Search Results: Titles starting with N from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Deep violet boards, black spine with foil titles, blind N on front board & blinde device on rear board, [xi], 289 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This is the fourteenth in Grafton's series of Kinsey Millhone mystery novels. After Tom Newquist dies, apparently of a heart attack, his widow hires Kinsey to find out what had caused her husband such worry in his last few months. Unsurprisingly, there are people who will do anything to prevent Kinsey from finding out.. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Forum (Prima Publishing / Random House), 2002 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, foil titles on spine, xvii, 334 pp, notes, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: The Viking Press, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown boards, black cloth spine with gilt titles, forest green endpapers, [xiii], 285 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates. Faint spotting to top edge, bumps to bottom of rear board. DJ worn & creased at head of spine, small tears to bottom of front panel and tops of joints; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . VG/VG. 24½ X 16½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Tan cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, blind device on rear board, top edge dyed rust, [vii], 455, [1] pp. A bit of spotting on top edge, remainder mark (a rubber-stamped Random House device) on bottom edge, else fine. DJ creased along top edge, a few tears of about 1 cm; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 22 X 15 cm.

New York: Warner Books, 1989 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Pictorial wraps, grey spine with green titles, [vii], 296 pp. A few small spots to edges, else fine. Rear cover contains blurb about the planned promotional campaign for the book. Librarian-turned-novelist Jacqueline Kirby is hired to complete a sequel to a novel whose author is missing and presumed dead. Before long, Jacqueline finds her own life is threatened. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No dj. 23 X 15 cm.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Joint publisher: Cambridge University Press. Red cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, [v], 50 pp. Boards, titles, & paper all darkened somewhat, bookseller's sticker on fpd. The Leslie Stephen lecture delivered at Cambridge, 9 May 1933. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 3rd ptg. . VG/No dj. 19 X 14 cm.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mauve boards, blue cloth spine with gilt titles, ix, 194 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates. DJ has small tear to head of rear fore-edge, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Memoir of Galbraith's personal interactions with Franklin D. & Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert Speer (whom he interrogated after WW2), Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, John F. & Jacqueline Kennedy and their friends, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Chester Bowles, George Ball, and Averell Harriman. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Cleveland, OH: Fine Editions Press WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. English-language edition; translator not identified. Quarter maroon leather with salmon-colored cloth on boards, gilt-stamped spine, top edge gilt, 468 pp. No date on title page, illustrations copyright 1946. Top corner of front free endpaper clipped, 1 cm chips to spine & spine ends, crumbling spine leather treated with consolidant. Nicely printed on attractive paper. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Good/No dj. Illus. by Alexander Dobkin. 21 X 14½ cm.

Brattleboro, VT: The Stephen Greene Press, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly blue pictorial covers, vii, 209, [2] pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates, wood engraving in text, map, index. Shipping weight 1 lb.. 2nd ptg. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 21 X 14 cm.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light blue cloth, black titles on spine, 141, [1] pp, dozens of photos (mostly by author), 4 old wood engravings (of whaling), 2 maps, index. Slight edge wear. DJ also has slight edge wear & closed tears up to 2.5 cm (not very noticeable in the Brodart archival cover). Coffee-stained coaster with the name "Coffin" (an old Nantucket family) laid in. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Black cloth, xii, 707 pp, 21 plates (not paginated), index. This copy has duplicates of first two plates. Edges soiled, corners rubbed, small tear at top of spine, gilt rubbed out of titles and corner decorations, and a small tear on pp 23/24. Ludwig's biography of Napoleon, published first in Germany, was a bestseller in the United States in 1926. It was reprinted many times, both by Boni & Liveright (and the successor firm, Horace Liveright), and by reprint publishers such as Garden City Publishing and Modern Library. The editions under the Boni & Liveright and Horace Liveright imprints are larger, and have a quality of printing and paper not seen in the cheaper reprints. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 8 oz.). First US Edition. . G/No dj. 24 X 16½ cm.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, xxvi, 370 pp, 32 figures (mostly photos), footnotes, bibliography, index. Book just about perfect. DJ has some rubbing and small tears at corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. From the foreword: "Between them, [the authors] have been engaged in law enforcement for more than three quarters of a century. They have personally participated in the prosecution of hundreds of narcotics cases. They have had firsthand acquaintance with hundreds of narcotics traffickers and addicts. They have studied reports on addicts and traffickers by the thousands. They are perceptive observers of the narcotic scene. Few persons indeed could bring to the writing of such a book the long, varied and down-to-earth experiences of the authors with the realities of the narcotic traffic and narcotic addiction." Shipping weight 3… Read More

Prague: Orbis, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White cloth, gilt titles on spine, 215 pp, mostly filled with color photos. The very brief main text is in Czech, with notes on the photos in Czech, Russian, German, English, and French. Bottom edge slightly rubbed, gift inscription on half-title. DJ slightly worn at corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. 1977 concert schedule laid in. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 27½ X 24 cm.

Detroit: Nash Motors, 1949 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tabloid-sized magazine on glossy paper, 12 pp, printed in black & red with many photos. Rubbed along folds, some creasing, cover has 2 cm tears at tail of spine and intersection of two folds. 1950 model-year kickoff issue of this magazine for Nash dealers introduces the new Nash Airflyte with a cover story on wind tunnel testing at the University of Wichita. Shipping weight 4 oz. in envelope.. Magazine. G+/No dj, as issued. 35½ X 27½ cm.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1910 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green ribbed cloth, red on gilt titles, xiii, 628, [4] pp. Damp staining to bottom half of spine (possibly held in a damp hand), marginal tears to two leaves, otherwise very good, gift inscription dated 1912 on ffep. Historical novel of the Mexican War, written as if an autobiography. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). 7th ptg. . G/No dj. 19½ X 13½ cm.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Natural linen, bronze titles & black decoration, orange endpapers, xv, 368 pp, notes, index. DJ slightly browned with a bit of rubbing to corners; in Brodart archival cover. Packard examines the phenomenon of social rootlessness in America as it developed in the 25 years after World War 2. In addition to statistical and other written sources, Packard travelled to various cities & suburbs to examine conditions personally and to interview residents about their experiences. Contents: journeys that explain the uprooting; problems of adjusting to fragmentation; impact on the way people behave; toward reducing the fragmentation. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Washington, D. C: National Academy of Sciences, 1978 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey cloth, gold ink titles, xv, 694 pp, many b & w photos, footnotes, name index, subject index. Titles somewhat corroded, extremities lightly rubbed. Based largely upon material in the Society's archives. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16½ cm.

Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, aluminum foil titles & gilt decoration, dark blue endpapers, xiii, 1016 pp, index. DJ has a few tiny blemishes, mostly on rear panel, else fine in Brodart archival cover. Contains the complete text of the 1996 edition of the National Electrical Code, plus intermingled commentary and added illustrations. Shipping weight 7 lbs.. First Printing. . Fine/Near Fine. 28 X 22½ cm.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green boards, copper titles on green cloth spine, x, 304 pp, 7 ff b & w plates, notes, index. Light soil to fore-edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Collection of essays published over the previous twenty years on film, writers from Defoe to Vidal, and other topics. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

Oslo: Forlagt av H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dec. paper-covered boards, dark blue spine with gilt titles, top edge dyed blue, 440, [2] pp. Edges rubbed, boards showing through paper at corners. Norwegian language fiction. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . G-/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.