Search Results: Titles starting with N from Cat's Cradle Books

Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1974. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Stapled binding is sound. Pages off-white with very light handling wear. Wrappers have edge rubbing, light soiling, overall light handling wear. ; Contents: Letter from publications committee. Sanoff et al., The Princeville report: a study of small town and rural housing needs in Eastern North Carolina. NCAIA Presents awards (two historic preservation and restoration awards). New concepts/historic spaces: a wedding of art and architecture. Officers and directors installed. Awards jury news. Index to advertisers. Princeville is a predominantly African American community in on the border between Nash and Edgecombe counties, North Carolina. Illustrated with black and white photographs, charts. ; 11.0" tall; 34 pages.

New York: Federal Codes, Inc, 1933. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Originally ringbound, now rebound in sturdy library buckram as a hardcover. Pages clean, tanned. Some pages are printed much lighter than others, a printer's error, but they are still legible. Cloth over boards is a little shelf worn with library label at lower spine. ; Biweekly publication devoted to recording statutes, executive orders, administrative rulings, judicial decisions, official statements, codes, agreements, etc., relating to the National Industrial Recovery Act and its administration. ; Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 264 pages.

Moskva: Izdatelstvo Sovremennik, 1978. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Russian language. Sound binding and hinges. Clean but age-darkened pages. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with bumped corners. ; Contents: Na burge; Rasskaz. Zhivie Dengi; Povest. Panfilich i Danilich; Roman. 8.25" tall; 347 pages.

Leningrad: Nauka Leningradskoe Otdelenie, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Book is in the Russian language. Square, sound binding, clean and bright pages. Paper over boards is slightly shelf worn. ; Contents: Danilevskii, "Russkii obraz Fridrikha Nitsshe (Predystoriya i Nachalo Formirovaniya)"; Korneva, "D. S. Merzhkovskii i Nemetskaya Kultura (Nitsshe i Gete Prityazhenie i Ottalkivanie)"; Pavlova, "Oskar Uaild v Russkoi Literature (Konets XIX-Nachalo XX v.)"; Bagno, "Fedor Sologub - Perevodchik Frantsuzckikh Simbolistov"; Zaborov, "Teatr Edmona Rostana v Rossii"; Sviyasov, "Safo v Vospriyatii Russkikh Poetov (1880-1910-e. gg.); Levin, "N. A. Kholodkovskii - Perevodchik." Ukazatel Imen. Essays in literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ; 8.75" tall; 324 pages.

Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 1994. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Book is in the French language. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wraps have light handling wear. ; Published to accompany the exhibit "Nadar - Les années créatrices, 1854-1860" at the Musée d'Orsay June 9-September 11 1994 and elsewhere. Essays accompanying examples of the photographic work of French photographer Nadar, pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910). 11.25" tall; 66 pages;.

Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska: Nunamiut School Students, 1982. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is sound. Pages clean, off-white, illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Wraps have light handling wear. ; Contents: Outer Space to Anaktuvuk Pass. Jerry Sikvayugak, AKP is the Place. Shirley Ahgook, Anaktuvuk Pass Past, Present and Future. Linda Morry and Paneak, A Day in the Life of... Marilyn Sikvayugak, After School. Riley Sikvayugak, Fred Rulland, Riley Ahgook and Terry Sikvayugak, Hunting. Effie Lincoln, Use of Animals. Linda Morry and Paneak, Clothing. Effie Lincoln, How an AKP Mask is Made. Paneak, Skinning Caribou; Caribou Meat. Harriet Ahgook, Storytelling. Della Lincoln and Arnold Ahgook, Puvlatuuq. Winnie Morry and Danny Hugo Jr., Wolves. Elvina Lincoln and John Ahgook, Wonderful Me/Ice. Cheryl Ann Hugo, Amaguqs. Helen Hugo, Dorren Morry, Hunting/Dogs. Harper, Making a book. Study questions. Drawings by James Paneak, Cora Morry, Sammie Kenton Jr. Timeline.… Read More

Homewood, Illinois: Dow Jones - Irwin, 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. A nice tight copy, clean inside and out, bound in gray paper-covered boards with a bumped top front corner and o/w light wear; a few pages with minor highlighting. A detailed guide to the principles and methods of naming a new business or product. 9.25" tall; 171 pages.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has very light shelf wear on back. ; Examines the idea of the Antichrist and its presence in American popular thought. ; 9.5" tall; 232 pages.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. Later Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Later Printing. Exlibrary markings on spine, endpapers, and title page. Binding a bit shaken but binding and hinges are holding well. Cloth over boards is shelf worn and heavily edge rubbed. Gilt lettering on spine is darkened; gilt design on front is still bright. ; Life of Napoleon Bonaparte written by Austrian historian and politician (1850-1920). ; Ex-Library; 7.75" tall ; 836 pages.

Stanford, CA, U.S.A.: Stanford University Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Previous owner's name stamped on title page. Text pages clean, off-white. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has light edge wear, fading at spine, overall shelf wear. ; Narrative of the two weeks in July and August 1815 that Napoleon spent on British ships of war off the English coast while the British Cabinet debated his fate and deicded to confine him to St. Helena. ; 8.75" tall; 241 pages.

Chicago: A. C. Mcclurg and Company, 1917. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Ninth Edition. Exlibrary markings. Front hinge broken. Binding and rear hinge sound. Pages clean, tanned. Cloth over boards is split at front joint with spine, overall shelf wear, wear to corner tips. Gilt lettering on front and spine is clear. ; History of Napoleon's Italian campaign. Ex-Library; 7.5" tall; 231 pages.

Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1995. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wraps have very light shelf wear. Explores the relationship between fiction and historiography in Francoist Spain (1939-1975). ; 9.0" (23 cm) tall; 200 pages.

Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1996. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wraps have light edge rubbing. ; Contents: Markels, Toward a Marxian reentry to the novel. Toker, Hard Times and a critique of utopia: a typological study. Booth, Where is the authorial audience in Biblical narrative - and in other "authoritative" texts? Richter, Midrash and Mashal: difficulty in the blessing of Esau. Newton, At play in the Piels (and Hiphils) of the L-rd; or, the home of the free and the grave(n): a Passover story of freedom and command. Pohler, Floating in space and time: where and when is the story? Shaw, Drawing the line: a response to Eva Mokry Pohler. ; 10.0" tall; 96 pages.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Good in Good dust jacket. Reprint. Exlibrary markings on book and DJ. Sound binding and hinges. Pages off-white. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ shelf worn with closed tears at top of spine. ; Primary sources from the Carolina colony (later North and South Carolina). ; Ex-Library; 8.75" tall; 388 pages.

Gloucester, England: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Minimal exlibrary markings. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean. DJ has exlib label on spine, else clean, with clear plastic sleeve taped to book. ; History of narrow gauge railroads in England. Ex-Library; 10" tall; 179 pages.

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1959. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Supplemental map of the western Soviet Union is folded and present in volume. Sound binding. Wrappers are yellow and white, with a photograph of a U.S. Navy jet on the front. General handling wear and light overall soiling. Small more heavily soiled area on front. Pages clean, slightly off-white. ; Contents: Shor and Garrett, Good-will ambassadors of the U.S. Navy win friends in the Far East. Lerici, Periscope camera pierces ancient tombs to reveal 2,500-year-old frescoes. Hammond and Lessing, A firsthand look at the Soviet Union. Libby, Miracle of the mermaid's purse. Many advertisements. ; 10.0" tall.

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1918. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Wrappers are yellow and white with general soiling and shelf wear. Pages clean, slightly tanned. ; Contents: Graves, "Ships for the Seven Seas"; Hurley, "The American People Must Become Ship-minded"; Schwab, "Our Industrial Victory"; "The War and Ocean Geography."; 10.0" tall.

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1957. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Supplement map of Antarctica is missing. Sound binding. Wraps are yellow and white with general soiling, small scraped area on front, and light shelf wear. Pages clean, off-white. ; Contents: Horgan, Nomad sails Long Island Sound. Boyer, Year of discovery opens in Antarctica. Frazier and Larsen, Across the frozen desert to Byrd Station. Shor, Robert College, Turkish gateway to the future. Walker, Lafayette's homeland, Auvergne. Many advertisements. ; 10.0" tall.

Washington: National Geographic Society, 1947. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding, very clean and bright interior. No writing or marks. Wraps are yellow and white, lightly dust-soiled overall with minor rubbing at spine. ; Contents: Colton, "Eclipse Hunting in Brazil's Ranchland"; Guild & Fletcher, "Exploring America's Great Sand Barrier Reef"; Jones, Indian Life Before the Colonists Came"; Kilbon & Weber, "Born Hunters, the Bird Dogs"; Colton and Palmer, "Split-second Time Runs Today's World."; 10.0" tall.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1924. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Binding is sound. Pages clean, lightly tanned. Wrappers tanned, creased, lightly soiled. Wrappers have light shelf soiling with minor edge rubbing. Many advertisements in addition to 109 pages of articles. ; Contents: Casteret, Discovering tthe oldest statues in the world. Adams, Adventurous sons of Cadiz. Courtellemont, Moorish Spain. McBride, From Granada to Gibraltar--a tour of southern Spain. ; 10.0" tall; 109 pages.