Search Results: Titles starting with A from 100 POCKETS

London, UK: The English Universities Press, 1955. First Edition, 3rd Impression of 1961 . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/As New. Illustrated green boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light edge rubs. Bookshop label (Livraria Bertrand, Lisbon, Portugal) to front cover verso. 11th volume in the ABC Gardening Series authored by Shewell-Cooper. A guide to English garden flowers. Flowers are arranged by color, each illustrated with line drawings, and in nomeclature, preference is given to the common name. Of the volume on Herbs, Salads & Tomatoes, V. Sackville West commented "The best book on vegetables I have yet seen"; likewise, this book is a superb reference for English garden lovers.

Philadelphia, PA: Oliver Ditson, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. Text/As New, showing faint margin discoloration. Beige boards/Acceptable; strong & sound w/soiling & discoloration; spine nearly entirely lost and held by fabric binding. Collection of 27 songs, without instrumentation, assembled and edited by Norwegian-born violinist, composer and choral conductor F. Melius Christiansen (1871- 1955) of the Lutheran tradition and Noble Cain (1896 - 1977). The songs are presented in 2 parts: I, Secular; and II, Sacred.

Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1949. 2nd Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB: LIBRARY SCHOOL. No loan pocket. Text/Strong & sound w/marginalia throughout. Red linen boards/VG; red library tape to all leading edges. DJ/None. Notes, underlining by professional hand; should be considered as an annotated copy. LAID-IN: Clippings from periodicals relating to librarianship. The cataloging rules presented in this volume are an expansion/revison of the rules promulgated in the 1908 edition of Catalogy Rules: Author and Title Entry from the American Library Association. Strong copy. Strong copy.

Sonoma, CA: Zanel Publications, 1989. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. History. America West. Biographies of spirited women who more than excelled in areas previously the domain of men only. Illustrated w/archival photos.

Lenningrad, USSR: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. Soft cover. Fair/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Softcover/Fine. 17-page monograph w/frontispiece; a very competent introduction to Golovin's scenic renderings and costume designs. Rating book as "FAIR" as of the 16 accompanying reproductions listed in the Spisok, ONLY 9 are present. These are the set designs for 1) Rimsky-Korsokov's Pskoviyanka, Act I, 1901; 2) Ibsen's Doch' Morya, Act II, 1905; 3) Bizet's Carmen, Act I, 1908; 6) Musorgski's Boris Godonov, 2-i kartiny prologa, 1911; 7) Glinka's Aragonskaya Khota, eskiz dekoratsii, 1916; 8) Moliere's Don Zhuan, eskiz dekoratsii portala, 1910; 9) Glynka's Orfei i Evridika, Act III, 1911; 10) Ostrovsky's Groza, Act III, 1916; and 16) Beaumarchais' Zhenit'ba Figaro, Act I, 1927.

Auckland, New Zealand: Automobile Assoc (Auckland) Inc, 1981. First Thus . Flexible Soft Cover. Fine/Fine. BRAND NEW Copy with blue, faux-leather flexible cover and illustrated dust jacket. Comprehensive travel guide to New Zealand. Contents, w/maps & color photos, in 3 sectors. The first sector is an overview describing the major touring routes of North and South Islands; the mid section is devoted to major destinations of each region; and, the final section gives insight into New Zealand culture and unique characteristics. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Watson-Guptill, 2000. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Green linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF. Biography of composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) whose Appalachian Spring, and Fanfare for the Common Man, gave America a place in classical music. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY. This scholarly study is in two parts w/some 50 color & 90 black/white illustrations. Part I, Aaron Copland's America is written by Gail Levin, curator of the exhibition; Part II is penned by musicologist Judith Tick. Fine copy.

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1979. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Jean Pruchnik (Illustrator of the Tree). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Soft cover/NF. PO name to fEP, and, soiling to lower corner of fEP. Anthology. In Edward Abbey's (1927 - 1989) introduction to "Confessions of a Literary Hobo", he writes " ... maybe ther's something a little better. We write in order to share ... ideas, discoveries, emotions. In prolonged solitude, as I've discovered, we come very close to nothingness." This volume was written in solitude. 198 pgs 19 chapters in 3 parts. Part I, Travel; II, Polemics & Sermons; and, III, Personal History. Travels includes places in Scotland, Australia, the Sierra Madre, and Isla de la Sombra in Mexico. A personal journey, a travelogue, and a memoir shared.

New York, NY: Dover Publications, 1975. Dover Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Sid Lorraine & Howard Melson (Illustrators). Text/Bright, clean, AS NEW. Illustrated softcover/VG; strong w/edge rubs & light surface wear. PO name strike-out & inked numerals to fEP. Reference & resource. Step-by-Step secrets to some 150 best rope tricks. This is a 1975 Dover issue of the 3rd (1945) printing of the orginal volume. 400 pgs augmented by 510 line drawings & diagrams. Strong copy despite flaws.

Honolulu, Hawaii: Univ of Hawaii Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/None (As Issued?). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed greed linen boards/NF w/ldiscoloration. Indexed tabbed leading edgeOutstanding, Landmark work in the lexicography universe of dictionaries. Volume expands the 1966 edtion of of the ABC Chinese-English Dictionary. Pinyin romanization w/standard Madarin pronunciation. Editor John DeFrancis (1911- 2009), Emeritus Professor of Chinese at the Univ of Hawai'i, with degrees form Yale and Columbia, and extensive residence in China, all credetials hard to surprass.

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

Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1953. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine. Ruth McCrea (Illustrator). Text/Near New & Bright. Vintage 1953, Fist Edition, First Thus. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light shelfwear & nips to edges. Vintage 1953 collection of canapes delights --- those small, finger-sized, decorative French hors d'oeuvre on a tiny piece of bread (at times toasted), puff pastry, or a cracker topped with savory temptations perfect for one bite. Ideal with cocktails hours between sips. 62 pgs w/color illustrations. Inspiring ideas.

Remagen: Der Leuchter - Otto Reichl. Printed Blue Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 15/16" Tall. Mythos, Symbole, Legenden - wenn auch verschlusselt und historisch oft unbeweisbar - sind uns wertvolle Wegweiser zu einem ubersinnlichen Verstandnis. Um das Wesen der westlichen Zivilisation richtig zu erfassen, ist es notwendig, auch seine verborgenen Seiten zu erkennen, d. h. die Botschaften der Symbolik der Sagen und der Mythologie, die die geistige Entwicklung des Abendlandes starktens beeinflusser haben, zu entschleiern. Twenty chapters, 186 pages, with Inhalt, Vorwort, and Nachwort. Covers are sunned at backstrap, otherwise sound; text is clean and strong.

Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press, 1970. Rio Grande Classics, First Printing . Hard Cover/Stitched. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrate, gild embossed salmon boards/NF w/trace edge rubs. Light discoloration to endpapers & text edges. DJ/None as Issued. First published 1902 by the Smthsonian Institution in the Annual Report, as one of 3 papers of Part II. This edition is a reissue of the orginal text with change in the sequence of color plates for technical reasons, and, relocation of the b/w plates to the back of the book (all modifications notes in the List of Illustrations). Classic study, with linedrawings throughout, in 8 parts: I, Definition of Basketry; II, Materials for Basketry; III, Basket Making; IV, Ornamentation on Basketry; V, Symbolism; VII, Uses of Basketry; VII, Ethnic Varieties in Basketry; and, VIII, Collectors & Collections, followed by extensive Bibliography. Fine

London, UK: Thorsons Publishers, 1964. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/VG; Strong & sound w/rubs to leading edges, small loss to lower front corner & light soiling. Slight bend to upper front corner from poor shelving. Compact treatise on nutritional merits of sea water and specific sea foods for the human body. 7 chapters: 1, Health from the Sea; 2, Fish; 3, Shopping for Fish; 4, The Minerals & Vitamins of Sea Foods; 5, Kelp; 6, Carrageen Moss; and, 6, Agar-agar. Publications on Natural Health & Healing avaiable through the Health Publishing Co of San Francisco pasted to rear cover verso.

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Utah Press, 1999. Revised & Updated 1993 Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Todd Campbell (Author-Illustrator-Photographer). Text/New. Soft cover/NF w/trace edge/surface wear & faint creasing to upper back corner. Illustrated mountain bikers' handbook/manual to the Slickrock Trail, Moab, Utah. Desert land use, techical guidance and detailed trails to a difficult 13-mile loop;' not for novice riders. Rubber tires grip readily to the sandpaper-like canyon surfaces (and, inflict severe abrasions) metal horseshoes afford little traction, hence early settlers named the region "slickrock".

Athens, GA: Univ of Georgia Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. A journalistic biography of the life & times of Abraham Lincoln drawn from contemporary newspaper/magazine coverage of the Union, the Confederacy, and Europe. Journalistically speaking, it was an era of free-swinging 'reporting' and marked by extreme partisanship. The emerging portrait of the 16th President is accordingly highly complex & affords considerable insight into concerns & perspectives of the era. This volume is part of the trilogy "The Journalist's Lincoln", edited by Herbert Mitgang; the complementary books are: Washington, D.C., in Lincoln's Time by Noah Brooks, and, Spectator of America by Edward Dicey. 519 pgs in 10 chapters: 1, The Young Lincoln (1832-Aug 1846); 2, Congressman Lincoln (1846-1854); 3, The Great Debater (1854-1858); 4, A National Man (1858-1860); 5, Lincoln for President (1860-1861); 6, President at War… Read More

Tubingen, Germany: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1964. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/PO name to first title page. Fold-out chart to rear (also, NEW). Linguistics. Old High German grammar with Old Saxon by German medievalist and Indo-European linguist Theodor Wilhelm Braune (1850 - 1926). First published 1891; this 1964 edition carries a revised introduction and enhancements in the description of the verb. 68 pgs.

Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley/Smithonian Institution, 1976. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/VG w/rubs to upper back edge & light surface wear. Anthology. Anthology. Essays on the travels, impressions & observations of some 29 notable personages who visited America from 1776 to 1914,. All were honored in the Smithsonian, Nat'l Portrait Gallery's Bicentennial Exhibition of 1976, Washington, D.C. Amond the notable "tourists" are Charles Dickens, Frances Trollope, Alexis de Tocqueville, Antonin Dvorak, Liang Ch'i-ch'ao, Hu Shih, and H. G. Wells. 347 pgs. augmented w/historic paintings, prints & archival photographs. Fine historical chronicle.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hilary Knight (Illustrator). Text/As New. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Collectible First Edition, First Printing. Red endpapers. 1955 marked the debut performance of Eloise, who says of herself succintly, "I am a city child. I live at the Plaza." Gifted with a inner resources, Eloise adores taking the elevator from the lobby to the top floor, takes the lift down a few floors, scurries down a few flight, hops back into the elevator, then stairs again, elevator again, back to the ground floor ... a fold out map helps us keep up. A young lady of six springs, the precocious and all accomplished Eloise, with a mannerly public persona and wild exuberancy in private, was created by dancer, singer, pianist, composer, and choreographer (and, with Eloise, an author) Kay Thompson to amuse intimate friends, and brought to visual life by the deft pen (with dashes of red and pink) Hilary Knight whose… Read More