Digital memorial bookplates provide a means for the University of Iowa Staff Council to memorialize UI staff members who have passed away while employed at the University.. University of Iowa Libraries donor bookplates recognize those who have provided gifts in support of building and expanding library collections.. In both instances the Libraries digital bookplating program inserts a permanent link into the titles online catalog record that points back to the digital bookplate.. ...

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Awwww. Shes getting big! And dont you just love the inscriptions, clippings and other stuff that you find in used books. I bought a book by J.M. Barrie a while back and it has the nicest handrawn bookplate in it. So it inspired me to design my own bookplate and print a bunch on Avery label stock. Now Im thinking that I should have paid attention to whether the labels are acid-free. I have only put them in new books, thats my rule for some reason. Im wondering Franklin if you have bookplates that youve drawn? It seems like something you would have done. Hope thats not prying. ...

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Jacob da Silva Solis Cohen, Philadelphia otolaryngologist, was born in New York on 28 February 1838. He married Miriam Binswanger on 10 February 1874; they had nine children. Cohen died in Philadelphia on 22 December 1927. Cohen received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1860. He served a brief residency at the Pennsylvania Hospital, then held several positions as a surgeon during the Civil War. He opened his private practice in Philadelphia in 1866 and began to concentrate on diseases of the throat and chest. In 1867, he performed the first successful American laryngotomy for removal of a cancerous growth; he also performed the first closed-field laryngotomy in 1892. In 1867 he assumed the post of Lecturer in Electrotherapeutics at Jefferson Medical College, then became Lecturer in Laryngoscopy and Diseases of the Chest in 1869. He also helped to found the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine and became Professor of Diseases of the Throat and Chest there. ...

Jacob da Silva Solis Cohen, Philadelphia otolaryngologist, was born in New York on 28 February 1838. He married Miriam Binswanger on 10 February 1874; they had nine children. Cohen died in Philadelphia on 22 December 1927. Cohen received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1860. He served a brief residency at the Pennsylvania Hospital, then held several positions as a surgeon during the Civil War. He opened his private practice in Philadelphia in 1866 and began to concentrate on diseases of the throat and chest. In 1867, he performed the first successful American laryngotomy for removal of a cancerous growth; he also performed the first closed-field laryngotomy in 1892. In 1867 he assumed the post of Lecturer in Electrotherapeutics at Jefferson Medical College, then became Lecturer in Laryngoscopy and Diseases of the Chest in 1869. He also helped to found the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine and became Professor of Diseases of the Throat and Chest there. ...

8vo. 2 parts in 1, ff. 92, 97 (i), including blank π3-4. Greek letter, with Italic. Woodcut Aldine device to t-p (hand-coloured) and last versos. Sight browning and use soiling, upper edge dusty, occasional thumb marks and ink splash, light water stain to lower blank margin of some later ll. A good copy in contemporary German pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, one brass clasp, remains of second, double blind stamped to a panel design, outer border with rolls of tendrils in blind, centre panel double cross-hatched in blind, large blind-stamped fleurons, C19 gilt-lettered morocco labels, a.e.r., later eps, boards scuffed, upper edges dusty. c1900 bookplate of Henry William Poor and early C19 armorial bookplate with ms. shelfmark of August Fredrick, Duke of Sussex to front pastedown, C16 ms. autograph Thomas Wiss to t-p, C16 ms. Thomas Wiss utebatur Anno Do. 1569 to last recto, some C16 annotations.. An unsophisticated copy, with interesting annotations and provenance, of the first separate ...

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FIRST EDITION THUS. Folio. Pp. (viii) 54. Mainly Italic letter. Printers device to tp, figural and floriated head and tail pieces and initials. Bookplate of Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903) to pastedown with shelf mark, sticker above. Light age yellowing, a few leaves slightly browned, foxing in places. A good clean copy with generous margins in C19 half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, green silk marker, minimal wear to spine and corners. Appealing Italian translation by Petruccio Ubaldini (c. 1524-1600) of the 1527 Historia Gentis Scotorum by the Scottish philosopher and historian, Hector Boece (1465-1536). The work by Boece was one of the first scholarly histories of Scotland and was enormously popular and influential. It is somewhat flowery and inaccurate, with significant bias toward the Scots, yet its attractive writing style led to both the church and the crowns approval. It was translated from Latin into French and into Scots by John Hellenden, and was used as the basis for many ...

NY: George Routledge and Sons, 1872. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 342. Bound in brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Some light rubbing. Ex-library with old bookplate. A very good plus copy. Attar 235.1-235.4 (Cite 4 English editions). This is one in the series of Reason Why books that..... More ...

Provenance Gordon of Buthlaw, mid 19th century [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Bertram, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, London, 1861, no. CLIV; Sale, Sothebys, London, March 16, 1903, lot 689; Léon Gruel, Paris, March 16, 1903, by purchase [Gruel and Engelmann bookplate No 138]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest ...

Amsterdam: J.F. Rosart & Comp. 1784. [2], 213, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Contemporary plain wrappers [worn, some chipping]. Untrimmed and uncut. Early leaves dusted. Else Very Good. In an attractive modern folding case, with the bookplate of James Copley, gilt-lettered spine title. Howes calls this the first edition, but..... More ...

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Paris: Bossange Pere, 1824. Hardcover. VOLUME II ONLY. A Beautiful copy. Black leather backed exquisite marble paper covered boards with gilt title and decoration to spine. Minor rubbing to rear board. Minimal edgewear. Marbled endpages. Bookplate to front paste down. Very light foxing throughout, mostly to first and last few pages. Text is clean and bright. Very unique and interesting marbled paper used on covers and end pages. 503 pages. IN FRENCH. FRE108291. Very Good. More ...

Grape, blueberry, and raspberry kabobs. Lemon iced tea, apple and pear juice, and water was served from lovely drink dispensers into our clear acrylic teacups. Catering for fancy parties is one of Ashlees favourite things in life.. The many children in attendance enjoyed playing under an adjacent tent in the pirate ship ball pit and with the building blocks shared by Ashlee and Tys godson for the duration of the party. Some of the adults also joined in with the fun when the lightweight balls turned into projectiles.. The books were soon lined up at the signing table, with one of the poster prints of Chapter Twelves illustration displayed for all to see. Guests came to receive their copy of The Damning Moths, as well as their pre-order bonus poster and signed bookplate. A number of the recipients settled into the clustered chairs to start reading right away.. Many thanks to all who could join us, and the many who were separated by oceans but were there in spirit. Thanks also to Sharon, Carol, ...

New York: The Notable Trials Library, 1999. Special edition. Leather bound. 215pp. Octavo 24 cm 1/4 green leather, with green cloth over boards decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled-effect endpapers. Silk ribbon page-marker. Previous owners publisher-issued bookplate on the front pastedown, with the name crossed out. Very good. Item #55964 Special edition privately

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So many elements of the Puffin brand and Kaye Webbs approach ring a bell for 21st century marketers: added value and brand extension, a social network, 360° marketing, edutainment - its all there. Just from the top of my mind, I remember diaries, badges, bookplates, even a Puffin glove puppet to make yourself. And there were holidays, although I never got to go on those. Thats on top of all the wonderful books with their brilliant cover illustration and design ...

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By: Nelson George Trap music, human trafficking, malt liquor, and the tyranny of President Trump collide in the fifth installment of Nelson Georges D Hunter mystery series.. *While supplies last, paperback books ordered through the website will include a bookplate SIGNED by author Nelson George!. *Please note, if youre using Nelsons friends and family discount code, the discount applies to paperback books only.. ...

Boulder, CO: self-published, 1949. 3rd printing. Cloth. Large 4to. Publishers cloth. Many illustrated plates by Wolle throughout. 544 pp. Ex-library, but only indications are an unobtrusive mark on spine, bookplate on front free endpaper, and card pocket on rear free endpaper. Sunning to spine, leaving title quite faded. Hinges overopened. Signed..... More ...

London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1848. Quarto, hand coloured frontispiece. Handsome publishers blind-panelled cloth, front cover with gilt Dodo vignette, bookplate, tipped in a separately published lithographic portrait of Strickland, a fine copy, rare in this condition. Anker 486; Fine Bird Books (reprint) p. 145; Nissen IVB 900; Wood p...... More ...

8vo. xi, 187, (4 ads.) pp. Contemporary quarter pebbled brown cloth over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine title; library markings on spine. Exlib bookplate and perforated stamps on title-page. Very good. Bang is considered the founder of modern clinical microchemistry. Some of Bangs earliest investigations were on nucleoproteins and nucleic acid. He elucidated the structure of guanylic acid-previously isolated by Hanunarsten-as a compound of guanine, pentose, and phosphoric acid in equimolar proportions. This research was a major factor in revealing the framework of the nucleotides. H... View more info. ...

Disponible ahora en Iberlibro.com - Gastos de env o gratis - Hardcover - Globe Ear-Phone Company, New York, NY - 1916 - Condici n del libro: Very Good - First Edition. - (full book description) Globe Ear-Phone Company, New York, NY, 1916. 1st Edition VG, Hard Cover, no Dust Jacket. Size=5x7.75, 54pgs. Covers nicked on top edges & 3 light 1/2 water spots on front cover. Publishers copy with their red in stamp in 3 places, o.w. clean, bright & tight. NO ink names, bookplates, etc. [Deafness: Causes: Prevention: Health Care: Ear Care: Anatomy of Ear] Price Reflects 20% off! SELLING WORLDWIDE SINCE 1987. WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!.

Published by the author, London, 1854.. 26 p., 54 leaves of plates: ill. (51 col.), 56 cm.. Notes: Colophon: Taylor and Francis. A few of the leaves are printed on both sides. Reference: Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 259-260. Hill copy 1: Provenance: M.C.D. Borden (bookplate). Bound in red morocco with gilt tooling, by Zaehnsdorf. ...

AbeBooks.com: The Mutation Theory. Volume 1: The Origin of Species by Mutation: Chicago: The Open Court Publishing, 1909. Volume 1. 8vo Hardcover 582 pgs. B/W illustrations and color plates. Fair. Cover dampstained with wear at edges and spine. Front hinge cracking. Inside Good. Bookplate inside. Inquire if you need further information.

Produced as a fundraiser for Printed Matter more than two decades ago, these Ex Libris bookplates are printed on acid-free paper and come housed in an archival document box. The series also included Larry Clark, Jenny Holzer, Claes Oldenburg, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, Robert Gober and Faith Ringold. Some are now out of stock (Holzer, Clark), others are still available, but at increased prices (the Clemente is $500, the Oldenburg is $750 and Gober is $2000), and a few are still available at the original publication price of $175, including the Spero, Fischl and the Ringold ...

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If anyone doesnt already know the story about me finding an Aleister Crowley manuscript, googling on Raiders of the Lost Basement will pull it up. On the other side of the inscription tale, theres Edward Gorey from THE UNSTRUNG HARP, where Mr. Earbrass finds a book that hed inscribed To Angus -- will we ever forget the bloaters. His thought -- Angus? Bloaters? And I dont remember which prominent Sherlockian it was who, whenever he found one of his keepsake Christmas-card booklets offered for sale, would buy it and send it back to the person hed originally sent it to (he kept lists of the numbers) with a note saying it was the last one theyd receive..... I was just helping some non-bibliophile friends look up information on an old history of Scotland theyd picked up -- binding falling off, but the bookplate was from a woman who was probably Monk Lewiss sister, who helped him edit later books so they wouldnt be so offensive, and the first volume had the signature of a very ...

Disponible ahora en Iberlibro.com - Hard cover - William Wood & Co, NY - 1908 - Condición del libro: Very Good- - Good. No dust jacket. L Webster Fox, MD; 169 pages; Original white cloth back strip lettered in black and red cloth boards with title and contributors boldly struck in gilt. Originally from the collection of noted Ophthalmic surgeon, L Webster Fox, with two of his signed bookplates on both pastedown and verso of flyleaf. Subsequently donated to the Philadelphia College of Physicians, their duplicate stamp on front endpage, but no other library attachments or indications. Several lines on front flyleaf of Physician College sale prices in pen crossed out. Cloth backstrip lightly shelf soiled. Upper corners slightly bumped. All around solid and neat, save for the stamp and prices inked on front fly. G++ to VG-Uncommon. Includes Claibornes New Procedure and Instrument for the Artificial Maturation of Cataract. A notice post card for the Dec. 1914 Philadelphia Medical Society meeting is

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Philadelphia: American Arms Publishing Co., 1902. 12mo. Hard Cover. 284pp. Reprint edition. Green cloht binding with light edgewear to extremities. Small closed tears at top and bottom spine. Mylar cut to protect boards. Pre book avavious owner bookplate is present no markings in text. near Very Good binding. Item #241754

Honor or memorial gifts are an everlasting way to pay tribute to someone who has touched your life. Give a donation in someones name to mark a special occasion, honor a friend or colleague or remember a beloved family member. When a tribute gift is given the honoree will receive a letter acknowledging your generosity and a bookplate will be placed in a book. For more information, contact 501-918-3025 or [email protected] ...

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The dust jacket is rubbed and worn at the edges. The boards are bumped. Old bookplate on the endpaper. Previous owners inscription on the endpaper.. ...

London, New York, Melbourne: Hutchinson & Co. Hardcover. 61p., 7.25x5 inches; cloth boards soiled, bookplate on paste-down endpaper, pen notation on front free endpaper, hinge cracked, else with clean pages. Pipinelis was the former Greek Minister to Bulgaria and the USSR. Cat.No: 271588

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 311p. A hardcover book in good condition with a badly damaged dustjacket. Cloth soiled, owners bookplate inside front cover, and top corner of page 3/3-304 is torn (text unaffected). Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is tanned and ragged; the front..... More ...

Government Printing Office, 1909. Very Good. Hrdlicka, Ales. Tuberculosis Among Certain Indian Tribes of the United States - Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 42. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. 22 plates + 48pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 3/4 brown leather with blue cloth covered boards. Book condition: Very good. The edges of the covers are slightly rubbed and faded. There is a previous owners bookplate on the front pastedown. (Inventory #: UHRDTUB01EC ...

As deduced from clinical and physiological researches being the Lettsomian Lectures on Midwifery delivered..1861-62. London 1862 John CHurchill. 131p. Top corner of title page cut away. Library stamp on titlepage. Bookplate of Phila Academy. Spine and corners leather. Cover good-moderate wear. Text fine, clean and tight. Owner signed. (a16277) ...

2 vols. 8vo, handsomely bound in modern 3/4 red morocco, original wrappers bound in both volumes; (original wrappers in both volumes lightly soiled, bookplate of former owner on half-title in each volume, a few lines of text underlined in pencil on one page in vol. II, very light foxing to some pages in both volumes, otherwise very good). Paris: Michel Levy, 1855. Jean Jacques Ampere was a teacher, historian, philologist, authority on Scandinavian and German epic poetry, and a member..... More ...

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1824. 12mo. original cloth with modern paper spine labels. (xiv),xii,610,(10); (iv),iv,664,(16) pages. 2 volumes. First edition. (Bigmore & Wyman I,371; Hart no.68). With attractive frontispiece and title page decorations. One of the most famous of the English printers manuals. Ex-libris on front pastedown. From the private collection of Gavin Bridson, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Rear hinge of volume one separated. Front hinge of volume one..... READ MORE about TYPOGRAPHIA, OR THE PRINTERS INSTRUCTOR INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF PRINTING. With... Price: $225.00 ...

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. Presentation on free endpaper For my good friend, Lee Grove, in the fellowship of good book-making, warmest regards, Bill Targ, 1.3.52. Targ was the President of World Publishing and quite a bookman. With Groves bookplate. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. Spine..... READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES Price: $45.00 ...

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London, Edward Arnold. 1936, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Copy in green cloth on boards with gilt title on spine. Spine rubbed at head/foot. Small booksellers label on front paste down. Previous owners bookplate on FFE. Black and white frontis. Light offsetting and foxing to front and rear end papers. Clean text and b/w plates.Clean text and b/w plates. Good/No Jacket ...

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New York: Prometheus Books, 2006. First Edition. Ex-libris, Octavo; VG/VG; Spine yellow, orange and black with yellow and black text; DJ clean, minor edgewear, crease on inside of front flap; Boards strong, corners sharp, wear on spine, head and tail from normal use. Text block very clean, previous owners bookplate on front pastedown, 271 pp. Rockville. (Inventory #: 7-28-1261412 ...

Aedes Hartwellianae : Or, Notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell [with] Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae. In two volumes Printed for Private Circulation by John Bowyer Nichols and Sons [ 1851 - 1864 ] Description In two volumes. vii, 414; viii, 332 pp. Contemporary uniform blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Wear & fraying to spine ends. Boards clean. With the authors own bookplate to the front pastedowns. Presentation inscription from the author Admiral Smyth and Dr. John Lee, the owner of Hartwell House. Slight foxing. Internally clean. With 21 full-page plates. Plates complete. In-text illustrations. Loosely laid in is The Times notice of the sale of the house in 1938. Bindings firm. A VG pair. Current Condition Very Good Price £600.00 ...

AbeBooks.com: Patterns of Human Motion: A Cinematographic Analysis.: A kinetic analysis of human motion. The human body is a link system of variable lengths, weights and shapes; by combining anatomical data, principles of mechanics, data-collecting equipment, and the computer, more specific and accurate data can be obtained on human movement than ever before. Ex Royal College of Art library. 24cms x 18cms. Pp.xii/224, b/w figure illustrations throughout (showing patterns of movement in sports such as golf, tennis, football, and karate), RCA bookplate and previous owners names to inside front board, library plate to rear endpaper. Hardback with cream spine and rear board and movement diagram over blue background to front, minor wear to spine. Scarce. G+

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Birmingham, Alabama, Classics of Medicine Library, 1982 facsimile edition / 1802. Octavo; gilt decorated full leather; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; a fine copy. Complete with the Notes from the Editors booklet. Mounted on the flyleaf is the publishers numbered bookplate copy 332 and the original subscribers name. Classics of Medicine Library. Item #120815

London: For the Author, 1783-4. 3 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. A particularly attractive 18th century full calf binding with gilt raised bands, green and red labels and delightful gilt floral tooling to the panels. The boards, which are somewhat soiled, are framed with triple fillets. Slight staining to the text block of volume 3 which has not swollen the shape of the binding at all. Thomas Davies had a successful career as an actor before setting up as a bookseller in Covent Garden, his shop becoming a meeting place for the theatrical and literary world. It was in the back parlour of his shop that Boswell first met Johnson. In the 1770s Davies turned to writing, particularly biographies. His most important biography was Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick which was published in 1780. Despite some staining this is still a most attractive example of this work. From the library of Charles William Vane (formerly Stewart), third Marquess of Londonderry, and with his elaborate bookplate. Vane served

NY: Theatre Arts, (1947). Hirschfeld. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 312. Illustrated with cartoons by Hirschfeld. Authors presentation to Burns Mantle on flyeaf. Mantles bookplate on pastedown.Cover little yellowed and worn, o/w a VG tight copy. Articles that first appeared in the drama section of the Sunday New York Times. More ...