Search Results: Titles starting with B from Joseph Valles - Books

New York : Fawcett Publications ; 1963, 1963. Very Good. 112 p. ; illustrated ; includes a "List of B-29 Veterans" with their current occupations and WWII units ; color pictorial wrappers ; Contents: The birth of a giant -- How will it fly? -- The war drums roll -- The journey begins -- Journey to War -- A "Damned trucking outfit" -- Rodeo over Bangkok -- Ding Hao! -- Betty over target -- Summer operations -- The hard wy back -- To the Marianas -- A new year, an old story -- Rescue at sea -- Iwo or ditch -- The giant pays its way -- Now we're in business -- The journey's end -- B-29 veterans. ; foxing, else VG

[s.l.] : Radio Shack ; Tandy Corporation ; [Hayden Book Company, Inc.], 1981., 1981. Fine. 80 pp. ; stiff paper wrappers ; LCCN: 62-2088 ; "Now you can convert a BASIC program for TRS-80, Apple-II or PET into the form of BASIC used by any other one of those machines. Also described are variations in graphics capabilities, PEEK, POOK and C ALL statements, cursor and control characters, memory locations, etc...also contains advice on the methodology of converting programs, explanations of machine peculiarities and detailed explanations of Applesoft BASIC commands. Appendices provide useful subroutines, sample programs and charts showing screen coordinate conversion." ; FINE

St. Louis, MO : Concordia Publishing House, 1992, 1992. Sheet music. Good. Soft cover. approx. 23 copies ; SATB ; "For Emory Fanning and the Chapel Choir of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont".

Milwaukee, WI : Jenson Publications, exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, 1992, 1992. Book. Good. Soft cover. approx. 24 copies ; SATB ; 40820498 ; "To William M. Toland and the Concord Band, Concord, MA".

Baltimore : The Williams and Wilkins Co, 1926., 1926. Very Good. ix, 338+[4] pp. ; tan cloth, with pasted paper spine label ; OCLC: 1385886 ; LC: Z665; Dewey: 020.4 ; spine label has a tear ; tiny spot on front cover ; contemporary bookseller's label from Strassburg, PA on front ep ; heraldic bookplate stamp on f ront ep ; slight foxing ; VG

[Emmaus, PA] : Rodale, c1999., 1999. Very Good. 384 pp. : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0875968023 ; LCCN: 99-6763 ; OCLC: 41924710 ; LC: SB450.97; Dewey: 635 ; purple textured cloth with color photographic paste-down and multicolor holographic lettering ; "This book is the collaborative effort of over 250 professional gardeners from all over the united States and Canada, every one of whom added valuable information and knowledge to the project."--foreword ; VG

New York, William Wood and Company ; [London : Baillière, Tindall and Cox],MDCCCCVIII (1908), 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. xv, [1], 402 pp. illustrations, 3 colored plates, double tables ; 24 cm. ; LCCN: a 16-946 ; OCLC: 11305179 ; Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress ; dark blue cloth with gold lettering ; foxing ; rear hinge shaken ; numerous photographs and color illustrations throughout ; 2 colored lithographed plates ; VG.

New York, London, Sydney, Toronto, Auckland : Bantam Books, c1994., 1944. Fine. 1st ed., 1st printing ; red and black cloth ; "Child psychologist Alex Delaware returns in a follow-up to Devil's Waltz that begins with a childlike chant and finishes with Alex at the end of a chain of unexplained deaths" ; ISBN: 0553089196 :; 9780 553089196; 0553096362; 9780553096361 LCCN: 93-26678 ; OCLC: 28422909 ; FINE/FINE

Baltimore : William Wood & Company, 1932., 1932. Fair. 8th ed. ; xvi, 746 p. illus. (part col.) col. pl., diagrs. 24 cm. ; LCCN: 32-33027 ; OCLC: 5712273 ; LC: QM551; Dewey: 611.018 ; green cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; repair to front hinge ; Contents: The cell -- The living cell -- Histogenesis: Classification -- Epithelium -- The connective tissues -- The connective tissues: Cartilage and bone -- Blood and lymph -- Muscle tissue -- Nerve tissue -- The circulatory system -- Lymphoid organs -- The integument -- Glands and the genera l structure of mucous membranes -- The digestive system -- The respiratory system -- The urinary system -- The male reproductive system -- The female reproductive system -- The endocrine glands -- The nervous system -- The organs of special sense. ; associated copy of John Leonard Pyron (1916-2005), who, with degrees from Birmingham Southern University in 1936 and a Masters in Education from the University of Florida, taught in Florida high schools from… Read More

San Francisco : Sierra Club, 1967, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 174 p. : col. ill., fold. map ; 35 cm.; LCCN: 67-30537 ; LC: F1246; Dewey: 917.2/2/04820222; OCLC: 316684 ; green cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label ; Contents : Photographer's notes -- To have known the desert -- A smoother pebble, a prettier shell -- Strange gods -- One soring again -- Seventy-three color plates ; fold out map ; .

NY : Simon & Schuster, 1985, 1985. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st softcover printing] ; 252 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0671622552 (br); 9780671622558 (br) ; OCLC: 732906623 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; remainder mark at bottom ; crease on front cover ; Contents: Tchaikovsky and Balanchine -- Childhood -- St. Petersburg -- The man -- Reading and travel -- Predecessors and contemporaries -- But the music is so noble -- Operas -- Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty -- The Nutcracker -- Craftsmen -- Stravinsky -- Chronologies ; VG.

New York : The Heritage Press ; "The special contents of this edition are copyright by the Limited Editions Club for the George Macy Companies, Inc.", c1937., 1937. Fine. Gray cloth pressed with the image of a jail cell window and walls, with giold lettering ; some foxing ; fore edges red ; contains a veiled, vitriolic essay by Burton Roscoe ; without the slipcase ; otherwise FINE

Mexico : Galas de Mexico SA, (1961), 1961. Very Good. [49] p. : color illustrations. ; 31 cm. ; OCLC: 2126001 ; LC: GV1627 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; slight wear to covers ; program for the 1960s productions of Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, plus scenes of costumes, scenery, and other production work, and a list of all dancers and directors ; Amalia Hernandez travels throughout Mexico as well as being a constant visitor to museums to study sculpture ; Ballet Folklorico de Mexico has both resident and touring companies that alternate performances at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City ; VG

New York : Theatre Arts Books, ©1956, 1969, 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 48 pages : 27 photographic illustrations ; 25 cm ; Essays originally published in the Dancing times.; LCCN: 68-28084 ; LC: GV1788; Dewey: 792.82 ; OCLC: 10674 ; ISBN: 0878300112; 9780878300112 ; purple cloth in photographic dustjacket with a corner nick; Contents: Introduction: Slowly but surely - Adage -- Elevation Steps -- Point work -- Pirouettes -- Tension and relaxation -- Summaray -- Lost steps 1 -- Lost steps 2 -- The use of the instep -- Batterie -- Subordinate steps -- Balance. ; Photographs by Paul Wilson and Felix Fonteyn ; dancers featured in photographs include Svetlana Beriosova, Prudence Hyman, Beryl Grey, Anton Dolin, Tamara Toumanova, Yvette Chauvire, Youly Algaroff, John Field, Alicia Markova, Serge Golovine, Kathleen Gorham, Alan Carter, June Brae, and Michael Somes ; FINE/GV.

New York, H. Liveright, 1929., 1929. Good. vi, 102 p. 20 cm. ; LCCN: 29-6490 ; OCLC: 349399 ; blue and beige cloth, with decorations in white and lettering in white and brown ; "...in a world of derivative and despairing poets who herd together for warmth in schools and movements, 'Ballyhoo for a Mendicant' comes with such freshness and originality that one feels like beating the drum and passing the hat for Mr. Talbott"--The New York Times Book Review, 1929 ; foxing ; G

New York : St. Martin's Press, c1989., 1989. Fine. 1st American edition ; 1st printing ; ISBN: 0312028652 :; 9780312028657 LCCN: 88-35943 ; OCLC: 19130409 ; "When antiques dealer Doran Fairweather purchases an ancient limewood carving of a rosy-lipped cherub in flight for her baby's nursery, it see ms she excites a lot of unwanted interest. Someone ransacks her home for it, while she and her family are asleep, and anonymous collectors offer outrageous prices for the carving and utter curses when they are refused. Now Doran must use her investigative brilliance to save her family from these mounting acts of terror. Staunchly supported by her husband Rodney, and inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll, Doran risks her life and everything she loves in an all-or-nothing gamble with a madman" ; FINE/FINE

Atlanta, GA : Longstreet Press, 1990., 1990. Fine. 1st printing ; ISBN 0929264444 red and tan cloth with metallic red lettering, in colorful dustjacket ; very slight wear to dustjacket ; FINE/VG

New York : Bowker, 1982, 1982. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. xxiii, 455 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm ; LC: KF4300; Dewey: 344.73/0531; 347.304531 ; ISBN: 0835215113 ((soft)); 9780835215114 ((soft)) LCCN: 82-4314 ; OCLC: 8346290 ; stiff pictorial paper wrappers ; corner clipped endpaper ; store stamp on inside front cover ; Contents: The wicked die slow, Angelique in black leather, Blue movie, Candy, The language of love, Odd triangle, Pattern of evil, Yellow bird -- 1970-1981: The collection, The libertine, The secret sex lives of Romeo and Juliet, Starlet, The vixen, Where eagles dare, Without a stitch, Woodstock, The art of marriage, Cindy and Donna, Computer game, It all comes out in the end, The killing of sister George, Lysistrata, Magic mirror, Pornography in Denmark, Sexual freedom in Denmark, Carnal knowledge, Cry uncle, Deep throat, Sinderella, Behind the greed door, The exorcist, The last picture show, Last tango in Paris, The newcomers, Class of '74, School girl,… Read More

New York : Random House, 2003., 2003. Fine. 1st edition, 1st printing ; viii, 276 pp. : map ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0375504966; National Library: 101172134; LCCN: 2002-68102 ; OCLC: 50143626 ; LC: RC176.C2; Dewey: 362.1/969232/0979461 ; black textured cloth with gold lettering, in photographic dustjacket ; "The plague first sailed into San Francisco on the steamer Australia, on the day after New Year's in 1900. Though the ship passed inspection, some of her stowaways--infected rats--escaped detection and made their way into the city's sewer system. Two months later, the first human case of bubonic plague surfaced in Chinatown."--dustjacket ; FINE/FINE

[Richmond Hill, Ontario] : Firefly Books, 2012, 2004, 2012. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 152 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm ; ISBN: 9781770851580 ((pbk.)); 1770851585 ((pbk.)); National Library: (AMICUS)000040608082; 20129019925; 016111929 LCCN: 2012-462824 ; LC: VM353; Dewey: 623.82/019 ; OCLC: 785765255 ; Profiles the life and work of Edwin Tappan Adney, who preserved the history of Native and fur trade bark canoe construction in North America by building historically accurate canoe models using authentic materials and traditional techniques. Includes photographs of 110 models with captions explaining the source, building techniques and materials used for each canoe. Originally published in 2004./ "Published in association with the Mariners' Museum."/ Includes photographs of canoe models by Edwin Tappan Adney from the Mariners' Museum collection./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-149) and index. ; " The definitive reference to indigenous peoples'… Read More