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

Los Angeles, Ward Ritchie Press, 1965, 1965. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st edition, 5th printing ; x, 278 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 24 cm ; LCCN: 65-13622 ; LC: F869.A15; Dewey: 979.404 ; OCLC: 4219090 ; pictorial cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: The discovery and the Rush -- The central mines -- The southern mines -- The northern mines -- The sagebrush camps of eastern California -- Ghost camps of the south. ; "Brings to life the turbulent times in the heyday of each town and guides the visitor to the sights that are relies of those times. Historic photos." ; "his lively history & guide to 170 old Gold Rush towns & other mining camps throughout California is filled with first-hand accounts of colorful participants & events in the years 1848 to early 1900s. Nadeau, a California historian, also describes the present-day appearances & points of interest. With 55 old rare photos & 5 regional maps, this book can be used on a trip or read for the dramatic… Read More

Sverdlovsk : Sredne-Ural'skoe knizhnoe izd-vo, ?????????? : ??????-????????? ??????? ???-??, 1988., 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ; LC: DK781.T58 ; OCLC: 23720022 ; ISBN: 5752900913; 9785752900914 ; illustrated boards ; no dustjacket ; Text in Russian; captions and summary in English.; Partial contents : Kremlin in the Town -- Museum in the Kremlin -- Siberian Costumes and artifacts etc ; filled with color photographs of places, architecture, persons, Siberian artifacts ; period paintings and historical objects ; writing on front endpaper, else FINE.

Sverdlovsk : Sredne-Uralskoe knizhnoe izd-vo, !вердловскР: !реднеЭ#ральскоеР:нижноеР8здЭ2оЬ 1988., 1988 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ; LC: DK781.T58 ; OCLC: 23720022 ; ISBN: 5752900913; 9785752900914 ; illustrated boards ; no dustjacket ; Text in Russian; captions and summary in English.; Partial contents : Kremlin in the Town -- Museum in the Kremlin -- Siberian Costumes and artifacts etc ; filled with color photographs of places, architecture, persons, Siberian artifacts ; period paintings and historical objects ; writing on front endpaper, else FINE.

Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International : Dist. in the U.S. by Kodansha through Harper & Row, 1988, 1981, 1988. Fine. xxi, 221 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. ; ISBN: 0870119036 (in U.S.); 4770014031 (in Japan); 9780870119033 (in U.S.); 9784770014030; 4770014031 LCCN: 81-80655 ; LC: TT194; Dewey: 749.2 ; OCLC: 19563616 ; "On a farmlike compound near New Hope, Pennsylvania, George Nakashima, his family, and fellow wood-workers create exquisite furniture from richly grained, rare timber. Tables, desks, chairs, and cabinets from this simple workshop grace the homes and mansions and executive boardrooms of people who prize such excellence. In this lavishly illustrated volume, George Nakashima allows us in intimate look at his artistry, his philosophy, his life. It is the portrait of an artisan who strives to find the ideal use for each plank in order to 'create an object of utility to man and, if nature smiles, an object of lasting beauty.' The author's search for the meaning of life took him as a young man to… Read More

[Nantes, Brittany] : Chantreau & Cie, 1967., 1967. Very Good. [72] p. pl. et fig. n. et col., 3 plans h.t. col. 28 x 22 cm.. + 3 fold-out maps + 9 charts in back pocket ; blue cloth ; endpapers decorated with the black & white ermine design of Brittany ; top of spine bumped ; covers scuffed ; textured papers with numerous photographs, nearly all in full-color ;"La première phase de l'opération repose sur l'édition d'une remarquable « Plaquette-Prestige » de plus de 70 pages, réalisée en collaboration avec la ville de Saint-Nazaire et intitulée : Nantes - Saint-Nazaire, Métropole d'équilibre."-Jean Petaux ; "La Couv. porte une citation d'André Breton. Dans le soufflet de la couv. est jointe une brochure de renseignements comportant 24 p." ; Chart titles are: Zones industrielles -- Avantages financiers et fiscaux -- Main d'oeuvre et formation -- Énergie -- Services rares -- Industrie et commerce -- Enseignement -- Accueil -- Pour vous madame ; OCLC: 26277173 ; VG

Boston ; Portola Valley : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c1983., 1983. Very Good. xv, 470 pp. ; 2 color plates, several photos and graphs ; ISBN: 0867200154 ; LCCN: 82-16940 ; "The third edition of this successful textbook is fully updated and includes important recent developments in cosmology. It begins with an introduction to cosmology and general relativity, and goes on to cover the mathematical models of standard cosmology. The physical aspects of cosmology, including primordial nucleosynthesis, the astroparticle physics of inflation, and the current ideas on structure formation are discussed. Alternative models of cosmology are reviewed, including the model of Quasi-Steady State Cosmology, which has recently been proposed as an alternative to Big Bang Cosmology." ; black cloth in nicked photographic dust jacket ; VG/G

Художник РСФСР ; Leningrad, "Izdatelstvo Khudozhnik RSFSR", 1966., 1966. Very Good. [147] pp. with illustrations ; 25 cm. ; 'Summaries in English and French; list of illustrations also in English and French./ In Cyrillic characters" ; primarily Russian text ; LCCN: 74-353366 ; "This album is designed to acquaint the reader with popular art productions in wood; at the same time these works of art reveal to him a world in which fancy is interlaced with fact and the reality assumes, from time ot time, a magic effect."--foreword ; with a very clever binding made to resemble slabs of wood, lettering in black, all edges gilt ; two silk markers attached to headband ; numerous photographs, some in black and white, others in color, document the wide range of wood carving found in architecture, sculpture and everyday utensils throughout Russian history ; metallic inked illustrated endpapers ; laid paper ; small tear on front ep gutter, else VG [This online listing contains text in Russian fonts]

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1970, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st edition] ; xxiv, 368 pages illustrations, map 25 cm ; ISBN: 0300011350; 9780300011357; 0881331422; 9780881331424 LCCN: 70-81425 ; LC: F1219.3.S6; Dewey: 309.1/701; OCLC: 68775 ; brown cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Spirits and places -- Traditional economic activities -- New economic activities --- Family authority and community control -- Rituals in life crisis -- Curing and the curers -- The formal organization of local government -- Taking care of the Lord Spirits -- The competition for power -- Roles, persons and the evaluation of performance -- Ordering behavior by places -- Ordering behavior by time -- Belief and behavior ina changing society -- Settlement of domestic cases -- Bloodletting in a witchcraft case -- Observation of behavior in public cases. ; FINE/FINE.

Boston, Little, Brown, 1963, 1963. Very Good. xix, 406 p. illus. 22 cm. ; LCCN: 63-17432 ; LC: Q175 ; OCLC: 1189283 ; grey cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; "What is science? That question seldom emerges when scientists talk with each other. Most scientists believe they know quite well what science is and, since they all share much the same fundamental presuppositions, their beliefs rarely broach a subject for debate. However..." ; Contents: Common sense and science (From stimuli to constructs, From constructs to concepts) -- Science and common sense (Recurrence and reproducibility) -- Anatomy of science (Principle of intelligibility, Heuristic tools) -- Cosmology and technology (The climate of opinion, cosmology of organized science) -- Colligative relations and scientific laws (The sulfur relation, Boyle's Law, Galileo's law of free fall, A relation of Euclidean geometry, The Bode-Titus Law, Moseley's Law, The Mendelian Laws) -- Empirical tools and empiricism… Read More

[Georgia] : Georgia Council for the Arts, 1985, 1985. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. [1st edition,1st printing] ; [32] p. booklet : chiefly illustrations (some in color) ; 16 x 23 cm. ; LC: NK4210.N27 ; OCLC: 811052274 ; textured decorative wrappers , glassine protective sheet on title page ; Published on the occasion of exhibitions held at the Lamar Dodd Art Center (Apr. 6-Apr. 30), Fay Gold Gallery (May 19-June 14), and the Madison Morgan Culture Center (Oct. 6-Nov. 17). ; "Nasisse's style is intuitive and fictional. The South is particularly susceptible to confusions of fact and fiction, and Nasisse makes personalized myths of 'haints' and 'boogey men'. His creations invoke images from various primitive cultures such as Haitian Voodoo, Mexican and Italian votives, and Mayan ritual figures. The eccentricity of some of his creations evokes the religious fervor of work by some of Nasisse's untrained artist friends like Dilmus Hall and Reverend Howard Finster, or the… Read More

New York, J.F. Rider, a division of Hayden Publishing Company, 1962, 1962. Very Good. 190 p. illus. 23 cm. ; LCCN: 62-21929 ; LC: TK6544; Dewey: 621.38403 ; OCLC: 1263173 ; Published in 1937 under title: Common radio terms, symbols, abbreviations. ; red boards ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket, reinforced binding ; "This dictionary has been completely revised and rewrritten to cover more than 6500 subjects in the fields of radio, television and electronics...there are five appendixes includes for ready reference. Appendix I contains currently accepted abbreviations used in technical fields. Appendix II covers vacuum tube symbols and terminology...Appendix III covers transistor symbols and terminology...Appendix IV is a chart which shows commonly used modulation symbols ... Appendix V is a listing of currently accepted graphic symbols used in schematic diagrams." ; VG

Washington, D.C. : The National Geographic Society, 1981, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 295 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm. ; ISBN: 0870443585; 9780870443589 LCCN: 80-7827 ; LC: CB311; Dewey: 930 ; OCLC: 7734568 ; A lavishly illustrated volume that deals with such historical sites as Pompeii, Angkor, & those associated with the Hittite Empire. ; Contents : Foreword -- An introduction : cities lost and found / by John Carswell -- The Sumerians of Mesopotamia ; The royal cities of Solomon / by Seymour L. Fishbein -- Pompeii : city sealed in time / by Thomas O'Neill ; photographed by David Hiser -- The mysterious kingdom of Kush / by Cynthia Russ Ramsey ; photographed by Michael S. Yamashita -- Angkor and the ancient Khmer / by Louis de la Haba -- The Hittites of Asia Minor / by Louis de la Haba ; photographed by Mehmet Biber -- Land of the Sinhalese Kings / by Cynthia Russ Ramsey ; photographed by David Hiser. ; yellow and brown embossed cloth in color dustjacket ; Folio, large volume ; FINE/FINE.

Washington, D.C. : The Committee : Available from Global Change Research Information Offices, 1997, 1997. Good. v, 118 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm. ; LC: QC981.8.C5; Dewey: 551.072; NAL: QC981.8.C5O9 ; OCLC: 37114485 ; paper wrappers ; Contents: Letter to Congress -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Seasonal to Interannual Climate Fluctuations and Related Events -- 3. Climate Change over the Next Few Decades -- 4. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Increased UV Radiation -- 5. Changes in Land Cover and in Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems -- 6. Crosscutting Aspects of Global Change Research -- 7. International Cooperation -- Highlights of Recent USGCRP Research Results -- A. Seasonal to Interannual Climate Change -- B. Climate Change Over the Next Few Decades -- C. Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Increased UV Radiation -- D. Changes in Land Cover and inTerrestrial and Marine Ecosystems -- Appendices -- A: The Proposed USGCRP Budget for Fiscal Year 1996 -- B: Fiscal Year 1995-1996… Read More

Spring, Texas : Kurt & Diane Nauck, 2007., 2007. Fine. [3], 118, [7] pp. ; illustrated (some in color) ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; detailed catalog of 10,000 recordings and record-related items, each with details of performers and songs, with issue numbers and condition, some with minimu m bid prices ; color photographs of select labels on front and back eps and back cover ; catalog from one of the largest and most important purveyors of early recordings in the United States ; FINE

Spring, Texas : Kurt & Diane Nauck, 2007., 2007. Fine. [3], 123, [2] pp. ; illustrated (some in color) ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; detailed catalog of 10,000 recordings and record-related items, each with details of performers and songs, with issue numbers and condition, some with minimum bid prices ; color photographs of select labels on front and back eps and back cover ; catalog from one of the largest and most important purveyors of early recordings in the United States ; FINE

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia : Aramco, 1980, 1968, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. xi, 275 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (1 fold. col. in pocket) ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0960116427; 9780960116423 LCCN: 80-67897 ; LC: HD9576.S33; Dewey: 338.2/7282/09538 ; OCLC: 7461529 ; "No longer simply a handbook for Aramco employees, this volume provides background information on Islam, the Arab world, and the oil industry." ; grey cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; repair to dustjacket ; Contents : Before Islam -- Islam and Islamic history -- Saudi Arabia : the heartland -- Oil and Aramco -- Charts and diagrams -- Maps ; FINE/G.

New York : Stein and Day, 1973, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing ; 246 pages : illustrations ; ISBN: 0812821882; 9780812821888 LCCN: 72-91256 ; OCLC: 16995984 ; Dewey: 690.864 ; blue cloth in dustjacket ; "If you can measure a board, saw it correctly, position it properly and nail it into place, you should be able to build most of the house yourself. Furthermore, if you can cut and bend electric wire into proper length and shape, handle a propane torch, use a screwdriver and turn nuts tightly with a wrench, you should have very little, if any, need to employ skilled labor in completing the building operation." ; over 600 illustrations ; slight edge wear ; VG/VG.

New York ; London : Monthly Review Press, 1969, 1969. Very Good. 91 pp. ; yellow cloth with black lettering ; ex-lib, label, pocket, bookplate, stamps ; a highly detailed examination of the escalation of factional violence during the darkest part of the Cultural Revolution as seen from the events at Peking University in Beijing ; very scarce resource ; some foxing, else VG

Brattleboro, Vermont. : The Stephen Greene Press, 1965, 1965. Very Good. 5th printing ; viii, 166 p. illus., map, port. 21 cm. ; Contents: Gramp -- On the farm -- Sugaring -- Doing the stone -- The animal kingdom -- From the woods -- Grandpa's tools -- What he had to buy -- Around the house -- Indians. ; "Recollections of "Gramp's" early days (or those of Leroy L. Bond, his maternal grandfather, born 1833); his ways of farming, sugaring, logging, etc. a century ago in southeast Vermont." ; LC: F54; Dewey: 917.4304 ; OCLC: 742861 ; green cloth and boards in dustjacket ; tear to spine of dustjacket ; spine of dustjacket sunned ; VG/G

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c1985., 1985. Very Good. 2 vols. ; brown and blue cloth ; 245 + 150 pp. ; ISBN: 0849361656 (v. 1); 9780849361654 (v. 1); 0849361664 (v. 2); 9780849361661 (v. 2); ; LCCN: 84-7765 ; OCLC: 10724808 ; Contents: v. 1. Introduction to environmental exposure from chemicals / W. Brock Neely and Gary E. Blau -- Estimation of physical properties / W.J. Lyman -- Sorption phenomena / S.W. Karickhoff -- Air/soil exchange coefficients / L.J. Thibodeaux and H.D. Scott -- Air/water exchange coefficients / D. Mackay -- Biodegradatio n / G.M. Klecka --Hydrolysis / W.B. Neely -- Photodegradation in water / T. Mill -- Equilibrium models / Sally Paterson -- v. 2. Environmental systems analysis / Gary E. Blau -- Modeling chemical transport and mass balances in the atmosphere / M.A.K . Khalil and R.A. Rasmussen -- Modeling chemical transport in lakes, rivers, and estuarine systems / J.L. Schnoor -- Nonpoint source pollution models for chemicals / A.S. Donigian, Jr., and J. David Dean -- Risk… Read More