Search Results: Authors starting with A from Whiting Books

London: A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd, 2009. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 76 pages with color illustrations..

Bari, Italy: Edizioni Dal Sud, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Italian Language Text. A few indentations on the rear cover, otherwise a Fine copy. Antonio Abatangelo's collection of poems in the dialect of Molise, a region in Southern Italy. 139 pages with illustrations. From the dust jacket: "Lo scopo del lavoro del metodo che ci accingiamo a riproporre, abbastanza rigoros dal punto di vista finetico, non ha nei suoi intendimenti la presunzione di correggere il modo attuale di parlare e le sue "evolute", stranezze, tra l'altro anch'esse motivo di analisi e di studio, bensi la piu modesta aspirazione di voler concorrere all'abbattimento di quel muro che ancora si oppone alla possibilita di porter testimoniare alle future generazioni, e in modo integrale, quel poco di "verace" che ancora ci rimane della nostra cultura popolare: canti, poesie, modi di dire, proverbi, ricordi in genere i cui contorni si fanno sempre piu evanescenti poiche confortati dalla… Read More

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. Shelf wear and a tiny stain to the top edge of the page block. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper (first blank page). Jacket has some edge wear and a tear at the bottom of the front panel, as well as several tiny nicks to the rear panel. Protected now in a clear Mylar archival sleeve. 244 pages with Index and black and white photos..

Dallas, Texas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 253 pages with Bibliography, Index of Contributors, and Index of Toys and Games. Illustrated. Volume XLVIII in the Texas Folklore Society series that dates back to 1916. Inscribed and signed to the previous owner on the half-title page by the editor, Abernethy..

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy/Jewish Publication Society, 1959. Book. Illus. by Morton Garchik. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Foxing/spotting to top edge of page block. Illustrated endpapers and jacket. A title in the Covenant Books series for young readers, this book relates the life of Alfred Mordecai, an American Jewish hero of the Civil War. 178 pages, followed by a list of six Covenant books to date (1959)..

The Woodlands, Texas: Pioneer Publications, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Light soiling to covers. Jacket chipped, with large chip at the head of the spine. Protected in a new Mylar sleeve. 430 pages, with Index to American Oil Industry. Illustrated with numerous photographs..

Montesano, Washington: Dave Coleman Music, Inc., 1965. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Short tear at the head of the spine, waer to the spine. Clean, no writing or marks. Nine numbered pages, eight-page score..

College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 256 pages with Appendices, Notes, and Index. Black and white photos..

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 65 pages. CONTENTS: Summary, Chapter 1: The Telemedicine Demonstration, Chapter 2: Changes in Utilization of Specialists after Implementing Telemedicine, Chapter 3: Estimated Costs and Savings of an Operational Telemedicine Configuration, Chapter 4: Other Benefits of Telemedicine, and five Appendixes. Illustrated with Figures and Tables..

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Spotting to front cover. Inner hinge cracking at front cover and starting at rear cover, but covers are firm. The book is tight and square. Previous owner bookplate (small) on the front pastedown endpaper. 505 pages with Index. Many illustrations, maps and photos depicting commerce and industry around the world as it moved into the twentieth century. Interesting history of industrial development..

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1954. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Mild shelf and edge wear. Toning to the jacket spine and rear panel, which also has a few chips along the bottom edge. Protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. 361 pages with Index. "A textbook for the beginner in Logic, covering such subjects as the Nature of Logic, Informal Analysis of Arguments, Language and Meaning, Definition, the Language of Arguments, Molecular Statements, Molecular Deductive Arguments, Atomic Statements, Syllogistic Deductive Arguments, Inductive Arguments, and Scientific Inquiry.".

New York: The Modern Libray/Random House Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Gray cloth covers with gilt decoration and lettering on green to spine and front cover. Slight wear to the boards in a price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear and rubbing wear. Previous owner name on the title page, otherwise no writing or marks. Protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. No date, but the latest copyright date shown is 1946 (Charles Francis Adams) and the only Modern Library copyright date is 1931. This is a later printing. 517 pages with Index plus a listing of Modern Library titles. Verso of the jacket lists 408 Modern Library titles. 0.

Boyertown, Pennsylvania: The National Button Society, 1969. Book. Illus. by Lillian Smith Albert. Good. Soft cover. Revised Edition. Stapled booklet, 5.5 X 8.5 inches. Rubbing wear and slight toning to the covers. Writing on the front cover. 20 pages with illustrations..

Haigerloch, Germany: Verlag Medien und Dialog Klaus Schubert, 1998. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 6 X 6 Inches. A walking tour of Ulm, Germany with Jwish history sites of interest. Illustrated, including maps inside the front and rear cover flaps. German language text. 34 pages..

Norman Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. Book. Illus. by Nick Eggenhofer. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Printing. Mild shelf wear, previous owner name on the front free endpaper, and pages 11-22 have creases from being bumped. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has a chip in the top edge of the front panel and a small moisture stain on the front panel. Protected now in a clear Mylar sleeve..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Book. Illus. by Chas Addams. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pictorial cloth covers in matching jacket. Previous owner name inside the front cover and blind stamp on the title page. Chipping and edge tears to the jacket and a closed tear on the front panel. Rubbing wear and toning at the flap folds. Protected now in a Mylar sleeve. 192 pages with black and white illustrations..

Asklepios, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Signed by the author on the title page. Two other signatures/inscriptions at bottom of title page, cannot make out or connect with book..

Huntsville, Alabama: Brown Engineering, 1965. Book. Good. Comb Binding. Front cover stained and under a plastic cover now. Foxing to the fore-edge of the page block and apparent staining or heavier foxing at the lower corner of the page block. 8.5 X 11 inches in plastic comb binding. Prepared for the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, Alabama) under authorization of Technical Directive A2-ABX-011, 30 December 1965.Years in advance of NASA's planned Apollo mission to the moon in 1969, this 1965 technical document was prepared as a study on the feasibility of transforming the Shelter Laboratory Module into a Lunar Shelter/Observatory with optical telescope. The first lunar observatory and telescope would have to wait until the 1972 Apollo 16 mission, but this study documents one of the early efforts to that end by a NASA contractor. This Gemini/Apollo era document is 57 pages with technical illustrations, a Conclusions and Recommendations section, and References. INTRODUCTION:… Read More

Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2001. Book. Near Fine+. Soft cover. Pages 443-691. Some of the articles include: A Martyr to Love: Sacrificial Desire in the Poetry of Bernart de Ventadorn; "The Living Witness of our Redemption": Martyrdom and Imitation in Chaucer's Prioress's Tale; and "That Spectacle of Too Much Weight": The Poetics of Sacrifice in Donne, Herbert, and Milton..

Hartford, Connecticut: Aetna Life Affiliated Companies, 1957. Brochure. Very Good. No Binding. 6 ¼ X 10 ¼ inches, single sheet folded twice to 3 ¼ X 6 ¼. Illustrated informational and instructional brochure for the new method of artificial respiration-mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing-recommended by the American Medical Association, the American Red Cross, and the National Safety Council circa late 1950s to early 1960s. Aetna published and distributed this brochure for organizations and events to promote greater public safety. Printed for this distribution is an announcement for the Houston National Boat and Sport Show 1961, but the brochure could date a bit earlier. One side is informational about the technique, while the other side displays thumbnail photos with each of the nine steps to follow for the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation procedure. Clean with a faint smudge at one of the folds and a slight trace of edge wear..