Search Results: Authors starting with C from GlobalAcademics

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1999. Comprehensive text examines how the U.S attempted to transform Puerto Rico from a neglected by-product of the Spanish empire into one of its key props in establishing hegemony in the western hemisphere. Includes detailed examinations of speeches, policy papers, newspaper articles, and memoirs of the times. 282 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

La Joya, NM.: Debbie's Creative Moments, 2000. Detailed quilting workshop contains instructions for precise rotary cutting; organization skills for making great scrappy quilts simply & quickly; options to consider in every pattern for those who want to design more quilts; precise directions for eleven quilts; large color photos of twelve quilts. 75 pgs. Fully illustrated. Prior owner's name neatly clipped from title page corner.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973. Comprehensive reference text contains detailed topics in adhesive bonding; sealants; thermally stable heterocyclic polymers as adhesives; bonding various substrates; honeycomb structures; adhesives for various industries including automotive, electronics, space systems, surgical and dental adhesives, bonding tools; techniques for evaluation of adhesives; etc. 755 pgs. Illustrated. Small stamp on endpaper. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Technical Library.

Menlo Park,CA.: Benjamin/Cummings, 1985. Classic comprehensive text presents a special collection of technical articles covering the e+e- physics, including charmed mesons; psionic matter; the tau lepton; upsilon resonances; quantum chromodynamics; charmed hadrons; D and F mesons; the e+e- annihilation process; radiative transitions; two-photon physics; single-beam limitations; space charge limitations; performanceof e+e- storage rings; etc. 478 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name-stamp on front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema, 1983. Classic comprehensive text presents a detailed study of the geomorphology of the mountain ranges of northeastern Tasmania, including topics covering periglacial landforms; geology and structure; bedrock weathering; glacial history; glacier models; alpine cliff morphology and development; mass wasting deposits and mechanisms; climate geomorphology; landscape chronology; etc. 200 pgs. Color frontispiece. Illustrated. Small stamps to front endpaper and outer edge; minor pocket removal mark on front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library.

New York: Plenum Press, 1976. Outstanding invaluable collection of original research papers, detailed reviews, and theoretical discussions by many of Lowdin's distinguished colleagues on areas directly affected by Lowdin's work and its impact on quantum science. Topics include biorthonormal bases in Hilbert space; on resonant potential scattering; numerical aspects of Weyl's theory; on inversion symmetry in momentum space; many-bodied theory of molecular collisions; long-range interaction in some two-electron systems; new formulation of the correlation problem; the phosphate group in quantum biochemistry; numerical infinite-order pertubation theory; etc. 595 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar. Minor edgewear on spine edges and corners of dustjacket. Prior owner's name on inside front board. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Rumford Press, 1925. Classic comprehensive text presents a historic record of the Langwater Guernsey herd, and an overview of Frederick Lothrop Ames (1876-1921), considered the preeminant Guernsey expert in the world, as well as the greatest breeder and builder of the modern Guernsey cow. Ames' constructive work with the Guernseys was a leading factor in the breed's improvement and highest development in milk and butterfat production. Langwater has for generations become synonymous with the advancement of the Guernsey. Sections include herd matrons and their descendants; sires at Langwater; A.R. sires; great producing dams; advanced register records; stock breeding as a science and art; public sales; etc. 136 pgs. Frontispiece photograph of Frederick Ames. Illustrated with black & white plates, fold-out chart, drawings and tables. Maroon leather flex cloth binding with gilt embossed title on front cover. Small stamp on upper front endpaper, lower title and table of contents pgs., blank old… Read More

New York: Cambridge University Press, 1983. Classic scholarly text presents the first comparative reading of conversion stories as literary expressions. Text explores the tensions about langusge in the early Puritan churches; enlightening the "silent Democracy" in those churches; and shows how the earliest settlers started to speak "New Englandly"- forging a recognizably American kind of expression out of the intense human struggle of crossing to a new world. 210 pgs. Minimal shelfwear to dustjacket; in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. Comprehensive classic text presents a broad based biogeochemical approach and multidisciplinary topics on biological evolution and planetary chemistry; C-1 compounds; transport, deposition, and weathering; sulfur transformations; ground water; nitrogen oxides- transformation processes; soils; etc. 589 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name on front endpaper. Minor shelfwear.. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dordrecht, Holland: Martinus Nijhoff, 1987. Comprehensive text presents analytical and numerical techniques relevant to vibration problems, including practical applications of appropriate modelling and simulation techniques. Topics covered include vehicular vibrations; acoustics; fluid/structural vibrations; special problems and developing areas. 251 pgs. Illustrated. Lower corners slightly rubbed. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .

New York: Lea & Febiger, 1909. Classic comprehensive text presents a detailed study of protozoa, including topics on general morphology; organs of locomotion and classification; physiological activities of the protozoa; protoplasmic age of protozoa; conjugation, maturation and fertilization; parasitism; the pathogenic flagellates; the pathogenic hemosporidia; the pathogenic rhizopoda; etc. 349 pgs. Illustrated with 125 engravings and 4 color plates. Professionally rebound in a premium quality hardcover library binding. Stamped on endpapers and outer edge; small numbers blacked out on spine. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library.

San Diego, CA.: Academic Press, 1997. Comprehensive highly acclaimed reference text is the first book in more than 80 years devoted exclusively to fossil marine reptiles. Vertebrate evolution has led to the convergent appearance of many groups of originally terrestrial animals that now live in the sea. Among these groups are familiar mammals like whales, dolphins, and seals. There are also reptilian lineages (like plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, mosasaurs, thalattosaurs, and others) that have become sea creatures. Most of these marine reptiles, often wrongly called "dinosaurs", are extinct. These reptilian analogs represent useful models of the myriad adaptations that permit tetrapods to live in the ocean. 501 pgs. Illustrated. Very minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1998. Comprehensive scholarly text presents a compilation of interdisciplinary essays dealing with the aspects of identity, nation, and collective experience in the divided island of Cyprus. Topics covered include the role of international politics; changing relationships between Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities since 1955; ethnic conflict in Cyprus; Cyprus in the post-Cold War environment; peacemaking on Cyprus 1980-1994; cultural ideology and identity; social and psychological perspectives; prospects for multidimensional formations of community on Cyprus; etc. 336 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridgesoft Corporation, 1995. Deluxe set combines Chemdraw Pro,Chem3D Pro, and ChemFinder Pro in one comprehensive integrated package, enabling chemists to create customized electronic lab notebooks and reaction cards that includes 3D models, set up notebooks to perform calculations such as elemental analysis and theoretical yield, search by substructure and stereochemical constraints. Includes 8 Installation diskettes for MACINTOSH System 7, 5MB and 3 Manuals. . Soft Cover. Excellent. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boxed Set.

Reston, Virginia: Reston Publishing Co., 1978. Complete and comprehensive text covers theory and basic design practices, including tolerances on components and devices, basic telephone circuitry, principles and characteristics of quasi-complimentary power amps, speaker circuitry, negative feedback circuitry and designing crossover networks. 255 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Singapore: World Scientific Ltd., 1996. Comprehensive text contains detailed technical papers presented at the University of Brescia, Italy in 1993 and 1995 by several renown scientists and academicians. Topics include: spectral properties of matrices and graphs; irreducible matrices and primitivity index; cubic graphs as model of real systems; qualitative sensitivity analysis in multiequation modeling; international comparisons and constructionof optimal graphs; graphical Gaussian models and regression; Hadamard matrix product, graph, and system theories:motivations and role in econometrics; lower bounds for a class of depth-two switching circuits; etc. 242 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Exposition Press Inc., 1960. Historic account of a southern plantation owner who was a reknown marksman, compassionate for his slaves, and devoted to the Union. He refused to fight for the Confederates, and so abused and jailed. Written by his grand-nephew, the author. Signed on first title pg. Newspaper clipping glued to endpaper, subsequent discolouration on opposing board from aging newsprint. Dustjacket has small chunk missing on lower spine, three sm. tears on upper edge. Some discolororation on lower outer edge, does not adversely effect the text. 112 pgs. Scarce.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Denver,CO.: Old West , 1962. Classic text contains the daily detailed diary of a Gold Rush miner who chose to remain anonymous, and the letters written by John Doble to Lizzie E.Lucas. Contains three maps prepared by the author which locates many places including the Calveras Mines, which no longer exists. 305 pgs. Fore edges untrimmed. Illustrated. Frontispiece. Pictorial centerpiece on front cover. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited to 1000 Copies.

Cheshire,U.K.: Hochland & Hochland Ltd., 1997. Comprehensive text presents a detailed guide to evaluating new and existing ways of organizing maternity care based on the local level and the broad range of techniques and methods used to facilitate maternity services. Includes topics on methods of evaluation; economic evaluation; information systems; evaluation through clinical audit; changes in care and the impact on care givers; asking the right questions; planning an evaluation; evaluating maternity care; etc. 160 pgs. Very minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974. Comprehensive reference text presents detailed topics of shallow well technology, including rock drillability; ground water pollution; variations of common drilling systems; turbine and electro-drilling; borehole geophysics; well hydraulics; well design and yield; well efficiency, maintenance, and construction operations; sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic formations; well casing and cementing; etc. 681 pgs. Illustrated. Stamp on front endpapers and outer edge; pocket on rear endpaper. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Technical Library.