Adams, Charles Francis, III. (1866-1954). American politician, a member of the prominent Adams family. He served as United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover (1929-1933).

Card Signed by American Politician Charles Francis Adams, III, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Under Herbert Hoover.

Circa [1920s]. [1920s]. - A 3-inch high by 5-inch wide lined index card is signed in black ink "C F Adams". The edges of the card are darkened. Good. Charles Francis Adams, III [1866-1954] was a member of the prominent Adams family, the great-grandson of President John Quincy Adams and the great-great grandson of the second U.S. President John Adams. After graduating from Harvard Law School and being admitted to the Bar in 1893, Adams held the office of Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts from 1896-1897. In 1917 he was elected as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. From 1929 until his retirement in 1933 Adams served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover. While in office he vigorously promoted public understanding of the Navy's indispensable role in international affairs and worked strenuously to maintain naval strength and efficiency during a period of severe economic depression. Adams was a well-known yachtsman and was posthumously inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1993. Good .

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Book number: 36322

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; POLITICIAN; MAYOR OF BOSTON; YACHTSMAN; CARD SIGNED BY AMERICAN POLITICIAN CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, III, U.S. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY UNDER HERBERT HOOVER; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED CARD.

Adams, Herbert

Caroline Ormesby's Crime. Dust Jacket for Original First Edition

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1929. Dust Jacket Only. Front Flap Missing. DJ Good with marginal tears, back flap slightly cut. First Edition. Scarce. 8vo. .

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Book number: 63-6201

Catalogue: Ephemera

Adams, Herbert

Exhibition of Sculpture Under the Auspices of the National Sculpture Society

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940. Softbound. Blue wraps w/ black printing & gold, embossed medallion. [150] pp. 140+ bw plates. Limited to 3,000 copies. A monumental catalogue. All pictures, almost no text. List of members and addresses at rear. Full-page plates make this a wonderful reference to sculpture for this period. Introduction by Herbert Adams. Held at The Whitney, Apr. 3 to May 2, 1940. Good. covers sunned at edges w/ edge-wear, chips & creasing. spine sunned w/ title written in ink. neat signature to cover fly-leaf. foxing to fly-leafs & title pgs. pgs glossy, free of marginalia.

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Book number: 176486

Catalogue: American Art

Keywords: American Art; Sculpture; Art; American Sculpture; Excat ; American Sculpture ; Sculpture ; Art Museum Exhibitions - American Art

Adams Gibbons, Herbert:

The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire. A History of the Osmanlis Up to the Death of Bayezid I, 1300-1403. (=Routledge Library Editions: Islam).

Routledge, 2007. 1st ed. 379 S. Hardcover Like new. Shrink wrapped. Free shipping within Germany. Shipping costs to EU-countries: 9.50 EUR, to non-EU-countries: 15.00 EUR.

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Book number: 815853

Catalogue: Geschichte

Keywords: Osmanisches Reich, Islam, Geschichte, Religion, Kulturgeschichte ISBN: 9780415444859

ADAMS, HERBERT

The Golden Ape

London, Methuen. 1936. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Jacket is edgeworn with a couple of tears at edges and hinges, plus a few faint marks to rear. Blue cloth boards are sunned at spine, endpapers are tanned and page block is foxed. Text is clean and unmarked, binding is sound. AD. Good.

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Book number: 533261

Catalogue: Literature

ADAMS, Herbert Baxter

History of the Thomas Adams and Thomas Hastings Families of Amherst, Massachusetts.

Amherst, Mass: Privately Printed, 1880. Small 8vo. pp. 66> folding pedigree. Wrappers, chipped and torn, otherwise Very Good. Letter from the author loosely inserted.

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Book number: 19293

Catalogue: Topography

Keywords: Topography Topography General

ADAMS, HERBERT F. R.

Mathematics for Electricity - Problems and Study Guide to Adams: Technical Mathematics

McGraw - Hill. 1971. (ISBN: 0070927901). Paperback. Book, Covers lightly creased, interior very clean. Very Good.

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Book number: 43953

Catalogue: Electronics

Keywords: 0070927901

ADAMS GIBBONS, HERBERT

The new map of South America.

London : Cape, 1929.. XIII+400 p., (col.)(fold.) maps, frontisp., index HARDCOVER: (cl.)

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Book number: 636

Catalogue: Latin America (General)

Keywords: Latin America South America History Geography

Herbert Adams

The Queen&Apos;S Gate Mystery

London, Methuen & Co LTD, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of a Herbert Adams cosy murder mystery novel featuring Jimmie Haswell. The first edition of this work.A very scarce work.'The Queen's Gate Mystery' is a Jimmie Haswell cosy mystery novel, an exciting whodunit.Written by Herbert Adams, the author of fifty mystery novels.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Annie Copperwhite&apos.Eight pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with just a few marks. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A little discolouration to the spine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 753P81

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: The Queen's Gate Mystery herbert adams mytsery jimmie haswell herbert adams murder crime None

ADAMS, Herbert

¿Quien asesinó a Ankarest? / Traducción de Leandro Gutiérrez Domínguez

1ª Ed. en esta colección.- Madrid: Aguilar, 1948.- 474 p.: Lámina ante portada; 12º (12,1 cm.); Papel biblia; Cinta guía de lectura; Plena Piel Ed., corte superior pintado.- (Col. Crisol. 214).- Impecable estado.* LITERATURA Y ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS EXTRANJEROS DE LOS SIGLOS XVI-XXI Libro en español (Hardcover)

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Book number: 34808

Adams, Herbert.

Signal for Invasion. [Rare first edition in original dustjacket].

London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1942, 1st ed., 192 pag., original red cloth, spine lettered in black with original (unclipped) dustjacket. = Very rare first edition with the rare dustjacket. Spine-ends and corners slightly worn.

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Book number: #7381

Keywords: Detectives

Herbert B. Adams

The State and The Higher Education. An original article from the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889.

Smithsonian Institution, 1889. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good Condition. 16 Pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (24 x 16 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Inventory No: 200273.

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Book number: 200273

Catalogue: Smithsonian Institution

Keywords: BZDB395 Smithsonian Institution; Herbert B. Adams The State and The Higher Education. An original article from the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889.

Prof. Herbert B. Adams

University Extension and Its Leaders. The popularisation of higher education. An original article from the American Review of Reviews, 1891.

The American Review of Reviews, New York, 1891. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good. 17 pages, illustrated. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Review of Reviews; Inventory No: 363619.

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Book number: 363619

Catalogue: Review of Reviews

Keywords: BZDB395 Review of Reviews; Unbranded Prof. Herbert B. Adams University Extension and Its Leaders. The popularisation of higher education. An original article from the American Review of Reviews, 1891.

ADVENTURE (GORDON YOUNG; H. BEDFORD-JONES; BILL ADAMS; CEDRIC W. WINDAS; MAURICE WALSH; HENRY HERBERT KNIBBS; DIOMEDES DE PEREYRA; TALBOT MUNDY; GORDON MACCREAGH)

Adventure: November, Nov. 1937 ("No Quarter")

NY, Popular Publications. 1937. SingleIssueMagazine. Vol. 98, No. 1. Edited by Howard V. L. Bloomfield. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "Sure-Thing Gambler" (novelette) by Gordon Young; "Two for France" by H. Bedford-Jones; "Remittance Man" by Bill Adams; "Traditions of the Deepwatermen" (feature) by Cedric W. Windas; "No Quarter" (pt. 4 of 5) by Maurice Walsh; "Chinkapin" by Henry Herbert Knibbs; "Fort Flea" (fact story) by Diomedes De Pereyra; "Companion in Arms" by Talbot Mundy; "Nobody Kills Don Guzman" by Gordon MacCreagh; "The Camp-Fire"; "Ask Adventure"; "Trail Ahead"; "Lost Trails". Illustrations are uncredited. No back cover; tears and loss to front cover (see scan); tanning; soiling; edge tears; about 1-2" of spine cover loss. Reading copy. Reading Copy.

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Book number: PQ387

Catalogue: Clearance

Keywords: Adventure Pulps Historical Fiction Pulps Adventure Pulps

Herbert Adams Gibbons

The Little Children of the Luxembourg

Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company , 1916. Cloth. A fascinating account of the lives of children in Luxembourg during the First World War, by a prolific American journalist. Originally published in 'Century Magazine', 1916. In full cloth binding with title plate. With 24 monochrome photographs by Harry B. Lachman. Collated complete. 'The Little Children of the Luxembourg' details the everyday lives of the children living in Luxembourg during the First World War. Herbert Adams Gibbons was an American journalist who wrote about international politics and European colonisation. During the war, Gibbons served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. In full cloth binding with title plate. Externally, very smart with some light shelf wear. A few marks to the title plate. The front free endpaper is partially stuck to the half title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some age-toning only. Very Good . Ill.: Harry B. Lachman. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 828G12

Catalogue: European History

Keywords: Luxembourg First World War European history The Century Magazine First World War Harry B. Lachman