Search Results: Authors starting with J from Joseph Valles - Books

Bone Hill, Chiswell Green, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England : The National Rose Society of Great Britain, 1963., 1963. Book. Good. Hardcover. 215 pp. ; green textured cloth with gold lettering and designs ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Patrons, Officers and Council -- Arrangements For 1963 -- Report Of The Council -- Balance Sheets -- Presidents and Awards -- The President -- The Judging Of Roses / F. Fairbrother -- A Symposium On Mulching and Fertilizing / Dr. A. Dick, B.Sc., M.D., Nigel Raban, F. A. Gibson, Colonel W. B. Wright, Lieut.Col. D. Pope, Joan E. Fulford -- Roses In The Home / Ann Orci -- The Rose Of St. Francis Of Assist / Arbel M. Aldous -- The Rose Garden At Roath Park, Cardiff / W. Nelmes -- Fragrance / Rosemary James -- Roses As Specimen Plants / André Leroy -- Spraying Appliances For The Small Garden / Roy Hay -- Rose Root-Stocks: A First Field Trial / O. D. Rowley -- The International Rose Competition and Permanent International Rose Show Of The Hague, Netherlands / I.… Read More

Bath, UK : Parragon, 2008, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm ; ISBN: 9781407516080; 1407516086 ; LC: TP570; Dewey: 641.23 ; OCLC: 457065397 ; color pictorial boards in like colored pictorial dustjacket ; "Each beer in the guide is accompanied with color photos, history and detailed tasting notes describing the beer's appearance, style and flavors." ; Contents: Canadian beers - American beers - Latin American & Caribbean beers - Icelandic beers - Norwegian beers - Swish beers - Finnish beers - Danish beers - Irish beers - Scottish beers - English beers - Spanish beers - French beers - Luxembourg beers - Belgian beers - Dutch beers - Swiss beers - German beers - Italian beers - Austrian beers - Czech beers - Slovakian beers - Hungarian beers - Asian beers - Australian & New Zealand beers - Index ; FINE/FINE.

Philadelphia, PA : Courage Books, 1986, 1977., 1986. Very Good. 255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. ; ISBN: 0894712926 ; OCLC: 15193455 ; brown cloth with gold lettering, in color pictorial dustjacket ; sunning to bottom ; foxing ; unparalleled guide to the world's beers by the acknowledged master historian of t he subject ; profusely illustrated, mostly in color ; VG/G

Lincolnwood, IL : NTC Business Books, 1996., 1996. Very Good. Blue green cloth with gold lettering in color dustjacket ; 262 pp. ; 3rd printing ; ISBN: 0844232327; 9780844232324 ; OCLC: 258380889 ; VG

New York, NY : New York Academy of Sciences, 1989., 1989. Fine. xiv, 455 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 0897664949 (alk. paper); 9780897664943 (alk. paper) ; LCCN: 89-9363 ; OCLC: 19623688 ; stiff paper wrappers ; authors include P W Basham, Robert V Witman, Leonardo Seeber, John G Armbruster, John Adams, Mark & Ma ry Lou Zoback, Edward Woodhouse, Davied Boore, Paul Somerville, Gail Atkinson, Robin McGuire, Gabriel Toro, Daniele Venezano, Luc Chouinard, Ricardo Dobry, R E Weems, S F Obermeier, R B Jacobson, G S Gohn, Martitia P Tuttle, Leonardo Seeber, Steven G Wesnousky, Eugene S Schweig, Silvio K Pezzopane, W j Hall, S L McCabe, M Shinozuka, K Moriyama, Frank E McClure, Guy J P Nordenson, Jack P Moehle, V C Fenton, Glenn R Hill, Thomas A Schwartz, James H Gates, T D O'Rourke, Christopher Rojahn, Chris D Poland, M Elisabeth Pate-Cornell, Rene W Luft, Warner Howe, Charles Scawthorn, and Stephen K Harris ; FINE

Englewood Cliffs., N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1963., 1963. Very Good. 1st American edition ; 356 pp. ; illustrated ; 26 cm. ; LCCN: 63-18599 ; LC: ML410.M5; Dewey: 780.92 ; OCLC: 884274 ; beige cloth with dark brown lettering in worn pictorial dustjacket ; bookplate on front ep ; date in pen on front ep ; "...[E]xplor es previously slighted material concerning Mendelssohn's colorful personal life and his often underestimated but solid musical achievements." ; VG/G

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2004, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st edition, 5th printing ; ix, 386 p. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0743250605; 9780743250603; LCCN: 2004-48233 ; LC: AE5.E44; Dewey: 031 ; OCLC: 55067170 ; Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. ; "Mr. Jacobs incorporates stunts involving both "Jeopardy" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" into his adventures. And why not? Without such diversions, the reader would merely be reading about Mr. Jacobs's reading. This way, he can expand the book's entry on coffee until it mentions both a supermodel and the planet Neptune. He can also go and mingle with members of Mensa ("this, as most people know, is the society for bona fide geniuses and also Geena Davis" In its own joking way, this book really does seek a working definition of… Read More

New York, New York : Thames and Hudson, 1994, 2006, 2006. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint ; 222 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm ; ISBN: 0500541876; 9780500541876 LCCN: 94-60276 ; LC: DC611.P958; Dewey: 944/.9/009734 ; OCLC: 31351445 ; red cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; front endpaper torn, with previous owner inscription ; "From one of the most famous coastlines in the world, the Cote d'Azur, to the hills and mountains of the Luberon, the variety and culture of its villages are astounding. It is in such small communities as those so beautifully photographed by Hugh Palmer that the true spirit of Provence is to be found. Brilliant sunlight slants across jostling terra-cotta roofs, and great plane trees cast velvety shade across ancient squares where the only sound is that of a moss-covered fountain. The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence stunningly evokes the beauty and spirit of Provence, which has drawn visitors to it from ancient times to the present day. Its enduring charm… Read More

Princeton, N. J. ; New York ; Toronto [etc] : D. Van Nostrand, , ©1951, 1962, 1962. Good. 1st ed., 6th printing ; xii, 217 pp. ; diagrams ; LCCN: 51-10909 ; OCLC: 523831; LC: QA266; Dewey: 512.89 ; ISBN: 0387901817 ; mottled worn blue cloth ; no dustjacket ; "Nathan Jacobson (October 5, 1910 — December 5, 1999) was an American mathematician. Born in Warsaw, Poland (then part of Russia) he emigrated to America with his Jewish family in 1918. Recognized as one of the leading algebraists of his generation, he was also famous for writing more than a dozen standard textbooks. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1930 and was awarded a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University in 1934. While working on his thesis, Non-commutative polynomials and cyclic algebras, he was advised by Joseph Wedderburn. Jacobson taught and researched at Bryn Mawr College (1935-1936), the University of Chicago (1936-1937), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1937-1943), and Johns Hopkins… Read More

Philadelphia : Hanley & Belfus ; St. Louis : Mosby [distributor], 1996., 1996. Fine. xv, 553 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.; ISBN: 156053107X (soft cover : alk. paper); 9781560531074 (soft cover : alk. paper); National Library: 9511408 LCCN: 95-35461 ; OCLC: 32921822 ; "This book is part of the extraordinarily popular "Secrets" series, which presents key information in a question-and-answer format. "Medical Secrets" is an ideal review for examinations, rounds and clinical discussions. This new edition includes questions and answers that have been completely updated." ; "Alan Jacobson, a former Qualified Medical Evaluator for the state of California, has testified as an expert witness in numerous cases. He is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling psychological suspense novel 'False Accusations.'" ; FINE

Dayton, OH : Lorenz Publishing Company, 1940, 1940. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 43 copies ; SATB ; A102.

Neuchatel : Delchaux & Niestlé, S. A., Editeurs, [1905?], 1905. Good. Slim, small grey cloth boards (foxed), with black lettering ; name on front ep (of Hedy Schaffner) ; retail bookstore stamp on front ep lower corner ; fold-out map of synoptical vowel sounds ; 184 pp. ; several little practice chapters in English are inadvertent examples of period ideas of racial and social stereotyping of blacks, Chinese, etc ; made simple for study, they nevertheless make plain some commonly held beliefs concerning these subjects ; rather unusual ; G

[Firenze (Florence)] : Sadea Sansoni, c1969., 1969. Very Good. Italian edition of the French publication ; black cloth with white lettering ; 45 color plates ; text in Italian ; handwritten place and date on front ep ; dusty, else VG

New York : H. W. Gray, agents for Novello & Co., Limited, London, 1949, 1949. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 23 copies ; SATB ; No. 636 ; "To David McK. WIlliams".

New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Distributed in the U.S. by Workman Pub., 1992., 1992. Very Good. [1st edition], 1st printing ; 239 pp. ; color illustrations ; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 155670190X :; 9781556701900 ; LCCN: 91-33252 ; LC: SB465; Dewey: 712 ; OCLC: 24628413 ; green cloth with color photographic dustjacket ; impressions from writing on dustjac ket ; cover photographs by Harry Haralambou ; Surveys a wide variety of specialty gardens, ranging from water gardens to herb gardens, includes historical background information, and tours more than ninety public and private gardens ; "...traces the historical background of specialty gardens--water, bulb, dwarf conifer, rose, alpine, wildflower, perennial, shade, herb, and collectors' gardens" ; VG/FINE

New York : G. Schirmer, 1939, 1949. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 22 copies ; SATB ; 37695 ; No. 831.

Cleveland ; New York : The World Publishing Company, 1946., 1946. Good. 1st Forum Books Edition, 1st printing ; green cloth ; 314 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.OCLC: 5216205 ; "Young Billy was a born cowboy-unfortunately, his parents have other aspirations for him and send him off to be 'edducated and turned into something else'..." ; heavy foxing, but clean and tight ; crease at page 313 ; G

Boston, MA ; London : B.F. Wood Music Co., MCMXLI (1941), 1941. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx 26 copies ; SSAATTBB ; No. 569 ; "To my friend, Max T. Krone".

London, Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, [n.d., circa 1890], 1890. Good. 2nd ed. ; xxiii, 483 pp. ; frontispiece ; illustration ; plate ; LC: N8070; Dewey: 702.715 ; OCLC: 5145005 ; ex-lib, stamps, pocket ; back signature repair; front hinge repair ; Contents: Introduction Origin of the Worship of the Symbols and Attributes of the Virgin -- Supplementary Notes -- Devotional subjects -- Incoronata the Type of the Church triumphant -- The Virgin of Mercy as she is represented in Art -- The Mater Dolorosa seated and standing -- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception -- The Nativity The Prophecy of the Sibyl -- The Nativity as an Event The Time the Place -- The Marriage of the Virgin The Legend -- The Adoration of the Shepherds -- The Purification of the Virgin The Prophecy -- The Flight into Egypt The Massacre of the -- The Repose of the Holy Family -- The Legend of the Gypsy -- The Predestination of the Virgin Curious Picture -- The Enthroned Virgin in the old Mosaics -- La Italiana Pia enthroned --… Read More

Minneapolis, MN : Schmitt, Hall & McCreary Co., 1963, 1963. Sheet music. Good. Soft cover. approx 10 copies ; SATB ; No. 1417.