Search Results: Authors starting with S from Boojum and Snark Books

Desert Publications, 1981 Glossy wraps, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 106 pp., b/w illustrations. 1991 printing. Fine. (1722RO004). Soft cover. Fine.

Mzuri Safari Foundation, San Francisco, 1972 Four issues of this rare periodical (one OCLC library holding). Volume 1 No. 5 (Fall 1972), Volume 1 No. 8 (Summer 1973), Volume 2 No. 11 (Conference Issue 1974), Volume 2 No. 13 (Fall 1974). Published from about 1971 to 1975. Printed/illustrated wraps, stapled, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Very good. (3214032). Soft cover. Very Good.

William Wood; New York; 1931. First American edition. Scarce. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), blind-stamped front board, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, 79 pp. Very good plus. Contents: Prefatory Note to the Reader; Introduction; Diagram of Complete Cardiac Cycle; The Cardiac Cycle (Genesis of the Pulse and of the Circulation --- Blood-presure, Systolic and Diastolic, their Precise Signification --- The Circulation of the Lymph); The Pulse-Wave as an Accessory to the Circulation of the Lymph. (3214024). F. Hardcover.

Dennis Dobson, London, 1968. First edition. Hardcover with dustjacket, rare in this condition and with wrap-around band (see below). Blue-green cloth-covered boards, yellow spine lettering, 9 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches, color-illustrated endpapers, unpaginated, wonderful color illustrations by Steadman. Book and color-illustrated dustcover near fine. Mild warp to front board; mild bump to upper tip of rear board; pages clean and binding tight. The dustcover is beautiful, with only minor defects, which are nevertheless described in detail: mild yellowing due to offsetting from previous cover; focal, slight foxing or soiling, extreme top edge; a little wrinkling of upper tips; light ring impression, rear panel, very inconspicuous; Dobson price sticker (1.00 pound) over original printed price, lower front flap. Blue wrap-around band with printed front panel: "Winner Of The / 1972 / Francis Williams / Book Illustration Award" (Steadman won this award in 1972 for illustrating Alice in Wonderland). The… Read More

Redlands Ward Relief Society; Redlands, California Plain, stiff card covers; three plastic ring binding, 8 1/2 x 7 inches, 103 pp. No date. Good. Scarce. (K018). Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Weyerhaeuser Sales Company; St. Paul, Minnesota, 1947 Stapled wraps, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 36 pp., extensively illustrated in black/white/green. This 36 page catalog/brochure describes the buildings found in the hardcover dealer's encyclopedia of farm buildings, containing blueprints for 120 buildings and material lists. Substantial damp staining/rippling, but still good, with no loss of text or illustrations. Stapled to the first page is a list of lumber dealers providing the "4-Square Farm Building Service" in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico (dated 5-19-47). "They have been designed to help you Increase Your Farm Income. They are the result of dual planning. Agricultural experts determined what the ideal use requirements of each building should be. Then farm structure engineers designed the buildings to meet those requirements economically." "Improved and Ready-to-use Lumber is the Basis of Good Construction." (K007). Soft cover. Good.

D.C. Heath, Boston, 1911 First edition. Scarce. Brown cloth-covered boards, 6 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches, 88 pp., frontispiece photo of Ludwig Salomon, "With Fragen, Notes, and Vocabulary". "Heath's Modern Language Series". Some pencil notations in text. Good. (1722RO069). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Chapman and Hill Medical, London; Raven Press, New York; 1990. First edition. Red boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 12 x 8 1/2 inches, 1087 pp. Very good plus - near fine. Scarce. ISBN 0881676020 (3214014). F. Hardcover.

Station Hill; Barrytown, New York, 1981 First edition, #30 of 50 copies signed by Sanders. Tan cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 9 x 6 inches, unpaginated. No dustcover, as issued. Fine.(3214030). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1981. First edition. Blue cloth-covered boards, 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches, 608 pp., 545 figures, 85 tables. Book very good+. Dustcover about good. ISBN 3540103848, ISBN 0387103848 (3214011). F. Hardcover.

Reinhold Publishing, New York, 1966. First edition. Scarce. The author was a chemist at Thiokol Chemical Corporation. Gray cloth-covered boards, 9 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches, 417 pp., index; numerous figures, tables, references. Near fine. No dustcover. Contents: Preface; Background and Flight Dynamics; Combustion Thermodynamics and Flight Parameters; Thermodynamic Functions from Statistical Mechanics; Energetics and Performance of Propellant Systems; Recombination Kinetics; Kinetics of Two-Phase Flow; Solid Propellant Binders; Rocket Propellant Fuels; Rocket Propellant Oxidizers; Solid Propellant Internal Ballistics; Testing and Efficiency of Propellants; Advanced Propulsion Techniques; Appendix A: Heats of Formation and Densities of Propellant Ingredients; Appendix B: Heats of Formation of Products of Combustion; Appendix C: Interrelation of Rocket Parameters; Appendix D: Functions of the Specific Heat Ratio; Appendix E: International Atomic Weights. (3214013). F. Hardcover.

W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1922. Rare. Brown printed, stapled wraps, 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches, 80 pp., index, numerous illustrations. Fine. Descriptions about the numerous medical/surgical/veterinary/dental/nursing books published by Saunders, many accompanied by an illustration from the book. "Revised to January 1922". The subject index includes entries in: Anatomy; Bacteriology and Parasitology; Biography and Medical History; Biology, Embryology, Zoology; Chemistry; Dental; Diagnosis; Dictionaries; Diet and Nutrition; Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat; First Aid and Social Service; Gynecology; Histology; Hygiene and Sanitation; Materia Medica, Therapeutics; Nervous and Mental Diseases; Nursing; Obstetrics; Pathology; Pediatrics; Physiology; Practice of Medicine; Skin and Genito-Urinary Diseases; Surgery; Veterinary and Husbandry. (3214018). F. Soft cover.

Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1965 An exceptional copy of this beautiful book, as new in an as new dustcover. First edition, grey cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 14 x 10 inches, unpaginated, "115 illustrations, including 6 with gold and 38 in full color". This large, heavy book will require an additional shipping charge. (1722RO070). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Academic Press, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; San Diego; 1990. First edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. Dark green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering (bright), 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 308 pp., index, figures and tables. Book and dustcover very good plus. ISBN 0120176289 (3214043). F. Hardcover.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1987 An exceptional copy of the first edition, book and dustcover as new. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 9 5/8 x 12 inches, unpaginated. Very entertaining. (1722RO070). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1986 An excellent copy of the first edition, inscribed/signed by the author on a front free endpaper, book fine, dustcover near fine (mild rubbing). Red cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 12 x 9 3/4 inches, unpaginated, heavily illustrated. No markings except for the author's inscription and signature. Not price-clipped. (1722RO071). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Hill & Wang, New York, 1988 An attractive hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, SIGNED (without inscription) on the front free endpaper, with dustcover: book and dustcover near fine. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches, 389 pp. Book appears carefully read; pages clean, with no marks of previous owners; binding strong and square. Dustcover with mild edgewear and rubbing; now in a mylar jacket; not price-clipped. Entertaining dustcover illustration by Edward Sorel, featuring Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Edwin Meese III, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lyndon Johnson, Henry Kissinger and George Bush. (K083). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Schroder, Berlin, 1900. Two volumes. Each half leather and brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches, 272 pp. + 128 pp. + 400 pp., numerous b/w illustrations (photos and drawings), color fold-out map in front of volume 2. Two repaired tears in colored map. Modest wear to leather, still quite attractive; gilt bright. Moderate uniform browning to pages because of the inherent quality of the paper.(3214048). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Free Press of Glencoe, New York, 1962. First edition. Black cloth-covered boards with silver lettering, 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches, 748 pp., name index and subject index. 35 contributors. Near fine. No dustcover.. F. Hardcover.

Charles C. Thomas; Springfield, Illinois; 1959. First edition. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 10 x 7 inches, 207 pp. Book and dustcover near fine. "A unique, never-before-used pattern allows the reader to find not only the meaning of a given slang word but also the slang word which fits a given expression or concept. The user is guided in both directions, from word to meaning, in the conventional style, and from meaning to desired word, in the reversicon style. Over 6,500 entries, many never before published." (3214009x2). F. Hardcover.