Search Results: Authors starting with N from THE FAMILY ALBUM

Phaedra, (New York): (February 1) 1966., 1966 111p. Small 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding lettered in black. Original priced dust jacket, slightly worn and spine slightly faded. First American Edition.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! LITERATURE BOX 5 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York and Toronto: (1971)., 1971 pp. xiv, 205. 8vo. Original black cloth binding. Original dust jacket, slightly worn and soiled. Translated from the Russian by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author. Book Club Edition. LITERATURE BOX 5 0.0. Hardcover.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York and Toronto: (1968)., 1968 pp. xi, 272. 8vo. Original soiled dust jacket with remnants of price label. Hardbound. Book of the Month Club edition. Translated by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with the author. LIT BOX 3 0.0. Hardcover.

The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles: ()., 1972 pp. x, 278. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Tall 8vo. Original full yellow pictorial cloth binding, slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. Sixth printing. W5 0.0. Hardcover.

Knightsbridge Publishing, New York, 1990 Though much of this is dated, there is still a remarkable amount of practical advice and information that consumers would find useful. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ECON1 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York & Burlingame: (1961)., 1961 pp. xiii, 618. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, soiled. Hardbound. SPACE/1 0.0. Hardcover.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York: (1988)., 1988 pp. xxx, 402 + Color plates. Text illustrations. Decorated title page. Map endpapers. Large 8vo. Original cloth spine over paper boards. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. First Edition. Fine copy. The journal itself is a fascinating record of a common sailor's live in over 60 years at sea. Dr. Dann also gives us a remarkable about the research and periginations of the manuscript itself. TRAVEL/7 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Harper & Brothers, New York & London: 1903., 1903 Two Volumes + 120 Full-page and Numerous Text Illustrations; 16 Colored Plates from Dr. Nansen's Own Sketches; Etched Portrait; and Photogravures. Large 8vo. Original full dark blue cloth binding, spine gold lettered. Slight spotting to binding, but still a very nice set. In 1893, with a crew of 12 men and five years' supplies, Nansen left the shores of Norway and sailed through the Northeast Passage to the New Siberian Islands, where he allowed the Fram to become frozen into the ice. The ice floe drifted westward, carrying the ship with it, but it never came as close to the North Pole as Nansen had hoped. In March 1895 he therefore left the Fram together with Hjalmar Johansen and tried to reach the pole on skis. After many vicissitudes they arrived at 86o 14'N, further north than any explorer before them, but here they were forced to turn back. After a dramatic journey home again, they reached Norway on 13 August 1896, the same day… Read More

(Printed in the Netherlands for) Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: 1981., 1981 275 p. + Illustrations, charts, and maps. Highly illustrated in color. 4to. Original cloth binding. DJ. Small repaired tear in DJ. A fine copy of this famous commercial history, which includes a great deal of useful information on the Islamic world, Saudi Arabia, and the oil industry. every bit of this text becomes more significant in light of recent world events. ISLAM 3 Language: eng. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

D. Appleton and Company, New York: 1869., 1869 pp. vii, 303 + Plus Frontis, Half Title and full page engravings by J. D. Cooper. Numerous text engravings. Dampstained and foxed. 12mo. (19 x13 cent) Original publisher's cloth binding. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Extremities worn. Rear board spotted at edges. Hardbound. Though dampstained and foxed, still a tight copy. SCIENCE BOX 1 0.0. Hardcover.

J.S. Redfield, New York: 1851., 1851 pp. 792, xxiv. Foxed. XLib stamps on title and elsewhere. Folio. Original full embossed cloth binding, slight loss at top of spine. Still, a nice example. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FRENG 1. Hardcover. Very Good.

Impressum Edinburgh, (Printed by Ballantyne and Hughes), Edinburgh: 1839., 1839 pp. xciv [Introduction in English], (1), 162 [Latin Text of De Arte Logistica] + Engraved frontispiece portrait of Napier; and a full page mezzotint style engraving of the old Castle Merchiston. Large 4to. 300 mm. Original cloth backed boards binding; joints cracked. Hardbound. Very good. First Edition. John Napier, 8th Laird of Merchiston, (1550-1617), was a Scottish mathematician - the Inventor of Logarithms. His 'Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio' (1614) contained the first logarithmic table and the first use of the word logarithm. His Rabdologiae (1617) gave various methods for abbreviating arithmetical calculations. One method of multiplication uses a system of numbered rods called Napier's rods, or Napier's bones; this was a major improvement on the ancient system of counters then in use. Napier also introduced the decimal point in writing numbers. The material here, dealing mainly with… Read More

Published by M. Evans and Co., New York; and distributed in association with J.B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia and New York: ., 1973 Uncorrected (proof) galleys issued before publication. Two volumes. 1051 p. Tall bound galley format. 274 x 135 mm. Original printed paper wraps. The text makes interesting reading, especially for anyone interested in the history of American crime, gangsters, the Mafia, etc. Scarce in this format. Very good. CRIME 1 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Little, Brown and Company, Boston: (1953)., 1953 pp. xiii, 146. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Hardbound. First published in 1950. POETRY2 BOX 2 0.0. Hardcover.

Little, Brown, & Co., Boston: 1953., 1953 pp. xiii, 146. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Inked ownership. HUMOR 1 0.0. Hardcover.

The Scolar Press Limited, Menston, England: 1971., 1971 np. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Very nice copy. PALOC 73 0.0. 2nd Edition. Hardcover.

Imprimerie Nationale, Paris: 1790., 1790 pp. (4), 162. 4to. Uncut. Deckle edged. Marginal damp stain. Sewn. An important report and study on the pensions paid by the Royal Treasury, commissioned by the Revolutionary Assembly to determine the facts and record abuses. Also there was need for the new government to determine its position on pensions. Very scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR1 Language: eng. Wraps. Good.

Lebanon National Bank, Lebanon, PA: 1931., 1931 16p. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. Gold end papers. Margins decorated in gold. Mildly XLib. Includes typed and signed advertising letter from the cashier. 8vo. Original black wraps with title in gold on front cover. Gold thread ties. Lebanon National Bank was the oldest Bank in the County. Very nice copy. PA PAMPH 20_1 BX2 x3c. Language: eng. Signed by Author(s). Soft cover. Very Good.

Lebanon National Bank, Lebanon, PA: 1956., 1956 24p. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Mildly XLib. 8vo. Original pictorial wraps. PA PAMPH 20_1 BX2 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

The Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, OH; New York; Chicago: 1902., 1902 420p. + 4 full page illustrations by W. H. Fry. 1906 inked ownership of Joshua G. Swarty. Some soiling. Large 12mo. Original full red cloth binding, lettered and decorated in white. Extremities worn and rubbed. Spine faded. First Edition. LOC W17 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.