Search Results: Titles starting with A from Boyd Used & Rare Books

[Salem, Mass.]: Higginson [Book Co.], 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. A reprint of Elizabeth Clifford Neff's 1886 genealogy of the Neff/Naf family. Boards in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A little scuffing on front cover. Previous owner's address rubber stamped on front free endpaper, otherwise internally clean. pp. 352, [1]. 11 x 8.5 inches. A genealogy and family history of the Swiss Mennonite Neff/Naf family who immigrated from the Zurich area to Frankford (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, and to Lancaster and Huntingdon counties.

Moscow, Russia: Moskva "Prosveshhenie, 1986. Soft cover. Good. Book is bumped and slightly curled at fore edge corners. Head and tail of spine are worn with tiny closed tears at tail of spine. Spine edges are a little worn. Aleksey Nikolayevich Bakh (1857-1946) was a well known Soviet era biochemist. 125 pages. Russian language. 5.5" x 8.25

San Angelo, Texas: United States Army Air Corps, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good-. Gold-ish cloth boards. Areas of soiling on front and rear covers. Interior is unmarked and generally clean. [68] pages. Yearbook for the Class of 43-J of the Army Air Force Flying Training Detachment flying school at Gibbs Field, Fort Stockton, Texas. Includes portraits for more than 250 cadets (many noting their home address and nickname). Also, photographs of officers, instructors, air field activities, etc.

Berlin: Ecksteins Biographischer Verlag, 1921. Soft cover. Good+. Staple-stitched booklet. Some wear along spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. No statement of publication date, but likely circa 1921-23. 14 pages plus twelve photographs on plates (mostly showing factory floors). 17.7 x 12 cm. Two copies located on OCLC (Universitatsbibliothek Braunschweig, Bibliothek - Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin). This booklet gives a detailed description of AEG's newest factory, built in 1920 and located on the River Spree in the Oberschoneweide part of Berlin. Its production included transformers, high-voltage equipment and switchboards. AEG, at the time, was Germany's largest electrical manufacturing concern. The booklet notes advancements in the process of manufacturing transformers and describes the stages of manufacture and laboratory work. It also provides what is essentially a tour of the factory and the various rooms in which components are produced and tested, and also gives an… Read More

Rosario, Argentina: [ARICANA / Grafica Amalevi], 2009. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Glossy boards. Very slight wear to covers. Business card of ARICANA Presidente Dr. Angel A. Cesaretti Monti affixed to ffep, otherwise clean. DJ in archival sleeve. 165, [16] pp. 12 x 8.5 inches. No copies noted on OCLC. 16 pages at conclusion featuring photos, newspaper clippings, fliers/programs, and posters. Spanish language. History of La Asociacion Rosarina de Intercambio Cultural Argentino Norteamericano (ARICANA), which was organized in Rosario in 1943 by a group of artists, writers, journalists, university professors, industrialists, merchants and other professionals. with the objective to facilitate the exchange of ideas between Argentine and American culture.

New York: The Century Co., 1928. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Second printing, December 1928. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; front cover features blind stamped letting and a small paper paste-on illustration. Map endpapers. Faint area of soiling at the bottom part of the fore-edge of text block, else near fine. Dust jacket shows very minor edgewear and toning; not price clipped ($3.50). DJ in clear archival sleeve. Index. xii, 357 pp. 8.25 x 6 inches. Includes fold-out map of Coon Slough (Vernon County, Wisconsin). The historical story of the whole logging, lumber, and rafting industry of the Mississippi basin from its beginning, through its extraordinary zenith, to its decline and end. The author, who was born in a city on the Mississippi (Davenport, Iowa), drew from his own experiences on the river as well as from the recollections of veterans and from old letters and diaries in reconstructing this milieu of river life. Charles Edward Russell (1860-1941) was an American… Read More

Wellington, New Zealand: National Center for Religious Studies, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good-. Rare. The Leader's Guide. Prepared for Australian Secondary Schools by an Australian Editorial Committee. Theological consultant: Eugene Stockton. Chapters: 1) Does Australia Have a National Identity? 2) Does the Ancient Religion of Our Indigenous People Have Anything to Offer Us Today? 3) What is Central to Aboriginal Spirituality? 4) What are the Characteristics of Traditional Aboriginal Religion? 5) How Did the Aboriginal People Live Before European Occupation? 6) What Was the Impact of European Occupation? 7) What Policies Had an Impact on the Life of Aboriginal People? 8) What are the Contemporary Issues? 9) How Have Indigenous People Contributed to Past and Present Australia? 10) What Does Aboriginal Spirituality Have to Offer Australians? 11) Paraliturgy: Integrating Aboriginal Spirituality. Appendixes: The United Nations and the Rights of Indigenous People, Time Line, and List of Resources.… Read More

Boston, MA: Richard G. Badger / The Gorham Press, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good+. Human Personality Series. Rare. Olive green cloth boards with lettering on spine and front panel stamped in black. Light bumping to the head and tail of spine. Square and clean. Pages are very crisp and free of any writing and marking. 244 pp.

St. Louis, Missouri: Frances Terry Ingmire, 1984. Soft cover. Very Good-. Brown cloth spine, card covers. Small ink mark on front cover. Short note written on inside of front cover; title underlined on title page; a couple pages have a name or two underlined. Index. i, 112 pp. 11 x 8.5 inches. Wills recorded between September 1808 and March 1876. Franklin County, Tennessee, was created in 1807 from the counties of Bedford and Warren.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Balai Seni Visual Negara, 2013. Soft cover. Good+. Illustrated folding card covers. Covers show edge wear; top end of rear flap-fold has a starting split; cracking along rear the inner hinge. Interior is unmarked and generally clean. 215, [7] pp. 9.75 x 6.6 inches. Absurd(c)ity was an exhibition at the National Visual Arts Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, a historiography of art from modern to contemporary in Malaysia, focusing on surreal artworks from 1950 to 2013. The exhibition showcased 60 pieces of artworks, paintings as well as drawings, prints, sculptures and installations, representing thirty artists from the collection of the National Visual Arts Gallery. In addition, eleven young artists were also invited to exhibit their work to demonstrate the continuation of the surreal style in the contemporary art scene in Malaysia.

New York, NY: AMS Press, Inc., 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book is very lightly bumped at the bottom fore edge corners. Pages are clean and binding is very tight. Reprint of the Camden Society edition originally published in 1867. Includes a fold-out chart of the Standard & Great Banner procession order at Mary, Queen of Scots' funeral. First AMS Press edition, 1968. 134 pp.

[Eugene, Oregon]: [Univeristy of Oregon], 1908. Soft cover. Fair. Staple bound in wraps. Covers are toned and show soiling; some edge chipping. Previous owner's name on front. Some minor soiling to pages. Fragile. 31 pp. 9 x 6 inches. Scarce. Although not stated, this is the same as University of Oregon Bulletin, Vol. VI, no. 3 (December, 1908) p. 1-31. The Acquisition of Oregon Territory is Joseph Schafer's academic paper, designed to cover one feature of the historical process by which the territory of Oregon fell into the hand of the United States. He sets out the essential facts, relative to the discovery, exploration, and early history of the occupation, in order to illustrate the bearing they have upon the evolution of a title to territory. Based on new information he had found in the archives of the British Government, he also attempts to clear up the questions of diplomacy involved in the acquisition of Oregon. Most of this paper deals with the Spanish and British voyages of… Read More

New York: Acrobat, Inc., 1949. Soft cover. Good+. Four issues of Acrobat magazine. Stapled wraps. Bit of minor wear to covers. Each issue is about 30 pages. 9.25 x 7 inches. Two issues are found on OCLC (New York Public Library: Vol. I, Nos 1 & 5 only). Vol. I, no. 1 (Mar-Apr 1949). Vol. I, no. 4 (Sep-Oct 1949). Vol. II, no. 1 (Mar-Apr 1950). Vol. II, no. 2 (May-Jun 1950). Magazine of acrobatics, gymnastics, physical culture, balancing, circus performing, and tumbling. Some topics covered: the Wayne-Marlin Trio, Renald and Rudy, beach and park balancers, Charlie Shaffer [Schaeffer?], judo, photos of acro-beauts and acro-brutes, acrobatics in Cuba, the Syrettos (who balanced on cycles), William J. Hermann (turn-of-the-century physical culturist of Philadelphia), Jack Starnes (adagio dancer with Ann Anavan), Karin Lindberg (Swedish gymnast and Olympic gold medalist), the New York Turn Verein society, trampolining, and more. Acrobat was Glenn Sundby's first magazine and had a short… Read More

London: Edward Arnold, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher's green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Head of spine a bit pushed and lightly worn. Bump to fore-edge of front cover. Education-award bookplate on ffep, else unmarked. Some pages a little foxed; minor soiling. 25 photographs on plates; several in-text illustrations; fold-out map at rear. Index. 8vo. xii, 348 pages. The account of an eight-month trek across Persia, undertaken in 1903 by author following his resignation from the Royal Field Artillery in India. At the time this was published in 1907, the author, Eliot Crawshay-Williams (1879-1962), was Winston Churchill's assistant private secretary at the Colonial Office. From 1910 to 1913, he served as MP for Leicester and was the parliamentary private secretary to then Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George.

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Book has a dog-ear on ffep, otherwise Fine condition book. Dust jacket has faint edge wear. DJ has been placed in an archival mylar cover. First printing, 1992. 6 x 9.25 inches. 218 Pages.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1935. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good-. Black cloth boards stamped in red. Red topstain. Spot of light wear along right side of spine. Rubber stamps on front and rear free end papers (for a department store circulating library); previous owner's name on ffep; label residue on front paste-down. Pages a bit toned. Dust jacket has some chipping at head and tail of spine and corners; a few edge nicks and rubbed areas; not price clipped ($1.50). DJ in clear archival sleeve. 245 pp. 7.75 x 5.5 inches. Early western novel by John Upton Terrell (1900-1988) about a renegade Confederate cavalryman who embarks on a career and adventure as an outlaw cattleman in old New Mexico.

Kansas City, MO, U.S.A.: Nonetheless Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Sandy Jamieson. Signed by Author(s). Book has a little rubbing to surfaces of boards. Audio CD included in Fine condition. Stated first American edition. Flat signed by both the author and the illustrator.

[Palatka, Florida]: Hodge & Braddock, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Stated First Edition. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Underlining on the first three pages of the text, else VG to near fine condition. Eight page bibliography. Name and subject index. Scripture index. 192 pp. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. A reference work on sex and sexuality in both the Old and New Testaments.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. Tomie de Paola. First edition with full number line. Book is a little bumped at head and tail of spine. Has stamp from used bookstore where it was purchased on ffep. All other pages are clean binding is tight. Dust jacket has a few small indents on surfaces. Not price clipped. Dj has been placed in an archival protective mylar cover. First edition with full number line. 9 x 11 inches.

Adrian, Missouri: Adrian R-III, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. Adrian High School, Junior High, and Elementary School in Adrian, Missouri. Book is a little bumped and worn at head and tail of spine as well as fore edge corners. Back board has chip to surface and a little scuffing to lower edge of board. Soiling on pages 138-150, not affecting any portraits. Minor inscriptions on a couple pages. 163 pp.