Search Results: Titles starting with P from 100 POCKETS

Tokyo, Japan: Gakken Co, Ltd, 1971. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Ryohei Yanagihara (illustrator). EX-LIB/Uncirculated Copy. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated boards/NF w/trace surface wear. DJ/None as Issued. Adaptation of Paul Dukas' (1865 - 1935) musical classic of 1897; adapted by Disney 1940 to Fantasia starring Mickey Mouse, the work escaped the confines of concert halls. This version was first published in Japanese, 1969. Deftly told Makoto Oishe, magically illustrated by Ryohei Yanagihara (1931 -), and skillfully translated to English by Ann Brannen in 1971. Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice (French: L'apprenti sorcier), is a symphonic poem subtitled "Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe" as it was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem of the same title. Experiences of young sorcerer's apprentice Arthur. Impatient w/endless manual duties & no schooling in the yearned for magic arts of turning flowers into lovely girls… Read More

New York, NY: Carl Fischer, 1943. Unstated Publication Date . Soft Cover/Sheet Music. Good/None as Issued. 7-page Vintage SHEET MUSIC. A Major Polonaise for the pianoforte arranged by Maxwell Eckstein (c.1905 - 1974). Strong copy with red check marks, faint creasing to upper front corner & archival tape reinforced spine. Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) composed some 23 poloanises (a slow dance of Polish origin in triple time, consisting chiefly of an intricate march or procession) for the solo piano.. He wrote his first polonaise in 1817 at the tender age of seven. Among the best known polonaises are this 1841 "Military" Polonaise in A, Op. 40, No. 1.

Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum Press, 1961. First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Published on occasion of the 10th Pacific Science Congress held in Honolulu August 21 st to September 6t h, 1961, and issued as a Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication #48. Text/BRAND NEW w/trace push to upper text edge from poor shelving. History of the Pacific Science Association. Published on occasion of the 10th Pacific Science Congress, Aug 21 - Sept 6, 1961, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication #48. Founded 1920; based in Honolulu, Hawaii. A regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization devoted to sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region through the vehicle of science and technology.

New York, NY: Books, Inc/E.P. Dutton, 1943. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/As New; Bright & Clean. First Edition. Beige boards/VG; strong w/edge & surface rubs. DJ/None. Chicago Times correspondent Keith Wheeler (1911 - 1994) was dispatched with hours of notice to the Southwest Pacific after Pearl Harbor (Dec 7th, 1941). He spent December through May aboard cruiser, carrier, destroyer, in and out of engagements. Volume records those days of life among fighting men. Wheeler reports of the Far East through the occupation of Japan. He considered this account as "an amateur's report of an amateurs' War"; a documentation of a war correspondent's experiences In the Pacific of the first 14 months following Pearl Harbor. 383 pgs in 31 chapters, with a list of accompanied b/w archival photos.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good - COLLECTIBLE/Very Good. Text/NEW & Bright. Stated 1st Edition. Beige linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; intact w/edge rubs, short nips, chips, closed tears to upper/lower spine edges. PO label to fEP. First published 1949; this is a re-issue of 1953. Practical, down-to-earth, year round gardening on the Pacific Coast as well as a primary historical record of favorable climate of the 1950's. Author Norvell Gillespie was garden editor of both Sunset Magazine & SF Chronicle. 306 pgs. 26 chapters. The first 10 address general principles; balance evaluates specific plant varieties.

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1963. Revised Edition, Printing of 1963 . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF; showing faint discoloration & light edge wear; under mylar. First published 1952. Field guide to the larger and more common sea shells of the Hawaiian Islands, and the area lying to the south and west. Prepared with amateur shell collectors in mind, the volume is a fine reference/resource for shells of the tropical Pacific Ocean.

Berkeley, CA: Institute of East Asian Studies/Univ of California, Berkeley, 1986. First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Volume 17 of Research Papers & Policy Studies series, Univ of California, Berkeley. Collection of 19 papers presented on May 20, 1985 for discussion by scholars of the Institute of East Asian Studies at Berkeley and the Institute for International Studies at Shanghaid.

Belmont, CA: Lifetime Learning Publications - Wadsworth, 1982. Third Printing . Chocolate Boards. Very Good/Very Good in Plastic Protector. 9 1/2" Tall. John Foster. The 6 part headings of this manual for applications analysts and designers are: What is a Packet?; Operational Protocols -- Packet Switching in Networks; Packet Networks in the Real World -- Topology, Routing, Robustness, and Some Lucky Guesses; Packet Switching without Packet Switches; Data Networks, Packet Switching, and the Common Carriers; and Integrated Networks and the Future of Packet Switching. 371 pages, with tables, figures, Glossary, and Index; plus xvii pages, Contents, Preface, and Acknowledgments; Summary, and Suggested Readings at the end of each chapter. ExLib: markings include DDSC label on backstrap, ISBN and stamp on rfEP, embossment and accession data on title page recto and verso, loan pocket on lrEP, and stamps on all three text edges. Otherwise, DJ and boards are clean and sound; text is strong and clean.

New York, NY: HarperFestival/HarperCollins, 1992. First American Edition, 10th Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. John Lobban (Illustrator). Text/NEAR NEW. Illustrated boards/NEW. First book in the Paddiington Bear series in which Mr. & Mrs. Brown, waiting for their daughter Judy at Paddington Station, spot a small bear recently arrived from Peru and take him home to join their family. This newly illustrated perennial favorite was first published in 1972

New York, NY: Dell Yearling, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Peggy Fortnum (Illustrator). Text/NEW showing faint margin discoloration. 1970 publication. Soft cover/VG w/rubs & faint creasings to edges & surface. Once upon a time, Mr. & Mrs. Brown, waiting for their daughter Judy at Paddington Station, spot a small bear recently arrived from Peru and take him home to join their family. So began the chronicles of Paddington Bear from Michael Bond (1926 -) and first illustrated by Peggy Fortnum, as this copy is. In this tale, when a lawn mower runs into a tree, a small furry face peers out a TV set ... all eyes turn to Paddington!

New York, NY: Dell, 1987. First Edition. 16th Printing of 1980 . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Peggy Fortnum (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW and showing margin discoloration. Illustrated soft cover/NF. The numeral 5 written on front cover verso. An adventure in which Paddington, back home from Peru, tries his paw at the stock market, hairdressing, and, ballet!

New York, NY: G. Schirmer, 1916. Soft Cover/Sheet Music. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/As New. Softcover/VG; sound w/closed tears to edges & showing faint discoloration. Piano score. Melodie, from the "Chants du Voyageur," op. 8, no. 3. Polish pianist, composer and politician Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860 - 1941). 6 pages. This Schirmer No. 26755 is edited by Andor Pinter.

Bururesti: Editura Albatros, 1989. Printed Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 13/16"; 19.80cm. Volumul de fata reproduce textul dupa Liviu Rebreanu -- Romane, vol. I, Editie si postfata de Niculae Gheran, Editura Cartea Romaneasca, Bucuresti, 1986. The contributions of the present editor are prefata, tabel cronologic si addenda. 275 (+ XLIV) pages. Covers show shelf use; text is strong and unmarked, though coloring throughout. HOWEVER, the finicky reader is warned that the first sheaf, pages I through XXXII, though in correct sequence has been bound in UPSIDE DOWN.

Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Indian Affairs/Dept of the Interior, 1940. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Flexible. Near Fine/None as Issued. Velino Herrera [Ma-pe-wi] (Illustrator). Text/AS NEW. Stapled, red flexible cover/NF w/scape & surface loss to upper back. PO name to fEP. Monograph; Sherman Pamphlets, No. 3. Printed in sienna on beige paper, and illustrated w/photos from the Bureau of American Ethnology & line drawings by Velino Herrera (Ma-pe-wi). Text based on lectures delivered 1935 at the Sherman Institute summer program on Anthropology which focused on tribes of the Southwest. Contents cover who the Papago and Pima are, their daily lives, family and tribal structure, and their spiritual rituals and rites. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Collier Books/Macmillan, 1982. First Edition, 16th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright, showing trace evidence of poor shelving. Soft cover/NF. Treatise on public education in democracies. Educational philosophy forwarded by the Paideia (Greek language: the upbringing of a child) Group addressing aims and objectives of educational equalization. Written for those concerned with decline in public schooling quality and the consequent flight to private schools and to more affulent communities, increasing time teachers spend on keeping order instead of teaching, colleges burdened with remedial course work, and the consequent societal disorders created by expanding pools of unemployable adults. Fine copy.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Chartwell Books, 1985. 1st American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Fine. Peter Farlow (Demonstrations). BRAND NEW & Collectible. Interior design. Guide to painting techniques including dragging, combing or trompe l'oeill, for amateurs and professionals. 6 chapters: 1, Choosing a Color Scheme; 2, Tools & Materials; 3, Preparing the Surface; 4, Broken Color; 5, Fantasy Decoration; and, 6, Finishing Touches.

Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Collecible. First Edition, First Printing. Pragmatic manual/guide to Painter for beginning and intermediate users written by instructor at the New School Computer Instruction Center Elaine Weinmann and faculty member of the Parsons School of Design Peter Lourekas. Seventeen chapters followed by appendices.

Madrid, Spain: Banco Santander, 1993. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New. HARD COVER. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition. Spanish language text. An aerial, color photography, portrait --- photographic essay of the Basque Country as viewed from the heavens. 296 pgs.

Rio de Janeiro: Editôra Civilizaçáo Brasiliera, 1960. Soft Cover/Library Boards. Very Good/None as Issued. EX-LIB. UNCIRCULATED. No loan pocket. Text/BRAND NEW; showing margin discoloration. Softcover encased in green library boards. Collection of 11 tales. A volume in the publisher's Coleçáo Vera Cruz (Literatura Brasileira).167 pages including Glosario of slang used perhaps -- the provenance is not mentioned -- in the Pernambuco/Alagoas region.

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1958. First Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Stapled. Very Good/None as Issued. Lawrence B. Smith (Line Drawings); Robert Kingsbury (Line Maps). Text/Near New. Stapled softcover/VG; sound w/light wear to corner tips & faint creasing to upper front corner. Tour guide/activity book to Pakistan of the 1950s. 29 color-photographed sticker/stamps neatly pasted onto prepared spaces. Pakistan came to be in 1947 consequent of British withdrawal from the Indian subcontinent post World War II. A historical milestone.