Sunday, July 25, 2010

A few finds from the Southport, Connecticut Pequot Library’s annual book sale:

"Design for the proposed Building for the Department of Agriculture - City of Washington."
Photograph by Brandon T. Bisceglia.

- “The Brass Industry in the United States: A Study of the Origin and the Development of the Brass Industry in the Naugatuck Valley and Its Subsequent Extension Over the Nation,” by William G. Lathrop. (1926)

- “A Pocket Guide to the Common Wild Flowers of Connecticut,” by John E. Klimas, Jr. (1968)

- “The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America,” by Russell Shorto. (2003)

- “First Principles of Chemistry – Revised Edition,” by Raymond B. Brownlee, et al. (1915)

- “Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences – 6th edition,” by Jay L. Devore. (2004)

- “Contemporary Medical Ethics,” by Father John F. Dedek. (1975)

- “The First Book of Stories for the Story-Teller,” by Fanny E. Coe. (1910)

- “Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1880,” by the Department of Agriculture. (1881)

- “The New Humanists: Science at the Edge,” edited by John Brockman. (2003)

- “El Gato con Botas – versiĆ³n del cuento de los hermanos Grimm,” by Eric Blair. (2006)

- “Solid Clues: Quantum Physics, Molecular Biology, and the Future of Science,” by Gerald Feinberg. (1985)

- “The Mayor’s Game: Richard Lee of New Haven and the Politics of Change,” by Allan R. Talbot (signed). (1967)

- “Techniques of the Great Masters of Art,” by QED Publishing Limited. (1987)