Search Results: Authors starting with V from 100 POCKETS

Stuttgart/Berlin: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1921. Printed Black Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 5/16" Tall. Die Erben des Kanzlers haben dieser Rechtsauffassung nicht beizupflichten vermocht und gegen die alsbaldige Veroffentlichung Einspruch erhoben." The chapter headings of this volume are: Prinz Wilhelm; Grossherzog von Baden; Boetticher; Herrfurth; Der Kronrat vom 24. Januar; Die Kaiserlichen Erlaffe vom 4. Ferbruar 1890; Wandlungen; Meine Entlassung; Graf Caprivi; Kaiser Wilhelm II; Vertrag uber Helgoland und Zanzibar; and Handelsvertrag mit Ostreich. 207 pages, with 3 Anlagen, and Register; plus XVI pages, Vorwort, and Inhaltsverzeichniss; plus 4 unnumbered pages of publisher's offerings (mainly Bismarckiana) at rear. Covers show fading, and wear at upper and lower backstrap; bookplate of prior owner on front paste-down, inked name of prior owner on rfEP; text is strong, and clean excepting slight browning at edges.

New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 1962. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. V.J. Stanek (Author-Photographer). Text/NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed deep maroon linen boards/VG; sound w/light surface rubs and marked fading to spine. DJ/None. Authored & photgraphed by Václav Jan Stanek (1907 - 1983), Czech scientist, naturalist, mycologist, botanist, director of the Prague zoo, photographer & filmmaker. 614 pgs, photographed (few in color) with commentaries from a zoologist. This first American Edition from Crown Publishers was printed in Czechoslovakia. Fine copy despite flaws.

Praha: Mlada Fronta, 1977. Hardcover. New/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated white linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG; sound w/nips, chips, closed tears to edges, & sticker removal scar to lower spine. Novel of experiences of a mature scholar studying in the alien world of America --- an issue of lifestyles when transported from one world to another. It's not likely that the author ever saw Mass Ave, but nonetheless the story revolves around Stepán Duba, a 40 year old divorced father of two, his year's stay in Cambridge, MA. to further studies in sociology --- a discipline in which he has both talent and ambition. He meets what he knows to be the last great love of his life, but chooses his children and homeland --- death and rebirth?. Ambiciózní, nadaný sociolog, za svého roeního studijního pobytu na proslulé Harvardské univerzite v Bostonu (!) ...." [Publisher's blurb] 282 pages. Fine copy in lesser dustjacket.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1953. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated beige linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/light edge wear, surface rubs, & water marks; under mylar. Maps to endpapers. First published 1941; this is a reprint of 1953. Synthesis of Aztec history. Anthropologist George Clapp Vaillant (1901- 1945). 15 chapters augmented with illustrations: I, The Historical & Cultural Background of Aztec Civilization; II, The Middle Cultures in the Valley of Mexico; III. Teotihuacan & the Classical Toltecs; IV, The Chichimec Period & the Dynastic Toltecs; V, The Aztec Period; VI, The Man & the Tribe; VII, Economy; VIII, Craftsmanship; IX, The Fine Arts; X, Religion; XI, Ritual; XII, Foreign Affairs & War; XIII, Glimpse of Tenochtitlan; XIV, The Death Throes of the Aztec Nation; and, XV, The Aztecs & Their Conquest.

Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1969. Black Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 9 9/16" Tall. The fifteen essays, papers, and addresses gathered in this collection have the following titles: Wirtschaftswachstum und internationale Arbeitsteilung; Gesamtwirtschaftliche Planung und die Rolle der Unternehmung in der sozialistischen Wirtschaft; Der Markt in der Planung; Spezialisierung und Warenkonzentration im Welthandel und im Aussenhandel Ungarns; Automatisierung, Entfremdung, Sozialismus; EWG und RWG; Wirtschaftswachstum in Ungarn; Externes Gleichgewicht, Neotechnik and Wirtchaftsreform; Aktuelle Erscheinungen im Welthandel und ihr Einfluss auf das Strukturmodell der ungarischen Wirtschaft; Wirtschaftsoperationen in Europa; Ansprache an die Welthandelskonferenz der Gewerkschaften; Probleme des Ost-West-Handels; Internationale Arbeitsteilung und Wirtschaftsreform; Integration, Wirtschaftsunion und Nationalstaat; and Sozialistischer Aussenhandel und burgerliche Aussenhandelstheorie. 249 pages, with Inhalt,… Read More

Lima: Pontificia Universidad Catolica De Peru, 1979. Printed Coated Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 5/16" Tall. En este trabajo se retoma el debate sobre la "Oligarquia Peruana" ininciado en los anos 60. Con el animo de dilucodar empiricamente algunas de las principales cuestiones en debate, los autores han realizado un estudio sobre las caracteristicas y la estructura de propriedad de las principales 233 empresas agropecuarias, antes de la implementacion de la reforma agraria, determinando las vinculaciones familiares e inter-empresas y trazando las inversiones de sus proprietarios en otros sectores de la actividad economica." [Cover blurb] 413 typescript-set pages, with Indice, Introduccion, quadros, 2 Anexos, and [list of] empresas industriales; plus an unnumbered page Fuentes Utilizadas. Covers are clean and sound; text is strong and clean, but browning to margins.

San Francisco, CA: Bay Books, 1975. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Glen Eddy (Illustrator). EX-LIB. UNCIRCULATED Copy; Art center reference.. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated cover/VG; clean & strong w/faint creasings to lower front corner. Professional guidance for fabric printing using the screen method, which gained acceptance in the 1950s. Contents in two parts. Part I discusses screen construction and design, how to set up a darkroom, darkroom procedures, print area requirements, formulating dyes and pigments, and idiosycracies of differing fabrics. Part II, Projects in Printing, is a series of exercises designed to get one started in progressive skill development.

Rio De Janeiro - Sao Paulo - Bello Horizonte: Jose Olympio, 1959. Perma-bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 1/2" Tall. Duas amizades do Brasil-Imperio, com a referencia a nacoes de nosso Continente, ficaram historicos: a que o ligava ao Estados Unidos, e a que o ligava ao Chile. Sobre a primeira, muito aqui se tem escrito. Isto porem nao acontce, quanto a segunda, quanta a amizdea com o Chile, e que era entretanto de incomparaveis proporcoes." [Nota liminar] If the author does not prove his case, it is not for want of research, enthusiasm or volubility. 321 pages, with prefatory matter and illustrations. Boards are nipped at upper leading corners, otherwise clean and sound; text is clean and strong.

New York, NY: Ivy Books/Ballantine, 1990. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY, showing faint margin discoloration & trace wear to corner tips. True to title, tips upon tips on how to conserve our resources, consume sensibly simply and easily in the home, personal hygiene, food shopping and even vacations ... Have allergies? How about improving indoor air quality with spider plants (chlorphytum), which absorb benzene, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide and, xylene, a solvent used in the leather, rubber and printing industries? At the point of publication, author Bernadette Vallely was director of the Women's Environmental Network.

Moskva: Izd-vo "Sobremennik, 1979. Illustrated Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 6 7/16"; 16.35cm. The contents are divided into Sechenie obstoyatel'stv (19 pieces); Rannie strsnitsy (13 pieces); Ust'-Ilim (7 pieces); and Poslednie stranitsy (3 pieces). 287 pages, with [Sostavitel'] by V. Shuzaev. Covers are discoloring slightly, and show slight shelf-use; stamp of prior owner on front endpaper; text is strong and unmarked.

Utrecht: Het Spectrum, 1981. Vertiende Geheel Herziene Druk . Printed Coated Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/4" Tall. Number 37 in the publisher's Prisma series, an English-Dutch dictionary for speakers of Dutch. Yes the Dutch translations for clogs, dyke, gin, and tulip are there (respectively klompschoen, dike, jenefer and tulp), but so are many thousands more that may be more useful to the Dutch-speaking student or traveller. 359 pages with Voorwoord, Aanwijzingen voor de gebruiker, Lijst van afkortingen, and Uitspraaktekens. Covers show slight use; backstrap is creased; text is strong and clean, though browning at margins.

New York, NY: Avenel Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace edge wear to dustjacket. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction to text blocks. Cookery for all who enjoy sharing a good meal with a few friends, but are a little short on time. Collection of 20 dinner menus on time-scheduled recipes. Menus include An English Feast for Winter; A Winter Liver Feast; A Dead of Winter Feast; A Winter Kidney Feast; A Wintry Venison Feast; A French Feast for Spring; A Sicilian Spring Feast; A Spring Shad Feast; A Festive Spring Feast; An Italian Spring Feast; A Very Summery Feast; An Early Summer Feast; A Sheepish Summer Feast; A Summer Scallop Feast; A Favorite Summer Feast; A Creole Autumn Feast; A Mitteleuropa Feast for Early Autumn; An Autumn Indian Feast; A Delicate Autumn Feast; and, A Fine Fall Feast

Amsterdam, Netherlands: North Holland Publishing, 1967. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED COPY. Text/BRAND NEW. Mustard linen softcover/VG; sound w/light edge & surface wear, PO stamps to upper front edge. Light soiling to leading text block. 360 pgs. Proceeding of the International Collogquium on Insect Pathology & Microbial Control held at Wageningen, The Netherlands, September 5 - 10th, 1966. Strong copy.

Nijkerk: Callenbach, 1966. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text,New & Bright, w/light bends to upper corners. Dutch language text. 1966 Printing. Brown softcover/NF w/trace edge wear & soil spot to back; light bends to corner tips. PO name to fEP. Title often translated as "Things: Four Metabletische Musings". Psychiatrist, psychologist & cultural critic Jan Hendrik van den Berg (1914 - 2012 ) was known for his 'theory of change' (Metabletica) applied to the study of history.

Versailles, France: Les Editions d'Art Lvs, 1984. English Language Editon . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Archival Photos & Color Garden Photos. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated cover/NF; faint creasing to upper front corner. COVER ART: Monet's House (the Water Garden) in the village of Giverny. A view of French impressionist Claude Monet's (1840 - 1926) home, he settled in 1883. The garden & waterlily pond featured in Monet's paintings, was bequeathed by son Michel to the French Academy of Fine Arts (Institut de France) in 1966. 71 pgs. Rich volume, with color photos, affords insight to the artist's interpretations on canvas where interplay of light's reflections dissolve form and colors explode. Fine copy.

San Diego, CA: Harvest Books/Harcourt, 1979. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/VG; Strong & sound w/faint front/back surface creasings & trace soiling. First published 1951; this is a paperback reprint of 1979. The time is 1949, the "interior" is the landlocked country of Nyasaland (renamed Malawi) and previously a British protectorate following Livingtone's exploration. The mission was official, this narrative record is personal and eloquent.

Loveland, CO: Interweave Press, 2004. Issue 121, Sept/Oct 2004 . Soft Cover/Magazine. New/None as Issued. Joe Coca (Photographer). BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE; 25th Anniversary Edition. COVER ART: "Collage of 25 samples of handweaves"; photo. This Sept/Oct commemorative issue of 2004 feature 12 design projects including (scarves, shawls, vests, bookmarks, and embroidering with beads & mirors, and last but not least, features "Lord of the Rings" inspired cloaks ... subtle, simpled, understated garments designed to both hide its wearer and give warmth.

London, UK: Hogarth Press, 1982. First UK Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/Fine. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First UK Edition, First Thus. One of several authobiographic books Afrikaner, farmer, war hero, journalist and writer Sir Laurens Jan van der Post (1906 - 1996) penned. This volume, the title taken from T.S. Eliot's poem "Little Gidding", recounts his childhood love of the ships and sea, and two voyages made as a young man: the first in a whaling ship whose Norwegian captain greatly influenced his world view, and the second, a journey to Japan in 1926. with Polmer in 1926.A colorful personage in life, and a controversial one in death. A number of writers have questioned the integrity of van der Post memoirs and travel books; one such book is J.D.F. Jones's "Storyteller: The Many Lives of Laurens van der Post" (2001).

Belgium: Zuidnederlandse Uitgeverij NV, 2002. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Softcover/NF. PO stamp to title page. Dutch language text. First published as Islam and the West : A New Political and Religious Order Post September 11 . This Dutch edition is retitled as "Islam and the Western World in Conflict: A History of Thirteen Centuries of Rivalry". A post- September 11th analysis of as troubled history of conflicting world orders.

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1948. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage 1948 Edition. Embossed green quill on burnt-orange linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG w/chips, nips closed tears & small losses, and showing discoloration. LAID-IN: Review by Henry Seidel Canby titled "The Convention That Almost Failed", and, a printed note to the reader from author Carl Van Doren (1885 - 1950), brother to Mark Van Doren, uncle of Charles Van Doren, and winner of the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for Benjamin Franklin. This is the account of a handful of earnest men of goodwill who met in daily sessions for four months at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, 1787, to produce The Constitution of The United States --- still one of the world's most potent & enduring instruments of government.