Search Results: Titles starting with F from PASCALE'S BOOKS

By his Classmates of 1909, 1947. 91 pages, illustrated. "This volume of the letters of Fred Aloysius Carroll written to his family while serving as Red Cross Commissioner for Great Britain and Western Europe in 1945. They are being presented to Dartmouth College as a memorial to their classmate Freddie Carroll from the class of 1909 at Dartmouth. " FINE- HARDCOVER, a limited edition printed in Boston (Ma), this book is number 117.. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Squadron/Signal Publications:, 1980. 50 pages, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, oblong.

Faberge Arts Foundation:, 1993. 476 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b&w, text is in English. The works of Carl Faberge a Russian jeweller and goldsmith who revolutionized the realm of jewellery design with his innovative creations. Seen here are more than 350 objects and drawings produced in Faberge's workshops, with nearly half of these works originating from Russian institutions. 12 leading scholars from the United States, Europe and Russia have contributed new perspectives on Faberge." FINE HARDCOVER, GOOD DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Quilt Digest Press:, 1996. 139 pages, illustrated with 36 color photos, complete, step-by-step instructions for 30 quilt blocks. "A sensational collection of original quilt designs from world-renown fiber artist, Kimiko Sudo. In this book, the author creates a mesmerizing array of flower patterns." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Creative Publishing: , 2007. 127 pages. "Susan Stein-noted quilt designer, leads you through more than 27 popular and newly discovered techniques. Each is presented in full detail with brilliant photography and step-by-step instructions." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Laura Ashley:, 1983. 162 pages, illustrated in color and b&w, photographs by Mark Cobley, and with a Foreword by Laura Ashley. "Essays inspired by the collections at Platt Hall, The Gallery of English Costume, Manchester, UK. Essays on the Provincial Women, the English Gentleman and his tailor, fine linen, dressmaking and millinery, working class clothing and more. FINE HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New Orleans: Robert L. Crager & Co.:, 1950. First published in 1928, this book is the 1950 printing, illustrated by E. H. Suydam.338 pages. "This book begins with a vivid description of the Mardi Gras festivies, a brief history of New Orleans follows, also another episode shows us the negro snake worshipers who terrorized New Oreans,and a Voodoo orgy of recent date." FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good. Illus. by E. H. Suydam. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chronicle Books:, 1992. 117 pages, illustrated in color. "In this nostalgia-packed celebration of textile design during its riotous midcentury years, over 170 striking full color photos accompanied by a lively text and detailed captions document the bold new patterns and unprecedented color combinations that had taken over American decor." FINE SOFTCOVER. Softcover. Fine. 4to - 10- 1/2"L x 12 "W Oblong.

University of Chicago Press:, 1949. The second printing, 239 pages, illustrated in b&w. "In this interesting volume the author examines and rejects all but one of the processes previously suggested to account for the lunar craters, rays, mountain ranges, and lava flows. He selects and clearly demontrates as the most probable causes the impacts of giant meteorites on the rocky lunar surface and their resultant explosions. Not only does this book tell the story of a nearly dead body 240,000 miles away; it also tells the story of the earth itself." FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket is protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Henry Schuman:, 1952. 369 pages, illustrated with b&w photos. "The face of the Arctic is seen here at close range. For this book is the record in words and photographs, by a distinguished cameraman, of the people and things he saw on five journeys to the Canadian Far North. Harrington travelled more than 3000 miles by dogteam, sharing the life of the Eskimo and living in caribou skin tents and igloos." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, slight wear to edges of book, internally fine. GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Reed Book:, 1971. 58 pages, illustrated with full page color drawings by the author. "Kristin Zambucka's portraits of a fast-vanishing generation of Maori women record, in most timely fashion, the beauty and dignity of her subjects." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

D. Appleton and Co.: NY:, 1887. First published in 1886, this book is the 1887 edition, "reprinted with additions from "The Nineteenth Century" Magazine, 76 pages. "Though the direct bearings of the arguments contained in this Essay are biological, the argument contained in its first half has indirect bearings upon Psychology, Ethics, and Sociology. My belief in the profound importance of these indirect bearings was originally a chief prompter to set forth the argument; and it now prompts me to re-issue it in permanent form." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Woodrow Wilson Center Press:, 2006. 264 pages. This book "is not the last work, nor does it answer all questions and resolve all disputes. But the author has given us a great book on a great event, a profound and sage response to the question "What happened in Hungary in 1956?" FINE HARDCOVER.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Duke University Press:, 2000. 298 pages. "This book is possibly the best book on higher education in the last decade." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harvard University Press:, 1948. 104 pages, illustrated with b&w photos by Samuel Chamberlain. "Harvard is one of America's greatest universities. She is also part of the New England scene. Mr. Chamberlain's camera interprets her local heritage and her world-wide role with rare comprehension." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD- DUST JACKET. Previouw owner's name is present. Dust jacket protected wth a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good-. Illus. by Samuel Chamberlain. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

L.C. Page:, 1905. 328 pages, illustrated in b&w. GOOD HARDCOVER, Green cloth covers, lettering is bright on spine and cover. Front hinge has been repaired and it obvious. Internally a clean tight copy.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Charles Lauriat Co.:, 1925. The second edition from 1927 204 pages, illustrated with 8 tipped in plates of the ships (in b&w) mentioned in this book: Three Brothers of NY, Tacoma, Triumphant, Wm. J, Roach of New Bedford. "Prior to 1866 the Packet Ships carried passengers and merchandise from port to port on the Atlantic Ocean. A few years later the Clipper Ship Serivce was started; these sailing ships were specially built and rigged for speed and they followed the deep sea routes between the Atlantic ports, the East Indies, China and California and the seaboard cities of South America. They operated until about the year 1884, when the lower wages of Great Briitain and Germany made competition too keen for them to survive. The author explains "this book relates the stories of several voyages that I made, while working my way up from third mate to first mate at the height of the history of the California ships." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, blue cloth covers, lettering is bright on the… Read More

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1992. 320 pages, with 277 illlustrations, 184 are in color. "The art of Fairfield Porter has never achieved wide recognition, yet artists and critics have long appreciated his work. This first comprehensive, fully illustrated book on Porter's life and work presents him as an "American classic" as important and enduring in his generation as were Homer, Sargent, and Hopper in theirs." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Springer-Verlag:, 1986. The first printing, 295 pages. "This book is the first to bring together the results of extensive recent reaserch activity about "fairness", one of the more intriguing notions in the theory of concurrent, distributed and nondeterministic programming. The book covers most of the know approaches for proving properties of programs under fairness assumptions. The discussion is developed through the choice of termination as the basic property under investigation, and proof-obligations as a main tool." FINE HARDCOVER.. First printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bonanza Books:, 1962. 170 pages, illustrated and Introduced by Majorie M. Smith. "Here is the first comprehensive and authoritiative volme of the candleburning night lights of the Victorian era in which the author explores their manufacture since Samuel Clarke patented his renowned and coveted Fairy Lamps by combining decoration with utility." FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.