Search Results: Authors starting with A from Grampy's Bookcase

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Only defect is age toning of text. Gilt lettering on the spine is bright and clear. "The use of Scripture in public worship was inherited by the Christian Church from the Jewish in its Temple and Synagogue services. In the Synagogue, in the time of the Lord, there seems to have been no use of the Psalms, but only the reading of lessons from the Law and from the Prophets. In the Temple worship...the reading of lessons had no place; but Psalms were chanted, one, appointed for each day of the week, in connection with the offering of the morning sacrifice, and in fuller measure at special festivals." p.4.

Text is clean and unmarked in a bright, tight, and square binding. Volume appears unused. Book store labels on the front and back DJ. From the front DJ flap, "In this volume, Angus Armitage presents a masterly and authoritative account of the astronomer and his heliocentric planetary theory, providing historical background of the science of astronomy as well as a lucid picture of the life of the man who was to influence it so greatly.""

252 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in square and tight binding. DJ has minor wear around the edges and some smudges on the back.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Volume appears unused. Gilt lettering on the spine is bright and clear. Written on the inside front cover is, "With Compliments", which is the only mark in the book. Black and white illustrations. This is a reprint of "History of Randolph County" written by Dr. Albert Squire Bosworth published in 1916.

597 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Small stain on the bottom and fore edges of the textblock. Text is clean and unmarked. Glue stain from small label removed from the back cover.

408 pp. Text is clean and unmarked other than some light foxing. Binding is slightly cocked but intact. previous owner's name plate is attached to the front inside cover. Fourteen pages of ads included. Black and white illustrations throughout. Frontispiece illustration included. The word "Tobin" written on the top of the front free end paper.

Text is clean and unmarked. Binding has faded area on the back with sun faded spine. Inscription on the top free end paper. Age-toning throughout. Binding is firmly attached with little wear around the outer edges.

Foxing and age-toning throughout the text. First twenty pages are very loose. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding is heavily worn with a top and bottom section of the binding spine missing. Foxing throughout.

376 pp. Blank name tag attached to the front outside corner of the half title page. From a personal library. Only library indicator is a card holder attached to the back free end paper. Pages are uncut at the top edge. Text is clean and unmarked in tight and square covers. Age-toned. Text in French.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Card holder and a library label attached to the back free end paper. Some stains and tape stains on the front free end paper. Library stamps on the edges of the text block. Price unclipped DJ is protected in a plastic cover and has no tears or chips. DJ flaps were taped to the boards. From the front DJ flap, "Written clearly and simply, the book is lavishly illustrated and contains a 22-page table of all launchings both U.S. and Russian, to mid-May 1964."

131 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Card holder is attached to the back inside binding. Library stamps on the outside edges of the text block and dedication page. Graphs and sample problems included. "This monograph introduces the reader to linear programming and the theory of games in a strictly elementary yet mathematically sound manner...It...discusses, and derives some of the deeper algebraic ideas and theorems." p. vii.

77 pp. Covers have faded spots on the top of the spine and bottom outside back cover. Previous owner's name and a date on the front free endpaper. The DJ is worn around the edges with several small chips. Text is clean and unmarked. Black and white photos throughout.

179 pp. Black and white photos throughout, many full page. Unmarked and clean text. DJ is unmarked and whole. Very small dent in the top edges of the front and back covers.

488 pp. Only defects are the previous owner's name on the top outside corner of the title page and 7-01 written on the top outside corner of the back cover. Otherwise the book appears new.

152 pp. Text is bright, clean, and unmarked in a square and tight binding. There are several small white spots on the top edge of the front cover. Photos, maps, and graphs throughout. "The Pacific Northwest...consists of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington."

Text is clean and unmarked in tight and square covers. Very light shelf wear with a faded spine. From the back cover, "This important volume examines women's role in labor within the broad sweep of American economic history from colonial times to the present. Julie Mathaei's original analysis not only explains the evolution implications of sexual specialization in work, but provides a powerful tool for understanding the changing lives of women."

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Volume is age-toned. A solid copy. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the front free end paper. Price unclipped DJ is intact with small chips and closed tears along the outer edges. From the front DJ flap, "Here is a concise and systematic exposition of the elements of Marxist-Leninist political economy, 'the science of the developing historical systems of social production'...The whole range of political economy is covered: commodity production, value, the role of money, the essence of capitalist exploitation, wages and the impoverishment of the working class, the division of profit among the capitalists, capitalism and agriculture, crises, imperialism, monopoly, finance capital, war, the present world crisis of capitalism."

Text is clean and unmarked in a tight, bright, and square binding. Several spots on the outside edges of the text bock. Previous owner's name on the top outside corner of the front free end paper.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Binding spine has several small spots. Illustrations included. A solid copy. "In the field of international solidarity, the movement has tirelessly worked to bring home the ugly realities of South African racism and fascism on a world scale, to stimulate movements for the boycotting and isolation of the fascist regime in the military, commercial, cultural and all other fields, and to mobilize support for the South African freedom fighters. The movement has built strong ties of solidarity with the fighting patriots of neighboring countries and the Portuguese colonies." p. 206.

Text is clean and unmarked. The Alta Edition. Gilt lettering on the spine is bright and clear. Hinge is cracked at the title page but all pages are firmly attached. Frontispiece of Napoleon is included. Red ribbon place marker is attached. Outer edges of the text block are age toned. From the Preface, "We trust that the object of our undertaking to furnish a correct view of the life of Napoleon, public, political, and private, has been obtained to the utmost extent of the limits prescribed; and that the 'Citizen', the 'Soldier,' and the 'Man,' have been faithfully exhibited. Napoleon, if not great in his beginning, was great in his career - great in his fall but never so great as his patience and magnanimity have shown him in his captivity."