Search Results: Autobiography from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Norman W. Henley Publishing, 1942. 2nd Revised & Enlarged Ed, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Bright, clean, As New. Gilt embossed faux-leather maroon boards/Fine. DJ/None. Frontispiece: Four pursuit-interceptor fighters produced for Army Air Forces by Lockheed, Bell, Curtiss and Republic. 2nd Revised & Enlarged Editon. Basic aviation fundamentals written for students, mechanics and non-technical people. Treatise on princioles of construction and operation of all types of aircraft with illustrations and photos. 14 chapters: I, Facts About Aircraft & Industry; II, Lighter-Than-Air Craft; III, Heavier-Than-Air Craft; IV, Direct Control Autogiro; V, Airplane Construction; VI, Airplane Construction & Design; VII, Engine Types & Inspection; VIII, Airplane Propeller Types; IX, Airplane Control Methods; X, Airplane & Engine Instruments; XI, Blind or Instrument Flying; XII, General Inspection Procedure; XIII, Maintenance for the Private… Read More

Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Publishing, 1966. 2nd Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Beige-green linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. PO stamp on fEP. Textbook in business management. 19 chapters. The word "strategy" is used to signify the general concept and salient aspects of gamesmanship as an administrative course towards acheiving success. Fine copy less dust jacket.

New Hyde Park, NY: Medical Examination Pub Co, 1983. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Flexible. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Black linen flexible cover w/gilt lettering. Textbook and reference/resource. Collaborative compilation of essays addressing pediatric intestinal disorders prepared by the North Shore Univ Hospital, teaching center of Cornell Univ. 20 chapters: 1, Morphology of the Gastrointestinal Tract; 2, Ultrstructure of Gastrointestinal Cells; 3. Intestinal Secretion & Absorption; 4, Diagnostic Approach; 5, Congenital Malformations of the Gastrointestinal Tract; 6. Normal & Abnormal Nutrition in Children; 7, Immunological Aspects of the Gastrointestinal Tract; 8, Normal & Abnormal Gastrointestinal Motility; 9, Vomiting; 10, Constipation; 11, Gastrointestinal Bleeding; 12, Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; 13, Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders; 14, Childholld Disarrhea; 15, The Malabsorption Syndrome; 16, Inflammatory Bowel Desese; 17, Gastrointestinal… Read More

Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1957. First Edition, 3rd Printing of 1960 . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New. 1960, First Edition, 3 Printing. Blue boards/NF w/trace wear to corner tips & faint discoloration to spine. DJ/None. Remanent price sticker to front cover verso. Textbook. Outgrowth of course given at MIT, School of Industrial Management. College level introduction to calculus, course in statistics and in economics. Volume presents formal methods of analysis & models as aids in management decision making regarding economic problems in production management. 12 chapters in 4 sections. Section I: 1, Introduction; 2, Analysis; 3, Schematic Models. Sect II: 4, Linea Programming; 5, Special Programming Methods. Sect III: 6, Statistical Control; 7, Sampling Inspection; 8, Industrial Experimentation. And, Sect IV: 9, Total Value Analysis; 10, Incremental Analysis; 11, Monte Carlo Analysis; and, 12, Equipment Investment Analysi. 10 case studies and 2 appendices to rear. Strong… Read More

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1985. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/Fine. Ansel Adams (Author-Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Embossed Brick-red linen boards w/silver spine lettering/Fine. DJ/Fine. PO label to fEP, and, spot to leading text block. Prodigiously illustrated, autobiography of landscape photographer/conservationist known for his b/w photographic images of the American West. Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984), schooled as a classic pianist, completed this memoir just before death. All his negatives, photographs, correspondence, photography collection & memorabilia are housed at the Univ of Arizona. Standards high, Adams destroyed "imperfect" works to avoid their being inadvertently published. made public. 400 pgs in 24 chapters.

New York, NY: Workman Publishing Company, 1988. First Edition, 3rd Pinting . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Donna Ruff (Illustrator). Text/VG; Near New & clean. Softcover/VG; strong & sound w/edge rubs & faint creasing to lower front corner. Textbook for the Careers Through Culinary Ars Program (C-CAP). Classic French cuisine for professionals and everyone, updated by modern health & calorie concerns, under the guidance of premier cooking teacher & food columnist Richard Graussman, recipient of the Grand Diplôme from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, and the James Beard Humanitarian of the Year. 424 pgs, in 5 chapters: 1, First Courses; 2, Main Courses; 3, Vegetables & Other Accompaniments; 4, Pastries & Desserts; and 5, Basicx, followed by 2 appendices.

New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine/Ballatine, 1998. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, 1st Printing. Autobiography of wise & worldly cat Foudini M. Cat written for the younger feline Grace who looks to him for counsel. Foudini was born on the streets & early orphaned. This narrative was chronicled in the pampered setting provided by Warm and Pest (their owners), whom both Foudini & Grace manipulate adeptly. Narrator Foudini shares his philosophic musings along with his adventures, as well historic cat rituals such as Flying Feathered Feasts, spiritual encounters with ghost cats of Cleopatra and Freud, and, his deep friendship with Sam the Dog. A delight.

New York, NY: Mayfield Publishing, 1984. 2nd Edition, 6th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/VG w/rubs edges & corner tips, and faint surface creasings. Revised Edtion w/all new illustrations. Compendium of basic Ballet techniques and convenient glossary of terms. Fine supplement to ballet class.

New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1921. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Joseph Franke (Illustrator). Text/As New. Discoloration to title page w/short closed tear by spine. Maroon linen boards/NF w/fraying to upper/lower spine edge & trace surface wear. DJ/None. 45 readings in Spanish, carefully graded in difficulty, to acquaint students with simple, and idiomatically correct usage of the language. Each reading concludes with exercises. Appendix of verbs and Vocabulary Index to rear.

Chicago, IL: Wrox Press Ltd, 1999. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF w/trace shelfwear. Faint soiling (liquid drip?) to lower edges of last 10 pages. Lucid tutorial the Java programming language. Beginning with basics (Java syntax, data types, and objects/classes) to thorough coverage of advanced topics such as operators, loops, conditional statements, and Java API. 1110 pgs in 19 chapters, w/ample examples, followed by 5 appendices. Fine copy w/minor flaws.

Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown, 1992. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Near New. Illustrated soft cover/VG w/rubs to leading edges & faint creasings to corners. PO stamp on fEP. Textbook. Introductory level w/emphasis on human biology. 15 chapters grouped into 4 units: Unit 1, Overview of Biology; 2, Cell Biology; 3, Reproductions & Development; and, 4, Genetics. Strong copy.

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1947. First Edition, First Thus . Hard Cover/Stitched. Good/No Jacket. Text/Clean & Strong. Vintage 1947, First Edition, First Thus. PLEASE NOTE: Book Has Been Crushed --- w/wrinkled front & back upper corners to otherwise sound beige linen boards, and, w/corresponding bends to text corners. DJ/None. PO name to rear endpaper. Frontispiece: Photo portrait of Shaw. Analysis by British-born American theater critic, playwright, singer, editor & Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard Univ., Eric Russell Bentley (1916 - 2020), who, in 1998 was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. This is a critical literary study of the influential Irish playwright & critic Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), who penned some 60 plays including Man and Superman (1902) and Pygmalion (1912), and recipient of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature. 242 pgs, reviewing "what we can find in" Shaw, in 4 chapters: 1, Political Economy; 2, Vital Economy; 3, The… Read More

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1967. First Paperback Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. Text/New. Illustrated soft cover/Fine. Monograph. Description of the biosynthesis of amino acids, purine & pyrimidine nucleotides, fatty acids, and polysaccharides which provide the primary pathways for cellular biosynthesis. 108 pgs, 10 chapters: 1, Methodology; 2, Biosynthesis of Amino Acids of Aspartic, Glutamic, Pyruvic, & Serine Families; 3, Biosynthesis of Aromatic Amino Acids & Histidine; 4, Biosynthesis of Purine & Pyrimidine Nucleotides & of Deoxynucleotides; 5. Biosynthesis of Fatty Acids; 6, Biosynthesis of Polysaccharides; 7. Photosynthesis; 8, Biosynthesis of Vitamins & Coenzymes; 9, Regulation of Biosynthesis: Control Mechanisms; and, 10, Regulation of Biosynthesis in Branched Biosynthetic Pathways. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill, 1950. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. With Maps & Illustrations. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1950 First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed black linen boards/Fine with light rubs to corner tips. DJ/None. Maps to covers' verso. Book dealer stub to rear endpaper. History of the development & growth of major petroleum explorer and marketer Union Oil of California (Unocal), headquartered in El Segundo, CA. Formed 1890, and, since 2005 a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. 280 pgs, w/archival photos, in 15 chapters followed by Chronology of Union Oil Field Discoveries. Fine copy less dust jacket.

Chicago, IL: John Rudin & Co, 1970. 32nd Edition of 1970 . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. Archival Photographs. BRAND NEW copy. First published 1923; this the Volume 8, 32nd Edition of 1970. Gilt embossed beige linen boards/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. Chronicles of Christian Apostle St. Paul (in Hebrew, Saul of Tarsus) through his writings. Not among one of the Twelve Apostles, St. Paul was a major figure of the Apostolic Age --- founding Christian communities in Asia Minor & Europe from the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD of First century Roman times. 534 pgs w/archival photos, in 4 parts. Part I, Paul, the Great Capitan of the New Faith; II, The Letters of Paul, the Great Captain; III, Letters of Leaders of the Early Church; and IV, The Revelation of St. John the Devine.

Boston, MA: Bedford Books, 1997. 6th Edition, 4th Printing . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW w/trace weart to soft cover corner tips. Textbook. Creative writing. Anthology of non-fiction and fiction writings w/accompanying critical analysis; a reader for writers. Text in 10 parts: 1, Narration: Telling a story; 2, Description: Writing With Your Senses; 3, Example: Pointing to Instances; 4, Comparison & Contrast: Setting Things Side by Side; 5, Process Analysis: Explaining Step by Step; 6, Division or Analysis: Slicing into Parts; 7, Classification: Sorting into Kinds; 8, Cause & Effect: Asking Why; 9, Definition: Tracing a Boundary; and, 10, Argument & Persuasion: Stating Opinions & Proposals.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ Press, 1982. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Orange linen soft cover/Fine. PO name on front cover verso. Stages covered in this volume are: 1, Caecilius; 2, in villa; 3, Pantagathus, Celer, Syphax; 4, in foro; 5, in theatro; 6, Fe;ix; 7, cena; 8, gladiatores; 9, thermae; 10 rhetor; 11, candidati; and, 12, mons Vesuvius. Fine copy.

New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1991. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Near New. First Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated soft cover/VG; strong w/light edge rubs and faint creasings to lower front. PO gift inscription to front cover verso, and faint creasing to endpaper. Biography of ledgendary Victorian English scholar-adventurer, translator, writer, and soldier, Capt. Sir Richard Francis Burton (1831 - 1921). Known for his travels and explorations n Asia and Africa, an extraordinary grasp of languages and cultures, and, in particular, for his translations of the Kama Sutra, and of the One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights) as well as discovery of Lake Tanganyika. Strong copy.

New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1991. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Remainder Mark to lower text block. 1991 First Edition, 2nd Printing. Softcover/NF; sound w/light edge wear. Biography of British scholar-explorer and Orientalist Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890), first European to discover Lake Tanganyika, penetrate hitherto forbidden Muslim cities, and both discovered and translated the Kama Sutra, and the Arabian Nights to the West. 664 pgs. 664 pgs, in 31 chapters.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/New. BRAND NEW COPY w/remainder mark & trace spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. 2000, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/New. Memoir & biography. Tales in the lives of journalist, NY Times Editor (a human) Christopher S. Wren and Henrietta (a cat). Wren, retired after near 29 years, having headed Times news bureaus in Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, Ottawa & Johannesburg. One X'mas, a kitten, a New York City stray, arrives at his doorstep with a bottle of Scotch --- for 17 years Henrietta travels with Wren and family. Her adventures include being lost for weeks on Cairo streets for weeks, a checkup by China's People's Liberation Party, and, interrupting a formal dinner to present the guest of honor, Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov, with an offering of a mouse. Captivating tales of man and cat.