Search Results: Titles starting with N from Quaint Book Shop, IOBA

D. A. Hawkins, Ltd, Nairobi, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book . VG stitch-bound in VG plastic cover, as issued. 144 p.: illus., charts (1 col.), maps (7 separate in folder), 32 p. of B&W plates; Bib. (pp. 101-102); 25 cm. The maps deal with different resources for the region; 5 are fine, 1 has two small tears at a fold, 1 has numerous thumbtack holes at the top, tape repairs at the folds on the verso, a few un-repaired tears at the folds. From the foreward: "This handbook has been prepared at the request of the Chief Conservators of Forests of East Africa." Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: NATURE; Natural Resources; Natural History & Resources. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 302. .

D. Van Nostrand Company, New York, 1894. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket (as issued). Book VG HB in No DJ. Rebound in leather half-bound cover with marbled boards with gilt lines at edges and gilt title, author and date on five ribbed spine. Protected by clear, heavy Mylar cover. vii, 166 p.: ill., plates; 19 cm. 9 full page photos and 5 cross-sections illustrating road-building process and equipment. Appendix: "Abstracts of New Road Laws in Sixteen States." The re-binding makes this an unusually attractive copy of a scare, highly collectible early book on the beginnings of modern roads, though the front cover is detached. Presumed first edition. Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. The front board is detached from the book. Red bookmark is bound in. The endpapers are heavy marbled paper, matching the cover. Top edge gilt - bright, rich condition. Quantity… Read More

Antioch Press, Yellow Springs, OH, 1949. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Book . Fine HB in Fine DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. xviii, 301 p.: facsims.; 22 cm. Stated 2nd printing (1951). Gray cloth over boards with navy blue title on spine. Corners are crisp; publisher's note pasted on inside front cover dealing with questions of authenticity of what was asserted to be a letter from Lincoln reproduced in facsimile in the book. Text block is tight, bright and unmarked. Includes reminiscences of Walt Whitman and facsimiles of his writing. Unclipped DJ. Looks brand new. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 368 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 664. .

The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, New York, 1941. Hard Cover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Book . Fine HB with original glassine DJ and stored in original cardboard box. [70] p.: illus. (part col., incl. mounted samples. Black leatherette over boards. Bold rainbow wing image on cover with bright gold title. An unusual snapshot of printing history; promotional book introducing the Gravure printing process used by Crowell-Collier at their Springfield, OH plant. Includes a number of laid-in examples of different types of printing, including four postage stamps and an etched copper card. Size: Folio (F; up to 15" / over 30 cm tall). 70 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; Science & Technology. . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 273. .

Idaho State Historical Society, n.p, No date. Edition Unstated. Other. Very Good - Used/None as Issued. Book . VG undated collection of 24 8 1/2-by-11" historic photographs and a two page index with descriptions of the images (repeated, in brief, as captions). 2 p.; 24 b & w plates on uncoated paper. Complete set contained in an orange Amfile leatherette twin-pocket portfolio with an illustrated cover. Among those pictured are Kul Kul Tami and Pio Pio Tolekt. "These pictures show how the Indian way of life changed with the coming of White settlement to the Nez Perce country." Size: Quarto (4to; up to 12" / 25-30 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Native American; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 370. .

William Morrow & Co, New York, 1947. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Lynd Ward. Book The copyright notice only lists the 1947 publication date, but the price on the dust jacket is $4.50 rather than the $2.50 which seems to have been the price for the first printing. From the blurb on the front flap: "In the minds of some people the history of Negro Americans begins with chained men in slave ships and ends with field hands in the South or Pullman porters in the North. The important role, sometimes tragic, often heroic, played by Negroes in our history is omitted. The great contributions being made by Negro men and women today are ignored. Mrs. Swift's sensitive words and Lynd Ward's dramatic paintings, illustrating each page of text, create in 'North Star Shining' the whole picture. . . . Here are Negro heroes of World War II. To one of them, Captain Clarence W. Griggs, killed in action on Okinawa, this book is dedicated." This book includes… Read More

Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, NY, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Book Size: Octavo (8-9"). 709 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is bright and unmarked but shaken. The binding is cracked between pp. 378-379 and pp. 682-683, exposing the webbing. Has the misprint point for a first printing: Pape for Papa on p. 430, line 20. VG hardcover in green cloth over boards with portrait decoration embossed on the front cover and bright gilt title and decordation on the spine. Tips show shelf wear with the bottom tip of the first cover worn to the board. Front and rear pastedowns have some browning from the glue along the gutter edges. This first printing copy at some point was married to an early (1937) dust jacket (front flap code 899-37). The unclipped jacket ($2.75) has some edge loss at the head and foot of the spine (not affectng any text) and a tide mark at the bottom fold edge of the front flap. It is now protected in a clear archival… Read More

Gideon Grawfurd, Edinburgh, 1749, 1748. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Book Size: 6"-7" - Sextodecimo (16mo). 226 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight. The pages are lightly tanned, but remain bright and without any foxing and only minimal scattered spotting. However, any blank leaves are missing, so the block begins with the title page and ends with the final page of text. As a result, the first and last pages are heavily browned around the edges where they have been exposed to the glue from the inside covers. Bound in calf over boards. The leather is heavily worn, particularly at the corners where the boards are showing through. The spine has six compartments, but is missing the label for the title. The hinges are heavily worn with a 2 1/2" split at the head of the front hinge (though the cords are holding) and 3/8" at the head of the rear hinge. The end papers and blank leaves are missing from the front and rear, exposing the… Read More

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1950. P" (17th) Printing. Hardcover. Good+ Condition. Illustrator: Malvern, Corinne (Illus.). Book Early printing of #7 in the Little Golden Books. The design of the rear cover is Santi's Style #2.12 – The Little Golden Library with blurb at the bottom and numbered list to #D11. Size: 7.5"-8" - Small Octavo (Sm. 8vo). 42 pages. Item Type: Book. The text block is tight, bring and unmarked. There are a couple of brown spots on the outside edge of the title page. Bound with a Golden Paper spine with animals in a vine and paper-covered cardboard. There is about 1/2" of loss at the foot of the spine. There are a couple of bumps along the bottom edge of the front cover and the upper corner has a diagonal crease. The rear cover has a couple of names and a scribble in black ink affecting the left section of the list of books. A child's first name is written in pink crayon on the inside front cover. The page edges are stained… Read More