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NY: Doubleday, 1971. Revised. Hardcover_boards. Used - Near Fine/Near Fine. Both vols are 5.75"x8.5" Vol.1 has 550 numbered pages. Vol.2 has 1103 w/index. BCE/BOMC. New Edition Revised. Over 1000 pages total. 200 Maps and illustrations. Red Doubleday colophon stamped on ffep in both vols. Jacket #1525 by Judith Lerner. Wrapped in mylar covers. Spines straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped unpriced, & unmarked. Slight bumps to corners w/Vol.1 having little amount of damage to FBR corner to DJ. Beautiful USED GIFT QUALITY. Wells, Herber George (1866-1946) The Outline of History, subtitled either "The Whole Story of Man" or "Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind", is a work by H. G. Wells chronicling the history of the world from the origin of the Earth to the First World War. It appeared in an illustrated version of 24 fortnightly installments beginning on 22 November 1919 and was published as a single volume in 1920. It sold more than two million copies, was… Read More

NY: Mystery Guild, 1961. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5". 161 pgs . Black boards w/gold foil letters on spine. Cover Art: Digital Stock. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. In his detecting debut, larger than life lexicographer Dr. Gideon Fell is entertaining young American college graduate Tad Rampole at Yew Cottage, Fell's charming home in the English countryside. Within sight of his study window is the ruin of Chatterham Prison, perched high on a precipice known as Hag's Nook. The prison's land belongs to the Starberth family—whose eldest sons must each spend an hour in the prison's eerie "Governor's Room" to inherit the family fortune. Rampole is especially interested in the family, having met the young and beautiful Dorothy Starberth on the train from London. He readily agrees when Fell and the local reverend, Thomas Saunders, ask him to accompany them as they watch and wait for badly… Read More

NY: Fawcett Columbine, 1998. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 275 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters to spine. Designed by Holly Johnson. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price) & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. Secure ship w/track #. For Superintendent Thomas Pitt, the sight of the dead man riding the morning tide of the Thames is unforgettable. The corpse lies in a battered punt drifting through the early mist, clad in a torn green gown and bestrewn with flowers. Pitt's determined search for answers to the victim's identity leads him deep into London's bohemia—to the theatre where beautiful Cecily Antrim is outraging society with her bold portrayal of a modern woman, and into studios where masters of light and shadow are experimenting with the fascinating new art of photography. But only Pitt's masterly investigative skills enable him to identify the wildfire passions raging through this tragedy of good and evil, to hunt down the guilty… Read More

NY: American Book Company, 1919. Hardcover_cloth. Used - Acceptable. 5.25"x7.25". 432 indexed pages. W. P. 20. Answers to problems in back an additional 27 pages. Khaki cloth boards w/black ink frame and letters. Spine straight, few pages loose. Pencil markings and 2 penny stickers on ffep. Much edge wear w/fraying and rubs. Hinge cracked w/few loose leafs. The second book covers the work that is usually taught in the sixth, seventh, and eighth years, each cahpter representing one half year's work. Tests in back for speed. Index. Answers.

NY: Crown, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover textured. Fine-Collectible/Fine. FIRST PRINTING. 6.5"x9.5" 404 numbered pages. Brown textured boards. Dk. persimmon spine w/bronze letters. DJ design by Whitney Cookman. Author photo by Fulgoni Photography. Book design by Leonard Henderson. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-libray, unclipped (price), unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. The FBI doesn't believe it. The Governor wants the problem to disappear. But agent Judy Maddox knows the threat is real: An extreme group of eco-terrorists has the means and the know-how to set off a massive earthquake of epic proportions. For California, time is running out. Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turned cult leader turned homicidal mastermind. Because she knows that the dying has already begun. And things will only get worse when the earth violently shifts, bolts, and shakes down to its very core. Source: Publisher.

Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1883. 2nd Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. 5"x7.5" 214 indexed pages. 9000th. Cocoa cloth boards. Black letters stamped into black frames on front. Black letters stamped on spine. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/tone. Not x-library. Ink notations in margins. Edge wear w/fraying. Retail sticker on back. Tears to heel & crown of spine,

Bridges Publications, Inc, 2007. Hardcover_boards. New/New. 6.5"x9.5". Still in original cellophane. Thumb indexed. GIFT QUALITY. Actually you ar a giant tied down with cotton lint. You tied the knots and furnished the string and said where you'd lie. The only trouble you might have in processing is refusing - for some strange but discoverable reason, having to do with con ern for others - to burst these light strands and stand up. Fortunately this volume offers more than such inspiration. But the cold, basic truth is that you are a vital and necessary part of this world and anything that is wrong with you, you have assumed in an effort to be what has passed for "humans

NY: John WJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1961. 1st edition thus. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - VeryGood. 6"x9.25"x2". Ex-Libris (Ashland Oil) w/graphics. Gray cloth boards with black and white lettering on front and spine. Spine straight but flexible, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Paste downs are content listings of Vol. 1, 2, and 3. List of Contributors; Foreword by Gordon S. Brown; Preface by Grabbe; Contents: Systems Engineering; Manufacturing; Chemical Process Control Instrumentation; Chemical Process Control Systems; Industrial Control Systems; Component Selection; Design of Components;.

Richmond, VA: Virginia Culvert Corporation, 1937. 2nd Edition. GenuineLeatherbound. Collectible - Near Fine. 4.75"x7.25". 473 indexed pages. 2nd Printing. Maroon leather w/gilt letters on front and spine. Plum edges and paste downs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked (other than PON on Ffep). Light rubs to heal and crown. Table of Contents: Section I. Introduction; Section II. Strength; Section III. Durability; Section IV. Economy; Section V. Hydrology and Hydraulic Capacity; Section VI. Surface Drainage; Section VII. Subsurface Drainage. Section VIII. Special Purpose Drainage. Section IX. Field Installation Instructions; Section X. Tables. Many charts, graphs, B&W photos, blue prints, formulas, and drawings.

NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1983. 1st. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine. 6.5"x9.5"x2.25". 1089 pages incl. index. Ex-Libris (Ashland Oil). First Printing. Hunter green cloth boards with gilton front and spine. JW emblem in gilt on bottom front corner. Book plate in first fly paper. Glue ghost inside back cover. ISBN in gilt on back cover. Foreword by Edward Teller. Preface by Meyers, Editor-in-Chief. Acknowledgments. Contents. Intro by Meyers. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Minor soiling to edges. Chapters include: Reserves and Production of Conventional Fossil Fuels and Uranium; Coal Mining Technology and Economics; Coal Preparation; Synfuels from Coal; Petroleum Production; Petroleum Processing; Natural Gas; Peat Technology and Econmics; Oil Shale; Oil Sands; Nuclear Fission Power; Nuclear Fusion Power; Residential and Commercial Passive Solar Heating; Solar Thermal Energy Conversion; Solar Photovoltaic Energy Systems; Energy and Synthetic Fuels from Biomass and Wastes;… Read More

Pownal, Vermont: Storey Books, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover_pictorial boards. Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. 8.25"x8.25" 108 indexed pgs. First printing w/number line. Photos by Giles D. Prett. Edited by Deborah Balmuth and Karen Levy. Cover design by Leslie Constantino. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Minimal shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship in box w/tracking number. Handwritten correspondence is coming back into vogue. Letter writing allows us to slow down and consider our thoughts fully before we commit them to paper. And there is something intimate about a hand-written letter that e-mails, typed letters, and even phone calls can't replace. Sending a hand-written letter is like sending a small part of yourself. Such a letter is more than just a means of communication, it's a gift - and sometimes a legacy. By sharing letters with family and friends, we maintain lifelong relationships and establish and build closeness with those whom we rarely… Read More

Sony, 1996. Near Mint/VeryGood. Label:Sony Classical - SK 68 260 Series:Vivarte -Format:CD, Album Country:US Released:1996 Genre:Classical Style:Baroque Total time: 59'26. Tracklist 1 Passacaille (Passacaglia) In G Minor, HWV 432 2:38 Suite In E Major, HWV 430 2 I. Prélude 2:04 3 II. Allemande 6:08 4 III. Courante 1:41 5 IV. Air Con Variazioni, "The Harmonious Blacksmith" 5:02 Suite In F Major, HWV 427 6 I. Adagio 2:24 7 II. Allegro 2:50 8 III. Adagio 1:27 9 IV. Allegro 2:19 Suite In B-flat Major, HWV 434 10 I. Prélude 2:03 11 II. Sonata 1:56 12 III. Aria Con Variazioni 4:28 13 IV. Menuet 2:26 Suite In F Minor, HWV 433 14 I. Prélude (Adagio) 2:20 15 II. Allegro 2:28 16 III. Allemande 5:18 17 IV. Courante 1:45 18 V. Gigue 2:19 19 Chaconne In G Major, HWV 435 7:16.

NY: Harper, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. New/New. FIRST PRINTING with DJ WRAPPED IN MYLAR. Physical Info: 1.13" H x 9.28" L x 6.36" W (0.97 lbs) 288 pages. Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents. Secure ship w/track #. Timepieces have long accompanied us on our travels, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest, the ice of the arctic to the sands of the deserts, outer space to the surface of the moon. The watch has sculpted the social and economic development of modern society; it is an object that, when disassembled, can give us new insights both into the motivations of inventors and craftsmen of the past, and, into the lives of the people who treasured them. Hands of Time is a journey through watchmaking history, from the earliest attempts at time-keeping, to the breakthrough in engineering that gave us the first watch, to today - where the timepieces hold cultural and historical significance beyond what its first creators could have… Read More

Chicago: Nelson-Hall Co., Publishers, 1972. New Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine/VeryGood. 6"x9" 256 indexed pages. Persimmon cloth boards w/gilt lettering on front and spine. Painted red edges. Many B&W photos and illustrations. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked, & unclipped. 3 tears to DJ repaired w/archival tape. DJ has edge wear and minor shelf wear. Milton Newman Bunker is founder of International Graphoanalysis Society. The Best Insurance Policy Money Can't Buy Trust is a very powerful thing. But in today's world, it can be hard to decide who you can trust and who you can't. Have you ever had nagging doubts when you left your car at the mechanic? Or wondered how responsible your child's babysitter really is? Do you ever wonder if you can really trust your friends, your co-workers... or the people you date? You already know how easy it can be to get hurt, taken advantage of, or used by people whom you thought you could trust - simply… Read More

NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 184 pgs. Blue boards w/black letters. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Faint foxing to edges. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. The hanged men dangled in ripe clusters from the bare branches of the autumn trees. They were Halloween dummies made of old clothes stuffed with straw that kids had hung along the mountain road. Warren Stone counted nine of the swaying figures within a few yards of the jeep, including the one his friend Sam Keith had just used for target practice. But that hanged man wasn't stuffed with straw. It was bleeding! And state troopers found two more dangling bodies that had also been alive when they were hung up to strangle to death. Here is a gripping, strongly motivated story of people who are caught in the lethal traps they built themselves, and of Warren Stone, ruthless, compassionate, a rebel who knows how to survive.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover textured. VeryGood/Acceptable. Zussman, Irving. 5.75"x8.5" 219 numbered pgs. Tan textured boards w/green embossed letters and design. Top edge painted green. Deckled edge. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Severe chips and mended tears to DJ wrapped in mylar. Samuel Moore and his daughter Hannah set out for the border country with a party led by George Rogers Clark but left to follow the Kentucky River to Boones' Fort. As the story opens, Hannah is nursing her father, injured when an axe slips and cuts his leg. By the time Tice Fowler, on his way to Logan's Fort, stumbles upon them alone in the wilderness, Samuel is dying from blood poisoning. When Samuel dies, Tice takes Hannah to the fort, where women are scarce, and Hannah finds herself besieged by suitors. Only with Tice, as silent and downright as herself, does Hannah feel at ease. Finally, she turns to the bashful Tice and… Read More

NY: Delacorte, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. Fine-Collectible/Fine. 6.75"x9.5" 486 deckled pages. First printing. Red boards w/gilt name on front. Black spine w/gilt letters. Marble paste downs. Book design by Brian Mulligan. Author photo by Athena Varouns. DJ by Craig Decamps. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-libray, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Mild shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track. Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his mind palace in turn. Note the similarities in yours and his, the high vaulted chambers of your dreams, the shadowed halls, the locked storerooms where you dare not go, the scrap of half-forgotten music, the muffled cries from behind a wall. In one of the most eagerly anticipated literary events of the decade, Thomas Harris takes us once again into the mind of a killer, crafting a chilling portrait of insidiously evolving evil—a tour de force of psychological suspense. Seven years have passed since… Read More

Oxford University Press, 1965. Hardcover_cloth. Very Good-Collectible. 6.75"x9.75" 752 indexed number pgs. Brown cloth boards w/gilt letters on spine.

NY: Lancer, 1968. MassMarketPaperBack. Collectible - VeryGood. Roy LaGrone. Complete and unabridged. RL 5; IL 5-8. Original published in 1865. Spine straight, binding tight, pages slightly tanned. Not x-library. PO book plate inside front cover. PO last name in black on front cover. 4 pieces of scotch tape to back cover for no reason. The story unravels on a beautiful canal that has frozen and is ready for ice-skating. The story propounds the fact that with strength of character and family support, the greatest hurdle can be overcome. Poverty does not mean a thing if life is lived with integrity and honesty. A heart-rending tale of achievement in face of adversity....Source: Publisher.

Los Angeles: West Coast Publications, '60s-'70s. Paperback. VeryGood. 8.5"x11" 96 pgs. Includes B&W photos of artists. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, few notations. Secure ship w/track #. See second photo for contents list.