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The Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence River, 2 vols. by Dept. of Railways and Canals Canada - BRIDGE COLLAPSE

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Title: The Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence River, 2 vols.
Author: Dept. of Railways and Canals Canada - BRIDGE COLLAPSE
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: Quebec: Dept. of Railways and Canals, 1918. First Edition.. Original publisher's cloth. Very good.. Oblong folio, I - 259, [1 - blank] pp. + frontispiece and numerous half-tone illustrations; II - atlas with 111 fldg. litho. plates. The account of the construction of the steel cantilever bridge across the St. Lawrence begun in 1900. When near completion in 1907 the central span collapsed. Investigation revealed the failure of a compression member. The spectacular failure forced the adaption of new and scientific methods for bridge engineering. A second cantilever bridge was finally completed in 1917. The book offered here is a magnificent and comprehensive technical account of the disaster and the construction of the new bridge. Both engineering and construction drawings are included. An exhaustive work.

SPEECH OF HON. W.H. WADSWORTH IN THE GREAT LIBEL SUIT OF GREEN VS. HARGIS by Wadsworth, W[illiam] H[enry]

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Title: SPEECH OF HON. W.H. WADSWORTH IN THE GREAT LIBEL SUIT OF GREEN VS. HARGIS
Author: Wadsworth, W[illiam] H[enry]
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: Louisville: Bradley & Gilbert, 1880. Original printed front title wrapper. 63, [1 blank] pp. Disbound a bit crudely but text is clean. Two rubberstamps on wrapper. Good+. Thomas Hargis, an attorney and Confederate veteran who had been wounded three times during the War, sought election to the office of circuit judge of Kentucky. Thomas Green, Editor of the Maysville Eagle, claimed that Hargis had not practiced law for the requisite number of years, and that he had illegally altered official records to conceal the date of his admission to the Bar. Hargis called Green a liar; in response, Green then sued Hargis for libel. The jury quickly reached a verdict in Hargis's favor. See the June 14, 1879 issue of 'The Age', pages 327-329 [Louisville: 1879] for a further elaboration of the widely publicized case. Wadsworth's closing argument, printed here, is "an extraordinarily strong statement of Mr. Green's side of this remarkable case." [Louisville Medical News, page 18, issue of July 10, 1880]. OCLC 8447611 [5- Rutgers and four in Kentucky] as of February 2018. Not in Harv. Law Cat. or Marke.

THE METROPOLIS EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED IN FAMILIAR FORM, WITH A MAP by New York City

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Title: THE METROPOLIS EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED IN FAMILIAR FORM, WITH A MAP
Author: New York City
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: New York: Devlin and Company, 1871. viii, [9]-61, [2 advts], [1 blank] pp. 4" x 6". Original cloth-covered wrappers with gilt lettering on front, blind stamped on back. Several text illustrations. LACKS the folding map. Light wear. Rubberstamps of "Peirce Watches and Jewelry...New Orleans, LA." Private bookplate on front pastedown. Good+. This work devotes much attention to Central Park; and describes other Public Squares and Parks [including Brooklyn's Prospect Park]. Churches and about 25 synagogues are listed, as are national and state banks, "places of amusement," railroad depots, "leading hotels," ferries, cemeteries. Several pages of illustrated advertisements are listed for the Devlin Company, clothiers. FIRST EDITION. 378 NUC 0493455 [3]. OCLC 6244544 [16].

(with Tipped in ALS from Henry E. Manning, Cardinal Manning) Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning - Florence Nightingale - Dr. Arnold - General Gordon by Strachey, Lytton

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Title: (with Tipped in ALS from Henry E. Manning, Cardinal Manning) Eminent Victorians: Cardinal Manning - Florence Nightingale - Dr. Arnold - General Gordon
Author: Strachey, Lytton
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good Plus
Description: London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lytton Strachey's most enduring work, with undated ALS taped at front end page from Henry E. Manning, Cardinal Manning, one of the four main subjects of the book, as follows -"Dear Sir, I have very great pleasure in accepting your kind invitation for Monday next; which will compensate me for losing the visit you were so good as to make the other day. With my kind regards believe me, Very faithfully yours, Henry E. Manning". From the collection of the noted American book collector, industialist and philanthropist J. K. Lilly, Jr., with gift inscription at 2nd blank front end page -"Dear Mr Lilly, Memory Lane, now twenty years long with happy Lilly associations, has no milestone more pleasant, than our Great lakes Cruise. With affectionate regards, William A. Hanley, Indianapolis, July 1930". William A. Hanley was an electrical engineer who worked his way up from supervisor, and head of the engineering division to director of Eli Lilly and Company. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in dark blue polished calf, gilt back, marbled end papers with wide and intricate gilt tun-ins, all edges gilt, portrait photographic frontis of Cardinal Manning, Very Good Plus, rubbed at joints and edges. ix, (2), 302 pages, with 6 plates showing Cardinal Manning; John Henry Newman; Florence Nightingale; Dr. Arnold; General Gordon; Mr. Gladstone. A lovely finely bound copy with distinguished provenance and a letter SIGNED BY CARDINAL MANNING..

Problemy Iazykovoi Interferentsii. Uchebnoe Posobie [Gypsy Dialects] by Eloeva, F. A. and Rusakov, A.

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Title: Problemy Iazykovoi Interferentsii. Uchebnoe Posobie [Gypsy Dialects]
Author: Eloeva, F. A. and Rusakov, A.
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Condition: Near Fine
Description: Leningrad: Leningradskogo Universiteta, 1990. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; staple-bound booklet; pp. [1], 4-90; original wraps; mimeographed text; minor wear to head of spine and very mild age-toning, else fine. 1 of 295 copies. Application of the theory of "language contact" on the Gypsy language in Europe. The second part of the work contains practical examples, based on Gypsy dialects in the Northern parts of the Soviet Union.

We Be Here When the Morning Comes by Woolley, Bryan and Ford Reid

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Title: We Be Here When the Morning Comes
Author: Woolley, Bryan and Ford Reid
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Text by Bryan Woolley. Photographs by Ford Reid. Foreword by Robert Coles. Dust jacket has a one inch chip from the head of spine.

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