Search Results: Authors starting with B from Conover Books

Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: Ariel Vamp Pr, 1988. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; some light liquid damage which has slightly warped the book (does not affect readability); overall a nice SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black and white lettering. 127 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Anecdotal history of people who lived, worked and were prisoners on Alcatraz, including the author, who lived there twice as a child. Included many photographs, source notes and index. Has sold more than 100,00 copies........." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION).. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Spain: Ediciones B, 2007. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; former owner's inscription in ink on the inner front cover; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Text is in Spanish. 256 very clean unmarked and uncreased magical and thought-provoking pages! "Under the spell of quantum physics, Bach and his wife Leslie are catapulted into an alternate world, one in which they exist simultaneously in many different incarnations. First they encounter themselves as they were 16 years ago on the day they first met. In this version of their lives, they do not marry, and never achieve the happiness Bach assures us that their real union has produced. Bach once again displays an inventive imagination and inspirational zeal that will have readers examining their own lives.........". Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Lake Mary, Florida, U.S.A.: Ernest & Conrad Pub, 1989. Edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; some outer page edge foxing; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a nice signed first edition (stated)! Inscribed by the author on the ffep! Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 223 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages of text and 48 historic pages of black and white and full-color photographs! "Clicking The Shutter Is The Easy Part takes you behind the scenes in the exciting world of commercial photography. The reader will travel as a member of the photo crew, and learn first-hand many of the secrets of advertising photography, all before the photos hit the magazine racks. Photographer Bill Bachmann gives many humorous stories of travel and celebrity photography.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Black Cloth. Very Good/Very… Read More

Willoughby, Ohio, U.S.A.: Halle House Pub, 1995. hint of edge and corner wear, covers are lightly scuffed and scraped, SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE!. Signed by Author(s). Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1964. Edge and corner wear to the dj, scuffed, scratched and discolored, chipping at the head and tail of the spine of the dj, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, former owner's name in ink on the outer page edges, overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 211 unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "This book is intended chiefly to serve as a textbook for a second-semester course in statistics for students in the behavioral sciences. I have assumed that the reader will have mastered the contents of a first-semester introductory statistics course, including at least the mean and standard deviation, two-variable product-moment correlation, and the basic concepts of sampling theory. Until recent years, the practice in most universities has been to follow such a course with another semester course… Read More

U.S.A.: Transaction Publishers, 1966. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on the spine and front board. 312 informative and historical pages of text and over 70 pages of historic black and white photographs and illustrations! "This illustrated work is intended to acquaint readers with the early maps produced in both Europe and the rest of the world, and to tell us something of their development, their makers and printers, their varieties and characteristics. The authors chief concern is with the appearance of maps: they exclude any examination of their content, or of scientific methods of mapmaking. This book ends in the second half of the eighteenth century, when craftsmanship was superseded by specialized science and the machine. As a history of the evolution of the early map, it is… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Minor edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, former owner's name in ink covered by 2 stickers on the inner front cover, overall a clean used copy! Dark green cloth with black stamped lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). 342 unmarked and uncreased informative and grammatical pages of text and 16 wonderful pages of black and white illustrations! "In this book an attempt has been made to work out, for the classroom, the principles I have set forth in 'The Teaching of German in Secondary Schools.' It is not a radical textbook, yet I trust that ardent reformers will find in it abundant reading material and exercises thoroughly in harmony with the 'direct method.' English sentences for translation have been provided, however, for the benefit of those teachers who wish to use them....." ---- from the Preface. Reprint (1912). Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over… Read More

Kalamazoo, MI: Christmas Cove Press, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brand new and unread SIGNED FIRST EDITION; very fresh and crisp condition; gift quality! Flatsigned by the author on the title page! Black and white pictorial wrapper with green and black lettering. 38 new and unused inspirational and spiritual pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "...the heart of the thing is the marriage. I's not a book about Alzheimer's. ...Beautiful in spirit and in execution, it deserves all the recognition it has received. Gail Martin, Author of The Hourglass . . .each poem is vivid, clearly constructed and deeply moving. Marie gets to the heart with no sentimentality. Conrad Hillberry, Author of Sorting the Smoke and Taking Notes Her candid reflections on love that endures in the face of inexorable loss will resonate with those who face similar challenges. Marie Stoline, RN, Gerontology Services,… Read More

Washington D.C.: The American Society of Agronomy and The National Fertilizer Association, 1941. dj is in very poor shape actually split down the spine and tearing and fraying at the flaps rest of the book is in great condition!. Cloth. Very Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1921. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, front and rear hinges are cracked, corners are bumped and rubbed, fraying in the top of the spine, shelf worn, overall a clean used first edition! Olive cloth with red and black design and lettering on the front cover and black lettering on the spine. 120 fun-filled and historical pages! Frontis is illustrated in color: "The Geese Hissed at Turkey Proudfoot.". First Edition. Pictorial Cloth Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry L. Smith. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1916. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; shelf worn; hinges are a little weak; former owner's inscription and date are in ink on the ffep; overall still a nice collectibe used first edition! Yellow cloth with green lettering on the spineand red and green lettering with a color illustration on the front board. "There were two ways in which Peter Mink was different from any other person in Pleasant Valley, or on blue Mountain, either. In the first place, he had no home; and in the second, he had a very long neck." ---- from Chapter 1 (How Peter Was Different).. First Edition. Yelllow Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry L. Smith. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.

Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.: Writers Advantage Pr, 2002. Hint of edge and corner wear, 62 in ink in the upper corner of the half-title page, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! 329 very fine, unmarked and uncreased pages! "Flip Side: A Father's Perspective is the oft-ignored, true story of one of the many unheralded divorced or separated fathers who desperately want to "do the right thing." This is the rarely told story of a well intentioned father who yearned for a substantial and meaningful role in his children's lives---a role that was repeatedl denied by gender-biased systems which empower mothers to exact vindictiveness through victimized children. Follow the author's unrelenting journey as he weaves a "truth-is-stranger-than-fiction" tale of fatherhood which encompasses virtually every human experience imaginable---joy, pain, victory, defeat, truth, deceit, strength, and powerlessness. Despite the ultimate painful irony experienced by this father,… Read More

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Albert Whitman & Company, 1935. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, former owner's name in ink on the ffep, no dj, some shelf wear, overall a clean used first edition (fifth printing)! Green cloth with a color full page pastedown of a group of indians around a fire with blue lettering at the top and bottom and gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. 217 unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by red, black and white illustrations! "There have been many different tribes of Red Men in our country and some of them are well known to boys and girls while others, like the Cherokee people, the Indian cave builders of the south, are strangers." ---- from the Preface.. First Edition / Fifth Printing. Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Joseph Eugene Dash. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York, New York: Tiara Books, 1981. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, spine is lightly creased, pages are toning, some light shelf wear, overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Full-color pictorial white wrappers with blue lettering. 187 very clean unmarked and uncreased suspense-filled and passionate pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print! "Rachel shared with her son Matthew a special kind of clairvoyance that bound them together over the years of Matt's growing up, and lent an added terror to the news of his disappearance at the age of seventeen on a hiking trip. Only Jordan, Rachel's estranged husband and Matt's father, was aware of the significance of her fears. Inexorably, they were drawn together once more in a search that carried them to the savage cliffs of Big Sur ---- to encounters with danger and renewed hope, death and passion.....". First Edition / First Printing. Mass Market Paperback.… Read More

U.S.A.: Boyd C. Baird, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated red wrapper with white and black lettering. 104 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "-democracy consists of more than having the right to vote for a stranger in a mass election. The most conspicious and obscene show since the Roman Circus, is the American presidential election campaign. A PAC and the necessity for such a monster are both incompatible with democracy. -the peacemaker should first concentrate on building and reinforcing democracy. Do Republican township treasurers count money differently than Democratic township treasurers do? The self policing nature of a small town became known to me as a young child growing up in a large family which was… Read More

U.S.A.: Boyd C. Baird, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated red wrapper with white and black lettering. 104 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "-democracy consists of more than having the right to vote for a stranger in a mass election. The most conspicious and obscene show since the Roman Circus, is the American presidential election campaign. A PAC and the necessity for such a monster are both incompatible with democracy. -the peacemaker should first concentrate on building and reinforcing democracy. Do Republican township treasurers count money differently than Democratic township treasurers do? The self policing nature of a small town became known to me as a young child growing up in a large family which was… Read More

U.S.A.: Boyd C. Baird, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated red wrapper with white and black lettering. 104 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "-democracy consists of more than having the right to vote for a stranger in a mass election. The most conspicious and obscene show since the Roman Circus, is the American presidential election campaign. A PAC and the necessity for such a monster are both incompatible with democracy. -the peacemaker should first concentrate on building and reinforcing democracy. Do Republican township treasurers count money differently than Democratic township treasurers do? The self policing nature of a small town became known to me as a young child growing up in a large family which was… Read More

U.S.A.: Boyd C. Baird, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated red wrapper with white and black lettering. 104 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "-democracy consists of more than having the right to vote for a stranger in a mass election. The most conspicious and obscene show since the Roman Circus, is the American presidential election campaign. A PAC and the necessity for such a monster are both incompatible with democracy. -the peacemaker should first concentrate on building and reinforcing democracy. Do Republican township treasurers count money differently than Democratic township treasurers do? The self policing nature of a small town became known to me as a young child growing up in a large family which was… Read More

U.S.A.: Boyd C. Baird, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white illustrated red wrapper with white and black lettering. 104 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "-democracy consists of more than having the right to vote for a stranger in a mass election. The most conspicious and obscene show since the Roman Circus, is the American presidential election campaign. A PAC and the necessity for such a monster are both incompatible with democracy. -the peacemaker should first concentrate on building and reinforcing democracy. Do Republican township treasurers count money differently than Democratic township treasurers do? The self policing nature of a small town became known to me as a young child growing up in a large family which was… Read More

Phoenix, AZ: Indian Tribal Series, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Flatsigned by Jessie McKibben, Tribal Chairman on the second page!"This book is to commemorate the issuance of the official Quapaw medal March 15, 1975 and is limited to 15,000 copies No. 2030." Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 104 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "A motorist following Route 66 as it enters Oklahoma from Kansas encounters a unique landscape. Out of the level prairie terrain rise unexpectedly huge mountains that from a distance remind one of the Ozarks or the Black Hills. Closer investigation reveals that these mountains are nothing… Read More