Search Results: Authors starting with A from Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA

Oy Spiritus Historiae Ab, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine hardcover in Very Good dustjacket, limited to 6000 copies. No markings of any kind, binding tight and square. DJ shows very minor scuffing and edge wear. A history of the Finnish firm Instrumentarium, established in 1900 to supply the Finnish medical community by importing surgical and medical instruments. One hundred years later (2000) Instrumentaria is a major international corporation that manufactures and markets state-of-the-art medical technology products.

The Easton Press, 1995-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 9x6x1. As New in original shrinkwrap. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Edition series. Personally signed by Shale Aaron. Full color plate frontispiece illustration by Frank Mayo. Introduction by James Gunn. Fully bound in black leather. 22kt gold designs and lettering on the hubbed spine and both boards. Smyth sewn pages, with bound satin-ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. Printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. No jacket as issued.

Blackstone Audio Inc, 2007-05-01. Audiobook. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 6 CDs, approximately 7.5 hours. 2007, Blackstone Audio Inc. Read by Raymond Todd. Ex-lib with typical markings; box and CDs in good condition. "The charismatic con man immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today's identify-theft criminals." Learn how to protect your identify and finances, from the nation's leading authority on identity theft - set a thief to catch a thief.

Easton Press, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Signed. Personally signed by Douglas Adams. "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers Trilogy". As New, in publisher's original shrinkwrap. 1992. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Edition series. Full color illustration by Frank Mayo. Introduction by James Gunn. Full bound in dark green leather. 22kt gold designs and lettering on the hubbed spine and both boards. Smyth sewn pages, with bound satin-ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. Printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. No jacket as issued.

RecordedBooks, 2008. AudioBook (Cassette). Good. Recorded Books, ISBN 1436178312. Unabridged audiobook on 6 cassettes, approximately 6.5 hours. Read by Ali Ahn. Retired library copy, with typical markings; cassettes and case in good condition. A Booklist Starred Review by Donna Seaman: "'My mom turned crazy the night my father left for good,' states Joon, the unflinching 13-year-old narrator in Mun’s explosive first novel. The neglected only child of Korean immigrants soon runs away from her severely depressed mother and their 1980s Bronx home. Finding refuge in a shelter... Joon is fascinated by the struggling people she meets, from junkies to sex workers, drunks, thieves, and wackos.... Mun’s gritty and empathic coming-of-age tale confronts the madness that lurks on the periphery of lust and love, the poison of racism, the suffering of the unloved, and the fierce survival instincts, adaptability, and radiance of young people. There is nothing… Read More

Thorndike Press, 2006-11-22. Hardcover. Fine. Fine hardcover, Large Print, pictorial boards, no DJ as issued. 2006, ISBN 0786290382. The third book in the Sister Agatha Mystery series. Sister Agatha is an extern nun - that is, she is the contact with the outside world for the cloisered nuns of New Mexico's Our Lady of Hope Monastery. From School Library Journal - "Sister Agatha, who drives a Harley with a sidecar that is frequently inhabited by either her former police dog, Pax, or Sister Bernarda, a former Marine, regularly lends assistance to the local sheriff. In this outing, a little girl who insists that she can see angels must go into hiding at the monastery after her mother is badly injured in a suspicious car accident.

McFarland, 2012-12-21. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Signed. SIGNED trade paperback, in As New condition. Signed in full by the editor (Gary L Dyson) with no inscription, to the title page. 198 pages, with timeline of Hill's life, chapter notes, bibliography, and index. From the back cover: "This book contains the transcribed journals and reports of a war correspondent for the Boston Journal covering the campaign that captured New Orleans in 1862. Hills' journals begin in November 1861 and describe the Union preparations for the main assault and subsequent move up the Mississippi river, the attack on forts Jackson and St. Phillip, and his impression of the captured city. His observations from Union vessels in the Gulf Squadron as he covered the war in the Gulf are also included. His articles for the Boston Journal have herein been set near timely journal entries along with other notes to help the reader understand the context of what was going on in the war at the same time. A… Read More

Easton Press, 1994. First Edition. leather_bound. Fine/No Jacket. 8x6x2. Signed. As New in original shrinkwrap. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Edition series. Personally signed by Brian Aldiss. Full color plate frontispiece illustration by Frank Mayo. Introduction by James Gunn. Fully bound in dark gray leather. 22kt gold designs and lettering on the hubbed spine and both boards. Smyth sewn pages, with bound satin-ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. Printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. No jacket as issued.

The Easton Press, 1991-01-01. First Edition. leather_bound. Fine/No Jacket. 6x3x1. Frank Mayo. Signed. As New in original shrinkwrap. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Edition series. Personally signed by Brian Aldiss. Full color plate frontispiece illustration by Frank Mayo. Introduction by James Gunn. Fully bound in red leather. 22kt gold designs and lettering on the hubbed spine and both boards. Smyth sewn pages, with bound satin-ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. Printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. No jacket as issued.

Crowell, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback, 1955, Crowell. VG book in VG- dustjacket. Full bound red boards with black lettering to spine. Bump with small indent to top edge of front board; edgewear, mostly at head and heel of spine. Binding is solid and square, internally clean and bright. Dustjacket very slightly faded at spine; 1/2 inch chip to top edge of front panel, 1/2 inch closed tear to upper front edge; 1/2 inch tear with some loss to upper rear edge. Some wear with tiny chips at head of spine. Price of $3.50 intact on front inner flap. " A fast and funny novel about an atomic age alchemist-in-reverse, who succeded in turning gold into dirt - and Washington, D.C. into a near shambles!" By the author of "Raising a Riot" and "Honeymoon for Seven".

Rizzoli, 2001-11-17. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8x1x10. Hardback, ISBN 0847823709. 2001. 240 pages, with references, Bibliography, chronology, honors/awards, student thesis project, and index. Fine hardcover in illustrated boards that match the dust jacket design. Clean with no markings inside or out; binding is solid and square. Very Good dust jacket, with some minor edge and corner wear, and some light surface scuffing. From the front dj flap: "Fazlur Rahman Khan was, arguably, the greatest architectural engineer of the second half of the twentieth century. Most widely known for revolutionary innovation in the design and construction of tall buildings, he was responsible for structural systems that made possible the 100-story Sears Tower - a building so high it needed Federal Aviation Administration approval before construction could commence. Structural systems he invented - including the "braced tube" and "bundled tube" systems - remain, to this day,… Read More

Thorndike Press, 2006-05-10. Hardcover. Very Good. Large Print hardcover, pictorial boards, no DJ as issued. 2006, ISBN 0786285745. Tiny ink x mark to rear free endpaper, one page dog eared. "Amber - thirtysomething and barefoot - shows up at the door of the Norfolk cottaeg that the Smarts are renting for the summer. She talks her way in. She tells nothing but lies. She stays for dinner.... As Amber insinuates herself into the family, the question of who she is and how she'd come to be there drop away. A tour-de-force of literary improvisation, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of chance, and the transformative power of storytelling." 445 pages.

Books on Tape. Audiobook. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 6 cassettes, approximately 9 hours. Read by Joan Allen. Ex-library copy with typical markings; tapes and clamshell case in good condition. From the author of The Lovely Bones. "With fierce intelligence and emotional intensity, Alice Sebold brings us a searing portrait of a mother-daughter relationship that descends into murder.... The Almost Moon is unforgettable, a raw and powerful story of passion and redemption.

Recorded Books, 2006. Audiobook. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 11 CDs, approximately 12.5 hours. Performed by Barbara McCulloh. Ex-lib with usual markings; clamshell box and CDs in good condition. "In the past year, Dee Decker lost 150 pounds and gained a whole new wardrobe filled with designer shoes -- and became a Christian. But a job offer could cause her past and present to collide in a flash of Manolo Blahniks and Prada handbags. Dee thought she had it all figured out -- but can a person really be both fashionable and faithful?

University of Delaware Press, 2004-04-01. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Hardcover, 2004, 500 pages. With numerous editorial appendices, bibliography, Amhurst's index, and a general index. The book is in Fine condition, full bound in brick red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine; clean inside and out with no markings; binding is solid and square. The unclipped dust jacket is in Fine condition. From the front flap: "In his Terrae-Filius essays of 1721, Nicholas Amhurst describes and satirizes Oxford life as he saw it during the 1710s and early 1720s. Although academic and intellectual issues receive abundant attention, Amhurst devoted even more space to the political, religious, social, and moral issues that often worked to undercut the university's academic goals. Written in an energetic, personal prose style characteristic of the best eighteenth-century essay periodicals, the Terrae-Filius essays provide accessible, entertaining reading for anyone interested in the history of Oxford… Read More

MIT Press, 1978-11-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, ISBN 0262010364; 1978. 416 pages, with bibliography and index. Very Good hardcover, with full bound grey cloth boards and red lettering to spine; clean and bright with no markungs inside or out. Light shelfwear to lower edges of boards; some spotting discoloration to rear board. Binding solid and square. Dust jacket is Very Good, with some wear and light chipping to head and heel of spine; red lettering on spine is sun-faded. "With the aid of over 300 illustrations, this study examines streets as spatial structures. Streets are seen as the rooms of the city, accommodating a wide range of human encounters and activities as defined by communal agreement, and their "walls" are interpreted as the interface between public and private use, with certain enclaves - shops, hotel lobbies, church naves - serving as semi-public extensions of the street. The study gauges the extent to which street networks provide… Read More

Rand McNally, 1930-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1930, Rand McNally. This is the very scarce original 1930 hardback first edition and not the slightly less scarce 1938 reprint. With 91 numbered pages and collects four stories (Pigtails, Valentine Box, Easter Bunny's Eggs, and Christmas Tree) of the black-stocking doll who lives with her family in the "Comical Doll House down by Crooked Lane". Full bound orange cloth boards, with large illustration pasted down to front board and black lettering to front and spine. Black and white illustrated endpapers. No DJ. Illustrated by Esther Friend. Binding is solid and square, with some rubbing to edges and corners. Spine somewhat faded/darkened. Very small chip to pasted down illustration on front board, touching the cow's tail. Numerous black and white; red, black and white; and blue, black and white illustrations.

Easton Press, 1989. First Edition. Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 11x7x2. Signed. As New, in publisher's original shrinkwrap. 1989. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Edition series. Personally signed by Poul Anderson. Full color illustration by Bob Eggleton. Introduction by James Gunn. Full bound in dark blue leather. 22kt gold designs and lettering on the hubbed spine and both boards. Smyth sewn pages, with bound satin-ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. Printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. No jacket as issued.

Academy Editions, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Large format paperback, 1994. Edited by Andreas Papadakis. 96 pages. Only flaw is a remainder mark to top page edge. An Architectural Design Profile. Includes the following: interview with Jacques Derrida by Christopher Norris; as well as articles and essays by Bernard Tschumi, Daniel Libeskind, Peter Eisenman, Andrew Benjamin, Hiromi Fujii, Stanley Tigerman, Behnisch and Partners, and Morphosis. Nunerous full page color photos, drawings and plan views, and two two page foldouts illustrations.

Thomas Nelson Inc, 2004. Audio CD. Fine. ISBN 0962962090. 2004. From Andy Andrews, author of The Traveler's Gift. "Timeless Wisdom From the Traveler: The 7 Decisions That Will Change Your Life!" A box set of 8 CDs, plus a special Reader's Guide on CD-ROM to run on a computer. Each CD explores in greater depth one of the seven decisions originally outlined in the author's bestseller The Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success: 1) The Responsible Decision "The Buck Stops Here"; 2) The Guided Decision "I Will Seek Wisdom"; 3) The Active Decision "I Am A Person of Action"; 4) The Certain Decision "I Have A Decided Heart"; 5) The Joyful Decision "Today I Will Choose to be Happy"; 6) The Compassionate Decision "I Will Greet This Day With A Forgiving Spirit"; and 7) The Persistent Decision "I Will Persist Without Exception". Disc 8 is a bonus recording of the author Reading The Seven Decisions. Hailed by a… Read More