Search Results: Titles starting with N from Flamingo Books

Galleria D'Arte Contini, 1993-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. In Italian. 1993 first edition, Galleria d'Arte Contini (Venice, Italy), 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches tall paperbound in green pictorial covers, primarily full color reproductions of paintings by Barcelona artist Josep Navarro Vives (b. 1931) on the recto side only of pages, [66] pp. Very slight staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce exhibition catalog. ~SP36~

Sharon Bruneel, 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1997 signed and inscribed first edition, S. Bruneel (Boise, Idaho), 5 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches tall green buckram cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 177, [7] pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front pastedown. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce memoir and family history by a lifelong resident of Idaho and Mormon. ~EEE~

Thames & Hudson, 1999-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1999 Thames & Hudson (London), 9 1/2 x 12 inches tall powder blue embossed cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color images, 144 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with very minor bumping to the lower tip of the front cover. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - 2lean, bright and unmarked - in a very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP39~ [3.5P] One of the greatest fashion photographers of all time, Erwin Blumenfeld is also recognized as one of the most talented and profoundly erotic portrayers of the nude. He aimed to persuade his audience of the magical beauty of the female form, and to show the world that the nudes of the great master painters--from… Read More

The Hearst Corporation, 1984-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1984 third edition NAPA Echlin (Branford, Connecticut), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall x 1 1/4 inches thick paperbound, 608 pp. Bumping to rear upper tip of book, with creasing and edgewear to the upper tips of the last 20 pages or so of text. Light soiling, rubbing, creasing and edgewear to covers. Moderate to heavy marginal age toning to paper, but pages are still supple and quite legible. An excellent reading / reference copy of this scarce manual. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~RRR~

Pemberton Press, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1975 New edition, reprint of 1851 Jenkins Publishing reprint in yellow cloth covers with no dust jacket (as issued) ex-Library with all the bells and whistles 5 x 8 inches tall, 78 pp. On front free endpaper is envelope, with card, bar code sticker marked out and library stamp. On verso of free-endpaper is four lines of glue that bleed through to second free-endpaper. On front cover are some dirt marks and on the back a couple of scratches. Library sticker on spine. Otherwise, a very good+ clean, unmarked and bright copy.~Y~

P. Marshall, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1962 Percival Marshall (London), 5 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches tall green hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, [6], 136 pp. A very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly rubbed dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~XX~ [1.5P] A comprehensive book on narrow-gauge railway modelling by one of the best known narrow-gauge modellers in England. The author describes how to lay the track, and how to build the rolling stock and locomotives, illustrated by some first-rate drawings and photographs. A standard work on the subject.

Oxford Printing Company, 1985. 2nd. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1985 The Paper Money Institute (Oxford, Ohio), 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall green hardcover in publisher's dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs of bank notes, 38, 330, 51, 15 pp. (434 pages total.) Slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Bumping to the lower spine cap. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in an only slightly edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~M~ [3.5P] A concise and complete reference for national bank notes. Gives historical background, an identification guide and a complete and detailed listing of notes issued by all 12,635 note-issuing national banks.

Palgrave Macmillan, 1992-06-24. Hardcover. Good. 1992 first edition Macmillan Press Ltd. (Houndmills, England), 5 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches tall black cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, xi, 269 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers, with bumping to the lower edge of the front cover. Otherwise, apart from a couple of instances of slight marginal soiling, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly creased dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~OO~ [2.0P] Examines ethical data from early and later sources in an attempt to understand the theoretical nature of Buddhist ethics and clarify its role. This book rejects the view that ethics are only of limited or provisional validity. Damien Keown (b. 1951) is a prominent bioethicist and authority on Buddhist bioethics.

Wisdom Impressions, 1993. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1993 first textbook edition, Wisdom Impressions (Whittier, California), 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches tall red faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, index, xvi, 598 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with minor bumping to the upper edge of the front cover. Very slight soiling to fore page edges and blank endpapers. Light pencil underlining and marginal tick marks to pages throughout. Otherwise, a very good copy. ~F~ [3.0P] Lucille Cedercrans (1921–1984) was an esoteric mystic apparently influenced by ecumenical gnostic theism, particularly (neo-)Theosophy. However, she stated that the source of her writings was the result of a meditative state that put her in rapport with her teacher, whom she referred to as the Master R.

Blue Mound Press, 2012-01-01. Second Edition. Paperback. Good. 2012 second edition, Blue Mound Press (Milford, Nebraska), 8 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches tall stapled paperbound in color pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 64 pp. Bumping to lower tips of book, with resultant creasing to lower tips of pages throughout. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce history of geodetic surveys and their markers in Nebraska. OCLC (No. 857743513) locates only one copy of this work at institutions worldwide, at the Library of Congress in Washington. [d4] ~E~ Nebraska has a rich history of geodetic surveying by various government agencies. There are stone monuments, cast iron caps, marble posts, copper bolts, buried jugs or crocks, rivets, brass disks and a variety of other monuments that were placed to mark precise locations upon the earth. Each was established as an important point of reference that not only stood alone, but was also part of a much… Read More

Di teng chu ban tu shu you xian gong si. Very Good. In Chinese. 2003 Di teng chu ban (Taipei, Taiwan), 7 1/2 x 7 inches tall paperbound, copiously illustrated with full color photographs, 60 pp. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Scarce. OCLC (No. 224406764) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide, in Australia. ~MM~

Fourth International Congress on Pacific Neogene Stratigraphy, 1987. Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. 1987 Fourth International Congress on Pacific Neogene Stratigraphy (Berkeley, California), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall spiral bound (black plastic comb) in blue printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, 161 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of creasing to the lower tip of the front cover and a prior owner name to its top margin. Soiling to page edges. Cracking to the bottom plastic spiral. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare guide, which OCLC (No. 38675051) locates at only three collections worldwide - Stanford, University of Wisconsin and USGS Denver. ~GG~ [1.5P] An excellent guide to the sparsely-studied neogene marine basins of northern California, produced for the 1987 San Francisco meeting of the Congress on Pacific Neogene Stratigraphy, with a field trip built in which focuses on three major marine… Read More

Ecco Pr, 1997-01-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1997 first edition Ecco Press (Hopewell, New Jersey), 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches tall hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, embossed white paper-covered boards over blue cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, 191 pp. A fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP01~ [1.5P] The insular tranquility of a group of suburban New Yorkers is shattered by two vivacious sisters from Paris in a comic novel about the pretensions of America's upper-middle-class by two of America's foremost poets.

London: Phaidon Press, 1970. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. 1970 Phaidon Press (London), 9 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches tall blue buckram cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, 53-98 pp. plus Plates 490-978. Very slight staining and rubbing to covers, with very mild bumping of the upper tip of the front cover. Otherwise, apart from very feint marginal toning to the plates, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly edgeworn and stained but otherwise very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP04~ [5.0P] Volume 2 of this 3-Volume work, a guide to the countless Dutch and Flemish paintings that have survived from the 'Golden Age' and to establish criteria of style and subject matter which will help to distinguish between the numerous masters.… Read More

Bernhard C. Harris Publishing / The New England MG. Good. 1992 Bernhard C. Harris Publishing / The New England MG 'T' Register (Oneonta, New York), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall black hardbound, no dust jacket, red lettering to front cover and spine, xiii, 85 pp. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce 1992 illustrated history, chapter directory and member listing for The New England MG 'T' Register, which, despite the first part of its name, is actually an international organization, dedicated to the maintenance, preservation and enjoyment of T-Series and Vintage MG automobiles. ~SSS~

William J. Cunningham. Acceptable. 1846 first edition William J. Cunningham (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches tall green embossed cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to spine, 288 pp. Moderate to heavy soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with fraying to spine caps and tips of book. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout, typical of books this vintage. Light dampstains and soiling to a number of pages. Despite these detractions, still a complete copy of this scarce mid-nineteenth century topical compilation of quotes of Jesus from Scripture, published by Catholic publisher and bookseller William J. Cunningham of Philadelphia. OCLC (No. 12119071) locates only three copies at institutions worldwide - at Notre Dame in Indiana, Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. ~CCC~ The last published work of William Joseph Walter (1789 - 1846), a Catholic writer who published six other books… Read More

Brill Rodopi, 2002-09-15. Paperback. Very Good. 2002 Editions Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam, New York (NY), 244pp., white paperbound with blue lettering, 6 x 9 inches tall. Most articles in English and at least two are in French. Very good+ condition - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP31~ [1.5P] The human condition in rural, provincial locations is once again gaining status as a subject of European high fiction, after several decades in which it was dismissed on aesthetic and ideological grounds. This volume is one of the first attempts to investigate perspectives on local cultures, values and languages both systematically and in a European context. It does so by examining the works of a variety of authors, including Hugo Claus, Llamazares, Bergounioux and Millet, Buffalino and Consolo, and also several Soviet authors, who paint a grim picture of a collectivized, and thus ossified, rurality. How do these themes relate to the ongoing trend of globalization? How do these works, which are often experimental,… Read More

Brilliance Publishing House / Guang hua chu ban sh. Very Good. In Chinese. 1986 Brilliance Publishing House / Guang hua chu ban she (Singapore), 3 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches tall red vinyl hardbound, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated, 500 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~P~

G. E. Miles, 1809-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1809 signed fourth edition 'carefully corrected, and considerably improved,' Printed by G.E. Miles, Sold by Longman Hurst, Rees and Orme (London), 4 1/2 x 7 inches tall full leather bound, viii, [8], 506, [5] pp. Signed by author on verso of title page (to prevent piracy). Front board detached but present. Covers rubbed and edgeworn. Top 1 1/2 inches of backstrip lacking. One leaf (pp. 301-302) only attached at top. Pencil marks to last page of text, last page of index and rear free-endpapers. Cancelled bookplate of Mount Saint Mary College to front pastedown. Otherwise, apart from a few creases to page tips, mild age-toning to paper and an occasional miniscule bit of foxing or staining, a good copy of this scarce guide to Italian grammar, now nicely preserved and presented in a Brodart rare book box, with the title page on the front, and title to the side, secured with velcro closures. OCLC locates only two copies, at Johns Hopkins University… Read More

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1904-01-01. Pamphlet. Very Good. 1904 first edition, Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA) 10 x 13 inches tall, original offprint in gray wraps with yellow title label to front cover, paginated 305-325. A bit of corner curl to the booklet tips with slight edgewear to the wraps. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, and unmarked. ~YY~ The Miocene Epoch is of particular interest to geologists and palaeoclimatologists as major phases of Himalayan uplift had occurred during the Miocene Epoch affecting monsoonal patterns in Asia, which were interlinked with glaciations in the northern hemisphere