Search Results: Titles starting with N from The Bookworm

New York:: Harper & Row, 1977.. 1st U.S. Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: olive green cloth with gilt spine text; the spine text and cloth are faded, otherwise a Very Good book; no dust jacket.. 8vo (about 9.5 inches tall) . Index of proper names. Dark green endpapers. Description: From the introduction by James M Robinson: ''The Nag Hammadi library is a collection of religious texts that vary widely from each other as to when, where, and by whom they were written. Even the points of view diverge to such an extent that the texts are not to e though of as coming from one group or movement. Yet these diversified materials must have had something in common which caused them to be chosen by those who collected them. The collectors no doubt contributed to t his unit by finding in the texts hidden meanings not fully intended by the original authors. After al, one of t them, the Gospel of Thomas, begins with a word to the wise ''whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience… Read More

Secaucus, New Jersey:: Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing, 1997.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Near Fine (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, 215 pp, index, filmography, two double sided color plates, section of b&w plates.

New York:: Alfred A Knopf, 1954.. 1st American Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth; the top edge tint is light green; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is somewhat faded at the spine, otherwise very good; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket design by Jean Carlu. Set in the rugged territory between the Sahara Desert and the High Atlas Mountains. On a wild and terrible night a drowning man is dragged from the sea. And suddenly, a multinational group of strangers are bound together by lies, loyalty, and a dead man's will. This disparate group includes a homeless and hunted refugee, an English smuggler turned missionary, a grubby Greek purveyor of bribery and corruption, an elderly Berber chief who treasures honor more than wealth, an arrogant Arab terrorist driven by lust for power and arms, and a young Czech wife protecting her husband by denying his identity and his love.

Salt Lake City, Utah:: Ensign Publishing Company, September, 2012.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black binding with red; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Appendix, bibliography, index. Description: This copy is Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. Paul B Skousen is the son of W Cleon Skousen, author of The Naked Communist (the jacket design for this is clearly meant to evoke memories of that earlier book). W. Cleon Skousen (1913-2006) was a faith-based political theorist and a supporter of the John Birth Society. In this book his son ''strips away the fakery, the false hopes, the hollow dreams, and the meaningless promises that socialists have foisted on countless millions for thousands of years. He explains what socialism is, where it came from, how it works, and why it always destroys its host nation.''

New York:: Modern Library, 1948.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with dark green and gilt; the top edge tint is green; owner's gift note on the verso of the front free endpaper, a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: This is book number 321 in the Modern Library series. The only printed date is a 1948 copyright. Using the ML dating key, this shows to be from Fall, 1961; the list of 403 titles on the verso of the jacket includes Mailer, Naked and the Dead; does not include Hersey, Hiroshima; the dust jacket rear panel style is j1, binding style 8.

New York:: Modern Library, 1927.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark green cloth with black and gilt; bookplate, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: Dust jacket art by Paul Galdone. The closest thing to a printed date is the 1927 date on the introduction;; dating with the ML guide places this copy from Fall, 1947; the list of 329 titles includes Lewis, Dodsworth; does not include Aquinas, Introduction. The dust jacket rear panel is style h5; binding style: 8. Modern Library number 142. Introduction by Ernest Boyd.

New York:: Self Published, 1913.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with gilt spine text; lightly rubbed at the corners and spine ends, spine ends, one corner bumped, otherwise in Very Good condition; no dust jacket.. small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. Description: Nine black and white illustrations by O Merte (taken from a previous publication). A medical history of Napoleon's Russian campaign. From the author's preface: ''There is a medical history of the hundreds of thousands who have perished Anno 1812 in Russia from cold, hunger, fatigue or misery. Such medical history cannot be intelligible without some details of the history of events causing and surrounding the deaths from cold and hunger and fatigue. And such a history I have attempted to write.''

New York:: Random House, 1953.. Later Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with title and series device printed on the front cover, the top edge tint is yellowish; owner's name stamp on the front endpaper (tiny), a Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Illustrated map endpapers. Description: Illustrated with drawings by David Stone. This is Number W-7 in the World Landmark Books series. The Landmark series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. Author Frances Winwar wrote another in the World Landmark series -- Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Frances Winwar leads us to an understanding of Napoleon and the part he played in history. She traces his adventurous life from his birth on the island of Corsica to his last… Read More

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1984.. Leather bound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a series with uniform bindings -- dark navy (nearly black) bonded leather binding, vignette in relief on the front board, gilt text, all edges gilt, sewn-in ribbon place marker; the publisher's bookmark is affixed to the front free endpaper, a vertical crease runs up and down the book spite, otherwise in Very Good condition.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: The publisher's insert tells us that John Wilkinson was the epitome of blockade-runners, so bold and wily that his tactics were widely imitated by other captains. He was also one of the few skippers motivated by patriotism rather than greed. Born in 1821 in Virginia he inherited a love of the sea from his father, a U.S. Navy commodore. Wilkinson was so little interested in politics that he had never voted. But he felt obliged to follow his native state into the Confederacy and so resigned from the U.S. Navy and joined the Southern… Read More

Chicago:: Lakeside Press / R R Donnelly, December, 2011.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from the Lakeside Classics series in uniform bindings (uniform in all but color that is); this in green cloth; with the publisher's device in gilt on the front cover; top edge gilt; Fine condition.. 16mo (6.75 inches tall) . Index. Decorated endpapers. Description: Color frontis; includes several illustrations, some in color. The title page is printed in red and black. Historical introduction by Roger W Lotchin. A collection of accounts about the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. Includes articles by Jack London, Enrico Caruso, Frank Leach, Mary Austin, and others.

Leiden/Boston:: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: printed boards, portrait on front cover; the top corners are lightly bumped, otherwise in Near Fine condition.. 8vo (9.75 inches tall) . Description: From the author's preface: ''The purpose of this book is to provide a consolidated collection of materials to facilitate comparison of the various national human rights institutions already established in the Asia-Pacific region, against a background of selected international materials and with the assistance of several comparative tables.''

San Diego, California:: National Automotive Service, 1970.. Binder . BINDING/CONDITION: binder is tan with blue and white; publisher's ''Speedo'' catalog binder; tabbed dividers; overall: Fair condition; a good deal of use and handling soil, but still in serviceable condition.. 11.75 inches tall by 10 inches wide . Description: Well illustrated in black and white. As with other Mitchell Manuals, this is intended for the professional mechanic and assumes a certain amount of knowledge and experience. Contents: Indexes; Engines and Diagnostics; then Engines sections for: American Motors, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Jeep, and Studebaker. Then followed by Clutches; Rear Axles; Brakes; Wheel Alignment; Suspension; Steering; and Accessories and Equipment.

New York:: Harper & Row, 1969.. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black paper boards with gold cloth at the spine; light wear to the spine ends, otherwise a Very Good+ book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8.25 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket by John Alcorn.

Johannesburg, South Africa:: Self Published, 2002.. 2nd Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth with paste-on art on eh front, gilt spine text; Fine condition.. 4to (11.25 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: Frontis portrait plate; the title page is printed in red and black. Several illustrations in black and white and in sepia tones. This was originally published for private circulation in 1913. Some random recollections precede the main text which is divided into four sections: Progress and Development of the Business; Interesting Specimens and New Discoveries; Some Noted Big-Game Sportsmen, and section four which provides information on author and publisher, scientific collections acquired, and presentation to museums. Rowland Ward (1848-1912) was a British taxidermist and founder of the firm that bore his name, a firm renowned for handling big game trophies.

New York:: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1974.. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hardbound . Description: 8vo, 240 pp, two double page maps, panoramic dust jacket art by Rus Anderson, illustrated with photographs and line drawings BINDING/CONDITION: red paper covered boards with brown cloth at the spine; owner's name and date (writ small), otherwise the book is Very Good, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dj is NOT price clipped

Washington, D.C.:: American Nature Association, 1952.. Paperbound: center-stapled format . BINDING/CONDITION: a paperbound periodical; owner's name on the front cover, Fair condition.. 4to (about 11.5 inches tall) . Description: The cover is a solid color with small vignette by Hexom. Articles include: Wings of the Marsh by John Lindsay Blackford; Place of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker by Virginia S Eifert; The Thistle by Maud MacDonald Hutcheson; and Moles, Shrews, and Bats by E Laurence Palmer. Many black and white illustrations.

Washington, D.C.:: American Nature Association, 1952.. Paperbound: center-stapled format . BINDING/CONDITION: a paperbound periodical; mailing label on the rear cover, otherwise Good condition.. 4to (about 11.5 inches tall) . Description: The cover is a solid color with small vignette by Fredric Sweney. Articles include: Banding Our Ospreys by Mary Arny; The Cherrystone Juniper by Donald Culross Peattie; Karl Christofferson, Naturalist-Historian of Northern Michigan by Grace V Sharritt; and Winter Buds and Twigs of Some Common, Opposite-Budded, Woody Plants by E Laurence Palmer. Many black and white illustrations.

Washington, D.C.:: American Nature Association, 1939.. Paperbound: center-stapled format . BINDING/CONDITION: a paperbound periodical; Good condition.. 4to (about 11.5 inches tall) . Description: Solid color paper cover with a small vignette by Rosalie Rees. Articles include: Wild Life in the Suburbs by Andrew S Wing; Ebenezer II (a gannet) by Elaine Martin Drew; and Bulb Progress by Adolph Kruhm; plus Diana Thorne's Dog Column illustrated with a few of her small drawings. Many black and white illustrations.

Washington, D.C.:: American Nature Association, 1937.. Paperbound: center-stapled format . BINDING/CONDITION: a paperbound periodical; Fair condition.. 4to (about 11.5 inches tall) . Description: Plain paper covers. Articles include: Incidents of the Wild by John Lindsey Blackford; Four-Footed Kings of Western Rock Castles (chipmunks, pikas, marmots, ground squirrels) by Hamilton M Laing; Natural Elk Management by Olaus J Murie; and A Peep at Polyphemus by John Willard Baechle. Many black and white illustrations.

Washington, D.C.:: American Nature Association, 1937.. Paperbound: center-stapled format . BINDING/CONDITION: a paperbound periodical; Good condition.. 4to (about 11.5 inches tall) . Description: Plain paper covers. Articles include: Golden Plovers - Bird Aeronauts by John F Kuerzi; Calling on the Kaibab Squirrel by Eugene S McCartney; and Bird Vespers of Saint Michel by Rosalie Edge. Many black and white illustrations.