Search Results: Authors starting with B from Flamingo Books

PS Publishing, 2012. hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. 2012 signed, limited (copy 99 of 100) edition, PS Publishing Ltd. (Hornsea, United Kingdom), 6 x 8 1/2 inches tall glossy hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, red endpapers, [8], 248 pp. A near fine copy in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP22~ [2.0P] If only we would take the time to look a little closer, delve a little deeeper, when ordinary life goes awry, we might find the world more strange and unexpected than we ever could have imagined. Following on from Literary Remains, R.B. Russell s previous collection for PS Publishing, the twelve stories of Leave Your Sleep concern sex and death, love and loss. Russell allows his characters to disappear, slip into alternate realities, or re-write their own histories. They find they are able to do the most extraordinary things, even though they may not immediately realise it. And who is in control of their actions, or those… Read More

George C. Rand and Avery. Acceptable. 1869 signed first edition, George C. Rand and Avery (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 x 8 1/2 inches tall brown embossed cloth hardbound, gilt ruling to covers, gilt coat of arms to front cover, all page edges gilt, brown endpapers, frontispiece portrait, 112 pp. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of tearing to the cloth of the front cover along the spine. Prior owner name and stamp to top margins of front pastedown and free-endpaper. 1869 signed presentation letter from the author bound in at front of volume. Light to moderate foxing to the frontispiece, title page and first few pages. Otherwise, a clean and unmarked copy. ~VVV~ A tribute to William Czar Bradley (1782 - 1867), an American lawyer and politician. He served as U.S. Representative from Vermont. Bradley was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815. Bradley was an agent of the United States under the Treaty of Ghent… Read More

Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1979 Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute (Pune, India), 9 x 11 inches tall brown buckram cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, xxxii, 250 pp. plus 57 pages of plates. Original pictorial wraps bound in. Very slight soiling and rubbing to buckram covers. Blind emboss name stamp to lower margin of title page from the prior owner, Dr. Jim Dolan, who served as General Curator at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park for decades. Very slight creasing to pages around the lower spine cap. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP26~ [4.0P] Surveys the vertebrate fauna of the Quaternary deposits of the Narbada valley and the northern parts if India.

Dumbarton Oaks, 1973. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1972-1973 Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC), 8 x 10 3/4 inches tall green cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), red and gilt lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, line drawings and maps, 56, 47, 72 pp. Faint smoky odor. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP47~ [2.5P] Three important Mesoamerican studies are presented: Study No. 9, Badner, 'A Possible Focus of Andean Artistic Influence in Mesoamerica.' No. 10, Quirarte, 'Izapan-Style Art: A Study of Its Form and Meaning.' No. 11, Moser, 'Human Decapitation in Ancient Mesoamerica.'

Oxford University Press, 1993-12-16. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x0x9. 1993 Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall blue cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and musical notation, index, xvi, 573 pp. Slight to moderate foxing to page edges. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP37~ [3.0P] The ever-increasing number of performances of Bach's music is a sign of its enduring vitality. But perhaps no other composer is subject to such a wide diversity of interpretation--assessing the merits of these many interpretations and unravelling the sources and documents on which they are based can be extremely difficult for the modern performer. In this important new book, Paul Badura-Skoda draws on forty years of studying and performing Bach to… Read More

VDM Verlag Dr. M, 2011-01-05. Paperback. Very Good. 2010 VDM Verlag Dr. Muller (Saarbrucken, Germany), 6 x 9 inches tall trade paperback, illustrated with graphs and charts, iv, 266 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - apparently unread. ~SP42~ [1.5P] The continuing growth in the importance of oil and gas production and processing overall the globe increase the need for accurate prediction of various parameters and their impact on unit operations, process simulation and design. Because of the particular nature of various parameters, sometimes existing methods encounter difficulties. Currently several models are available to predict various design parameters in the oil and gas processing industries. However, their calculations may require rigorous computer solutions. Therefore, developing the new predictive tools, which are easier than the existing methods, less complicated with fewer computations to minimize the complex and time-… Read More

Kalimat Press, 2001-11-01. Paperback. Very Good. 8x0x10. 2002 first edition Kalimat Press (Los Angeles, California), 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches tall paperbound in glossy full color covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and full color artwork, x, 101pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP32~ [1.5P] Beautifully illuminated and illustrated version of Baha'u'llah's well-known mystical Tablet. Michael Sours provides a full commentary on the history, the significance, the literary style, and the mystic symbolism of this Baha'i scripture. Includes a verse-by-verse analysis. The Bahai Faith is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people. Established by Baha'u'llah (1817-1892) in 1863, it initially grew in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. Currently it has between 5 and 7 million adherents, known as Baha'is, spread out into most of the… Read More

Hunan Fine Arts, 2000-01-01. Paperback. Good. In Chinese. 2003 first edition, Hunan mei shu chu ban she (Changsha, Hunan, China), four 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches tall pictorial hardbounds, no dust jackets (as issued), copiously illustrated with full color photographs of the work of Qi Baishi, [28], 90, [8], 110, [8], 110, [8], 110 pp. (472 pp. total). Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Ten-inch vertical crease to rear cover of Volume 1 (from the printer/binder). Mild bowing to the boards, especially the covers of Volumes 1-2. Otherwise, a near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon biography and collection of the works of renowned Chinese painter Qi Baishi. OCLC (No. 53211792) locates only six copies at institutions worldwide, one each in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Harvard, Stanford and the Library of Congress in Washington. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~FF~ Qi Baishi (1864 -… Read More

Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1897-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897 first edition thus, Houghton, Mifflin and Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), two 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches tall green buckram cloth hardcover volumes, no dust jackets, gilt ruling to front covers, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges gilt, engraved frontispiece portrait of Aldrich with tissue guard in Volume 1, ix, 204, viii, 220 pp. Mild to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Sun fading to spines. First blank front free-endpaper excised from both volumes. Period prior owner name and address to front pastedowns and blank free-endpaper. One page in Volume 2 with a half-inch edge tear. Otherwise, apart from very slight age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked. ~H~ [3.0P] Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He is notable for his long editorship of The Atlantic Monthly, during which he published works by Charles W. Chesnutt and others. He was also known for his… Read More

E.R. Baker, 1985-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1985 Anundsen Publishing / E.R. Baker (Matlacha, Florida), 8 3/8 x 11 inches tall paperbound in orange printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, facsimiles, charts and maps (some folding), [4], 74 pp. Slight abrasions and edgewear to covers, with a bit of creasing to the tips. Foxing to fore page edge. Former genealogy library copy, with stamps to top and bottom page edges and top margin of title page, and accession number to verso of front cover, as the only indications of this. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce genealogy and family history. ~SP22~ [1.5P] The first of two volumes looking at the life, ancestry and descendants of Peter Baker (circa 1767-1822), who was in Orange County, New York in 1805, moved to Tompkins and Tioga Counties before 1815 and died in Candor, New York. He may have married more than once. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Michigan, Tennessee,… Read More

E.R. Baker. Good. 1987 Anundsen Publishing / E.R. Baker (Matlacha, Florida), 8 3/8 x 11 inches tall paperbound in orange printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, facsimiles, charts and maps, index, [4], 162 pp. Slight abrasions and edgewear to covers, with a bit of creasing to the tips and bumping to the lower spine edge. Foxing to fore page edge. Accession number to verso of front cover. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce genealogy and family history. ~SP22~ [1.5P] The second of two volumes looking at the life, ancestry and descendants of Peter Baker (circa 1767-1822), who was in Orange County, New York in 1805, moved to Tompkins and Tioga Counties before 1815 and died in Candor, New York. He may have married more than once. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Michigan, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and elsewhere. This second volume centers on the life of Nathan I. Baker, 'born and married in Candor, Tioga County, New… Read More

AuthorHouse, 2009-02-10. Hardcover. Very Good. 2009 signed and inscribed first edition, AuthorHouse (Bloomington, Indiana), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall blue cloth hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, xix, 252 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Signed and inscribed by authors Mano Bakh and Jacqueline Le Beau on the title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Due to the weight of the book, additional postage will be required for standard international orders. ~R~ Mano Bakh was one of the few students selected by the Imperial Iranian Navy to attend the revered Naval Academy in Livorno, Italy. After cruising around the world on the Amerigo Vespucci he extended his graduate studies, as an Iranian Naval officer, at the prestigious United States Naval postgraduate school in Monterey, California.Upon completing his education and… Read More

World Scientific Publishing Company, 2005. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. 2005 signed and inscribed first edition, World Scientific (New Hackensack, New Jersey), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), black endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color drawings an d diagrams, index, xvi, 302 pp. Slight abrasions and edgewear to covers. Nicely signed and inscribed by the author to a colleague on the half title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~OOO~ [2.0P] The world-wide proliferation of cellular networks has revolutionized telecommunication systems. The transition from Analog to Digital RF technology enabled substantial increase in voice traffic using available spectrum, and subsequently the delivery of digitally based text messaging, graphics and even streaming video. The deployment of digital networks has required migration to multi-carrier RF power amplifiers with stringent demands on linearity and efficiency. This… Read More

Parker and Co. Good. 1885 inscribed presentation first edition, Parker and Co. (Oxford, England), 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches tall brown pebbled leather hardbound, paper label to spine, xv, 176 pp. plus Corrigenda sheet bound in. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Printed spine label mostly rubbed off. Slight to moderate foxing to front and rear endpapers and title page. Nice full-page presentation inscription to blank front free-endpaper by editor Edward Harcourt (see biography below) to the Rev. Sydney Phillips at the Rectory in Nuneham, Oxfordshire: 'In the seventh year of their acquaintance - which has improved the respect they originally felt for each other - at least that is the feeling of the editor of these leaves. It is needless he should give his name. - March 19, 1887.' Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this work, especially uncommon as a presentation copy. ~SP03~ A biography of John Preston (1587 - 1628), an English Puritan minister… Read More

Huayi Press, 2000-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. In English and Chinese (bilingual edition). 1997 first edition Huayi Publishing House (Beijing, China), 8 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches tall paperbund in full color pictorial covers, 85 pp. plus colophon pages. Mild to moderate rubbing and edgeear to covers. Very slight stains to blank rear free-endpapers. An otherwise very good copy of this scarce guide. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP15~ Huangshan (literally, 'Yellow Mountain') is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. The range is composed of material that was uplifted from an ancient sea during the Mesozoic era, 100 million years ago. The mountains themselves were carved by glaciers during the Quaternary. Vegetation on the range is thickest below 1,100 meters (3,600 ft), with trees growing up to the treeline at 1,800 meters (5,900 ft). The area is well known for its scenery, sunsets,… Read More

Springer-Verlag, 1983-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1983 Springer-Verlag (New York), 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall yellow hardcover, no dust jacket, black lettering to front cover and spine, x, 257 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. College bookstore price stamp and prior owner name to top margin of blank front free-endpaper. A couple of ink marginal tick marks. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~F~ [2.0P] This book introduces the concepts of linear algebra through the careful study of two and three-dimensional Euclidean geometry. This approach makes it possible to start with vectors, linear transformations, and matrices in the context of familiar plane geometry and to move directly to topics such as dot products, determinants, eigenvalues, and quadratic forms. The later chapters deal with n-dimensional Euclidean space and other finite-dimensional vector space.

Theodore Front Musical, 1971-05-31. Paperback. Very Good. 1971 Asian Music Productions, Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island), 7 1/4 x 10 inches tall paperbound in pale brown printed pictorial covers, xiv, 250 pp. plus one-page errata. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with very slight bumping to the tips of the front cover. Very faint college bookstore number stamp to upper margin of half title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this useful bibliography. ~SP05~ [2.0P] A comprehensive bibliography of Korean music readily available for Western scholars.Emphasis is on information dealing with Korean traditional music and published mainly by native Korean scholars. Also covered is Western music in Korea, religious and folk music, folklore and customs, classical (traditional) dances, traditional drama and the mask dance play, should they be of particular scholarly interest to the ethnomusicologist.

I.M.G. Bankhead. Very Good. 0x0x0. [1990] I.M.G. Bankhead (n.p.), 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches tall red faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and facsimiles, [244] pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare family history and genealogy. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP08~ [3.0P] Looks at the ancestry of, and the known descendants of, William Hyrum Griffin, born November 8, 1848 in Naunton-Beauchamp, Worcester, England. His parents were William Griffin and Mary Pitts. He emigrated in 1864 and settled in Mill Creek, Utah. He married Bessie Therehren on October 3, 1870 in Clarkston, Utah. They had three children. He also married Elizabeth Clarke. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Utah.

Bna Books, 2006-02-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 2006-08 Section of Intellectual Property Law, American Bar Association / BNA Books (Arlington, Virginia), one 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches tall blue hardbound 2006 volume, no dust jacket (as issued), together with 7 x 10 inches tall paperbound 2008 cumulative supplement, chapters paginated separately. A very good to near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~TTT~ A trademark is often a company's most valuable asset because it identifies and distinguishes the source, origin, and quality of the company's services and products in the marketplace. To maintain a trademark's value, owners must vigorously defend and protect their brands against tarnishment, infringement, and misappropriation by others. Trademark Infringement Remedies provides owners and their counsel with the information they need to do this effectively. This valuable… Read More

Harry N. Abrams, 2011-02-28. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7x1x11. 2011 first edition, Abrams (New York), 8 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches tall black pictorial hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, white lettering to spine, pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, 334 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a near fine dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP34~ [4.0P] Marilyn Monroe is our supreme icon of glamour, vulnerability, personal magnetism, and the American dream, and her legend continues to grow four decades after her death. MM - Personal is a new look behind the veil of that legend, reproducing the most fascinating relics from her private archive - once thought to have been lost, and… Read More