Search Results: Titles starting with D from Logos Books

No blemishes with book or the dust jacket. New condition. The ISBN is present and undisturbed. Flaps are not clipped (photo).
If requested by buyer, a complimentary protective Mylar cover will be expertly installed on the DJ prior to shipping and mailing.
Author Signature: First name inscription on the Title Page with no dedication or date (photo)
This mint condition book will be mailed in a sturdy cardboard box and bubble-wrapped on all surfaces. Safe arrival is guaranteed or full refund of purchase price will be promptly made.
Few novels are as topical is this one. The Kurd population in the countries of Syria, Iraq, and Iran are provocative topics of discussion on every American news channel.
This novel depicts the struggle of a Kurdish girl battling institutional injustice and sexism written by a social activist woman and journalist who was born and raised in the Iran Kurdish Province.

RARE 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, in pristine condition.Dust Jacket: Mylar-covered and protected dust jacket (photo). The DJ still has its original new sheen. Flap unclipped with original retail price (photo). Some shelf wear but it's limited to the protective mylar covering.Book: Moderate uniform toning on pages and edges, otherwise, the book is in Fine + condition. The spine and boards are firm and sturdy, the book lies plum and square (photo).LeRoi Jones was a controversial civil rights activist who expressed his views through numerous published poems, essays, and plays. This book was his second published book of poetry.

Book: As New condition with no marks or blemishes. No shelf rubs on the acetate protected covers. The binding is strong and firm, pages are not toned, no vertical crease on the spine (photo).

Chapters are stories by the following writers, their backgrounds, and editor notes:

Fitz-James O'Brien; Guy de Maupassant; A. Merritt; M. R. James; Ambrose Bierce; Ralph Adams Cram; John Metcalfe; Anthony M. Rud; Irvin S. Cobb; Robert W. Chambers; Algernon Blackwood; Henry S. Whitehead; Hanns Heinz Ewers; H. Russell Wakefield

NOTE: Companion Vol. 1, "The Ghost of Fear and Others" Special Edition signed by Editor is available, SKU 567. $10 discount will be credited for bulk purchase of both volumes.

No Dust JacketBook:General wear and tear to an 8-decade-old paperback. The panel edges are curled and have rubs and toning to all exposed surfaces (photo). The pages are moderately and uniformly toned, with no marks or entries. The panels and spine junction are still strong and sturdy with no evidence of having been mended. A reader need not be concerned with the fragility of the book.An Internet search shows the following: Scottie's distinctive and misspelled autograph on the first free endpaper (photo) is identical to the one other example of the protagonist's signature written 30 years earlier.All pages are present and the numerous inked illustrations of the Castle's furnishings are clear and distinct (photo).

Book: Minor rubbing on the panels, the back panel has mild uniform toning. (photo). No marks or entries. A 34-year-old paperback was well cared for, and the panels and spine are still firm and sturdy.The author has the remarkable distinction of winning the Nobel Prize in Poetry, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award in Poetry, and named the U.S. Poet Laureate,The book's Table of Contents - Three poems: "The Garden", "The Mirror." and "Lamentations." Free and prompt shipping to domestic markets by US Media Mail in a protective cardboard book box after being carefully wrapped.

No Dust JacketBook: One blemish. 1/4" stain on the book spine (photo)

Dust Jacket: Minor shelf rubs on both boards. Panels are unclipped (photo). No rubs or tears on the panel edges (photo).Book: The pastedown on the back panel has a 1 1/4" bubble (photo). No associated trauma to book can be seen, a possible printing process error. The remainder of the book is immaculate, with no page toning, the boards and spine are tight and firm, and no marks or entries on any of the pages.Rare book. This book is hard to find in this condition, and in hardcover/DJ format. WHAT IS EFFECTIVE TEACHING? It's not enough to say "I know it when I see it" – not when we're expecting so much more from students and teachers than in the past. To help teachers achieve greater success with their students we need new and better ways to identify and develop effective teaching. The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project represents a groundbreaking effort to find out what works in the classroom. With funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the MET project brought together leading… Read More

Rare copy in domestic book market. The dust jacket has no chips, rubs, or tears, the inside panels and flaps are clean and not toned. The flaps are unclipped (photo). The book has has black cloth-covered boards, contrasted by beautiful red paste downs.

One blemish. The corner of the front board has a 1/4" diagonal crease (photo), remainder of the book is pristine. No marks or entries, the spine and boards are strong and firm, book lies flat, plumb, and square. Very clean, this copy has possibly never been read.

Prompt response to all requests for further details on book condition.

The author is Professor of History at University of Texas, Austin.

All our book sales are carefully prepared and packaged for shipping to purchaser. All book surfaces are bubble-wrapped. Shipment is within one business day (or often less) of receipt of payment. Total customer satisfaction is always our goal.

No Dust JacketBook Condition: The boards have minor shelf rubs, bump on the U/R corner of the back board (photo). Owner's surname on Title Page (photo). The E-book advantage code has been activated (photo).This is a massive volume of the landmark "Diagnostic and Surgical Imaging Anatomy" series in a print book. The book has over 2,000 high-resolution 3T MRI and multidetector-row CT images in many planes, combined with over 250 correlative full-color anatomic drawings that show human anatomy in the projections radiologists use. The text is succinct, with bulleted text accompanying the images identifies clinical and pathologic entities in each anatomic area.Free and prompt shipping to the domestic market.

2-Volume Set, identical in appearance and condition. Volume I is "Principles," Volume II is "Applications."The only blemish in either book is the owner's name on the front pastedown endpaper.There no signs of wear or abuse, the pages have no toning, boards and spine are firm, flat, and plumb. No rubs or dents and board tips are still right-angled on all corners.Free shipping with same or 1 business day service.

Dust Jacket has a small bend at top of the spine panel (photo). Unclipped front panel. No shelf rubs. Gold Medallion "Signed First Edition" sticker on Title Panel (photo). A striking profile photo of the author on the back flap.The book is in perfect condition. Author's undedicated signature on second free endpaper (photo).Fulbright Fellow Phillips' first novel is set in remote Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula and the mysterious disappearance of two girls.

No Dust Jacket
Book: Blemishes -- Discrete owner surname on first free endpaper (photo). The remainder of the book is mint condition.
From the back board: "Discrete Convex Analysis is a novel paradigm for discrete optimization that combines the ideas in continuous optimization (convex analysis) and combinatorial optimization (matroid/submodular function theory) to establish a unified theoretical framework for nonlinear discrete optimization. The study of this theory is expanding with the development of efficient algorithms and applications to a number of diverse disciplines like matrix theory, operations research, and economics. This self-contained book is designed to provide a novel insight into optimization on discrete structures and should reveal unexpected links among different disciplines. It is the first and only English-language monograph on the theory and applications of discrete convex analysis."

As New Condition. The binding is tight, possibly never been read. No tell-tale spine crease on the spine. No page toning (photos). ISBN is visible.

Book includes List of Maps, Tables, Abbreviations, a Forward, Preface, and three Parts/Chapters, an Appendix, Bibliography, and a 10-page Index.

The author, who had studied water resource issues for the previous ten years at the date of this publication, argues that water resources is best managed by self-governance, in this instance, the water users themselves.

Smaller is better. There is no need for a "water czar" or similar sort of centralized or state control of water resources. Blomquist cites Southern California and its many water basins being successfully managed through local control for the three previous decades.

Now, three decades later, this book and its advocacy remains relevant and crucial to how water-scarce regions everywhere grapple with how best create, maintain, and manage one of human kind's most essential needs--water. A must-have… Read More

Dust Jacket: Blemishes -- Minor shelf wear on panel edges, barely visible crease on lower-right front panel. Small dent on real panel near the spine (photo).
Book: Blemish -- None. As New Condition
15 Color photographs, pictoral mapped endpapers (photo)
Five Chapters, four Appendices, including Notes.
In 1993, the demolition of the thriving Los Angeles Chinatown of r the constructon of Union Station sealed the remains of this intact community 14 feet below the railroad tracks. The planning and construction of the Metro Rail subway system five decades later included efforts to preserve and protect culturalresources in the area, detailed in this volume. The assemblage of excaveted material objects reflects the import, preparation, and service of food: recreation, health practices; the presence of women and children; rubbish disposal practices; and densities of artifacts illuminate aspects of lifeways not previously recorded, revealing a rich picture of people and life in nineteenth and early twentieth… Read More

No Dust Jacket
Book: Blemishes - Light, barely visible, shelf rubbing. Slight curling on title panel corners. Light toning (photo).
Excluding author signature (below) there are no marks or entries, all pages and illustrations are present and perfectly preserved. The photos and images are still bright and unblemished. ISBN # is undisturbed (photo).
Author Signature: The photographer's uninscribed signature is on the Title Page in bold script (photo).
Emeryville CA is a nondescript East Bay shoreline city bordered by Oakland and Berkeley. At the time of this publication, Emeryville had the dubious distinction of having 3 times as many legal gambling establishments as it did churches.
Art is where you find it. In this instance, it's the city's cresent-shaped shoreline, half-mile long and 100 yards is a marshy mudflat with a spectacular view of the Golden Gate Bridge (photo). Here lies the final resting place for driftwood and other floating debris and refuse. Emeryville has become an outdoor sculpture… Read More