Search Results: Authors starting with N from The Bookworm

Boston:: Meador Publishing Company, 1935.. 2nd Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with gilt text; blind stamped ruled border; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8 inches tall) . Description: Includes 25 black and white plates. The subtitle reads: ''By the Anatomy of the Figure on the Title-Page of the Folio of 1623 of Shakespeare Plays, Being an Exposition of This Famous First Folio, With Notes to The Tempest, Love's Labor's Lost, and Sonnets''. This was originally published in 1915; this is stated to be the New Enlarged Edition. The author's preface begins: ''It is a strange thing to consider that it has taken us upward of three hundred years before we could realize and understand that the name 'Shakespeare' or 'William Shakespeare,' is the pseudonym, the pen-name of the author who wrote the works bearing this name. All along it was taken for granted that it referred to the strolling actor of Stratford, England. That he is not the author is categorically denied… Read More

Oxford:: Pergamon Press, 1972.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark plum colored cloth; a Very Good+ book, with a Fair dust jacket.. small 4to (about 10 inches tall) . Index. Description: Figure illustrations. From the publisher's blurb: ''The aim of this monograph is to provide a text on the subject suitable for graduate students and new entrants to the field. The monograph begins with a review of the basic concepts associated with the theory of electrical transport in semiconductors, with emphasis on the lattice vibrations and the matrix elements for the collision processes. This is followed by a detailed discussion of the methods of solution of the Boltzmann equation and of the development of expressions for the transport of coefficients using the relaxation time approximation. The mathematical steps involved in the derivation of the formulae for the relaxation time corresponding to various collision processes are explained, while the following chapters are devoted to the methods… Read More

New York:: Random House, 1950.. Later Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with title and series device printed on the front cover, the top edge tint is red; a Very Good+ book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Illustrated endpapers. Description: Illustrated with drawings by Edward A Wilson. This is Number 9 in the Landmark series. The Landmark series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. Author Adele Gutman Nathan wrote another in the Landmark series -- The First Transatlantic Cable.

New York:: Modern Library, 1941.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light olive cloth with gilt and dark green; the top edge tint is a pale olive; small ink number on the front endpaper; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: This is book number 30 in the Modern Library series. The most recent printed date is a 1941 copyright. Using the ML dating key, this shows to be from Fall, 1962; the list of 415 titles on the verso of the jacket includes Erasmus, In Praise of Folly; does not include Hesse, Steppenwolf; the dust jacket rear panel style is i; binding style 8. The plays are: The Playboy of the Western World by John M Synge; June and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey; Riders to the Sea by John M Synge; Spreading the News by Lady Gregory; and Shadow and Substance by Paul Vincent Carroll.

Tempe, Arizona:: Self Published, 1992.. Oversize paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; Very Good condition.. oblong format: about 8.25 inches tall by 11 wide . Description: This copy is Signed by the author/artist. This is a collection of pen and ink drawings of historical buildings throughout Arizona, each accompanied by historical notes by the artist, Richard Nearing. The drawings are arranged by town. Printed on one side of the page only, so no ''bleed-through'' of the art.

Tempe, Arizona:: Self Published, 1992.. Oversize paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: an oversize paperback; one small tear to the cover at the top spine, otherwise Very Good condition.. oblong format: about 8.25 inches tall by 11 wide . Description: This copy is Signed by the author/artist. This is a collection of pen and ink drawings of historical buildings throughout Arizona, each accompanied by historical notes by the artist, Richard Nearing. The drawings are arranged by town. Printed on one side of the page only, so no ''bleed-through'' of the art.

New York:: Abradale Press / Harry N Abrams, 1986.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket. The dust jacket has French folds.. about 12 inches square . Glossary, bibliography, index. Description: Features 154 illustrations, including 59 in full color The artist's beautiful color paintings of all the big cats are brought together. If you like big cats, you'll fall in love with this book. His paintings of tigers, leopards, snow leopards, lions, cheetahs, cougars, and jaguars are a joy! The publisher's blurb reads: ''Coheleach traveled the world over to capture the sometimes startling , and always fascinating, passages of a big cat's life from cub to adult -- playing and learning, stalking its prey, lying in ambush, nurturing its young, cuddling its mate. The text accompanying these splendid portraits combines scholarly accuracy with a rare readability. Maps detailing the cats' past and present distribution, charts that graphically present the… Read More

Hagerstown, Maryland:: Review and Herald, 1990.. Next Millenniuim Edition.. Leather bound . BINDING/CONDITION: black bonded leather binding, semi-flexible binding; rounded corners, all edges gilt; ribbon place marker; the Bible is in Fine condition; the box is also in Fine condition.. 8vo (8 inches tall) . Black endpapers. Description: Words of Christ in red. With text notes, cross references, and newly revised H M S Richards study helps. Double column format. The Study Helps at the rear include ''Understanding Great Themes of Redemption'' by H M S Richards, a Harmony of the Gospels, and a read your Bible through in a year calendar. Tiny device and text ''A Guide for the New Millennium'' stamped in gilt on the front cover.

New York:: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards (paper with the appearance of cloth); the title/copyright page is missing, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 4to (about 11'' to 12.5'' tall) . Index. Description: Illustrated in b&w with drawings, photographs and patterns. Provides step by step instructions for making fifteen antique furniture reproductions, including: eighteenth-century footstool, Shaker candleholder, silverware tray, Chippendale mirror frame, eighteenth-century pipe holder, standing cupboard; hanging book shelf with drawers, and more. Includes general tips and techniques.

New York:: Vantage Press, 1977.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown boards; the spine is slanted, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (8.25 inches tall) . Description: A five-thousand year survey of monotheism, from the early concepts of the Egyptian dynasties, through the inception of Yahweh, across the spectrum of the Greek and Roman Olympians, to the Christian God.

Washington, D.C.:: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968.. Paperbound: center-stapled format . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covers, center-stapled format; two owner's names (both writ small, one crossed through) on the front cover, otherwise in Very Good condition.. 8vo (about 9 inches tall) . Description: Two illustrations and four tables; also includes a folding map in a pocket at rear. From the Abstract: ''In the Alder Creek mining district, stocks of quartz monzonite, granite, leucogranite porphyry and related dikes, and volcanic rocks, all of early Tertiary age, seem to be differentiates of a single parent magma. The stocks have metamorphosed sedimentary rocks of the Copper Basin Formation and the White Knob Limestone, both from Early Mississippian to Early Permian age; limestones have been in part isochemically metamorphosed to marble, and in part metasomatized to skarn. Valuable concentration of copper, lead, and zinc minerals occur in the skarn and mostly within skarn at the contact between the… Read More

Birmingham, Alabama:: Palladium Press, 2004.. Facsimile Edition.. Leather bound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark green bonded leather with gilt text and decoration, raised spine bands, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; Fine condition.. 8vo (about 9 inches tall) . Indexes. Silk moire endpapers. Description: A few black and white illustrations. Originally published in 1947, this facsimile reprint edition was privately printed for the members of The Firearms Classic Library. New for this edition is an editor's note by Dr Jim Casada.

New York:: Random House, 1953.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth; the top edge tint is light red; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price code on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Map endpapers. Description: Illustrated by Lee J Ames.. This is Number W-8 in the World Landmark Books series. This series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. Richard L Neuberger is the author of another in the Landmark series -- The Lewis and Clark Expedition. This tells the story of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from their early days when there were only about 150 men in the entire force. In 1873, the Northwest Territory was a wild region of more than a million square miles, and wandering bands of criminals terrorized the settlers. One desperado boasted he… Read More

New York:: Random House, 1953.. Young Readers of America edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with title and series device; the top edge tint is light red; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Endpaper illustrations are in diamond patterns and show scenes from various books in the series. Description: Illustrated by Lee J Ames.. This is Number W-8 in the World Landmark Books series. This series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. Richard L Neuberger is the author of another in the Landmark series -- The Lewis and Clark Expedition. This tells the story of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from their early days when there were only about 150 men in the entire force. In 1873, the Northwest Territory was a wild region of more than a million… Read More

New York:: Random House, 1951.. Young Readers of America edition; 6th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with title and series device printed on the front cover; the top edge tint is yellowish; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Landmark endpapers with two-color scenes. Description: Illustrated by Winold Reiss. This is Number 15 in the Landmark series for young readers. The Landmark series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. ''It would be hard to find two men more unlike than the quiet, well-educated Lewis and the friendly, never-silent Clark. Yet between them they led thirty-three men through an unmapped country, across skyscraping mountains, and on to the distant shores of the Pacific -- the first exploration to travel across our country to the… Read More

New York:: Modern Library, 1956.. Enlarged Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with torch bearer device blind stamped on the front cover; gilt spine text; the top edge of the text lock shows light stains, otherwise a Very Good book with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: Includes twelve maps. This is book number 235 in the Modern Library series. The most recent copyright date is 1956. Dating from the ML guide, this copy from Spring, 1967; the list of titles includes Faulkner, As I Lay Dying; but does not include Faulkner, Pylon. The dust jacket rear panel style is i; binding style 11.

New York:: AMPHOTO, 2003.. 1st Printing.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: a quality paperback with French flaps; Very Good condition.. about 10.75 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide . Glossary, index. Description: Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. A comprehensive guide to night photography, covering all the aesthetic and technical aspects of using conventional and digital cameras. Includes advice on equipment and finding your own style. Features inspirational portfolios from professional photographers illustrating the range of effects that may be achieved. Specific assignments send the photographer out into the night to improve their skills and technique.

Atglen, Pennsylvania:: Schiffer Publishing, 1994.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: grey cloth binding with black; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Appendixes, bibliography. Marbled endpapers. Description: Several map illustrations. The publisher's blurb reads: ''The amazing tenacity and cohesion of the German Army in Russia from 1941 to 1945, fighting against overwhelming odds but refusing to disintegrate, has fascinated readers for decades. But most of the available sources concentrate on the maneuvers of armies and panzer corps, leaving the divisions, regiments, and individual soldiers in the back ground. This fact has obscured skillful use of tactics employed by the German solders at the divisional level and below. Until now, this information has been sequestered in manuscript reports in various archives. Professor Newton has retrieved, retranslated and annotated the detailed tactical accounts… Read More

Cobalt, Ontario:: Highway Book Shop, 1987.. 1st Edition.. Trade size paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: trade-size paperback; Very Good condition.. 8vo (about 8.25 inches tall) . Description: Illustrated with drawings by the author and with photographs. The well known Canadian author and illustrator here writes of her own reminiscences of her childhood in the 1930s. After a great fire swept northern Ontario, Toronto streetcars were sent north as emergency shelter. Muriel spent a winter in one of those streetcars.

Philadelphia:: Chilton Company, 1960.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: tan cloth with black spine text; a Very Good+ book, with a Good+ dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped. The spine is faded, otherwise a very good jacket.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Glossary. Description: Dust jacket design by Howard N Watson. The boyhood reminiscences of growing up on a Montana ranch, with special attention given to the relations between a boy and horses, and the many ways horses are involved in ranch life.