Search Results: Titles starting with M from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1990 Ballantine Books, New York. 1990. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked except for inscription to previous owner on FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Blue boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 402 pp. From his tropical medicine battles in the 1930s to modern medicine, the author has had one of the most extraordinary careers possible in medicine. In this book he shares the cases of thrilling medical detection that too him to the streets of Panama City, to the labs of Army Hospitals, to post-WWII Europe and finally to his own Park Avenue practice treating the names in pop culture and politics. A clean and pristine copy.

Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International , 1993 Motorbooks International, Osceola, WI. 1993. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Published in 1993. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light rubbing to front and rear panel. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or folded; text is secure in binding. 144 pp 4to. Rich with detail and enlivened by the first-person reminiscences of Sherman tankers, M4 Sherman presents the fascinating combat and developmental history of the Sherman tank and all of its American and foreign variants- tank destroyers, flame throwers, Duplex Drive, Firefly, self-propeller howitzers and mortars, rocket launchers, mine cleavers, bridging and tank recovery vehicles, Super Shermans, Battlefield ambulances, and many others. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Carlton Press, Inc. , 1985 Carlton Press, Inc., New York. 1985. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. A Bookland Juvenile. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift inscription on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant wear to bottom boards from shelving. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($6.95); small closed tear on front panel top and rear flap fold at top. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 48 pp 8vo. Maranatha is a tiny mouse who lives in a cave in one of the hills overlooking Jerusalem and has a fear of dying. He learns of a rabbi who has the secret of eternal life and follows him through the streets of Jerusalem, witnesses the crucification, and burial in the cave he lives in, witnesses the miracle of resurrection. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Tim Duggan Books , 2020 Tim Duggan Books, New York, NY. 2020. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New; NOT Price Clipped ($28.00). Black boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 359 pp 8vo. This book is the untold story of how an unknown young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia's royal to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East while acting as the Crown Prince (one step below the King, his father). This book is an eye-opening look at the "new" Saudi Arabia and its goals looking to 2030. MBS has acquired much power and is using it to modernize and reform the country. All of this seems to get lost in the author's biased account and one-sided representation of how the Kingdom operates. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Ivy Books, 1995 Ivy Books, New York. 1995. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; scant wear to head and tail. Black paper over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 281 pp 8vo. LRRPs are Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol teams that performed dangerous missions behind enemy lines. They are the equivalent of Marine Force Recon and Navy SEAL teams in the jungles of South Vietnam. This book is based on the story an ill-fated, five-man US Army Ranger LRRP (lurp) missing in action in Cambodia in 1970 and the rescue mission that followed. This book is based on eyewitness and documented accounts and not on the official US Army Records. This is the story of Team 5-2 and the heroic and ultimately successful attempts to rescue them despite extraordinarily bad weather and an angry and aware enemy. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1961 The Viking Press, New York. 1961. Hardcover. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for two small numbers on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped lower tip; slight rubbing to board tops and bottoms from shelving. No DJ. Heavy stock cloth pictorial boards and spine with white and red lettering on spine and front board. 12 mo. 64 pp. Mr. Penny's animals were asleep for the night except Splop the goat. She heard strange noises and after investigating she raced home and woke up all the other animals and brings them back to look at some other animals from a circus; a chimpanzee and a bear, wearing clothes. They teach the other animals the circus tricks and pretty soon Mr. Penny has his own circus. A clean and presentable copy.

Clarendon, TX: Clarendon Press/Self-Published , 1963 Clarendon Press/Self-Published, Clarendon, TX, 1963. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Limited Edition of 200 copies. First Edition/First Printing. Stapled and glued binding. Inscribed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; bumped fore edge to rear wrap. No DJ. Printed Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in wraps. 20 pp 16mo. A book of poetry by Martha Downer Ellis of the Bell Ranch in New Mexico. Covers her daily experiences and life on the plains in a large cattle ranch. A clean pristine copy.

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1969 University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. 1969. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped; small closed tear on bottom front flap edge. Light green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine and front board. Maps as endpapers. 238 pp 8vo. Barbara Jones symbolizes the fortitude, adaptability, physical and moral strength, and sheer talent of the American pioneer woman. She raised 10 children to strict standards, losing some to violence or accident, and reared her family in the midst of the Lincoln County War in the late 1880s. A clean pristine copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1999 Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY. 1999. Hardcover. Stated Limited Edition. Inscribed to General Richard Knowles by the author. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ as issued. Heavy plasticized pictorial boards and spine with bright blue lettering on spine and front board. Pictorial endpapers. 152 pp 4to. A very detailed account of the year 1950 in Korea when the South was invaded and MacArthur's Inchon landing turned the tide of the war and the North Korean Army was driven back to the Yalu River at which time Chinese forces joined the battle and UN forces were forced back to the 38th parallel. Maps, photos, interviews, and detailed G3 reports. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: Industrial Press, Inc. , 1971 Industrial Press, Inc., New York. 1971. Hardcover/Flexible Wraps. Stated Nineteenth Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the half title page. Book Condition: Very Good +; fading to tinted textblock top; light bumping to tail; scant shelfwear. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($19.00); wear and small closed tears t head, tail, and tips; light wear to flap folds and spine shoulders. Green grained vinyl over boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Reference Indexes as endpapers. 2420 pp 12mo. This handbook is used extensively as a standard work reference in all countries where machines or other mechanical products are designed and manufactured. Thumb-indexed for ease of use. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1973 Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. 1973. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Slipcase; Near Fine; light wear to bottom surface. Brown leatherette boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Slipcase solid and square. 332 pp 8vo. The second in a retrospective series by Dun and Bradstreet that focuses on significant socioeconomic events and trends of the past decades and their effect on business. This book centers on George Strong, a NY lawyer, as he looks at 1850 and the future. What he could not foresee was the economic transformation that was to take the country form an agrarian nation to a budding industrial one. The growth of railroads, newspapers, and credit went along with America's new industrial might. Machines and morality would be the major concerns in the 1850s. Followed by money and social reform. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1974 G.P. Putnam & Sons, New York. 1974. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light dust soiling to textblock top and fore edge. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($8.95); light suntanning to spine; small missing piece at lower front tip cover; scattered edge bumping. Tan cloth boards and spine with blue lettering on the spine. 444 pp 8vo. This book has elements of treason, implied, and romance, muted, in high places insinuated in a not very menacing fashion around Maculan -- an inventor from abroad -- who contributed some valuable arms inventions; and Vincent who infiltrated his way into the business after Maculan's sudden and questionable death via his daughter Jenny, a rather defenseless girl who never seems to wonder about anything. Until Vincent dies, also suddenly, leaving proof of adultery with a very common woman as well as debts and evidence that he had been on the other side of… Read More

Beverly Hills, CA: Dove Books, 1995 Dove Books, Beverly Hills. 1995. Hardcover. First Edition/ First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; three folded pages. DJ: Fine; small closed tear to rear cover. Gray boards with black cloth overlay and bright silver lettering on spine. 237 pp. After 267 days as prisoners of the US legal system, America's most famous jurors were thrilled to walk out into the sunlight of freedom. But within minutes of their release, they were overwhelmed by the blinding glare of white America's fury. Here, at last- in the words of jury foreman Amanda Cooley and fellow jurors Carrie Bess and Marsha Rubin-Jackson- are the answers to the questions that the nation has been asking ever since the controversial verdict that freed OJ Simpson, the man who many believe got away with murder. A clean pristine copy.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2002 UNM Press, Albuquerque. 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; Some marks to boards and slight spine cock. DJ: Near Fine slight chipping to bottom at spine and rubbing. Red cloth boards with bright black lettering on spine. 315 pp. Mildred Clark Cusey was a whore, a madam, an entrepreneur, and a survivor. The story of Silver City Millie is the story of one woman's personal tragedies and triumphs, as an orphan, a Harvey Girl on the Santa Fe Railroad, a prostitute with innumerable paramours, and a highly successful bordello businesswoman. A clean and pristine copy.

New York, NY: Stravon Publishers, 1949 Stravon Publishers, New York. 1949. Hardcover. Stated 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition; bumped tips, head, and tail. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped ($1.98); closed tears and missing small pieces along top edge; rubbing to panels; wear to tips. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright green lettering on the spine and front board. 128 pp 8vo. de Maupassant (1850-1893) had a genius for the short story and centered it on Paris, the meeting place of the aristocracy, the bourgeoisie, and the intriguing demi-monde. He was a realist and his stories teemed with action, with the dramatic and telling moments in the history of an individual in the forefront. A well selected repast of his best short stories. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1994. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 6th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light tip bumping; light rubbing to panels. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 209 pp 8vo. The author attempts to capture the indomitable spirit of a Lakota woman as she celebrates the joys and endures the sufferings of her remarkable life on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Stricken with TB at age 16, she went to marry, have a family, go to college, and teach in the reservation Head Start program. A clean very presentable copy.

Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City Press, 1976 Ancient City Press, Santa Fe, NM. 1976. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Second Printing by line number. Book it tight, square, and unmarked. Glued wraps over signatures. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 63 pp. This is the story of the Christmas City of New Mexico. But behind this blaze there was a little-known working community and a system of management that brought to a culmination the carrot-and-stick philosophy. With vivid accounts of the miners at work and at play, and the one man who, more than any other, shaped their lives, this book explores the nature of this community, its decline, eventual demise, and it current renaissance. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1983 Harper and Row, New York. 1983. Hardcover. Stated First US Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail; slight dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($24.95); light bumping to head and tail; sunbleaching to spine. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; conductor debossed on front board. Red endpapers. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 536 pp 8vo. The conductor is the central and dominant figure in the concert hall and opera house leading the author explore the elusive art of conducting. This book covers her researching and interviewing 23 major orchestral leaders. With discussions with singers and orchestra members, she has obtained a rounded picture of each conductor's podium technique, musical taste, place and style of training, rehearsal technique, and life-style away from the concert hall. A clean… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1990 Simon and Schuster, New York. 1990. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. yellow boards with gray cloth overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 384 pp. Here is the first portrait of Margaret Thatcher written by an American for an American audience. The author takes the reader backstage at 10 Downing Street and into the life of the most powerful woman in the world who not only was Prime Minister, but brought Britain back from economic ruin. A highly readable, sharply detailed, look at one of the century's most fascinating leaders. A clean pristine edition.

New York, NY: Military Heritage Press, 1988 Military Heritage Press, New York. 1988. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Red boards with blue cloth overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 120 pp. The Maginot Line was one of the most extensive systems of permanent defenses ever built to repel the Germans from the Alps to the English Channel. The author provides detailed technical descriptions of the fortifications and how they were manned and organized for war. Since 1940 it has been given the reputation of the greatest White elephant of all time. A clean pristine book in Brodart mylar.