Search Results: Authors starting with A from About Books

Indianapolis, Indiana: The SMT Publishing Co., 1953. Very Good condition but for light cover soil/rubbing and an old ink price. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1953. SCARCE First Edition. Author is listed only as "A Member of Alcoholics Anonymous" but is identifed as Father "John Doe" [Father Ralph Pfau] in THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 1939-1989. Bishop/Pittman #1543: "The author, a Catholic priest and member of A.A., uses the Steps and the A.A. philosophy to discuss each topic in depth, including suggestions for solving daily problems as well as building a new life around the A.A. program." 6" wide by 9" tall. Bound in the original stiff wrappers, stamped in gold on the front cover.. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Very Good condition. 56pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co., 1977. This copy is from the library of, and SIGNED by "Judge Bry Behrmann," a felon, on the front free endaper. SEE BELOW or details about Behrmann's legal troubles, his jail sentence after conviction for money laundering, and the order that he pay $38 MILLION in restitution. The book appears unread. Fine condition. Bright and shiny. Square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. Published under the sponsorship ot the National Conference of State Trial Judges. Bound in the original green leatherette, stamped in bright gold. From the FBI website: "Directors of La Grande Company Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conviction in Federal Money Laundering Case Defendants Ordered to Pay in Excess of $38 Million in Restitution to Thousands of North American Investors Who Lost Millions of Dollars… Bryant E. Behrmann, 63, and Larry 'Buck' E. Hunter, 63, were sentenced today by U.S.… Read More

London: Everyman Chess (Gloucester Publishers PLC), 2003. This book won the ChessCafedotcom Book of the Year award. Very Good condition. Flat, uncreased spine. NOT price clipped (£14.99 / $24.95). NO chips or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with numerous chessboard diagrams. A volume from the Everyman Chess Series, Chief Advisor Garry Kasparov. From the publisher: "Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players. Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension! In this unique book, International Master Jacob Aagaard selects many original examples of positional chess, the crème de la crème of those that he uses for training and study. Aagaard also delves deeply into the ideas of positional evaluation and analysis. Teaches how to mix… Read More

Turku: Turku University Library, 1964. NOT a library discard. Very Good+ condition. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1964. First Edition. 4,912 entries. Turun Yliopiston Kirjaston Julkaisuja, Publications of Turku University Library, No. 8. Appendix. Two indexes. Bound in the original wraps. 7" wide by 9.75" tall.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+ condition. 276pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Torino, [Italy]: Francesco de Silva, 1947. Very Good condition. 14 cm x 21 cm. Bound in the original dark yellow wrappers with small crease to one corner at back. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are unmarked, but age-toned (i.e. lightly browned) at the edges. Logical foundations of science. Text in Italian. Publisher's advertisement for the book is laid-in. Maestri e Compagni N. 5. This is one of several dozen books and periodicals from Alonzo Church's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in New Jersey. Several of the books contain his signature, or a presentation inscription to him. Unfortunately, this copy does not have those signs of his ownership. [But please check our inventory for several others that do]. Alonzo Church (1903 - 1995) was professor of mathematics at Princeton University (1929-1967) and of mathematics and philosophy at UCLA (1967-1990). He was the founding editor of the JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC. Among his most influential… Read More

New York: The Studio Publications Inc., 1949. Scarce in First Edition. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (1.65). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Technical illustrations by John Westlake. Includes advice/tips concerning Equipment, Yarns, Standard Sizes, How to Take Measurements, How to Determine Your Gauge, Casting on, Increasing, Decreasing, Markers, Slipping Stitches, Joining Yarn, Binding Off, Neckline Division, Neckline Shaping, Assembling, Grafting, Finishing, Tailored Finishing and Blocking, Washing and Blocking, Errors, Special Touches, Knitting with Ribbon, Plain Socks, Argyle Socks, etc. Original pebble-grain maroon cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fair DJ (insect damaged?). Illus. by Westlake, John . 8vo. 62pp.

Storrs-Mansfield, Connecticut: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1995. 2 volumes complete, bound as 1. BRAND NEW HARDCOVER in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. A key reference. No date, but 1995, First Martino printing. Limited to 100 copies [so stated, but actually 408 copies]. Facsimile reprint of the 1956-57 original two volumes. 2 vols in 1: xiii, pp. 1-300.+ xiv, pp. 301- 675. 90 illustrations. This bibliography is filled with exhaustive descriptions for colour-plate narratives of travel. Also includes books with steel engravings. Volume I: World, Europe, Africa. Volume II : Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, America. From the preface: "In annotating this volume much attention has been paid to the recording of details relating to the publication history of the books... an… Read More

New York: Historian Publishing Company, 1915. Very Good condition. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Well-illustrated with a series of 80 photos of the Hudson River, with views from both the West and East shores. Tipped-in at the end is the large folded, topographical map of the River (unfolded, it is 17cm tall by 61cm wide). The map is in unusually nice condition, with no tears, creases, or other defects. The book's text features many fascinating tales of the River, including accounts of Fulton Folly; famous descendants of the Clermont; etc. Bound in the original greenish-blue cloth, with dark green lettering. The cover features a River scene, also stamped in dark green.. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's cloth/No dust jacket. 12mo. 85pp. .

New York: Samuel French, 1951. Very Good condition. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Includes a scene design diagram. Bound in the original pale green wraps stamped in black. 5" wide by 7.25" tall.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Very Good condition. 80pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1977. Brand New in perfect condition. STILL SEALED in the publisher's clear plastic SHRINKWRAP. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. The standard bibliography of Marianne Moore. Fully descriptive in the Soho style. Section A: Separate Publications: "Chronologically arranged descriptions of all books, pamphlets, and broadsides in English that are wholly or primarily by Moore." Describes collations, contents, typography and paper, binding variants, dust jackets, textual alterations, measurements, number of copies printed, etc. Illustrated with photos of first edition dust jackets, title and copyright pages. Also lists Moore's contributions to books and periodicals, letters, drawings, editing, recordings, and translations. Also lists principal works about her. Another fine reference from the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography.… Read More

New York: Random House, 1956. NOT a library discard. Good condition. Light cover wear. Corner bumps (but no pages are affected). Internally VERY GOOD. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated with photographs by Talbot on glossy stock, from the Forty-Six Street Theatre production starring Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, Jean Stapleton, etc. Choreography by Bob Fosse. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in red on the spine.. Hardcover. Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (viii), 164pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Colon, Michigan: Abbott Magic Mfg. Co, 1976. Very Good condition. Light edge wear. Flat, uncreased spine. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Abbott's Magic Catalog No. 22, Abbottcadabra, The Magic Capital of the World. This dealer catalogue, #22, offers for sale: magic books, accessories, cigarette magic, bottle tricks, coin and money magic, dice tricks, escapes, illusions, mental effects, paper magic, rope magic, wands, tables, watches and clocks, etc. Item illustrations on nearly every page. Bound in the original red wraps, stamped in black. Oversize Softcover. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. This large book may require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Oversize Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 447pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

London: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1988. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. Bright and shiny. NO creases. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Bound in the original full color pictorial wraps. 7.25" wide by 9.75" tall. From the publisher: "Portugal was both the first and the last of the great European colonial powers. For 500 years Portugal had colonies in Africa. In 1960, as liberation movements swept across colonial Africa, the Portuguese flag still flew over vast expanses of territory across the continent. The spread of decolonization and the establishment of independent states whose governments were sympathetic to the cause of African nationalism led, in the early 1960s, to a series of wars in Angola (19611975), Guiné (1998) and Mozambique (1977). This book details each of these liberation movements, focusing on the equipment, uniforms and organization of the Portuguese forces.". 1st ed? (No additional printings… Read More

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. Advance Uncorrected Proof. As New condition -- obviously never read. Fresh and crisp. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No creases. 5.25" wide by 8.25" tall. This is the complete 290 page book (NOT the 38-page Advance excerpt]. From the publisher: "Shirley Abbott's deeply felt memoir of her Arkansas childhood in the 1940s and 1950s examines her difficult relationship with the most important man in her young life - her daddy… Richly detailed with family anecdote, feminist insight, history, sociology, and Southern mythology." Original blue printed wraps. Hardcover edition was published with ISBN: 0899195180.. First edition, Advance Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. As New condition. 290pp.

Burlington, Massachusetts: American Malacologists, 1989. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. Not price clipped ($56.00). Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Illustrated with over 2,000 full-color photos. Detailed info on Florida and Cuban Liguus tree snails, 120 Papuina tree snails from Melanesia, 250 Heliocostyla tree snails from the Philippines, 60 giant African and achatinid species, 240 species of operculate cyclophrid and Cuban annularids, common garden pests, edible snails, reproduction, feeding habits, shell growth and ecology, etc. Extensive geographic and taxonomic classification bibliography with 900 entries.. First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. viii, 240pp .

New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. A pristine copy in perfect condition. Brand New. NO rubbing. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp. Obviously never read. Describes with annotations, 4,284 Cromwell studies, portraits and prints. This 1969 edition contains addenda, corrigenda and a separate index of periodicals that are not in the 1929 Harvard University Press edition. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in shiny gold.. Reprint, with additions. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxviii, 551pp. [579 total pages]. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Fine condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Describes with annotations, 4,284 Cromwell studies, portraits and prints. This 1969 edition contains addenda, corrigenda and a separate index of periodicals that are not in the 1929 Harvard University Press edition. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in shiny gold.. Reprint, with additions. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxviii, 551pp. [579 total pages]. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Beltville, Maryland: Amana Publications, 1988. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Appears unread. From the Foreword: "The purpose of this work is simply to acquaint the average reader with the basic teachings of Islam. It will be obvious that there is no intention to present the depth or breadth of Islam in this book. What is intended, however, is to provide the common but literate person with a proper insight into the subject and help him or her to appreciate the principles which Islam stands for." Index. Third Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine condition. xiii, 210pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Berkley Publishing Group, A Perigee Book, 1997. 7.5" wide by 9" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. Not price clipped (14.00). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Photo illustrated throughout. From the cover: "A unique exercise and nutrition guide that allows you to customize your own fitness plan to suit your individual needs -- and reinvent your body the way you've always wanted... This revolutionary book teaches you how to design an exercise and nutrition plan that suits your specific body type and lifestyle. With four specialized approaches to weight loss, weight gain, health maintenance, and sports performance, this program will help every individual..." . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Very Good+ condition. 205pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 2000. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar directly on the half title page with "Enjoy! (signed) Abdul-Jabbar." Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. Sharp corners. NO bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First printing with "First Edition" so stated, and complete number row (123456789 10) on the copyright page. Bound in the original two tone boards (light gray with darker gray spine) stamped in gold. From the publisher: "The basketball legend shares his adventures coaching a team of White Mountain Apache kids in the basics of the game, learning a good deal along the way about his own love of the game.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (xii), 209pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.