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1927

The American Songbag


Carl Sandburg - 1927
    This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs that people have sung in the making of americanca. New Introduction by Garrison Keillor; Prefatory Notes by the Author; Index.

New Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory with Relationship of Remediesincluding Indian Drugs, Nosodes Uncommon, Rare Remedies, Mother Tinctures, Relationship, Sides of the Body, Drug


William Boericke - 1927
    This title introduces, under contents, an index of the drugs in both common and Latin names.

Dignity and Duties of the Priest


Alfonso MarĂ­a de Liguori - 1927
    Alphonsus says, 'a single bad book will be sufficient to cause the destruction of a monastery or convent.' If some of our priests, sisters, religious and lay people seem confused in regard to their identities, it can surely be traced to the unavailability and limited circulation of books such as this one. This great spiritual classic will show us the road to follow."

Look to the East: A Ritual of the First Three Degrees of Freemasonry


Ralph P. Lester - 1927
    The complete work of the Entered Apprentice, Fellow-craft and Master-mason's Degrees, with the ceremonies, lectures, etc.

Lovecraft at Last


H.P. Lovecraft - 1927
    Chronicles the life and work of horror fiction writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft, through biographical information, actual letters and pictures from the author, and newspaper clippings.

A Course of Modern Analysis


Edmund Taylor Whittaker - 1927
    The authors explain the methods of modern analysis in the first part of the book and then proceed to a detailed discussion of the transcendental function, unhampered by the necessity of continually proving new theorems for special applications. In this way the authors have succeeded in being rigorous without imposing on the reader the mass of detail that so often tends to make a rigorous demonstration tedious. Researchers and students will find this book as valuable as ever.

An Introduction to Old Norse


E.V. Gordon - 1927
    This second edition has been revised and reset and the saga Hrafnkels saga freysgooa is now included in its entirety. The work is now available for the first time in paperback.

Sears Roebuck Catalogue: 1927 Edition


Sears, Roebuck and Co. - 1927
    Take a trip down memory lane and see what people shopped for back in 1927!