine mildly sunned. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1939. First Edition. Limited to 300 copies. Laid-in is a handwritten list of many questions for an interview with Dr. T., May 7, 1943, presumably in Max Baym's handwriting. Elizabethan Bibliographies, No. 9. Bound in the original brown boards with a maroon cloth spine and printed paper label on the front cover. . INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition, Limited 300 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 175pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: No dust jacket, as issued. True First Edition. Privately Published, 2018. INSCRIBED to the AUTHOR'S MOTHER and SIGNED by him. The inscription reads, in part: "Mom. Hope you enjoy this (it) started as an outline, and just continued to grow with my progress and a TON of love and support along the way. Thanks for your love and encouragement All my love 2018 (signed) Kyle." This is the TRUE first edition published in 2018, four years before the 2022 Ballast books edition. The author is a retired US Navy Rear Admiral and current President and CEO of the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. Bound in the original black laminated boards, lettered in bright white, and with a full color photo on the front cover of the author hugging his mother, and with a quotation from Charles Krauthammer on the back. From the publisher of the 2022 edition: "Why me? This is what most people would wonder when suddenly faced with a life-altering hardship. Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad was no different -- at first. However, only days after a freak accident that left him largely paralyzed from the waist down, he chose to view his circumstances with unfailing optimism. That positive attitude, combined with his sheer grit and resilience, helped him do what his neurosurgeon said would be impossible: walk again. In RELENTLESS POSITIVITY Cozad chronicles his career in naval aviation, reflecting on his roles as the Navy's senior leader in the White House Situation Room during the Osama Bin Laden raid and as the commander of the Joint Task Force in Guantanamo Bay. He even relates his experience as commander of the Naval Education and Training Command when the training center suffered a terrorist attack. Then, Cozad recounts how his whole life was turned upside-down when an accident seriously damaged his spinal cord. With raw vulnerability, he describes his incredible journey of recovery and rehabilitation, focusing on the key factors that helped him along the way: his family, the U.S. Navy, and the sense of purpose he developed after his injury. Whether you have experienced a life-altering injury of your own or are simply looking for the inspiration needed to overcome a seemingly insurmountable challenge, regardless of your profession or place in your life, this book is a must-read. As Rear Admiral Kyle Cozad says, 'Life throws each one of us curveballs that we never, ever expect. It's how we adjust ourselves to overcome those curveballs that really defines who we are as individuals.'". INSCRIBED to his MOTHER. True First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 150pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jackets. First Editions. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1929. INSCRIBED: "To Richard Gimbel, Esq., Lover of Books, Patron of Literature, from his friend, the bibliographer, (SIGNED) Royce, January 1929." Richard Gimbel purchased Edgar Allan Poe's Philadelphia residence and after refurbishment, donated the house and his extensive collection of Poe books and manuscripts (including the original manuscript of MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE) to the city as a museum. He later built impressive Dickens, Hardy, Thomas Paine, and aeronautical collections. In 1953 he was appointed curator of Aeronautical Literature at the Yale University Library. See Dickinson pp.137-138. NOT library discards. Two separate volumes. Published 1929 and 1930 respectively. First Editions. Very Good condition in Very Good dust jackets (price clipped; a few tiny chips). The jackets are protected by removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeves. Small booklabel on the pastedown endpaper. It reads simply: "Once Richard Gimbel's." Tear to title page of the first volume has been neatly mended with archival quality document repair tape. Pages are clean and unmarked. Over 4000 entries, many annotated. Introduction by E. Preston Dargan. Covers all material on Balzac in books and in periodical publications in a dozen languages up to 1928. Gives all essential bibliographical details for each entry, "with critical opinions of the more important and synopses of their contents" - from the dust jacket. The two volumes are uniformly bound in the original black boards with blue cloth spine, stamped in red and shiny gold. Complete with dust jackets. Full titles: A BALZAC BIBLIOGRAPHY, WRITINGS RELATIVE TO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF HONORÃ DE BALZAC (with) INDEXES TO A BALZAC BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINING AN INDEX TO PERIODICALS AND A TOPICAL INDEX TO ITEMS IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY. Oversize Hardcover. This heavy 2 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Editions. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Very Good condition/Very Good dust jackets. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 2 vols: xvii, 464pp + xi, 190pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good condition. First Edition. Italy: Rendiconti del Circolo Mathematico di Palermo, 1916. INSCRIBED "To Prof. Temple Rice Hollcroft with my best regards." (SIGNED) by the AUTHOR on the fron cover. Good condition. Small pieces missing from the spine's paper cover. Mild corner bumps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Tomo XLI. Adunanza del 27 Agosto 1916. Bound in the original wraps, stamped in black. This volume was among several dozen books from Temple Rice Hollcroft's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in New Jersey. The American mathematician Temple Rice Hollcroft (1889 - 1967) received B.S. in 1912 and A.B. in 1914 from Hanover College and then A.M. in 1915 from the University of Kentucky. He received his Ph.D. in 1917 from Cornell University under Virgil Snyder. Hollcroft was a mathematics professor at Wells College from 1918 to 1954, from which he retired as professor emeritus. Hollcroft served for 14 years as Associate Secretary of the American Mathematical Society. In 1932 in Zurich he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematician (ICM). His subject was THE GENERAL WEB OF SURFACES AND THE SPACE INVOLUTION DEFINED BY IT. Being invited to talk at the ICM has been called "the equivalent of induction to a hall of fame." - from Wikipedia. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Softcover. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. (iv), 118pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good condition. 1949 edition. Lisboa: Universidade de Lisboa?, 1949. Inscribed: "To Prof. Alonzo Church, with admiration, and friendship and thanks for his Review of my "Introduction a Logica," in the Journal of Symbolic Logic.SIGNED by the author, Lisbon 1949." Good condition. Paper clip mark on the title page, from attached index card written in the hand of Alonzo Church. Separata da Revista da Faculdade de Letras, de Lisboa, Tomo XIV - 2 Serie, No 3. From Wikipedia: "For Edmundo Curvelo, forty years of life and ten publications were enough to mark the history of Portuguese thought; in general, through work in the field of logic, in particular, through the endeavor to logify psychology. According to him, Psychology would only gain the status of Science to the extent that it was allowed to logify, because, for Professor Abrantes, science is a logical construction. To logify any subject is to discover the stable structures that have the language that can represent that any subject faithfully. The work he built on logic is all the more remarkable as it is known that the area of logic was not, in the history of Portuguese thought, an area of great development. Not to underline that, at the time, it was the occupation of very few. In his research area he fought the current. Professor Manuel Curado (2001) pointedly points out in the History of Portuguese Philosophical Thought that Edmundo Curvelo was the best Portuguese logician of the twentieth century and beyond: Â"For better and worse, Curvelo is the logic of the twentieth century. Portugal. Â"(Curado, 2001: 345). Whether before or after, nothing more significant is in the history of Portuguese twentieth-century logic than the work of the Alentejo teacher." This volume was among several dozen books from Alonzo Church's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in New Jersey. Alonzo Church (1903 - 1995) was professor of mathematics at Princeton University (1929-1967) and of mathematics and philosophy at UCLA (1967-1990). He was the founding editor of the JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC. Among his most influential contributions are Church's Theorem, Church's Thesis, and the Lambda Calculus. His work was of major importance in mathematical logic, recursion theory, theoretical computer science, and functional programming languages in general. Professor Church's creation of lambda calculus was the foundation for the LISP programming language and provided the semantic model for ALGOL. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, British Academy, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Church is regarded by many as the greatest American logician of the 20th century. [For more on Church's contributions, see items 250, 251, 321, 394, and 533 in Hook and Norman's ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE, A LIBRARY ON THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING.]. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. 1949 edition. Softcover. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 90pp. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [2], 219pp, [3]. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. No additional printings noted. Includes the publisher's dust jacket, touch of wear along top edge, a near fine example. Inscribed on the half title: "For Bill Benton / with my warm appreciation for all you have done to enhance the beauty of this house - / Lady Bird Johnson." William "Bill" Benton (1900-1973) was an American advertising executive, publisher, and politician. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, continuing the advisory restoration and preservation work begun during Jacqueline Kennedy's White House restoration project. Prior to his time on the White House committee, Benton served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under President Harry S. Truman, was appointed to the U.S. Senate from Connecticut in 1949, and later served as U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO. First edition of The White House Library: A Short-Title List, inscribed by Lady Bird Johnson to Bill Benton, member of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House. (illustratore). Signed.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good condition. First Edition. Berlin: Druck: Ernst-Reuter-Gesellschaft, 1963. Inscribed to Professor ALONZO CHURCH and signed "Cordially M. Laserna." with his address in Bogota Columbia penned in ink at the bottom of the title page. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Very Good condition. Thesis/dissertation : German and English. From Wikipedia: "Mario Laserna Pinzà n (August 21, 1923  July 16, 2013) was a Colombian educator and politician born in Paris of Colombian parents. Laserna Pinzà n is credited for being the founder of the Los Andes University in Bogotá, which was incorporated in 1948 and is a private institution modeled on the United States liberal arts educational system. He obtained a Master's degree at Princeton University [probably where he met Prof. Alonzo Church] and to study German and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and he later obtained a Doctorate at the Free University of Berlin. For his life's work he was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by Brandeis University. He also served as Senator of Colombia, and Ambassador to France and Austria and is an author of several books. Because of his life's work and contribution to the country, President Ãlvaro Uribe Và lez honored him with the Order of Boyacá in the Rank of the Grand Cross, the highest civilian honour bestowed by the Republic of Colombia." This volume was among several dozen books from Alonzo Church's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in New Jersey. Alonzo Church (1903 - 1995) was professor of mathematics at Princeton University (1929-1967) and of mathematics and philosophy at UCLA (1967-1990). He was the founding editor of the JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC. Among his most influential contributions are Church's Theorem, Church's Thesis, and the Lambda Calculus. His work was of major importance in mathematical logic, recursion theory, theoretical computer science, and functional programming languages in general. Professor Church's creation of lambda calculus was the foundation for the LISP programming language and provided the semantic model for ALGOL. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, British Academy, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Church is regarded by many as the greatest American logician of the 20th century. [For more on Church's contributions, see items 250, 251, 321, 394, and 533 in Hook and Norman's ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE, A LIBRARY ON THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING.]. INSCRIBED & SIGNED. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 179pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good condition. First Edition. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, 1950. INSCRIBED to Prof. Alonzo Church and SIGNED by the author "con los respetos de Zubieta R." Very Good condition. This dissertation/tesis was reviewed (by Robert Feys) in Church's Journal of Symbolic Logic Volume 15, Issue 3 (1950), 200. From Matemáticos en Mexico: "El trabajo de Zubieta pronto cruzó la frontera. Por sugerencia de Quine, éste fue presentado a Alonzo Church[4] quien invitó a Robert Feys, lógico de la universidad de Lovaina a presentar un comentario sobre el mismo en el Journal of Symbolic Logic, a la sazón la revista de mayor prestigio en el área de lógica. En 1953 Zubieta fue a Princeton para ocupar el cargo de ayudante de investigador de Alonzo Church quien alguna vez diría de Zubieta que era el único lógico latino que escribía con rigor. Church lo cita en la introducción de su libro[5] por sus observaciones y participación en el proyecto." This volume was among several dozen books from Alonzo Church's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in New Jersey. Alonzo Church (1903 - 1995) was professor of mathematics at Princeton University (1929-1967) and of mathematics and philosophy at UCLA (1967-1990). He was the founding editor of the JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC. Among his most influential contributions are Church's Theorem, Church's Thesis, and the Lambda Calculus. His work was of major importance in mathematical logic, recursion theory, theoretical computer science, and functional programming languages in general. Professor Church's creation of lambda calculus was the foundation for the LISP programming language and provided the semantic model for ALGOL. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, British Academy, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Church is regarded by many as the greatest American logician of the 20th century. [For more on Church's contributions, see items 250, 251, 321, 394, and 533 in Hook and Norman's ORIGINS OF CYBERSPACE, A LIBRARY ON THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING.] . INSCRIBED & SIGNED. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. (vi), 35pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustratore).…