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Paperback / softback. New. The tale of lives won from a cruel sea and crueller landlords. The dawning of the herring fisheries brought with it the hope of escape from the Highland Cleara… More...

Paperback / softback. New. The tale of lives won from a cruel sea and crueller landlords. The dawning of the herring fisheries brought with it the hope of escape from the Highland Clearances, and this story paints a vivid picture of a community fighting against nature and history, and refusing to be crushed., 6, Oxford University Press/Natural History Museum Publications, 1990. 1st Revised Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/Very Good +. B&W drawings, maps, era photos. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 1990 Oxford University Press/Natural History Museum Publications hardcover (taupe boards) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Problem: The dust jacket shows "sunning" from dark yellow to light and back again. the interior is clean and very tight. Illustrated by B&W drawings, maps, and B&W era photos. CONTENT: The most famous case of fraud in science is that of Piltdown Man, a specimen consisting of a partial skull and lower jaw which were once purported to belong to a prehistoric human ancestor. Its discovery was announced in 1912, but it was not until the 1950s that Piltdown Man was proved to be a fraud. There have been many hypotheses as to the perpetrator or perpetrators of this sophisticated hoax. On the night of December 18, 1912, a packed meeting of the Geological Society of London listened to Charles Dawson, a rural lawyer and an amateur geologist, make an exciting announcement: he had found evolution's missing link in an old gravel pit near Piltdown Common. Together with Arthur Smith Woodward, Keeper of Geology at the British Museum and a noted authority on prehistoric archaeology, Dawson had discovered the shattered remnants of a thick, human-like skull together with a simian jaw--the fossils of a strange creature halfway between apes and human beings. Though debates raged over reconstructing Piltdown Man from these remains, few doubted their authenticity--and it was not until forty years later that further tests proved they were an elaborate fake. Written by anthropologist Frank Spencer, Piltdown tells the story of this incredible hoax, the greatest forgery in the history of modern science. Spencer begins by taking us back to the debates in Edwardian Britain over the antiquity of Homo sapiens and the public excitement over the search for the missing link between apes and human beings. He recounts Dawson's initial "discovery" of the shattered skull, the further dramatic finds made with Woodward in the midst of the furious scientific debate over Piltdown Man, and the great public argument between Woodward and Arthur Keith over the reconstruction of the head (Keith, an anatomist and Conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, won fame by promoting his own theory of a very human-like version of the Piltdown skull). Spencer also traces the increasing confusion and doubt over Piltdown Man as later archaeological discoveries were made in Africa and China: the Piltdown Man didn't seem to fit the emerging picture of human evolution, and an ever-larger number of scientists claimed that the jaw did not belong with the skull. Finally, he captures the dramatic uncovering of the hoax, closely following anthropologist Joseph Weiner's fascinating investigation in 1953. Weiner--troubled by the inconsistencies of Piltdown Man--revealed that the remains consisted of a modern human skull and the jaw of an orangutan, treated with chemicals to simulate great age and planted at the Piltdown site. Yet the question of who perpetrated the forgery has remained to the present day. Certainly Dawson, a rural solicitor who craved a great scientific reputation, was intimately involved. But who provided the tremendous expertise behind the hoax, and why would such a learned authority risk his career on a highly public fake? Was it Woodward, the great archaeologist most closely associated with the find? Keith, the prominent anatomist? Or was it Teilhard de Chardin, the French priest who found a critical tooth at the site? Spencer draws on original documents from the archives of the British Museum and other sources to identify the missing conspirator, in a startling and convincing revelation. Compelling and authoritative, Piltdown offers a gripping account of this great hoax and the final word on one of the deepest mysteries of modern science., Oxford University Press/Natural History Museum Publications, 1990, 4.5, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. Hardcover. Dust jacket is missing. Corners of the book are bumped. One of the back top corners has actually been creased. Spine edges are bumped. Pages are beginning to yellow. 257 pages including index. From the Introduction: "This book was originally planned to tell the story of the national widlife refuge system administered by the United Sates Fish and Wildlife Service. As the work progressed it became increasingly evident that the history and philosophy of all types of refuges were so completely intermingled that all should be treated as a unit. The plan of work was therefore revised. While the book is still largely the story of the national refuges, enough of the history and status of all types of refuges in North American has been included to give an overall picture of present conditions. The greatly enlarged scope of the work has required the omission of many interesting phases of this fascinating conservation story. However, within space limitations, the detials that make the refuge story such a gripping drama for those who have been privileged to have a part in it have been retained." Contents include: History of the Refuge Movement; Purposes, Values, and Limitations of Refuges; Types of Refuges; Management of Refuges; Alaska's Great Bird Cities; Special Refuges; The Fur-Seal Islands; Big-Game Refuges; General Wildlife Refuges; Mysterious Okefenokee; Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge; Migratory Waterfowl Refuges; Refuges on Lands Used Primarily for Other Purposes; Refuges Administered by Other Federal Agencies; State Refuges; Private Refuges; Canadian and Mexican Refuges., The Macmillan Company, 1943, 0, London: Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover is clean & tight, no markings, only slight wear, one corner bumped. Jacket has light creasing/wrinkling to a couple edges, not price clipped. A book about the filming of a A BBC television series based on Durrell's book The Amateur Naturalist, which featured the author and his wife, Lee, as narrators. After a year's work on that program, covering 49, 000 miles, the film crew had learned a lot of natural history, and Durrell had a new appreciation of filmmaking. This story of the journeys is vintage Durrell: breezy and entertaining as he recounts misadventures and the problems of filming wild animals, serious in his plea for conservation... (*Shipping will be reduced to some locations) ; 8vo ., Collins, 1984, 4, Barnsley: Praetorian Press, 2014. What was it like to serve as an artillery officer during the Second World War? How did he view the battlefield and experience combat? And how did his work with the guns combine with that of the other arms - the infantry, the tanks? Peter Pettit's diary, covering his entire wartime career in the Royal Artillery, edited and with an extensive introduction by John Philip Jones, offers a rare insight into the day-to-day existence of a gunner at war, and it is a valuable record of the role played by the Royal Artillery during the conflict. Since Peter Pettit served as a field officer in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy and during the Allied advance across France and Belgium into Germany, his account shows the wide range of challenges that confronted the artillery in different conditions at each stage of the war. Although the landscapes and battlefields changed, the practical problems and acute dangers he faced remained much the same, and he recorded them in the same open and forthright way. His authentic record, combined with John Philip Jones's meticulous description of the planning and progress of each campaign, provide a rounded view the nature of the artillery war and the men who fought it.General Sir Richard Barrons, Commander, Joint Forces Command: 'Professor John Philip Jones breaks new ground as he brings into the light for the first time the private record of one rather special participant. Peter Pettit's personal and contemporaneous notes detail his journey from the first encounters with a determined enemy in Tunisia, through the difficult invasion of Sicily, and finally on to the outstanding events of Normandy in 1944 . . .. . . This story is made much more interesting and accessible for the general reader by the accompanying succinct historical overview of the events. . .. . . For anyone looking for a rare insight into the hard business of field soldiering in the crucible of war, these diaries paint a very colourful, accurate and illuminating picture.'. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Praetorian Press, 2014, 6, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, 2007 Signed by both author and illustrator, book tells the story of Fritz, the resident cat of Salt Spring Cinema, including the story of his abduction, written for children but enjoyed by readers of all ages. White soft cover with colourful illustrations front and back, red and black titling on front, black titling on spine, black and white illustrations on title page and throughout book, black and white "film strip" border at the top of each page as well as on cover. 101 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by LundstromSmith, Jo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Trafford Publishing, 2007, 6, Grosset & Dunlap, 1910. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No jacket, front hinge starting, ink gift note on front endpaper. 1910 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 223 pp. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Pearl Zane Grey was born January 31st, 1872, in Zanesville, Ohio. From an early age, he was intrigued by history, fishing, baseball, and writing, all of which would stimulate his later success. Grey was an avid reader of adventure stories, consuming dime store novels by the dozen. By age fifteen he had written his first story; Jim of the Cave. His father, a difficult man, tore it to shreds and then beat him. He and his brother were keen fisherman and baseball players with aspirations of playing in the major leagues. Eventually, Grey was spotted by a baseball scout and received offers from colleges. Grey took up an offer from the University of Pennsylvania to studied dentistry. Naturally arriving on a scholarship really meant you had to be able to play. He rose to the occasion by playing against the Riverton club, pitching five scoreless innings and a double in the tenth which tied down the win. Sports scholarship kids can be average scholars. Grey certainly was. He preferred to spend his time outside class not trying to raise his grades but playing baseball, swimming, and writing. At university he was shy and teetotal, more of a loner than a party animal. Grey struggled with the idea of becoming a writer or baseball player for his career, but unhappily resolved that dentistry was the practical choice. Grey set up his dental practice in New York as Dr. Zane Grey after graduating in 1896. Though a dentist his real ambition now was to be a writer and New York had lots of publishers. Evenings were set aside for writing to offset the tedium of his dental practice. His first magazine article, "A Day on the Delaware," a human-interest story about a Grey brothers' fishing expedition, was published in the May 1902 issue of Recreation magazine. After some rejections he wrote his first Western, The Heritage of the Desert in 1910. It was the breakthrough. It quickly became a bestseller. Here was Grey's over arching themes; Manifest Destiny, the conquest of the Old West, and men wrestling with elemental conditions. Two years later Grey produced his best-known book, Riders of the Purple Sage (1912), his all-time best-seller. With its publication Zane Grey became a household name. Grey started his association with Hollywood when William Fox bought the rights to Riders of the Purple Sage for $2,500 in 1916. His writing career would now rise in sync with that of the movie industry. During the crash and subsequent depression of the 1930s, the publishing industry was hard work. Sales fell off. Serializations were harder to sell. Grey was lucky. He had avoided investing in the Stock Market, he was still writing and very popular and continued to earn royalty income. This also coincided with the time that nearly half of the film adaptations of his novels were made. Zane Grey died of heart failure on October 23rd, 1939, at his home in Altadena, California. He was interred at the Lackawaxen and Union Cemetery, Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania., Grosset & Dunlap, 1910, 2.5, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket. Cover worn and soiled. Spine gone. Board weak. Interior is in good shape.. Breck, G. William. viii, 69 p. incl. front. plates. 20 cm. 25 Black and white illustrations. From Wikipedia: "Edward Streeter (August 1, 1891 in Buffalo, New York March 31, 1976 in New York City) was an American novelist and journalist, best known for the 1949 novel Father of the Bride and his Dere Mable series. Streeter began his career as a reporter for the Buffalo newspaper the Buffalo Express as a war correspondent and travel writer. He grew in notoriety with his "Dere Mable" letters, a humorous column from an illiterate soldier writing home. Serialized between 1917 and 1919 in the 27th (NY) Division's magazine "Gas Attack", they were inspired by Streeter's time spent on an army base (Camp Wadsworth, near Spartansburg SC) during World War I. The humorous letters were compiled in 1919 in Streeter's full-length books Dere Mable and Thats me all over, Mable. After returning home from the war, Streeter pursued writing casually, deciding to focus on his work as a businessman. For eight years he served as assistant vice president, before transitioning to the Fifth Avenue Bank in New York City, (later, The Bank of New York) where he served as vice president for twenty-five years. While serving as VP of the bank, Streeter published short stories and articles in magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and McCall's. In 1938, he published his first novel, Daily Except Sundays. In 1944 he was elected to The Century Association, and remained a member for 32 years. He waited another five years, however, before publishing his next novel. Published in 1949, the comic satire Father of the Bride became an instant bestseller and was listed among The New York Times list of bestselling novels for the year. The following year, it was adapted into a successful film starring Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor. After his breakthrough success, Streeter continued to write successful novels. Of the most notable of his subsequent works are Mr. Hobbs' Vacation (1954, filmed in 1962), Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter (1956), and Chairman of the Bored (1961). He finished his writing career with 1969's grim semi-autobiographical Ham Martin, Class of '17. In all of his novels, Streeter showed remarkable perception into human nature, and a wonderfully erudite dry wit. If there is a basic theme to his main characters, it is that they are usually men who feel put-upon, but eventually realize that they are taking themselves much too seriously (Father of the Bride, Merry Christmas Mr. Baxter, and Mr. Hobbs' Vacation are typical examples. ) Streeter died on March 31, 1976." From Wikipedia: "The 27th Infantry Division was a unit of the Army National Guard in World War I and World War II. The Division traces its history from the New York Division, formed originally in 1908. The 6th Division designation was changed to the 27th Division in July 1917. When the New York Division was organized in 1908, the New York National Guard became the second state, after Pennsylvania, to structure its National Guard at such a high tactical level in peacetime. The New York Division was called to active duty during the Mexican border crisis of 1916. While on Federal duty it was redesignated as the 6th Division in June 1916. It was released from active duty in December 1916, only to be recalled for World War I service in July 1917. The 6th Division was reorganized and redesignated as the 27th Division on 1 October 1917. The New York 27th Division was one of only three Divisions formed up entirely from a single state National Guard, the other two being Illinois and Pennsylvania. However, not all New Yorkers served in the 27th. Its initial Strength was 991 officers and 27, 114 enlisted men. Casualties: Total 8, 334 (KIA: 1, 442; WIA: 6, 892). Inactivated: April 1919. Called into federal service on July 15, 1917, the Twenty-Seventh Division hastily recruited to increase its numbers and late in August, was concentrated at Camp Wadsworth, near Spartanburg, SC, for intensive training. In the spring of 1918, the division began its movement toward embarkation camps. The division s., Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1919, 2, Hanover, NH: University Press New England. VG PB. (2003). 1st prntg. Charles Dickens called Thaxter's essays admirable and Horace Greeley called them "best prose writing I have seen for a long . time. Her pen pictures are wonderfullly well done." The shoals are a group of nine small rocky island off the coast of New Hampshire where she was raised and lived most of her life. Herman Melville called them the "Enchanted Isles" "It is to be doubted whether any spot on earth can "in desolateness, furnished a parallel to this group." Thaxter says though "There is a charm about them, an indescribable influence in this atmosphere, hardely to be explained but universally acknowledged." Includes publisher's press review that states "Thaxter's stories both poignant and humorous" are about the hardy folk who inhabited the islands, and explanations for their names "Hog Island now called Appledore; Smutty Nose; White Star. Classic and unclassifiable." It captures natural history and personal recollection to capture the stark beauty of the islands." "Thaxter is one of the most popular poets of the late nineteenth century and a leading literary figure who counted among her friends John Greenleaf Whittier, Sarah Orne Jewett and Nathanicl Hawthorne. "Best femembered now for her non-fiction books An Island Garden and Among the Isles of Shoals." This is a facsimile edition of the original 1873 edition. ., University Press New England, 3<

2003, ISBN: 20d5eb7e7880511895ae904dd9f282f0

Hanover, NH: University Press New England. VG PB. (2003). 1st prntg. Charles Dickens called Thaxter's essays admirable and Horace Greeley called them "best prose writing I have s… More...

Hanover, NH: University Press New England. VG PB. (2003). 1st prntg. Charles Dickens called Thaxter's essays admirable and Horace Greeley called them "best prose writing I have seen for a long . time. Her pen pictures are wonderfullly well done." The shoals are a group of nine small rocky island off the coast of New Hampshire where she was raised and lived most of her life. Herman Melville called them the "Enchanted Isles" "It is to be doubted whether any spot on earth can "in desolateness, furnished a parallel to this group." Thaxter says though "There is a charm about them, an indescribable influence in this atmosphere, hardely to be explained but universally acknowledged." Includes publisher's press review that states "Thaxter's stories both poignant and humorous" are about the hardy folk who inhabited the islands, and explanations for their names "Hog Island now called Appledore; Smutty Nose; White Star. Classic and unclassifiable." It captures natural history and personal recollection to capture the stark beauty of the islands." "Thaxter is one of the most popular poets of the late nineteenth century and a leading literary figure who counted among her friends John Greenleaf Whittier, Sarah Orne Jewett and Nathanicl Hawthorne. "Best femembered now for her non-fiction books An Island Garden and Among the Isles of Shoals." This is a facsimile edition of the original 1873 edition. ., University Press New England, 3<