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.

New York: W. W. Norton, 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: Farrar Straus Giroux, April 1991. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Quarter-bound in purple linen with purple papar sides, gilt lettering to spine, title blind-stamped to front cover. Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Spine straight and tight, head bumped. Corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed, light wear to top edge, particularly at spine and corners. Red "P" stamped to bottom edge. Not clipped. 465 pages. A CIA agent, a beautiful woman, and a secret mission to destabilize the Soviet Union.

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.

London: National Portrait Gallery, July 1974. Printed at Barnardo School of Printing. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Small scuff to rear cover and spine slightly faded, otherwise As New. A photographic album with images of destitute children rescued by Dr. Barnardo based on exhibition staged at National Portrait Gallery, London July-November 1974. Essay "The Camera and Dr. Barnardo" by Valerie Lloyd. Introduction "A Man of Tender Violence" by Gillian Wagner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 40 pages. Stiff paper wrappers. 8vo.

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.

Amherst, New York: Prometheus, November 2000. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Slight fading. Light reading wear to lower corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxxii + 365 pages. First published in 1892, this autobiography of the great naturalist, compiled and edited by his son Francis, offers fascinating glimpses into the mind and personal experiences of the man whose discoveries have had such a profound influence on science, philosophy, and the modern world view. In the first half of the book Darwin reminisces about his early life, his family and upbringing, and his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle, during which he made the many observations that were later to prove so critical to his formulation of evolutionary theory. The second half is devoted mainly to the Origin of Species: its foundations, development, the writing and publication process, its varied critical reception, and the gradual acceptance and… Read More

Toronto & New York: Bantam, September 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Bantam Classic. With an introduction by John Gross. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight with a slight crease. Cover clean and bright with light crease along front hinge. Sharp corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 416 pages. One of the greatest autobiographical novels of the twentieth century. The story of an artist as a young man, his powerful relationship with his possessive mother, his passionate love affair, and his intense liaison with a married woman. England's Derbyshire springs to life with both is sooty mining villages and deep green pastures, a setting as full of contrasts as the deep emotions that rule this remarkable.

New York: Viking/Studio, 1961. Hardcover. Good+ book / no jacket. Gift inscription penciled to first page. Pages tanned, text unmarked. Discoloration to edge of front cover. Binding sound. Not from a library. 316 pages. 191 B&W plates, 5 maps. Large, heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping.

New York: Collier Books, 1964. Mass Market Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Collier AS554V. With an introduction by "John Blaize" (John Collard). Good+. Interior pristine. Spine cocked with a single crease. Rubbing and reading wear to covers. Two adhesion scars to front cover. No ownership markings. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 124 pages + 16 pages of B&W plates. 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: Dell, April 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Dell 1921. Fourth Dell printing, June 1965. With an introduction by "John Blaize" (John Collard). Very Good+. 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: New American Library / Signet Classic, 1983. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Text unmarked. Prior owner name inside front cover. Spine straight but creased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 158 pages. The story of the civilized, enlightened Mr. Kurtz who embarks on a harrowing journey into the savage heart of Africa and the saga of a young, inexperienced skipper forced to decide the fate of a fugitive sailor who killed a man in self-defense.

New York: Crescent, August 1981. Hardcover. 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.

Lanham, MD: University Press of America and Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University, August 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: Angus and Robertson, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket. Interior pristing. Spine straight and sound. Light edgewear to jacket, spine faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 143 pages. Coffee-table book with sixty gorgeous color photographs of Australia, including five panoramic foldouts.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1956. Paperback. Second (Revised) Edition. 24th printing, 1981. Good. Some highlighting and underlining. Not from a library. 70 pages. In these four superb dialogues, Plato provides the classic account of the trial and death of Socrates which has a central place in the European philosophical tradition.

RARE! Cedar Rapids: [The Rapid Press], copyright 1928. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with gold lettering. Very Good. Gift inscription to front pastedown. Prior owner's name and address to FFEP. Text appears unmarked. Covers clean and bright. Spine straight and tight, but faded. Not from a library. No remainder mark. A series of three hundred and sixty-three interviews with leading business and professional men of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, published daily in the Evening Gazette and the Evening Gazette and Republican from April 1926 to June 1927. Each interview includes a B&W portrait. 366 pages.

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition (stated). Good book, no jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight with three-inch tear to cloth binding. No jacket. Not from a library. 516 pages. Virginia Woolf's diaries abridged into a splendidly readable single volume edition.

New York: Chanticleer Press, 1944. Hardcover. 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. Not from a library. 316 pages.