Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Conover Books

Tokyo, Japan: Books Nippan, 1993. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice collectible used copy! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Text is in English and Japanese. Full-color pictorial wrapper with black lettering. Extremely scarce and out-of-print First Edition! 160 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "There can have been no other age like the present one, in which there is so much concern for the quality of the environment at all levels and at all scales. After all, the accumulative effect of each and every activity of human-kind, however trivial, is having an effect on everything from the ecology of the smallest of creatures, right up to causing changes in the environment on a global scale........." ----------- from the Editor's Note.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to… Read More

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: The Penn Publishing Company , 1936. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, ex-library with the usual library markings, overall a clean used copy! Extremely rare and very very hard-to-find. This is just the second printing from this very very scarce title. Binding is extremely tight. Wonderfully well-preserved and in very very collectible condition! 254 pages. . Second Printing. Maroon Cloth . Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Paul Bransom . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Creative Arts Book Co, 2001. hint of edge wear VERY CRISP AND CLEAN COPY SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE: TO JOHN-HAPPY READING WENDY YEGOIANTS 8/15/01. Signed by Author(s). Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.S.A.: Warner Bros. Publications, 1977. Edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased and slightly rolled; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Full-color illustrated wrapper with green and orange lettering. 183 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and musical pages! Contents include:"The Ancient / And You and I / Close to the Edge / Dear Father / The Gates of Delirium / The Revealing Science of God / The Remembering / Ritual / Siberian Khatru / The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Excerpts From) / Sound Chaser / To Be Over.....". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

U.S.A.: Warner Bros. Publications, 1975. Edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased and slightly rolled; some writing in pencil on a few of the interior pages; some shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Full-color illustrated wrapper with green and orange lettering. 47 historical and musical pages! Contents include:"America / Astral Traveller / Dear Father / Looking Around / Survival / Sweet Dreams / Then / Time and a Word.....". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York, New York: Free Press, 1999. A very crisp and clean signed first edition; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page! Yellow boards quarterbound by black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 360 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and educational pages! "Are men and women really from different planets? In Ceasefire!, journalist and cultural critic Cathy Young argues that our current obsession with personal problems between the sexes has had disastrous consequences for women's progress -- and for men's as well. Young believes "the myth of gender difference" has allowed feminists to continue to see women as victims, at the same time buttressing conservatives' claim that the weakening of traditional roles has wreaked havoc on our society. It's time to re-examine our allegiances in the gender wars. Young insists that we must abandon the premise -- rooted in women's historical second-class… Read More

New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1897. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; a number in ink is written on the inside of the front board; overall a very crisp and clean used first edition! Brown cloth with red lettering and a black illustration on the front board and spine. 214 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages of text and 10 wonderful pages (including the frontis) of black and white illustrations! "This is not a continuous narrative of missionary work as are some of the author's books. It is a collection of distinct chapters, some of which are written expressly for this volume, others of which, having in whole or in part seen the light in other form, are now, at the request of friends, and thanks to the courtesy of the publishers, here gathered." ------ from the Preface.. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

U.S.A.: Pergamon, 1996. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Full-color illustrated boards with white lettering. 241 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color illustrations! "This volume provides global estimates of wind and wave conditions and is based on data from the GEOSAT satellite. Parameters such as monthly values of wind speed and wave heights are presented as contour fields in global and regional charts. Variations in wind and wave parameters are also shown along common shipping routes and lines of latitude and longitude. The Atlas includes a useful reference text, providing an introduction to global meteorology and the processes responsible for the generation of ocean waves. In addition, information relating to the GEOSAT mission, data preparation and validation, and wind/wave statistics… Read More

New York, New York: Home Economics Department American Can Company , 1940. Minor edge and corner wear; gently scuffed and scratched; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with black lettering. 48 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "There is little doubt that the pineapple is a native of tropical America. Its original home seems to have been Brazil, although early Spanish and Portuguese explorers found the fruit, both cultivated and growing wild, in the West Indies..............". Seventh Printing. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Brown cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 207 historical and informative pages! "What were the Geneva Accords? Were they a success or a failure? Why do they still have an application today? These are relevant questions for all Americans who want a workable peace in Southeast Asia. These documents remain an enigma of the past wrapped in the reality of the present. Hardly a day goes by without some mention of them. They have given the present discussions in Paris a common theme. Yet we know too little about the documents, for they have been twisted out of shape by events and misinterpretations. The present Greenwood reprint edition of the Geneva Accords makes the original material easily accessible in book form.........." ---------- from the Introduction..… Read More

Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.: Milligan Books , 2004. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some light shelf wear; spine is gently creased; overall a very crisp and clean signed first edition! Full-color pictorial wrapper with green and orange lettering. Signed by the author on the title page! 117 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "As soon as Patti Green saw the package, she knew there would be trouble. Every time her father sent her, her sister Marie and brother Jake some clothes, her stepfather Mr. Willie would become enraged. He would beat the girls, their brother Jake, and their mother Laura. Anything could set him off. They still didn't know what made Mr. Willie try to hang Jake when he was only six.........". Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chatsworth, CA, U.S.A.: Windsor Publications, 1988. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean, collectible first edition! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 363 very fine unmarked and uncreased pages wonderfully enhanced by full-color photographs!. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover.

New York, NY: Bloomsbury YA, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brand new and unread FIRST EDITION; very fresh and bright condition; gift quality! Full-color illustrated wrapper with blue and white lettering. 488 new and unread magical and adventure-filled pages! "Sisters Lu and Min have always known their places as the princesses of the Empire of the First Flame: assertive Lu will be named her father's heir and become the dynasty's first female ruler, while timid Min will lead a quiet life in Lu's shadow. Until their father names a new heir--their male cousin, Set. Determined to reclaim her birthright, Lu goes in search of allies, leaving Min to face the volatile court alone. Lu soon crosses paths with Nokhai, the lone, unlikely survivor of the Ashina, a clan of nomadic wolf shapeshifters. Nok never learned to shift--or to trust the empire that killed his family--but working with the princess might be the only way to… Read More

New York, NY: Bloomsbury YA, 2020. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brand new and unread FIRST EDITION; very fresh and bright condition; gift quality! Full-color illustrated wrapper with blue and white lettering. 488 new and unread magical and adventure-filled pages! "Sisters Lu and Min have always known their places as the princesses of the Empire of the First Flame: assertive Lu will be named her father's heir and become the dynasty's first female ruler, while timid Min will lead a quiet life in Lu's shadow. Until their father names a new heir--their male cousin, Set. Determined to reclaim her birthright, Lu goes in search of allies, leaving Min to face the volatile court alone. Lu soon crosses paths with Nokhai, the lone, unlikely survivor of the Ashina, a clan of nomadic wolf shapeshifters. Nok never learned to shift--or to trust the empire that killed his family--but working with the princess might be the only way to… Read More

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1967. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 783 historical and informative pages! "The history of Chinese philosophy has been divided by Professor Fung into two main phases: that of the Period of the Philosophers (inaugurated by Confucius in the sixth century B.C. and ending ca. 100 B.C.), and that of the Period of Classical Learning (late second century B.C. to early twentieth century A.D.)..............." ----- from the Historical Introduction.. Fifth Printing. Black Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.