Search Results: Titles starting with A from Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA

Thorndike Press, 2006-05-10. Hardcover. Very Good. Large Print hardcover, pictorial boards, no DJ as issued. 2006, ISBN 0786285745. Tiny ink x mark to rear free endpaper, one page dog eared. "Amber - thirtysomething and barefoot - shows up at the door of the Norfolk cottaeg that the Smarts are renting for the summer. She talks her way in. She tells nothing but lies. She stays for dinner.... As Amber insinuates herself into the family, the question of who she is and how she'd come to be there drop away. A tour-de-force of literary improvisation, The Accidental explores the nature of truth, the role of chance, and the transformative power of storytelling." 445 pages.

Honda, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Large format paperback. Second printing of first edition. Unpaginated, but a heavy, thick book. Divided into fourteen sections: Special Tools, Specifications, Maintenance, Engine, Cooling, Fuel and Emissions, Transaxle, Steering, Suspension, Brakes, Body, Heater/AC, and Electrical. Each section has its own table of contents, as well as dissassebly.assembly instructions and tools; inspection; testing/troubleshooting; Repair; and Adjustments. Where appropriate, bolt torques and thread sizes are fully documented.

Princeton Architectural Pr, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 11x0x11. Large format hardcover. 1991. Missing dust jacket. In Fair condition only: heavily faded at and near the spine; moisture discolorations to rear board. Binding is solid and square, with no writing or underlining. Thus a good, solid working copy, and priced accordingly. With nine essays on African American architecture, profiles of 8 female and 27 male architects, and five appendices.

Clarendon Press, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, 1918, Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 208 pages, with index. Fold-out color map, 18 plates. Ex-lib with cardpocket and withdrawal sheet to rear endpapers, call letters to lower spine. Library mark (pinholes grouped to make letters that spell out the library name) to various pages, including map and all plates. Covers the Vale of White Horse, The Downs, the Kennet Valley, and East Berkshire. Discusses geography, soils, economic condtions, farms (size, distribution, crops, etc), estate and farm management, labour, and the Agricultural Partnership. The latter refers to specific demands and restrictions imposed by the government to insure food production during World War One, which also informs discussion of labour in light of manpower shortage during the war.

Books on Tape. Audiobook. Good. Unabridged audiobook on 6 cassettes, approximately 9 hours. Read by Joan Allen. Ex-library copy with typical markings; tapes and clamshell case in good condition. From the author of The Lovely Bones. "With fierce intelligence and emotional intensity, Alice Sebold brings us a searing portrait of a mother-daughter relationship that descends into murder.... The Almost Moon is unforgettable, a raw and powerful story of passion and redemption.

Underwood Miller, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Signed. Signed, limited edition in As New collector grade condition. Was in original unopened shrinkwrap - slit one side just enough to open the book and get photo of the limitation page, which states that this is one of two hundred unnumbered copies, and is signed by Roger Zelazny and Daniel Levack. A comprehensive bibliography of Zelazny's publications through 1982 (the year prior to publication). Clean and bright with no markings of any kind. Binding is solid and square. As close to brand new as you will find.

Buffalo Graffix, 2002. Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Large format (~8.5" x 11"), comb bound softcover, with clear plastic sheets to front and rear. 140 pages, with index of individuals ordered by surname. Compilation of genealogical data centered on Benjamin Warden Childs (1833 - 1904), a farmer in Virginia, and a Confederate soldier during the Civil War - enlisting Septemebr 17, 1861 in the Third Division, 18th Brigade, Virginia Militia, 14th Regiment, Company D. Both Delauter and Duffey document him as a member of McNeil's Partisan Rangers, who operated alongside Mosby's Rangers in the western counties of Virginia and West Virginia. In Very Good to Near Fine condition, with clear plastic covers and with plastic comb bound binding. A genealogical sourcebook for Benjamin Warden Childs, his ancestors and descendants. With several photos, and an index of individuals ordered by lastname, firstname.

Crystal Palace Library, 1854. First Edition. Fair/No Jacket. Hardcover, 1854. Original full bound blue cloth boards, with elaborate designs in blind to front and rear. Title with price (3/-) in gilt to spine. General wear, with some damp marks to fore edge of front board. Fore corners bumped, with some cloth loss to lower rear. Two inch split along bottom rear joint; but binding is solid. Binding is splitting though still holding, with webbing exposed, between pages 78 and 79 in final Ninevah section. Ink inscription to inside front cover: "Miss Green / Cecil Cottage / ???"; and a pencil inscription to front free endpaper: "??? London Oct '88". Contains the following sections: 1) Pompeian Court by George Scharf 73 pps, with foldout plan map and title page with one to two inch strip missing along fore edge; 2) The Egyptian Court by Owen Jones and Joseph Bonomi 72pps; foldout two leaf plan view with foldout leaf completely separated; 3) The Alhambra Court by Owen Jones 120pps,… Read More

Johns Hopkins Press, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Type: Ex-Library Exlib hardback first edition; 309 pp with references/bibliography, index. Numerous figures and tables. The study of recorded instances of solar and lunar eclipses provides a means of synchronizing ancient calendars with our own. More importantly, studying deviations of the historical eclipses with the predicted occurence is a powerful tool for studying the accellerations of the Earth and Moon. "Use of ancient observations to estimate the accellerations goes back about two centuries. It is disconcerting to find, however, that much of such work ... is wrong." Full bound blue cloth boards show some light general soiling, call letters and yellow stripe to lower spine; library stamp to upper page edge. Interior is very clean, save one library stamp and a few pencilled library numbers to title and first index page. Rear free endpaper removed. No highlighting, underlining or marginalia. Binding is tight and square.

RecordedBooks, 2007. Audio Cassette. Good. Unabridged audiobook, 13 hours on 11 cassettes. Narrated by Susan Lyons. A retired library copy, clamshell case is in good condition with typical wear, stamps, stickers, etc. Set in 1880's London, this is a psychologically complex tale of one family's descent into darkness. Booklist review: "In a Turn of the Screw-like exercise, best-selling author Phillips expertly depicts the repressiveness of the Victorian era.

Easton Press, 1988. First Edition. leather_bound. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Kent Bash. Signed. Near Fine. Part of the Easton Press Signed First Edition series. Personally signed by Harlan Ellison. Full color plate frontispiece plus nine full page B&W interior illustrations, all by Kent Bash. Full bound in dark green leather. 22kt gold designs and lettering on the hubbed spine and both boards. Smyth sewn pages, with bound satin-ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. Printed on archival quality paper especially milled for this edition. It is acid-neutral and conforms to all guidelines established for permanence and durability by the Council of Library Resources and the American National Standards Institute. No jacket as issued. Fading along the edges of the front and rear silk moire fabric endpapers, as is almost universal for this edition.

Middle East Inst, 1981-04. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 1981, ISBN 0916808181. 353 pages, with index. From the Library of Talcott Seelye, former US Ambassador to Tunisia and Syria and envoy to Lebanon. Full page calligraphy inscription to front free endpaper: "To Ambassador Talcott Seelye with thanks and appreciation from the members of the International Affairs Institute, National Security Agency February 19, 1982".

Maryland Historical Trust, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Large format paperback, 8.5" x 11". Clean ex-library copy, with a couple stickers on back, stamp to rear endpaper, and barcode sticker to inside front cover. Clean inside, with no writing, highlighting, underlining, etc. Binding is solid, with no creasing to spine. The number "4" is stamped to bottom edge of page block, and there is scuffing and smudges along the bottom; other edges are clean. Some faint sticker pull marks to front and back at lower part of the spine, where library stickers were removed. Still very presentable, and a great reference copy. "The material in this book has been prepared to serve as a guide for a series of field tours organized for the annual meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, held in Annapolis in May 1998. The theme of the conference, "The Changing Landscape of the Chesapeake," shaped the content selected for the tours. A desire to emphasize pre-industrial with… Read More

Rizzoli, 2001-11-17. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8x1x10. Hardback, ISBN 0847823709. 2001. 240 pages, with references, Bibliography, chronology, honors/awards, student thesis project, and index. Fine hardcover in illustrated boards that match the dust jacket design. Clean with no markings inside or out; binding is solid and square. Very Good dust jacket, with some minor edge and corner wear, and some light surface scuffing. From the front dj flap: "Fazlur Rahman Khan was, arguably, the greatest architectural engineer of the second half of the twentieth century. Most widely known for revolutionary innovation in the design and construction of tall buildings, he was responsible for structural systems that made possible the 100-story Sears Tower - a building so high it needed Federal Aviation Administration approval before construction could commence. Structural systems he invented - including the "braced tube" and "bundled tube" systems - remain, to this day,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, , 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. HB first stated with full numberline. NF/NF. ISBN 0312042604. St Martin's Press. Full bound maroon boards with gilt lettering. Absolutely tight, square and clean - no marks of any kind. Unclipped DJ shows very light wrinkling at top and bottom of spine, and tiny wear to upper right front corner. The colors on the DJ are very sharp and bright, with no fading at the spine. The author's third book, and the second in the Joshua Croft mystery series, following Wall of Glass.

Melbourne Beach, Florida, U.S.A.: Im Pr Inc, 1998, 1998-04. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author. Signed by Author NF/NF Signed Second hardcover edition 1998. Inscribed "To ____ With respect, admiration, and deep appreciation to you for your service to the US Air Force and our great country! Chuck Scanlon April 1998