Search Results: Titles starting with O from Whiting Books

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with stamps, marks, and a card pocket indicating such. About fine condition except for the library markings. 276 pages with Notes, Works Cited, and Index. From the dust jacket: "Russians have frequently seemed transfixed by the idea of the singularity of their own history and by the relationship of that history to the history of the outside world. In particular, three notions stand out, related to each other to be sure, but by no means unproblematically so. First of all, there is the conviction of absolute difference; Russians insist, even in the face of evidence to the contrary - that their nation's past is unlike that of any other country. Second is the belief that Russia will somehow be able to overcome history, to jump out of time as it were, and thereby escape the strong allure of her history. And third is the frequent assertion that although all may not be well with her in… Read More

Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Co., 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Mild wear, no tears, marks, or stains. 92 pages, illustrated. This issue features SEDCO 702--First of a new generation of drilling rigs, What's new in oil spills, Energy-Environmental Issues, and much more. This magazine ceased publication in 1992 after a 26-year run..

Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1958. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Very light shelf wear to boards. Jacket has some browning, but no tears or chips. About near fine. A very nice opy protected in a new mylar cover. Stories of life in Arkansas' Ozark Mountains. One of the author's newspaper columns, "Tales from the Ozarks," has been laid in. Some browning to the facing pages as a result..

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Later Printing. Signed on the half-title page to previous owners "with warmest regards, Jerry." (Not a full name signature).

The National Button Society, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Stapled booklet, blue covers, 5.5 X 8.5 inches. Clean, unmarked copy. Contents include Rules and Regulations, Guidelines for Exhibitors and Judges, Glossary, and Official NBS Classification for Competition..

The National Button Society, 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Stapled booklet, blue covers, 5.5 X 8.5 inches. Clean, unmarked copy. Official NBS classification for competition, adopted September 23, 1983, including a direct comparison format of Divisions I, III, and IX. Contents include Rules and Regulations; Guidelines for Exhibitors and Judges; Glossary; and Complete Classification Listing Sections and Classes, Divisions I, II, III, IV, and IX..

Houston, Texas: International Association of Drilling Contractors, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 373 pages with Author and Subject Indexes. Contents in three parts: Histories, Biographies, Companies. Clean, sharp copy. Fine..

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1979. Book. Illus. by Cherepov, George. Near Fine. Hardcover. Third Printing. 4to - over 9¾ - 12 inches Tall. Faint spotting to the top-edge and fore-edge of the page block. Edge wear and very slight chipping to jacket. A comprehensive guide to the technique of oil painting. Over 400 illustrations with 250 color plates, including 31 step-by-step demonstrations in full color. 256 pages..

San Antonio, Texas: Oliver Publishing, 1957. Book. Illus. by Felix Bentz. Good. Soft cover. 2nd Printing. Small, stapled booklet with light wear, foxing to rear cover, and a previous owner name on the front cover. Center pages loosening from bottom staples. Mid-century oilfield cartoon humor..

London: Michael Joseph/Rainbird, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Mild wear to book and jacket. Oil industry history, 191 pages, illustrated with black & white photos..

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Toning to the endpapers, otherwise very mild wear to the book. The dust jacket has chips and a few edge tears and is protected now in a Mylar sleeve. About 10.5 inches square. Unpaginated, but about 85-90 pages. Nearly 200 black and white photos by Thomas Hollyman document the oil industry in post-World War II years, from finding and extracting oil to refining and delivering its products to customers. The book was produced with the cooperation of Shell Oil Company employees..

Norman, Oklahoma, 1923. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. MIld wear, some foxing. 76 pages, illustrated with black and white plates, figures, and maps..

Norman, Oklahoma, 1957. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Mild wear, browning to spine. 64 pages, References Cited, Appendix (Measured stratigraphic sections), and Index. Illustrated with plates, figures, tables, and two fold-out maps in a rear pocket: Geologic map of the Carter Area and Correlation diagram of measured stratigraphic sections in the Carter Area (large, color map). Signed on the title page to the previous owner by co-author William E. Ham..

New York: Dover Publications Inc., 1970. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. Light edge wear to jacket. 216 pages with Bibliography, American Bibliography, Appendixes, Notes on Symbols of Measure in Horology, Glossary, and Index. Illustrated..

Book. Good. Stapled Wraps. [1930s]. Stapled wraps, 4.25 X 7.25 inches. Soiling to the covers inside and out. Staples rusted, but holding fine (no loose pages). Loye Donald Pack (1900-1941), better known as Cowboy Loye, was a fixture on West Virginia radio during the 1930s. This collection of cowboy songs is one of three he published during that decade. No publication information for this booklet, but it may be the first edition as other editions under this title are expanded from 24 pages to 80 or more pages. 0.

New York: Random House Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Shelf wear and previous owner writing inside front cover. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is price-clipped, toned with age a bit, and has some tiny edge tears. Inside of jacket shows 383 titles. Some of the titles have pencil marks next to them. 640 pages plus a listing of Modern Library Giants (81 total). Protected in a Mylar cover now. 0.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Trace of shelf wear. Jacket has some mild creasing, no tears or chips. Clean copy. 186 pages, with Notes, Appendix: Commentatros, and Indexes: English-Greek Glossary, Greek-English Index, and Subject Index..

New York: Jack Mills Incorporated, 1925. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Upper corner wear, othewise minor wear with age. Four-page score..

Essex, United Kingdom: Icon Books, Limited, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Ten essays on psychoanalysis topics. 342 pages with Index..

Boston: The Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1929. Book. Good. Soft cover. 9 X 12 Inches. Mild edge wear. Smudges on the rear cover. Folder split half-way along spine. Previous owner name written at top of front cover. Also on the front cover is an ink stamp "500... George A. Stephenson," possibly a music dealer. The rear cover displays an excerpt of another Mrs. H.H.A. Beach composition from the publisher: "Ah, Love but a Day!" with words by Robert Browning and music by Mrs. H.A.A. Beach. "On a Hill" is a 5-page score (page numbers 3-7) for medium voice and piano, with a statement from Beach printed on the front page that offers information on the origins of the song: "The arranger is indebted to Carrie Coleman Duke of Richmond for words and tune, crooned to her by an old Mammy all through childhood." OCLC locates only 3 copies of this composition. Scarce thus. Beach is Amy Cheney Beach (1867-1944). She was a child prodigy who began composing at age 4 and, as an adult,… Read More