Search Results: Titles starting with P from Joseph Valles - Books

Norwich, VT : Terra Nova Press, G.B. Manasek, 1995, 1918, 1995. Very Good. Reprint edition ; [4], 202 p. ; 26 cm. ; Previously published: A list of atlases and maps applicable to the world war. Washington : GPO, 1918 ; LC: Z6021; G1037 ; ISBN: 0964900009; 9780964900004 ; OCLC: 34381696 ; green cloth with silver lettering ; no dustjacket ; "The present work is a listing and description of maps and atlases compiled by P. Lee Phillips specifically for the war effort...being a more general compendium of atlases, maps and plans of the early part of the 20th century." ; VG

Basileae : Apud haeredes Nicolai Brylingeri, M. D. LXVII. (1567), 1567. Good. [26], 643, [1] p. (the last page blank) ; 17 cm. (8vo) ; References: Adams; T-361; VD16; T-466 ; OCLC: 35196231 ; preface by Desiderius Erasmus, (dated 1532) ; includes commentary on each play by Giovanni Calfurnio ; Title vignette; initials ; Signa tures: a-z8 A-T8 [Nota Bene: incomplete volume : A-B are missing, pages 339-375, comprising Actus II Scena I - Actus III Scena II of Adelphi] ; Contemporary panel-stamped cream/butter-colored pig-skin binding ; raised bands ; green speckled fore-edg e ; two-tone silk headband ; bookplate "E Bibliotheca Collegii Cremsensis" (dated 1818, with ownership written in ink across title page) ; large crayon pencil mark in red, "LVIII29", on lower portion of title page ; text in Latin, italic type font f or the text of the plays ; only one other known institution copy, held by the Newberry Library ; slight worm damage to top of spine ; soiling ; marginalia on some pages in a… Read More

New York : Oxford University Press, 1951., 1951. Fair. 2nd edition, third printing ; brick red cloth ; covers worn ; front hinge starting ; name on ep ; penciling, heavy in Adelphoe ; slight foxing ; old book store stamp ; FAIR

Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1990., 1990. Very Good. 2nd ed. ; xxv, 729 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0553349473 :; 9780553349474 LCCN: 91-137199 ; OCLC: 22874975 ; LC: QA76.8.I2594; Dewey: 004.165 ; stiff paper wrappers witn color photograph ; "Culled from a mountain of technical data, this is the only guide you will ever need to help keep your PC, peripherals and enhancements running trouble free."--cover ; Instructions for installing expansion cards, disk drives, enhanced displays, printers, modems; configuration of systems, problem isolation techniques, preventive and corrective maintenance, compatibility guide, lists of switch and jumper settings and defaults for PC, XT, AT and compatables ; VG

[Firenze (Florence)] : Sadea Sansoni, c1969., 1969. Very Good. Italian edition of the French publication ; black cloth with white lettering ; 45 color plates ; text in Italian ; handwritten place and date on front ep ; dusty, else VG

New York, Dover, 1973, ©1963, 1973. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 313 pages illustrations 22 cm ; ISBN: 0486202909; 9780486202907 LCCN: 73-176353 ; LC: GV1445; Dewey: 794.1/2; OCLC: 235561 ; blue and white pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Translated and abridged by Alan S. Russell. ; "Every chess player hopes to set off brilliant combinations and win games in a blaze of glory. Such combinations do not come into being by themselves, however; they appear only as the result of proper chess strategy. It is therefore surprising that so few books deal with this highly important subject, and understandable that Pachman's modern classic has been so enthusiastically received by chessplayers at all levels. Ludek Pachman, a Czech grandmaster, has long had an international reputation as a chess theorist, but until now his work has not been available in English. This present volume, which condenses his great Modern Schachstrategie, presents his ideas and theories in a form that the English-speaking… Read More

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1992, 1963, 1992. Fine. 404 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ; ISBN: 0395640229; 9780395640227 LCCN: 92-21716; LC: D773; Dewey: 940.54/5973 ; OCLC: 26095210 ; reprint of the book originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1963 ; Contents: Forward / Samuel Eliot Morison -- The Solomons, October 1942-May 1944 -- The Marianas, May 1944-August 1944 -- U.S.A., August 1944-October 1944 -- The Philippines: Mindoro, Luzon, Palawan, October 1944-June 1945 -- Borneo, June 1945-July 1945 -- China and Japan, July 1945-December 1945. ; "This best-selling diary is one of the most extraordinary documents to emerge from World War II. Despite regulations, seaman James J. Fahey secretly compiled a diary on scraps of paper throughout the long World War II naval campaign in the Pacific. His diary describes an average sailor's daily life during wartime and records a personal view of a major historic event" ; FINE

Honolulu, University Press of Hawai'i, 2002., 2002. As New. 104 pp. ; paper wrappers ; illustrated ; Contents: Dispersal, Mimicry, and Geographic Variation in Northern Melanesian Birds / Jared Diamond (Abstract: I present new information about 34 of the 195 resident land and freshwater bird species of north ern Melanesia, an area characterized by a rich avifauna, high endemism, and great geographic variation in morphology. There are many examples of geographic variation in voice, behavior, habitat preference, altitudinal range, vertical stratum, abunda nce, and nest. Possible vocal convergence or mimicry between sympatric populations of different species is described between the goshawk Accipiter albogularis and the kingfisher Halcyon chloris, between the cuckoo-shrike Coracina [tenuirostris] and other species in its mixed-species foraging flocks, between the white-eyes Zosterops murphyi and Z. rendovae kulambangrae, and between the starlings Aplonis grandis and Mino dumontii. Hybridization is… Read More

New York : The Viking Press, 1979, 1979. Fine. 244 pp. ; [1st ed.] ; inscription on end page ; author's first novel ; ISBN: 0670209724 :; 9780670209729 LCCN: 79-12880 ; OCLC: 4933841 ; "...set in Amor Milagroso, a Spanish fishing town where ex-fisherman Benito finds two golden statues--a male a nd a female nude that lock together appropriately and seem to offer a supreme sense of joyous wellbeing and renewed youth. In fact, hitherto rather cool about sex, Benito and his wife Concepcion suddenly never had it so good, conjugal-wise. But the word gets around, and soon everyone is after Benito and the golden figures: the local count (a political enemy turned friend); some conniving art dealers with diverging sexual tastes; the local priest (only interested for scholarly reasons); an acquisitive Mayor; and a legendary gentlemanly bandit. There are chases on land and sea, assaults and dreadful threats, a cross-stitch of deals--and, at the last, Benito puts his life on the line to preserve the statues for… Read More

New York : W. P. Dutton, 1912, 1912. Good. 2nd edition ; 272 pp. ; black cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, labels, date due ; Contents: Young Weston -- A Marshall of France -- Theagenes -- The Real Pepys -- Saint-Simon -- A Friend of Kings -- The Caliph of Fonthill -- Barbey D'Aurevilly -- Disraeli the Younger. ; some neat cellophane repairs to a few pages, else G

New York : Pantheon Books, 1987., 1987. Very Good. 239 pp. : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 0394754344 (pbk.) : LCCN: 87-42550 ; OCLC: 15252230 ; LC: TT323; Dewey: 698/.14 ; Revised ed., [1st pbk. ed., 5th printing] ; crease on cover ; foxing ; top edge untrimmed ; VG

Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Books, 2001., 2001. Fine. 2nd printing (?) ; 128 pp. ; illustrated (some in color) ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 158180072X (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781581800722 (pbk. : alk. paper) ; LCCN: 00-65363 ; OCLC: 45375014 ; LC: QK98.24; Dewey: 758/.42 ; color stiff paper wrappers ; "...[H]ow to accurately render flowers, herbs, leaves and stems with easy-to-find, easy-to-use acrylics that provide each image with a stunning, layered translucence. Inside you'll find eight different projects showcasing over two dozen flowers and herbs."--cover ; FINE

Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Publishers, 1984., 1984. Fine. [1st edition], 1st printing ; 143 pp. ; illustrations, some in color ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0891340726; 0891340734 (pbk.) LCCN: 84-1466 ; OCLC: 10323432 ; LC: ND1302; Dewey: 751.45/42 ; beige cloth with brown lettering, in color photographic dustjacket ; very slight wear to dustjacket, else FINE/VG

New Haven, Connecticut ; London : Yale University Press, 1993, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 318 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. ; ISBN: 0300053444; 9780300053449; ; LCCN: 92-32503 ; LC: N6846; Dewey: 759.4/09/033 ; OCLC: 26586498 ; OCLC: 26586498 ; Contents: Pt. 1. The Early Years. 1. Painting: From La Fosse to the Death of Lemoyne and the Establishment of the Regular Salon (1737). Portraiture: Rigaud and Largillierre and their Following. History and Decorative Painting: La Fosse -- Jouvenet -- Louis de Boullongne the younger -- Courtin -- Santerre -- Antoine Coypel. Bouys -- Raoux -- Grimou. Jean-Francois de Troy. Audran, Huet, Gillot. Watteau. Lancret, Pater, Lajoue and Lesser Painters of Fetes Galantes. Oudry and Parrocel -- The Coypel, Restout, and Lemoyne. 2. Sculpture: From the Coustou to Slodtz. Nicolas Coustou and Guillaume Coustou I. Van Cleve -- Cayot -- Lepautre and Other Contemporaries. Robert Le Lorrain. The Lemoyne. Bouchardon. The Brothers Adam. Michel-Ange Slodtz -- Pt. 2. The Middle… Read More

New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, c1973., 1973. Fine. 1st printing ; 152 pp. ; 10 1/4 x 11 inches ; 64 full color plates ; 17 b&w illustrations ; dust jacket slightly soiled, but still bright and shiny ; dark olive drab-gold cloth with gold lettering ; Bellows is known for his paintings of boxers, especially "Stag at Sharkey's", and also for tennis and swimming scenes ; FINE/VG

Cincinnati, Ohio : North Light Books, 2006., 2006. Fine. 1st printing ; 159 pp. ; color illustrations ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 1581808577 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781581808575 ; LCCN: 2006-48255 ; OCLC: 69680207 ; LC: ND1400; Dewey: 751.45/4343 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; two scratches on front cover s ; FINE

New York : Watson-Guptill, 1982, 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st edition], 1st printing ; 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0823036316; 9780823036318 LCCN: 82-8444 ; LC: ND1290; Dewey: 751.45/42 ; OCLC: 8533024 ; wine-colored cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; tear to dustkjacket ; Contents: Drawings for paintings -- Starting a painting -- Light on objects -- Morning and afternoon light -- Bright morning sunlight -- Artificial light -- Transparency and soft, filtered daylight -- Bright summer light -- Strong, dramatic backlight -- Reflections and stormy light -- A gradually deepening light -- Bright mirrored image and shadowed reality -- Bright north light and deep space -- Interiors and exteriors: a balanced tension -- Dramatic night light -- Mysterious night light -- Redefining a lost theme -- Warm and cool portraits -- Same subject, two interpretations -- Creating a relationship between two figures ; FINE/G.

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1990, 1943., 1943. Fine. x, 316 pp., [8] pp. of plates : illustrated ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 087249697X; 9780872496972; LCCN: 89-28560 ; OCLC: 20593813 ; LC: F865; Dewey: 383/.142/091641 ; Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1943. Originally published in series: University of California publications in history, v. 29./ Revision of the author's thesis./ Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-304) and index. ; dark green cloth with silver lettering, in pictorial dustjacket ; FINE/FINE

New York : Raven Press, 1993, 1993. Very Good. 2nd ed. ; xvii, 1176 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0881679860; 9780881679861; National Library: 9300989 LCCN: 92-48496 ; OCLC: 27339337 ; Rev. ed. of: The Exocrine pancreas (1986) ; orange cloth ; ex-lib, stamps, labels, ownership stamp, mark on top of textblock ; Contents: Anatomy of the Pancreas -- Fine Structure of the Human Exocrine Pancreas -- Differentiation and Development of the Pancreas in Animals -- Prenatal and Postnatal Development of the Human Exocrine Pancreas -- Replication and Regeneration of the Pancreas -- Transgenic Analysis of Pancreatic Function and Development -- Regulation of Pancreatic Gene Expression in Response to Hormones and Nutritional Substrates -- Cellular Compartmentation, Protein Processing, and Secretion in the Exocrine Pancreas -- Receptors for Secretagogues on Pancreatic Acinar Cells -- Stimulus-Secretion Coupling in Pancreatic Acinar Cells -- Electrophysiology of Acinar Cells -- Pancreatic Secretory Enzymes --… Read More

[Atlanta, GA] : [Foote & Davies], 1969., 1969. Very Good. Green covers ; large format ; numerous black and white photographs of campus life in 1969 featuring clothing, hairstyles, fads, etc ; hinges slightly shaken ; a triffle dusty ; a few pencil marks, else VG