Search Results: Titles starting with N from The Amber Wave

Greenwich, CT: Brompton Books, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Oversized. A near fine copy -- tight and clean -- in a near fine dustjacket. Selections (in color) of the pre-eminent illustrator/artist, N.C. Wyeth. Biography sandwiched in..

Hong Kong: Beaux Arts Editions, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Octavo. A near fine copy -- tight and perfectly clean -- in an unclipped dustjacket. A wonderful collection of full-color photographs of the utilitarian and ceremonial objects produced by America's first people from the Archaic period (pre-Columbian) to the art work of contemporary Native Americans. Beautiful book!.

New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1902. Book. Illus. by Troth, Henry and Dugmore, A.R.. Excellent. Hardcover. No. 10" x 7"w. An excellent copy, with no markings, no foxing, in a cloth covered binding, rear hinge starting. The title is printied in gilt on a leather background. Some rubbing of spine and back cover. A lovely book with information on over 500 flowers and profusely illustrated..

Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 2014. Book. As New. Soft cover. An "as new" softcover copy --completely clean, no remainder marks. This book is about the Navajo people's view of the natural world and their relationship with the animal people --more specifically, the carnivores or predators. "Native Americans maintained intimate relations with all other life with whom they shared the earth. Unlike Western society, whose relationship with all life is based on competition and explotation, the tribal relationship with all life --including the Animal People --was based on cooperation and reciprocal exchange.".

U.K.: David & Charles, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 10" x 8"w. A very good copy -- tight and clean -- in an unclipped very good/near fine dustjacket..

Tucson, AZ: HP Books, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. A fine copy --completely clean- in a near fine unclipped dustjacket. Written by the proprietor of one of London's best-known Chinese restaurants and founder of a famous cookery school, Kenneth Lo offers practical instruction in the skills of Chinese cooking. Contains recipes of Chinese cuisine from all parts of this fascinating country. Many color illustrations included..

New York: Penguin Group, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. A fine copy in a very good dustjacket that is slightly rubbed on the back cover. A first printing that discusses how we can move from an identification with the ego to a fuller awareness of ourselves..

New Jersey: Wellfleet Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Oversized. A very good copy -- tight and clean -- in a very good dustjacket. A revised edition detailing all the advances made in firearms since the 1830's..

New York: Harcourt, brace, & Jovanovich, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 9 1/2" x 6"w. A near fine copy --tight and clean - in an unclipped dustjacket showing some shelfwear on the top and a close tear on an otherwise bright, attractive cover..

New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 9 1/2 " x 6 1/2". A fine copy -- tight and clean -- in a near fine unclipped dustjacket. An innovative approach to this three-to-four-hundred-year-old cooking tradition that relies on rice, corn, dried beans, dried and grilled meats, and chiles..

Portland. Or: Timber Press, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Soft. Quarto. A near fine copy -- tight & clean -- with some lovely lavender-colored wildflowers on the cover..

Stony Brook, NY: The Museums at Stony Brook, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft. 10" x 8"w. A near fine copy -- tight and completely clean. An interesting book about how the manufacture, decoration, and use of carriages evolved..

New York: Little Brown & Co., 1988. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A near fine softcover copy -- tight and clean. Driven by the question "Why do women knit?", Macdonald delves into the reasons why women knit and how women's lives were in the past and how the pleasure of knitting shaped their lives. Knitting was more than "women's" work; it played an important cultural and economic role in our country's past..

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. A very good copy --- clean and fresh, about a young woman, half Puerto Rican, half-Irish, who goes out to search for the father she has never known. Winner of the 2004 Latino Book Award..

Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Quarto. A near fine copy -- tight and completely clean, in an unclipped dustjacket that's showing some shelfwear, otherwise in great condition. This is a third printing (1983)of the biography of celebrated Adirondack hermit..

New York: Portland House, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Oversized. A very good copy -- tight and clean -- in an unclipped somewhat worn dustjacket. This is an oversized pictorial history of the horse and covers the horse in China, Asia, Europe, South American and the U.S. It also gives a detailed account of horse racing (especially in the UK) and includes a diagram of the most celebrated thoroughbred bloodline. Many photographs and other illustrations..

London: The Diamond Press Ltd., 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. Quarto. A very good copy -- tight and clean -- in a mylar-covered dustjacket with some close tears and a small section missing on the back. Written in the Lewis Carroll tradition with stories about tortles, quarrelsome mothers and the insects' tennis match..

New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, 1996. Book. Illus. by Spirin, Gennady. As New. Hardcover. An "as new" copy, completely clean in a near fine dustjacket. An imaginative version of the Nutcracker tale based on a new translation by Aliana Brodman. Lavisly illustrated by Gennady Spirin, the Russian-born artist who has won awards throughout Europe and the U.S. including the Golden Apple in Bratislava and 13 Gold Awards from the Society of Illustrators. The Boston Globe proclaimed that Spirin's work "truly represents the child's picture book as an object of art.".