Search Results: Authors starting with S from Flamingo Books

Canda Department of of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1954-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1954 First edition, Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys/Edmond Cloutier, printer (Ottawa, Canada), 6 x 9 inches tall, viii, 118 pp. Gray paperbound, with black lettering to front cover and spine, plus pocket at rear of volume containing unusual maps. Prior owner's name and mild staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with green stain to spine. Rear of cover faded and bottom edge has a few tiny tears. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked.~TT~

Palomar College Press, 1977-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1977 Palomar College Press (San Marcos, California), 8 1/2 x 11 Velo-bound with black spine, black back and clear cover over green printed card covers, iv, 202 pp. Green covers rather soiled, rubbed and edgewoen, with a 1-inch close tear to the lower edge of the front cover. Creasing to lower corner of green back cover. Ink mark and signature of one of the author/editors, Dr. Brenda Montiel, to top of title page, with apparent college bookstore stamp to the bottom of the tirtle page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~WWW~ An experimental interdisciplinary college textbook centering on love, with examples drawn from art, music, philosophy, language and culture, and cinema. The collaborative work drew from seven editor/contributors. Contents: List of Figures; Chapter 1. Dimensions of Love (Introductory Essay, Readings); Chapter 2. Love and the Human Experience (Introductory Essay, Readings, Art, Music, Philosophy, Film);… Read More

USS Eldorado. Very Good. 1962 Daito Art Printing (Tokyo) / USS Eldorado, 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall brown cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), black and gilt embossed decoration and gilt lettering to front cover, color map endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and full color photographs, index, 120 pp. Very slight abrasion to edge of front cover at spine tip. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is an original issue 1962 cruise book, not a reproduction. ~SP45~ [3.0P] The 1961-1962 cruise book for the US Navy amphibious force flagship USS Eldorado (AGC-11), a floating command post with advanced communications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used by the amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scale operations. Includes many images of the crew and officers of the vessel, with sections for Amphibious Group One (COMPHIBGRU), Hawaii, Okinawa, Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, Keelung,… Read More

Houghton Mifflin, 1924-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1924 revised edition, Houghton Mifflin Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), 5 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches tall black buckram cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, red lettering and design to spine, xvi, 449 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner bookplate to blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, apart from slight to moderate age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - in a moderately soiled, chipped and edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~W~ [2.0P] Cesare Borgia (1475-1507), Duke of Valentinois, was an Italian condottiero (military leader), nobleman, politician, and cardinal with Aragonese and Italian origins, whose fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Machiavelli.

Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLC. Like New. 2013 Strategic Book Publishing (Houston, Texas), 5 7/8 x 9 inches tall trade paperback, xxiii 392 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP01~ [2.0P] A Ring of Truth is set in exotic, faraway Borneo, The Land of the Headhunter, about 600 years ago. This book is a collection of intriguing Ancestral fact-fiction short stories; Synthesised from ancient myths, Legends and oral histories. These intriguing short stories Are about the ancient Dayak ancestors. The main stories revolve around ancient Borneo adventours, And brave fierce warlike headhunter-warriors. These stories are but imperfect recollections From fading elder's memories. These stories are partly based on written historical facts. The rest are creative reflections Of the accumulated living historical facts. These stories are here written For your children to read and remember, The origin and tough challenges… Read More

Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Acceptable. 1970 Indian Institute of Advanced Study (Simla, India), 5 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches tall grey hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, xi, 238 pp. Slight bumping and rubbing to covers. Crack between both front and rear pastedowns and adjacent free-endpapers, though the binding appears otherwise quite solid. Slight chipping to front free-endpaper. Otherwise, apart from slight age toning, a very good copy in a soiled and edgeworn dust jacket, nicely preserved in a clear archival sleeve. ~SP14~ Contents include: The Problem of Perception, The Problem of Sense-Data in Historical Perspective, Are Sense-Data Necessary, The Meaning of the Term Sense-Data, The Notion of Unsensed Sense-Data, The Appearance and Reality of Sense-Data, Sense-Data and the Mind, Sense-Data and the Body, The Meaning of the Term 'Physical,' Moore's Identity Theory, Factual Phenomenalism, Linguistic Phenomenalism, Causal View, Unperceived Physical Events and Sense-Data,… Read More

Ministerio de Educacion Publica, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. In Spanish. 1951 Ministerio de Educacion Publica (Guatemala), 3-vol-in-1, 4 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches tall hardcover, red cloth boards over red leather spine and tips, four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, blue ribbon marker sewn in, three title pages (accented in red), but continuously paginated, illustrated with black-and-white and color tinted facsimiles of title pages and signatures, xv, 413 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. On the bottom of the spine, in gilt letters, the name of the prior owner who had the volume bound, Murdo J. MacLeod (b. 1935), a Scottish historian of Latin America, who published extensively on the history of colonial-era Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic world. Contents moderately age toned. Soiling to the first title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, unmarked and complete - of this very scare history, handsomely leather bound. ~SP01~ [1.5P] History of… Read More

Postal History, 1977. hardcover. Good. 9x1x11. 1977 signed limited edition (copy 429 of 500), H.E. Salley / Postal History Associates (La Mesa, California), 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches tall green buckram cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, vi, 301 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, and very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner name to top margin of blank front free-endpaper. Marginal marks to about a dozen entries. Otherwise, a very good copy. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~G~ [4.0P] Each post office, branch and station that has operated in California is listed along with pertinent information about the office. Includes Branches and Stations, Navy Numbered Branches, Highway and Railway Post Offices. Excluding Highway and Railway Post Offices there are 5,597 post offices listed. Post offices serving one community, but bearing more than one name during the… Read More

Abelard Schuman, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1960 first edition Abelard-Schuman (London), 5 3/8 x 8 inches tall orange cloth hardcover in publisher's dust jacket, blue lettering to spine, 246 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Slight to moderate foxing to page edges, title page and last few pages. Prior owner name stamp to upper margin of blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy in a soiled and edgeworn dust jacket which has a 1 1/2-inch closed tear to the lower edge but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP29~ [1.5P] A collection of short stories and satires by Edwin Herbert Samuel (1898-1978), 2nd Viscount Samuel, who served in the Jewish Legion and was the last Mandate-era Director of the Palestine Broadcasting Service.

State University of New York at Albany, 1969-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1969 State University of New York (Albany, NY), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall stapled paperbound in blue wraps, 38 pp. Minor staining and edgewear to covers. Prior owner stamp to cover and the margin of an interior page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce geology field trip guidebook, part of the 61st Annual Meeting of the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference in Albany in 1969. ~CC~ This field trip is intended to display the sedimentary features of the valley of Catskill Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River, which cuts a transverse section through the numerous folds and faults of the Hudson Valley's miniature Appalachian Valley and Ridge Province, which W.M. Davis (1882) termed 'The Little Mountains east of the Catskills.' This transverse section extends from Jefferson Heights, Catskill, on the southeast (NE part of the Cementon 7 1/2-minute quadrangle), to Leeds, on… Read More

The author], 2002-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 2002 G.R. Sanders (Independence, Missouri), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall spiral bound (black plastic comb) in color covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and facsimiles of family documents, 65, [44] pp. Minor soiling and a slight bit of offsetting to front cover. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare family history and genealogy. OCLC (No. 50845882) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide - in Independence, Missouri. ~O~ [2.0P] A biographical genealogy, looking at the story, ancestry and descendants of Edward McCary (1902-1972) and his wife Mary Estelle (Foster) McCary (1905-1972), who married in Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama on January 17, 1923, and later moved the family to Kenvir, Harlan County, Kentucky, and eventually Detroit, Michigan. In addition to genealogy and biography, the author looks at the locations where the family lived during their migration.

M. and S. Sanford, 2000-06-30. hardcover. Very Good. 11x9x0. 2000 signed and inscribed copy, M. and S. Sanford (Campbell, California), 9 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches tall pictorial hardcover, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, 144 pp. - Very slight rubbing to covers. Prior owner (antique seller) address label to top margin of front pastedown. Nicely inscribed and signed on the title page by author Steve Sanford. Otherwise, a near fine 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. ~Q~ [3.0P] This book catalogs an extensive collection of pottery manufactured by the Peters and Reed Pottery Company and the Zane Pottery Company of South Zanesville, Ohio from 1898 to 1941. The book covers the history of the pottery and has color photographs of examples of all the lines. Original catalog sheets are shown on all the lines manufactured and pieces are listed with the size and… Read More

Adelmore Press, 1996-10-01. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 12x9x0. 1996 signed and inscribed first edition, Adelmore Press (Campbell, California), 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches tall pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with mostly color photographs and facsimiles, 80 pp. Eight-page staple-bound 1996-97 price guide laid in. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. On the title page, nicely inscribed and signed in gold ink by the authors in the year of issue. Otherwise, a near fine 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. ~Q~ [3.0P] Since 1992, when the Sanfords Guide to Brush Mccoy Pottery Book 1 was published, more catalog sheets became available and more pieces surfaced. Hence, there was a need for this second book, which features many more catalog sheets and pieces of pottery manufactured by the Brush-McCoy Pottery Company. With… Read More

Martha & Steve Sanford, 1997. hardcover. Very Good. 12x9x1. 1997 signed and numbered collectors edition, 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches tall glossy pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrated with color photographs, 276 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of bumping to the lower tip of the front cover. Nicely numbered (447/650) and signed by the authors in gold ink on the lower title page. Otherwise, a very good to near fine 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. ~SP33~ [4.5P] A history of the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company from 1910 to 1989. The Sanfords new trademarked line finder is an alphabetical thumbnail picture of all of the lines made by the pottery. It includes an extensive table of contents and the family history of four generations of McCoys. There are four thousand pieces pictured in this big red book with… Read More

Martha & Steve Sanford, 1997. hardcover. Very Good. 12x9x1. 1997 M. and S. Sanford (Campbell, California), 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches tall glossy pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrated with color photographs, 276 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of bumping and abrasion to the lower tips. Spine slightly sun faded. On the top margin of the front free-endpaper, prior owner address label and a couple of ink notations. Otherwise, a very good to near fine 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. ~SP33~ [4.5P] A history of the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company from 1910 to 1989. The Sanfords new trademarked line finder is an alphabetical thumbnail picture of all of the lines made by the pottery. It includes an extensive table of contents and the family history of four generations of McCoys. There are four thousand pieces pictured… Read More

Religious Publishing Co, 1974-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1974 first edition Religious Publishing Co. (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania), 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches tall stapled paperbound in yellow printed covers, 32 pp. Light soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Staining to rear cover front a bit of rusting from the staples. 1 1/4-inch chip from the lower tip of the front cover and the first three leaves (six pages) of the book - affecting the margin of the title page, copyright page and first two pages of text. Slight creasing to the fore edge of the book from the rear cover to about mid-way through the book. Otherwise, clean, bright and unmarked. Overall, an unattractive but useful working / reading copy of this scarce title, offered at a great price. ~GG~ Contents: The Personna and the Shadow; The Psychological Ethics of Paul; The Teachings of Jesus; The Grand Inquisitor. John A. 'Jack' Sanford (1929 - 2005) was an American Jungian analyst and Episcopal priest. He was the son… Read More

Lithographics, Inc. / D.C. Sargent. Good. 1980 first edition Lithographics, Inc. / D.C. Sargent (Canton, Connecticut), 6 x 9 inches tall paperbound in blue pictorial printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, vii, 54 pp. Very slight staining and mild rubbing and edgewear to covers. Very slight foxing to page edges, blank front free-endpaper and last couple of pages. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce set of biographies and local history. ~D~ [0.5P] A family genealogy chart and biographies of three Hoyt / Wait family members of importance to Connecticut history. Contents: Genealogical Chart; The Rev. Warner Hoyt (1810-1844), Heusted Warner Reynolds Hoyt Early Years (1842-1872); John Turner Wait (1811-1899); Heusted Warner Reynolds Hoyt Later Years (1872-1894).

B.S. Bacon / McClain Printing, 2001-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2001 B.S. Bacon / McClain Printing (St. Albans, West Virginia), 8 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches tall blue buckram cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, map endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and lineage charts (one folding), viii, 124 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare genealogy and family history. OCLC (No. 57551714) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide - one in West Virginia and one in Virginia. Due to the weight and size of the book, additional postage will be required for standard international or priority orders. ~UUU~ [2.0P] A genealogy of the related Bacon, Van Vliet, Read, Smith, Sawyer, Owen, Young, and Ogden families. Contents: English Ancestry of the Bacon Family; Bacon Family Chart; American Victims of British Prison Ships: The Unsung Heroes; Peck Family Chart;… Read More

Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd. Very Good. 1997 Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia), 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches tall stapled paperbound in slick white covers printed in green and black, 43 pp. plus Savage Aged Personality Screening Scale (SAPSS) and Savage Alphabet Code Learning Task (SACLT) scoring key overlays, test administration forms and personality profile sheets laid in. Mild rubbing, edgewear and creasing to covers. Bumping to lower spine, with resultant slight creasing throughout. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP06~ The Savage Alphabet Code Learning Task (SACLT), together with the Savage Aged Personality Screening Scale (SAPSS), aids in assessing personality and intellectual impairment in the aged. The SACLT is a practical initial screening measure of intellectual level, intellectual learning and intellectual impairment in the aged. It is brief, standardised, reliable and valid. The screening scales were developed… Read More

Routledge. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. 2015 first edition Ashgate Publishing / Routledge (New York), 6 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches tall x 1 1/2 inches thick pale blue hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), xxvii, 511 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with very slight bumping to all four tips. 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. ~SP23~ [4.0P] During the last decade in particular the levels of critical engagement with the challenges posed for privacy by the new technologies have been on the rise. Many scholars have continued to explore the big themes in a manner which typifies the complex interplay between privacy, identity, security and surveillance. This level of engagement is both welcome and timely, particularly in a climate of growing public mistrust of State surveillance activities and business predisposition to monetize information relating to… Read More