Search Results: Authors starting with N from Mike's Library

Munster: LIT Verlag. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1997. Trade Paperback. 3825833836 . Top corner bump, light rub, light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; German language. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Einleitung; 1. Leben und Werk Yan Junpings; 2. Die Philosophies des Dao De; 3. Der vollkommene Mensch; 4. Politische Philosophie; 5. Yan Junping und die Geschichte der chinesischen Philosophie; Nachwort; Literaturverzeichnis: A. Literatur zur Philosophie des Daoismus; B. Allgemein-philosophische Literatur. ; Uni Press Hochschulschriften; Vol. 97; 117 pages .

New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1920. Paperback. Library stamps/marks/labels, hinge tape between inside cover and flyleaf at both ends, tone, sun, otherwise light wear. Solid stapled paperback. ; Post-World War One snapshot of the struggle to achieve civil rights for African-Americans. Contents: I. Membership Growth Continues; II. Making Lynching A National Issue; III. Race Riots; IV. The Colored Soldier; V. Fighting the Color Line; VI. Legal Defense; VII. Educational and Publicity Work; VIII. The Associations Branches; IX. Miscellaneous : Tenth Annual Conference; X. Finances; XI. The Task for 1920; Appendix I. Lynching Record for 1919; Appendix II. Signes of the Call for the First National Conference on Lynching and the Address to the Nation. ; Ex-Library; 103 pages .

Trnave, Slovakia: Vydal Spolok Sv. Vojtecha. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1947. Second Edition. Hardcover. Light tone, light soil, bookplate and stamp on front paste-down, light wear; Dust Jacket missing bottom half of front cover, edgeworn, toned, wear. Solid hardcover. ; Slovak language; translated by Smrekovicky. Mysterium Crucis was best-selling first novel (1902) of German Catholic novelist Felix Nabor, pseudonym of Karl Allmendinger, an historical novel set during the time of Emperor Nero. Nabor later wrote antisemitic and pro-Nazi works during the 1930s. This is an uncommon post-war Slovak edition, printed in Czecho-Slovakia one year before the Communist take-over. ; 569, (2) pages .

Littleton CO: Fred B Rothman. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0837709083 . Library stamps/marks, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "This key is intended to provide a systematic reference to the numbers of the U S Congressional bills and joint resolutions which became law from the 1st Congress (1789) through the 57th Congress (1903). The number assigned to a bill when introduced in the Congress provides the most direct historical reference for tracing legislative history. It should be noted that by its very nature this study is tabular in form with annotations and explanation whenever necessary." - Introduction ; Ex-Library; xv, 440 pages .

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. 0674795318 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, a few UNDERLININGs, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "Although this study takes cognizance of the specific development of Taylor's techniques, and takes note of some instances of their application and influence, its main theme is the history of relations between scientific management and the unions. The attitude of organized labor toward the practices and philosophy of the scientific management movement, and the activities pursued in conjunction with that attitude, and the attitudes of the scientific managers toward the practices and objectives of the labor unions are most important." - Preface. ; Studies in Entrepreneurial History; Ex-Library; (ix), 187 pages .

Tsefat: No Publisher Listed.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1979. Spiral-bound. Prior owner's stamps, otherwise light wear. Solid spiral-bound paperback. ; English and Hebrew language. Illustrations include "9 Silkscreen reproductions made by the artist himself". ; [70] pages .

Bonn: Bouvier Verlag Herbert Grundmann. Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 3416015045 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, toned, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; German language. ; Studien zur Germanistik, Anglistik und Komparatistik; Ex-Library; Vol. 86; 262 pages .

Munchen: Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. Trade Paperback. 3885121859 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid copy.; "This is a "background" study designed to give some basic information necessary for the successful establishment of a regional cooperation network in the context of the RECITE programme." ; Ifo Studien zur Regional- und Stadtökonomie; Ex-Library; Vol. 7; 111 pages .

New York: AMS Press. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 040418023X . 1" front hinge tear midway (hinge is solid), gift inscription from "Anne" on front free endpaper, otherwise slight wear; Dust Jacket rubbed, soil, edgewear, spine peel. Crisp copy. ; "Of fundamental importance, the analyses of the Jewish characters detect the different ways in which prejudice functions within the various novels. The following chapters necessarily explore various correlations between prejudice and art that are to be found in Victorian novels, and the effect these have on Jewish characters, rather than merely apply a rigid theory to texts, resulting in an overly simple view of the nature of Jewish characters in Victorian novels. For the Victorian novel is far from a set genre, and there is a great deal of diversity among the artistic techniques of the various authors, as well as among their social visions and moral precepts." - author's Preface. Contents:… Read More

London: British Museum (Natural History). Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0565008943 . Light rub, light wear. Solid oversize hardcover. ; Part III, Subfamily Colobinae, only. "This catalogue lists all the specimens of the subfamily Colobinae of the Old World Monkesy (Family: Cercopithecidae) in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History), and is complete up to the end of 1980. The collections consist mainly of study skins and skulls but skeletons, wet specimens and casts are included, as well as mounted specimens ... Fossil specimens in the collections of the Sub-department of Anthropology, Department of Paleontology, as also included."; x, 111 pages .

New York: McLoughlin Brothers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Edgewear with rubbed corners and rear spine edge, gutter weakness, light tone, Christmas 1876 inscription, otherwise light wear. Still solid oversize hardcover. ; Notable for containing Thomas Nast's only political juvenile illustrations, the uncommon first edition of this delightful chromolith illustrated collection, also offers Nast illustrations for Rip Van Winkle and his cover paste-on illustration. Rip Van Winkle and Yankee Doodle are in verse. "Aunt Louisa's child's delight. $1.50 contains four standard stories--Rip Van Winkle, Yankee Doodle, Pocahontas, and Putnam--with twenty-four full-paged illustrations in colors. 4to. Cloth, beveled edges, embossed in black and gold, with fine chromatic illustration mounted on cover."--McLoughlin Bros., New York. Catalogue of toy books, games, &c. for 1875-'76. ; [54], [24] pl pages .

Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 2000. Trade Paperback. 9264176578 . Library stamps/marks/labels, light cover curl, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize trade paperback.; Given its potential significance for public health and the environment, the impact of radioactive releases during important steps of nuclear energy production must be considered when selecting among different fuel cycles. With this in mind, the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has undertaken a comparative study of the radiological impacts of two main fuel cycle options: one with and one without reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. The study compares the respective impacts of the two options based on generic models and assumptions as well as actual data. It concludes that the difference between them is not significant. A wealth of recent data assembled and evaluated by an international expert geam is provided in annex. Contents: ForewordExecutive Summary; 1.… Read More

Moscow: AST-Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 5462002432 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, light cock, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Russian language. Biography of Empress Josephine, consort of Napoleon I Bonaparte, with emphasis on her mysterious death.; Znak sudby; Ex-Library; 256 pages .

Philadelphia: Girard Bank. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. Light edge foxing, otherwise light wear; Slipcase light foxing and wear. Girard Bank slip laid in, and tattered at top. Solid hardcover.; INSCRIBED by author on half-title page. Insights by the Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, in slipcase edition published by fabled Philadelphia-based Girard Bank. ; Girard Essays; Vol. 5; 60 pages; Signed by Author .

Montreal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1979. Trade Paperback. 2760604411 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Crisp trade paperback.; French language. Contents: Avant-propos; Chapitre I Symetries ou cinematique generalisee; Ch II Les champs de quarks et leur dynamique: qcd, une theorie de jauge des interactions fortes; Ch III Theories de jauge avec brisure spontanee de la symetrie (l'asthenodynamique); Ch IV Jauges sur une variete de groupe; Ch V Une theorie de jauge: la gravitation; Ch VI Supergravitation; Conclusions. ; Collection de la Chaire Aisenstadt; Ex-Library; 141 pages .

New York: Johnson Reprint. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1973. Reprint. Trade Paperback. 0384410456 . Disbound from larger volume of reprints with sewing holes along spine edges, new spine and rear wraps, partial stamp mark on fore-edge, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; Facsimile reprint of 1897 Johns Hopkins edition. Contents: Introduction; Early Economic Thought in the United States; Daniel Raymond and His Work: I. Life and Work, II. Outline of his system; Genesis of Raymond's System: I. Influence of environment, II. Lauderdale and Raymond; Daniel Raymond and Friederich List. ; Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science, ser 15 no ; 63 pages .

Freeport NY: Books for Libraries Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, foxing to endpapers and edges, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; "Zamba Zembola (born c. 1780) is the supposed author of an 1847 slave narrative, The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and his Experience of Slavery in South Carolina, which describes his kidnapping and 40 years of labor as a slave on a plantation in the US state of South Carolina. The work was edited by Peter Neilson, a Scottish abolitionist. Some scholars believe the book is not a genuine slave narrative, but is fiction written by Neilson. Neilson refused to produce Zamba for inspection by anyone else." - Wikipedia. ; The Black Heritage Library Collection; Ex-Library; xx, 258 pages .

Moscow: Izd-vo VNIRO. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1996. Trade Paperback. 5853821296 . Library accession stamp and markings on one page otherwise no library marks, light wear. Solid small trade paperback. ; Russian language. Hydrobiological studies in marine and oceanic fishing grounds : "This edition contains the papers on various peculiarities in distribution and biology of benthic organisms in the Russian seas, as well as on food rations of fishes inhabiting the Russian seas and Atlantic subpolar waters. This collection of papers is intended for hydrobiologists, ichthyologists, fishing industry professionals, etc." - English summary. ; Ex-Library; 191 pages .

New York: Rinehart & Company. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dampstain rear cover edge, light tone; Dust Jacket dampstain. Solid hardcover. ; Steve Johnson detective series. Hubin II p 598. Murder set in Colorado Rocky Mountain fishing camp. ; A Murray Hill Mystery; 216 pages .

Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1931. Limited Edition; 1st Printing thus. Hardcover. Library REBIND in hardcover with original front and rear covers bound in, library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcovers.; French language. Limited Edition, #137 of 1225, one of 1100 "examplaires sur papier vélin pur fil des Papeteries Lafuma, de Voiron, numérotés de 126 à 1225." "Les Filles du Feu (English: Girls of the Fire) is a collection of short stories published by the French poet Gérard de Nerval during January 1854, a year before his death. During 1853, Nerval had suffered three nervous breakdowns and spent five months in an asylum, and he saw Les Filles du Feu as an opportunity to show the public, his friends, and his father that he was sane. However, all of the short stories in Les Filles du Feu had been published previously: "Angélique" in Les Faux Saulniers… Read More