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Prospectus for the Planetelles Manufacturing Company ....

Prospectus for the Planetelles Manufacturing Company .... by [Davis, John] - PLANETARIUM

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
Prospectus for the Planetelles Manufacturing Company ....
Author
[Davis, John] - PLANETARIUM
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Good; fragile; some chipping to the extremities; tape applied to half the length of the spine.
Description
Philadelphia: Planetelles Manufacturing Co., 1868. First Edition.. Disbound.. Good; fragile; some chipping to the extremities; tape applied to half the length of the spine.. 8vo, 12 pp.+ several text illustrations of the demonstration devices Davis designed. This is the original stock issue prospectus for the Davis' company that was established to manufacture the mechanical models of planetary motion that he had patented. Davis was a resident of Pittsburgh. He held a number of patents for mechanical inventions and taught mathematics and astronomy for a time at Allegheny City College and was president of the Polytechnic Inst. of Western Penn. . He was also the author of the popular work, Elements of Astronomy. By 1868 he had patented three astronomical demonstration devices: a Planetellus (showing the motion of sun, planets and moons out to Neptune); the Heliotellus (sun, planets, and moons out to the earth); and Lunatellus (sun, earth and moon). All were geared mechanical devices illustrating orbital motion. Versions of each were on the market by 1870 and won awards at the Centennial Exhibit in 1876. Each device is explained and illustrated in the prospectus. This prospectus is the earliest published account Davis' inventions. See Warner, Rittenhouse, vol. 2, # 2, pp. 58 - 59 with an illustration; OCLC has no location.
The Green Pastures

The Green Pastures by CONNOLLY, Marc

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The Green Pastures
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CONNOLLY, Marc
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Spine faded, light wear to board edges and corners, and light wear to slipcase.
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1930. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spine faded, light wear to board edges and corners, and light wear to slipcase.. 4to. Plates by Robert Edmond Jones. Original green boards, gilt-lettered and decorated, unopened; publisher's board slipcase. The author's copy: Copy no. 2 of this large-paper edition, printed at the Lakeside Press, signed by the author and illustrator. One of 550 copies. Laid-in is an autograph note on the publisher's letterhead by Stanley M. Rinehart, Jr. to Marc Connolly, "Dear Marc – With the affectionate regards of John [C. Farrar] and myself. / Stan / 21 October." Winner of the 1930 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, 'The Green Pastures' was originally published by Farrar & Rinehart in an unillustrated edition in 1929.
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Observations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, Comments by Truman Capote by Avedon, Richard; Capote, Truman

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Observations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, Comments by Truman Capote
Author
Avedon, Richard; Capote, Truman
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Paper-covered boards, in acetate jacket and slipcase. Reproduces Avedon's b/w photographic portraits on nearly every page. Boards lightly rubbed and dust-soiled; small scattered chips along joints and at spine tips. Acetate dust jacket chipped and torn. In rubbed slipcase with a few spots of soiling; tape repair along top edge. An excellent reading copy -- tight, bright and internally clean.
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WESTFLANDERS by WESTFLANDERS

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WESTFLANDERS
Author
WESTFLANDERS
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The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
WESTFLANDERS. Brugge: L. de Reyghere, 1949. 4to. Wrappers. Unpaginated. First edition. A photographic survey with a foreword by W.F. Mainland; text written in English, German, and French. Wrappers rubbed and slightly sunned, else very good.
Complete Amateur Boat Building. In Wood, Glass Fibre and Metal.

Complete Amateur Boat Building. In Wood, Glass Fibre and Metal. by Verney, Michael.

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Complete Amateur Boat Building. In Wood, Glass Fibre and Metal.
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Verney, Michael.
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
VG, dj.
Description
1963. VG, dj.. 21.5 x 14 cm. 309 pp. b/w illust and plates.

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