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WATER IS KING: DO YOU WANT IT?
Los Angeles: American Water Finder Co., 1912. First Edition. not bound. Very Good. Broadsheet, opens to 8 panels; illus from photographs. Contains promotional text and testimonials about the Automatic Magnetic Water Finder, and shows the instrument in use. 6" x 3.25". (more information)
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$15.00
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MANUSCRIPT LETTER, BOSTON, 27 DECEMBER 1851, TO FRIEND DUDLEY, REGARDING A METHOD FOR CLEANING SPOTS FROM SHAWLS Boston, MA, 1851. not bound. Very Good. Written in ink in a legible hand on lined blue paper, 1/2 page. Baldwin tells Dudley that he has not yet been able to see a Mr. Slade with regard to cleansing the shawls. "Mr. Hulbert says that covering the spots with powdered magnesia will extract them effectually. If you will send the shawls to me I will see that they are cleansed.". 9.75" x 7.75". (more information)
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$10.00
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CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: GENERAL GUIDE
Chicago: Natural Hist Museum, 1949. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 48pp; illus from photographs, floor plans. This virtual tour of the Museum describes the exhibits, department by department and hall by hall. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)
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$10.00
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METAL INVENTORY IN AN ELECTROLYTIC COPPER REFINERY NY American Electrochemical Soc 1914., 1914. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 5.75" pp: 255-279. Illustrated by full-page flow chart. publ offprint edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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THE RAIN: Home College Series, Number Sixteen
Cincinnati: Phillips & Hunt/Cranston, 1883. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. 12pp. An introductory essay by J.H. Vincent comments on the use of this series for "home college" classes and "reading unions." The back cover contains a list of the 100 titles in the series. This entire pamphlet is devoted to rain: its natural history, distribution, uses, and symbolism. 7.25" x 4.75". (more information)
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$10.00
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THE STORY OF THE SEQUOIAS: Sequoia Sempervirens (Coast Redwood Tree of California), Sequoia Gigantea (Big Tree of the Sierras)
Pasadena, CA Published by the author 1925., 1925. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Faint dampmark at corner, else in very good condition. 7.5" x 5" 31pp. Illustrated by 4 sepia plates tipped in. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$20.00
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PENCATITE FROM THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO [signed] s.l. American Mineralogist December 1937., 1937. Soft cover. First and last pages bit dusted and creased, else good condition. 9" x 6" pp: 1151-60 Explores the "dedolomitization" process, which reverses the more common conversion of limestone to dolomite. Illustrated by few illustrations in text. publ offprint edition. Binding is self-wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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MATHEMATICS TEXTS AND TEACHERS: A TIRADE s.l. The Mathematics Teacher March 1956., 1956. Soft cover. Foxing at edges of covers, else near very good condition. 10" x 6.75" pp: 162-172 Advocates segregating college math students "in accordance with their future interests," and "humanizing math texts," etc. publ offprint edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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THE ANCIENTS VERSUS THE MODERNS: A New Battle of the Books s.l. The Mathematics Teacher October 1958., 1958. Soft cover. Foxing at edges of covers, else near very good condition. 10" x 6.75" pp: 418-427 Suggests a "radical revision" of the then-current curriculum for the first two years of high school math. publ offprint edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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THE ASTERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOUTH SHORE: Quincy to Duxbury, and Inland Quincy, MA: South Shore Nature Club, 1931. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 10pp. Catalogues and describes flowers of the aster family growing on the south shore. The author was president of the Nature Club. 9.25" x 6". (more information)
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NUCLEAR WAR AND LANCASTER COUNTY
Elizabethtown, PA: Published by the authors, 1981. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 106pp; illus from photographs. The authors predict how Lancaster County (PA) would fare in the event of a nuclear exchange between the US and the Soviet Union. 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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$15.00
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THE DATE OF FRANKLIN'S KITE EXPERIMENT Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1925., 1925. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in fine condition. 9.75" x 6" 20pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, October 1924. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$25.00
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LET'S GO SHELLING
St. Petersburg, FL: Great Outdoors Publishing, 1968. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Clifford McKay, Jr.. 88pp; illus from photographs. Includes chapters on how shells live, how to collect them from beaches, cleaning and preserving, best "shelling spots", etc. 8.5" x 5.5". (more information)
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A PRIMER ON AIR POLLUTION NY: Mobil Oil, 1968. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 20pp; color illus throughout text. Introduces young readers to the causes of air pollution and the steps that oil companies can take to ease the problem. 9.25" x 6". (more information)
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SAFE WATER FROM DUG WELLS
New Brunswick NJ Agric Experiment Station 1952., 1952. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9" x 6" 7pp Gives specific instructions on how to protect shallow or dug wells from pollution, and how to deal with a contaminated well. Illustrated by one illustration in text. 2nd printing edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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THE FORESTRY PRIMER: To Mark the Semi-Centennial of the First Step in Forestry by the United States Government, 1876-1926
Washington: American Tree Association, 1929. 30th printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illustrated paper covers. 32pp; illus in text. A plea for ecology and the preservation of natural resources. 8.5" x 6". (more information)
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DIAL-AN-ANIMAL: Instant Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles. Illustrated by F.S. Persico Chicago Kidsbooks, Inc. (1989)., 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Tiny repair on front, else near fine condition. 8" x 8" 24pp Features a full-color volvelle on the front cover. Illustrated by illus throughout in color. First Edition. Binding is stiff wraps. (more information)
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QST": A Magazine Devoted Exclusively to the Radio Amateur -- Index to Volume X, 1926, a supplement to QST for February, 1927 Hartford: American Radio Relay League, 1926. First Edition. Self-wraps. Good. (8)pp, index only, as issued. 9.5" x 6.5". (more information)
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RADIO DIGEST": Selected Radio Technical Articles, No. 3, November 1937 Los Angeles: Radio, Ltd., 1937. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. (104)pp; illus from photographs and drawings. Collects 21 articles, all related to radio technology, and a four-page photo-section on television transmitters. 7.75" x 5.5". (more information)
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HAND-LIST OF HARDY MONOCOTYLEDONS CULTIVATED IN THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1925. Third Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. pp: viii, 88. This alphabetical listing includes many types of crocus, iris and tulips, with a key to their locations in Kew Gardens. 7.25" x 4.75". (more information)
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TREES OF YOSEMITE AND OF THE SIERRA NEVADAS Published by the Author, 1929. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good. J.M. Culbertson. pp: (v), 40; illus from photographs and drawings. Has a few pertinent notes and several underlines in ink. Along with detailed descriptions and leaf drawings, this little booklet includes handy mnemonic devices for remembering the features, lore and legends concerning the trees of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevadas. 3.5" x 5.75". (more information)
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SOME EARLY WRITINGS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS, A.D. 1714-1726 Worcester Press of Charles Hamilton 1896., 1896. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9.75" x 5.75" 39pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, October 1895. Illustrated by 2 plates. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$35.00
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DO IT YOURSELF TV TROUBLE-SHOOTER'S GUIDE: Television, Home Radio, Car Radio
Lincoln, Nebraska John C. Sperry 1959., 1959. Soft cover. Color-pictorial covers and contents near fine condition. 8.5" x 5.75" 32pp The author tells how to find and fix troubles caused by defective tubes as well as other problems, without experience. Illustrated by illustrated throughout text. Third Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$15.00
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THREE MILE ISLAND: A TIME OF FEAR. Produced and edited by Frank J. Schell III. Limited Edition Harrisburg, PA: RFJ Publishers, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. (62)pp; illus from photographs. Published just after the "nuclear accident" at the nuclear generating station south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, "this book is dedicated to those who live within the twenty mile radius of Three Mile Island." 11" x 8.5". (more information)
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THE PINE BARRENS OF NEW JERSEY
Trenton, NJ Dep Environmental Protection 1971., 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Discoloration at spine staples, else in very good condition. 8.5" x 6.25" 24pp Includes history, soils, wildlife, botanical sites, trees, herbs, ponds, and place names. Native-plants leaflet laid in. Illustrated by three illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. (more information)
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$10.00
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