Search Results: Titles starting with H from Flamingo Books

Dr. Marjay Frigyes kiad, 1934-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. In Hungarian. 1934 first Hungarian edition, Dr. Marjay Frgyes kiadasa [Budapest, Hungary], 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches tall paperbound in boldly illustrated red covers, 243 pp. plus table of contents. Moderate to heavy soiling, rubbing, edgewear and creasing to covers. Moderate mostly marginal foxing throughout, with heavier foxing to title page and front and rear prelims. 1934 prior owner name in pencil to upper margin of title page. Nevertheless a serviceable, complete copy of this scarce translation - published, possibly clandestinely, by one of the translators - of the 1933 La Guerre revient... (published in English as Black Hand Over Europe), in which the author attempted to warn of the potential for conflict in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, between Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia. Henry Pozzi (1879 - 1946) was a French politician, diplomat and author who worked for the French and British secret services in the Balkans and Eastern Europe.… Read More

HDR, Inc, 2007-01-01. Hardcover. Good. [2007] HDR, Inc. (Omaha, Nebraska), oblong 8 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches tall black cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), silver lettering to front cover, black endpapers, copiously illustrated with mostly full color photographs, 65 pp. plus double-fold company timeline and table of contents at front of volume. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Small crack/crease at upper tip of spine. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare company history. OCLC (No. 228111527) locates only three copies at institutions worldwide. ~A~ [1.5P] A 90th anniversary company history of HDR, Inc., an Omaha-based employee-owned design firm, specializing in engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services. Founded in 1917 as the Henningson Engineering Company, about 1950 the addition of two partners made it Henningson, Durham and Richardson, Inc. The company's first project was designing a power station for the city of… Read More

Picture Perfect Press, 2014-04-28. Paperback. Very Good. 2014 Picture Perfect Press (Westwood, Massachusetts), 8 x 10 inches tall paperbound in glossy color pictorial covers, profusely illustrated with black-and-white and full color photographs, x, 128 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SS~ [1.5P] Is there anyone who hasn’t had a bad hair day or obsessed about the right hairdo for a special event? Probably not, and this obsession is far from a modern phenomenon. Fussing over our hair is one of the things that links us to our ancestors. Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective, has studied the many fascinating details in nineteenth-century pictures. Early portraits tell us so much about the society, the times, the trends, and the individuals they feature. And, it's often the hair that stands out. Short, long, curled, and coiffed manes were as trendy as the dresses and suits worn in each period. Every fashion… Read More

Springer, 2012-02-09. Hardcover. Good. 6x0x9. 2012 Springer (New York), 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches tall pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), illustrated with structural formulas, x, 316 pp. Slight rubbing and edgewear and moderate staining to covers, with mild bumping to the lower tip of the front cover at the spine. About 20 pages toward the rear of the volume with creased upper tips. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~WWW~ [2.0P] Explores topics in Heterocyclic chemistry, including Perfluoroheteroaromatic Chemistry; Monofluorinated Heterocycles; Synthesis of beta-Halofurans; Halogenated Heterocycles as Pharmaceuticals; Green Methods in Halogenation of Heterocycles and more. A heterocyclic compound or ring structure is a cyclic compound that has atoms of at least two different elements as members of its ring(s). Examples of heterocyclic compounds include all of the nucleic acids, the majority of drugs, most biomass (cellulose and related materials), and many natural… Read More

Nabu Press, 2010-02-10. Paperback. Like New. 2010 reprint edition Nabu Press 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches tall paperbound in slick pictorial wraps, xii, 80, 17 pp. An as-new copy, with no significant wear. Consists of two works, slightly enlarged from the originals to enhance ligibility, and reproduced together: (1) 'Hand-List of a Collection of Bibles, New Testaments and Parts Thereof, Illustrating the Progress and Development of the Text of the Bible by Over a Thousand Editions in About 250 Different Languages,' Privately Printed (1899), xii, 80 pp., together with, 'Supplement to Hand-List ...,' Privately Printed (1900), 17 pp. The originals were library copies, so this reprint includes some library accession numbers in the margins, but all text is clear and has been collated as complete. ~AA~

CRC-Press, 1995. hardcover. Very Good. 1995 CRC Press (Boca Raton, Florida), 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches tall x 2 inches thick glossy hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), 707 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Ink prior owner name (a well regarded UCLA mathematics professor) to top of blank front free-endpaper. 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. ~SP44~ [4.0P] Contains more than 5000 ordinary differential equations and their solutions. The volume covers two types of equations: those of interest to researchers but which are difficult to integrate, and equations which are relevant to applications in heat and mass transfer, and other related fields. Contents: First order differential equations; Second order differential equations; Third order differential equations; Fourth order differential equations; Higher order differential equations; Supplement 1.… Read More

R. Meiklejohn & Co, 1880. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. [circa 1880] [R. Meiklejohn] (Tokyo, Japan), 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches tall red cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, black lettering to front cover and spine, vii, 207, xiv pp. Slight to moderate soiling / staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers. A couple of small edge tears to gray front free-endpaper. Red stamp in Japanese to verso of title page. Otherwise, apart from a few pages with some creasing, a very good copy - clean and unmarked. ~NN~ [1.0P] William Imbrie (1845-1928) was an American missionary to Japan. Imbrie arrived in Japan in 1875, where he became a professor of New Testament Exegesis at Meiji Gakuin University and later served as senior missionary in Tokyo. He was also the president of the Japanese Book and Tract Society and prepared materials to help Westerners learn the Japanese language. He was instrumental in working for Christian unity in Japan and helped shape what became the Church of Christ in Japan.

Free Press, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1967 The Free Press / Macmillan (New York), 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches tall green cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, white lettering to front cover and spine,green endpapers, copiously illustrated with musical notation throughout, viii, 120 pp. A withdrawn library copy, with call number to lower margin of front cover, stamps to fore and lower page edges and front and rear pastedowns, and call number and accession marks to blank front free-endpaper. Despite these cosmetic detractions, the text block is clean, bright and unmarked. An excellent reading/reference copy. ~T~ [2.0P]It is the technical foundation of the sixteenth-century style that the authors of this Handbook have undertaken to present in a form explicit enough for a first approach to the subject. To lay this foundation, they have adopted the time-honored method of the Cantus Firmus and Five Species. True, the Cantus Firmus was no longer in general use in sixteenth-century composition; but it was… Read More

United States Government Printing Office. Good. 1947 U.S. Government Printing Office (Washington, D.C.), 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches tall paperbound in blue printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, v, 216 pp. Light soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, especially at spine ends and tips. Tiny dimple impression to lower margin of front cover and first few pages. Otherwise, apart frolm slight age toning, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP13~ Contents: Preface; The Problem of Survival; Stabdard Navy Life; Standard Abandon Ship Equipment; Other Survival Equipment; Medical Aspects of Survival; Shipboard Rescue of Survivors; Training for Survival; Appendix; Index.

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society, 1977-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1977 revised edition, Delta Kappa Gamma Society (Austin, Texas), 7 3/4 x 10 inches tall red vinyl binder, gilt lettering to front cover, 168 pp. The 1974 edition, with inserted revisions from 1977 on pink stock. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP07~ Contents: Preface; Name; Purposes; Membership; Dues, Fees and Assessments; Organization; Officers and Related Personnel; Boards; Committees; The Educational Foundation; Areas of Activity; Procedures; Standing Rules; Interpretations; Obligations; Insignia, Paraphernalia, Charters and Supplies; Index. The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International is a professional honorary Society of women educators. The Society promotes professional and personal growth of its members and excellence in education. Founded on May 11, 1929 by Dr. Annie Webb Blanton of Austin, Texas, by 1940, the Society had grown to 392 chapters and 37 state… Read More

Wiley, 2010-01-25. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. 2010 J. Wiley (Hoboken, New Jersey), 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches tall pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and diagrams, xxi, 484 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with abrasions to top edge of rear cover and along the front joint and a tiny bit of bumping to the tips. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked, and solidly bound. ~SP30~ [2.5P] Now there's a single reference to which architects, designers, and engineers can turn for guidance on all the key elements of the design of blast resistant buildings that satisfy the new ASCE Standard for Blast Protection of Buildings as well as other ASCE, ACI, and AISC codes. The Handbook for Blast Resistant Design of Buildings features contributions from some of the most knowledgeable and experienced consultants and researchers in blast resistant design. This handbook is organized into four parts: * Part 1,… Read More

William Harrower Johnston. Good. 1864 first edition William Harrower Johnston (London), 3 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches tall book in flexible blue embossed covers, gilt lettering to front cover, all page edges gilt, frontispiece and 10 engraved plates of coins, 56 pp. Covers rubbed and mildly edgeworn. Prior owner names, one dated 1886, to front free-endpaper. Occasional minor soiling or light foxing to plates. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this scarce guide. OCLC (No. 8604399) locates only one copy worldwide, at the University of Oxford. ~I~ Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt (1816-1886) was a noted illustrator, engraver, natural scientist and author of The Ceramic Art of Great Britain (1878). His output was prodigious and covered a large range of interests.

V Parr Pub, 1984. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1984 signed and inscribed first / limited edcition, V. Parr Publishing (Santa Paula, California), 6 x 8 3/4 inches tall blue cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, , pale blue endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, xiii, 345 pp. plus collection of period press clippings laid in. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author, Virginia Nasmyth, on the blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very slightly chipped and edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~The story of how John Nasmyth and his fellow POW's survive the Hanoi Hilton (the infamous Vietnamese POW camp) and how Nasmyth's sister kept his plight alive in the minds of their fellow Americans.

Creative Media / Greater Northwest Publishing Co, 1984-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1984 first edition, Creative Media / Greater Northwest Publishing Co. (Minot, North Dakota), 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches tall pale blue cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, black design and lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and genealogical tables, 368 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly soiled, creased and edgeworn dust jacket which has a couple of small closed edge tears but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Scarce. OCLC (No. 866862475) locates only five copies at institutions worldwide. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~TT~ [3.5P] A Hanson family genealogy and history. Peter Hanson, son of Hans Svensson and Olue Persdotter, was born in 1822… Read More

D.G. Hardt, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1967 D.G. Hardt (Kerrville, Texas), 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches tall blue cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, viii, 82 pp. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner name to top margin of front pastedown. Otherwise, apart from a few pages with slight creasing, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare genealogy and family history. ~O~ [1.5P] Follows the history and genealogy of one line of the Hardt family in America, beginning with John William Hardt, born in 1772 in Ernst-Hausen, Germany, who emigrated to Texas in 1845 with his son Henry. Surnames include Hardt, Hard, Bohmfalk, Saathoff, Muennink, Woerner, Schweers, among others.

Civil War Times. Good. 1974 reprint Civil War Times (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall brown buckram cloth hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, xopiously illustrated with black-and-white illustrations by Charles Reed, vi, 408 pp. Bumping to all four tips of book, with very slight resultant creasing to page tips. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a lightly soiled and edgeworn dust jacket with a couple of 1-inch closed tears to the top edge of the rear cover, but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival sleeve. ~PP~ A 1974 reprint of a book first issued in 1888 by George M. Smith & Co. (Boston), a memoir by John D. Billings, who was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller after its issue, and is now considered one of the most important books… Read More

T. Osborne, 1745-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1745 first edition 'Printed for T[homas] Osborne in Gray's-Inn' (London), 8 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches tall x 2 1/4 inches thick full contemporary leather bound, five raised bands to spine, all page edges red, xii, 576 pp. plus bound at the rear of the volume, A Catalogue of Pamphlets in the Harleian Library, paginated 97-136 pp. Covers bumped, rubbed and edgeworn, with cracked hinges. A blank front free-endpaper has been glued to the front pastedown to firm up the binding on this large volume, which is quite solid. Apart from mostly marginal light staining or foxing, and a couple of instances of slight creasing, a very good copy internally - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~N~ [4.5P] A first edition of Volume 5 only of the 8-volume collection, complete unto itself. Includes a 39-page 'Catalogue of Pamphlets in the Harleian… Read More

Northland Press, 1972. leather_bound. Very Good. 1972 signed limited edition (copy 75 of 104), Northland Press (Flagstaff, Arizona), 10 1/8 x 12 7/8 inches tall hardcover in publisher's slipcase, red cloth over brown leather gilt-lettered spine, green endpapers, illustrated with over 220 images (50 in color), xvii, 230 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like slipcase. Lacking only the original Harold Von Schmidt bronze sculpture entitled 'The Startled Grizzly,' with which this was issued originally. On the limitations page, nicely signed by artist Harold Von Schmidt and author Walt Reed and numbered 75/104. Prospectus laid in. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~RCL~ [6.5P] This impressive book received the Western Heritage award for the best Western art book of 1972. Contrents: Foreword / Dean Krakel; Introduction / Harold McCracken; Preface; Beginnings; The artist at work: The… Read More

P.S. King, 2012-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 2012 second edition, P.S. King (Yachats, Oregon), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall spiral bound (brown plastic comb), brown back with clear front cover overlay, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and genealogy charts, printed only on recto side of each leaf, ii, 95, vi ff. plus large folding multigenerational pedigree chart laid in. Slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare family history and genealogy. OCLC (No. 920513350) locates only one copy of an earlier edition at Brigham Young University Idaho, in Rexburg, Idaho. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP14~ A study of the family ancestry of the author's parents, Harry King (1830-1922) and Rachel Jane Bennett (1839-1918), of Broome County, New York, going back to the 17th century. Among the other surnames which are covered, apart from King:… Read More

Havelock Centennial Book Committee, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1981 first edition History Book Committee (Havelock, Iowa), 6 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches tall red cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 666 pp. Light to moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Bumping to lower tips of both front and rear covers, with very slight resultant creasing to lower page tips. Black mark (remainder mark?) to top page edges. Blank ex libris label and very light shadow from removed price label to blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history of Havelock, in Pocahontas County, Iowa. OCLC (No. 32035473) locates no copies at institutions worldwide. Due to the weight of the book, additional postage will be required for standard international orders. [d3] ~SP03~ [3.5P] A centennial history of Havelock gathered from courthouse records, Flickinger's Pioneer… Read More