Search Results: Titles starting with M from Mike's Library

Paris: Typ. Chamerot et Renouard. Good with no dust jacket. 1895. 1ière Édition. Trade Paperback. Spine tears and chipping, covers soiled, toned, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; French language. Critique of Count Witte, written early in his tenure as Russian Minister of Finance. The author, Russian expatriate Elie de Cyon, is thought by some to have written the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, based on Joly's Dialogue aux Enfers, as an outgrowth of a polemical attack on Witte. ; xlvii, 224 pages .

New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1879. Hardcover. Light cock, light tone, light edge foxing, 1882 Christmas gift inscription, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; 1882 Christmas gift inscription. Juvenile fiction by un-named prolific woman author, Sarah Stuart Robbins, "By the Author of the "Win and Wear" Series". Two-page Robert Carter & Brothers ad in rear dated October, 1878. Mabel Hazard's Thoroughfare was grouped into the Highland Series after all six books were separately issued. ; [The Highland Series]; Vol. 2; 334, 2 ad pages .

New York: Museum of Modern Art. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Aluminum rear cover and spine oxidized with scratching, light edge foxing, otherwise light wear; Mailer tone with soiling. Crisp hardcover three post metal binder. ; "Swedish art collector and curator K. G. Pontius Hultén curated and wrote the catalogue for The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical AgeOffsite Link, an exhibition at The Museum of Modern ArtOffsite Link, New York, from November 27, 1968 to February 9, 1969. This was a landmark exhibition on the history of the machine in its relationship to art from the Renaissance to 1968; or as the editor stated, it was "a collection of comments on technology by artists of the Western world" (p. 3). The art reproduced and described in the catalogue— including much that was radical for its time—was mainly in traditional media such as prints or paintings, sculptural or mechanical, with a few… Read More

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0815307349 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Contents: Introduction; 1. The Nature of the Mexican Stock Market; 2. Recent Developments of Government; 3. Background for a Supply Side Model; 4. A Financial Model with an Ill-functioning Stock Market; 5. A Financial Model with Government Securities; 6. Some Empirical Observations; 7. Conclusions; Appendix A. Timing of a Stock Market Crash; Appendix B. Portfolio Decision in a Speculative Economy; Appendix C. Speculation and Inflation; Appendix D. Treasury Bill-financed Fiscal Deficits and Firm Output; Appendix E: Data; Bibliography. ; Developing Economies of the Third World; 126 pages .

Philadelphia: Peter F Cunningham & Son. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1875. Hardcover. Rear hinge starting, tone, light cock, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Translation of 4th Edition of French work, Le livre des jeunes filles : conseils aux jeunes personnes qui ont terminé leur éducation; translation by Mother St John Fournier, of the Institute of St Joseph, Philadelphia, according to her biography. Catholic conduct of life book for school-leaving young women. "Desirous of aiding you, as far as in our power, to persevere in this desire of belonging entirely to God, we have collected, my children, in this little volume, the counsels given you while in school, and the wise regulations suggested for your conduct in your families. Read them from time to time, examine if you follow them, and renew every time to God, in presence of the most holy Virgin and your good angel, your protestation of fidelity in His service." ; 355; (3)-18 ad pages .

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union. Good with no dust jacket. 1859. Hardcover. Front free endpaper and single-fold leaf pages 5-8 detached but present, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Religious tract book about a pair of sisters discovering G-d. ; 36 pages .

Amsterdam: Da Capo Press / Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, cloth fading, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1624 edition, London: Printed by W Jaggard for W Turner of Oxford. STC 4630. "By the Calvinist Bishop of Chichester. A violent attack on Astrology, calling for the death penalty for practitioners of the art." ; The English Experience, Its Record In Early Printed Books Published In Facsimile; Ex-Library; Vol. 53; 24, 124 pages .

Boston: J Stilman Smith & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1893. Booklet. Top corner crease, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback string-bound booklet. ; Originally an article in Lend-A-Hand magazine, July 1893, "written with the approval of a physician with wide dispensary practice." This popular infant care advice was reprinted as a leaflet by the Lend-A-Hand Society of Boston in the same year. Copies were also distributed by Mellin's Food Company as its infant formula is mentioned in the text. No publication information was printed in the booklet. Lovely color chromolith wreath surrounds a photo of an infant on the front cover, a happy infant photo graces the rear cover. Interesting 1890s infant care booklet designed to inform inexperienced and young mothers. ; 22 pages .

London: Adam Hilger. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0852740700 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, cloth sunning, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Written by Late Senior Scientific Officer at the Admiralty Compass Observatory. Contents: 1. Introduction and Historical Background; 2. The Earth's Magnetic Field and Its Measurement; 3. Pivot-Needle Instruments; 4. Inductor Instruments; 5. The Pivot-Needle Compass; 6. Magnetometers; 7. Surveying Compasses; 8. Transmitting Compasses; 9. The Gyro-Magnetic Compass; 10. The Correction of the Compass Position in a Ship or Aircraft; 11.Other Methods for the Measurement of Magnetic Fields; 12. Compass Testing; Appendices 1-6; Bibliography; Index. ; Ex-Library; vii, 385 pages .

New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 082400129X . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Reprint of 21 works originally published in various publications from 1929-1983. Contents: Theme v. reality in American legal history / Randall Bridwell; Legal realism and historical method: J. Willard Hurst and American legal history / Stephen Diamond; An approach to American history: Willard Hurst as Legal Historian / David H. Flaherty; American legal history: the Hurst approach / John P. Frank; Heart against head: Perry Miller and the legal mind / Lawrence M. Friedman; Notes toward a history of American justice / Lawrence M. Friedman; Constitutional history and Constitutional law / Julius Goebel, Jr; Introduction: J. Willard Hurst and the common law tradition in American legal historiography / Robert W. Gordon; Morton Horwitz and the transformation of American legal history / Wythe Holt; Legal elements in United States… Read More

Wilmington NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 1568373457 . Slight wear. Crisp oversize hardcover.; Names and units of Maine and New Hampshire volunteer soldiers who served in the United States Army during the Civil War. ; The Roster of Union Soldiers 1861-1865; 535 pages .

Berlin: Springer-Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0387158057 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid copy.; "Posttraumatic stump formation and replantation of the severed limb are both reconstructive plastic operations which may lead to improvement or destruction of a patient's lifestyle. For the primary attending surgeon, the difficult decision whether to undertake such an operation depends on the patient's clinical condition, the operational circumstances, the psychological and social aspects, and last, but not least, on the surgeon's own abilities. This monograph is designed as a synopsis of the great number of patho-physiological parameters and surgical and rehabilitative aspects which must be considered in the analysis of complications of major limb replantation. In addition, basic information about the key role of ischemic myopathy and microangiopathy is supplied, to encourage further experimental… Read More

Oxford: Pergamon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0080289134 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover.; Ex-Library; 516 pages .

New York: Kelmscott Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Front hinge tear, cover soil, gutter weakness, marginalia and underlining, light tone, otherwise light wear. Still serviceable and solid paperback. ; Mrs Parsons deplored "the alarming physical and mental deterioration which was ... increasingly apparent everywhere." "... there has been such a constant demand for a small text book for use in homes, schools and colleges, that the author offers this book with the promise that the earnest student can obtain from its pages, a beautiful, strong and enduring body, a quickening intelligence, and a multiplied consciousness. The results produced by this method of training are endurance, efficiency and economy of movement." - Preface. Parsons coined the phrase "life begins at forty." Contents: Foreword, Chapter I. The New View of the Human Body; II. Is Psychoanalysis a Failure?; III. How to Stand Correctly; IV. How… Read More

New York: AMS Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. 0404167896 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid copy.; Reprint. Originally published: Singapore : Donald Moore Press, 1962. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Part One: General Malay Customs & Traditions: Chapter I. Household and Kampong Customs; Ch II: Piercing of Ear-Lobes, Circumcision and Childbirth; Ch III: Marriage Customs; Ch IV: Funeral Customs; Part Two: Royal Malay Customs & Traditions: Chapter I: Language, Etiquette and Ancient Laws; Ch II: The Nobat (Royal Band); Ch III: Rules Governing Marriage; Ch IV: Tabalkan (Installation of a Monarch); Ch V: Demise and Funeral of a Ruling Monarch; Appendix. ; Ex-Library; 128 pages .

Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 070071300X . Slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; Studies of the fluid nature of sexuality in Japanese culture. "It is clear that the myriad representations of homosexuality in Japanese culture cannot be judged in terms of a pre-existent, unitary, empirical sexual experience shared by all homosexual men equally. In the realm of human sexual relations, there are no ideal types, either homo- or heterosexual. Throughout the book I ahve had to resist the temptation to oppose the relatively fluid understandings of sexuality held by many of my Japanese interviewees with a monolithic "gay identity" supposedly held by western homosexual men and women."; xii, 268 pages .

Boston: Martinus Nijhoff. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 089838060X . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, spine and edges sunned, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover; "This highly imaginative and exciting collection of articles by Japanese psychologist Masanao Toda presents a rather unorthodox, but extraordinarily compelling model of man as the most logical answer to his environment." ; Ex-Library; xviii, 235 pages .

Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 3110109476 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, head bumped with 1/2" spine edge tears, cover crease, light wear. Solid copy.; Originally presented as papers at the 2nd Berlin-Toronto Conference on Comparative Management, organized by the Dept. of Business Policy and Business Politics at the Freie Universita?t Berlin and the Faculty of Administrative Studies at York University in Toronto and held in 1986. Contents: Contributors; Introduction; A. The Future of the Working Society; B. Theoretical Approaches to the Analysis of Management Employee Relations; C. Management and Labour Market Systems; D. Management and Employment Systems; E. Comparisons and Possibilities in the Development of Labour Market and Employment Systems; Index. ; Ex-Library; 514 pages .

Kuala Lumpur: Dato' Abdul Rashid Mahmud. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1999. Trade Paperback. 9834002505 . Library stamps, corner bumps, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback. ; "Managing Economic Crisis : The Malaysian Experience, serves as an important medium that provides the right information knowledge and most importantly a document the will advocate the government’s much criticized economic policies to the world at large. It targets the industry captains, public and corporate players, policy makers, leaders investors, observers, critics, the media and the general public. The population aims to counter all negative remarks on the economy and country while boost confidence of the investors and nation. This high powered publication incorporates strategic articles mainly major keynote addresses of YAB Dato Seri Dr. Mahathir Mahamad, the Honorable Prime Minister as well as YB Tun Daim Zainuddin, the first Finance Minister and Special Functions Minister. The… Read More

Aldershot: Avebury. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 1856283836 . Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "This collection of papers is based upon a selection from the contributions made by participants at the Eighth Managing the Metropolis International Seminar, which was held in Salford during September 1989".; Ex-Library; 366 pages .