Search Results: Titles starting with N from Quirky Used Books & More

1963. Hardcover. Acceptable. Written by the 1950 International Chess Grandmaster, Laszlo Szabo, in memory of another grandmaster, Geza Maroczy, who might have been Szabo's tutor. No dust jacket. White boards are yellowed, extremely age-toned on edges, dirty, smudged and stained. Scraped edges, dented corner tips and dented heel of spine. Pages are age-toned with darker toning around edges. FFE has numeral in pencil at bottom. Half title page has gift inscription dated 1963. The binding is loose, but pages remain attached. Diagrams of chess moves, and several images of charcoal renderings of other chess masters. 208 pages. 5 1/2" by 7 1/2".

John Berggruen Gallery, 2011. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. Light scuffing to wraps (shelf wear). Firm binding. Nice copy issued in conjunction with the gallery show at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco. Full of colorful photos of Oliveira's work on glossy paper stock. 11"h x 9"w.

P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Mustard yellow, cloth-covered boards. Smudged, scuffed and soiled boards. Dented corner tips, and head and heel of spine. Wearing to the cloth at bottom of boards. Age toned pages, with some moisture waving. Good binding. Textblock has some soiled areas. Very readable. 347 pages. Old cellophane tape remnants on front and rear pastedowns and end pages.

P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Mustard yellow cloth covered boards are dirty and smudged. A few scuffs and scratches. Dented corners. Spine ends are dented with some wearing to the cloth. Dirty textblock corners. Darkened edges of textblock. Age-toned pages. Binding is good. Readable copy. No loose pages. Front and rear paste downs and end pages have remnants of old cellophane tape. There might have been a book cover at some point. 431 pages.

Business English Publishing Company, 1929. Acceptable. Small hardback. Green boards with significant wearing and stains. Dented corners with wearing to cardboard. Scraped along spine edges. Age-toned pages, with darkening to the glue of pastedowns, and foxing to both endpapers and pastedowns. Scribbling and writing on FEP. 120 pages.

P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Mustard yellow cloth covered boards. Smudged, dirty and scuffed boards. Light stains on the text block. Ghost remnants and outlines of old cellophane tape on front and back pastedowns and end pages. Age-toning to pages. Dented corners and head and heel of spine. 377 pages.

Oxford University Press, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. Blue linen cloth-covered boards. Faded and stained. Fading to spine. Dented corners and spine ends with wearing to the cloth. Splits beginning to manifest in the hinges between endpapers and paste downs. Endpapers are toned. Former owner name and bits of writing on FEP. Light marginalia observed on two or three pages. 360 pages.

Garland Publishing, Inc. , 1996. Softcover. Good. 8x5x0. Softcover. Scuffed wraps. Light bumping of corner tips, with light crimps on cover edges. Light shelf wear to bottom edge of wraps. Pages clean and unmarked. Thumb-markings on lower corner of outside text block. Penmark on outside edge of text block.

State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1964. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Green cloth with black printing. Faded, rubbed with light wear to the tips and spine ends. Firm binding. Light toning to pages. Moisture rippling. 79 pages.

Pyramid Books, 1966. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Mass market paperback. Scuffed, scratched wraps. Ex library and has taped on Dewey decimal number on the spine. Scraped along edges. Cocked a bit. Reading creases on spine strip, and scraped along same. Light toning to inside of wraps, and light toning to pages. Bumped tips. Binding is in good shape. 237 pages.

DeVore & Sons, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. DeVore & Sons, a Wichita, KS based publishing company, printed 25,000 copies of this title. FFE has a bookplate with the name of the original recipient and it indicates that this is #1,210 of the 25k copies printed. Under that bookplate, which is affixed to the FFE with a single piece of cellophane tape, is a stamp for the Wichita Public schools, so more than likely, DeVore was distributing these copies to the ISD in Wichita to present to students. Black cloth covered boards are clean. Gilt embossing on front and spine is bright and clean. It's not clear if these books were printed with a dust jacket. This copies looks good as new, with very little usage, if any. Very square corners. Tight binding. 279 pages.

Pine Tree Press Publication, 1983. Paperback. Good. This is one of 2,000 in the December 1983 print run. 109 pp. The white cover has mellowed to a yellowish cream color. Corner tips are lightly bumped. Covers are lightly rubbed, and back cover has an indentation near bottom, and a one inch scratch from outer edge. Spine un-creased and binding is tight. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Nest LLC, 2001. Softcover. Good. Softcover fashion rag. Lightly scuffed wraps, with gentle bumping to tips and spine ends. Approx 200 pages. Numbering of pages is intermittent.

Joseph Holtzman, 1999. Softcover. Good. Softcover magazine. Scuffed and scraped wraps. Scraped edges, creased and bumped corner tips, with wearing along lower corner edges, reading crease along spine. Outer edge of page block is cut in a wave shape. Overall, this magazine is in good shape with the minor cosmetic blemishes listed previously. Unpaginated.

Birkhauser Publishing, 1980. Softcover. Good. Softcover. IN GERMAN. Also contains "Die Triasfauna der Tessiner Kalkalpen, XXIV" by E. Kuhn-Schnyder and B. Peyer. It was tricky to decipher the titles of the information contained within (our Google translator isn't always accurate). Sunfading to spine and around edges of wraps. Creased corner tips.

Birkhauser Publishing, 1980. Softcover. Good. Softcover. IN GERMAN. Also contains "Die Triasfauna der Tessiner Kalkalpen, XXIV" by E. Kuhn-Schnyder and B. Peyer. It was tricky to decipher the titles of the information contained within (our Google translator isn't always accurate). Sunfading to spine and around edges of wraps. Creased corner tips.

Grune and Stratton, 1944. Hardcover. Good. Vintage medical book in good shape. Blue boards with gilt title, authors and publisher on spine. Spine has darkened faintly due to exposure while on shelf. Gilt remains bright and clear. Heel and head of spine are bumped and worn. Bottom edges of boards and corner tips are bumped and shelf worn. A one inch section of the board covering has come unglued from the front paste down, exposing the cardboard. Paste downs and end pages are age-toned. FFE has owners name and address, dated 10-14-44, written in long hand. Pages 20 and 21 are slightly stuck together at bottom edge of gutter. Hinges are loose, but binding remains firm. Very readable copy. The pages are clean and unmarked and are not yellowed. Front cover has a few fingerprint marks. Bottom corner of text block has thumbprint smudges. Heavy book, could require additional postage. 667pp.

Oink, 1991. Softcover. Good. Paperback. Fall 1991. Light scuffing to wraps. Small stain on outside of text block. Pencil erasure and sticky residue from old price sticker on half title page. Lightly bumped corner tips. 232 pages.

Dainam Publishing, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Former library book and has the usual stamps, stickers, and markings. Green boards covered with plastic book jacket. Heavy, thick book. Dirty thumbmarkings on lower corners of text block. Bumped corner tips and dented on lower spine. Firm binding. Appears to not have been heavily used. 1755 pages. 3 inches thick.

Unicorn Yearbook Service, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Green boards, gilt titling on front board, and spine. Boards have smudges and fading around outer edges. Ends of spine are bumped, and book cocks slightly to right. Pages are unmarked. 374 pages.