Search Results: Memoir from 100 POCKETS

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/tidy pencil check marks on pgs 13, 14, 25, 31 & 38 (exercises at chapters' end), else as new. Red cloth boards/NF w/trace wear. DJ/None. First published in 1973, this textbook designed for a 1-year course on algebra is distinguished by concurrent emphasis on the historical development of the subject; a facsimile reprint was issued in 1997, also from Prentice-Hall. Outgrowth of lecture notes, the volume's 10 chapters are: 1, Introduction (Historical Perspectives); 2, Set Theory & Arithmetic; 3, The Theory of Groups; 4, The Theory of Rings; 5, Unique Factorization; 6, Vector Spaces; 7, The Theory of Fields; 8, The Theory of Groups, II; 9, Galois Theory; and, 10, Conclusion. Fine copy less dust jacket.

New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1969. First Edition, 5th Printing . Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Red linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/None. Small smudge to lower text block. Acoustical basis of music. Treatise based on a course given at the Univ of Southern California. 15 chapters presented in 4 parts. Part I, The Physical & Acoustical Background, Chapt 1, The Fundamental Physical Quantities; 2, Simple Vibrating Systems; 3, Waves & Wave Progagation; 4, Complex Vibrations & Resonance; Part II, The Reception of Musical Sounds, 5, The Ear: Intensity & Loudness Levels; 6, Tone Quality; 7, Frequency & Pitch; 8, Intervals, Scales, Tuning & Temperament; Part III, The Environment of Music, 9, Auditorium & Room Acoustics; and Part IV, The Production of Musical Sounds: Musical Instruments, 10, The String Instruments; 11, The Wood Instruments & Others; 12, The Brass Instruments; 13, The Piano; 14. The Percussion Instruments; and, 15, The… Read More

New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1969. First Edition, 4th Printing . Hardcover. New/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Red linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace edge rubs. Acoustical basis of music. Treatise based on a course given at the Univ of Southern California. 15 chapters presented in 4 parts. Part I, The Physical & Acoustical Background, Chapt 1, The Fundamental Physical Quantities; 2, Simple Vibrating Systems; 3, Waves & Wave Progagation; 4, Complex Vibrations & Resonance; Part II, The Reception of Musical Sounds, 5, The Ear: Intensity & Loudness Levels; 6, Tone Quality; 7, Frequency & Pitch; 8, Intervals, Scales, Tuning & Temperament; Part III, The Environment of Music, 9, Auditorium & Room Acoustics; and Part IV, The Production of Musical Sounds: Musical Instruments, 10, The String Instruments; 11, The Wood Instruments & Others; 12, The Brass Instruments; 13, The Piano; 14. The Percussion Instruments; and, 15, The Electronic Production… Read More

Cincinnati, OH: South-Western Publishing, 1966. 2nd Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Beige-green linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. PO stamp on fEP. Textbook in business management. 19 chapters. The word "strategy" is used to signify the general concept and salient aspects of gamesmanship as an administrative course towards acheiving success. Fine copy less dust jacket.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Black linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; shelfworn w/nips, chips & short closed tears to edge. First published 1985 under the title: "Techniques Avancees Pour Bases de Donnees"; this is the English edition. 377 pgs in 7 parts: 1, An Overview of Database Management; 2, Detailed Specification: Relational Techniques; 3, Data Representation, Packing, & Protection; 4, Selection in a Database: A Complete Discussion; 5, DMS Techniques & Database Architectures; 6, Optimal Dataabase Implementation Techniques; and, 7, Relational DBMS Oracle (Product Review of Version 4: April 1985). Lucid discussions on specification, testing, and other areas essential to problem solving. Fine copy in lesser dustjacket.

Rockville, MD: Computer Science Press, 1981. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/None (As Issued?). Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated boards/NF w/trace wear. DJ/None (as Issued?) PO name on fEP. College textbook. Volume addresses pictorial information processing by computer. Bulk of material has been used twice for a course in computer science for advanced undergradutes at Princeton University. Basic fundamentals in computer engineering and visual arts is assumed. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience/John Wiley, 1989. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. New/Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1989 First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed red linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine w/trace shelfwear. Textbook for researchers, teachers & students. Highly regarded treatment of theory & practice of mathematical modeling for economics, social sciences, biology, computer science disciplines. Focus on system-theoretic concepts such as self-organization, adaptation, reslliance, surprise & uncertainty, and the mathematical structures needed to incorporate these interests into formal systems. 493 pgs in 9 chapters: 1, The Ways of Modeling: Natural Systems & Formal Mathematical Representations; 2, Pattern & the Emergence of Living Forms: Cellular Automata & Discrete Dynamics; 3, The Analytical Engine: A Newtonian View of Brains, Minds & Mechanisms; 4, Catastrophes & Life: The Singularities of Ecological & Natural Resource Systems; 5, Order in… Read More

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1926. 3rd Edition, 3rd Impression . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/As New with pull-out Chart for the Graphical Calculation of Short Transmission Line Problems (also As New). Black linen board w/gilt spine lettering/NF. DJ/None. PO name (member of the Class of 1932 of Univ of California, Berkeley) on front cover verso. First published 1916, the book is an outline of lectures & classroom discussions delivered at the Univ of Washington by author. This 3rd Edition has been thoroughly revised. Textbook designed to explore alternating-current machinery and variables involved; the interaction is expressed in mathematical terms for easy application to daily industrial problems. Text in 28 Chapters supported by diagrams and exercises. Fine copy.

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Editora Edgard Blucher/Univ De Sao Paulo, 1978. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Portuguese language text. Softcover/NF; under plastic w/tape remanents to endpapers. Introduction to functional analysis and the problem of Sturm-Liouville by Chaim Samuel Honig (1926 -) of the Univ of Sao Paulo. 131 pgs. chapters: I. Espacos de Banach; II, Espacos de Hilbert; III, Teoria dos Operadores; and IV, Aplicacoes.

Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1957. First Edition, 3rd Printing of 1960 . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New. 1960, First Edition, 3 Printing. Blue boards/NF w/trace wear to corner tips & faint discoloration to spine. DJ/None. Remanent price sticker to front cover verso. Textbook. Outgrowth of course given at MIT, School of Industrial Management. College level introduction to calculus, course in statistics and in economics. Volume presents formal methods of analysis & models as aids in management decision making regarding economic problems in production management. 12 chapters in 4 sections. Section I: 1, Introduction; 2, Analysis; 3, Schematic Models. Sect II: 4, Linea Programming; 5, Special Programming Methods. Sect III: 6, Statistical Control; 7, Sampling Inspection; 8, Industrial Experimentation. And, Sect IV: 9, Total Value Analysis; 10, Incremental Analysis; 11, Monte Carlo Analysis; and, 12, Equipment Investment Analysi. 10 case studies and 2 appendices to rear. Strong… Read More

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1972. 2nd Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated blue boards/NF; light rubs to corner tips. DJ/None. First published 1967; this is the 2nd Edition of 1972. LAID-IN: Solutions Manual (also NEW; ISBN 0063655098). Textbook written to serve as a prerequisite to calculus. 6 chapters: 1, Introduction, Review of Algebra; 2, The Trigonometric Functions & Their Properties; 3, Graphs of the Trigonometric Functions; 4, Angles & Applications; 5, Inverse of a Function; and, 6, Complex Numbers followed by appendices and tables. Fine copy.

New York, NY: John Wiley, 1952. 4th Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Trace underlining to pgs 4 - 10, 60 & 72, As New. Linen boards/NF. DJ/None. PO name to ffEP; tape residue to front/rear covers verso. Text in 4 parts: Part I, Statics; II, Kinematics; III, Kinetics; and IV, Special Topics, followed by Appendix: First Moments & Centroids, Moment of Intertia. Strong copy.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1987. Unstated . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Volume X of Capra Back-to-Back Series. Two books in one volume. The first Angels Burning by Thomas Sanchez; first serialized in Esquire, it is a narrative of when Santa Barabara was nearly burnt to the ground. The second, "Ocian in View" by Lawrence Clark Powell, describes a wildfire racing through Malibu.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1985. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/Fine. Ansel Adams (Author-Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Embossed Brick-red linen boards w/silver spine lettering/Fine. DJ/Fine. PO label to fEP, and, spot to leading text block. Prodigiously illustrated, autobiography of landscape photographer/conservationist known for his b/w photographic images of the American West. Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984), schooled as a classic pianist, completed this memoir just before death. All his negatives, photographs, correspondence, photography collection & memorabilia are housed at the Univ of Arizona. Standards high, Adams destroyed "imperfect" works to avoid their being inadvertently published. made public. 400 pgs in 24 chapters.

New York, NY: Hoeber Medical/Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Green linen boards/Fine w/trace corner tip wear. DJ/None. Medical. Textbook. Analysis of Aphasia, the impairment of language ability. A class of language disorder ranges from difficulty in remembering words to being completely speechless; acute aphasia disorders can arise from head injuries and stroke. 18 chapters in 4 parts: Part I, Historical Background; 2, Theoretical Background; 3, Diagnosis & Prognosis; and 4, The Thera[eutic Process.

St Paul, MN: West Publishing, 1991. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Issued as complimentary copy. Textbook. Designed for 2-semester use. Basic mathematical concepts for students in business, economics, and the social and natural sciences. 12 chapters: 1, Functions & Linear Models; 2, Graphing Polynomial & Rational Functions; 3, Exponential & Logarithmic Functions; 4, Mathematics of Finance; 5, Linear Systems & Matrices; 6, Linear Programming: The Graphical Method; 7, Linear Programming: The Simplex Method; 8, Probability; 9, Statistics & Probability Distributions; 10, Markov Chains; 11, Decision Making & Games; and, 12, Difference Equations, followed by Algebra Review and 3 appendices.

New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell/Harper & Row, 1977. 2nd Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated boards/NF. DJ/None. Textbook. First published 1967 under the title: Applied Numerical Methods for Digital Computation with FORTRAN; this 2nd Edition includes a chapter on CSMP (Continuous System Modeling Program). 9 chaptersTextbook with theoretical discussions of numerical methods complemented by the formulation of FORTRAN for the solutions.

New York, NY: Columbia Univ Press, 1970. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Maroon linen boards w/silver spine lettering/Fine. DJ/VG; sound w/edge & surface wear. Insects. Textbook. Introduction to Arachnids. a class of joint-legged, invertebrate animals (arthropods), in the subphylum Chelicerata. Near all adult arachnids have eight legs. Spiders are the largest order in the class, which also includes scorpions, ticks, mites, harvestmen, as well as horseshoe crabs. 84 pgs w/line drawings, in 7 chapters: 1, Introduction; 2, Mites; 3, Ticks; 4,, Spiders; 5, Scorpions; 6, Other Arachnids & King-Crabs; and 7, Collecting, Preserving & Studying Arachnids, followed by Glossay.

New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine/Ballatine, 1998. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, 1st Printing. Autobiography of wise & worldly cat Foudini M. Cat written for the younger feline Grace who looks to him for counsel. Foudini was born on the streets & early orphaned. This narrative was chronicled in the pampered setting provided by Warm and Pest (their owners), whom both Foudini & Grace manipulate adeptly. Narrator Foudini shares his philosophic musings along with his adventures, as well historic cat rituals such as Flying Feathered Feasts, spiritual encounters with ghost cats of Cleopatra and Freud, and, his deep friendship with Sam the Dog. A delight.

New York, NY: F.S. Crofts, 1946. First Edition, 3rd Printing 0f 1940 . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Near New. Sienna linen boards/NF. DJ/None. Map of Spain to endpapers Highly regarded college textbook. Introduction to Spanish in 25 chapters. First published 1939; this is 3rd Printing, 1940.