Search Results: Authors starting with A from Conover Books

New London, CT: The Brainerd & Armstrong Co., 1912. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; interior pages are beginning to tone; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with burgundy and white lettering. 154 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "That over an hundred thousand embroiderers each year send for our book 'Embroidery Lessons with Colored Studies' is convincing proof that its merits are widely known and appreciated among fancy workers. This, our publication for 1913, will more than meet the expectations of those who have profited by our former books; and to those hitherto unacquainted with our annual publication, it will illustrate the practical and liberal manner in which we… Read More

Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2006. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Green wrapper with black and white lettering. 301 informative and educational pages! "As access to ARVs becomes assured, the world needs to place equal effort in ensuring that every ART patient receives adequate adherence support. The authors of this book report on the experiences from successful treatment programmes in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa at the forefront of the roll-out of ARVs. The voices of the patients, their families, community members and the health workers who care for them have been reported faithfully. They speak of the impact of ART on their daily lives and of the key challenges involved in sustaining the necessary high level of adherence to treatment. Their real life experience is valid and needs to be considered by health programme… Read More

Newark, OH, U.S.A.: Heisey Collectors of America, Inc., 1982. Hint of edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, overall a very clean used copy! 57 unmarked and uncreased pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations and photographs! Wonderfully well-preserved! Gift Quality! Extremely rare and out-of-print. Very very scarce and hard-to-find!. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fishkill Landing, New York : The Sunday School of St. Anna's Church, 1859. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, spine is faded as well as the edges, front hinge is cracked, shelf worn, overall a clean vintage first edition! Wonderfully well-preserved! Very very rare and hard-to-find! Faded decorative purple cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover. Extremely scarce and out-of-print! 45 unmarked and uncreased historical and inspirational pages! Frontis is a black and white illustration of the family around the Christmas Tree. "It was Christmas Eve, and the young folks at Holly-Tree House were in a state of the greatest excitement. For a whole fortnight nothing had been talked of among them but the beautiful Christmas Tree papa had promised them on Christmas Eve.....". First Edition / First Printing. Purple Decorative Cloth . Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.

United States: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., 1960. boxed set of 8 story books concerning children from different lands very nice collectible set in near fine condition, bos is showing some minor corner wear, but the books are in superb condition!. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.S.A.: ATLH Publications, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the half-title page! Pictorial wrapper with white and green lettering. 565 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "On May 26, 2006, one month and one day after her Dad's death, Teresa Irish raised the lid on the Army trunk that had resided in the family home her entire life. There, nestled in row after row, were her Dad's nearly 1,000 handwritten letters from World War II. Carefully tucked away and visited only by him over the course of six decades, the letters were postmarked from November, 1942 to December, 1945. In the top left corner of each envelope was the signature of the… Read More

Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2010. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition! Signed by the author on the half-title page! Color illustrated wrapper with green and black lettering. 333 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "The book is a revealing anti-Vietnam War narrative about the day to day interactions of a group of young combatants coping with the realities of war during redeployment. The lives of these mostly draftees are candidly detailed as the story negotiates the one year tour faced by all who served there..........". Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mexico: Promexa, 1988. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; small .5" tear in the base of the rear of the dj; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Brown boards with embossed lettering on the front board. LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED 425 of 1,000! Text is in Spanish. 111 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and artistic pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations and photographs! Extremely scarce and out-of-print FIRST EDITION! "Abel Quezada Calderón ( Monterrey , Nuevo León , December 13, 1920 - Cuernavaca , Morelos , February 28 , 1991 ) was a Mexican caricaturist , cartoonist and writer who collaborated for several newspapers in Mexico and the United States . He used his caricatures as a means of social and political criticism........." (LIMITED EDITION NO. 425 OF 1,000). . First Edition. Brown Boards. Very Good/Very… Read More

Saginaw, Michigan: Rev. Gerald C. Abenth, 1989. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased, gently shelf worn, former owner's inscription and a date in ink on the title page, overall a clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find! White wrappers with a black and white photograph of the author on the front and red and black lettering. Extremely scarce and out-of-print! 138 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages! "In this book we meet a person of great talent and energy, who in March of 1988 learned she had malignant melanoma (cancer). Her faith and attitude toward life enabled her to adjust from what could have been a brief episode to what became a nine month battle with an unknown factor which succeeded in bringing to an end the career of one whom many referred to as a 'musical Erma Bombeck'. By December she had entered the eternal kingdom of her Father in Heaven. At the time of her illness she had decided to… Read More

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2007. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; a few dings in the rear of the wrapper; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Full-color illustrated wrapper with black and white lettering. 238 historical and informative pages! "The era following the American War of Independence was one of enormous conflict for the Allegany Senecas. There was then no Seneca leader more influential than Chief Warrior Cornplanter. Yet there has been no definitive treatment of his life--until now. Complex and passionate, yet wise, Cornplanter led his people in war and along an often troubled path to peace. This incisive biography traces his rise to prominence as a Seneca military leader during the American Revolution, and his later diplomatic success in negotiations with the Federal government. The book also… Read More

Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Books, 2004. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; pages are toning; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed by the author on the half-title page! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black and white lettering. 185 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "Lost Boy No More tells the incredible true story of Abraham Nhialbut the story is not his alone. As a nine year-old child, Abraham found himself orphaned as civil war in his homeland of Sudan ravaged his entire village because they refused to embrace Islam. His journey is one of a perilous walk along with 35,000 lost boys of Sudan who fled to Ethiopia. Abraham and others like him made it to the border but hard times were not over as he endured the refugee camps of Ethiopia. Abraham becomes a lost boy no more when he discovers real salvation through Jesus Christ. Lost Boy No More gives more… Read More

Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.: Barrons Educational Series Inc, 2002. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; former owners name and address are stamped on the ffep as well as a former price written in blue ink; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Text is in Spanish. Gold wrapper with a black and white illustration on the front and white and yellow lettering. 295 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Es cierto. Esto no va a doler en absoluto.Si con solo pensar en ir a clases de matematicas te hace transpirar, este libro te mostrara cuan interesantes pueden ser los problemas verbales de matematicas y cuan entretenido es resolverlos. Aqui aprenderas a encontrar guias, calcular con decimales y fracciones, comparar relaciones y resolver proporciones. Empleando ejemplos de la vida real cotidiana, descubriras las sorprendentes pautas que emergen cuando analizas estadisticas y veras como a… Read More

Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.: Barrons Educational Series Inc, 2002. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; former owners name and address are stamped on the ffep as well as a former price written in blue ink; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Text is in Spanish. Gold wrapper with a black and white illustration on the front and white and yellow lettering. 295 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Es cierto. Esto no va a doler en absoluto.Si con solo pensar en ir a clases de matematicas te hace transpirar, este libro te mostrara cuan interesantes pueden ser los problemas verbales de matematicas y cuan entretenido es resolverlos. Aqui aprenderas a encontrar guias, calcular con decimales y fracciones, comparar relaciones y resolver proporciones. Empleando ejemplos de la vida real cotidiana, descubriras las sorprendentes pautas que emergen cuando analizas estadisticas y veras como a… Read More

Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.: Barrons Educational Series Inc, 2002. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; former owners name and address are stamped on the ffep as well as a former price written in blue ink; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Text is in Spanish. Gold wrapper with a black and white illustration on the front and white and yellow lettering. 295 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Es cierto. Esto no va a doler en absoluto.Si con solo pensar en ir a clases de matematicas te hace transpirar, este libro te mostrara cuan interesantes pueden ser los problemas verbales de matematicas y cuan entretenido es resolverlos. Aqui aprenderas a encontrar guias, calcular con decimales y fracciones, comparar relaciones y resolver proporciones. Empleando ejemplos de la vida real cotidiana, descubriras las sorprendentes pautas que emergen cuando analizas estadisticas y veras como a… Read More

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Science Research Associates, Inc., 1970. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a nice used copy! Red, white, and blue wrapper with red and white lettering. 48 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Each game in this set deals with a different problem in American history. In each game you will play the role of a historical characte of a certain period. There are many roles to choose from........" ------ from the Introduction.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

De Kalb, Illinois, U.S.A.: Ackert Enterprises, 1976. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, ex-library with the usual library markings. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 82 pages beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs! Signed by the author on the title page! Extremely collectible! "This book is the attempt of one person with her family to leave pictures of some of their doll art forms and the written record of the accrued knowledge. The narrative begins with a personal analysis of doll collecting. It relates the developmental changes that occured through the impact of the hobby. A brief narrative of the Ackert activities previous to the creating of the cards explains the setting in which the enterprise began. A little explanation as to the possible future of the post cards seemed appropriate.". Signed by Author. First Edition / First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read More

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989. A very crisp and clean first American edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! 154 very clean, unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Very very scarce and hard-to-find! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! "In that winter of 1968 in Paris, watching the movies is no longer enough ---- it's time to live them, and damn the consequences. As if to prove the point, the Cinematheque Fancaise shuts down and three of its most loyal rats ---- obsessive watchers of old movies ---- are left to their own devices. The three, the French twins Guillaume and Danielle and their American friend Matthew, decide to restage the movies, with special debt to the Cocteau of Les enfants terribles, in an empty Left Bank apartment. It begins with seemingly harmless film quizzes but soon descends into sexual role playing designed to exhilarate and mortify. Performing screen fantasies with their bodies, they withdraw little by little into a… Read More

Columbus, Ohio: The United States Trotting Association Incorporated, 1969. Some light edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, front hinge is cracked, overall a very clean used copy! 2571 historical and educational pages! Black leatherette with gilt lettering and a horse on the spine. Contents include: World Championship Records.World Records and Other Interesting Performances.Index to Race Meetings.Summaries of Races at Meetings (Official reports of harness racing in United States and Canada in 1968).Chronicles of Historic and Rich Events.Index to Horses. Volume 81 Part 1.. Black Leatherette. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Columbus, Ohio: The United States Trotting Association Incorporated, 1951. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, some light outer page edge soil and stains, overall a well read informative used copy! 1047 historical and educational pages! Black leatherette with gilt lettering and a horse on the spine. Contents include: World Championship Records.World Records and Other Interesting Performances.Index to Race Meetings.Summaries of Races at Meetings (Official reports of harness racing in United States and Canada in 1950).Chronicles of Historic and Rich Events.Assignment of Eligibilities.Classification Schedule (Schedule of eligibility as employed in the classification of race starters).Index to Horses. Volume 63 Part 1.. Black Leatherette. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Columbus, Ohio: The United States Trotting Association Incorporated, 1973. Some light edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, overall a very clean used copy! 2922 historical and educational pages! Black leatherette with gilt lettering and a horse on the spine. Contents include: World Championship Records.World Records and Other Interesting Performances.Index to Race Meetings.Summaries of Races at Meetings (Official reports of harness racing in United States and Canada in 1972).Chronicles of Historic and Rich Events.Index to Horses. Volume 85 Part 1.. Black Leatherette. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.