Search Results: Authors starting with F from Joseph Valles - Books

New York : Times Books, 1977, 1977. Very Good. xvii, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; LC: D787; Dewey: 940.54/49/43; OCLC: 3379967; ISBN: 0812907256; 9780812907254 LCCN: 77-79028 ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due ; grey and red cloth ; no dustjacket ; "A condensation of twelve volumes written by former key officers of the German Air Force for the United States Air Force Historical Division."; Contents: The legend of the Luftwaffe -- The command -- The commanders -- The role of Goering -- The deputy : Milch -- The artist : Udet -- A child of his times : Jeschonnek -- The role of Hitler -- Problems of command -- Training, the stepchild -- The chimera of dive-bombing -- The neglect of air transport -- Bomber decisions -- The wrong priorities -- The lost chance : jets -- Baptism of fire -- The Battle of Britain -- Defeat from victory : Malta -- The Soviet Union -- Stalingrad -- The defense of Germany -- The legend exposed -- Figure 1. The organization of the Luftwaffe, 1933 to 1937 -- Figure 2. Reorganization… Read More

Leningrad, "Nauka," Leningr. otd-nie, 1968., 1968. Good. 174 pp. with illustrations ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 68-122186 ; OCLC: 2815180 ; LC: DK118.5 ; orange, red and black pictorial stiff paper wrappers with black and white lettering ; small tear to front cover ; At head of title: Akademiia nauk SSSR. Leningrads koe otdelenie Instituta istorii. ; Texts in German or English; translations and commentaries in Russian. ; Contents: Zapiski, by L. Fabritius.-- A relation concerning the particulars of the Rebellion lately raised in Muscovy by Stenko Razin (1672) [ Anon.]--Pis'mo Richardu Danieliu, by Thomas Hebdon ; a comparison of the historical texts concerning the story of Stenko Razin and his revolt against Czar Alexander, with illustrations ; G

Emmaus, Pennsylvania : Rodale Press, 1983., 1983. Good. xvi, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0878574581; 9780878574582 LCCN: 83-11197 ; OCLC: 9619847 ; "A former senior editor at Rodale, Inc., Sharon Faelten has edited more than 75 books on health, nutrition, fitness, and alternative medicine with net sal es of more than 4 million copies. She has acquired and developed books by Dr. Andrew Weil, Olympic marathon runner Joan Benoit Samuelson, and television fitness star Denise Austin, among others. She also collaborated with editors at Prevention, Runner’s World, Backpacker, Mountain Bike and Bicycling magazines to acquire and develop authored books targeted to those markets. She wrote marketing plans for acquired titles and publicized books in national media, including QVC, the TV Food Network, Good Day New York and Fox on Health. As Editorial Director of the Prevention Book Club, Faelten reviewed and selected appropriate health, self-help, and lifestyle books from major publishers for consideration… Read More

New York : Monacelli Press, 1997, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 261 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cm ; ISBN: 1885254571; 9781885254573 LCCN: 97-18503 ; LC: NA7755; Dewey: 728.8/2/094562 ; OCLC: 222392275 ; red cloth with gold lettering in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Roman villas and gardens: The Campagna of Lazio -- Hadrian's Villa: Tivoli -- Villa d'Este: Tivoli -- Palazzo Farnese: Caprarola -- Villa Lante: Bagnaia -- Villa Orsini: Bomarzo -- Fonte Papacqua: Soriano nel Cimino -- Castello Ruspoli: Vignanello -- Palazzo Odescalchi: Bassano Romano -- Villa Aldobrandini: Frascati -- Villa Grazioli: Frascati -- Giardino Caetani: Ninfa -- Giardino Portoghesi: Calcata ; FINE/FINE.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992, 1963, 1992. Fine. 404 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ; ISBN: 0395640229; 9780395640227 LCCN: 92-21716; LC: D773; Dewey: 940.54/5973 ; OCLC: 26095210 ; reprint of the book originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1963 ; Contents: Forward / Samuel Eliot Morison -- The Solomons, October 1942-May 1944 -- The Marianas, May 1944-August 1944 -- U.S.A., August 1944-October 1944 -- The Philippines: Mindoro, Luzon, Palawan, October 1944-June 1945 -- Borneo, June 1945-July 1945 -- China and Japan, July 1945-December 1945. ; "This best-selling diary is one of the most extraordinary documents to emerge from World War II. Despite regulations, seaman James J. Fahey secretly compiled a diary on scraps of paper throughout the long World War II naval campaign in the Pacific. His diary describes an average sailor's daily life during wartime and records a personal view of a major historic event" ; FINE

Urbana, Chicago, London : University of Illinois Press, 1969., 1969. Very Good. Grey cloth with black lettering ; ISBN: 0252000323; 9780252000324 LCCN: 74-83553 ; OCLC: 53614 ; ex-lib, pocket, stamps, remains of label ; several illustrations, one in color ; 439 pp. ; proceedings of the Second University of Illinois Conference on Computer Graphics ; seminal articles on various aspects of computer graphics and animation ; Contents: Liquid crystal displays / Bernard J. Lschner -- Kinoforms and digital holograms / P. M. Hirsch, J. A. Jordan, L. B. Lesem -- Curves for computer graphics / A. R. Forrest - - A technique for feature extraction in visual pattern recognition / Sid Deutsch -- Natural image information compression with a quantitative error model / Thomas G. Stockham -- The computer representation of simply described scenes / R. Paul, G. Fa lk, J. A. Feldman -- Display and manipulation in three dimensions / C. D. Barry, R. A. Ellis, S. M. Graesser, G. R. Marshall -- The hidden line problem and… Read More

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943., 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. xiv pp., 1 leaf, 239 pp. ; frontispiece, plates, portraits ; 24 cm. ; LCCN: 43-15231 ; OCLC: 559007 ; LC: SB109 ; Dewey: 581.5 ; blue cloth with silver lettering ; slight knock, slight wear ; numerous photographs in black & white of rare tropical plants ; a scientific expedition in 1939 and 1940 which took author Fairchild on an air-conditioned Chinese junk, Cheng Ho, to Celebes, Bali, the Moluccas Islands ; VG.

New York : J. Wiley ; London : Chapman & Hall, 1952, 1952. Very Good. 2nd printing ; xi, 652 p. : illustrated. ; 24 cm. ; OCLC: 717720169 ; red cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: ACetaldehyde -- Acetic acid -- Acetic anhydride -- Acetone -- Acetylene -- Acrylonitrile -- Adipic acid -- Alkylamines -- Allyl alcohol -- Alum -- ALuminum chloride -- Aluminum sulfate -- Ammonia -- Ammonium nitrate -- Ammonium nitrate -- Ammonium sulfate -- Amyl acetate -- etc ; VG

New York : E. P. Dutton, 1978., 1978. Good. Revised 2nd edition, 1st printing ; xxii, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; black cloth in pictorial dust jacket ; Contents: Part I. the evolution of complexity. 1. A laboratory for modern man ---- THE BAND. 2. Great Basin Shoshone: cultural impoverishment --- 3. Eskimo: environment and adaptation --- 4. The Sub-Arctic: living with expediency --- 5. Southern California: the potentialities ---- THE TRIBE. 6. Zuni: unity through religion --- 7. Iroquois: primitive democracy --- 8. Plains: equestrian revolution ---- THE CHIEFDOM. 9. Northwest coast: status and wealth --- 10. Natchez: people of the sun ---- THE STATE. 11. Aztec: study in total power ---- Part II. The long migration. 12. The peopling of North America --- 13. The generations of Adam ---- Part III. Societies under stress. 14. The end of the trail --- 15. Borrowed cultures --- 16. The hopes of the oppressed. ; ISBN: 0525152709 :; 9780525152705 LCCN: 77-24281 ; LC: E77; Dewey: 970/.004/97 ; OCLC: 3167419… Read More

New York : William Morrow & Company, 1965., 1965. Very Good. 244 pp. ; A biography based on official papers and an unpublished memoir written by her brother ; several photographic plates ; red and green cloth with like dustjacket ; dustjacket in mylar with remains of cellophane tape at edges and on endpapers ; price-clipped ; name on front ep ; a cluster of clippings from a 1965 Atlanta Journal Constitution retrospective on the movie laid in ; LCCN: 65-22974 ; OCLC: 531537 ; LC: PS3525.I972; Dewey: 813.52 ; G/G

New York : McGraw-Hill, 1988., 1988. Fair. 317 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. ; grey flexible covers ; slight water damage to back section, still usable ; ISBN: 0070199752 (soft) :; 9780070199750 (soft) LCCN: 87-3424 ; OCLC: 15550392 ; LC: QL677; Dewey: 598 ; Contains over 700 color photographs alongside complementary text coverage of all North American species of birds and classifications that enable the reader to become a master at the art of field identification. Habitat maps. Handy small format, perfect for tucking in a backpack. ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; FAIR

New York, NY : Dell, 1994, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. xiv, 393 pages ; 23 cm ; ISBN: 0440506832; 9780440506836 LCCN: 94-18374 ; LC: PN1992.77.S73; Dewey: 791.45/72 ; OCLC: 30545093 ; black cloth in color illustrated dustjacket ; "Six feature films, the wildly successful television spin-off Star Trek: The Next Generation, endless reruns, videotapes, conventions, a line of best-selling novels, and William Shatner's New York Times best-seller Star Trek Memories have kept the Star Trek spirit alive and well, even 25 years after its cancellation. Now this must-have book for all Trekkers -- which covers every episode of the original series, the pilot, and all six movies -- reveals all the bloopers, continuity errors, plot oversights, equipment malfunctions, and goof-ups that discerning, die-hard fans love to spot, but may have missed. Written especially for all those who find themselves thinking, "Hey, if the transporter is broken, why don't they just use a… Read More

New York : Harold Flammer, Inc., 1958, 1958. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 27 copies ; SAB ; No.88609 ; 3524.

New York : G. Schirmer, 1946, 1946. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 33 copies ; SAB ; No.9747 ; 41890 c x.

Nashville, TN : Summerdown Music ; New Wings Music, a division of Lorenz Creative Services; Greg Nelson Music; Sandi's Songs; distributed by Genevox Music Group, 1986, 1987, 1987. Sheet music. Good. Soft cover. approx. 54 copies ; SATB ; 4172-50 ; Code D.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin ; Cambridge : The Riverside Press, 1958., 1958. Very Good. [1st edition], 1st printing ; 367 pp. ; illustrated ; 22 cm. ; LCCN: 58-7304 ; OCLC: 593427 ; LC: ML410.B26; Dewey: 780.8 ; dark grey and light grey cloth with dark blue lettering ; no dustjacket ; bottom of covers sunned ; intimate portrait of the family of Bela Bartok while in the United States during World War II, includes insights into Bartok's world of feeling and attitudes, and the details of his final illness and death, with several photographs illustrating his life and family ; VG

Franklin Center, Pa. : Franklin Library, 1976, 1976. Book. As New. Hardcover. 462 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; LCCN: 77-356141 ; LC: PZ3.F272; PS3511.A86; Dewey: 813/.5/2 ; OCLC: 2964333 ; "A Limited edition" ; full brown leather with gold lettering and designs ; all edges gilt ; silk moire endpapers ; Illustrations by Robert J. Lee. ; "Won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. An allegorical story of World War I, set in the trenches in France and dealing ostensibly with a mutiny in a French regiment, it was originally considered a sharp departure for Faulkner. Recently it has come to be recognized as one of his major works and an essential part of the Faulkner oeuvre. Faulkner himself fought in the war, and his descriptions of it "rise to magnificence," according to The New York Times, and include, in Malcolm Cowley's words, "some of the most powerful scenes he ever conceived." ; AS NEW .

Chicago, IL : H. T. FitzSimons Company, Inc, MCMXLIV (1944), 1944. Sheet music. Good. Soft cover. approx. 14 copies ; SATB ; .

Delaware Water Gap, PA: Shawnee Press, Inc., MCMXLII (1942) , 1942. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 12 copies ; TTBB ; C-176; performance time approx 3:45 .

New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987., 1987. Fine. ISBN: 9780896597741; 0896597741 ; LC: PL1281; Dewey: 495.1/2 ; OCLC: 15489615 ; Red embossed cloth with gold lettering, in red, white and black dustjacket ; 251 pp. ; shows the evolution of each character with commentary, along with stroke count and correct position relative to the square ; FINE/FINE [This listing contains tex t in Chinese GB Fonts]