Search Results: Titles starting with I from 100 POCKETS

Carolrhoda Books, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/None as Issued. Mike Gordon (Illustrator). Text/VG w/trace bend to title page, else NEW & Bright. 1992 First American Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. PO name to front cover verso. Book in the I'M ALIVE! series on biology for pre-schoolers & early readers. This volume explains is on how the skeleton, bones & muscles change & grow w/the body, and those of other animal life, allowing us to move, run, dance. 24 pgs, w/cheery color illustrations, the comparisons to others animals draw on those the young already know. Fine copy despite flaws.

New York, NY: Beginner Books/Random House, 1978. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Dr. Seuss (Author-Illustrator). Text/NEW & Bright. First Edition, later printing. Illustrated boards/NF w/small nick to upper front by spine. DJ/None. The mischievous Cat in the Hat from Dr. Seuss, pen name of Theodore Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991), is back! This time taking Young Cat in a Hat in tow to show how reading is fun even with eyes shut, but far better when open. Unpaginated pages with rhymes, tongue twisters, and zanny illustrations to take in with open eyes! Some words, like "Mississippi", can be read w/eyes shut, but, "That is hard to do/... it's bad for my hat and makes my eyebrows get red hot/ So ... reading with my eyes shut I don't do an awful lot/ And when I keep them open/ I can read with much more speed/ You have to be a speedy reader/ 'cause there's so, so much to read!

Little Rock, AK: Leisure Arts, Inc., 2008. Leisure Arts #4466, First Thus . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace edge rubs. Dedicated guide to lace knitting. Color photos accompany 12, step-by-step projects. Patterns include shawls, shrugs, scarves, blankets, pillows, doilies and even table cloths.

New York, NY: Special Edition, Time Inc., 1965. 1st Printing . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; strong w/front spine fortified with archival tape & trace shelfwear. Historical novel from English poet, novelist & classicist Robert Graves (1895 - 1985). First published 1934; this is a 1965, Time Inc. Edition. "Autobiography" of Roman Emperor Claudius, 4th Emperor of Rome, (reigned 41-54 AD). First Roman emperor born outside of Italy, of Sabine origins. Crowned at age 49, having been secluded from the public for being judged a dolt --- he was a cripple, had nervous tics & stammered, and will prove himself both keen of mind & strong in leadership. Brilliant portrait of both Claudius and ancient Roman life. 429 pgs. w/Introduction from Robert Graves.

New York, NY: Random House, 1965. First Edition . Hard Cover/Stitched. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/None as Issued. Dr. Seuss (Author-Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated boards/NF w/light shelfwear & trace laminate to lower back spine corner. DJ/None as Issue. A tale of managing life's mishaps from Dr. Seuss, pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991) who first began his light-hearted children's stories in rhymes 1936 sailing from Europe to New York. This tale was drawn & written in 1965. Our young hero stubbs his big toe so badly that he is sent flying in to the air lands by spraining the main bone to his tail. To escape such calamities in the future, he decides to seek refugee in the "City of Solla Sollew/On the banks of the beautiful River Wah-oo/Where they never have troubles! At least but a very few". Travel daunting, and once there? Can quitting locales where unplesantries have ocurred a solution in adverting future mishaps?

New York, NY: Scholastic Inc, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. COVER ART: Fernc Suto. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/Fine. 1998 Scholastic printing for young readers. An Exceptional historical memoir dedicated to children in Israel ... who risked their lives daily enroute to school along roads of Judea, Samaria & Gaza, with belief the Holocaust will forever be an event of the past. Czechoslovakia born author Livia Bitton-Jackson (1931 - 2023) was but13 when she, her brother & her mother, were taken to Auschwitz. Freed in 1945, a refugee boat in 1951 took them to America, where she received a PhD in Hebrew culture & Jewish history from New York Univ, and will teach history at City Univ of New York for some 37 years. Her publications include Elli: Coming of Age in the Holocaust (recipient of the Christopher Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award & the Jewish Heritage Award). 224 pgs, "... with accounts of gas chambers, shootings, electrified fences… Read More

Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House, 2016. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/NEW, bilingual: English/Spanish, perfect for bi-lingual homes. Softcover/Fine. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library series. Delightful, charming , illustrated review of senses to read to the very young to verbalize their already experienced sense of smell, sight, touch and taste. Illustrated, unpaginated pgs include: I hear the birdie/Oigo un pajarito; I hear the rain/Oigo la lluvia; I don't hear the snow falling/No oigo la nieve caer. I smell bread, I'm hungry/Heulo pan, tengo hambre! I see the moon/Veo la luna. I don't touch the stove, it's hot!/No toco el fogon, esta caliente! and, how about: I taste the chili, spicy!/Saboreo el chile, picante!

Boston, MA: Peter Davidson/Houghton Mifflin, 1996. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. First Edtion, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace wear to corner tips. American poet Emily [Elizabeth] Dickinson (1830 - 86). daughter of a prominent Amherst lawyer, was educated at Amherst Academcy and, for one year, at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Her life was outwardly eventless for she lived quietyly at home; indeed, for the last 25 years of her life she secluded herself from all but the most intimate of friends. Her withdrawal and inner struggle are reflected in her mystical poems. This novel focuses on Dickinson's teen years, which Judith Farr recreates through a series of fictionalized letters. An intriguing probe into the mind and cares of an elusive creative spirit that will forever remain elusive. Judith Farr is a professor of English and author of The Passion of Emily Dickinson. Fine copy.

Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.A.: Quest Books/Theosophical Publishing House, 1978. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Narca Schor (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF. Trace spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text edge. Memoir from Canadian novelist and poet Evelyn Sybil Mary Eaton (1902 - 1983) whose later work exploring the spirituality of the western Amerindian peoples. An account of participation in sweat lodge rituals, a ceremonial sauna important to First Nations and other Native American cultures. The narrative chronicles the training of a present-day Pipe Woman; in describing the ritual pathway, text includes the Sweats, the Fasts, the Pipe, Dances, and other training exercises.

New York, NY: Cartwheel Books, 1992. 1st Edition, 14th Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Walter Wick (Photographer). Text/Bright, cleand, and Near New. Illustrated boards/NF. Aptly titled, this is a picture book of riddles for little people. Each panoramic page a visual feast; accompanying text inspires young eyes to look, seek, and find.

Roma, Italy: Biblioteca Economica Newton, 1993. Ristampa Identica, 1999 . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Softcover/VG w/light shelf wear, faint creasings to spine, trace edge & surface wear.The Old and the Young. Historical novel, first published 1913, from Italian dramatist, novelist and Nobel Prize winner (1934) Luigi Pirandello (1867 - 1936) who wrote novels, many short stories, and some 40 plays, often in Sicilian. This novel spans is of he social unrest during the Fasci Siciliani from 1893 to 1894. "La bibliografia suggerisce le integrazioni a chi intenda approfondire la conoscenza di Pirandello e fornisce, dove e opportuno, anche il numero delle pagine del testo citato ad orientamento di chi volesse consultarlo. Perquanto riguarda le opere di Pirandello, sono stati adottati i testi dell'edizione critica Araldo Mondadori Editore, "I Meridiani", alla quale si rimanda per note e varianti. [Publisher's Note] 388 pages.

New York, NY: Beginner Books/Random House, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Robert Lopshire (Author-Illustrator). Text/NEW & Bright. Illustrated board/Fine. DJ/No Jacket. Sequel to PUT ME IN THE ZOO. In this adventure author & illustrator Robert Lopshire (1927 - 2002) tells how Spot, the leopard who can magically manipulate his spots, uses his magic to try life in forms of different animals --- some big some small, some tall some short --- before agreeing w/his friends that "it does feel best to be just me.

New York, NY: Dial Press, 1974. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. EX-LIB. Text/Near New. Illustrated DJ/VG; under library mylar over light wrinkling to upper front. Outrageously funny first person narrative of the grief of early teenagehood. Thirteen year-old Kathy is a twig of 98-pounds with no extra flesh for contours, not good. Add greasy hair and a best friend who has perfect skin and has a date within three days of visiting Kathy's lakeside home, misery is complete. Mercifully ducklings and teenagers do blossom. Strong copy.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1984. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. Red boards/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. Volume prepared for COBOL programmers working in an OS environment, and accordingly, with information on JCL, procedures, utilities, VSAM, ABEND, debugging, and Assembler Language Programming. 388 pgs in 11 chapters, each concluding w/a summary & exercises: 1, Introduction to OS JCL; 2, Needs of the COBOL Programmer; 3, Procedures; 4, Utilities; 5, VSAM Organization; 6, Assembler Fundamentals; 7, Introduction to Abend Debugging; 8, Abend Debugging Without Dumps; 9. Insight into the COBOL Compiler; 10, An Assembler Subset; and 11, Assembler Language Programming, followed 4 appendices.

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1992. First Printing . Illustrated Coated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 1/2 x 7 1/4. Ex-Lib. Text/Near New & strong. 1992, First Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated boards/NF. PO stamp of prior owns to all 3 text blocks. DJ/None. PC assembly language covering essentially the entire 80 x 86 instruction set & programing skills. 402 pgs, 8 chapters, all ending w/Analytical Exercises & Programming Projects: 1, Representation & Storage of Information; 2, Major Components of Computer "Engines"; 3, Introduction to iAPX Instruction Set & Addressing Modes; 4, Generating, Loading & Executing Programs; 5, Modular Programming: Subprograms, Linkers, and Macros; 6, A Further Look at the iAPX Architecture; 7, Input/Output; and 8, Introduction to Operating Systems. Strong copy despite flaws.

Bowie, MD: Robert J. Brady/Prentic-Hall, 1983. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW, with trace wrinkling (moisture) to lower back corner of last 10 pgs. Illustrated soft cover/VG; strong & sound w/light rubs to all leading edges, and faint creasings to corner tips. Chapter 0 gives a crash course in the binary & hexadecimal numbering systems. 8 chapters: 1, Introduction to Assembly Language Programming; 2, Using an Assembler; 3, The 8088 Instruction Set; 4, High-Precision Mathematics; 5, Operating on Data Structures; 6, Using the System Resources; 7, Graphics Made Easy; and, 8, Let There Be Sound! Fine historical reference/resource.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. First Edition, First Pinting . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. Polar exploration. Historical account of British naval officer, artic explorer and once Governor of Tasmania Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin's (1786 -1847) ill-fated 1847 attempt to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic in which the entire 129 crew perished. 23 chapters w/4 appendices.

New York, NY: Hyperion Books, 2000. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/New. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. In 1913, Canadian Artic explorer and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 - 1962) led the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916 in hopes of finding one last unexplored continent. The Karluk was one 3 ships. It became ice bound; Stefasson left the ship for help. Of the 25 remaining aboard, 12 manage to survive a near 12 month ordeal. Drawing from first hand diary accounts, original documents, news reports, and interviews descendants of expedition members and the one living survivor, this is their story --- a tale of adventure and exploration, of cowardice and heroism, of brutality and hardship, of betrayal and redemption.

Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF; w/light wear to leading front edge. Trace creasings to front/back surfaces from poor shelving, with corresponding bends to text block. Highly regarded monograph on ice climbing techniques w/emphasis on understanding differing properties of ice pending how, and when and where, it was formed. Text, illustrated with photos & line drawings, in 5 parts: I, Ice Roots, Crystal Blossoms: A Brief History of Ice; II, One Man's Frostbite: The Ice Experience; III, Accoutrement: The Necessary Clothing & Grear; IV, The Cold Dance Review: The Basic of Climbing Ice; and, V, The Hard Water Guide: An Overview of World Ice, with Sixteen Selected Climbs, followed by Afterword.

New York, NY: TV Books Inc, 1999. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/Fine. BRAND NEW Copy. Companion book to the BBC televised series. History of fact and lore of expeditions to the Arctic where there is no land whatsoever at the North Pole itself; unlike the South Pole, no fixed point is marked.