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New York: Atheneum, 1982. A beautiful copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (11.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No chips or tears. A novel of World War 2. From the Dust Jacket: "October 15, 1944: an ominous silence emanates from the 87th Maintenance Unit in the Nile delta town of Marazag." . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Robertson, Ian (jacket design). 8vo. 303pp.
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A Game of Soldiers
by Jackman, Stuart
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Presidential Vetoes 1792-1945
by Jackson, Carlton
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Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1967. A crisp copy. Appears unread. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Includes chapters on: Establishment of a Veto Pattern: Washington, Madison, Monroe; Andrew Jackson's Internal Improvements Vetoes; his Bank Veto; John Tyler and the Whig Party, 1841-1842; John Tyler and the Defense of States Rights; Vetoes of Pierce and Buchanan, 1853-1861; Lincoln and Johnson: The War Vetoes, 1862-1869; Vetoes of Grant, Hayes, Arthur, Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, FDR; etc. Chapter notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Original blue cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. x, 254pp .
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The Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft
by Jackson, Robert
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Bath, England: Parragon , 2009. Very Good condition. A few tiny worn spots on the rear cover. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. From the rear cover: "More than 650 of the world's greatest military aircraft, with full specifications, development history, and service details. Contains over 700 photographs and full color artworks
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Illustration and the Novels of Thomas Hardy
by Jackson, Arlene M.
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Totowa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield, 1981. Appears unread. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. The jacket would also be FINE but for one tiny (1/4 inch) closed tear. NO fading. Sharp corners. Clean, square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp, apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 80 b/w plates. List of chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xv, 151pp. + 80 plates.
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The Story of Kilkenny
by Jackson, Robert Wyse
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Dublin and Cork: Mercier Press, 1974. Near Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the rear cover: "This is a portrait of the city and the people who have lived in it: a pageant that includes Dame Alice Kyteler and her coven of witches and warlocks; John Howard, the prison reformer; Bishop Pococke, the eighteenth century scholar and traveler who planted the cedars of Lebanon in the County Meath; Richard Power, who created an amateur theatre in Kilkenny so famous that Grattan and Maria Edgeworth attended it; Thomas Moore whose LAST ROSE OF SUMMER grew in Jenkinstown, near Kilkenny; Smith O'Brien, the Fenian idealist who did not realize that men cannot fight on empty bellies; Dr. Abraham Colles, the pioneer surgeon... the colourful General Prout who arranged to have the capture of Kilkenny Castle during the Civil war re-enacted in front of the…
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New Jerseyans in the Civil War: For Union and Liberty
by Jackson, William J.
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New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2000. A solid copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. The Dust Jacket is protected by a Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Text pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 19 maps, charts, portraits, prints, and photographs. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "The Civil War divided New Jersey just as it did the nation. As a small state sandwiched between two large and powerful neighbors, New Jersey had always enthusiastically supported the creation of a strong central government. On the other hand, many New Jersey citizens did not share the anti-slavery sentiments of the North; they supported property rights of slave owners and believed in the natural inferiority of blacks. Subsequently, when southern states began to secede from the Union to form the Confederacy, New Jerseyans were…
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The Lost Weekend
by Jackson, Charles
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New York: Editions for the Armed Services, 1944. Oblong. 5.5" wide by 3.75" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Text pages are not marked, but are age-toned as usual. Full color cover is still bright, with NO fading. Complete and unabridged. . Armed Services Edition #O-19 . Soft Cover. Near Very Good condition./No jacket, as issued. 352pp.
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The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, English Literature, 1475-1700 [3 vols, new in original shipping carton]
by Jackson, William A.; & Emma Virginia Unger ; Carl H. Pforzheimer (intro. by)
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New Castle, Delaware / Los Angeles, CA: Oak Knoll Press / Heritage Book Shop, 1997. Brand New in perfect condition. Still sealed in the publisher's original shipping box. 3 volumes, complete. 1997. Expanded reprint of the scarce 1940 original, with a new foreword (by John B. Thomas III, Curator of the Collection), table of contents, and a 13-page list of books added to the collection in 1986. Limited to 700 sets. 3 volumes: xli, 378 + [iii]-v, 379-791, [1] + [iii]-v,793-1320, [1] pp. 150 illustrations, including 65 plates. A landmark reference that fully describes Pforzheimer's legendary collection of the best books of the period, including Chaucer, Shakepeare, Bacon, Spenser, Milton, Donne, Locke, Chapman, Gascoigne, Jonson and many others; plus letters of Queen Elizabeth I, John Locke, John Evelyn (including six holograph letters to Pepys); the Bulstrode Papers and Marprelate Tracts; in total 1,105 printed books and 169 autographs and manuscripts. The original 1940 printing, limited…
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America's Youngest Warriors, Volume II [Two, 2]: More Stories about the Young Men and Women Who Served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America before Attaining Legal Age
by Jackson, Ray D.; & Susan M. Jackson
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Tempe, Arizona: Veterans of Underage Military Service, 2002. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket (a few short closed tears at the edges). NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 2002. Volume II only. This volume contains the stories of 200 young men and women who served in the US armed forces before they attained the legal age for enlistment. Most were 15 or 16, some as young as 12. Each biographical profile includes their photograph and an account of their service. Some were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bound in the original gold-stamped blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket. . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. x, 661pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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America's Youngest Warriors, Volume III [Three, 3]: A Third Volume of Stories about the Young Men and Women Who Served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America before Attaining Legal Age
by Jackson, Ray D.; & Susan M. Jackson
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Tempe, Arizona: Veterans of Underage Military Service, 2006. Near Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket is bright and shiny but has short closed tears at the edges. NOT a library discard. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. A few words on one page are highlighed in yellow noting a Congressional Medal of Honor winner. A previous owner has written a name and the page number of a biography (his own?) on the front endpaper. There is a small spot (1/4 inch in diameter) at the fore-edge affecting 1/16 inch of a few pages at their outer margin only. Otherwise pages are crisp and clean. 2006. Volume III only. This volume contains the stories of 191 young men and women who served in the US armed forces before they attained the legal age for enlistment. Most were 15 or 16, some as young as 12. Each biographical profile includes their photograph and an account of their service. Bound in the original gold-stamped blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket.. 1st ed? (No additional…
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The Afro-Spanish American Author: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism
by Jackson, Richard L.
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New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc, 1980. Good+ condition. EX-LIBRARY but with NO library markings on the spine, cover, or edges of the textblock. Sharp corners. 562 entries, many annotated. Appendix: Periodicals Cited. Index of Critics. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Volume 194. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good+ EX-LIBRARY/No dust jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxii, 129pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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Steam Boiler Operation: Principles and Practice
by Jackson, James J.
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Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice - Hall, Inc, 1987. NOT a library discard. Very Good+ condition. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. All other pages are clean and unmarked. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. 1987. Second Edition, Revised and Updated. Photos and diagrams throughout. Charts. Glossary. Index. Bound in the original brown laminated pictorial boards, stamped in white, gray and pale green.. Second Edition, Revised and Updated. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. ix, 275pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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Mathematics for Quantum Mechanics: An Introductory Survey of Operators, Eigenvalues, and Linear Vector Spaces
by Jackson, John David
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New York: W. A. Benjamin, Inc, 1962. SCARCE HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION with matching "1962" imprinted on the title and copyright pages. Very Good condition. Light wear/soil to the cover. Corners are NOT bumped. Hinges are perfect. Internal condition is FINE. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Tables. Equations. Figures. Bound in the original red cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. From the publisher of a later printing: "Advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying quantum mechanics will find this text a valuable guide to mathematical methods. Emphasizing the unity of a variety of different techniques, it is enduringly relevant to many physical systems outside the domain of quantum theory.Concise in its presentation, this text covers eigenvalue problems in classical physics, orthogonal functions and expansions, the Sturm-Liouville theory and linear operators on functions, and linear…
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An Annotated List of the Publications of Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Based Mainly on Those in the Harvard College Library with Notes of Others
by Jackson, William A.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Houghton Library, 1965. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. Light cover soil. Spine uniformly sunned but only a shade. Light pencil marginal check marks next to some entries (easily and completely erasable). Pages are otherwise bright white, clean and unmarked. NO foxing. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1965. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Nicely printed at The Stinehour Press. Illustrated with a portrait of Dibdin, and other facsimiles - manuscript pages from BIBLIOGRAHICAL DECAMERON, and a letter to Heber. 106 items with full descriptions. Bound in the original beige cloth, with paper labels on the spine and front cover, printed in brown. Oversize Hardcover. 8" wide by 12.25" tall. This large book may require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. . First Edition, Limited 500 copies. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard.…
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Nutrition and the Strength Athlete
by Jackson, Catherine G. Ratzin (editor)
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Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2001. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Covers anabolic / androgenic steroid use; nutritional and energy requirements; nutritional concerns of women who resistance train and strength athletes who play tennis; recent findings on supplementation, including vitamin, amino acid, and phosphagen supplements; regimens of strength training; etc. From the rear cover: "Both strength and weight training are recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine as vital to a high quality of life. They are also of tremendous benefit to young, healthy adults, and adults with or at risk for osteoporosis. Most information on sports nutrition, however, is scattered throughout pamphlet-type publications and magazines and tends to be written by individuals with little or no professional training in the field of nutrition. Nutrition and the Strength Athlete is an authoritative, scientifically-based text…
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Secrets of the Blood, A Novel [Hardcover, First Edition]
by Jackson, Felix
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New York: Atheneum, 1980. Hardcover First Edition. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($10.95). NO chips. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original black boards with a green cloth spine, stamped in bright crimson metallic. From the dust jacket: "Secrets of the Blood is strong, powerful drama, one of the most eloquent, authentic novels ever written of that chilling time just before the Holocaust, when ordinary men and women found themselves in a world gone mad.". First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (viii), 248pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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Beyond the Baron: A Personal Glance at Coach Adolph Rupp
by Jackson, Dr. V. A.; & Marie Jackson (signed); Russ Cochran (signed)
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Kuttawa, Kentucky: McClanahan Publishing House, 1998. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by co-author Marie Jackson. Also INSCRIBED / SIGNED by pro golfer and UK alum Russ Cochran, near a recipe for Baked Lasagna he contributed to this book (for more about him, see below). New and unread in a Very Good dust jacket (only lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($18.95). Sharp corners. Photo illustrated. Dr. V. A. Jackson was team physician to the Kentucky basketball team for 17 years. He was also a close personal friend of coach Adolph Rupp. This book offers an insider's look at Rupp and UK basketball. Sprinkled throughout are recipes from University of Kentucky basketball personalities, national athletes and friends. Bound in the original blue leatherette, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. "Russell Earl Cochran (born October 31, 1958) is an American professional golfer
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Coleridge, The Critical Heritage
by Jackson, J. R. de J.; Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1970. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is only lightly rubbed. NO chips. NO tears. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1970 First U. S. Edition. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Complete with dust jacket.. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xiii, 660pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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Bird Etchings : The Illustrators and Their Books 1655-1855 [new]
by Jackson, Christine E.
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Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1989. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean and tight. Sharp corners. Flat spine. NO creases. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. With 80 illustrations, mostly full page plates including 4 in color on special glossy paper. Documents the work of 16 notable amateur naturalists/illustrators of bird books from the mid 1600s to the mid 1800s. Includes accounts of the life and works of Francis Willughby, John Ray, Eleazar Albin, Mark Catesby, George Edwards, Thomas Pennant, William Hayes, John Latham, John Walcott, William Lewin, James Bolton, Edward Donovan, George Graves, Prideaux John Selby, Sir William Jardine, and John James LaForest Audubon. Four valuable appendices: 1) Continental Illustrated Bird Books; 2) The Use of Metal for Bird Illustrations; 3) The Main Periodicals with Engraved/Etched Bird Illustrations; 4) Editions, Impressions, and…
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Altars of Unhewn Stone : Science and the Earth (signed)
by Jackson, Wes (signed)
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San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. 6" wide by 9" tall. Appears unread. Clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Pictorial cover is bright and shiny. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped (9.95). No remainder mark No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Environmental studies. "In ALTARS OF UNHEWN STONE, Wes Jackson issues an urgent call for a new view of contemporary agricultural problems. He combines findings from scientific and practical research conducted at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, with a keen interpretation of pertinent literature to demonstrate the wisdom of traditional attitudes to farming, land and resource use, and the interrelations of cultural and biological communities
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