Search Results: Titles starting with N from Nooks Of Books

PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full light brown leather, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Blue moire silk endpapers and a matching ribbon bookmark. The endpapers are vaguely faded around the edges and there is a touch of flecking to the gilt atop the textblock. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. Illustrated by John Keely. Privately printed for members of The First Edition Society. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. Limited First Edition. Full-Leather.

Nordlingen, Germany: Franz Greno, 1988. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full green cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in black. Quarto. 99pps., plus six double-page photos (including the endpapers) by Thomas Becker. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a small closed tear at the top of the front panel. A long poem in three sections. Sebald's first book-length, literary publication -- issued at a time when he had little public profile, with only a couple of academic pieces to his credit along with poems in various periodicals. ".Der Text, der dank seiner besonderen sprachlichen Qualitat, wenn gleich ohne Metrik und Reim, den Charakter eines langen Gedichts hat, beschreibt in der Form weitgespannter Denkbilder jene schmerzhaften Stellen, an denen die Koordinaten von Natur, Kunst… Read More

Grove Press, 1966. In Very Good+ condition. Bound in original mmpb wraps. Red page-edges. 255pps. Evergreen Black Cat Edition. First printing. The wraps are a bit age-toned and there is a slight crease in the spine. Also, a few pages have small corner-crimps. No previous ownership markings. In all, a very nice, clean copy, still tightly bound, of this vintage edition.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 41-B.. First Edition. Soft Cover.

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1959. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Tan boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 223pps. First British Edition. There is a small soil-mark on the fore-edge, a bookseller's small stamp near the bottom of the ffep., and modest tanning to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership inscriptions. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed at the extremities and has some faint fox-marks and age-toning; no chips or tears of note. A nice copy of this uncommon edition. With an Introduction by Carvel Collins. ".In 1925 William Faulkner began his professional writing career in earnest while living in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Although he had written poetry, a few book reviews, and student sketches for his university newspaper, he had not yet published any serious fiction. In his first six months in New Orleans, Faulkner made a commitment to fiction writing.… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1986. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Blue boards. The spine is gilt-stamped. "Burgundy and The Italian States 1460" endpapers. 470pp. Bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise excellent: clean, tight, square, and bright. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of crinkling at the spine-ends; no chips, soiling, or tears. ".Dorothy Dunnett's spectacular new historical sequence, a story as rich and colorful as the age in which it is set. It is 1459, the time of the early Renaissance, of trade and war and banking, of the Wars of the Roses and the Fall of Constantinople. It is a time when the city of Bruges harbours permanent trading colonies: from Scotland and Venice, London and Genoa, the Baltic and Christian Spain. A time when a small community can become an international centre for money and gossip and spies. When a young man with his head on his shoulders and his wits to the fore can slip through the fingers of all who use or… Read More

New York: Appleton and Company, 1915. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. A little wear to the heel of the spine and mild bumping to the head of the spine, otherwise square and tight with sharp tips. There is a brief and neatly-penned inscription on the front pastedown. Pictorial front board with gilt-stamping, still bright; the gilt on the spine a bit dull. The pages are yellowing. The dustjacket, glossy in mylar and quite scarce, has some chipping along the edges; general edgewear. It's darkened with age but, overall, quite presentable. The original price of '1.35net' is still intact on the front flap; a label reading '1.40net', apparently from an early bookseller, is on the jacket's spine. An interesting book, contemporaneous with the onset of World War I. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of… Read More

New York: Scribners, 1967. (A-5.67) Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Fully-bound in red cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Black endpapers. 441pp. Mild shelfwear and bumping to the spine-ends. There is a slim, slight streak of ink on the fore-edge. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is tape-repaired on the spine and at the top of the panel; any tears are secured by this. Otherwise, only minor edgewear. The original price of $5.95 is intact on the front flap. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page 'with all my thanks and friendship', and dated June 15, 1967 (just weeks after publication). Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. Danish Underground Danish Jews Sweden Germany Hitler Gestapo High Holy Days Copenhagen World War II.… Read More

New York: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1981. (1981). Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Blue boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Large octavo. 344pps. There is light reading wear with a faint, barely discernible soilmark on the closed fore-edge, otherwise overall clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No inscriptions or previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed at the extremities and has a 1" closed tear at the bottom of the front panel; the original price (13.95) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this early Cussler title.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "With the future of virtually every person in the world at stake, Dirk Pitt is enlisted to spearhead his most daring mission yet -- the rescue of a vital document for the United States. To an energy-starved, economically devastated America, possession of this document is worth billions. But to Great… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Tan boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Map-endpapers. 437pps. There is light rubbing/shelfwear to the board edges, otherwise Fine: clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed at the extremities, has modest touches of soiling, and a small, closed tear at the head of the spine; the original price (19.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "Bulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service, and sent to Spain to serve in its civil war. Warned that he is about to become a victim of Stalin’s purges, Khristo flees to Paris. Night Soldiers masterfully… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd Mead, 1971. [1971]. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Blue boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Yellow endpapers. 279pps. There is a small soil-mark at the bottom of the rear endpapers and a slight crease to the bottom corner of several pages. Otherwise clean, bright, and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has light wear at the extremities and tape-ghosts along the edge of either flap; the original price (5.95) is intact.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...The pyramids of Mexico City's Walk of the Dead towered above and around Carol Farley, their beauty shrouded in the terror they suddenly held for the young American. For someone had tipped her that her father was alive in Mexico, and now that someone is after her!."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are… Read More

As New in an As New dust jacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front panel are stamped in silver. Red endpapers. 405pps. First Printing. An excellent, collector's quality copy: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in an archival sleeve, is also As New. One of 1,000 unnunmbered copies SIGNED by the author on a preliminary page. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. 41-D. Seller Inventory # 422-6021

New York: Berkley / Putnam's, 1975. [1975]. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 217pps. There is mild rubbing and bumping to the lower tips and to the heel of the spine, a very slight lean to the spine, and the pages (as is common with this title) are faintly tanned. Otherwise clean and soundly bound. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest wear at the extremities, including a small, closed tear at the upper rear tip; the original price (6.95) is intact. A nice copy of this uncommon, earlier Koontz -- and one of his first titles in hardcover. The author's last pure science-fiction novel. ".One hundred thousand years in the future -- mankind long ago made its first interstellar flights, encountered alien races, and discovered that its own place in the hierarchy of intelligent beings is about where the goldfish ranks on earth. Unable to cope with this clear inferiority, stunned… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: M Evans & Co, 1980. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Black boards quarterbound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Quarto. 442pps. First Printing. A previous owner's name is written on the ffep. and the lower front tip is mildy bumped, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dust jacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed and has a small nick at the top of the front panel; the original price (12.95) is intact. A nice, collector's-quality copy of the author's first novel.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "This is the story of Nicholas Linnear, half-Caucasian, half-Oriental, a man caught between East and West, between the sexual passions of a woman he can't forget and the one he can't control and between a past he can't escape and a destiny he can't avoid. A sprawling erotic thriller that swings from postwar Japan to present-day New York in a relentless… Read More

New York: Crescent Books, 1985. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Tan boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Folio. Buff endpapers. 128pp., with numerous photos. Mild bumping to the extremities. Also, there is a touch of sunning along the top edge of the boards. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The pages are immaculate. The dustjacket has crinkling at the spine-ends and tips; no chips or tears. A very nice copy. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. ISBN: 0-517-473526. First Printing. Northern Ireland Ulster Six Counties War Guerrila Brits Provos IRA UVF Bloody Sunday H-Block Troubles. Catalogs: NonFiction, Irish History/Literature/Tradition , European History.

CA: Northrop Corporation, 1976. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Fully bound in brown leatherette. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gold. Quarto. Tan endpapers. 290pps., with numerous illustrations. No dustjacket, as issued. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The matching slipcase of gold-stamped brown leatherette is, also, essentially as new. "...This book relates the story of Northrop aeronautical products from the year 1939 to the current Bicentennial year 1976. The early aircraft designs -- always fresh, always challenging -- set a standard for a company tradition of engineering excellence and high performance. The roots of the Northrop company lie in the early days of aviation and, not surprisingly, in the beginnings of several other aircraft companies. The Northrop story is in part the story of the design genius of John K. Northrop. It is also the story… Read More

London: Photochrom Co., Ltd. Undated, though circa early 20th century. Both volumes are in Very Good condition condition. Half-bound in black cloth with beautiful marbled boards. Raised bands on the spines.The spines, the boards, and the top-edges are gilt. Unpaginated. There is some rubbing wear to the board-edges, the tips, and along the spines. A previous owner's bookplate is affixed to both front pastedowns. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. Interesting little volumes filled not only with text concerning the abbey churches and cathedrals of Britain, but with numerous highly-detailed half-tone engravings by the Photochrom company.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. Half-Leather.

New York: Viking, 1943. In Very Good+/Near Fine condition. No slipcase. This illustrated edition is limited to 400 signed and numbered copies, of which this is #158. Fully-bound in gray cloth. Decorative 'Reina Del Pacifico' endpapers. 299pps., including 4 full-color, full-page, plates. Also, there is a large pictorial onlay on the front board. All illustrations done by the author. This copy is, overall, in excellent condition. The spine is slightly sun-darkened and there is a thin scratch in the leather spine label. Internally, there are (literally) two or three small and faint foxmarks, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous owner's markings, no bent pages, and no reading wear. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1985. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gold boards quarterbound in green cloth. Both the spine and the front board are gilt-stamped. 312pps. First Printing. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock. The upper front tip is mildly bumped. Also, the page-edges are a bit yellowed. Otherwise clean, tight, and square. No previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a faintly sunned spine and a touch of toning at the top of each flap; no chips or tears. The original price is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "It's 1995 and William Cowling is digging a hole in his backyard. He is forty-nine, and after years and years of pent-up terror he has finally found the courage of a fighting man. And so a hole. A hole that he hopes will one day be large enough to swallow up his almost fifty years'… Read More