London: John Murray, 1832. green quarter bound leather, marbled boards, paste on title, 4 band on spine, edgewear, bookplate inside front cover, marbled end pages, front hinge cracked, page 137 dog earred, brown book ribbon, foxing page 256-288, 366 pages, 24 mo. memoir of Peter the Great CD. More
Chicago, IL: Magnaflux Corporation, 1967. First Edition, February, 1 1967. orange boards, black lettering on spine, 525 pages, indexed, illustrated and B&W photos, pages good, binding very good. Carl E. Betz a biography of the engineer who developed the concept of nondestructive testing. More
New York: Triangle Books, 1941. Cloth. brown pages, 302 pgs., green cloth, edgewear, binding very good, pages clean; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Dophin Book, 1952. softcover, 318 pages, binding very good, pages clean. In this volume, two well known science writers excitingly trace the development of the science of the earth, from ancient Greece to modern times, through a series of biographical sketches of history's outstanding geologists..... More
J. B. Lippincott Company, 1940. First Edition. Red cloth, sharp corners, binding very good, pages clean, 366 pages, 16 illustrations, owner stamp ffep. "It was in 1895, at a dinner he gave for his dashing companions in the Queen's Own Hussars, that young Winston Churchill proposed a toast to "those..... More
BASIC BOOKS, 1972. Book Club Edition. hardcover, DJ chipped & taped bottom front cover, 306 pages, pages clean, binding very good. "Here is the secret psychological report written in 1943 for "Wild Bill" Donovan of the OSS, whic correctly predicted Adolf Hitler's Degeneration and eventual suicide. This fascinating work, the..... More
Harper & Row, 1978. First Edition. orange boards, black & white lettering on spine, sharp corners, DJ minor chipping, signed by both author ffep, binding very good, pages clean, 170 pages, 9.25" Tall. This is the story of Yuichiro Miura, a Japanese alpinist who skied down Mt. Everest in 1970..... More
Germany: Howard Muson. Hardcover. Unmarked. With ephemera. ; Book Description; Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds. Covers are square with minor wear. Ships Safe and Fast. Published without Dust Jacket.; His Life His Work His Legacy to Milliken & Company;..... More
New York: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1937. Black & White photos. First Edition. green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, bump on fore edge, binding very good, pages clean, foxing first few pages to title page, signed/inscribed by author dated June 20, 1953 ffep, small card taped to front..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. trade paperback, inscribed by author and subject Daniel Suelo, 260 pages, binding good, pages clean. In 2000, Daniel Suelo gave away his life savings and he began to live. More
London: Rider & Co, 1951. First Edition. photos, illustrations, DJ wrapped in archival cover, chipped bottom of spine torn by 2", not priced clipped, creasing, blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, 316 pages, binding very good, pages clean, bookstore stamp front pastedown, slight foxing to endpapers, light toned pages, indexed..... More
New York: Bantam USA, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Ross Terrill born in Melbourne is an Australian academic, historian and journalist, residing in the United States. Terrill specializes in the history of China, especially the modern People's Republic of China. He has appeared several times to testify in front of the..... More
Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press, 2005. 1st Printing. blue boards, sharp corners, silver lettering, binding very good, pages bright & clean, inscribed by author to owner of book, B&W photos, indexed, 311 pages. Barbara F. Vucanovich was a classic mother, volunteer who became involved in politics at the age..... More
Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1981. First Edition, The Lancehead Series, Nevada and the West. hardcover, brown boards, sharp corners, DJ archival wrap, binding very good, pages clean, 401 pages, indexed, few illustrations, signed by author title page. "It began in 1868 with a rebellious German Hussar and the..... More