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New York:: Pergamon Press / The Macmillan Company, 1964. A solid copy -- bright, clean, square. Inner hinges are perfect. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. NO pocket. Text pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with figures, diagrams, and photographs. Tables. Graphs. Bibliographical references. Author Index. Subject Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. Among this volume's 23 papers are: SOME ASPECTS OF BASE PRESSURE IN SUPERSONIC flow by J.E.A. De Krasinski; SUPERSONIC AREODYNAMICS by Fausto G. Gravalos; THE TECHNIQUE OF STRATOSPHERIC BALLOONS AND SPACE RESEARCH BY Hector C. Ingrao; SPACE RESEARCH IN JAPAN by Takeo Hatanaka; AERONOMIC MEASUREMENT by Charles Y. Johnson; SERVOS FOR POINTING ROCKET SOLAR INSTRUMENTS by Fred Wilshusen; SNAP-3, A RADIOISOTOPE-FUELED THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR by George H. Ogburn; etc.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good… Read More

Bluffton, South Carolina: ExGambler Services, 2001. Very Good condition (light cover wear). Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, or fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. "Distributed by Nevada Council on Problem Gambling" label. No other name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original lavender pictorial wraps.. First Edition (so stated). Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. x, 413pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Bluffton, South Carolina: ExGambler Services, 2001. Near Fine condition (only light cover wear). Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, or fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. "Provided by Nevada Council on Problem Gambling" label. No other name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original lavender pictorial wraps.. First Edition (so stated). Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. x, 413pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1961. A solid reading/reference copy. EX-LIBRARY with evidence of pocket (now removed) and other usual markings. Very Good condition in Very Good Brodart-protected Dust Jacket. Spots of tape residue on cover and endpapers. Otherwise clean and square. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the Dust Jacket: "[The] author reviews the history of the Communist Party's rise to power after a long, Kremlin-guided campaign of persuasion and promise, of coercion and violence. He examines the economic, social, political and cultural programs of their twelve-year regime, comparing stated plans with actual results." Bibliography. Index. Original maroon cloth.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 628pp .

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984. 5.5" wide by 8.25" tall. Clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No spine crease. Not price clipped (7.95). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 2 original maps by Jean Tremblay and a few photos. A volume in The States and the Nation Series. Complete number line "1234567890" appears on the copyright page. Bibliography. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine condition. xxvii, 233pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York and London: Plenum Medical Book Company, 1979. Very Good condition in Very Good Dust Jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Clean, square, tight. A volume in the Sloan-Kettering Institute Cancer Series. Bibliographical references. Recommended Reading List. Index. . First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's brown boards/Jacket not priced or clipped. 8vo. xxi, 233pp. .

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. A solid, reasonably tight copy. WITHDRAWN stamp, and a few other library markings. Text pages are clean and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Contains 11 chapters: 1) Introduction to plasticating extrusion; 2) Basic flow concepts; 3) Screw geometry and basic assumption; 4) Solids conveying zone; 5) Melting zone; 6) Melt conveying zone; 7) Mixing in extruders; 8) Mathematical model for plasticating extruders; 9) Extrusion stability and extrudate quality; 10) Experimental temperature and pressure measurement; 11) Statistical analysis of the extrusion process. + Four appendices: a) Summary of vector and tensor notation used in chapter 2; b) Constants and conversion factors; c) Flow properties of some polymers; d) Nomenclature. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From the publisher: "Here you will find an appropriate blend of theory and… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Society for Testing and Materials, 1970. NOT a library discard. Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. ASTM special technical publication #472. Well illustrated with photographs -- 11 in full color -- many highly magnified. Numerous Tables and Graphs. Bibliographical references. Bound in the original dark yellow cloth, stamped in dark red.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. 8vo. (vi), 227pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Uncommon First Printing of the First Edition [as indicated by the Scribner seal and "A" only (with no other letters or numbers) on the copyright page, along with "1953" printed on both the title and copyright pages]. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (a few tiny closed tears tape-repaired on the blank side). NOT price clipped ($8.50). NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. 6.75" wide by 10" tall. With map endpapers and 72 pages of illustrations on glossy stock. Bound in the original greenish- blue cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine. Includes dust jacket.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xxi, 400pp. + 72 plates.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1980. A beautiful copy that appears never read. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Near Fine dust jacket (only 1 short closed tear / price clipped). NO chips, creases or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. 1980. First printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original light green boards, with a dark green cloth spine, lettered in bright copper. From the beautiful pictorial dust jacket: "When we first encounter Corina Festa she is living what appears to be a serenely idle upper-middle-class existence... As the dramas and tragedies of her friends' lives unfold around her, she slowly extricates herself from her quiet, comfortable, but vitally limiting existence...". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover.… Read More

New York: Mysterious Press, 1995. A fresh, crisp copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (21.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. From the Dust Jacket: "In 1994 Leonardo's Bicycle won the Latin American Dashiell Hammett Award for the best crime novel of the year... A south-of-the-border Iberian noir adventure story, a political psychodrama..." Set in Mexico. Features the "famous writer of crime fiction," Jose Daniel Fierro. "The real enchantment of Mr. Taibo's storytelling lies in the wild and melancholy tangle of life he sees everywhere." -- New York Times Book Review. Translated by Martin Michael Roberts . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 453pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1951. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Medical-theme bookplate. No remainder mark No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated. Original green cloth. Keywords: Ophthalmology . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. ix, 418pp .

Tokyo, Japan:: Japan Go Association, 1968. 5" wide by 8.25" tall. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with a few photographs and many diagrams throughout. English language edition. Original decorated wrappers. The white plastic comb (spiral style) backstrip allows the book to lay perfectly flat when opened. From the author's Brief Personnal Record: "In 1952, in the seventh Hon-in-bo title match he defeated the winner of the previous year, Hashimoto Utaro, eighth Dan, and took the title, which he defended successfully for nine years.". Seventh printing of the 1958 original.. Soft Cover, Plastic Comb Spine. Near Fine condition. 244pp. + 5 pages glossary..

Tokyo, Japan:: Japan Go Association, 1970. 5" wide by 8.25" tall. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with a few photographs and many diagrams throughout. English language edition. Original decorated wrappers. The white plastic comb (spiral style) backstrip allows the book to lay perfectly flat when opened. In 1952, in the seventh Hon-in-bo title match, the author defeated the winner of the previous year, Hashimoto Utaro, eighth Dan, and took the title, which he defended successfully for nine years.. 19th printing of the 1956 original.. Soft Cover, Plastic Comb Spine. Near Fine condition. (x), 130pp..

Chicago: Dryden Press, 1985. Very Good condition. Light cover wear. Flat, uncreased spine. "Complimentary Copy" sticker on the front. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1985. Third Edition, Updated. A marketing text. Many illustrations. Tables. Bound in the original green pictorila wraps.. Third Edition, Updated. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. x, 397pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Price is NOT clipped (14.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Apparently never read. First printing, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Summary: "Angry at being forced to decide which of his divorcing parents will get custody of him, Chester is further burdened with guilty feelings about the parent he is leaving behind." Bound in the original red boards, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Chabrain, Deborah (jacket art). 8vo. (iv), 204pp.

New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989. A handsome copy, with just a touch of rubbing at the Dust Jacket's high points. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Price is NOT clipped (14.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp and unmarked. Apparently never read. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Summary: "Bernie and Sean, a young boy at odds with his father that she secretly befriends, devise a fake kidnapping that turns out to be more successful than they expected and sets off a massive search that includes the FBI." Bound in the original tan boards, with a brown cloth spine lettered in shiny gold. . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Thompson, Ellen (jacket art). 8vo. (iv), 204pp.

Santa Barbara, California: Fithian Press , 2001. Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Trade Paperback. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. SIGNED by the AUTHOR: "Good Luck! Dale Talbert." Ten stories trace the formative events in the life of Duke Barney, a paratrooper with the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team in the Korean War. From the rear cover: "Duke bears the scars of his service - on the outside, an ear that was half-shot off by a Chinese sniper, on the inside..." . Signed by the Author. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Fine condition.. 8vo. 100pp.

New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988. A gorgeous, pristine copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. Price is NOT clipped (14.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Apparently never read. First printing, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Summary: "After moving to a new town to flee Jeremy's mother's boyfriend who has abused not only her but Jeremy, a charge of sexual molestation explodes and Jeremy at last is able to heal himself." Bound in the original rose-color boards, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. Illus. by Howell, Troy (jacket art). 8vo. (vi), 186pp.

Athens & London: Ohio University Press, 1964. This copy is signed by the author's brother, Laurence J. Ryan, with his California theme bookplate. Fine condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1964. Reprint of the 1936 first edition. Illustrated with 159 bookplate reproductions. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green boards.. Reprint of the 1936 original. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. xv, 287pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.