Search Results: Authors starting with N from Black Paw Books

Societa per gli Studi Storici della Provincia Cuneo, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. Italian language work. Octavo, 497 pp. In wraps. Minor bump to crown of spine. Pages remain clean and unmarked; spine, uncreased.

New York: A Monacle Publication, 1963. Softcover. Very Good. This listing is for nine back issues of the Kennedy-era satire publication, "The Outsider's Newsletter." All of these issues were published in 1963 and include: Vol 1, No. 39; Vol 1, 41; Vol 1, 42; Vol 1, 46; Vol 1, 47; Vol 1, 50; Vol 1, 52;Vol. 2, No. 1; and Vol 2, No. 3. Each issue is folded into panels measuring 24 x 10.5 cm. and is approximately 15 pp. each. From private collection. Issues show minor soiling and yellowing.

Tutor S.A., 2006. Hardcover. Very Good+. Illustrated Spanish-language cookbook. Quarto, 280 pp. Hardcover. No dust jacket, as issued. Pages remain clean and bright, and tightly bound. Cover shows minor rubbing from shelf wear.

1991. Comb Binding. Compilation of fly fishing patterns demonstrated by expert tyers at the 1991 Conclave of the Federation of Fly Fishers. This year's edition remains scarce. Quarto (11"tall), 226 pp. + 9 pp. black & white illustrations of flies. In comb binding.

Roberts Brothers, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 456 pp. Mustard yellow cloth binding. Pages remain clean and unmarked; hinges, strong. Prev. owner's name on ffep.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Four volumes of 8 volume set include the following books: The Improvised War, 1861-1862; War Becomes Revolution, 1862-1863; The Organized War, 1863-1864; and the Organized War to Victory, 1864-1865. Tall octavo-sized volumes bound in red cloth. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Lincoln biographer David Herbert Donald. War Becomes Revolution appears to be a later printing and is in Fine Condition. The other volumes show foxing to dust jackets and edges of book blocks. Donald's address sticker on front panel of one of the jackets; name neatly printed inside another. Single volume shows penciled notes in Donald's hand. Three of the dust jackets are worn and scuffed (please see images). All said, a solid reading and reference set with an interesting provenance.

Bouchercon XV Committee, 1984. Softcover. Good. Quarto, 36 pp. Stapled wraps. Wraps show some creasing. Offered here as a reading and reference copy.

London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1897. New Edition. Hardcover. Good+. This classic of Anglican-Catholic theology addresses the difficulties that Anglicans face in accepting certain Catholic teachings, such as the authority of the Pope, the doctrine of transubstantiation, and the veneration of saints and relics. Newman argues that these difficulties can be overcome by a deeper understanding of the history and teachings of the Catholic Church, and by recognizing the authority of the Church as a whole. Complete two volume set. 12mo (7 1/4" tall). 400, 378 pp. Brown cloth. From private collection. Cloth show some soiling wear, including 1" split along crown of first volume's upper joint and nick to second volume along edge of board. Binding are a bit limp and pages show a little foxing, mostly limited to prelims.

University of York, 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 46 pp. Stapled wraps. From private collection of Boston-area historian. Name stamped inside book. Booklet's pages remain clean and unmarked.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Tall octavo (24 cm tall). 342 pp. Blue cloth with armorial stamp on front board. Binding is soiled and rubbed. British library circulation slip with deaccession stamp affixed to back pastedown. Pages show some foxing, and a few are worn and smudged. Offered here as a solid reading copy.

Zurich: Galerie Charles Lienhard, 1960. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto, [30] pp. Black & white and color illustrations. Stapled wraps. From private collection. Light crease and bend to bottom corner of text block.

self published, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Containing Genealogical Date [sic] Concerning The Nicolai, Middendorf, and Other Families which Emigrated from Germany to Baltimore, Maryland in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century (together with preliminary genealogy of the Mittendorf Family of Baltimore, 1831-1956 and a fragmentary genealogy of the Nicolai Family of Baltimore, 1831-1956)" Scarce. Octavo, paginated by section. Blue cloth. A few pages show annotations to family records in pencil.

Cambridge University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This study examines the influence of commercial interests on the expansion of the British Empire in Western India in the age of Cornwallis and Wellesley. It questions some of the assumptions which have been accepted as explanations of British imperialism in that part of India. Octavo, pp. xv, 264. Blue cloth binding. From private collection of Frederick A. Hagar. Name printed on ffep. Pages remain clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is a little agetoned.

Reprint from The Harvard Theological Review, 1951. Softcover. Very Good. This listing is for two publications, Octavo, [71]-107 pp. + [143]-151. Each booklet bound in card stock wraps. From private collection. Minor writing on upper wrap of both volumes.

New York: Hinds, Noble and Eldredg, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto, 222 pp. Tipped in plates depicting scenes from Harvard.. Crimson cloth with photographic plates on front board. Prelims and edges of book block show some foxing. Tissue guard protecting frontispieces is creased and yellowed. 1914 gift inscription.

Καστανιωτη, 1988. Softcover. Very Good. Greek language work. (Title translated using Google Translate.) Octavo, 76 pp. In wraps. From private collection. Covers show some wear and light creasing. Minor creasing to last couple of pages.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Eta Kappa Nu, 1992. Fifth or Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto, 88 pp. Stapled paper wraps. Clean, unmarked copy.