Search Results: Titles starting with A from Andrew Langer, Bookseller

Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Undated American edition (ca 1913). Oatmeal cloth, ragged right and bottom edges, halftone in-line illustrations and plates. ; 5-3/4" x 8-1/4"; 315 pp; Bookplate is that of Frederick W. Skiff and bears the initials WH in the design. Skiff was a noted collector and author of Adventures in Americana, a title on collecting published 1935 in Postland, Oregon. ; Near fine but for a slight tenderness of the front hinge, a slight darkening of the spine and a bookplate and prior ownership inscription inside the front cover. .

Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Fine Arts Gallery, Albright Art Gallery. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Softcover. Illustrated with 27 photographs of large scale works by various artists. Original gray wraps with yapp edges, pages attached with silk cord. ; 7 x 11.5"; 66-96 pp; Edgewear and toning to covers, small note in pencil at rear. .

Association for Computing Machinery. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1992. Softcover. 0-89791-474-0 . Report of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction Curriculum Development Group. ; 8.5 x 11"; 162 pp; Very slight cover wear, otherwise fine. .

Kobenhavn (Copenhagen): Ejnar Munksgaard. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1949. Softcover. Tan wraps,illustrations include a photograph and a number of drawings on plates at rear. ; 9" x 11"; 98 pp; Wear to yapp edges including closed tears and losses at corners of rear cover and spine cover, inscription penned at top of front cover, pages unopened. .

Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office. Good with no dust jacket. 1952. Softcover. Paper 168-54/DO-61, issued October 8, 1954. Prepared by RTCA SC56. Green stapled wraps, typescript. ; 7-3/4" x 10-1/4"; ii, 7 pp; Covers and paper toned, light cover wear, rusted staples, slightly musty, prior owner stamp on front cover, pages clean and unmarked. .

Santa Clara, CA: Intel Corporation. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Softcover. First revision of product literature for 80287 numeric data processor. Stapled self-wraps, 4-hole punched in Intel standard format, Intel Order Number 210920-002 (first revision). ; 6.5 x 8.5"; 24 pp; Lightly creased with outside pages toned at edges. .

Anchorage, Alaska: Greater Anchorage. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1961]. Softcover. Stiff wraps, stapled. Full of photos of 1961 Anchorage and surroundings, the Fur Rendezvous and sled dog racing.; 8-1/2" x 11"; 72 pp; Mild cover wear, clean and unmarked. .

Sacramento, California: Office of Appropriate Technology, State of California. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1982. Softcover. The ... book shows how lenders can make money less expensive, how government can cut red tape and permitting costs, how home buyers and builders can become more self-sufficient, and how new designs can lower the costs of housing. Contest winners are portrayed, and their ideas are graphically explained. Stifff red wraps. perfect bound, front cover with cream, printed title area, lettered in green, red and cream, illustrated. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; 103 pp; Minor cover wear - mainly at the corners, no inscriptions, clean and unmarked pages. .

San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. Reproduces a series of sketches first appeared in the author's Bits of Travel at Home published in 1878. Green decorated paper boards, beige cloth spine with title on spine label. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Designed and illustrated in color by Mallette Dean at Kentfield, California. Light green unprinted dust wrapper. Limitation page notes this an edition of 450 copies and that it is publication number 137 of The Book Club of California. Prospectus and postcard promoting related Club exhibition laid in at front. ; 7-1/4" x 10-3/4"; 84 pp; Little wear to book. Jacket with little wear but somewhat toned, in clear protective cover. .

New York: The Port of New York Authority. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1950. Softcover. Orange wraps, black lettering, text accompanied by tables and 15 full-page b&w illustrations. Published June 1950. ; 8-1/4" x 10-3/4"; xxx, 81 pp; Covers lightly worn, lightly sunned, prior owner stamp on front cover, faintly musty, pages clean and unmarked. .

San Francisco, California: Garbell Research Foundation. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1971. Softcover. Prepared for The City of South San Francisco, March 10, 1971. Yellow card covers, black cloth spine, pages numbered to 34 with a number of additional illustrations and inclusions following. ; 8-1/2" x 11"; Very slight cover wear, clean and unmarked outside and in, appears unread. .

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, frontispiece shows Alaska superimposed across the United States, two portraits and a map. ; 6-3/4" x 9-1/2"; 456 pp; Covers rubbed, front board bumped along right edge, hinges just a bit loose, rear hinge was long-ago reinforced with clorh tape, tape residue on front fixed endpaper from once taped-in card - now missing, proir owner name inked to front free endpaper, text clean and unmarked. .

Geographic Alliance. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1994). Stated First Edition; No printing noted. Hardcover. 1-887419-00-4 . Textbook on the geography of Alaska. Coated paper baords, front cover with color photograph of geothermal activity, many additional illustrations within. ; 8-1/2" x 10"; 200 pp; Minor cover wear, prior owner inscription from Sitka, AK to front free flyleaf, hinges are sound, text is clean and unmarked. .

Geographic Alliance. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2008. Stated First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 1-887419-00-4 . Textbook on the geography of Alaska. Coated paper baords, front cover with color photograph of geothermal activity, many additional illustrations within. This copy with a laid in handwritten transmittal letter penned and signed by Roger Pearson, within named Project Administrator for this "elementary book". ; 8-1/2" x 10"; 200 pp; Slight cover wear, hinges are sound, text is clean and unmarked. .

Fairbanks, Alaska: The Associated General Contractors of Alaska. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 1-888125-38-1 . Blue leatherette lettered in gilt and red, endpapers reproduce photographs, well-illustrated with many photographs including color section at rear. Blue dust jacket lettered in gold and red. Limitation page with pastedown logo and statement: Five hundred copies of Alaska's Builders have been specially bound and numbered by A.G.C. of Alaska for presentation and collection by members and honored friends. This volume is No. ____ (with 465 inked in). ; 8-3/4" x 11-1/4"; 239 pp; Slight wear to book and jacket along edges. Jacket in clear protective cover. .

Cleveland, Ohio: The Bird Research Foundation. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with paintings (on plates with guards) by Major Allan Brooks and Edward R. Kalmbach with photographs by Frank DuFresne, Olaus J. Murie, and the author and with pen sketches by C. G. Mitchell, J. R. Moodey and L. B. Towle. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and bird image front and spine, front endpaper is tinted photo of Alaskan tundra, rear endpaper is map of Alaska. Heavy book, extra for international shipping. ; 7-1/2" x 10"; XVIII, 464 pp; E. A. Kitchin was a noted birder and author of "Birds of the Alaskan Peninsula", published Port Angeles, WA: Olympic Printers, 1949. ; Light soiling to boards, both hinges cracked though holding well - part of mull revealed at rear hinge, prior owner bookplate (E. A. Kitchin) to rear of half title page, interior otherwise unmarked. .

Cleveland, Ohio: The Bird Research Foundation. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated with paintings (on plates with guards) by Major Allan Brooks and Edward R. Kalmbach with photographs by Frank DuFresne, Olaus J. Murie, and the author and with pen sketches by C. G. Mitchell, J. R. Moodey and L. B. Towle. Brown cloth, gilt lettering and bird image front and spine, front endpaper is tinted photo of Alaskan tundra, rear endpaper is map of Alaska. In publishers dust jacket with illustrated panels front and rear. Heavy book, extra for internationa l shipping. ; 7-1/2" x 10"; XVIII, 464 pp; Little wear to boards, hinges remain strong, prior owner name inked to front flyleaf, text otherwise unmarked. Jacket is sun faded, rubbed along folds, edgeworn with small losses, in clear protective cover. .

Philadelphia: Allen, Lane and Scott. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1903. Second Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, map frontispiece and additional maps. Introductory matter notes that this was dated April 3d, 1903 and that "A few corrections have been made in this second edition." The first edition introduction is dated January 10th, 1903. ; 7-1/4" x 10-3/4"; xv, 198 pp; Front board with stain and other soiling, dampstaining to area of rear board. Despite the covers, the text remains VG+, with pages clean, unmarked and bright. .

Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1982). Hardcover. 0-8142-0336-1 . Publishers blue cloth, spine with gilt-stamped lettering, illustrated with reproductiosn of b/w photographs. Dust jacket with wrap-around illustration from tinted photo. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/4"; 398 pp; Light wear at corners of binding, sound binding, clean and unmarked within. Two tiny spots on little worn but price clipped jacket, in clear protective cover. .

Washington: The National Geographic Society. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated with maps, charts, photographs, additional maps in pocket at rear. Wickersham 3802. Tourville 4459 ; 8" x 10-1/4"; xxvii, 498 pp; Covers rubbed at spine, worn at corners, sunned along edges. both hingees cracked thought still holding (rear hinge attached only by mull). Front flyleaf with thinned area (as where a bookplate was removed?), interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Map pocket is toned and has closed tears; nine within maps as called for. Maps have areas of exterior toning and identifying notations on outside in pencil. Folding map interiors remain VG+ condition, collected by their original band. .