Search Results: Titles starting with E from Flamingo Books

THE ELK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1986-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1986 second printing, Josten's / Elk County Historical Society (Howard, Kansas), 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall brown faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrted with black-and-white photographs, 260 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Bumping to lower tips of front and rear covers, with resultant very slight creasing to a few lower page tips. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. ~SP41~ A history of Elk County, located in southern Kansas, with more than a third of the volume dedicated to local family histories - a great resource for the genealogical researcher. Elk County was established in 1875, named for the Elk River. Contents: Foreword; In The Beginning; Elk County Created; Twentieth Century Progress and Change; Schools, 1866-1977; 100 Years of Transportation and Communication; Elk County Towns (Elk Falls, Longton, Howard,… Read More

VDM Verlag Dr. M, 2009-11-26. Paperback. Very Good. 2009 VDM Verlag Dr. Muller (Saarbrucken, Germany), 6 x 9 inches tall paperback, illustrated with charts, 250 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP05~ [1.5P] It has been accepted that language is more than a simple system of rules. Language is now generally seen as a dynamic resource for the creation of meaning. In 2007, the first Iranian national curriculum for teaching foreign languages was being developed by a team who was working under the supervision of the Ministry of Education based on CLT. Considering the extent of compatibility of the curriculum with CLT was felt to be important in evaluating the degree of success in achieving the goals of CLT. There were also efforts taken into consideration in order to consider the ELT in Iran from other perspectives. To do so, since the current programme and textbooks had been designed prior to introducing the new curriculum;… Read More

New Zealand Dept. of Mines / Marcus F. Marks, 1917-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce 1917 first edition New Zealand Geological Survey/Marcus F. Marks (Wellington, New Zealand) 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall embossed red hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to spine, floral endpapers, viii, 80pp. plus 14 full-page plates with descriptions on facing page. Very minor edgewear and sun-fading to covers, especially along spine, and very slight bumping to upper tips. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP07~

Earlington's Citizen Committee. Acceptable. 1994 first edition, Earlington's Citizen Committee (Earlington, Kentucky), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall spiral bound (black plastic comb) in tan printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and facsimiles, [190] pp. Moderate to heavy soiling, rubbing, creasing and edgewear to covers, with small edge tears to the front cover. Slight soiling to fore page edges. Slight crease to the tips of several pages. Slight marginal soiling to a couple of pages. Otherwise, a clean and unmarked copy of this rare local history. Not in OCLC. ~MM~ [1.5P] A 125-year history of Earlington, a city southeast of the center of Hopkins County, in western Kentucky, bordered to the north by Madisonville, the county seat. Earlington was settled in 1870 around the area's coal fields. On its incorporation a year later, it was formally named for John Baylis Earle, a lawyer who was central to developing the coal industry in the region.

McDowell Publications. Very Good. 2003 McDowell Publications (Utica, Kentucky), 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches tall paperbound in pale brown printed covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and facsimiles, [5], 170 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare history of Earlington (Kentucky) High School. ~SP25~ [1.5P] A look at the history of Earlington (Kentucky) High School from 1929 through the end of the century, largely told through excerpts and images of from newsletters produced by the school over those years. Earlington is a city in Hopkins County, in western Kentucky. Founded in 1870 by the St. Bernard Coal Co., Earlington was named a year later, upon its incorporation, for John Baylis Earle, the man who stuck the first pick into the hillside at the opening of Hopkins County's first commercial coal mine. Earle was a lawyer who was central to developing the coal industry in the region.… Read More

Lancelot Press, 1996. paperback. Very Good. 1996 Lancelot Press (Hantsport, Nova Scotia, Canada), 5 1/2 x 8 inches tall paperbound in yellow glossy covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, 234, [1] pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~V~ [1.5P] Throughout his professional life, Painless Parker - a self-promoting dental crusader & a patient advocate - sought to gain respectability from his profession. Instead, he was rejected by his colleagues because he used the unacceptable practice of advertising blatantly to the public. The ultraconservative profession of dentistry regarded Painless as an outlaw, a renegade, a fraud, a charlatan, a quack, a scoundrel, a thorn in their sides and above all else, unprofessional. However, Painless may have been years ahead of his time. Parker's very active life, which spanned 80 years, can be divided into three periods: THE FORMATIVE YEARS in the Canadian… Read More

Fergus Printing Co, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1890 First edition, Ex-library, Fergus Printing Co. (Chicago), xxv, 521 pp. ,6 x 9 inches tall x 3 inches thick. Heavy black cloth hardbound, paper label to spine, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed, many full-page portraits with tissue guards. All the usual library treatments, including call numbers and removed label on spine. Tape repairs to both interior hinges, with some shakiness to spine, but all holds firm. Covers rubbed, bumped, chipped, soiled and edgeworn. Otherwise, a very good first edition copy of this important history of Chicago.~PP~

Paulist Press, 1982. hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x1. 1982 Paulist Press (New York), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), color pictorial boards over green cloth spine, white lettering to front cover and spine, green endpapers, index, xiv, 508 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP01~ [2.5P] The spirituality of St. Dominic and his early followers was a dynamic force in thirteenth-century Europe. In this volume the writings of Dominic's early disciples are presented in a fresh, lively translation by Simon Tugwell, O.P., of Blackfriars, Oxford. The simplicity, ruggedness, and clarity of the Dominicans' biblically-based, Christ-centered spirituality is illustrated in Jean de Mailly's Life of St. Dominic, The Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic,and the writings of Jordan of Saxony, Peter of Rheims, Thomas Agni, and Robert Kilwardby. The importance of preaching in the Dominican tradition is… Read More

Paulist Pr, 1996. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. 1996 Paulist Press (New York), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), color pictorial boards over grey cloth spine, white lettering to front cover and spine, burnt orange endpapers, index, xi, 398 pp. Very slight edgewear to covers, with a bit of sun fading to spine. Prior owner blind stamp to lower edge of blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP01~ [2.5P] The first centuries of Islam saw the development of Sufism as one of the world's major mystical traditions. Although the later Sufi writings by mystics such as Rumi are known and available in translation, access to the crucial early period of Islamic mysticism has been far more limited. This volume opens with an essay on the place of spirituality within the Islamic tradition. Immediately following are the foundation texts of the pre-Sufi spirituality: the Qur'an passages most important to the mystical tradition;… Read More

University of California Press, 1974-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1974 first edition, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 6 x 10 inches tall, viii, 117 pp. plus 5 folding maps in pocket at rear of volume, complete. Tan wraps with black lettering to front cover. Minor soiling of covers, especially rear of copy and edgewear to covers. September 1973 received stamp from Philadelphia's Franklin Institute to front cover. Otherwise, a very good+ copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~YY~

[American Museum of Natural History], 1965-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1965 first editionAmerican Museum of Natural History (NY), 7 x 10 inches tall paperbound in blue printed covers, 183-263 pp. Bumping to upper and lower tips of book, with resultant slight creasing to page tips, especially lower tips. Prior owner names and date to top edge of front cover. Mild to moderate rubbing, sun fading and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Copiously illustrated with drawings and plates. [d1] ~SP38~ Contents: Introduction; Taxonomy (Superfamily Tapiroidea; Family Lophialetidae, New Rank; ?Family Lophialetidae; Deperetellidae, New Family; Family Helaletidae; Family Isectolophidae; Family Incertae Sedis; Genera Removed from the Tapiroidea), Osteology (Family Lophialetidae; Family Deperetellidae; Family Helaletidae), Notes on Distribution, Summary, References. Association copy: The prior owner, Craig C. Black (1932-1998), was a respected vertebrate paleontologist and… Read More

San Diego Association of Geologists, 1979-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1979 First edition, San Diego Association of Geologists (San Diego, Calif.) 8 1/4 x 11 inches tall paperbound in light green wraps, vii, 227pp. Tips are bumped with subsequent minor corner curl to a few pages. Covers slightly sun faded, edgeworn and rubbed, with prior owner's name stamp to front cover. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright, well illustrated and unmarked. ~ZZ~ 22 papers on earthquakes, landslides, floods, fault evaluations, expansive soils, regional meteorology, tsunamis, sea-cliff erosion and other earthquake-related perils in the San Diego, California region.

Unknown, 1991-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. In Chinese. 2006 Wen hui chu ban she (Shanghai, China), two 6 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches tall softbound volumes in orange cloth pictorial covers, [2], 6, 502 pp. Slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good set - clean, bright and unmarked. ~R~ Stories from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 256 BC), edited by famous historian, educator and linguist Lin Handa (1900 - 1972).

W. Straker, 1846. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1846 first edition, William Straker (London), 6 1/4 x 9 inches tall recently rebound hardcover volume, marbled paper-covered boards over brown leather spine, four raised bands and gilt-lettered burgundy leather labels to spine, engraved frontispiece, several engraved plates, folding facsimile, xv, [1], 542 pp. plus 1846 catalog of publisher William Straker's English and foreign theology works. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, apart from very minor age toning, a near fine leather copy of this uncommon work. ~SP16~ [3.0P] Memoirs of an Episcopal minister who served in the mid-nineteenth century as rector (pastor) of the historic Christ Church in Rockville, Maryland, a decade after he immigrated to America aboard the Copia. Waylen describes his passage to, and first impressions of, America ; Boston and its Episcopal churches; Lowell, Nsshua, Merrimack, Amhurst, Goffstown, Hopkinton, Contoocockville, Concord, Epsom; the Salem Witchcraft… Read More

Viewmont High School, 1972-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1972 first edition, Viewmont High School (Bountiful, Utah), 9 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches tall red cloth hardbound, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering and design to covers and spine, copiously illustrated with mostly black-and-white (and some color) photographs, 230 pp. Moderate to heavy soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a two-inch-square piece of the cover lacking to the lower front and spine and a narrow 7-inch strip of cloth lacking from the rear cover. Hinges are weak. Spine is cocked. Inside, typical of a high school yearbook, the first few pages have numerous mostly marginal inscriptions from classmates, with a few marginal notations through the rest of the text. Otherwise, a good to very good copy of this scarce record of this high school community. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~JJ~ The 1972 yearbook for Viewmont High School, a… Read More

Genealogical R and P / R.R. Eddleman, 1981-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1981 Genealogical R and P / R.R. Eddleman (St. Louis, Missouri), 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches tall stapled paperbound in pale orange printed covers, black cloth tape to spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, index, viii, [2], 178 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing, creasing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner name, address label and notations to title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon genealogy. ~SP29~ [1.5P] David Edelman (1684-1767) and his wife, Anna Catherine (Koffelt) Edelman (1678-1780) and four family members emigrated from the Palatinate in 1733 and settled in Penn's Colony, Pennsylvania. They migrated to Catawba, North Carolina Colony in the 1760's and from there to Missouri. Includes extensive family pedigree charts.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1924-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. No date, but circa 1924 Hodder and Stoughton (London), 5 x 7 1/2 inches tall blue cloth hardbound, gilt lettering to spine, 253 pp. Covers slightly bumped, rubbed, stained and edgeworn (especially to tips and along spine). Prior owner name and 1925 inscription to front free-endpaper. Underlining and marginalia in blue and red pencil, mainly in the preface and first two chapters. Staining to a couple of pages. Otherwise, apart from slight age-toning to paper, an excellent reading copy - clean and unmarked. ~O~ Contents: Objectives / E.A. Burroughs --; Religion and humanity / Cyril Norwood --; Religion and national life / Michael Sadler --; The teaching of religion / Cyril A. Alington --; Psychology and religion / J. Burnett Rae --; The spiritual life of the adolescent / H. Costley White --; Children and churchmanship / C.S. Woodward --; The Christian citizen of to-morrow / H.T.L. Sheppard --; The duty of the church to-day / Dean of Bristol.

University of California Press, 1998-04-10. Paperback. Good. 1998 University of California Press (Berkeley, California), 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches tall x 1 1/2 inches thick trade paperback in full color covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and artwork reproductions, xvii, 678 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of creasing to the lower fore edge and tip of the front cover. Otherwise, apart from slight staining to the fore page edges, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~FF~ [3.0P] Edward Hopper's canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonely aspects of men and women seemingly isolated in their surroundings. What kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered this art? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than art historian Gail Levin, author and curator of the major studies and exhibitions of Hopper's work. In this intimate biography she… Read More

School of Education, La Sierra University. Very Good. 1995 first edition, La Sierra University (Riverside, California), 8 7/8 x 11 inches tall red buckram cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, printed only on recto side of each page, [2], ix, 193 ff. A very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce work, presented as the author's doctoral dissertation. OCLC (No. 33959087) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide - at La Sierra University in Riverside, California. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~B~ [4.0P] Based on a study of high school students carried out by the author (1) to explore the role of the media in the formation of paranormal beliefs; (2) to determine whether a correlation exists between parents' educational levels and their children's reasoning abilities; (3) to determine the effectiveness of science… Read More

Editorial Universitaria, 1961. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. In Spanish. 1961 first edition, Editorial Universitaria (Guatemala), 6 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches tall hardcover, red cloth boards over red leather spines and tips, four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, blue ribbon marker sewn in, 308 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Front board very slightly bowed. On the bottom of the spine, in gilt letters, the name of the prior owner who had this bound, Murdo J. MacLeod (b. 1935), a Scottish historian of Latin America, who published extensively on the history of colonial-era Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic world. MacLeod's ink signature to the top margin of the blank front free-endpaper. Half-inch stain to top of title page. Fraying to the end of the ribbon marker. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Scarce. ~JJJ~ [2.0P] A history of the Colonial Town Hall in Guatemala City. Author Ernesto Chinchilla Aguilar (1926-1996) was a historian, poet… Read More