Search Results: Authors starting with I from Books of the World

New York: Doubleday / Main Street Books, August 1992. Trade Paperback. August 1992. Full number line. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. 246 pages. More than 500 photographs and illustrations anchor this guide to social dancing that offers easy, step-by-step instructions for most popular ballroom dances: the waltz, fox-trot, tango, cha-cha, polka, and many others.

London: Hakluyt Society. 2006. Staple-bound pamphlet. 1st Edition. Fine. Securely bound with two staples in heavy paper wraps. Not from a library. 24 pages, 9 figures. Lecture Delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Hakluyt Society, 29 June 2005.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, May 2009. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Quarter-bound in black paper over boards with orange paper sides. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight; ends lightly bumped. Light edge and corner wear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 390 pages.

New York: Random House, April 1997. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), second printing per number line. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Rubbing and edge and corner wear. Remainder mark to top edge. Not clipped. 333 pages. A thriller about a reporter who dances too closely with his sources in the CIA.

New York: W. W. Norton, June 2011. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight; tail lightly bumped. Slight edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 369 pages.

New York: W. W. Norton, September 1987. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Half-bound in tan linen over boards with red paper sides and metallic red lettering to spine. Deckle edge. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight; ends bumped. Light foxing to top edge. Light edgewear to jacket. No tears, creases, or folds. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 444 pages. Agents of Innocence is the book that established David Ignatius's reputation as a master of the novel of contemporary espionage. On his web site, the author says about the book, "Although that book was sold as a novel, CIA officials and PLO leaders knew it was a real story. On the CIA's web site for many years, the book was listed among the recommended books about operations, with a note that said, 'Though a novel, senior officers say this book is not fiction.' I am told that at the agency's training facility near Williamsburg, known as "The Farm," the book is often recommended… Read more

New York: Simon and Schuster, October 1974. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Red cloth over boards with blue illustration to front board and blue lettering to spine. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Slight spine tilt. Edgewear to jacket with three 1/2-inch tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 224 pages. 8.5 x 11.5 x 0.75 inches.

New York: Condé Nast Publications. Digest-size Magazine. July - August 1980. First Edition. Very Good. Dean Ing's novella Anasazi first appeared in print when it was serialized in two parts in the July and August 1980 issues of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact magazine with cover art (July) by Broeck Steadman. Also includes "The Cloak and the Staff" by Gordon R. Dickson, winner of the 1981 Hugo A ward for Best Novelette. This is the second story in Dickson's Shane Evert series.

Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International. 2007. Comb-bound hardcover. Good. Five-inch tear on cover at corner of front and spine. Interior is pristine. 160 pages.100 delectable Italian dishes with photos, recipes and directions. Beautifully illustrated, nicely indexed and includes a metric chart.

Washington, DC & London: Foundation for the National Archives & D Giles Limited, July 2011. Hardcover. Quarter-bound in brown linen with pictorial paper sides. No jacket as published. Silk ribbon place marker sewn-in. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. viii + 136 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Inspired by the exhibition What's Cooking, Uncle Sam? The Government's Effect on the American Diet at the National Archives Experience in Washington, D.C., this highly illustrated recipe volume also provides historical tidbits from the presidential files, including the transcript of President George H.W. Bush's speech in which he expressed his hatred of broccoli, a description of the hotdog parties hosted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy's favorite fish chowder, and First Lady Michelle Obama's turkey lasagna.

New York: Time Inc, 1962. Time Reading Program Special Edition. Trade Paperback with pictorial covers. Introduction by Malcom Muggeridge. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Dog-ear crease to front cover. Half-inch chip missing from top-rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xvii + 263 pages. George Orwell's first novel. He draws on his years in India to tell this story of the waning days of British imperialism. A handful of Englishmen living in a settlement in Burma congregate in the European Club, drink whiskey, and argue over an impending order to admit a token Asian. Because of concerns that the novel might be potentially libelous, it was first published in the United States. A British edition, with altered names, appeared a year later.

New York: Dell, 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Dell 1921. Fourth Dell printing, June 1965. With an introduction by "John Blaize" (John Collard). Near Fine. Interior tanned, but unmarked. Spine square and tight with a slight crease at front hinge. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 159 pages. One of two non-fiction books Fleming wrote. An account of attempts by the International Diamond Security Organisation (IDSO) to shut down diamond smuggling from South Africa, Sierra Leone, Portuguese West Africa, the Gold Coast and Tanganyika.

New York: Crescent. Hardcover. 1981. First U.S. Edition / full Number line (h g f e d c b a ). Glossy pictorial boards in pictorial jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Sewn binding. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight. Covers and jacket clean and bright. Very slight wear to bottom edge, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 125 pages. Photographs of Prince Charles' and Lady Diana's wedding and courtship accompanied by a description of the ceremony and its associated festivities.

University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. Hardcover. 1992. First Edition / First printing. Red cloth over boards with gold lettering to spine. Acid-free paper. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxviii + 308 pages. The second volume in the official history of the CIA made available under the CIA's Historical Review Program. The author was a leading government official who participated in the interdepartmental debate over the postwar organization of U.S. intelligence that occurred in 1945. He drafted many of the policies of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during this bureaucratic struggle, including JIC 239/5, the plan that was also the basis for the establishment of the Central Intelligence Group, the predecessor of the CIA. He served as General Smith's executive assistant when Smith was appointed Director of Central Intelligence in 1950. Montague contends that Smith is so important to the development of the intelligence community… Read more

Lanham, MD: University Press of America and Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University. 1986. Very Good. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight, and uncreased. Foxing to cover and edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 78 pages.

London: Zed Books. Trade Paperback. October 1984. First Edition. Fine. Lightly tanned. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xlii + 260 pages. .

Toronto & New York: Bantam. Hardcover. April 1988. Second state of the U.S./Canada First Edition with dedication and contents page present. Canadian edition, with Toronto listed first, published simultaneously with Bantam's U. S. Edition. Introduction by Carl Sagan. Quarter black cloth with black paper-covered boards, SWH blind-stamped on front board. Near Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Cover clean and bright. Dust stains to edges, otherwise Fine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. x + 198 pages, 35 figures.

New York: Bantam Books, June 1961. Mass Market Paperback. Bantam Classic. 5th printing, SC4319. Good+. Spine creased. First page is clipped and has a booksellers ink stamp; the rest of the interior is tanned, but unmarked. Cover shows only minor shelf wear for a 50+ year-old paperback. 346 pages. Virgil's epic poems recount the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy.

New York: Chanticleer Press. Hardcover. 1944. Very Good. Green cloth over boards with gold lettering to spine. Sewn Binding. Lavishly illustrated with 48 color plates and 132 B&W illustrations. Very Good. No jacket. Prior owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Text unmarked. Lightly tanned. Spine ends bumped with small tears. 316 pages.

New York: New American Library / Signet Classic. 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Light wear to cover. Interior lightly tanned but unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 280 pages