Search Results: Authors starting with I from Joseph Valles - Books

New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1987, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 191 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0670810576; 9780670810574 LCCN: 86-45855 ; LC: CT1217.I38; Dewey: 947/.65; B ; OCLC: 15594820 ; "Elisabeth Sifton books."/ Includes index. ; "Winner of the Royal Society of Literature Award" Ignatieff chronicles five generations of his Russian family, beginning in 1815. Drawing on family diaries, on the contemplation of intriguing photographs in an old family album, and on stories passed down from father to son, he comes to terms with the meaning of his family's memories and histories. Focusing on his grandparents, Count Paul Ignatieff and Princess Natasha Mestchersky, he recreates their lives before, during, and after the Russian Revolution. ; Michael Ignatieff, born in Toronto in 1947. But at the age of 11, Ignatieff was sent to Toronto to attend Upper Canada College as a boarder in 1959. At UCC, Ignatieff was elected a school prefect as… Read More

New York : Saint Martin's Press, c1972, 1978., 1978. Very Good. 2nd printing ; 128 p. illustrated in color ; 30 cm. ; LCCN: 70-188397 ; OCLC: 416749 ; LC: SF449.A1; Dewey: 636.8 ; lavender cloth, in color photographic dustjacket ; remains of label on front ep ; slight nick on corner of dustjacket ; else VG

Boston, Roberts Brothers, 1867, 1867. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Author's edition ; vi, 290, [2] p. front. (port.) 18 cm. ; LCCN: 25-22556 ; LC: PR4819; Dewey: 821.8 ; OCLC: 2222100 ; purple cloth with lettering and designs in gold ; Contents : The dreams that came true -- Songs on the voices of birds -- Introduction : Child and Boatman -- The nightingale heard by the unsatisfied heart -- Sand martins -- A poet in his youth and the cuckoo-bird -- A raven in a white chine -- The warbling of blackbirds -- Sea-mews in winter-time -- Laurance -- SOnge of t he night watches -- Introductory : evening -- The first watch : Tired -- The middle watch -- The morning watch -- Concluding : Early dawn -- A story of Doom -- Contrasted songs -- Sailing beyond seas -- Remonstrance -- SOng for the night of Christ's resurrection -- Song of Margaret -- Song of the going away -- A lilly and a lute -- Gladys and her island -- Songs with preludes -- Wedlock -- Regret -- Lamentation -- Dominion -- Friendship --… Read More

Dayton, OH : Lorenz Publishing Company, MCMLXXXIII (1983), 1983. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 49 copies ; SATB ; C454-2.

New York : Pantheon Books, 1987., 1987. Very Good. 239 pp. : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 0394754344 (pbk.) : LCCN: 87-42550 ; OCLC: 15252230 ; LC: TT323; Dewey: 698/.14 ; Revised ed., [1st pbk. ed., 5th printing] ; crease on cover ; foxing ; top edge untrimmed ; VG

New York : The Coin and Currency Institute, 1959, 1959. Very Good. Book of five boards, three of which have glassine sliding panels between which are placed a collection of coins for storage, this one being the album for Franklin half dollar coins ; unused and very clean coin album ; fading to spine, else VG

Francestown, NH : Golden Quill Press, 1975., 1975. Fine. [1st edition] ; 96 pp. ; 21 cm. ; ISBN: 0823302318 :; 9780823302314 LCCN: 75-22931 ; LC: PS3559.O7; Dewey: 811/.5/4 ; OCLC: 2212775 ; textured blue cloth with gold lettering and designs, in blue, green and white pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Fortune: a tapestry of chance -- Claude Monet: A Spring exhibit -- The city -- The empty lot -- Expectations -- S.P.Q.R. -- Catacombs of Domitilla -- Birthplace -- My Mother -- Winter Sapling -- The Death of Hera -- Amulet -- Song of the Cicada -- Psistaria -- The inn at Mineral Point -- The pin oak -- Ephemera varia -- Prelude -- Irises -- Late chat -- Ballad -- Burnout -- The Discovery -- Stillpoint -- How many dreams -- There is this madness -- The kite wind -- The killdeer -- The April wind -- Open the sesame door -- The return -- Tuesday in church -- The mistress -- Snowbound -- The auction -- Wishes -- Love song no.6 -- Lovers -- The last samurai -- Unmapped woods -- The mark -- i fear YOU --… Read More

Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, 2004., 2004. Fine. 1st printing ; xiv, 194 pp. ; illustrated. ; 23 cm. ; 0813340632 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780813340630 (pbk. : alk. paper); LCCN: 2003-10968 ; OCLC: 52485557 ; LC: DS555.45.L37; Dewey: 305.4/09594 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Introduction: Women, Livelihood, and Social Change -- The persistant questions -- How we know what we know: fieldwork in Laos -- Historical contexts -- Laos : recent history and national context -- Patterned gender inequalities and Lao women -- Gen der, socialism and social change -- Equality and national policies, 1975-1995 -- Rural household and household economy -- Village unity -- village life during the war years -- Village development -- Family and kin relations -- Giving birth and raisin g children -- Socialism and early economic liberalization : effects on family life -- The agricultural cycle : celebration and cultivation -- Changing agricultural activities, socialist reorganization… Read More

New York, M. Barrows; distributed by M. Morrow, 1967, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 182 pages illustrations (some color) 29 cm ; LCCN: 67-19689 ; OCLC: 1187642 ; LC: SB473; Dewey: 712/.6 ; Planting plans by the author. Photos. by Molly Adams except as noted. ; green cloth, in color photographic dustjacket ; spot on front cover ; remainder mark on inside front endpaper ; scuff to back cover ; 199 beautifully composed black and white photos, 52 detailed garden plans, and 4 color photographs ; Contents: Fundamentals -- Planting design -- How to make a planting design -- The approach to the house -- Terrace plantings -- Trees and their associations -- Which place is yours -- Remodeled hillside property -- Windswept by the sea -- Waterfront cottage -- Small house near the ocean -- Weekend cottage -- Contemporary house -- Colonial house -- Small place for enthusiastic gardeners -- Remodeled salt box -- Plant collector's property -- Garden details -- Small gardens and… Read More

[University, Miss., etc.] American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese [etc.] 1992, 1992. Fine. 312 pp. [marked as pgs. 785-1097] decorative paper covers; FINE ; Contains 30 articles on various topics. Articles by Irizarry, Durán, Vargas Llosa, Adorno, Armand, Brushwod, Grases, Sastre, Rivers, El Saffar, Gonzálezs Echevarría, Turner, Sackett, Roberts, Debicki, Menton, Schulman, de Zuleta, Foster, Martins, Lemos de Oliveira, Chaves Tesser, María de Araujo Lima, Ayala, Marín, Faulhaber, Robert G. Mead, Jr., Klein, Chatham, Rothberg and Bleznick.

Singspiration, Division of Zondervan Corporation, 1976, 1976. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 78 copies ; ZJP8255 ; SATB.

London : Library Association, Chaucer House, Malet Place, 1964., 1964. Very Good. 2d, rev. ed. ; 332 pp. ; LCCN: 62-1104 ; LC: Z791 ; OCLC: 575005 ; blue cloth with silver lettering ; bump to fron top cover corner ; binding imperfection on front cover affects one thread ; spine slightly sunned ; a summary retrospective of the "contemporary background of London's libraries will indicate something of the wealth of literary and scientific resources to which the chapters of this book may serve as signposts. The libraries described are of every kind and size, and the chapters are arranged so far as possible in a logical order. The first six chapters are concerned with those having a definitely national status, beginning of course with the British Museum itself. Two chapters follow describing the libraries of Parliament and the Government Departments, and then three dealing with those maintained by the City of London, the London County Council and the London boroughs..." ; VG

New York : HarperCollins, c1991, 1991. Very Good. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 412 p. ; 25 cm. ; OCLC: 22240674 ; ISBN: 0060165731 :; 9780060165734 LCCN: 90-55570 ; name on ep ; "The Hamptons is a film-maker's dream, a stretch of beach where deals are made and games are played all day long. When a cold , debonair movie mogul is murdered, Detective Steve Brady, former local bad boy, discovers that his prime suspect is the woman they both shared" ; small stain on bottom ; VG/VG

New York : Bonanza Books, 1963., 1963. Very Good. 128 pp. ; 200 black and white photographs ; slim volume, bound in red, tan and yellow cloth, in photographic, color dustjacket ; dustjacket has a few nicks and small tears ; slight wear at top and bottom of spine ; small crease on title page ; name on ep ; price-clipped front dustjacket flap ; VG/G

Tokyo ; New York ; London : Kodansha, 2001., 2001. As New. Silver grey and silver pictorial cloth with solarized illustration by Reiko Itsuki, in photographic dustjacket ; xvii, 229 pp. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 4062099810 ; LCCN: 00-69158 ; OCLC: 45604029 ; Drawing on his own life experiences, a highly regarded Japanese writer and thinker shows how the practice of Pure Land Buddhism is harmonious with the workings of daily life, making it easily adaptable for seekers in both the East and the West today. ; AS NEW

[s.l. ] : Izdatel'stvo "Ezuvchi", c1994., 1994. Good. 27 pp. ; illustrated in color ; stiff color pictorial paper wrappers ; text in Russian ; small booklet with some interesting color illustrations ; slight wear, else G