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[Archive of Manuscript Letters and Documents Pertaining to the Family and Business Activities of John O. Collins, a Virginia Lawyer with Dealings in Texas] by [Virginia]. [Texas]. Collins, John O.

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Title: [Archive of Manuscript Letters and Documents Pertaining to the Family and Business Activities of John O. Collins, a Virginia Lawyer with Dealings in Texas]
Author: [Virginia]. [Texas]. Collins, John O.
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: [Various locations in Virginia and Texas, 1910. Very good.. Ninety-five letters plus numerous business receipts and other documents. A few fold separations, varying levels of toning and wear, but most documents in good or better condition. An informative collection of correspondence and business material documenting the family life and commercial activities of John O. Collins, a Virginia-based lawyer. The collection is comprised of over forty manuscript letters from Collins to his children, a few to other family members, his business card reading, "John O. Collins, Scottsville, Va.," and over fifty business letters and documents, mostly from Texas. All but one of Collin's forty-two letters to his children are written on one side of a postcard, and date between 1890 and 1910. Collins sent these letters to his "Dear Children" in Fork Union, Fluvanna County, Virginia from various locations around Virginia, namely Prospect, Farmville, and Sheppards. He writes in pinched handwriting, about twenty-five lines per postcard, and reports on his health, family news, the agricultural products of Virginia, and more. The archive also includes numerous letters sent to Collins and his wife from friends or business associates in Texas. These letters are dated between 1854 and 1885. Most of these letters were written to Collins from A.P. Bagby, an attorney and land agent in Bonham; Collins' uncle John Laurie, living in Robertson County, Texas; and J.G. Kearby, an attorney in Wells Point, Van Zandt County, Texas. In one letter, Bagby speaks of missing Collins living in Texas. In another letter, Bagby spends a few pages detailing his recent trip to Galveston to serve as a delegate to the state's Democratic Convention. In another, Bagby describes a recent "barbecue" with "a great abundance of the finest roast meat" and other foods and drinks. In yet another, Bagby writes about assuming the editorship of a newspaper called The North Texas Enterprise, brags about the local vegetable crop, and states that he believes Collins will some day return to the Lone Star State. Bagby also writes letters to "Mrs. C.E. Collins," either John's wife or sister. In these letters, as well, Bagby writes much about his family and life in Texas, which he refers to in one letter as "the best country on the green earth." There are also a few letters to Collins written by his uncle John Laurie of Robertson County, Texas, dated between 1854 and 1860. Laurie writes about the "good health" of the crops in 1854 and the abundance of crops "for our own consumption and for the emigrants" to Texas. In another letter from 1857, Laurie mentions that he has "passed twenty years on the frontier amongst the wild beasts and savages" and reports that "there is much excitement amongst the people in relation to the comet which some says is to destroy the earth. I fear not that the end of time has yet come." The three letters written to Collins from J.G. Kearby in Wells Point almost exclusively relate to taxes owed by Collins for lands in Texas. The collection also includes a handful of earlier letters written by or to John Collins' forebears Thomas, William, and Zachariah Collins, dated as early as 1837, as well as numerous later receipts and other business documents relating to John O. Collins and his family. Overall, the archive offers a peak into the life and business of a 19th-century businessman from Virginia with additional dealings in Texas, with notable content on Texas in the mid-19th century.

On the Origin of Great Nebulae. WITH: Energy Production in Red Giants by GAMOW, GEORGE; TELLER, EDWARD

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Title: On the Origin of Great Nebulae. WITH: Energy Production in Red Giants
Author: GAMOW, GEORGE; TELLER, EDWARD
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lancaster and New York: American Institute of Physics. FIRST EDITION OFFPRINTS. nb. Very Good. RARE FIRST EDITION OFFPRINTS of Gamow and Teller's early papers on cosmology, including "a kind of blueprint" for Gamow's later theory of the Big Bang. In "On the Origin of Great Nebulae," "written jointly with Edward Teller, his friend and colleague at George Washington University, Gamow dealt for the first time explicitly with the Friedmann-Lemaitre equations. The two authors concluded that, 'our theory of nebular formation requires that the velocity of expansion remains nearly constant while the distances between nebulae increase by a factor of 600.' In the last section, they considered the cosmological consequences which they discussed from the form of the fundamental (Friedmann-Lemaitre) equation for the expanding universe as given by Richard Tolman in his important textbook of 1934… [and concluded]: 'Thus in order to understand the formation of great nebulae and to satisfy the condition of continuity at the moment of their separation, it is necessary to accept the hypothesis that space is infinite and ever expanding.' As they noted, this went against the conclusion that Edwin Hubble and Tolman had reached in 1935, namely that the universe must be closed and uncomfortably small. However, Gamow and Teller argued that the discrepancy might be resolved if it was admitted that the absolute luminosities of very distant (hence young) galaxies were higher than those nearer by. This idea was to play an important role in cosmology in the 1950s, but in 1939 it was merely a suggestion that lacked independent support. "Gamow's work with Teller of 1939 was based on the expanding universe but did not presuppose any explosive event in the past, what ten years later would be coined the big bang. All they had to say about the state of the universe before the separation of the nebulae about 1.8 billion years ago was, 'Before that time, space must have been uniformly populated by stars, or by gas molecules, if we suppose that the formation of stars took place after the separation of nebulae.' Although still in the pre-big-bang tradition, the paper was in several respects to serve as a kind of blueprint for Gamow's later contributions to cosmology" (Kox and Eisenstaedt, The Universe of General Relativity). In "Energy Production in Red Giants," published two weeks after "On the Origin of Great Nebulae," Gamow and Teller "carried out one of the earliest studies of the temperature dependence of thermonuclear reaction rates and applied their ideas to an investigation of energy production in red giant stars" (Libby and Bibber, Edward Teller Centennial Symposium). On the Origin of Great Nebulae. Offprint from: Physical Review, Vol. 55, April 1, 1939, pp. 654-657. Four pages, as issued without wrappers. Light edgewear, a little foxing. Energy Production in Red Giants. Offprint from: Physical Review, Vol 55, April 15, 1939. One page, as issued without wrappers. Small closed tear to margin, otherwise fine. Lancaster and New York: American Institute of Physics, 1939. Housed together in custom cloth case. RARE.

QUEEN | FREDDIE MERCURY [ca. 1976] Set of 2 photos by Elektra Records

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Title: QUEEN | FREDDIE MERCURY [ca. 1976] Set of 2 photos
Author: Elektra Records
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Elektra Records. No binding. Fine. [New York]: Elektra Records, [ca. 1976]. Set of two vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white photos, fine. Freddie Mercury, with his band Queen, was one of the quintessential stadium rock performers of the 1970s and 1980s. Mercury, who had a number of long-term same-sex romantic relationships, died of AIDS in 1991. Mercury was noted for his live performances, which were often delivered to stadium audiences around the world. He displayed a highly theatrical style that often evoked a great deal of participation from the crowd. (Wikipedia) The vertical portrait is from the band's 1975 Japanese tour; the horizontal photo was used for the News of the World 1977 album release.

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In the Service of the Reich by John R. Angolia

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Title: In the Service of the Reich
Author: John R. Angolia
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN: 9780912138596
Condition: New
Description: Bender Publishing, 1995-12-15. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. New, still in original shrink wrap.

Poems. By the late Josias Lyndon Arnold, Esq; of St. Johnsbury (Vermont) formerly of Providence and a tutor in Rhode-Island College by Josias Lyndon Arnold

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Title: Poems. By the late Josias Lyndon Arnold, Esq; of St. Johnsbury (Vermont) formerly of Providence and a tutor in Rhode-Island College
Author: Josias Lyndon Arnold
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Providence: Carter and Wilkinson, 1797. Good. Providence: Printed ... by Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their Book-Store, opposite the Market, 1797. First Edition. 12mo; disbound; xii,[13]-141,[1]pp. ([A]6 B-M6, collated and complete with half title page); ornamental head- and tail-pieces. Lacking boards, paper spine remnants only, first two gatherings separated but present, else a Good, internally sound example. Poetry collection by the late Josias Lyndon Arnold, who died prematurely at the age of twenty-eight the previous year. The promise of genius is somewhat tempered by James Burrill's introduction: "Many of his poems were left in an unfinished state, and many are the production of a very youthful muse. His corrections would doubtless have removed many objects of criticism" (p. vi). ESTC W2477; EVANS 31753; SABIN 2074.

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