Four Days

Russell, A. Kingsley (ed) - Jack London, Owen Oliver, E. Tickner-Edwards, George C. Wallis, A. Sarsfield Ward, Cutcliffe Hyne, Frank T. Bullen, Grant Allen, W. L. Alden, L. J. Beeston, Wardon Allan Curtis, Rudolph De Cordova, George Griffith, Fred White: Science Fiction by the Rivals of H. G. Wells - The Lizard, The Lost Continent, The Microbe of Death, The Purple Terror, The Dust of Death, The Last Days of Earth, The Black Shadow, A Star Fell, The Green Spider, The Lady Automation, London's Danger, +++++ New Jersey Castle Books 1979
Near Fine Phil Hardy, Stanley L. Wood, Warwick Goble, ++

- Red cloth with black lettering on spine, headband, (ix) 508 pages, illustrated through-out in b & w, ink name and inscription on inside front board partly hidden by front flap, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition with minor edge wear. Contents include: A Golden Era of Science Fiction & Fantasy by A. Kingsley Russell / The Purple Death by W. L. Alden / The Thames Valley Catastrophe by Grant Allen / A Star Fell by L. J. Beeston / The Last Stand of the Decapods by Frank T. Bullen / The Monster of Lake Lametrie by Wardon Allan Curtis / The Mircobe of Death by Rudolph De Cordova / The Wheels of Dr. Ginochio Gyves by Ellsworth Douglass & Edwin Pallander / The Raid of Le Vengeur by George Griffith / From Pole to Pole by George Griffith / Stories of Other Worlds: A Visit to the Moon; The World of the War God; A Glimpse of the Sinless Star; The World of the Crystal Cities; In Saturn's Realm; Homeward Bound by George Griffith / The Lost Continent by Cutcliffe Hyne / The Lizard by Cutcliffe Hyne / London's Danger by Cutcliffe Hyne / The Lady Automation by E. E. Kellett / The Shadow and the Flash by Jack London / The Black Shadow by Owen Oliver / The Man Who Meddled With Eternity by E. Tickner-Ewards / The Last Days of Earth by George C. Wallis / The Green Spider by A. Sarsfield Ward / The Master of The Octopus by Edward Olin Weeks / The Dust of Death by Fred M. White / The Four Days' Night by Fred M. White / The Four White Days by Fred M. White / The Great White Moth by Fred M. White / The Invisible Force by Fred M. White / The Purple Terror by Fred M. White. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo First Edition Very Good Plus Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: - Red cloth with black lettering on spine, headband, (ix) 508 pages, illustrated through-out in b & w, ink name and inscription on inside front board partly hidden by front flap, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition with minor edge wear. Contents include: A Golden Era of Science Fiction & Fantasy by A. Kingsley Russell / The Purple Death by W. L. Alden / The Thames Valley Catastrophe by Grant Allen / A Star Fell by L. J. Beeston / The Last Stand of the Decapods by Frank T. Bullen / The Monster of Lake Lametrie by Wardon Allan Curtis / The Mircobe of Death by Rudolph De Cordova / The Wheels of Dr. Ginochio Gyves by Ellsworth Douglass & Edwin Pallander / The Raid of Le Vengeur by George Griffith / From Pole to Pole by George Griffith / Stories of Other Worlds: A Visit to the Moon; The World of the War God; A Glimpse of the Sinless Star; The World of the Crystal Cities; In Saturn's Realm; Homeward Bound by George Griffith / The Lost Continent by Cutcliffe Hyne / The Lizard by Cutcliffe Hyne / London's Danger by Cutcliffe Hyne / The Lady Automation by E. E. Kellett / The Shadow and the Flash by Jack London / The Black Shadow by Owen Oliver / The Man Who Meddled With Eternity by E. Tickner-Ewards / The Last Days of Earth by George C. Wallis / The Green Spider by A. Sarsfield Ward / The Master of The Octopus by Edward Olin Weeks / The Dust of Death by Fred M. White / The Four Days' Night by Fred M. White / The Four White Days by Fred M. White / The Great White Moth by Fred M. White / The Invisible Force by Fred M. White / The Purple Terror by Fred M. White. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock Photo]

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BECKFORD (William): The Valuable Library of Books, in Fonthill Abbey. A Catalogue of the Magnificent, Rare, and Valuable Library, (of 20,000 Volumes)... also of the Books of Prints, Galleries of Art, Curious Missals and Manuscripts, the Persian and Chinese Drawings, &c... Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Phillips, at the Abbey, on Tuesday the 9th of September, 1823, and Nine Following Days, on Friday the 3d of October, & Four Following Days, and on... 23d October... & Four Following Days, etc. [The Unique and Splendid Effects of Fonthill Abbey. Catalogue of the Extensive Assemblage of Costly and Interesting Property, which Adorns this Magnificent Structure; Embracing Part of the Furniture; the Bijouterie... the Matchless Collection of Raised Gold Japan, and... the Rare Oriental, Japan & Sevres China... Which will be Sold... on... the 23d of September... and Seven Following Days, and on... 16th of October, and Four Following Days, etc. - The Second Part of Books and Books of Prints. - The Pictures and Miniatures at Fonthill Abbey. Catalogue of this Well-selected and Valuable Collection of Gallery and Cabinet Paintings, Miniatures and Drawings... Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Phillips, on... the 10th of October... and on... October 14 and 15, 1823. - The Second Part of the Unique and Splendid Effects. - The Third Part of Books and Books of Prints. [J. Davy], 1823.
Large 8vo, [10],391,[1]pp., frontispiece of the Abbey, cont. half calf, front paste-down has previous owner's name in ink, head and foot of spine chipped, corners bumped but overall a nice copy. Mounting debts and shrinking asserts continued to plague Beckford during his final years in residence at Fonthill Abbey. Beckford was finally compelled to sell Fonthill Abbey to John Farquhar for 300,000 in 1822. Farquhar, motivated more by speculation than genuine interest in the valuable contents of the Abbey, put the collection, including books and manuscripts, up for auction the following year. Thus the Beckford collection herein described was actually sold by Farquhar.
The catalogues are paged continuously (391pp.) but the parts are rearranged in binding to follow the chronological order of sales. De Ricci, p.84; Fletcher, p.317-24.

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Miller, Francis Trevelyan (re: Thomas A. Edison): THOMAS A. EDISON - Benefactor of Mankind, Philadelphia John C. Winston 1931
Very Good

320 pp. Red cloth decorated with gilt on the front panel and spine. Illustrated with black and white plates and line drawings. Some wear on the corners; hinges tight; gutters intact; no interior markings; no dustjacket. The Chapters are: CHAPTER ONE: A Tale of Two Worlds - Before and After Edison: Epoch-making Achievements of the World's Greatest Benefactor; The World as Edison Found It; The World as Edison Left It; What Edison Means in Everyday Life; Discoveries and Inventions that Created Great Industries. CHAPTER TWO: The Great Romance - Foundations of Genius: Edison said Genius is One Per Cent Inspiration and Ninety-nine Per Cent Perspiration; How His Career Began; The Hardy Stock behind Him; Edison Pioneer Signs Continental Currency. CHAPTER THREE: Edison Pioneers on the Trails in Canada: Here in the Land of Evangeline Thomas A. Edison's Father was Born in 1804; Samuel Edison in Canadian Rebellion; The Perilous Trek Through the Wilderness; Across the Border. CHAPTER FOUR: The Red Brick House in the Canal Village - A New World Shrine: The Great Event of February 11 1847; Thomas Alva Edison Is Born; The Gold Rush to California; Watching the Covered Wagons Go By; First Impressions of a Great World Beyond; Following the Towpath; Adventures and Narrow Escapes; Childhood Days in Milan Ohio. CHAPTER FIVE: Boyhood Days of Thomas Edison on American Frontier: The New Home in Port Huron Michigan; Tower of Babel; The Young Market Gardener; First Edison Laboratory in Mother's Cellar. CHAPTER SIX: School Days - Education of Young Edison by His School-Teacher Mother: First and Only Attempt to Send the Boy to School; The Books Young Edison Read; Laying Solid Foundations for the Future; Thomas Edison's Tribute to His Mother. CHAPTER SEVEN: He Starts His Great Career - Twelve Years of Age: Newsboy on a Railroad Train; The Laboratory in the Baggage Car; A Wild Night Ride on the Runaway Engine; The First Big Exciting Moment in Edison's Life. CHAPTER EIGHT: His Adventures in Tragic Days of the Civil War: The News Merchant Becomes a Publisher and Editor; The World's First Traveling Newspaper Plant; Transcript of Edison's Weekly Herald. CHAPTER NINE: The Courage of Youth - On the Road to Success: How a Rescue Changed the Course of Edison's Life; From Train Newsboy and Printer to Telegraph Operator; Inventive Genius Early Displayed; Making a Clock Do Duty as Operator. CHAPTER TEN: Exploring the Middle West - In Search of Opportunity: Five Years of Wandering; The Roving Telegrapher; Exciting Experiences in Cincinnati; Working His Way from Detroit to New Orleans. CHAPTER ELEVEN: Eastward Ho! - The Strike for Fame and Fortune: Four Days Snow-bound on the Train to the East; The Blizzard of 1868; First Job in Boston; First Patented Invention of Thomas Edison; Vote-recording Machine which was Not Wanted in Washington; Edison Resolves Never to Invent Anything That the People Do Not Want. CHAPTER TWELVE: The Rise from Poverty to Independence: First Contact with New York; Penniless; The Emergency That Gave Edison His Opportunity; Black Friday; Improving the Stock Ticker; Edison's Universal Printer; First Check40,000 Stuns Edison. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Young Inventor on Threshold of Great Discoveries: The Invention Shop in Newark; The Automatic Telegraph; Multiplex Telegraph Systems; Working with Sholes in Development of First Typewriters; Marriage with Mary Stillwell; First Voyage to Europe; Demonstrating the Automatic Telegraph System in England; Jay Gould Makes an Offer; The4,000,000 Deal. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Creating a New Era in Human Life - The Telephone: The Laboratory in Menlo Park; The Race for Telephone Communication; Edison First to File Caveat in Patent Office; Bell First to Obtain Patent on Completed Model; Many Inventors Working on Problem; The Great Telephone War; Edison Invents Transmitter Making Telephone Practical; How Hello Originated. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: A Modern Miracle Amazes the World - The Talking Machine: How the Phonograph Was Invented; Recording Sound on Tin Foil; The Marvel of the Day: A Machine that Talked; Gladstone Makes First British Record; All Europe Enthralled by New American Invention; Kairser Wilhelm Makes Record on Fortitude in Pain. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Wizard of Menlo Park Lights the World: The Seach for Electric Light; Edison Starts Where Pioneers Left Off; Thousands of Tests Made in Laboratory at Menlo Park by Edison and His Valiant Little Army; Historic Date October 21 1879; First Successful Incandescent Electric Light; First New Year's Eve Celebration by Electric Light; The World Search for a Filament. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The New Pioneer behind Human Progress - The Electrical Age: Call the Roll of Pioneers in Electrical Research; Taking Up Work Where Faraday Left Off; The Twelve Million Dollar Brain; The Starting of an Enormous Industry; Story of First Large Power House; The Beginning of Electric Railways. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Whole World Passes Before Your Eyes: Edisons on Tour of Triumph in Europe; New Fields of Conquest; The Problem of Making Pictures Move; Edison's First Tests; Utilizing the Eastman Roll Film; The First Motion-picture Studio at West Orange; Edison the Father of the Motion-picture Industry. CHAPTER NINETEEN: Flashing the Human Voice Around the World - The Radio: Edison the Prospero of Science; Etheric Force Discovered by Edison Long Before Radio; The Edison Effect on Which Every Radio Tube is Based; Patents Sold to Marconi; The Microphone; The Storage Battery; Edison's Flying Machine; The Helicopter. CHAPTER TWENTY: Great Inventor Rising to the Height of His Power: Magnetic Ore Separators; Crushing Mountains in Giant Rolls; New Mining Town in New Jersey; A2,000,000 Loss; Rehabilitating a Lost Fortune; Building a Huge Cement Industry; Cheap Homes for People. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: World War - Edison's Service to His Country: Secretary of Navy Daniels Ask Edison's Aid; Naval Consulting Board; Inventor's Secret Missions on Warships; Underwater Searchlight; Hydrogen Detector for Submarines; After the War; In Peace Service; The Great Triumvirate, Edison, Ford and Firestone; Experiments with Goldenrod to Produce Rubber; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Days and Night with Edison in His Laboratory: The Splendid Group of Men that Workd with Edison; Midnight Lunch; Song and Story; Incidents of Great Days with a Great Leader; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: The Home Life of Edison: An Intimate View of Glenmont; With Edison in His World of Books; Mrs Edison Tells of the Inventor's Characteristics; Forty-five Years as the Wife of Genius. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: The Grand Old Man Makes His Last Great Discovery: Partiarch of Invention at End of Career; His Last Message - Be Courageous; The Passing of Thomas A. Edison; President Hoover's Proclamation; Tribute by an Associate Arthur J. Palmer; Called Humanity's Friend. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Edison's Views of Life - His Philosophy and Religion: Reason in His Religion; A Believer in Infinite Intelligence and Infinite Laws; Scientific Mind Sets Up a Mathematical Universe; He Went Away Expecting Light not Darkness. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: A Visit to the Famous Edison Museum: Henry Ford Re-creates an American Village of Other Days; The Real Edison Valhalla; The President and Edison at Historic Shrine; The Voice of Edison Still Speaks. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: Achievements of Thomas Edison - What the Edison Pioneers Gave to the World: Wealth Created by Edison with His Pioneers Nearly26,000,000,000; The Men Who Stood Behind the Inventor in His Life Work; Inventory of Industries Directly Founded Upon or Affected by Inventions of Thomas A. Edison; Estimates by Statisticians. APPENDIX: Edison Scholarship Award: Official Examinations in National Contests; Standard Tests of General Information and Intelligence. Followed by an Index. First Edition Hard Cover 8vo

[SW: science; invention; inventor;]

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Watson, John B.. Animal Education : An Experimental Study on the Psychical Development of the White Rat, correlated with the Growth of Its Nervous System. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1903 ; fester Einband / hard cover
Paneled thatched green cloth with gold spine lettering; no jacket; covers have medium wear that is heavier at edges, covers are discolored; usual library markings from Ohio Univeristy Library,on front and rear pastedowns, free rear end papers, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked; hinge is cracked at front end papers; three fold out black and white plates; Plate I 8 cervical figures from three days to twenty days and 1 figure of the thoracic at three days and 1 figure of the lumbar at three days; Plate II 3 cervical figures from twenty four days to adult, 3 thoracic figures from twenty-four days to adult and 3 lumbar figures from twenty-four days to adult; twenty days and 1 figure o f the thoracic at three days and 1 figure of the lumbar at three days;Plate II Plate III 4 figures of the cerebellum, from nine days to adult and the cerebrum, fourteen days to adult; 122 pgs.

Hard Cover, Good

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