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

Totowa, N.J. : Barnes & Noble, 1981, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. x, 286 p. ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0389201618; 9780389201618 LCCN: 81-105812 ; LC: PR5908.F64; Dewey: 821/.8 ; OCLC: 7323177 ; bloue cloth in color dustjacket ; Contents : Yeats and nineteenth century Irish literary tradition : From poetry to folklore -- Yeats and Irish folklore : The nineteenth century tradition -- The folklore anthologies : Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry and Irish Fairy Tales -- From fairy to folk : Representative Irish tales and The Celtic Twilight -- Rakes and rapparees : Irish adventures -- Poets and heroes : The secret rose -- Traditional innovations in literary theory and style ; FINE/FINE.

Longmead, Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK : Element Books, Limited, 1990., 1990. Fair. New ed., [edited and rendered into modern English with a commentary by] R.J. Stewart ; xiv, 178 pp. : illustrated with diagrams ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 1852301414 (pbk.) :; 9781852301415 (pbk.) ; OCLC: 21412733 ; LC: BF1028.5.S; Dewey: 133.094115 ; Originally published as: The secret common-wealth : s.l. : s.n., 1691 ; a scarce edition of the Robert Kirk opus, with a detailed, if rambling, commentary by R J Stewart which gives a 1990's prespective to the story of the Rev. Robert Kirk, supposedly trapped by the fairies in their world for having revealed their secrets in his manuscript, reproduced here in modern English, The Secret Commonwealth of Elves Faunes & Fairies ; ex-lib ; color pictorial paper wrappers ; spine knocked ; label, stamps (at least of a Scottish library!) ; illustration in color on the cover of Richard Dadd's Bacchanalian Scene, 1862 ; FAIR

New York : Chautauqua Press, C L S C Department, 805 Broadway, 1886, 1886. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing ] ; 329 p. ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 05-12338 ; LC: QE35; Dewey: 550 ; OCLC: 489611 ; Contents : The Gravel Pit -- Among the Glaciers -- The Hillside Spring and its Work -- The Floods of the Great Lakes -- The River Gorge -- A Walk Under the Sea -- By the Rocky Wall -- Liquid Sunlight -- Gaseous Sunlight -- Solidified Sunlight -- The Cemeteries of the Bad Lands -- Lone Burials in the Coal Lands -- Historical glimpses -- The Primeval Storm -- The World without a BackBone -- Courses of the Earths Masonry -- Among the Volcanoes -- Frozen Seas of Lava -- The Unstable Land -- The Framework of the Mountains -- Down in a Mine -- The King of Metals -- Mammalian Rule -- Anticipation and Retrospect in Life Plans -- The Reign of Ice -- The Earth Receives her King -- Retrospect ; "This work attempts to hold a position between textbooks and books of light reading. The formal… Read More

Lombard, IL : Wallace-Homestead, 1986., 1986. Very Good. 11th edition, 6th printing ; 296 pp. : illustrated with black & white photos ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0870694421 LCCN: 84-50515 ; OCLC: 14524504 ; serial record, OCLC: 9140654 ; Dewey: 748.2075 ; LC: NK1125; alternate Dewey: 745.1/075 ; followed by OCLC 158 76285 ; pictorial color stiff paper wrappers ; VG

Corvallis, OR : Earthsongs, 1994, 1994. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. approx. 20 copies ; SATB ; "Walrus at the Mistletoe Dance" is a humorous and dun-dilled Christmas story of love, acceptance and facing up to one's fears. It delights young choirs and has been enthusiastically received by audiences, making it a perfect choice for Christmas repertoire" ; .

[New York ; Burbank, CA] : [The Walt Disney Company ; Buena Vista Homes Video], 1994., 1994. Fair. Blue cloth with metallic lettering ; underlining and marks throughout ; back ep torn away ; 88 pp. ; several full-color illustrations and stills ; FAIR

London : Methuen, 1923., 1923. Good. 18th ed., rev. ; xv, 315 p. ; illustrated with 20 paintings in color by Herbert Marshall and 36 black and white illlustrations from old Dutch paintings ; 20 cm. ; LC: DJ39 ; OCLC: 18444318 ; red cloth with gold lettering and designs ; artists include: Jan Vermeer, Jan vna Scorel, Jan Steen, Josef Israels, Albert Cuyp, Nicolas maes, Paulus Moreelse, Matthew Maris, Carel Fabritius, Rembrandt, Van der Helst, Gerard Dou, Gabriel Metsu, Johannes Bosboom, Franz Hals, Gerard Terburg, Anton Mauve ; photographs from Franz Haufstaengl and Dewald ; foxing ; wear to covers ; front hinge shaken ; G

New York : Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., 1977., 1977. Good. Book Club Edition, 1st printing ; 256 pp. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0812906071; 9780812906073 LCCN: 76-9689 ; LC: D804.G4; Dewey: 364.1/38/0924 ; OCLC: 2676475 ; blue cloth with white lettering, in color pictorial dustjacket ; cellophane repair to dustjacket ; slight knock ; G/G

New York ; Cambridge ; Philadelphia ; San francisco ; London : Mexico City ; Sao Paolo ; Sydney : Harper & Row, 1982, 1982. Good. 1st US edition, 1st printing ; xi, 294 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. ; LC: F3031; Dewey: 997/.11; OCLC: 8826510 ; ISBN: 0060150823; 9780060150822 LCCN: 82-48612 ; "Portions of this work originally appeared in somewhat different form in the Sunday times" ; black cloth in price-clipped pictorial dustjacket ; bookseller's label on front endpaper ; Contents: Surrender -- The yawning gap -- The rights and wrongs of history -- The long road to war -- Argentina's General Patton -- My job is war -- A most ungentlemanly act -- Task Force South -- The battle for peace -- Enter Al Haig -- The Empire strikes back -- Operation Blackbuck -- Death of the Belgrano -- A final chance for peace -- D-Day -- The blackbird and the falcon -- Bomb alley, Death valley -- The other casualty -- The Battle for Goose Green -- A Bay too far -- Advance on Stanley -- Surrender --Maps:… Read More

Boulder, Colorado : Blue Mountain Press, 1983., 1983. Fine. 157 p., [1] leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0883962004 :; LCCN: 83-71747 ; OCLC: 10238554 ; beige boards with black lettering in color photographic dustjacket with photo of Nimoy by David Schutz ; 1st printing, September 1983 ; FINE/VG

New York : Linden Press/Simon and Schuster, 1981, 1981. Book. Good. Soft cover. 479 p., 32 leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0671410105; 9780671410100; 0671422767 LCCN: 81-8465 ; LC: DT107.83; Dewey: 962/.053 ; OCLC: 7572151 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents : Cast of characters -- Prologue -- Part One: The fuse -- Attackers will not go away unpunished / Ben Gurion -- Helpless and utterly depressed / Sharett -- Where is dignity? / Nasser -- It could lead to war / Dulles -- Reduced to derision / Eban -- Part Two: The spark -- Let us compete/ Khrushchev -- Without the United States, Britain is alone / Churchill -- I was a victim myself / Mollet -- We had no interest in old fashion domination / Lloyd -- I prefer Arabs to Jews / Eden -- We have decided to fight / Peres -- Nasser soon must take vigorous steps / Byroade -- Weaken Nasser / Eisenhower -- Part Three: The explosion -- Israelis have something to lose / Hammarskjold -- We'll be plastered as assassins and baby killers /… Read More

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1981., 1981. Very Good. xv, 274 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0807110051; 9780807110058 LCCN: 81-83851 ; LC: DA250; Dewey: 942.04 ; OCLC: 8289637 ; red cloth in gold lettering, color illustrated dustjacket ; "The author shatters the myth of perpetual bloody conflict and shows that the wars had remarkably little effect on the social and religious life of the country or on the structure of politics"--dustjacket ; slight foxing, else VG/FINE

Dayton, OH : Lorenz Publishing Company, Monarch Mnusic, a publishing division of The Lorenz Corporation, 1998, 1998. Sheet music. Good. Soft cover. approx. 52 copies ; SATB ; 10/1849M.

New York : Stein and Day, 1972, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 224 p. : ill. (part col.), maps, plans ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 081281505X; 9780812815054 LCCN: 72-82214 ; LC: DA690.S644; Dewey: 913.362 ; OCLC: 661637 ; Report of research conducted by the Camelot Research Committee ; 15 color plates, 95 monochromatic plates, 36 line drawings ; Contents : Growth of a theory -- Reconaissance 1966-1967 -- Excavation 1967-1968 -- Fulfilment 1969-1970 -- Results -- The earliest settlements : Neolithic, Bronze Age, Esrlier Iron Age -- The Iron Age town -- Celtic climax and downfall -- Camelot and Cadanbyrig -- After Cadanbyrig ; green cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; FINE/FINE.

New York : Konecky & Konecky, 1965., 1965. Very Good. 655 p. : ill., maps, ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 1568520271 ; OCLC: 32905083 ; grey, textured cloth with gold lettering, in colorful dustjacket ; spot on front cover ; spine creased, else VG/VG

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1977., 1977. Good. vii, 79 pp., 25 cm. ; ex-lib, stamps, label, pocket, date due slip ; ISBN: 0813907535 ; LCCN: 77-81771 ; "Published as a special volume in the series of the Records of the Columbia Historical Society of Washington, D.C." ; OCLC: 3731878 ; Contents: Charles Edward Eaton The Last Page But One -- William Jay Smith The Rise and Fall of the Swagger -- Howard Nemerov Keeping Informed in DC -- Roderick Jellema Washington Migrants -- Grace Cavalieri To the President Crossing the Potomac ; a few minor marks on front covers ; G

New York, N.Y. : Watson-Guptill, 1983, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0823056716; 9780823056712 LCCN: 82-23784 ; LC: ND2422; Dewey: 751.422 ; OCLC: 9082812 ; blue-green cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: The characteristics of the four water media -- Watercolor -- Gouache -- Acrylic -- Casein -- Water media reference guide -- Brushes -- COmbined media exercises -- Multimedia demonstrations -- Water media workshop -- Questions and answers on water media --- Conclusion ; FINE/FINE.

New York : Reinhold, 1957., 1957. Good. 160 pp. ; illustrated with color and black & white illustrations, and photographs ; 27 cm. ; LCCN: 57-6540 ; OCLC: 560778 ; LC: ND2133; Dewey: 751.42 ; black cloth with white lettering, in color pictorial dustjacket ; a few minor marks here and there in the text ; "The paintings in the book, all Mr. Brooks' own work, are not color renderings of old barns, churches and lighthouses, nor are they slick but uninspired representational landscapes--neither are they public viewings of the author's neuroses. They are vital, lively, colorful, and altogether fascinating studies of everything from still-life to landscapes." -- dustjacket ; wear to dustjacket ; G/G

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996., 1996. Very Good. Grey-blue and sea-green cloth with silver lettering, in multicolor photographic dustjacket ; 1st edition, 1st printing ; except for a small, light dig on front dustjacket and cover, "Off Cape Town in 1767, the captain of a British frigate drowns in a storm and a lieutenant is accused of pushing him overboard. Sir John Fielding, a blind magistrate, is given the case, helped by his 14-year-old assistant who narrates this tale." ; "When a murder is committed on one of His Majesty's vessels, blind magistrate Sir John Fielding and his associate, Jeremy Proctor, investigate the disturbing murder and discover some things are better left alone." ; OCLC: 34076638 ; ISBN: 042516036X, 9780425160367 ; VG/VG

Newark ; Memphis ; Winona ; Oakland ; Montreal ; Winnipeg ; Vancouver ; Melbourne : The J. R. Watkins Company, 1941., 1941. Good. 4th edition ; Chapters: Basement Hints -- Laundry Hints -- Kitchen Hints -- Cooking Hints -- Canning Hints -- House Cleaning Hints -- How to Remove Stains -- Household and Garden Insects -- Garden Hints -- First Aid Hints -- Miscellaneous Hints ; sp iral bound green cloth ; crease on front cover ; cover edges worn ; G