Search Results: Authors starting with B from Legacy Books

Leipzig: C. F. Peters. Book. Good. Soft cover. N.D., ca 1890's, 4to, 27pp. Wrps. In plastic cover. G. .

NYC: Dover Publications, Inc. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. (1989), 4to, 304pp. Wrps. Extremities lightly worn, else VG. From the Bach-Gesellschaft Edition..

Leipzig: C. F. Peters Book. Good. Soft cover. N.D., ca 1890's, 4to, 27pp. Wrps. Covers moderately soiled, mainly at the edges, neat tape repair at backstrip and rear cover, inner hinges reinforced, contents VG..

NY: Breitkopf & Hartel Book. Good. Soft cover. (1892), 4to, 39pp. Wrps. Neat tape repair at backstrip, covers lightly soiled, mainly at the edges, contents VG. Fifteen three part inventions by Bach, revised by Ferruccio B. Busoni..

N.P. Book. Good. Soft cover. (1852), pp xli - lx, (20pp), no covers, apparently removed from a bound volume. Moderate soiling else G. In plastic report covers. Professor A. D. Bache was stepping down as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. From his opening remarks: "On retiring from the office of President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, I submit, in conformity with usage, to its members, a few remarks in relation to the circumstances attending its organization, and to its progress, and some considerations of the direction in which we may look for its greatest usefulness.".

Philadelphia: The Muhlenberg Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1942, 342pp, index. VG in poor, tape repaired, badly chipped dj. The first full length biography of a Lutheran circuit riding missionary who ministered on the American frontier. In addition, in mid life he travelled to India, to become America's first Lutheran foreign missionary..

Louisville: Filson Club Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp467-473. Removed from THE FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY, Volume 62, No. 4, October 1988. G. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. The author was born in Letcher County, Kentucky. He spent many years researching the Back family. The earliest ancestor he can confirm was Erich Bach, (1550-1613), born in the German province of Westphalia, in or near the town of Freudenberg. Hermann Bach emigrated to Virginia in 1738 and became the patriarch of the Back family in Virginia, Kentucky, and many other states..

Chicago: Union Book Company Book. VG. Soft cover. 1901, pp133-141, illustrations (usually no more than one or two). Removed from WITH THE WORLD'S GREAT TRAVELLERS, Edited by Charles Morris and Oliver H. G. Leigh. May include a first or last copied page.VG. From the introduction: "Among picturesque scenes of American life, there are few to surpass those to be seen on the cattle ranges of the West, the home of the cow-boy, and of a mode of life widely removed from the quiet conditions of ordinary civilization. We append a description of daily scenes during a cattle drive." .

Chicago: Union Book Company Book. VG. Soft cover. 1901, pp58-68, illustrated (generally only 1 or 2). Removed from WITH THE WORLD'S GREAT TRAVELLERS, Edited by Charles Morris and Oliver H.G. Leigh. May include a first or last copied page. VG. From the introduction: "Ruskin, among his reasons for not visiting the United States, declared that it would be impossible for him to exist, even for a short interval, in a country that had no old castles. Had he known it, he might have found here old castles in abundance, older perhaps, and grander in situation, than any to be found in his own land. These are the ruined dwellings of the ancient inhabitants of the western Canons and of the Pueblo-builders of Ariozona and New Mexico. We give a travellers account of the cliff-dwellers' habitations.".

Madisonville: Kentucky Nature Association Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Volume 1, Number 1, Fall, 1938, 4to, 64pp, ads, illustrated. Wrps. VG. Includes: Nature is the Visible Garment of God, by Shelton M. Hutchison; The Need for Natural History Surveys in Kentucky, by William Delbert Funkhouser; Happy and Fair, by Lucien Beckner; Birds of Kentucky, by Brasher Collins Bacon; Up From the Rocks, by Willard Rouse Jillson; The Tradewater Vallley Park, by William Lightfoot; Common Butterflies of Kentucky, by Joe Kendall Neel; The Task in Kentucky, by Tom Wallace; When Our Birds Go South, by T. Gilbert Pearson; Salamanders of Kentucky, by A. L. Pickens; The Dawson Springs State Park, by G. Baxter Ramsey; Kentucky Meteorites, by David M. Young; What About Our Roadsides, by Maurice K. Gordon; Sanctuary - Do We Mean It?, by W. L. McAtee; The Younger Generation's Stake in Wildlife, by Minor Hudson; Nature Photography, by Harry White; Vermin or Friends by Lucy Furman; League of Kentucky Sportsmen by Dennie… Read More

Worcester: Edward R. Fiske Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1863, 106pp, errata slip. corners fraying, other extremities lightly worn, VG. Rev. Leonard Bacon, D.D., was the Pastor of the First Church in New Haven, Connecticut. There is also an introductory address by Hon. Ira M. Barton, the President on the occasion..

New York: Burt Franklin Book. Good. Hardcover. (1971). Reprint of the 1912 edition, viii, 277pp, index, illustrated. Minimal underlining with red highlighter on about 15 pages, and minimal light pencil underlining on about ten pages, all within the first 37 pages. Neat pencil notes on the front and rear free endpapers, else G. The Ohio Company was the first incorporated effort to reach the great west. Its lineal successors have been: the Potomac (and various spellings) Company, 1784, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1826, and the National Road, 1806. The book consists of three parts: 1).The Ohio Company and Other Adventures, 1748-1774; 2).The Patowmack Company, 1784-1828, From its Unpublished Records; 3).Life of Colo. Charles Simms, Gentleman, With Selections from his Correspondence..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp121-131. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1902. VG. In plastic report covers. The article mentions that the Wright brothers `have made a very considerable advance since last year, and now glide at angles of 6 to 7 (degrees), sustaining 125 to 160 pounds per net horsepower.' Just a year later, the brothers would make history..

New York : Whittlesey House Book. Good. Hardcover. (1947), xi, 868pp, index. Extremities lightly worn, else G+. 'From the introduction by Deems Taylor: "There are other books of program notes, of course; but most of them present difficulties for the average reader. Some run to many volumes and are so erudite that they are likely to be heavy going for the nonprofessional; others cover only a limited field; still others stick to cold fact with no trimmings; and too many are written in such a high rhapsodic vein that the music they describe comes rather as an anticlimax. This book manages to avoid all these pitfalls. I know of no similar book that covers such a wide and catholic field.The oldest composer discussed is Tomas Louis De Victoria, who would be celebrating his four hundred and seventh if he were alive. The youngest, Lucas Foss, is three hundred and eight two years his junior. For the book's extraordinary range, the authors undoubtedly have to thank the Philharmonic-Symphonies… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Society for American Archaeology Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp390-398, illustrated. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 48, Number 2, April, 1983. VG. In report covers. May include a first or last copied page. Synopsis: "This paper presents a critical assessment of Killingley's approach (1981) to the determination of month of collection of marine molluscs by prehistoric people. The basis of the method is careful oxygen isotope measurements made in successive growth increments in the shells. The authors have analyzed specimens of Monodonta and Patella collected live on the coast of northern Spain, in conjunction with seasonality studies on molluscs from prehistoric sites in the neighborhood. These studies confirm the necessity of making careful analyses of each species under consideration. Given the significance both of interspecies differences and of climatic variability on timescales from a year upwards (particularly… Read More

NY,: Macmillan, Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1930, xvii, 434pp, index, profusely illustrated. Outer hinges starting to split at the top and bottom, covers are discolored, contents G. A good reading copy..

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1964), x, 180pp, index. VG in G+ dj. A study of the American south's religious traditions and institutions..

NY: Putnam's Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1917, xiv, 162pp. TEG. Light wear, else G+. The author, who taught in India for thirty years, translated from Sanskrit a series of books which he alleged were classic Hindu myths. Apparently, it has now been proven that Bain, himself, wrote the stories..

Philadelphia: Collins Book. Good. Soft cover. 1871, 24pp. Wrps. Covers somewhat soiled, contents G. In plastic report covers..

London: Historical Times Ltd. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to, pp2-13, illustrated. Removed from BRITISH HISTORY LLUSTRATED, Volume One, Number Six, February, 1975. VG in report covers. "The Battle of Tewkesbury dealt the final blow to the Lancastrian hopes and gave power to the House of York, until they in their turn were overthrown by the Tudors.".