Search Results: Authors starting with N from Walnut Valley Books/Books by White

Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota , 1923 The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 1923. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stapled and glued binding. Minnesota Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 18. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fair; foxing to textblock edges and first and last pages; written title on spine. No DJ as issued. Printed Wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is securely stapled and glued. 105 pp 8vo. This paper on the sand of Minnesota is a report of an investigation begun in 1918 at a time when there was a great demand for information about local molding sands, as a result of the traffic situation that made it difficult or impossible to obtain sands from sources that had previously supplied them. A clean presentable copy.

New York, NY: Theo. Audel & Co. Publishers, 1918 Theo. Audel & Co. Publishers, New York. 1918. Hardcover. 3rd Printing by copyright page. A Word Book. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; wrinkled spine cover; wear to tips, head, and tail; light wear to boards; musty. Black vinyl boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine. Gilt edged textblock. 505 pp 8vo. A Cyclopedia of Words, Terms, Phrases and Data Used in the Electric Arts, Trades, and Sciences. The definitions and meanings of electrical words have made their way until now it has seemed to the author that the time has arrived when a work embracing a description of the elements and practical applications of this new industrial agent, wide in its extent and minute in its application can be advantageously presented. A clean presentable copy.

Cleveland and New York : The World Publishing Company, 1951 The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York. 1951. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges; glue browning to endpapers. DJ: Good; Price Clipped; light wear to head, tail, and tips; sunfading to spine; missing small pieces at head and tail. Red tweed paper over boards with black cloth lettering on the spine; gilt lettering on the spine. Tinted textblock top. 240 pp 8vo. The author feels that one's handwriting can reveal a great deal about their personality. In a step by step manner he explains the methods he uses in making his handwriting analysis with many examples to illustrate his points. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Springfield, MO: International Grapho Analysis Society, 1953 International Grapho Analysis Society, Springfield, MO. 1953. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good: light wear to head, tail, and spine edge; light soiling to textblock top and fore edge; two dogeared pages. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. Business Reply Card is present between staples on inner side. 79 pp 8vo. Handwriting can help you plan for marriage, understand your partner and live a richer married life. By revealing the true person one is about to marry through handwriting analysis, it will be as valuable to one's happiness as life insurance and money in the bank. A clean very presentable copy.

Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall Company, 1975 Nelson-Hall Company, Chicago, IL. 1975. Hardcover. Stated New Edition (Revised?/or 4th Edition). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to head, tail, and upper tips; light sun toning to textblock top and board upper edges. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($10.00); suntoning to spine; rubbing to panels; closed tear on rear panel at top; light wear to head, tail, and tips. Light green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. 256 pp 8vo. This is an instruction book for someone to be able to "read" or analyze a person's handwriting and give an assessment of their personality. This revelation of ones innermost characteristics is important in professions where a knowledge of human behavior is important such as personnel work, business management, police, suspect documents, falsified signatures, or even in guidance counseling. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1959 Philosophical Library, New York. 1959. Hardcover. 3rd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light head bumping. DJ: Very Good -; sunfading to spine; bumping and small closed tears to edges. Red cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine in a black shadowbox. 768 pp 8vo. Designed to cover the requirements of the contractor, the craftsman, the student and the apprentice, this unique encyclopaedia contains nearly 4,000 A-Z entries covering both the theory and practice of building.The scope of the work is extremely wide, including all the trades and professions associated with building and in many cases, the manufacturing processes applicable to the materials used. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

London, UK: Burns and Oates, 1881 Burns and Oates, London, UK. 1881. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear and rubbing to peripheral edges of leather boards and spine; two dogeared pages. No DJ. Brown leather boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine; four gilt rules across the spine; ornate religious design on front board; brass clasp closure. 252 pp 48mo. A miniature book for the practicing Catholic. Book contains Catholic prayers, devotions, Litany of the Blessed Virgin, Hymns to the Holy Ghost, Prayers for the Stations; Prayer before a Crucifix and others; 34 in all. A clean very presentable copy i with a fully functioning clasp.

Worthington, OH: Willowisp Press, 1989 Willowisp Press, Worthington, OH. 1989. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 4th Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; light toning to pages; light tip and edge bumps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. 32 pp 8vo. Here is the book that puts you right in the cockpits of the hottest paper airplanes around. They're all here- The Arrow, The Loop-the-Loop, The Space Shuttle, The UFO, and more. Step-by-step instructions on folding and ideas for decorating the finished product. A clean very presentable copy.

Hammersmith, London, UK: HarperElement, 2005 HarperElement, Hammersmith, London, UK. 2005. Hardcover. Stated First Published by HarperElement in 2005/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($23.95 CAN). Black boards and spine with red lettering on the spine. 280 pp 12mo. Since the dawn of civilization, a bizarrely eccentric host of self-appointed experts has befuddled, frightened, and confused questioners by selling them bull about the birds and the bees. This book is the cream of thousands of years of advice on where, when, and how to put it, how to receive it, and what to spread on it first and how to spend your time after its all over. A clean pristine copy.

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr, 2003 Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ. Press, 2003. Third edition. Soft cover. Book Condition: Fine. Tan softcover w/ brown lettering and picture of people in a boat. Clean, tight copy with no interior markings. No break in spine. 312 pp. includes appendices, bibliography, index. Book appears unread. A beautiful copy.

New York, NY: Little Brown and Company, 2019 Little Brown and Company, New York. 2019. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New, with light bumping to head. DJ: New; NOT Price Clipped ($30.00); light edge bumping to head. White boards with green overlay on the spine with bright white lettering on the spine. 232 pp 8vo. This is the story of the rise and fall of Joe Namath. He tells of his hustling childhood, his times at Alabama and Bear Bryant, and his professional career with the Jets and how he promised to beat the Baltimore Colts and did so becoming the first modern superstar. Then comes the injuries, the surgeries, the pain, the pain killers and finally the end of a career. Full of stories and details of the games, the locker rooms, and life of a star and the mistakes he made and regrets. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY : The National Headquarters of The Holy Name Society, 1943 The National Headquarters of The Holy Name Society, New York. 1943 based on calendar on rear endpapers. Copyright 1941. Hardcover. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; tarnished gilt; soiling to boards and spine from handling. No DJ. Beige cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the front board with HNS emblem on front board. Clean internals. Laid in are a period appropriate picture of Jesus and a prayer card for Blessed Martin de Porres O.P. This is a small book designed to be carried in a WWII serviceman's pocket for constant reference in war or in bivouac. It contains daily prayers, prayers at mass, prayers after mass, preparation for confession, preparation for communion, thanksgiving after communion, prayers for the dead, and many more. A clean presentable copy.

New York, NY: Magazine Division of The New York Times Company , 1977 Magazine Division of The New York Times Company, New York. 1977. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Edition. Movie Spectacular Magazine Vol.1, No.1; 14126, $1.50. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good +; light rubbing to panels; toning to peripheral edges of pages; moisture stain at tail through first 15 pages. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples, text is secure in binding. 96 pp 4to. Intermixed with movie stills and original WWII photographs this magazine gives a realistic look at WWII and the attempted taking of the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem as part of Operation Market Garden. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Broadway Books, 2012 Broadway Books, New York. 2012. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated 5th Paperback Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New; with scant shelfwear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 293 pp 8vo. The author left a fast-paced life behind and moved to Bhutan- one of the happiest places on Earth where materialism is not a consideration- to start the country's first youth-oriented radio station Kuzoo FM and immerse herself in the country's rapidly changing culture. The author soon finds her perspective on life has changed as she finds a new joy and purpose in her life. A clean pristine copy.

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1959. Softcover/Trade Wraps. IRS Publication No. 428 (6-59). Book is tight , square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Printed light card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. Bayonet stapling with glued wrap. 108 pp 8vo.
This regulation relates to the importation, manufacture, production, compounding, sale, dealing in, dispensing and giving away of opium, coca leaves, isonipecaine or opiates. Internal Revenue Code of 1954 regulates the taxation and distribution of these drugs. A clean very presentable copy.

New York, NY: Modern Library , 1946 Modern Library, New York. 1946. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; coffee splash and ring stains on front board; bumped rear upper tip. No DJ. Gray cloth boards and spine wit bright gilt lettering in a green shadow box on the spine and front board. Modern Man endpapers. Tinted Textblock top. Clean internals; internal hinges are sound and not split. 246 pp 12mo. For this Modern Library edition, Ogden Nash has made his selection of 165 of his most representative poems, each one a gem of humor and light-hearted wisdom. The book has an index of first lines in the rear and of the titles in the front, to make it easier to find your favorite poem. A clean presentable copy.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1938 Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA. 1938-1957. Hardcover. Book Club Editions. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. Book Conditions: All are Very Good with light sunfading to spine and light shelfwear to bottom edges; two volumes have a few dogeared pages. No DJs. Red cloth boards and spines with bright gilt lettering and decorations on the spine and front board; brown shadowbox on titles on front boards and spines. Deckle fore edges. 1324 pp in total (Vol.1-I'm a Stranger Here Myself, 1938, 283 pp; Vol.2-Many Long Years Ago, 1945, 333 pp; Vol.3-Good Intentions, 1945, 180 pp; Vol.4-Versus, 1949, 169 pp; Vol.5-The Private Dining Room, 1953, 169 pp; Vol.6-You Can't Get There From Here, 1957, 190 pp. 8vo. Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry. These books are… Read More

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1990 Delacorte Press, New York. 1990. Hardcover. Stated First U.S.A. Printing/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($18.95); lithe shelfwear to head, tail, and upper tips; light rubbing to flap folds and spine. Blue paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine; gray lettering on the spine. NY Times newspapers as endpapers. 306 pp 8vo. This book is a novel about Ethel Rosenberg, the convicted and sentenced to death, Russian spy. This fictional account is based on what she might have written or thought while in prison awaiting her death. The author digs in to the letters between she and her husband, Julius, spoke to their son, and visited her psychiatrist to arrive at and answer as to why she did what she did. Through fiction, Ethel's own hard life, her love for her family, and of a world even more frightened can one begin to see the… Read More

New York, NY: Free Press , 2009 Free Press, New York. 2009. Hardcover. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New. Linen boards with linen overlay on spine with black lettering on spine. 308 pp. This author's new book helps us understand the positive power of commerce in the Muslim world. He shows how growing economies and a new business class will be more important than extremist ideologies in determining how the Middle East interacts with the world. This is a wonderful collection of historical analysis and insightful reporting. A method to defeat terrorism through economic growth is detailed. A clean pristine copy.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994 Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1994. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine: scant bumping to head and tail. DJ: Very Good +; Price Clipped; light bumping to head and tail; small stain at tail. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with black gold lettering on the spine and boards. Food advertisements in Hebrew as endpapers. 463 pp 4to. A splendid feast of over 300 Kosher recipes, old and new, with stories from Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews who settled throughout this country. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.