Search Results: Authors starting with S from Trolls Treasure

Yosemite National Park, Ca: Yosemite Association, 1989. Second printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 289 pp. with bibliography and index. B&W illustrations. The author traces the history of Yosemite in terms of the people who lived and visited there like Grizzly Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Muir. Photographs by Carelton E. Watkins. Book is near fine. Slight curl to a few pages at top front corner, slight edge wear to bottom corner and a slight discoloration to the bottom edge.

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E Tuttle Company, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Illustrated with color photographs, some very close-up. Book is in very good condition with some edge wear. A tiny tear in cloth of bottom board. Dust jacket is very good with edge wear and bumping .

London: Thames and Hudson, 1992. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 9.75 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 2 pounds; 320 p. Includes an introductory list of principal European factories and their marks compiled by John Cushion, formerly of the Department of Ceramic, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. With 604 black & white illustrations.  Book is near fine with minor edge wear, but there are two small, faint stains on the front cover, one at the upper edge and one at the lower. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

Hamburg: Polydor International GmbH, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. Heavy Book. 12.4 X 12.4" tall; 276 p. Red leatherette with gilt titles on spine and cover and inset with pictorial of Beethoven in marble. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white, including fullpage color portraits. Translated from the German by the editorial department of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Beethoven's compostions: Symphonies, Concertos, String Trios ... and ends with Beethoven's 'Character and Way of Life'. Book is in very good condition for its age. There is a slight bow to the book and signs of foxing between front and back end pages and their facing pages. The rest of the pages are clean and bright and the binding is tight. There is a faint old book smell. No dust jacket. The picture is a scan of the actual book (as much as would fit on the scanner). NOTE: this book is 5 lbs and would require additional shipping. It cannot be shipped internationally except at exorbitant rate.

London: Octopus Books, 1979. Revised. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 124 Color Plates. Very fine, beautiful presentation of the selection of oriental rugs, like paintings. Book is very good, tanning to page edges and a crease on the front end page. The dust jack, unclipped, is good, showing edge wear and rubbing over-all with a small scratch on the back. The inside of the jacket shows spotting.

Scholastic, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good +. This is a school edition. Book is in very good condition with light edge wear, but the upper corners are bumped and the book has a slight bow to it. Interior is immaculate. No dust jacket.

DK Publishing, 2001. Paperback. Fine. 5.25 x 4.25. Reintroduce your mind to your body and develop a healthier more relaxed approach to life. Secrets of Pilates. One of the first exercise systems to acknowledge the link between mind and body, Pilates will not give you bulging biceps or leave you feeling exhausted after session. Instead, Pilates Pilates provides you with a balanced approach to toning your body, correcting your skeletal alignment, and improving your posture and coordination. Lavishly illustrated with color photos and black & white drawings. Book is fine with very light edge wear.

New York: Knopf , 1980. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. This book is a study of both how we experience authority and how we might experience it differently. Sennett explores the bonds that rebellion against authority paradoxically establishes, showing how this paradox has been in the making since the French Revolution and how today it expresses itself in offices, in factories, and in government as well as in the family. Book is fine. The dust jacket, not clipped, is near fine with mild edge wear, bumped corners and edges. There is a tiny closed tear on the back upper edge and the surface has some scuffing and smudging.

Da Capo Press, 2001. First De Capo Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Herman Melville's classic novel Moby-Dick immortalized the idea of a mammoth sperm whale roaming the seas, wreaking havoc on all that crossed its path. But could such a creature actually exist, then or now? To find out, the acclaimed adventure writer and explorer Tim Severin set off to the islands of the South Pacific in search of one of our most iconic modern myths. From the Marquesas Archipelago, where the twenty-one-year-old Melville deserted his whaling ship in 1842, through the Philippines, Tonga, and Indonesia, Severin follows a trail of ocean legend and lore to the last surviving islanders who hunt the great whale by hand, shadowing a victorious hunt from Stone Age boats and uncovering tantalizing evidence of the existence of a Great White Whale. In this captivating account of his voyage, Severin traces not only the origins of Melville's legendary literary creation but also something of the spiritual relationship… Read More

Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Black cloth, oblong. Beautiful black & white photographs of Sexton's trees. The author, who studied with Ansel Adams, explains his techniques and his feelings. A wonderful book either as Art or Instruction. Black Cloth shows some marks as black on black from scratches or rubbing. Inside tight and clean but light sunning on edges. The front end page was irregularly cut out. Author's signature on the 1/2 title page. No dust jacket.

UK: Barbican Press, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Black cloth with gilt title on spine. Numerous photographs / plates. 108 pages. This guide to historical theatrical London is a must for theatre lovers either visiting London or for the residents who may not know that each day they pass, quite unknowingly, famous sites connected with London's past. When you walk in the footsteps of Garrick, Irving, Kean, Ellen Terry around Covent Garden, somehow you will find that their spirits will enter your bones. Spend time finding the great restaurants that they frequented and revive their memory. For the first time, places of theatrical interest are included which you won't be able to find on street maps or Theatre What's On brochures. Visit the Actor's Centre, the Dress Circle shop, the Theatre Museum or for theatrical memorabilia, David Drummond's shop in Cecil Court. Then read on to discover where some of these famous theatre personalities and playwrights lived when they were… Read More

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2007. First edition, Advance Reading Copy. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. William Morgan, an American who made his way to the front line of Castro's revolution in Cuba, gets thorough and entertaining treatment in this biography. Largely unknown in the U.S., his story is filled with the suspense of a blockbuster war movie, offering new and insightful perspective into the political climate of 1950s Cuba. From Morgan's Ohio beginnings, Shetterly quickly moves to his life in rebel camps in Cuba's mountains, which Shettterly describes exquisitely, and quite viscerally. Deftly weaving together a considerable amount of research to set the scene, he uses his findings to paint an intriguing and nuanced portrait of Morgan as well as the political tensions of the time. In fact, in addition to Morgan's story, there's a fascinating subplot about how Castro and the revolutionaries did not enter the revolution with a clear Communist platform, but slowly evolved that… Read More

Gordian Knot, 2008. Soft Cover. Near Fine. In this inspirational and informative book, Dani's parents, Jay and Sue Shotel, vividly convey the strength and courage their daughter displayed in her battle with AML, as they tell the story of the events that led to her recovery. Along the way they provide a wealth of information about leukemia, and tell engrossing stories about their family's journey to an unknown place, the roles each family member played to support Dani in her fight for life, the value of love and friendship, the anguish in the quest for answers, the power of positive thinking, the vital decisions a family must make as they proceed through the medical maze, and about the young German citizen, Tom--who donated the marrow that saved Dani's life and then flew in to Washington, D.C., to attend Dani and Scott's wedding in 2005!The vivid details in It's Good to Know a Miracle: Dani's Story, are made possible because Sue Shotel insisted that the family keep a… Read More

Illinois: Albert Whitman and Company, 1989. Third printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Grade 4 Up. The colorful artwork immediately engages the attention of anyone browsing through this collective biography. O'Keefe's arresting flower studies; Frida Kahlo's naive and symbolic self-portraits; Alice Neel's intense, sad-eyed children; and Faith Ringgold's intricate cloth pictures are marvelously reproduced. Sills' text lives up to the promise of the pictures. Her focus is not so much on the lives of these artists as on their art and the intensity of their vision. Enough is told of marriages and deaths, of family and education, to explain how each was influenced in the direction that she chose and why each was so deeply committed to the world of art. The selection of these four women, and the excellent quality of both the text and the art reproductions, result in a book which brings an enhanced understanding of contemporary art and an appreciation of the importance of women in… Read More

New York: Bantam Books, 1993. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. Fine. Jeremy Bremen has a secret. All his life he's been cursed with the ability to read minds, He knows the secret thoughts. fears, and desires of others as if they were his own. Book is fine, with minor edge wear. Inside covers beginning to tan. The picture is a scan of the actual book.

New York: Harper Collins, 1997. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 7 x10 inches; 194 p. Color photographs by Lois Ellen Frank. Book is in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket (not clipped). Dust jacket has mild edge wear and a tiny piece of inside flap is curled.

New York: Random House Anchor Books, 2000. First edition. Trade Paperback. As New. Simon Singh is the author of Fermat's Enigma. "It would be harder to imagine a clearer or more fascinating presentation. Mr Singh gives cryptography not only its historical dimension, but its human one." - The New York Times Like new, doesn't appear to have ever been read.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 5-02. Hardcover. Very Good +. Book is in very good condition with light edge wear, upper corners bumped. No dust jacket.

Lebanon PA: Applied Arts Publishers, 1973. Fourth printing. Soft Cover. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations.  Pamphlet in very good condition, with normal edge wear, worn stress points.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1987. Later printing. Mass Market Paper. Near Fine. They were two daring men, men who could not possibly be more different. One is Michael Courtney, the dashing and generous British flying ace, who fights over the smoke-streaked skies of Europe. The other is Lothar De La Rey, the bold and cruel German gunrunner, whose battleground is the awakening continent of Africa. [And] an extraordinary woman -- the sensual Centaine de Thiry, whose courage and cunning match that of any man. -- from the cover of the book."As most of Wilbur Smith's novels, Burning Shore is located in Africa - this time in Southwestern Africa (now Namibia). The novel is placed in the long link of novels about the South Arfican Courtneys. I normaly feel that Smith's novels are written for guys, but Burning Shore is the only one I also have recommended to my wife. She loved it - it's a mixture of the adventurous and heroic - the exciting and lovable. READ IT - man or… Read More