Authors starting with S from 100 POCKETS

Sanremo: Direzione Portuale e Administrativa, 1980. Issued by the harbormaster at Portosole, it contains port regulations and a multiplicity of aids (hours of radio transmissions, rules of the road, signal flags, etc.) for the sailor. In Italian, French, English and German. 112 pages with (contents), photographs, maps, plans, advertisements and (glossaries). Cover shows slight wear, text is clean and strong.. Illustrated Glossy Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 5/16" Tall. Publication. ... more information

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New York, NY: W H Freeman, 1987. BRAND NEW Copy. First published 1977; this is the 2nd Edition of 1987 & is fortified with more non-geological aspects. Text in 13 chapters: 1, Fundamental Considerations; 2, Aerial Photographs & Multispectral Images; 3, Manned Satellite Images; 4, Landsat Images; 5, Thermal Infrared Images; 6, Radar Images; 7, Digital Image Processing; 8, Resource Exploration; 9, Environmental Applications; 10, Land-Use & Land-Cover Analysis; 11, Natural Hazards; 12, Comparison o... more information

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New York, NY: Grove Press, 1995. NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. Biography of the legendary Polish-born pianist Artur Rubinstein (1887 - 1982). A portrait of a gifted artist and an extraordinarily complex man by Harvey Sachs, himself a musician. Fine copy illustrated w/photos and an appended Discography .. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. New/New. ... more information

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971. Stated First Edition. Author signed. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy. Text/BRAND NEW w/finger smudge to page 11. Illustrated boards/NF. DJ/NF; under library mylar. Fran Ellen is ten and in the fourth grade. The class knows her name, knows she sucks her thumb, and knows she smell bad. None in the class knows anything important about her ... that she really lives in two houses: the one in which her mother is very ill, and Fran Ellen has to take care of her younger sister; the other,... more information

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New York, NY: Borzoi/Alfred a Knopf, 1954. Text/BRAND NEW with close tear & loss to upper right corner of pg 17 (likely careless opening of un-cut corner). Bi-color boards/NF w/rubs to all corners. DJ/None. A collection of print and drawings of modern times, allowing each artist to "convey his own message in his own graphic language." Brief comments or captions accompany each plate to illustrate the historic thread that links them. Fine copy less dust jacket.. First Edition, First Thus. Hard C... more information

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Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education, 1991. BRAND NEW Copy. Ecology, environmental studies and school's active participation. Resource guide for elementary and middle grade schools teachers regarding identified endangered species of California State. Document co-sponsored by the CA Dept of Education, CA Dept of Fish & Game, and the Nat'l Audubon Society. Major text sectors are: 1, Vanishing California; 2, Adopt a Species Competition Guidelines; 3, How to Adopt a Species; 4, Sample Adoptio... more information

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Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1995. BRAND NEW Copy. Pet care for your beloved cat? Hilarious and very well illustrated parody on how to stroke and pamper oneself when mature women encounter the universal, mid-life change of menopause. As Martha Sacks says, while some doors close, others open to lead to "... an exciting passageway to the future... These can be the best years of your lives." . First Edition, 8th Printing of 1997. Soft Cover. New/None as Issued. Illus. by Jack E. Davis (Illustrator)... more information

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Peoria, IL: Chas A Bennett, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 1st Printing. Text/Clean & strong, w/faint soiling to text edges. Illustrated Boards/Strong w/light edge wear, (pencil?) indents, & showing discoloration. Faint crayon markings on fEP. This book is the third revision and an expansion of Theory & Practice of Arc Welding (1st publ, 1943), and is issued to be the principal text for welding training in vocational schools, technical education programs, junior colleges & engin... more information

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New York, NY: Quill/William Morrow, 1985. Text/As New. Illustrated soft cover/NF; light edge wear w/faint creasings to spine. & trace soiling to lower back edge. The letters in this anthology, primarily preserved in the Henry W. & Albert A. Berg Collection in the New York Public Library, chronicles the story of two extraordinary women. English novelist and poet Vita Sackville-West (1892 - 1962), also well known for her garden at Sissinghurst in Kent, and novelist, essayist, and critic, Virginia Wool... more information

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. Text/VG; Bright, clean & sound w/c. 10 folded corners. Illustrated soft cover/VG; Clean & sound w/light edge wear & faint surface creasings. A book to enhance people's pleasure and understanding in listening to music. This volume is a shortened version of the original publication, Staley Sadie's Music Guide of 1989. Book in 9 parts: Part I, The Elements (rhythma, melody, harmony & texture, structure); II, The Making of Music; III, Music Before 1600;... more information

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Tonawanda, New York, U.S.A.: Kids Can Press, Limited, 2004. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. Excellent introduction to the art of knitting. Written for 8 years and up, which is infinitely suitable, however, the clarity of prose and presentation makes the book ideal for adults new to knitting. 11 projects including striped mittens and slipper socks are bound to make one want to keep yarn and needles around.. First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. New/None As Issued. Illus. by F... more information

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Paris: Flammarion, 1949. The full title is: L'Histoire D'Un Art/Le Cinema/Des Origines A Nos Jours. One of the first comprehensive histories of the movies as an art form in Europe and America, and still a useful book, particularly regarding early Scandanavian and Russian films. The dozens of stills are well chosen to document the trends and genres of the business. In French. 494 pages with (preface), many photographs, Chronologie, Cent Cineastes, Principaux Ouvrages Consultes, Index des Titres and Index Alp... more information

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Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1990. As the most recent information included here is current through 4/14/90 (Most Goals, Defenseman: S. Duchesne vs. Cgy, 2), the book would have been better titled LA Kings Annual '89-'90. Presumably it was prepared for fans arriving for the opening of the '90-'91 season; if so it was a merchandising experiment that seems not to have succeeded: there is no record of subsequent Annuals. Nonetheless there are a lot of fine photographs in this volume, and it is always a pleasure t... more information

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Davis, CA: Univ of California, 1999. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Named for Mayan philosophy, debut journal dedicated to the promotion of various art forms by students of Univ of California, Davis. Compilation of prose, poetry, fiction, interviews, cartoons, comic strips, and art work/photography. 64 pages, rectos upright and versos inverted. . Debut Publication. Soft Cover/Stapled. Fine/None as Issued. Illus. by Moebius (Cover Art). ... more information

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Oslo: Spillerom: HUN, Spillerom for Kvinner, 1998. This is a collection of contemporary and historical photos, poetry, and prose about working Norwegian women, and women at work in Norway. 161 pages, with Frontispiece, prefatory matter and many illustrations; illustrated EPs. Boards are nipped at leading corners, and rough at front and rear; author's inscription on second title page; text is clean and strong.. Signed by Author. Illustrated Coated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 11 1/4 x 8 11/16. Norwegian Lang... more information

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New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1968. Collectible. Text/VG; Clean & strong w/small tear to pg 138. Illustrated cover/VG; Strong & sound w/edge wear & faint creasings, and showing age. Text edges dyed red. Published w/o ISBN; ISBN assigned to Pocket Books re-issue of 1983. Anthology of caustic "come-backs", biting but not mean-spirited. For example, "He worked his head off to get to the top of the ladder --- only to find out he had leaned the ladder against the wrong wall!." Great... more information

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Lexington, MA: Xerox College, 1972. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated red soft cover/NF w/trace rubs to leading edges. Anthology of 31 articles, a balance of research papers and conclusions, theories, projections and accounts of personal experience towards inspiring further work relating to women and sex roles in social sciences. 7 chapters: 1, The Making of Men & Women; 2, The Images of Women; 3, Money, Sex & Women; 4, The Options of Women; 5, On Combining a "Deviant" & a Conve... more information

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New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1978. Stated First Paperback Printing, May 1978. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF w/trace soiling to lower back edge. Spotting (acidic paper reaction). An intellectual excursion with award winning American astronomer Carl Edward Sagan (1934 - 1996), Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell where he taught a course on critical thinking until his death, and noted for his work in popularizing scientific thought. The contents are: 1, The Cosmic Calendar; 2, Genes ... more information

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San Diego, CA: Harvest Books/Harcourt, 2000. BRAND NEW Copy. Classic literary work. Enchanting fable. Overtly, perhaps, a children's story, the tale ponders philosophical meaning in life.. Reprint. Soft Cover. New/None as Issued. Illus. by Antoine De Saint-Exupery (Author-Illustrator). ... more information

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Various. EX-LIB. Collection of 9 variously sized, soft cover librettos bound by The Free Public Library of Concord, MA in Feb, 1943, as Volume 2 of two. Black boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF. The librettos are: (1), L'AMORE DEI TRE RE (Tragic Poem in 3 Acts, Sem Benelli; the original Italian with English translation by R.H. Elkin, published by Fred. Rullman for the Chicago Civic Opera Co; text Near New & bright. (2), LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti) published by Oliver Ditson, Boston; Italian/English te... more information

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