Search Results: Authors starting with A from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Quill (HarperResource), 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Two books bound back-to-back: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, by Edwin A. Abbott, xi, 121 pp. Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe, by Dionys Burger (Translated by Cornelie J. Rheinbolt), x, 208 pp, index. Both with introductions by Isaac Asimov. Slight shelf wear. The 1880 classic, Flatland, explains the fourth dimension by showing a 2-dimensional being trying to understand the third dimension. Burger's 1960 sequel "is a geometric introduction to the Einsteinian Universe." Shipping weight 1 lb.. Later printing. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 20½ X 13½ cm.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, but has SBN on copyright page and ISBN on back cover, so no earlier than 3rd Dover printing. Sewn in mostly blue covers with white titles on spine, x, 693 pp, hundreds of figures, charts, & tables, bibliography, index. Slight shelf wear, a few pages dog-eared. According to the preface, "The new (1959) edition of this book originally published in 1949 results from the continuing demand for a concise compilation of the subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of modern NACA wing sections together with a description of their geometry and associated theory." Some errors in the 1949 edition were corrected, otherwise the text is the same. Contents: wing-section cahracteristics; simple two-dimensional flows; theory of finite-thickness & thin wing sections; effects of viscosity; families of wing sections; experimental characteristics of wing sections; high-lift devices;… Read More

New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Burgundy cloth, gilt & red titles on spine, x, 309 pp, index. Cloth slightly faded along top edge, else fine. DJ spine slightly faded, a bit of wear to corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ, the authors "explode the prevalent myth that Japanese companies possess intrinsic and mysterious characteristics that make them invincible" and "support their arguments with detailed accounts of specific Japanese kaisha, such as Honda, Canon, Toyota, and NEC..." and "practical, quantitative information." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey cloth, ix, 206 pp, notes. Rear endpaper cracked for about 5 inches at center of hinge but the hinge still feels solid, otherwise very good with a bumped corner, bump to bottom edge of rear board at joint, spine ends turned in, and small stains on p. 35. DJ has 2½ inch tear to rear panel, edge wear, and a few small chips and tears; in Brodart archival cover. Copyright date 1951. Diabetic specialist Dr. Abrahamson and journalist Pezet provide a readable popular description of clinical symptoms of diabetes and its clinical opposite, hyperinsulinism, history of research into nature and causes of both diseases. The last half of the book discusses hyperinsulinism in more detail. The lurid DJ blurb reads "This book is your key to understanding alcoholism, neurosis, suicide, allergy, chronic fatigue, insanity ... even murder." Shipping weight 2 lbs.… Read More

Boston, New York & London: Little, Brown and Company, 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue & cream boards, cream titles on spine, [vii], 327, [1] pp, notes, index. Faint spot at bottom edge of front board, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 21½ X 15 cm.

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full pale grey linen, blue titles on spine, xii, 307, [1] pp, 12 ff b & w photo plates, footnotes, index. One corner of fpd folded before trimming. This book is a distillation of findings from 14 reports for the United Nations on housing problems that Abrams wrote over about a decade in which he served in UN missions to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter grey cloth, black & blue paper-covered boards, blue titles on spine, [vi], 344 pp. Spine ends worn & rumpled. DJ corners & spine ends rubbed & slightly chipped, several 1-2 cm tears with creasing to bottom edge; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "...a skillful picture of a German rabbi and his wife, who, uprooted from the seeming security of their position in Germany, are faced with the dual task of uniting a congregation and becoming adjusted to the pace of life in the United States." No additional printings noted, title page date matches copyright date. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Random House, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter red cloth, grey paper-covered boards, foil titles on spine, red foil monogram on front board, [xi], 206, [1] pp, map, 4 ff b & w photo plates. Top edges of boards slightly faded, else fine. DJ is price-clipped, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. This is the story of LeMond's career as a professional cyclist, with emphasis on his comeback to a surprise victory in the Tour de France in 1989 after a nearly-fatal hunting accident in 1987 and appendicitis in 1988. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Cairo: General Egyptian Society for Writing, Translating, Printing and Publishing, 1963 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound for library in dark blue pebble-grained cloth with blue leather spine, original wraps bound in, 397, [1] pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp & sticker, surface chip to front cover, hole in title page where binding glue caused it to stick to front cover, otherwise very good. Printed in Arabic. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). . G+/No dj. 19½ X 14 cm.

New York: Random House, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, red foil titles on spine & monogram on front board, x, 158, [3] pp. DJ fore-edges lightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

London: Hutchinson, 1912 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, gilt titles & dec. on spine, blind titles & dec. on front board, xxxv, 422, [1] pp. A bit of edgewear, two small blind impressions on front board, light foxing to fore-edge. Contains 18th & 19th century parodies of poetry. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 17 ½ X 11½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale grey boards, pale grey cloth spine with gilt titles, [ix], 195, [1] pp. DJ has a neat 2" cut to top edge of front panel, a tiny bit of corner wear; in Brodart archival cover. Short stories by the author of Superior Women. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/VG-. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Off-white boards, natural linen spine with gilt titles, [ix], 229, [1] pp. Bottom corner bumped, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22 X 14½ cm.

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. First Edition is stated, but this is obviously a revision of Adams's earlier book of the same title. Full black cloth, xiv, 272 pp, many photos, diagrams & charts, index. Corners of boards just beginning to show through cloth, otherwise very good, notes written on a few pages. Names of two previous owners, including the late Minneapolis artist & photographer Cynthia Amendt, on ffep. This is the book in which Adams expounds the Zone System for planning exposure of black & white film to produce tonal values that most nearly match what the human eye sees. Contents: visualization & image values; light & film; exposure; the Zone System; filters & pre-exposure; natural & artificial light photography; darkroom processes, equipment & procedures; value control in processing. Appendices: film testing procedures; film test data; chemical formulas; filter… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Authors on preliminary blank. Edited by Angelo Cohn. Black cloth boards, yellow cloth spine with black titles & decorations, top edge dyed yellow, yellow endpapers, 351 pp. DJ has a 4 cm tear to bottom edge of front panel & slight edge wear; in protective mylar cover. Signed boldly by Adams on flyleaf with a broad-nibbed pen. Collection of short pieces by Minneapolis Tribune columnist and WCCO radio personality. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb.,12 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/VG. Illus. by Robt. Day. 19½ X 12 cm.

Boston & Chicago: Allyn and Bacon, 1903 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter brown calf, gilt titles on spine, black titles & dec. on drab cloth-covered boards, xxiii, 590 pp, 18 color maps, 17 b & w maps, over 200 b & w illustrations, index. Extremities heavily rubbed, some marginal tears, notes & names on endpapers, a few scattered pencil notes in margins. Rear advertising section contains only pp 67-8; we doubt if it originally was issued with all 68 pp because the spine is not thick enough to have contained all of them. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . G/No dj. 19½ X 14 cm.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow boards, blind titles on front board & white titles on spine, 303 pp, 8 ff color photo plates by Arie deZanger, many drawings in text, glossary, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Contains nearly 400 dessert recipes by the chefs of Restaurant Associates, including cakes; frostings, fillings & glazes; cake decorating; cookies; pies; pastries; frozen desserts; gelatines & creams; puddings & custards; fruit desserts; soufflés & omelettes; crêpes & pancakes; and sauces. Net weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. Illus. by Helen Federico. 23½ X 21 cm.

Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 2004 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial covers, white titles on mostly red spine, xiii, 306, [1] pp, bibliography, index. Contents: tabulating knots; invariants of knots; surfaces and knots; types of knots; polynomials; biology, chemistry, & physics; knots, links, & graphs; topology; higher dimensional knotting; knot jokes & pastimes. Appendix: table of knots, links, & knot & link invariants. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 26 X 17½ cm.

New York: Harmony Books (Crown), 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Yellow boards, red foil titles on spine, red endpapers, [v], 122 pp, index. Faintly musty. DJ a bit wrinkled along top edge; in Brodart archival cover. This surprisingly scarce title by the author of A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy consists of entertaining new definitions for words that are currently underused as names for villages, towns, and small cities, mostly British, but with some midwestern American names (Duluth (adj.): The smell of a taxi out of which people have just gotten. Hibbing (n.): The marks left on the outside breast pocket of a storekeeper's overalls where he has attempted to put away his pen and missed.). Shipping weight 1 lb.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 20 X 13 cm.

Tokyo: Research (Japan) Ltd., 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, gilt titles and blind device on spine, charts on endpapers, xiii, 328 pp, numerous tables. Errata sheet and printed presentation slip laid in. Corners and board edges bumped. DJ spine faded, worn and chipped at corners and spine ends, a few tears (largest is 1"); in Brodart archival cover. Covers the period from the opening of Japan to the West in the 1850s to the beginning of 1964. The table of contents is sufficiently detailed to fulfill much of the function of an index. Topics include "general economic background at the time of the Meiji Restoration (1868), the creation of financial and securities institutions such as banks, stock exchanges, etc., the consolidation of capitalism and the establishment of policies, the First World War and the subsequent boom and depression, and a detailed analysis of conditions and policies which led to Japan's resurgence as… Read More