Search Results: Authors starting with N from Flamingo Books

Algrove Publishing, 2004-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 2004 reprint, Algrove Publishing Ltd. (Almonte, Canada), 8 3/4 x 12 inches tall stapled paperbound in pale green pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with 1913 photographs and drawings, [4], 68 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~YYY~ [1.0P] Much of the Mission-style furniture found in antique shops today was made in the factories of the Come-Packt Company. They sold it both fully assembled and in the knock-down form. This 1913 catalog is a marvelous guide to the extensive range of a furniture style widely available in the market of a century ago. Includes chairs, settees, couches, tables, desks, bookcases, dining room furniture, bedroom furniture, and many smaller items such as umbrella stands, mirrors, and taborets.

Servicio de Lenguas Extranjeras, 1949-01-01. Hardcover. Good. In Spanish. 1949 Servicio de Lenguas Extranjeras, Secretaria de Estado de los Estados Unudo (Washington, D.C.) Brown paper covers with black lettering and design to front cover and spine, iii, 332pp., 6 x 9 inches tall . Front cover top and bottom tips are curled slightly and subsequence few pages dog-eared Spine is tight and book holds well. Copiously illustrated with black and white photos, charts and graphs. A very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~U~

National Association of Corrosion Engineers, 1991-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1991 National Association of Corrosion Engineers (Houston, Texas), 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches tall paperbound, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and charts/graphs, each paper paginated separately. Moderate soiling, rubbing and creasing to covers. Former engineering products company copy, with stamps to top margin of title page and facing blank verso of front cover, which also has a blank label covering the remains of a removed bookplate. Slight edge-chipping to the upper tip of the last page in the volume. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~S~ [2.0P] Twenty papers presented in October 1991 in Houston before the 11th Biennial Symposium for Managing Corrosion with Plastics, sponsored by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers. Paper titles include Thermoplastic Linings Mechanically Bonded to Concrete, Dual Laminate for Difficult Corrosion Problems, A Method to Evaluate Expected Life of… Read More

Dentsu, 1993. unbound. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1993 Dentsu (Tokyo, Japan), in a custom paper-covered card folder with cloth ties, twelve 8 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches tall color prints mounted on 10 1/4 x 24 inches tall stock, with translucent tissue guards containing Japanese and English descriptions of each work, plus a 10 x 9 inches tall folding pamphlet introducing the set in Japanese and English. Printed label in Japanese and English to front of folder. A near fine set. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. Rare; OCLC (No. 30394237) locates only one copy in collections worldwide - at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. ~RCL~ [3.5P] Twelve magnificent color reproductions of paintings from the Edo period (1600-1868), when many cultural activities and pastimes which had formerly been the special province of the nobility or samurai class spread to the merchant and commoner classes. In the realm of art, folding screen and hanging… Read More

Printed by H. Hills Jun. for Tho. Dring, 1684-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1684 'Fourth Impression with Additions,' 'Printed by H. Hills Jun. for Tho. Dring, at Chancery-lane end in Fleet-street, and John Leigh at Stationers-Hall' (London) 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches tall burgundy cloth hardbound, gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers, [4], lvi, 212 pp. With initial advertisement leaf ('Books Writ by the Author') and both blank endpapers, complete. An important early anti-Presbyterian polemic. Very slight rubbing to covers. Paper repairs to upper tips of first five leaves, with slight worming to the upper margins of the next five leaves, not effecting text. 1879 ink prior owner name to front free-endpaper and top margin of page xv, by Dr. Charles Richard Earley (1823-1898), a well known physician in Ridgway, Pennsylvania. Crudely repaired two-inch closed tear to margin of one page, not effecting legibility of text. Rear free-endpaper foxed and edge-chipped, lacking the lower… Read More

RANDOM HOUSE, 1965. hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x2. 1965 first edition Random House (New York), rebound in 5 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches tall full leather bound, gilt ruling and designs to front coversix raised bands and gilt design and lettering to spine, green silk ribbon marker sewn in, [10], 498 pp. Slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, apart from a couple of pages with slight marginal creasing or soiling, a very good copy - clean, brigt and unmarked - giving a splendid shelf appearance in a gorgeous leather binding. ~YY~ [2.0P] The story of a daring mission carried out by 12 army convicts, made famous by the film of the same name. The title group comprises twelve convicted servicemen - murderers, rapists, armed robbers - whose sentences are temporarily commuted by the War Office in order that they might partake in Project Amnesty, an unorthodox, unprecedented, and top secret mission, the exact nature of which is not revealed until the end of the book. Until then, we know only that the Dirty… Read More

Banco de la República, 1994-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. In Spanish. 1994 signed and inscribed presentation copy, Banco de la República (Bogotá, D.C., Columbia), 6 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches tall paperbound in glossy pictorial covers, xvi, 408 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. On the title page, nicely inscribed and signed by the author to the prior owner, Murdo J. MacLeod (b. 1935), a Scottish historian of Latin America, who published extensively on the history of colonial-era Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic world. ~R~ [2.0P] Describes the Granada expedition of Alonso Luis Fernández de Lugo (1506-1556), a Castilian nobleman and conquistador, and knight of the order of Santiago. De Lugo became governor and captain general of the New Kingdom of Granada.

U.S. Department of the Navy. Good. 1980 first edition and association copy, U.S. Department of the Navy (Washington, D.C.), oblong 11 x 8 3/8 inches high stapled paperbound in white full color pictorial covers, [28] pp. Association copy, presented to the son of Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, for whom the frigate was named. Signed by several who spoke at the commissioning: Under Secretary of the Navy Robert J. Murray, U.S. Rep. Brian Donnelly (Mass.), and Vice Admiral J.D. Johnson. Light soiling, rubbing and creasing to covers, and creasing to several pages. Rare. ~SP08~ The commissioning ceremony program and ship's first voyage roster for the USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), the seventh Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887 - 1976), one of America's most distinguished naval historians, who wrote more than 40 books on naval history. Includes names and photos of the ship's crew in 1980.

Toppan Printing Co, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1953 Toppan Printing Co. (Tokyo, Japan), 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches tall x 1 inch thick pebbled blue hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), pale blue UN logo, gilt lettering and white outline of ship to front cover, pictorial/map endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, index, 282 pp. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with slight bumping and wear to tips. Moderate soiling and dampstaining to endpapers, with a one-inch chip to the lower edge of the front free-endpaper. Light dampstains to fore and lower margins of several pages, especially toward the rear of the volume. Despite these detractions, still an excellent and complete reading/reference copy of this rare 1953 Korean War Navy cruise book. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP19~ [5.5P] Documents the 1953 Korean cruise of the USS Boxer - San Francisco / San Diego /… Read More

self published, 2015. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. 2015 M. Rawdon (Riverside, California), 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches tall paperbound in pictorial covers, 158 pp. Very slight soiling and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare personal World War II history. Not in OCLC. ~Q~ [1.0P] This is an anti-war book. Written in matter-of-fact prose, unembellished and unsentimental, it is both a personal World War II history - including dramatic and well-documented moments suchas the D-Day landing and the Battle of the Bulge, as well as capture and escape - and also a meditation on American society in the 1940s, race relations, religious tolerance, friendship and human character under severe duress. The manuscript by Blaine Neahr Rawdon (1923-2015) was published by his son, Matthew, after Blaine's death in Riverside, California in 2015.

Twenty Third Pubns, 1994-12-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1994 Twenty-Third Publications (Mystic, Connecticut), 6 x 9 inches tall paperbound in red faux leather covers, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, [7], 165 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP05~ [1.5P] Presents Masses suitable for young people in the 16-25 age bracket. Masses for some feasts of the liturgical year are included, along with Masses on themes that are of immediate interest and concern to many young people.

Suburban Press. Good. 1976 Suburban Press R. Nees (Crawfordsville, Indiana), 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches tall stapled paperbound in blue printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, 128 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Moderate bumping to upper tip of rear cover, with resultant slight creasing to the upper tips of pages in the last half of the book. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. Note that this is volume 1 only of 2 volumes (Volume 2 covers the New Ross school history). ~PP~ [2.0P] A copiously illustrated history of the New Ross Community, a town in Walnut Township, Montgomery County, Indiana. Contents: Early History (Before 1865); Decade of Change (1865-1875); The Century Following Incorporation (1875-1975); Special Sections (Churches and Missions, War Veterans, Businesses, Organizations, Doctors). In 1836/37 a Post Office was established in Walnut Township at the home of postmaster George… Read More

D. McKay Co, 1965-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1965 signed and inscribed first edition, David McKay Company, Inc. (NY), 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches tall pink cloth hardbound in publisher's dust jacket, black lettering to spine, illustrated, [8], 86 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Nicely inscribed and signed on the half title page by the author, Priscilla Holton Neff Fenn (1900 - 1984) to a favorite librarian. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly edgeworn dust jacket with the lower front flap clipped (nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve). ~SP07~

Hunter College, 1994-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1994 first edition Hunter College (New York), 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches tall paperbound in pictorial covers, [8], 79 pp. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with minor bumping to lower tip of front cover. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce memoir of a renowned computer scientist and educator. ~OOO~ [1.0P] Memoir of computer scientist, educator and writer Constantin Virgil Negoita (b. 1936), who received his doctorate from Polytechnic University in Bucharest, Romania in 1969 and became a faculty member at Hunter College in New York in 1982. He chaired the 8th International Congress on Cybernetics Systems in New York in 1990 and authored several works, including Cybernetic Conspiracy: Mind over Matter, Fuzzy Sets and Expert Systems and Fuzzy Systems.

Bluebell Publisher, 1998-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1998 Bluebell Publishers (Neenah, Wisconsin), 6 x 9 inches tall spiral bound in yellow printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, xii, 149, [12], 8, 4 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Very slight soiling to fore page edges. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP12~ [1.5P] The author recounts the Nelson family story, in the first volume of a two volume family history and genealogy. Traces the descendants of Nils Anton Nelson (1867-1932), who immigrated from Sweden and married in Chicago in 1892, later settling in Ashland, Wisconsin. In addition to many Nelsons, other surnames which receive coverage include: Brenner, Eriksdotter, Johnson, Heikkinen, Larson, Larsdotter, Lietzow, Lundberg, Mansson, Merritt, Miller, Nilsdotter, Nilsson, Olofsdotter, Olson, Olsson.

Kern River Valley Historical Society. Very Good. 1991 first edition, Kern River Valley Historical Society (Lake Isabella, California), 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches tall stapled paperbound, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 53 pp. Kern County Museum label to verso of front cover. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce biography. OCLC (No. 30543150) has a listing but locates no copies at institutions worldwide.~RRR~ Ardis M. Walker (1901-1991) was an American engineer, civil servant, and local historian and poet. Contents: The Walker Family; Ardis's Early Years; Engineer; Courtship and Marriage; Journalist; Politician; Poet and Author; Conservationist; At Home in Kernville; The Walker Endowment. A descendant of a Kern County, California pioneer family, Walker was born in an old mining camp in Kernsville, California. He was educated in the public schools of the Kern County system and later attended Fresno State College, the University of… Read More

Arcadia Publishing, 1996-09-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1996 Arcadia Publishing (Dover, New Hampshire), 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches tall trade paperback, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 128 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP36~ [1.5P] A pictorial history of Union City, a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, 22 miles southeast of Erie. In the twentieth century, there were three large chair factories, planing and grist mills, a powdered milk plant, and several furniture factories in Union City.

Huntington Press, 2009-06-01. Second. Paperback. Very Good. 2009 Huntington Press (Las Vegas, Nevada), 6 x 9 inches tall trade paperback, xii, 373 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP24~ [2.0P] Kill Everyone took the poker world by storm when it was first released in 2007. Its perfect blend of real-time experience, poker math, and computational horsepower created new concepts and advanced strategies never before seen in print for multi-table tournaments, Sit-n-Go's, and satellites. In this revised and expanded second edition, Kill Everyone adds even more ammunition to a tournament-poker-player's arsenal. In addition to groundbreaking analysis of fear-and-fold equity and equilibrium, plus the presentation of optimal strategies for the bubble, the end-game, and heads-up play, this second edition adds 50 pages of incisive commentary from the hottest tournament-poker player in the world, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier,… Read More

T. Nelson and Sons. Acceptable. No date, but circa 1892, Thomas Nelson and Sons (London), 4 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches tall embossed blue cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), red lettering to front cover, accordian-fold set of 12 chromolithograph reproductions of color paintings of the Loch, 21 pp. text (which is illustrated with black-and-white engravings), plus engraved map. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Slight marginal soiling and foxing to chromo views, with wear at the folds. Slight marginal soiling to text, and a couple of instances of slight creasing. Otherwise, a very good copy of this scarce late nineteenth century tourist guide to Loch Lomond, a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the Highlands. OCLC (No. 8757362) locates only three copies of this guide at institutions worldwide - at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, at University of North… Read More

IndyPublish, 2002-02-19. Hardcover. Very Good. 2002 first edition, IndyPublish (McLean, Virginia), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall blue cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, [14], 127, [40] pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce adaptation of Shakespeare's works for children, especially good for reading aloud, written in comparatively simple English by renowned English children's author and poet Edith Nesbit (1858-1924). ~MMM~ [1.5P] Stories from the works of Shakespeare, adapted by English author and poet E. Nesbit for children. Contents: Preface; A brief life of Shakespeare; A midsummer night's dream; The tempest; As you like it; The winter's tale; King Lear; Twelfth night; Much ado about nothing; Romeo and Juliet; Pericles; Hamlet; Cymbeline; Macbeth; The comedy of errors; The merchant of Venice; Timon of Athens; Othello; The taming of the shrew; Measure of measure; Two gentlemen… Read More