Search Results: Titles starting with A from Charity Bookstall

Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002. 451 bright, white pages with some black and white illustrations. Creases on spine, small abrasion on back cover; edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia, 2005. Signed and inscribed by the subject: Alister Bulkeley Paul inside front cover 8vo size staple-bound softcover with color photograph on front cover; 52 pages with color and black and white photographs throughout. Also includes a five-generation family tree. Foreword by Alister Paul's daughter, Wendy Lapointe Introduction by Alister Paul's son Jeremy Paul. From introduction: "The idea to record some of ABP's rich collection of memories and stories from his lifetime has been a project on the Paul family's "to do" list for some time. The family history has already been researched and documented, and with so much historical resource material available, finally the time has come for me to publish this book in honour of ABP." Light wear to covers, edgewear, worn bottom front corner. The top corner of the last nine pages appears to have a light water mark and/or textural changes in the margin indicative of water damage. . Signed by Subject. .… Read More

New York: American Machinist & Automated Manufacturing, 1987. Red leatherette with gilt borders and titles. 152 glossy pages with black and white cartoons. We're also including an envelope we found tucked into the book with other cartoons cut from American Machinist going back to the 1960s. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston: The Mosher Press, 1957. Probable first edition of this rare and unusually bound volume. Heavy weight red paper forms the dust jacket, soiled with three tears on front. the titles are inlaid on a cream colored label, turned up at one corner. Sewn binding with very heavy weight cream colored stock with black and red lettering, suitable for framing. Black and white portrait of the other as frontispiece. 33 pages. Musty aroma. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Wien: Bei l. W. Seidel, 1850. Fourth Edition, first published in 1839. 8vo size hardcover has tan and blue green marbled boards under leather spine and corners. 324 pages with red speckled outside pages. Firmly sewn binding. Half title page follows title page. Dr. Josef Skoda (1805 - 1881) is best known for his work as a pioneer in percussive diagnostics. The facq.org biography of Skoda says: "In 1839, Skoda published his treatise on percussion and auscultation. In it he attempts to classify the sounds in the chest according to categories that take into account musical pitch and tonality, with alternations from full to hollow, clear to dull, tympanitic to muffled, and high to deep. The drum-like tympanic resonance heard on percussion above an area of pneumonia or lung fluid is known as Skodaic resonance." An article about Dr. Skoda on whonamedit.com explains Skoda's development (or expansion of the work of Josef Leopold Auenbrugger more than 50 years before) of the fundamentals… Read More

Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1997. 339 bright, white pages with a section of glossy black and white photographs. Wear to covers, price sticker on spine; creases to back corners; several pages in the back have previously turned top corners. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase price supports charity and benefits literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Andre Deutsch 464 pages in good condition with some light wear to dust jacket including a couple of very small tears at top of spine and a small spot of soil to outside pages. From jacket: "The Abinger Edition of E.M. Forster's Abinger Harvest presents the definitive text of a book which David Garnett called 'one of the most delightful collections of occasional writings I have read.' In this immensely engaging slection of articles, essays, reviews and poems Forster writes divertingly on chess and Mickey Mouse, liberty in England and life in India, Marco Polo and the Emperor Babur, Egypt and the Orient. Here too, are Forster's reflections on other writers..." Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1962. Some light crease on cover, edgewear, half inch tear to top of cover, chipped corner. 128 tanned pages. This book was written prior to the legalization of abortion and answers many of the questions people had about abortion at that time. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Random House Audio, 2006. Read by the author Unabridged on one CD in trifold cardstock holder, about 1 hour, 15 minutes From back of package: Though it deals with devastating loss, About Alice is a love story, chronicling a romance that began at a Manhattan part in December of 1963. In Calvin's writing, Alice was sometimes his subject and always his muse." CD is in excellent condition, cardstock case has wear to sides. . Audio CD. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Brilliance Audio, 2017. Unabridged: 11 hours 1 minute on one disc From back: "How could the sensible daughter of Trinity Harbor's self-proclaimed patriarch have taken in the boy caught hot-wiring her car?... For Daisy Spencer, guiding the orphaned ten-year-old is easy, an escape from her own tragic past... The only real obstacle is that man. That man is the boy's uncle... soon he's commuting to the charming fishbowl of a town (where) Daisy is a disconcerting mix of charming innocence and smart-mouthed excitement in a town that's not as sleepy as it looks." As new. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. MP3 Audio CD. As New/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Scholastic, 2012. Uncorrected Proof of the author's debut novel! Covers are unique to proof with both front and back cover stating "Uncorrected Proof." Inside covers are like the flaps of the dust jacket on the finished book, the inside "flaps" gives an overview of the book and a very brief biography of the author. The fep has details of the finished book. 8vo size trade paperback; 363 pages From inside front cover: Matthew has loved Ariel from the moment he found her in the tunnels, her bee's wings falling away. They live in Safe, an underground refuge for those fleeing the city Above--like Whisper, who speaks to ghosts, and Jack Flash, who can shoot lightning from his fingers. But one terrifying night, an old enemy invades Safe with an army of shadows, and only Matthew, Ariel, and a few friends escape Above. As Matthew unravels the mystery of Safe's history and the shadows' attack, he realizes he must find a way to remake his home--not just for… Read More

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2012. Covers are unique to proof. Front cover states "Advance Reading Copy." Back cover states "Uncorrected Proof." The back cover provides an overview of the book, information on the finished book and a very brief biography of the author. From back cover: "Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean, just like all of the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after remaining hidden from the Above World for centuries, her colony is now in trouble, its survival in doubt - the tech that allows the Kampii to breathe underwater is beginning to fail." Appears new and unread. There is a publisher's sticker on front cover and slightly curled page tips. . Advance Reading Copy ARC. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof.

Ontario, Canada: Editions Scholastic, 2004. Texte francais d'Isabelle Allard 8vo size trade paperback; 99 pages with some black and white decorations and illustrations From back cover: "Ca ne tourne pas rond au Parc Crevier! La grande roue ne fonctionne pas. La machine a frapper la monnaie est brisee. La casse-croute ne sert plus de repas. Apres 75 ans, le Parc Crevier tombe en ruine. Il faut faire quelque chose, sinon le parc devra fermer!" Ex-library with minimal treatments, appears to not have circulated. Tacky area on front cover where barcode was removed and price sticker remnants on back cover. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Talbot, Jim. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York: Soho Press, Inc., 2008. A Sergeant Cribb Investigation 8vo size trade paperback; 233 pages From back cover: "A sadistic practical joker is haunting the popular music halls of London, interfering with the actors and interrupting their acts, by orchestrating humiliating disasters that take place in view of the audience. Then the mischief escalates to murder. Or was murder intended all along?" Nearly new, we note only pencilled notations on fep. . First. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2008. Signed and inscribed by author on title page. 358 pages. Edgewear; worn bottom corners and several pages with curled corners; sticker on back cover. Book club edition with special features. From back "Stonewood Heights is the perfect place to raise children: it's got good schools, solid values, and a healthy real estate market." Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. . Signed by Author. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1958. Book Club Edition (BCE) 8vo size hardcover with illustrated dust jacket; 223 toned deckle edge pages with yellow topstain. From jacket: "It began when Walter Brinkley, emeritus professor of English, gave a cocktail party for the newly-wed Craigs. This amiable little man had no intention of mixing the ingredients for mayhem or of entertaining a murderer. But his party was the start of a nightmare in which a killer with a shotgun blasted the rural peace of Westchester County." Edgewear, tiny chip from top of jacket spine, abrasion on bottom of jacket spine, half inch tear to right back cover, and a inch tear to left back cover; some light soil to back of jacket. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: John Wiley, 2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 232 pages From jacket: "(This book) explains the "sales management trap" where you spend you days exhausting yourself with middling tasks, losing out on sales, and suffering under a team of people who lack accountability and leadership. Drawing from the experiences of scores of sales managers, this book delivers immediately applicable ideas for applicable and developing a team of accomplished salespeople who manage themselves. You'll learn: How to find out what is actually happening with you employees How to recruit the best people by asking the right questions How to conduct sales meetings that elicit desired changes to behavior" Bumped head and heel of spine, edgewear and light wear to jacket, scratch on front of jacket. . First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Scholastic, 2010. 8vo size trade paperback; 296 pages Covers are unique to proof. Both front and back covers state Uncorrected Proof. Inside covers are like dust jacket flaps. Front inside cover provides an overview of the book and back inside cover has the briefest biography of the author. From front "flap:" "Finn and Chloe's advisor says that colleges have enough kids with good grades and perfect attendance, so Chloe decides they'll have to attract attention another way. She and Finn will stage Chloe's disappearance, and then... Finn will find and save her. It seems like the perfect plan - until things start to go wrong." Appears unread. The book has edgewear, some light soil on outside pages and a name written on top of the book. . Uncorrected Proof. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof.

New York: Hawthorn Books, 1967. Ex-library with traditional markings. Jacket covered in mylar. 155 pages. Pencilled price on fep. Volume 1 of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism. We have many other volumes of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. First. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Washington, DC: The Philanthropy Roundtable, 2008. 146 bright, white pages. From back: "(The author) adeptly and provocatively points out the critical component to improving public education in America: talent. There is no substitute in the classroom or the schoolhouse for talented educators and leaders. Attracting and retaining quality teachers and principals is absolutely central to improving opportunities for students to learn. -- Eli Broad" In great condition with only minor edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.