Search Results: Titles starting with E from 100 POCKETS

Athena: Ekdoseis Kleio, 1979. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace edge rubs. 4-fold pull-out perspective rendering of the Acropolis and its pre-Philippan surroundings (also BRAND NEW) to rear. A most handsome and professional guidebook. Contains some 40 pages of illustrated Greek text, and about 95 pages of color plates. About 5/8 of the book covers the Acropolis, and the balance, the exhibits, grouped by aithousa, in the Acropolis Museum. 135 glossy pages, with Frontispiece., and 16 3/4 x 24" (approximate) 4-fold pull-out perspective rendering of the Acropolis and its pre-Philippan surroundings. Covers are slightly rubbed at upper edge, otherwise clean and sound; text is strong and clean.

New York, NY: Berkley Prime Crime, 1996. First Edition, First Pinting . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Mystert/thriller. Historian, expert on the Arapaho Indians, and mystery writer Margaret Coel (1937 -) authored award winning novels featuring Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden. In this thriller, Arapahos gather for the Ethete powwow. Tribal chairman is found dead in his tipi! Who-dun-it? All evidence points to his nephew. Father O'Malley thinks not ...

New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc., 2005. First Edition . Paperback. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Softcover Fine/showing trace shelfwear. 4th book in the Alex Rider Series from British mystery & suspense writer Anthony Horowitz (1955 -) who wrote for both young & adults. The Alex Rider Series follows the adventures of a 14-year-old boy became a spy & member of the British Secret Service, MI6. This episode, with antecedents stretching back some 15 years to Brazil, takes plance in Southern France, Paris, Amsterdam & London, involves antagonist Yassen Gregorovich. Volume follows Alex Rider, and his going rogue from MI6 to foil Sir Damian Gray, a celebrity madman, from launching U.S. nuclear missiles at drug-producing countries throughout the world. Series of 11 adventures, concluding with a 12th; the Russian Roulette, dedicated to the life of Yassen Gregorovich.

Cambridge, MA: Icon Editions/Harper & Row, 1982. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/VG, w/ligh edge wear w/trace humidity soiling to lower front corner, echoed on lower corner edges of first 3 pgs. History of American modernist painting from 1910 through 1935, the period immediately before American avant-garde painting. 6 chapters: 1, The Stieglitz Group; 2, The Arensberg Circle; 3, Color Painters; 4, Some Early Exhibitions, Collectors, & Galleries; 5, Precisionism; and, 6, The Independents: The Phildelphia School. New York Independents, Chicago & Westward, & Independents in Europes. Followed by Epilogue.

Philadelphia, PA: Chilton Book Co, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy. First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Beige linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine, but, inner flaps pasted to covers' verso. Library traces limited to front cover verso & fEP. History. In depth study of techinuque, porcesses, design, and usage of early American folk pottery. Subject matter chosen from the Index of American Design. 322 pgs w/b/w photos, in 5 parts. Index of American Design precedes Part I, Introduction; II, The Colonial Environment; III, The Earthenware Tradition; and IV, The Stoneware Tradition, followed by Design, Plates, and Notes.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard-Yenching Institute, 1967. Offprint . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/faint creasings to lower left corner of softcover. New Zealand-born sinologist & scholar of traditional Chinese vernacular fiction, Professor Patrick Dewes Hanan (1927 - 2014), Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages & Director of the Harvard-Yenching Library. 207 pgs. Essays addresses critical analysis approaches to pre-1550 vernacular short stories od mid-Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) in contrast to those prevalent during those of the classical tales that have survived from the T'ang Dynasty despite the intervening rule of the Mongolian Yuan period

New York, NY: Barnes & Noble, 1966. Barnes & Noble Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. EX-LIB, UNCIRCULATED college library copy. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Blue linen boards w/gilt lettering/NF. DJ/None. Loan slip to rear. PO stamp to upper and lower text edges. Facsimile reprint of the edition published 1906 by the Early English Drama Society, London. The anthology comprises: 1, A Comedy Concerning Three Laws, of Nature, Moses, and Christ; 2, A Tragedy or Interlude Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man; 3, A Comedy or Interlude of John Baptist's Preaching in the Wilderness; 4, A Comedy or Interlude Concerning the Temptation of Our Lord; and, 5, A Tragedy of John, King of England, followed by copious notes. Fine copy less dustjacket.

New York, NY: The University Society, 1935. First Trade Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New. Vintage 1935 Edition. Maroon boards/Fine. DJ/None. Stamped PO name w/partial strike-out on fEP & rear cover verso. First published in 1931. Primary historical record of highlights in scientific geological studies of the 1930's. 10 chapters: Chapter I, The Planet on Which We Live; II, Historical Resume of Geology; III, The Origen of the Earth; IV, The Atmosphere; V, The Hydrosphere; VI, The Lithosphere; VII The Centrosphere; VIII, Volcanoes; IX, Eathquakes; and X, The Geologic Record.

San Francisco, CA: Friends of the Earth, 1971. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Near Fine. Pete Martin; Wilbur Mills; John P. Milton; Gilbert Staender, et al (Photographers). Text/BRAND NEW. Gilt embossed taupe line boards/Fine. DJ/NF under mylar. Naturalist and non-fiction writer Kenneth Brower (1944 -), son of David Brower, is well known for his books about the environment, national parks, and natural places. In his own words, this volume "tells two stories." One is an account of a five week trip Brower took with two friends across the Brooks Range of Alaska; the story of the Range we saw. The other story is the Range that is not readily apparent to travellers. Text, illustrated with 59 color plates, in 5 parts: 1, Landforms; 2, First Faunas; 3, Inuit; 4, Explorers; and, 5, Prospect.

New York, NY: St Martin's Minotaur, 2004. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Near Fine. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. Suspense spiked with dinosaurs, and collision between science and religion. 5th in the series starring clear-thinking, sometime FBI consultant, geologist heroine Em Hansen ... this time involving art authentication! Afterall, are not pigments in paint but ground-up minerals?

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1966. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW. Linen boards/Fine. Illustrated DJ/VG w/closed tear to upper front, faint creasing to lower front, & rubs to corner tips. Science fiction. First published UK, 1965; this is the First American Edition. The world is overpopulated and starvation an accepted norm ... global warfare the solution?

London, UK: John Murray, 1947. First Edition, 4th Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Freya Stark (Author-Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Green linen boards w/gilt authr's signature & spine lettering/Fine. DJ/None. Frontispiece: Young Arabia. Bookshop label to front cover verso. Travel narrative by British travel writer Freya Madeleine Stark (1893 - 1993) famous for her experiences in the Middle East. First published 1945; this is the 4th Printing of 1947. During World War II, she joined the British Ministry of Information. She wrote over two dozen books based on her travels, almost all were published by John Murray in London. This volume, illustrated by author's photos, covers the War years in: I, Aden; II, Egypt; III, Syria; and, IV, Iraq.

New York, NY: Poseidon Press, 1992. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing. BRAND NEW Copy w/small sticker removal shadow to rear cover verso. Dust jacket under mylar. Epic saga of Russia's colonization of Siberia; from the author's perspective, a sequel to his biography of Ivan the Terrible. Lured by lucrative fur trade, bands of Russians fell on Turkish and Mongol nomads, destroying native cultures and plundering the land, ultimately culminating in laying of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in 1901, facilitating mass migration of Russian peasants into the region. Fascinating historical survey of Russia's frontier lands parachuted into international awarenes by Stalin's transformation of the region into a grim penal colony for criminals and political exiles. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Times Reading Progrm, Special Edition/Time Inc, 1964. 1st Edition First Thus. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Archival Photographs. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/Fine. Light brown (acidic paper reaction) & soiling upper text block. First published 1949; this is the 1964 Special Edition of the Time Reading Program. Laid-in: publisher's bookmark. Memoir of early career days of Sir Fitzroy Maclean (1911 - 1996) while w/the British diplomatic corps in Russia. An absorbing mixture of military adventure, political judgement, urbane wit, cool humour & surprising incidents of a junior diplomat in Moscow. Account of travels in the USSR, particularly to forbidden zones of Central Asia; exploits in the British Army & SAS in the North Africa theatre of war; and time spent in Yugoslavia with Josip Broz Tito & the Partisans. 561 pgs w/archival photos, 37 chapters divided in 3 parts: 1, Golden Road; 2, Orient Sand; and 3, Balkan War. Later in his career, Sir Fitzroy was a… Read More

New York, NY: Random House, 2000. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. Softcover. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Journalist Robert David Kaplan (1952 -) looks at the late 1990s state of affairs in the Balkans, Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian regions with an eye towards what the future might hold for these areas.

New York, NY: Random House, 2000. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. White boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/short closed tear to upper back. Journalist Robert David Kaplan (1952 -) looks at the late 1990s state of affairs in the Balkans, Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asian regions with an eye towards what the future might hold for these areas.

Little Rock, AR: Leisure Arts, 2003. Soft Cover/Stapled. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. COVER ART: "Crocheted, tasseled hat with "eyelash" yarn". 14, color photo illustrated fun patterns to liven the wardrobe. Project, combining homespun with novelty yarns, include scarves, wraps, ear warmers, totes, cell phone/eyeglass carrier, and water bottle carriers. Basic knitting and crocheting techniques precedes instructions.

Berne, IN: DRG/House of White Birches, 2011. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. Matthew Owen (Photographer); Debby Keel & Amada Treharn (Illustrators)DRG. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, First Printing. Collection of some 50 knitting projects including hats & mitten, scarves, vest, stoles, ponchos, socks & bootees. All knitted from 1, 2 or 3 skeins of yarn --- making the most of yarns on hand. Lucid instructions augmented by color photos. 3 chapters: The first features simple, time-saving projects that only need one skein of yarn. The second and third introduce more skeins to the required-materials list for, as an example, tunics.

Des Moines, IA: Better Homes & Gardens Books, 2004. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Dedicated manual/handbook for the art of beading, be it making jewelry or using beads to embellish lampshades, valances, cushions, garments, and the like.

Lincolnwood, IL: Passport Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. 3,000 Chinese phrasebook and dictionary. Handy reference and essential travel volcabulary, with useful cultural tips and prevalent customs. Each entry with Chinese character, romananized Chinese (Pin-yin), and English. Handy pocket-sizes reference/resource.