Search Results: Authors starting with C from Flamingo Books

Easton Press. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 2003 The Easton Press (Norwalk, Connecticut), three 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches tall green full leather bound, gilt decorations to covers, six raised bands and gilt lettering to spines, all page edges gilt, ribbon marker sewn in, moire endpapers, illustrated with black-and-white maps and diagrams, [v.1] xiii, 602; [v.2] x, 561; [v.3] xii, 666 pp. (1,864 pages total.) The slightest bit of soiling and rubbing to covers, with a barely perceptible two-inch surface abrasion to the front cover of Volume 1. Otherwise, a near fine set - clen, bright and unmarked, seemingly unopened. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~PPP~ [8.5P] Major General J. F. C. Fuller 1878-1966), a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this century's most renowned military strategists and historians. In this magisterial work he spans military history from the Greeks to the end of World… Read More

State of CA,, 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1964 first edition California Department of Water Resources (Sacramento, Calif.) 8 3/4 x 11 inches tall, white paperbound book, viii, 96pp. with maps and charts regarding fault movement in Califorina at rear envelope. Covers are soiled, bumped, chipped and edgeworn. Rear cover has a chip but all holds firm and closed tear to outer side. Otherwise, a good copy - bright and unmarked.~BB~ Contents: Introduction (Basic Terms - Fault, Focus, Epicenter, Magnitude, Intensity); California Earthquakes (January 9, 1857, March 26, 1872, April 18, 1906 - California Earthquakes Magnitude 4 and Greater, 1934 through 1961); Bibliographic Index to State Fault Map; Earthquake Epicenter and Fault Map of California - Northern Section, Notes and Inset Maps; Central Section; Southern Section (pocket).

International Trademark Association, 1997-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1997 International Trademark Association (NY), 6 x 9 inches tall paperbound, xvii, 153 pp. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner name to half title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this useful resource for the intellectual property law practitioner. ~TTT~ A review of the law in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe regarding the use of another's trademark. Contents: Introduction; United States - Basic Rule; Comparative Advertising; Replacement Parts / Compatibility Claims; Repackaged / Rebottled / Reconditioned Goods; Parody; Miscellaneous Situations; Conclusion; Canada - Basic Rule; Relevant Common Law and Legislation; Various Situations; Attribution; Conclusion; Western Europe - Introduction; European Union; Benelux-Belgium / The Netherlands / Luxembourg; Denmark; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom; Conclusion.

Springer, 1994-09-29. Hardcover. Very Good. 1994 first edition Springer-Verlag (Berlin, Germany), 8 x 10 7/8 inches tall blue cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), white lettering to spine, xii, 519 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner name and date to top margin of blank front free-endpaper. 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. ~SP45~ [4.5P] Surface physics has experienced in the last two decades an explosive expansion caused by the development and/or substantial improvement of surface sensitive techniques and UHV apparatuses. It has grown into a mature field of research, with data of the highest accuracy and reproducibility. Surface physics is of great importance for technological applications like field effect devices, molecular beam epitaxy, chemisorption and catalysis, corrosion, surface hardening etc. The present… Read More

The Foundation for Historic Preservation. Very Good. 1999 first edition, Foundation for Historic Preservation (Fredericktown, Missouri), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall spiral bound (white plastic comb), copiously illustrated with some 14 leaves of color plates, unpaginated, approx. 50 ff. (printed on recto side only of each page) Light soiling to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce work. OCLC (No. 44778885) locates no copies at institutions worldwide. ~KKK~ Images of and the stories behind 39 quilts, three blankets and a teddy bear displayed at the 1999 Bicentennial Quilt Show in Fredericktown, Missouri, by the Foundation for Historic Preservation. The quilt show was held as part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of St. Michael's Village / Fredericktown, Missouri.

University of Southern California, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1981 first edition, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California), 9 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches tall color pictorial cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrated with mostly blakc-and-white (and some color) photographs, 472 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Spine very slightly cocked. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this class yearbook. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~PP~ Yearbook for University of Southern California Class of 1981. Includes a number of alumni who went on to notable careers, including Ally Sheedy (p. 347), and athletes Marcus Allen, Ronnie Lott, Jeff Fisher, John Elway, Keith Van Horne and Bruce Mathews.

R. Calnan. Very Good. 1996 first edition R. Calnan (Brownfield, Maine), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall spiral bound (black plastic comb) in blue printed covers, printed only on recto side of each leaf, thorough name index, 156 ff. Slight staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce genealogy and family history. OCLC (No. 866521505) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~X~ [2.5P] Looks at the ancestry of, and traces the descendants of, Gideon and John Mason, brothers from Pittsfield, New Hampshire. Gideon was born in June 1722. He married Sarah Libby in May 1793 in Parsonsfield, Maine, and they had six children together. John married Tryphena Allord in August 1793 in Porter, Maine, and they had twelve children together. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Maine and New Hampshire. In addition to… Read More

Editorial Porru?a, 1982-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. In Spanish. 1982 first edition Editorial Porrua (Mexico City, Mexico), 7 x 9 1/4 inches tall red hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, embossed in green and gilt to front cover and spine, xxiii, 425 pp. A very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a somewhat edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~LL~ [2.5P] The history of educational institutions for Indians and mestizos in New Spain. Author Lino Gomez Canedo employs the title word marginados ('deprived people') to designate Indians and mestizos, so that the reader can get a better idea of the social and economic situation of both groups in New Spain. But the word marginados is really used only in the title. Based on a rereading of the chronicles written by the friars, and including a great amount of documentation from the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, the book describes the schools for… Read More

Villa Moret Inc. Music Publishers. Good. 1927 first edition Villa Moret Music Publishers (San Francisco, California), 6 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches tall stapled paperbound, [24] pp. Moderate to heavy creasing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce collection. Not in OCLC. ~II~ [0.5P] A collection of 'symphonic ukulele arrangements' of 10 songs: Consolation; Love's Old, Sweet Song; Song of the Wanderer; Aloha Oe; Elegie; Don't Sing Aloha When I Go; O Sole Mio; Moonlight and Roses; Lay My Head Beneath a Rose; Ave Maria. Ray Canfield was a song writer, arranger and musician in the 1920s.

Menasha Ridge Pr, 1990-12-01. Paperback. Good. 1989 signed and inscribed first edition Menasha Ridge Press (Birmingham, Alabama), 8 1/4 x 11 inches tall paperbound, copiously illustrated, xii, 201 pp. Minor bumping to lower rear edge of the book, with a very slight ripple along the lower edge. A couple of surface scratches to rear cover. Slight crease to upper corner of front cover. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to coers, with a trace of 'corner curl' to the front cover. Signed and inscribed by author Betty Cardone on the half title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked.

At the University Press, 1837. leather_bound. Very Good. 0x0x0. In Greek and English. 1837 University Press (Oxford, England), two 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches tall green pebbled leather bound volumes, gilt ruling to covers, four raised bands and gilt-lettered burgundy leather labels to spine, top page edges gilt, xii, 1001, [84] pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. 'Benedict Library' in period hand to front pastedown of each volume, and the initial 'K' on the facing blank front free-endpaper of each. 1/4" x 3/4" blank perforated label to margin of one page in Volume 2. Otherwise, apart from a few instances of very minor foxing, a very good to near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked. Uncommon. OCLC (No. 54198508) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide - at Yale in the U.S. and Exeter in England. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~NNN~ [4.0P] An important English… Read More

Branden Press, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1994 signed and inscribed 14th printing, Branden Press / M. Carey (Talkeetna, Alaska), 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall red faux leather hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 259, [21] pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with minor bumping to the upper tips. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author, Mary E. Carey (1913-2004), on the blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP45~ [2.0P] In 1962, Mary Carey, newly widowed, drove the Alcan alone from Texas to Alaska, where she made a new life. And her life there - whether teaching in an eight-pupil pilot school in Talkeetna, flying Mt. McKinley with bush pilot Don Sheldon, or homesteading in the Alaska wilderness - has been one of… Read More

Editorial Gredos, 1967-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1967 Editorial Gredos (Madrid, Spain), 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inchges tall paperbound in tan covers printed in red and black, 198 pp. Slight edgewear to cover, with minor bumping to lower tip of front cover and resultant very slight creasing to the first few page tips. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~NN~ [1.0P] The best known work of Emilio Carilla (1914-1995), Argentine Romanist. Volume 99 of Biblioteca romanica hispanica. II. Estudios y ensayos.

G. P. Putnam's sons, 1936-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1936 signed presentation copy, G.P. Putnam's Sons (New York), 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches tall blue cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, orange lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 241 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with very slight bumping to tips. On the blank front free-endpaper, nicely inscribed and sign by the author to his cousin. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP04~ [2.0P] Contents: Introduction; Automobile Trip to the Northwest Pacific; Trip to Southern Arizona and New Mexico; By Motor from San Francisco Exposition and Return; The Southern Mines or Mark Twain-Bret Harte District of California; A Summer Jaunt to Alaska; Independence; Oil and Moving Pictures and Large Cities Near By; Welcome of the Central Coast on the Pacific: Further Metropolitan Features; Across Central and Southern Nevada, San Diego Exposition and Some National… Read More

A.L. Wolfe, 1972-01-01. 2nd. Pamphlet. Good. 1972 revised edition, A.L. Wolfe (n.p.), 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall stapled paperbound in green printed covers, illustrated with facsimile of family document, [33] pp. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and creasing to covers. Bumping/creasing to tips. Very slight dampstaining to top margin of a number of pages. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this rare genealogy and family history. OCLC (No. 866205498) only locates three copies of the predecessor 1958 edition of this genealogy, with no listing for this 1972 revised edition. ~R~ [0.5] Looks at the ancestry of, and traces the descendants of, Thomas Porter McGill (1797-1877), who married Martha Dickey in 1821 and lived just north of the present town of Kings Mountain, located in Gaston County, southern North Carolina. In addition to McGill, surnames which receive coverage include: Dickey, Hicks, Richardson, Keeter, Mercer, Watterson, Fowke, Harper, Ross, Gantt, Arbogast, Crook,… Read More

Howard Kemp, 1971-01-01. Spiral-bound. Good. 1971 first edition, Howard Kemp (Houston, Texas), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall spiral bound (black plastic comb), illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, [7], 264 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a college bookstore price stamp to the upper margin of the front cover and creasing to tips. Prior owner name to blank verso of front cover. One small spot of label residue to title page. Check-marks to table of contents, and neat marginalia to a handful of pages. Otherwise, a nice copy of this rare first edition. Not in OCLC. ~S~ [2.0P] 1971 first edition of a now classic text (currently in its eighth edition, and renamed Meat Science Laboratory Manual). Contents: Orientation; Anatomy; Meat Inspection; Pork Slaughter and Dressing; Pork Carcass Evaluation/Fabrication; Curing, Smoking and Sausage Preparation; Lamb Slaughter and Dressing; Lamb Carcass Evaluation/Fabrication; Beef Slaughter and Dressing; Beef Carcass… Read More

Tokyo News Service, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1968 signed thirteenth printing, Tokyo News Service, Ltd. (Tokyo), black hardbound with gilt lettering to front cover. Prior owner's name to front and author's signature to verso of half title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~Y~

Collector Books, 2006-09-05. paperback. Good. 8x1x11. 2007 Collector Books (Paducah, Kentucky), 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches tall paperbound in glossy color pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with color photographs and black-and-white drawings, 495 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with 1/8-inch edge tear to lower edge of front cover. Otherwise, apart from creasing to a few page tips, 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. ~F~ [4.5P] The much anticipated sequel to Collecting Costume Jewelry 101, this volume takes students through another phase of jewelry collecting - the basics of dating jewelry, 1935 - 1980. This beautiful and informative volume simplifies the complex process of dating vintage costume jewelry into six easy-to-understand methods. Over 650 colorful photographs of vintage jewelry illustrate these methods. Beginning and experienced… Read More

Biobooks, 1950. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1950 reprint, Biobooks (Oakland, California), 6 5/8 x 10 inches tall tan buckram cloth hardcover over pebbled brown leather spine, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with black-and-white engravings and maps (one folding), ix, 113 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Very slight creasing to one edge of the folding map at the rear of the volume. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP26~ [2.0P] James H. Carson (d. 1853) wrote this volume, supposed to be the first book printed in Stockton, not long before his death. Early recollections of the mines (1852) first appeared as a supplement to the San Joaquín Republican in 1852 and was published shortly afterward as a bound pamphlet. The version published here was reprinted in the Magazine of history, 1931. Carson offers a lively narrative of early California history before turning to brief anecdotes of… Read More

Brentwood Academic Press, 2008-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. 2008 signed first edition, Brentwood Academic Press (Columbus, Georgia), 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches tall paperbound, 441 pp. Very slight rubbing, creasing and edgewear to covers. Inscribed and signed by the author at the top of the title page, with a notation - apparently also by the author - that the prior owner received the book for his birthday from his mother. It appears the author also penned in his phone number on the last printed page of the book, which has a list of the author's other works. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce work of historical fiction. Not in OCLC. ~SP03~ General Blaine Rayburn moves his Confederate Carolina Calvary Division down the long valleys of Virginia in 1861. Saddle up and ride along with the division. Experience the battles and hardships of the soldiers as they move slowly through the narrow valleys with Union troops laying in wait on the mountain ridges. Share… Read More