Search Results: Titles starting with V from Florida Mountain Book Co.

Baltimore, MD: PublishAmerica, 2008. Softcover, 101 pages. Fine condition. First printing, signed by author on the title page. Size 8.5"x5.5". Poetry by the contemporary New Mexican writer Andrew Joseph Torn. "The Value of Darkness is a journey through the darker sides of life and love. It tells of addiction, love, hate and loss with the ever-present will to continue on despite the darkness." Book is clean and unmarked.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Fine.

Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1980. Softcover, [xii], 160 pages. Very Good condition. Size 9"x6". "Dr. Shubert has told the story of the many contributions of the Engineers in the cause of westward expansion. His concise narrative should be of interest to all who are fascinated by the epic tale of America's march to the Pacific." Please see accompanying photo for contents. Includes b&w illustrations, maps, notes, and index. Book has moderate exterior handling/shelfwear. Text is clean and unmarked.. Very Good.

Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1990. Hardcover, [xii], 208 pages. Near Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. First edition. Size 9.25"x6.25". "Drawing from history, psychology, anthropology, economics, folklore, and philosophy, author James Burbank details a colorful and fascinating story of how various peoples have related to wilderness, embodied in their views of the lobo." Includes b&w photos and index. Book has very light shelfwear. Binding is tight. Text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has moderate shelfwear, sunned spine and a price-clipped front flap; enclosed in mylar cover.. Near Fine.

NY: Amphoto Art / Watson-Guptill, 1997. Hardcover, 240 pages. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Size 12.5"x9.75". This book "looks at the customs, traditions, and ways of life of more than thirty Burmese tribes untouched by modernity." Includes color photo illustrations, glossary, bibliography, and index. Book and dust jacket have moderate shelfwear. Text is clean and unmarked.. Very Good.

Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2002. Softcover, [xix], 283 pages. Near Fine condition. Size 11"x8.5". "Step-by-step instructions to help you with selecting condiments, grinding, patty making, casing, stuffing, packaging, and storing your venison. In addition, you will find recipes for well over a hundred varieties of venison sausage, ranging from Mild and Easy Venison Sausage, to Syrian Venison Sausage Links with Red Wine and Pine Nuts, to Bratwurst Venison and Onion Sausage. If you're wondering what to serve with your delicious venison sausage, Webster also includes 195 of his best menus for all types of meals and occasions." Includes b&w photo illustrations and drawings, and index. Book has very light exterior shelfwear, else As New, clean and unmarked.. Near Fine.

Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press, 1979. Hardcover, [ix], 53 pages. Very Good condition in a Good- (minus) dust jacket. First edition. Size 8.25"x5.5". A collection of humorous and satirical poems by the author of "The White Sands Incident." Book has moderate soiling on text block edges. Interior text clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has soiling, edgewear, small chip near spine top; enclosed in mylar cover.. 1st Edition. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, 1998. Softcover, 82 pages. Fine condition. Size 7"x5". "This merry romp through rhyme and rhythm delights the eye, the ear, and the wit with its fun-filled and pun-filled poems." Very light exterior shelfwear, else As New, clean and unmarked.. Fine.

NY: Springer-Verlag, 1997. Hardcover, [xv], 393 pages. Good condition. Second edition. Size 9.5"x6.25". This text "develops the techniques used to analyse vibrations in mechanical and structural systems from their foundations rationally and in clearly understandable stages . . . . A new chapter on computer methods for the eigenvalue problem has been added for this edition; it includes discussions of the similarity transformation, generalized eigenvectors, the Jacobi method, the Householder transformation, and QR decomposition." Boards have moderate shelfwear, and are lightly bumped on the top front. Previous owner's name blacked-out on front pastedown. One leaf (pp221-2) has a closed tear on the top edge (taped), minor notations in pencil on approximately 6 pages.. Good.

NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1993. Hardcover, [xiv], 384 pages. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. Size 9.5"x6.5". Contents: Fundamentals of Vibrational Spectroscopy; Vibrational Features of Molecules Adsorbed on Surfaces; Experimental Vibrational Surface Techniques; Normal Vibrations of Small Molecules on Surfaces; Adsorption on Metal Oxides; Vibrational Features of Inorganic Macromolecules; Bonding to Polymeric Surfaces; Surfaces, Interphases, and Interfacial Regions; Surfactants, Colloidal Interfaces, and Thin Films on Surfaces; Appendix; and Index. Book is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light shelfwear.. Fine.

Socorro, New Mexico: Self-published, 1998. Plastic comb-bound softcover, [vi], 43 pages plus 8 pages of plans. Very Good condition. Size 11.25"x9". "The purpose of this book is to encourage you to give building a try as well as to suggest methods you might use with modern electric hand tools. The text was developed over a lengthy period of time and as better techniques were "discovered", they were included so that more than one method for a particular part of construction may be found. Using methods described, and much care and skill on your part, a very high quality instrument can be created." Includes color photo illustrations and b&w drawings. Book has light exterior shelfwear/soiling. Interior text is clean and unmarked.. Very Good.

Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1997. Softcover, 83 pages. Very Good condition. First printing. Size 9"x7". "Viva Guadalupe! is a visual celebration of the powerful devotion and of the multifaceted images that artists, folk inventors, and everyday devotees create in the name of their Nuestra Señora. Featuring one hundred color photographs, this delightful new book is an apt tribute to the spirit of this popular folk saint." Wrappers have moderate wear, else Fine condition, clean and unmarked.. 1st Edition. Very Good.

NY: Viking Press, 1975. Softcover, [xxxviii], 150 pages. Size 7.75"x5". Good+ condition: wrappers have shelfwear, light curl & creases, a few pages are moderately bumped or creased on fore edge; interior text is clean & unmarked.. Good+.

NY: Seven Stories Press, 2004. Softcover, 661 pages. Very Good condition. Size 9"x6". "Paralleling the twenty-four chapters of Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Voices of a People's History is the long-awaited companion volume to the national bestseller. For Voices, Zinn and Arnove have selected testimonies to living history - speeches, letters, poems, songs - left by the people who make history happen but who usually are left out of history books - women, workers, nonwhites." Book has moderate handling/shelfwear, else Near Fine condition, clean and unmarked.. Very Good.

NY: Springer-Verlag, 1994. Hardcover, [vii], 174 pages. Good condition. Size 9.5"x6.25". "This book provides an introduction to the theory of turbulence in fluids based on the representation of the flow by means of its vorticity field." Boards are bumped on the bottom front corner. Binding is stressed (not loose) at the interior margin in a couple of places from handling. Previous owner's name on front fly, text else clean and unmarked.. Good.