Search Results: Authors starting with P from Grampy's Bookcase

405 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Black and white maps included. Previous owner's name and date "1974" are written on the top outside of the front free end paper. DJ has slight wear along the outside edges including several small closed tears and a chip out of the bottom outside corner.

Text is clean and unmarked in a bright, tight, and square binding. Only defect is some age toning in the text. Price unclipped DJ is slightly worn around the edges with two small, closed tears, one on the front bottom and the other on the back top. From the front DJ flap, "Reflecting the requirements of the 1981 National Electrical Code, the book explains the terminology, basic principles, and step-by-step procedures for wiring homes, farms, or small commercial and retail establishments. Complete requirements for each of the commonly used wiring techniques are explained, along with the Code requirements and the reasoning behind them."

377 pp. Faded covers but tight and square. Previous owner's names on the front and rear free endpapers. Foxing throughout. Small chip in the bottom corner of the last page of text.

384 pp. Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Only library markings are library stamps on the outside edges of the text block and a small label on the back free end paper. "8106" is written on the back cover. Previous owner's name is written on the top corner of the inside back binding. "The formation of the Constitution, which British prime Minister Gladstone once described as 'the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man,' is a story of great historic drama." p.15.

Text us clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Previous owner's name is on the top outside of the front binding. A solid volume. DJ has minor wear around the outer edges with a small chip out of the DJ top back and front. From the front DJ flap, "To present the history of these three famous inns with the accuracy which characterized all his work, Dr. Andrews pored industriously over the records and archives of the city, the state and the national capital. From these he wove a fascinating story of the guests who made the Fountain Inn an institution known throughout the thirteen original states - guests who shaped our country's history; George Washington, Adams, Jackson, and Lafayette and many other friends from foreign lands."

Text is clean and unmarked in bright, glossy, and intact covers. Volume has a very small ding at the bottom edge. Full page illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name is on the top outside corner of the half title page. From the front cover flap, "Here is a story of a journey into an almost unknown land - an enthralling mix of history, travel, and sheer adventure. Two centuries ago Dr. Johnson captured the imagination of Europe with the romantic tale of 'Rasselas." He described the strange fate of the royal princes of Abyssinia, who were condemned to imprisonment in a mountian fortress until they died or the order of succession called them to the throne. How much of this was truth and how much was legend? In 1955...Thomas Pakenham resolved to discover the truth and set out for Gondar, capital of the Abyssinian empire of Johnson's day."

30 pp. Text is clean and unmarked. text block has small tears at the outer edges and at the spine. Front and back covers are chipped at the top and bottom. "1934" has been penciled in on the front cover. Last page featuring an ad has a chip and closed tear. "Today we can see where this 'correction' of Marxism in the interests of the bourgeois regime has led. Step by step all the gains of the revolution have been thrown away. Step by step Social-Democracy has helped the bourgeoise to consolidate its power." p.25.

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Binding is faded at the spine. "A great responsibility rests today on the British people in relation to India. In the present hour of crisis of human history, when the fortunes of the freedom of mankind are swinging in the balance, the question of India stands in the forefront of world politics. The cause of the freedom of India is bound up with the cause of the freedom of all nations. The politics pursued, alike by the British Government and by the Indian nation, will have far-reaching effects on all countries," p. 9.

Text is clean and unmarked in covers that are without tears, chips, or creases. Volume is age toned. From the back cover, "Danny and his friends experience all the fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of any normal teen - but project the confidence that comes from a personal working relationship with God. Jump into the series - the reading is great! "

Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square cover. Only defect is age-toning of the text. Spine is not creased. "The Danny Olis series has been in existence since 1954 and has sold over the 2,000,000 mark. Bernard palmer, author of the series, is also the originator of the Felicia Cartright series and the writer of many other books for Christian youth."

Text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square cover. Only defect is age-toning of the text. Spine is not creased. "The Danny Olis series has been in existence since 1954 and has sold over the 2,000,000 mark. Bernard palmer, author of the series, is also the originator of the Felicia Cartright series and the writer of many other books for Christian youth."

Text is clean and unmarked in covers that are without tears, chips, or creases. Volume is age toned. From the back cover, "Danny and his friends experience all the fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of any normal teen - but project the confidence that comes from a personal working relationship with God. Jump into the series - the reading is great! "

Texts are clean and unmarked in all three volumes with covers that are tight and square. Covers have very slight wear along the outer edges. Spines are not creased. From the back covers, "Danny and his friends experience all the fears, frustrations, and accomplishments of any normal teen - but project the confidence that comes from a personal working relationship with God."

Volume is in "As New Condition." Price unclipped DJ has slight wear on the outer edges. From the front DJ flap, "The Luftwaffe, the most feared weapon in Hitler's arsenal, struck fear in the hearts of men, wrecking havoc aross the fields and skies of Europe. From the London blitz to the war in Stalingrad...from the destruction of Rotterdam to the ruthless violation of the Maginot Line, Hermann Goering controlled Hitler's most deadly war machine - the Lufwaffe."

Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Binding is faded in spots. Gilt lettering on the spine is faded. Illustrations throughout. Solid volume for its age.

Text has foxing and smudges throughout. Back binding is detached and front binding is loose. The title page has a closed tear and small chip on the outside margin. Church library book plate is attached to the inside cover. A piece of paper dated June 21 - 1914 is attached to the front free end paper. Illustrations throughout.

288.pp Clean and unmarked text in a square and tight binding. Only library markings are two library name stamps, one on the title page and one at the top of the text block, and the number "195142' stamped on the title page. A memorial gift label is attached to the front free end paper. This volume appears not to have been circulated. Plastic covering has kept the DJ in fine condition. The plastic cover has been taped to the boards which has left several small and light tape stains.

Age toned text is clean and unmarked in a tight and square binding. Intact DJ has several small chips around the outer edges. A solid copy. From the front DJ, "A powerful story portraying a wife's part in her husband's career, by the author of 'Cresent Carnival.' "

Text is clean and unmarked in a bright, tight, and square binding. Only defect is foxing and dark age-toning on the edges of the text block. Frontispiece included. Gilt lettering is bright and clear on the spine. "Blaise Pascal was born in Clermont in Auvergne on June 19, 1623, the son of the president of the Court of Aids of Clermont. He was a precocious child, and soon showed amazing mathematical talent. His early training was scientific other than literary or theological, and scientific interests predominated during the first period of his activity. He corresponded with the most distinguished scholars of the time and made important contributions to pure and applied mathematics and to physics." p. 7.

Text has several underlined passages. Binding is bright tight, and square. Volume is a very solid copy. "The present book...is the result of my life-long interest in the Arabs and their world. It presents some of the things I have learned from talking to Arabs over many years, informally in most cases, but not infrequently in formal interviews as well, and from observing them and absorbing innumerable details of their behavior, attitudes and expressions, movements and gestures, and words both uttered and left unsaid." p. 5.