Search Results: Titles starting with S from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Stockholm: Bonniers Junior Förlag AB, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly white pictorial boards, black titles, 123 pp, 21 b & w drawings. Paper browning, else fine. DJ has faint sticker mark on front panel, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. Children's fiction in Swedish. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Later printing. . Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Tord Nygren. 20½ X 13 cm.

Palo Verdes Peninsula, CA: Vintage Radio Publishers, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green leather-textured paper covers, gold ink titles, 175 pp. Pristine copy of this reprint of Gernsback's Radio Encyclopedia, which compiles vast amounts of information on radio practice, vocabulary, and explanations of the electronic theory as it was understood during the early years of commercial radio. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 25½ X 18 cm.

Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red leatherette with gilt titles on front board and spine, red endpapers, [vii], 373 pp including numerous photos and other b & w illustrations. A nearly invisible one-inch slit to simulated leather on rear board mars an otherwise VG copy. Rear board slightly soiled, owner's name & address rubber-stamped on endpapers and preliminary blank, very faintly musty. The history of the S. S. Kresge Company and its successor, the K Mart Corporation, from its founding in Detroit in 1899 through 1978. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . G+/No dj. 22½ X 14½ cm.

Mansfield, MA: S. W. Card Mfg. Co. (Division of Union Twist Drill Co.), 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in stiff green pebble-grained paper wraps, foil titles & device, 164 pp. Slight wear to extremities, distributor's name & address rubber-stamped on recto of ffep. About half the catalogue is devoted to lists of products with prices; the other half consists of tables of thread dimensions. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. VG+/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue boards, dark blue cloth spine with blue foil titles, foil S on front board, [ix], 374 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. This is the nineteenth in Grafton's series of Kinsey Millhone mystery novels. It's another cold case for Kinsey. Violet Sullivan's daughter was seven when her mother vanished. Thirty-four years later, she hires Kinsey to find out what happened. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Indianapolis: SAMS (Macmillan Computer Publishing), 1999 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White wraps, red & black titles, xviii, 477, [8] pp, numerous figures, index. A beginning-level text on ASP 2.0. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 23½ X 19 cm.

Indianapolis: SAMS Publishing, 2002 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly white covers with red & dark blue titles on spine, xvi, 486, [1] pp. Only moderate general wear, but has some notes & underlining in pen and coffee stains to margin of one leaf and to bottom edge. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). 2nd ed, 1st ptg. Trade Paperback. G-/No dj. 23 X 19 cm.

Indianapolis: SAMS Publishing, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Purple, white & gold laminated boards, xxii, 948, [6] pp, index, CD-ROM in an envelope at rear. Envelope open, else fine; CD present. Despite the title, contains 28 daily lessons with sample code, collected under four general headings: getting started; developing web-based and graphical programs; using Swing and other advance features; expanding your knowledge. CD contains source code of the lessons, sample applets, Java Development Kit 1.2 (for Windows 95/98/NT and Solaris), evaluation versions of third-party software. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. First Printing. . Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 19½ cm.

New York: ACM Press, 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White covers, xvi, 464 pp. Bottom corners curled, otherwise about fine. Contains 46 papers and 32 posters presented at the conference. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Trade Paperback. VG+/No dj, as issued. 28 X 21½ cm.

Sebastopol, CA et al.: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue, white & black covers, xv, 540, [4] pp, index. Small bump to tail of spine, else as new. Contents: introduction to SSH; basic & advanced client use; inside SSH; installation; configuration; key management & agents; port & X forwarding; recommended setup; case studies; troubleshooting & FAQ; implementations; SecureCRT for Windows; F-Secure SSH client for Window & Macintosh; NiftyTelnet SSH for Macintosh. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 18 cm.

Minneapolis: Dillon Press, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mustard cloth, brown titles on front board & spine, [ix], 169 pp. Small spot near bottom corner of front cover. DJ browning about the edges; in Brodart archival cover. Rather scarce memoir by Minnesota's Commissioner for Human Rights for 1970-71. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22 X 15 cm.

Minneapolis: Friends of Minnesota Music, 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, gilt titles on spine, frontis., vi, 292 pp, 11 figures, notes, bibliography of Reidel's publications. Festschrift honoring Riedel, a professor of music at the University of Minnesota, upon his retirement. Contains a biographical note on Riedel, and 18 papers on various musical topics by S. Misha Namenwirth, Jerome S. Kleinsasser, Mary Joy Rieder, Jean Strommer, Cornelius B. Canon, James Clarke, Gloria Morris-Grothe, LeRoy Larson, Susan Berdahl, Charles Sigmund, Gerhard M. Cartford, Jane E. Rasmussen, Bert Polman, C. Wesley Anderson, Audrey Ekdahl Davidson, Merritt C. Nequette, William L. Smith, & Santos G. Martinez. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . New/No dj, as issued. 23½ X 16 cm.

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc., 2007 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Remainder. Grey boards, black spine with red titles, xxi, 330 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Thomson mingles an overview of 5000 years of Peruvian history with an account of his own travels about Peru visiting historical sites. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

St. Paul: Graywolf Press, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial card covers, grey spine with black titles, xvii, 276 pp. Slight crease at bottom of front cover. Thomsen, an American long resident in Ecuador, writes about a trip to Brazil. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No dj. 23 X 14½ cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, black & gilt titles on front board & spine, pictorial endpapers, xi, 308 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates. Previous owner's name on recto of ffep. DJ rubbed at corners & spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. After a short stop in Africa, most of Sister Maria's book concerns south Asia from India to the Pacific rim. According to the DJ, "Always her description is full of humor and anecdote, and she never tires the reader with statistics or guidebook information. She can make us sense the mood of a whole country---through the individual life histories of the men, women, and children she lets us meet and through the varied experiences of Maryknollers teaching and healing where the need is greatest." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG+. 24 X 15½ cm.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth, black & gilt titles on front board & spine, pictorial endpapers, xi, 308 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates. Top edges of boards bumped, address label on recto of ffep. DJ rubbed at corners & spine ends, spine slightly faded; in Brodart archival cover. After a short stop in Africa, most of Sister Maria's book concerns south Asia from India to the Pacific rim. According to the DJ, "Always her description is full of humor and anecdote, and she never tires the reader with statistics or guidebook information. She can make us sense the mood of a whole country---through the individual life histories of the men, women, and children she lets us meet and through the varied experiences of Maryknollers teaching and healing where the need is greatest." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG. 24 X 15½ cm.

Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Burnt orange boards, black & white titles, pictorial endpapers, xi, 364 pp, chapter references. Corners & spine ends slightly rubbed, ownership stamp on recto of ffep. Epidemiologist Leonard M. Schuman's copy, with his signature on verso of ffep. Proceedings of a conference held at the Banbury Center in Cold Spring Harbor, Oct. 14-16, 1979. Examines the science of low tar & nicotine cigarettes, including toxicology, carcinogenisis, cigarette engineering, and smoker behavior. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Hippocrene Books, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Perfect-bound in pictorial card covers, xvii, 264 pp, 32 photos and maps identified in list of illustrations plus an overview map & chapter head- and tailpieces, chapter bibliographies, glossary, index. Covered with adhesive plastic, else fine. Reprint of 1935 Columbia University translation and expansion of 1928 French original. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 23 X 15½ cm.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, white titles on spine, xii, 406, [1] pp. Edges & spine ends rubbed. DJ rubbed, with tear up to 2 cm and small chips; in Brodart archvival cover. This book was written for use as a text in the U. S. Naval Academy. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 3rd Ed. . VG/G+. 22½ X 22 cm.

Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House, 1995 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. This edition is a facsimile of the original 1899 edition with an introduction dating to 1954. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, [xxiv], 294 pp, photo frontispiece, many line cuts in text. According to the DJ, "Slocum, an aging Massachusetts merchantman, was not only the first man to circumnavigate the globe single-handed--and in a 37-foot sailboat which he himself had rebuilt from a derelict oyster sloop--but he also set down the story of his odyssey in and unequaled masterpiece of vital yet diciplined prose." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . Fine/Fine. 21½ X 14½ cm.