Search Results: Titles starting with A from Century Books

New York: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., 1970. Hardback. Very Good condition. Previous owner stamp on edges and endpapers, and one embossed stamp, else fine. Silver cloth binding. 1017 pages. Covers Geology and Exploration, Mining Operations, Concentrating Lead-Zinc Sulfide Ores by Flotation, Concentrating Lead-Zinc Copper Sulfide Ores by Flotation; Concentrating Oxidized Ores; Concentrating by Gravity Methods; and Production Survey and Process Research.

Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, [1971]. 1st printing. Softcover. Good condition.. Some edgewear, soil. Staple-bound. 176 pages plus appendix and subject index. DHEW Publication No. (HSM) No. 72-9001. National Institute of Mental Health, National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information

Washington D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1956. Softcover. Good condition.. Contributions to the Geology of Uranium. Previous owner sticker on cover. Plate present in pocket.

New York: Viking Press/ Studio Book, [1982]. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Oversized softcover (approximately 11.75 by 9 inches). 324 pages, almost all full-color reproductions of ads from 1900 to 1980. Quite lovely.

Washington D.C.: World Bank, 1977. Softcover. Very Good condition.. Previous owner stamp inside front cover. Some scuffing and sunning. 55 pages.

New Mexico Geological Society, 1982. Hardback. Near Fine condition.. Edited by Jeffrey A. Grambling and Steven G. Wells. 370 pages. Map endpapers. Contents include road logs, lexicon and articles on the region including Tectonics, Structure and Geophysics; Precambrian Geology; Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology; Volcanic Geology; Economic Geology; Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology; Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket.. A bibliomystery and author's first novel. Eccentric Basil Killingsley and his formidable wife Hortence is searching for a rare book that has mysteriously disappeared from the Smedley Library. While they're looking for clues, library staff members keep turning up murdered! Some edgewear on dust jacket.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine in Fine dust jacket.. 14 stories, introducing the character Socrates Fortlow, a tough ex-convict and inner-city philosopher exploring morality in a world beset with crime, poverty and racism.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. 4th ed., later printing. Hardback. NF/G. Some light browning of paper, else fine. DJ missing chip at base of spine, several tears and scuffs.

New York: Henry Holt, 1987. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.. Hardback. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. One corner bumped. Violent and disturbing, but a classic, important work in American fiction.

New York: Henry Holt, 1987. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.. Hardback. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Violent and disturbing, but a classic, important work in American fiction.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972. First US edition. Hardback. Very Good in Good dust jacket. A bizarre and imaginative tale set in the English countryside. Rubbing and edgewear to dustjacket. Upper edge of dustjacket is heavily worn in the spine area.

New York: Harmony Books, 1993. 1st American Edition. Hardback. VG/VG. Edgewear, DJ has one small tear at base of spine. Lacks crispness. SIGNED 'To Betty with all good wishes, Ruth Rendell.' Alternates between the present day and the memoirs of the late Anna, which may shed light on a long-unsolved murder.

New York: International Universities Press, 1970. Hardback. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket.. Some scuffing and edgewear on dust jacket.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1941. 4th printing. Hardback. Very Good condition. Beautiful black-and-white illustrations by E.H. Suydam, included illustrated endpapers. Burnt-orange cloth binding with gold lettering. Spine slightly faded. Previous owner name, date on first endpaper.

Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, [1979]. Softcover. Good condition.. scuffed, spine crease. Study prepared by Denver Research Institute, University of Denver. Explores the concept of development in terms of needs, characteristics, and theories and then examines the pivotal role of technology in the development process. 20 contemporary case histories illustrate specific instances of applied technology. Includes annotated bibliography. 482 pages

New York: Pantheon, 1989. 1st American Edition. Hardback. Fine in Fine dust jacket.. Translated from the French by Margery Arent Safir. A novel of coming-of-age and sexual awakening.

Washington D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1960. Softcover. Good condition. Previous owner stamps. Plates in rear pocket. Description of the stratigraphy and structure of a quadrangle that contains some of the significant vanadium deposits of the Placerville district.

Washington D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1972. Softcover. Good condition. Arsenic as a geochemical indicator element for pipelike mineralized deposits in a solfatarically altered environment. Previous owner stamps.

New York: Greystone, 1968. Revised. Hardback. NF/VG. Light edgewear. DJ has several scratches, but no tears. Part of Art of the World series. Translated by J.R. Foster. We have several volumes in this series.