Search Results: Titles starting with M from Pistil Books Online

Shearsman Books & Buschek Books. Trade Paperback. Fine. New book in excellent condition in every respect.

Germany: Taschen, 1992. Trade Paperback. Good. In the book M.C.Escher kaleidocycles"" (orignally published in 1977) the mathematician Doris Schattschneider and the graphic designer Wallace Walker used some of the well known periodic drawings of the Dutch artist M.C.Escher to decorate kaleidocycles. They showed how to cover kaleidocycles continuously with repeating patterns (provided they have certain symmetry properties). It should be noted that in the work of Escher himself kaleidocycles do not appear. "" This is a book of kaleidocycles, folding paper three dimensional shapes, printed with art by M.C. Escher. Text in Spanish. Water damage across top 1/4 of book has caused waving, but all the calidociclos are there, and should not be affected structurally. They are made to be punched out, folded, and glued. Complete and in color. Staple-bound. Previous owner's name sticker inside cover.

London: Calder and Boyers, 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Slight bumping to corners and top and bottom of spine. Edge wear and fading to price-clipped dust jacket. 217 pages.

Watson and Dwyer, 1999. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition, with very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 260 pages.

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1981. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light wear to covers only, back cover has price blotted out. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 117 pages with foxing to page ends

Samuel French, Inc., 1985. Staple Bound. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Staple-bound. 98 pages.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1977. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 206 pages.

Dent, J. M. & Sons, 1975. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light wear only to covers. Binding is solid and square, small price sticker removal mark at back. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save previous owner's name at front end paper. This is the complete Mabinogion with eleven Welsh stories of Celtic genius.

Macdonald, 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Describes and illustrates (in silhouette) the ""vast majority"" of the world's commercial transport aircraft in service or production at the time of publication. Nice shape showing light use. Interior/text is free of marking of any kind. 71 pages.

Greece: Ekdotike Athenon, 2000. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Text in English. Many color photos. 459 pages.

Lindsay Publications, Inc., 1985. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition, new. Reprint from a 1908 publication. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 138 pages with sections on link mechanisms, gearing, gear trains and cams, pulleys and bhelting, materials of construction, machine design. B&W illustrations throughout, mechanical drawings.

Gramma Poetry, 2018. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition, new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.

N Y: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2004. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Full page black and white photos. 434 pages. Includes CD Rom.

Lindsay Pub., 1990. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book is in excellent condition; new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Reprint of a earlier publication, this is not a modern production. Heavily illustrated with quality fine line mechanical drawings. Part of ""Lost Technology Series"" Contents include: Marking and recording patterns, Printing-press cylinders, How to cast journal boxes on frames, Elbow and tee pipes, Slide valve cylinders, Corliss cylinders, Fly wheels, Spur gears, Worm wheels, etc.

N Y: Charles Scribner' Sons, 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 351 pages. Limited edition, number 306/500; signed by Thomas Boyd. Slightly woiled cover in worn slipcase. A bit musty smelling. Yellow paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine.

United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 2009. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 386 pages.

U.S.A.: Damien Tunnacliffe, 1978. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Book is as-new. Binding is tight, solid and square, covers are spotlessly clean. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. The history and development of Madagascar. Red cloth boards with bumped corners. Gift inscr. on title page. Forward by Hubert Deschamps. List of maps and plates, 310 pages, incl. index, notes, sources, guide to Malagasy pronunciation, 9 maps, +22 b&w illus. Dj is unclipped, shows notable wear at edges and spine, no tears.

N Y: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1969. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and black pen and ink drawing on front cover. Edge wear and tears to dust jacket. Previous owner's name inside. With photographs of the author, his environment and the setting of the book, together with an introduction by Victor Brombert. 361 pages. From the ""Great Illustrated Classics"" series.

Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League, 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 280 pages. Full green cloth boards with gilt lettering.

Made , 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. No info on issue, pub. date; whatever. It's just not there. Year is from an ad in the text. White covers with !/4 jacket depicting an atlas tire dude running at you with crossed-out eyes. Kid America CD at back. About 150 pages, many photos, interview with Eddie Cruz.