Search Results: Authors starting with N from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Ojai, California: Parents Theosophical Research Group, 1967. Soft cover. Good. Saddle-stitched in card covers. Coffee stain on front cover. Interior is unmarked and generally clean. Illustrated. Includes a short list of titles published by the Parents Theosophical Research Group on the inside of the rear cover. 68 pages. Scarce. One copy noted on OCLC (Olcott Memorial Library, Wheaton). Nineteen animal stories by various authors, chosen to help convey the realization that we are all brothers of the Kingdom of Earth. ''As parents and grandparents, we can see that a direct experience in living brotherhood is given to our children. There is no better way to promote the understanding of brotherhood between the kingdoms than to allow little humans and little animals to grow up together.'' Contributing authors include: Merry Hart Baxter, Dr. M. Louise Chadwick, Betty Gray, Nadine E. Hunter, Ruth R. Hayden, Hilda Kemp, Hazel Koals, Joyce Lambert, Mary D. F. ''Pelita''… Read More

New York: Rinehart & Company, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. George Daly. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on ffep. Book is bumped at the head of spine with small dent to upper front board near spine. Gift inscription on front paste down dated Christmas '55. Pages are unmarked. Binding is tight. Dust jacket has several small chips and closed tears. A little wear to fore edges and spine edges. Price clipped. DJ has been placed in an archival mylar cover. 5.5 x 8.25 inches. 309 Pages.

Sherman Oaks, CA, 2005. Soft cover. Very Good+. Velo-bound in red card covers. Mild wear to covers. Clean and unmarked. Colored paper divisions between issues. 144 pages. 12 issues of the Beyond Bree, the Mensa Tolkien Special Interest Newsletter (March 2005 through February 2006). The newsletter features short articles on J.R.R. Tolkien and his works, reviews of books, games, films, and events related to Tolkien's work, readers' views, news, and notices of fan publications, conventions and gatherings.

[Manokotak, Alaska], 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. Revised edition, 1985. Card covers. Non-sliding binding bar over staple-stiching. Covers show light handling. Interior is clean and unmarked. 37 pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. Rare. Two copies located on OCLC (Alaska Native Language Archive, Anchorage School District). Rare. The folk legend of ''How the Porcupine Received Its Weapon'' was told by an elder resident of Manokotak, Alaska. It was recorded by the Yup'ik Literacy class at Manokotak High School in 1982 with the instructor Anecia Lomack. The original Yup'ik is presented side-by-side with the Englsih translation. The final page provides five bars of musical notation for the song ''Qaillun Issaluum Saskungellra.'' As stated, every word was written down exactly as said by the narrator. His language was the genuine, classic Yup'ik, a style which today very few Yup'iks speak or even understand. The students involved in this project were Margaret… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good+. First British Edition. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Pages clean. Dust jacket has light chipping at corners; small chip and tear at foot of front panel; minor smudge on front panel; not price clipped (30/- net). DJ in clear archival sleeve. 374 pp. 8 x 5.5 inches. In the Fog is an astringently comic novel of life in the Bay Area, likely inspired by the author's own experience in the San Francisco real estate industry. The names of places are changed, but identifiable: San Francisco is Portal, Sausalito is Bontempo, Telegraph Hill is Welcome Hill, etc. At the time this was written the author was a resident of Wolfback Ridge in Sausalito. Edmund Witherell "Ted" Nash (1917-2003) American author and editor and nephew of Ogden Nash.

Los Angeles: Nate D. Sanders, Inc., 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. Light edge wear to wraps. Light crease at front spine edge. One stress crease across spine. Fore edge corners are very lightly curled. Pages are unmarked. Auction of autographs, rare books and collectibles, coins and currency, sports cards and memorabilia, Hollywood costumes, memorabilia and props, Charles Schulz original strips, Star Trek, presidential memorabilia, and much, much more. A finely photographed, full color production. Unpaginated, but approximately 320 pages.

[Enfileld Lock, Middlesex]: Hisarlik Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Boards in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light blemish on fore-edge of text block. Internally clean and unmarked. Illustrations. Dust jacket in an archival mylar sleeve. xviii, 270 p. The stories of many London tragedies, among them rail crashes, terrorist attacks, collapsing buildings and panics, and an examination of the way in which society copes with such incidents and their aftermaths. The author looks at rescue efforts and disaster management and shows how victims were treated in the days when self-help was a virtue and reliance on others a sin. Contents: 1. The [steamboat] Princess Alice. 2. Death by Design [crushed in poorly designed public buildings, theatres, etc.]. 3. Explosions. 4. The Great Freeze [the winter of 1866-1867]. 5. Fenian Campaigns. 6. Forest Gate School [and the pauper children's training ship, the Goliath]. 7. The Silvertown Blast [1917]. 8. Railway Accidents. 9. The… Read More

Dayton, Oregon: Mydads Press, 1976. Staple Bound. Very Good-. Saddle stitched booklet has light bumping and wear to fore edge corners. A little light general surface soiling to wraps. Fore edge of text block has a few small spots. Pages are unmarked and binding is tight. Inscribed by author. Special printing. Number 38 of series of 500. 66 pages.

[North Dakota]: [published by author via Blurb], 2008. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Boards in black cloth. Interior is unmarked. Pages show light handling, else clean. Dust jacket in an archival mylar sleeve. 438 pages. 8 x 9.5 inches. A handsome book of black-and-white photographs showing what is left of old structures in the farming communities of northern North Dakota (primarily in Burke, Ward, Mountrail, Renville, and Bottineau counties). Included are barns, homesteads, schools, and churches, of which, several no longer exist. The author and photographer, Harlan Nelson, typically provides some identification for each building and notes where they are located and, in many cases, gives some historical context. The photographs were mostly taken with an 8x10 view camera between 1993 and 2008.

Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Nemerov on the title page. First edition, first printing (full number line). Tan cloth boards with dark gray spine. Faint corner wear. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket rubbed; shows some edge wear, a couple very small chips and a few short closed tears; not price clipped. DJ in archival sleeve. 516 pp. 9 x 6 inches. Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award for Poetry for this volume of his collected poems. He was the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990.

[Jacksonville, Oregon]: [published by author], 1977. Soft cover. Good. Comb-bound in card covers. Covers show some soiling and wear. Toning on inside of front cover. A few minor points of soiling to pages, pages are generally clean. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 220 pages. 9 x 5.8 inches. A detailed history of schools in Jackson County, Oregon, covering the period 1854 to 1976.

Southeast Asia Link - SEALINK (Southeast Asia Research Network), 2006. Soft cover. Very Good+. Book is rubbed and a little scuffed on wrap surfaces. A few tiny indents on back wrap. Pages are clean and binding is tight. No creases to spine. 113 pp. 18cm x 14cm. A guide to the numerous ethnic groups in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore. The book is divided into ten sections and describes 70 separate ethnic groups. Contents: Introduction, Malay Cluster, Sabah Coastal Cluster, Sabah Interior Cluster, Sarawak Interior Cluster, Sarawak Coastal Cluster, Migrant Cluster, Chinese Cluster, Peranakan Cluster, Indian Cluster, and Orang Cluster. One page is dedicated to each of the 70 ethnic groups and provides a map showing where they are situated and briefly describes who they are, what their lives are like, what they believe, what their needs are, and a photo portrait showing a person from that ethnicity.

Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1966. Soft cover. Very Good+. Softcover. Covers show light rubbing, else fine. 40 pages. 9 x 8 inches. Images from Brett Weston's 1966 exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, featuring 32 photographs. Four page introduction by the notable photography critic, Nancy Newhall. Includes a bibliography and a list of Weston's one-man and group shows.

New York, NY: American Book Company, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good-. Book has very light wear to head and tail of spine. A few light discoloration spots on front boards. Book has the remnants of a library pocket and date stamp plate in the rear, but no stamps or other signs of library ownership. Names of previous owners on ffep. No marks to pages. Binding is tight. The most recent owner of this book was Verne Duncan who was the Superintendent of Public Schools for the state of Oregon from 1974 to 1989 and served in the Oregon Legislature from 1999 to 2003. First edition, 1936, no additional printings indicated. 5.75 x 8 inches. 660 pages.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Nichols on the ffep. First Edition. Black cloth boards with red lettering. Top edge of text block dampstained and a smaller bit of dampstain at the very top of fore-edge of the textblock (neither affecting page interiors). Pages show light thumbing. Dust jacket shows light edgewear and has a few small chips at spine ends; front panel is unevenly toned; general soiling; not price clipped; in clear archival sleeve. 254, [1] pages. 20 x 14 cm. A work decrying the dangers of war to civilization. Nichols examines various aspects of war and its opposition, including pacifism, disarmament, conscientious objection, global politics, regional conflicts, moneyed interests, the League of Nations, and the ultimate causes of military conflict. John Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) was an accomplished English writer, playwright, and public speaker. This book's original owner was George E. Lask, a… Read More

Santa Ana, CA: Elm Publishing, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Cora on page facing half-title page, signed and dated '03. Limited printing of 1,000 copies. Book is very slightly bumped at bottom fore edge corners. Faint wear to extremities. Dust jacket has a little curling/wear to top and bottom edges. Some rubbing to rear surface. DJ has been placed in an archival protective clear cover. Essay by Margarita Nieto. Text in English and Spanish. 10.25 x 10.25 inches.

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Boards in brown cloth-patterned paper, black lettering on spine. Head of spine is lightly faded; foot of spine rubbed. Illustrated endpapers. Minor soiling on rear free endpaper, else interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket rubbed; dark streak runs the length of the spine; not price clipped ($2.50); in an archival mylar sleeve. 388 pages. A psychological novel about Peter Derwent, a man with a chaotic life who attempts to lift himself up out of despair and put the pieces of his jumbled jigsaw-puzzle life back together. Set in the pioneer years of Portland, Oregon and in the refuge he takes upon the Long Beach Peninsula, north of Astoria, where he meets with a colony of Finns and begins to construct a world all his own, while literally employing the village to assist him in building his new house.

London: Selwyn & Blount (1928) Ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Dark brown cloth with gilt stamped spine. Bottom corner of front cover worn (shelf-rubbed), else an attractive copy. Some moderate foxing on title page; interior is generally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket spine a tad darkened; dime-sized tide mark over the printed price on spine; in an archival mylar sleeve. Title page, half-title, and chapter head woodcut vignettes by Clyde A. Nordquist. 382 pages. Rare in jacket. A collection of eleven stories, accounts with invented dialog of historic pirates, ranging from the days of antiquity to the age of the steamship. Included are ''Micio'' who kidnapped Julius Caesar in the Mediterranean, Blackbeard, the Rhode Island pirate Thomas Tew, Libertatia's Capt. James [Francois] Misson, Captain Morgan, Captain Thomas Green, Francois [Lalonois] l'Olonnais of the Caribbean, Henry Avery ''King of the Pirates,'' Zheng Yi Sao [Mrs. Ching], Jean Lafitte, W. K. Thompson, and the tale of the… Read More

Portland, Oregon: Swedish Roots in Oregon, 2002. Soft cover. Near Fine. Staple-bound in card covers. Lightly handled, but clean. Includes a few illustrations. 23 pages. Seven institutional copies located on OCLC (including National Library of Sweden). A short study about the Swedish writer and 1974 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Harry Martinson (1904-1978), which sets out to describe what happened to his family around the time his father died in 1910, his mother's new life in Portland, Oregon (where she arrived in 1911), and how he dealt with this trauma in some of his books. Includes references and a bibliography of Martinson's books in English translation. Following the death of her husband, Harry's mother fled to America and settled in Portland, met (and was presumed to have married) a Swede named Herman Ernest Johnson, and by 1915 had opened a restaurant called Betty's Restaurant. Her business moved several times and around 1925, now called Betty's Lunch, was located at the News Depot in… Read More

Portland, Oregon: Swedish Roots in Oregon Press, 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on half-title page. Light scuff on rear cover, else clean and unmarked. Illustrations. Index. 318 pages. An exploration of Swedish history in Oregon and the experience of Swedish immigrants as recorded by the immigrants themselves.