Search Results: Authors starting with O from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1965 John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1965. Softcover/Heavy Board Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for ex-military library stamps on the half title page and rear inner board; pocket and check out in rear. Book Condition: Good+; chip on front wrap; missing corner pieces on rear wrap; spine label residue; rear cover worn and lightly soiled from adhesive which has removed some of the surface printing. No DJ. Pictorial Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not chipped or split. Text is clean without markings or underlining. Both the immediate present and the future of America are profoundly affected by the role of the armed forces. Yet the complexities of defense policy, how it is formulated and how it is executed remain a mystery to many citizens. This book relates the role of military factors in the nation in the only manner possible to achieve understanding-by using a comprehensive historical approach. A strong straight copy.

Chicago, IL: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. , 1919 Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., Chicago, IL. 1919. Hardcover. 1918 copyright/2nd edition? Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for several of paragraph sidelighting in red in the rear chapters. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear to edges and tips; bumped upper front tip; bumping to head and tail. Brown cloth boards and spine with black lettering on spine and front board. Internal hinges sound and not cracked. 314 pp 12mo. In this book, morals are the course and true moral teaching seeks to affect conduct indirectly by the general elevation of life. This book addresses moral and religious training of the child through the public schools to show how morality is involved in most subjects and religion can also be seen in many subjects as well with the ultimate goal of producing better character in the student at an early age. A clean very presentable copy.

Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1947 United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1947. Softcover/Trade Wraps. U.S. Department of Commerce/Civil Aeronautics Administration. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear at tail; light bumping to head and tips; small closed tear on front wrap at middle. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 150 pp 8vo. This manual has been prepared for the purpose of familiarizing the student-pilot with the structure, maintenance, and rigging of aircraft. It is primarily used as a textbook in the controlled Restricted Commercial ground school course of the Civilian Pilot Training Program. A clean very presentable copy.

Wilmette, IL: Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1955 Frederick J. Drake & Company, Wilmette, IL. 1955. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; slight bottom edge shelfwear. DJ: Good; missing small pieces at head and tail; bumping and small closed tears on top edge. Red grained boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 110 pp 8vo. Incorporation the newest materials with the latest methods of procedure, this book simplifies the art, making it understandable and approachable for the amateur as well as keeping the professional up-to-date. All types of furniture and all types of problems are clearly illustrated and explained. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1962 University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA. 1962. Hardcover. Revised Edition of the 1935 original now with illustrations. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG; edge wear to board tips, head, and tail from shelving. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine and front board. 191 pp Folio. This book covers the construction of and histories of six colonial homesteads; The Moffatt-Ladd House, The Quincy Mansion, The Webb House, the Jumel House, Stenton, and Mount Clare. Over 200 years old, these were called Colonial but are really an adaptation of the Georgian to new material and new social conditions. A clean presentable copy.

Wichita, KS : Great Empire Broadcasting, 1999 Great Empire Broadcasting, Wichita, KS. 1993. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; small tear to first page edge-possibly factory fold defect; minuscule bumping to edges. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 158 pp 8vo. The author was a broadcaster/co-owner of KFDI radio in Wichita Kansas and a popular feature of his daily show was his Philosophy and Foolishness readings. This book is a collection of his all-time favorites of genuine heartland wisdom with a strong dose of humor. A clean very presentable copy.

Tulsa, OK: Hawk Publishing , 2004 Hawk Publishing, Tulsa, OK. 2004. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 126 pp 8vo. Mike Oatman built a radio and broadcasting empire and in 1999 he sold it. After that, he began to write insightful, witty columns for the Wichita Eagle. His newspaper audience shared his joys and sorrows through his words. This book is a compilation of his best columns. They capture the heart of a man facing cancer with levelheaded courage and unfaltering faith through the toughest of times. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY : Crown Publishers , 2018 Crown Publishers, New York. 2018. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($32.50); slight bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. Gray paper over boards with gray paper over spine with bright white lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers. 426 pp 8vo. This is the story of a little girl from the South Side of Chicago who went to Princeton and became a corporate lawyer and eventually the First Lady. Michelle takes the reader inside the private debate over the presidential run and the campaign. Narrating with grace, good humor, and uncommon candor, she provides a vivid behind-the-scenes account of her family's history-making launch into the global limelight as well as their live inside the White House as she comes to know her country and her county comes to know her. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986 McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. 1986. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; scant shelfwear to board edges; dust soiling to textblock top; small splash stains on textblock fore edge. DJ; Very Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($16.95); slight bumping to head, tail, and tips; slight rubbing to panels. Copper paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright copper lettering on the spine. 298 pp 8vo. The time will soon come when permanently occupied space stations are a reality. This book takes amateur spacefarers on a flight to the future where they can experience space with all its emotions, terrors, and surprises as perceived and interpreted by those who have been there. It will be shown how we have been changed as a species by space travel and will be in the future- presenting a composite portrait from the views of real space pioneers, psychologists, philosophers, engineers and… Read More

New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995 W.W. Norton & Company, New York. 1995. Hardcover. Stated First U.S. Edition 1995/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; scant shelfwear to board edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($23.00); light rubbing to panels; light bumping to head, tail, and rear panel bottom edge; scratch across front panel. Brown cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Gold endpapers. 95 pp 8vo. This richly illustrated book offers a straightforward exploration of what daily life in Nelson's navy was really like for everyone from the captain to the rawest recruit. Contemporary drawings and cartoons illustrate aspects of naval life from the press gang to the scullery. A generous selection of full-color paintings renders the majesty and the excitement of fleet actions in the age of fighting sail. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998 Rutledge Hill Press, Nashville, TN. 1998. Hardcover. First Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; slight rubbing to front and rear covers. White boards with blue overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 339 pp. 8ov. After nearly a half-century coaching at Penn State and 37 of those as head football coach, Joe Paterno's teams have won two national championships, played in four-national championship games, and had seven undefeated seasons. A coach unlike others who stresses academic performance this book is about the consummate coach who shows the side of Paterno shielded from the public. A clean pristine copy.

London, UK: Penguin Ireland, 2016 Penguin Ireland, London, UK. 2015. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price clipped; slight edge bumping from shelving. Black boards and spine with bright copper lettering on spine. 417 pp 8vo. Rugby great Paul O'Connell's name is synonymous with passion and leadership. This autobiography tells the story of how a boy who developed his competitive instincts as a talented swimmer became a towering figure in international Rugby. A look inside the head of one of the most thoughtful players of his generation. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Grove Press Books, 1989 Grove Press Books, New York. 1988. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; small break in the paper on the board on the rear upper tip. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price clipped; bumping to rear upper tip cover. White boards with black cloth overlay on spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 369 pp 8vo. In 1940 Odets was the dominant voice of American theater, put him on the cover of Time magazine, and make him the spokesman for liberals and the left. He kept the journal for only one year in which he struggles with the artistic, personal, and social questions that constituted the fabric of his life, and of America's in the 1930s. In this passionate, unflinchingly honest, and deeply revealing journal, the artist and the human being emerges. A clean very presentable copy.

Eagle Rock, CA: L'image Odier, 2004 L'image Odier. Eale Rock, CA. 2004. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; This book has never been sold so is New but has shelfwear; superficial scratching on rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps with French flap folds. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 200 pp 4to. This book was written in the spirit that others might join in recognizing the cause of these and other "lost people" who struggle to maintain a place in this world. As never before, distinct cultures are vanishing overnight. The word for it is "ethnocide" and whether it involves tribes living on the martins of existence, whether it is a people relegated to "reserved territories", ot whether it is the increasing invisibility of indigenous peoples in places where the unremitting message to all is "join the mainstream, or die", the result… Read More

Eagle Rock, CA: L'image Odier, 2004 L'image Odier. Eale Rock, CA. 2004. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition not stated. Book is tight, square and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; This book has never been sold so is New but has shelfwear; small abraded area on fore edge front flap and superficial scratching on rear wrap. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps with French flap folds. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 200 pp 4to. This book was written in the spirit that others might join in recognizing the cause of these and other "lost people" who struggle to maintain a place in this world. As never before, distinct cultures are vanishing overnight. The word for it is "ethnocide" and whether it involves tribes living on the martins of existence, whether it is a people relegated to "reserved territories", ot whether it is the increasing invisibility of indigenous peoples in places where the unremitting message to all is… Read More

Nashville, TN: Sythe Publications, 1999 Sythe Publications, Nashville, TN. 1999. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light rubbing to wraps; light bumping to tips. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 80 pp 8vo. This book is a wonderful, developmentally appropriate, multi-cultural resource for early childhood, kindergarten, elementary teachers and parents. Learning songs and poems is a fun way for children to learn new words and increase their vocabulary. The repetitious rhymes will help develop listening, memory skills and self-esteem. Included are poems and songs about friends, families, animals, feelings, transition time, and holidays. A clean very presentable copy.

London, UK: Virgin Books, Ltd, 2004 Virgin Books, Ltd, London, UK. 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for gift inscription on FFFP documenting purchase in Scotland. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped: slight bumping to upper tips and jacket at head. Green boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Photographic endpapers. 160 pp 4to. In this book the entertainer unlocks the door to his wonderful collection of personal photographs. There are stunning portraits, childhood gems, career highlights, and picture postcard settings in some of Ireland's beauty spots as well as in foreign locations. A clean pristine copy.

Washington, DC: Bureau of Reclamation Guide Service, 1948 Bureau of Reclamation. Lower Colorado Region, Washington, DC. 1948. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light rubbing to wraps; light soiling to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial paper wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. Non-paginated 16mo oblong. This is a brochure that was given to tourists/visitors to Hoover Dam in the 1940s and 50s to allow the public to see what went into the construction of the dam, what a technological marvel its, and how it benefits the region through water control and electricity. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Main Street, 2005 Main Street, New York. 2005. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Pictorial green bunny boards and spine with black, white, and orange lettering on spine and front board. 275 pp 12mo. Hundreds of traditional as well as modern versions of the limerick are presented here. Some are classics that have been passed along for generations and some are collected from the Party Jokes page of Playboy. These verses share qualities that are here amply on display: a wicked sense of humor, a lilting rhythm, and a love of supple and suggestive language. A clean presentable copy.

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Reuters, 2003 Reuters, Upper Saddle River, NJ. 2003. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($19.95). Black grained boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 179 pp 8vo. This is an in-depth, unbiased, up-to-the-minute briefing on the Iraq crisis, by a team of Reuters correspondents that gives a look at Iraq under Saddam Hussein, and the high-stakes confrontation with the US and the West. The authors place today's crisis in historical context and give a detailed and objective analysis of the US arguments for "regime change" in Baghdad. A vivid portrait of Saddam Hussein and his rise to power and his profound impact on the history of the of the past quarter century. A clean very presentable copy.