Search Results: Titles starting with U from 100 POCKETS

Praha: Nakladatelstvi J. Otto, 1927. Druhe Vydani . Printed Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 15/16 x 7 1/16. Adolf Kaspar. Book 3 of this series of historical novels ends in 1840. 564 pages, with drawings and color plates. Boards show fading, griming, wear at upper and lower backstrap, and nips at leading corners; text is strong and clean, but browning at edges.

New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Archival Photographs & Illustrations. Text/BRAND NEW. Stiff softcover/NEW. Concise, scholarly, pocket-sized guide to understanding The Constitution of the United States from Oxford Univ. Press. Reading of the supreme law of USA, superceding the Articles of Confederation (the nation's first constitution) in 1789. 7 articles --- the first 3 articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers (dividing the federal gov't into 3 branches (the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the president & subordinate officers; & the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court & other federal courts. Article IV, Article V & VI embody concepts of federalism (the rights & responsibilities of state governments, the states in relationship to the federal gov't & shared process of constitutional amendment. Article VII establishes the procedure subsequently… Read More

Washington, DC: U.S. Dept of the Interior, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/New & Bright. U.S. Geological Survey Unnumbered Series. First published 1982; this is a re-issue of 1999. Stapled softcover/NF w/a whisper of shelfwear. COVER ART: July 6th, 1975 lave flows, Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Volcanoes are ruptures in the Earth's crust allowing hot lava, volcanic ash & gases to escape from below surface. This 45 paged issue, w/photos, illustrations, diagrams & maps is a general, geological summary of "the nature, workings, products, & hazards of the common types of volcanoes" known on our planet, concluding w/an introduction to current volcano monitoring & research.

Bern und Stuttgart: Verlag Hans Huber, 1952. Black Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 5/16" Tall. Memoirs and autobiographical notes in German and French by the enlightened 18th century (b. 1745) Bernese aristocrat, author, traveller, and prodigious correspondent. 84 pages, with Vorwort des Herausgebers, and unpaginated Inhaltsverzeichnis. Boards are slightly sunned at backstrap; text is clean and strong.

Strongsville, OH: Kid Concoctions, 1997. First Edition, 4th Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Robert Durr; Zachary Durr (Illustrators). Text/Near New w/some folded corners. Illustrated softcover/NF w/light edge wear & trace creasing to lower front/back corner. Delightful collection of 65 recipes for kid's stuff to make from common household ingredients. Easily made and all for fun. Make-and-play recipes include: slimy, stretchy, gooey gunk; funny putty; super sidewalk paint ... folded corner to pg 43 is recipe for face & body paints.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. EX-LIB; Uncirlculated copy w/loan pocket to fEP. Stated First Edition. Text/BRAND NEW. Bi-color boards/NF. DJ/NF. The Mackenzie (previously Disappointment) River is named in honor of Scottish explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1764 - 1820) who, representing the North West Company, set out by canoe in 1789 following the river to its mouth. He had hoped to find a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean, to the degree he failed on that endeavor, the waterway was dubbed "Disappointment River". With MacKenzie's maps and those of early explorers copied from old books, Mead retraces MacKenzie's 1700-mile journey.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Floyd Fogleman & Richard Kline (Illustrations). Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF; faint creasings to corner tips & rubs to srpine edges. PO name of fEP. Instructions for making seven different paper models of noted airplanes ---(Sky Hawk, Super Hawk, Voyager, Condor, Gyrfalcon, Sting Ray, & Gypsy Moth --- that have alternately challenged the experts and outdistanced the competition. Selected aircrafts were featured on television show 60 Minutes, and tested by NASA. Fine copy.

Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1992. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. An action sports and exotic travel guidebook to 300 world-class adventures. Illustrated w/color photos, reviews of the best destinations and top guide services worldwide for rafting, sailing, trekking, bike touring, rock climbing, safaris, and dozens of other activities, complete with prices (1992) and itineraries. Volume organized by activity.

New York, NY: Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition, 9th Printing . Hardcover. New/New. BRAND NEW COPY. Volume dedicated to all who are tired of riding the "diet roller coaster" and find the "goal of a fit and trim life" elusive. Candid as ever, Dr. Phil says, "If you are overweight, you are out of control. That's not a natural place to be". This action-oriented book aims to change the way one thinks about "food, weight loss, and ultimately" oneself. 12 chapters in 3 parts: I, Unlocking the Doors to Permanent Weight Loss; II, The 7 Keys to Permanent Weight Loss; and Powerful Insights, followed by 4 appendices.

New York, NY: Barnes & Noble, 2001. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy w/a whisper of edge wear to hardcover. DJ/None as Issued. Hefty, 447-page, richly illustrated w/color photos. Guide to scrapbooking contributed by 5 authors. The fun & joyful art of assembling momentos that is, in truth, a populart variation of the genres of pictorial memoirs, biographies and geneologies. Encyclopedic in information. For instance, wash hands often in handling photos as natural skin oils contribute to photo deterioration; glue sticks safe to use; and sheet protectors, great.

London, UK: Hermes House, 2005. First Edition, First Printing . Soft Cover/Flexible. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. James Duncan & Gloria Nicol (Photographers). BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, First Printing. Previously (1998) published under the title: "The Encyclopedia of Needlecraft". 512 pgs w/color photos, line drawings & diagrams. Guide to basic techniques in the art of needlecraft. Lucid instructions and a some 200 projects. 7 chapters: 1, Embroidery; 2, Needlepoint; 3, Knitting; 4, Crochet; 5, Special Techniques; 6, Cross Stitch; 7, Quilting & Patchworkd, followed by Templates.

New York, NY: Hermes House, 2002. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New. Gloria Nicol (Photographer); Lucinda Ganderton (Illustrator). BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. A complete guide to quilting, patchwork and applique. Compendium of some 140 pratical projects of quilts, throws, cushions, clothing, and accessories for every room. Illustrated with color photos, lucid instructions preceded by general, grounding review of tools & equipment, materials, fabrics, and basic techniques. Much room for variation, adaptation and creativity.

Blacklick, Ohio, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill, 1986. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/As New. Illustrated soft cover/NF. Resource/reference assembled by the collaborative team of animal-lovers/journalists who authored The Ultimate Dog Catalog. Text laid out alphabetically, commencing with adoption, air transport and allegery proofing through vetinary specialists and worm control.

Mindware, 1998. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Stapled. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY. 23 original designs to color in, for young and old, allowing imagination to run wild - experiment with markers, crayons, pencils, pastels while varying techniques and varying intensities. Designs composed of mosaics of angles, curves, etc.

New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1980. Volume 13, 1980 . Printed Black Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Text/Highlighting to Contents, pg xii, and pgs 541 & 542; bracketing to pg 564, else As New. Black linen boards/NF. DJ/VG; sound w/light edge wear & rubs to corner tips. PO name on fEP. Volume 13 in the publisher's series Polymer Science & Technology. 709 pages. Records of the 6 sessions of "Ultrafiltration Membranes & Applications" symposium sponsored by the Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry of the ACS, Washington, DC, Sept, 1979. 707 pages. Anthology in 6 parts with varying numbers of papers: Part I, Fundamentals (10 papers); II, Ultrafiltration Membrane Formation, Characterization & Concentration Polarization (9); III & IV, Industrial Applications of Ultrfiltrtation (15); V, Biomedical Applications of Filtration (8); and VI, Ultrafiltration Applications in Environmental Problems (9). 707 (+ xiv) pages, with numerous figures, Contributors, and Index.

Porto Alege: Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, 1963. Printed Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 9" Tall. The papers included in this volume reflect a cultural exchange between the Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul and the Luso-Brazilian Center of the University of Wisconsin (Madison) in 1961 and 1962. "O programma de 1961 foi constitudo pelos seguintes cursos: Curso avancado de lingua Portuguesa; Literatura do Sul do Brasil; Problemas Antropologicos dos Povos e Culturas do Sul do Brasil; Seminario sobre Problemas e Metodos de Investigacao nos Estudios Sociais ... Em 1962 foram administrados cursos sobre Portugues Avancado, Critica Literaria no Brasil e Folclore do Brasil. [Apresentacao by Luis Pilla] Representative among the 12 papers included are two on A Critica Literaria no Brasil (by Guilhermino Cesar, Moyses Vellinho); A contribuicao linguistica do modernismo (George Boehrer); Os Acorianos no Rio Grande do Sul (Alice Piffer Canabrava); and As cavalhadas no folclore brasiliero (Renato… Read More

Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2009. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Gabriel Bá (Illustrations). Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/Fine w/a whisper of shelfwear. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Book is a collection of reprints from the comic-book series The Umbrella Academy: Dallas issues #1 - #6, plus a story from MySpace Dark Horse Presents #12, "Anywhere but Here". Text by award winning American singer, songwriter, musician & comic book writer Gerard Arthur Way (1977 -), lead singer of the band My Chemical Romance. Art by Brazillian comic book artist Gabriel Bá (1976 -), twin brother of fellow comic book artist Fábio Moon. 6 despondent superheroes, all beset by personal problems, join to attend their beloved mentor & adopted father Pogo's funeral are pressed to team up to save the world from different foes --- The White Violin is bedded by a head injury, The Rumor has lost her voice which is her source of power, Spaceboy is… Read More

Paris: Calmann-Lévy, Éditeur, 1896. Hard Cover/Leather Backstrap. Very Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB. Text/extensive (and informative) pencilling to pgs 107 - 111, else unmarked. Marbelized boards w/gilt embossed leather spine/strong w/light edge rubs; original cover has been bound in. DJ/None. Green ribbon bookmark; rough cut edges. PO label ("Suis Ton Ideal") to front cover verso; library check-out slip to rear. This is a narrative of the bibliophilic adventures of the 19th century's erudite, leading collecter of Balzaciana, the Spoelberch Charles Viscount Lovenjou (1836 - 1907). Though subsequently revised -- the revision was republished in 2010 -- it is still a primary source on Balzac, Mme. Hanska and the French publishing industry 12 decades ago. 218 pages plus one unnumbered, Indice. Library markings include label at front; label and stamp on second front endpaper; stamps on upper text edge; and checkout slip on second rear endpaper verso.

México, D. F., Mexico: Los Libros del Fakir, 1983. Soft Cover/Stapled. Very Good/None as Issued. COLLECTIBLE. Text/As New with corrections by author's hand. Author signed gift inscription (4 mar 84) to fEP. Stapled softcover/VG; strong w/nips to leading edges, and showing discoloration. Volume 29 of Los Libros del Fakir. A short story by Mexican poet and novelist, Raul Renan (1928 -). 29 pages, with dibujo by Mario Alva.

New York, NY: Carroll & Graf, 1985. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. B-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace edge wear. PO embossed stamp to title page. Biography of British painter and scupltor (the only scultor of Nijinsky), and translator (French, Italian & Russian), Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (1887 - 1963). Best remembered as the long-time lesbian partner of Marguerite Radclyffe Hall (author of The Well of Loneliness); theirs is a compelling love story of nearly 30 years. Richard Ormrod's sensitive biography is in 19 chapters, 4 parts: I, Introduction; II, Life Together: The First Years (1917-26); III, The Well... and After (1926-34); IV, Life Together: The Last Years (1934-43); and V, "Widowhood" 1943-62). 340 (+ x unnumbered) pages, illustrations, Notes, and Index.