Downey june e 06a (1 Ergebnisse)
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Verlag: Richard Badger, Gorham Press, Boston, 1904
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
- Signiert
Anbieter: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, NY, USAQuiet Friends IOBA
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Zustand: Gebraucht - Gut bis sehr gut
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st edition. Title page in red & black. Badger/Gorham was active 1900-1920. Downey (1875-1932) & Willa Cather both self published their first books with Badger. Tips lightly bumped. Scuffed spine ends. Deckled text block fore edge lightly foxed/aged. Spine label's bottom inch worn away. Downey spen…t her career mostly at U of Wyoming. Searching various sources, ABPC, Rare Book Hub, finds no evidence of her signed books. Nor is her signature found in many autograph dealer's stock. Her papers are at U of WY, who has supplied a holograph copy of a signed poem. This makes it plain her signature is genuine. The holograph copy comes with the book. When she headed the U of WY psychology department the became the first woman to head ANY department in a US college. She was a AAAS member. The 1927 "American Men In Science" rated 100 of the listed 13,500 as exceptional. Downey was one of the 100. In 1999 she was a finalist to be Wyoming's citizen of the century. "Heavenly" was her first book. She later wrote six more books and over 50 articals. Three books were: 1919 Graphology and Psychology of Hand Writing, 1924 Will-Temprament & 1929 Creative Imagination. Last was a career summary. NEAR FINE book, no DJ. 1st ed. Downey SIGNED fep. 8"x5",63pp. Signed by Author(s).
