thomas b adams (418 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. b/w Illustration Ilustrador. First Edition. In cloth backed boards, 8vo, 583pp. Illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Gilt lettering on brown cloth covered boards in a brown dust jacket. 8vo, 127pp. A Study of the United States in change . . . of the New World of America, American Business, American Education, and the American People.

softcover. Condición: Near Fine. Pamphlet. Usual very light age toning, faint wear on corners. Otherwise in excellent condition. Unp.; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books.

DVD. Condición: Used - Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 20 B/W Illus Ilustrador. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price; 301 pages; A collection of essays focusing on current questions of presidential power, divisive national problems & the conduct of foreign policy. Signed & Inscribed By Author.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Brown emb. cl. w. gilt letters on bkst., corners sl. chipped, o.w Good. Vi, 366pp., some sl. foxed. Seven lectures delivered in Boston by Clergymen of 6 different denominations (Methodist, Universalist, Baptist, Trinitarian Congregationalist, Episcopalian, Unitarian, Spiritual Christian) during the winter of 1858. Solid copy.

Condición: New. pp. 234.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Brown embossed boards with gilt lettering on spine, edges rubbed. Pages have small amount of foxing, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condición: Very Good. V4 No. 1, February 1959; 50c cover price, 70pp, side-stapled and perfect-bound, distributed by Kable News, B/W/Color throughout. Vintage magazine devoted to erotic photography, literature, tongue-in-cheek illustration, acknowledging the preferred lifestyle of a progressive single male, akin to Playboy. Series ran 1955-2006, becoming like so many, pornographic after the VHS revolution. An important magazine with regard to music coverage and a staff of "Humorama" regular artists. Fashion redhead & stud cover/5pp, Buelow illus. rear cover, Jean Patrick 5pp, Terry Higgins seminude in desert 5pp/vignette, jazz 1958 4pp, "America's Top Illustrators", Brandy liquor, drinkware, fiction (hi-fi, fairy tale, Christmas play, and "Crashout" by McCoy). Very Good overall, rubbing, creases, tiny chips, light foxing. For consenting, mature audiences.

Condición: New. pp. 317.

Condición: New. pp. 234.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Single Issue In Original Wrappers. Light Wear, Tears At Edges At Top And Bottom Of Spine, Bright, Foxing On Edges Of Page Block.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good Plus. Complete issue with original covers and advertisements. Light wear soiling to covers, well bound, clean and unmarked. A very nice copy. Inquires about condition details and content always welcome. Comes in a clear archival bag.

Condición: New. pp. 317.

Condición: New. pp. 524.

Hardcover. Condición: New.

Paperback. Condición: Fine condition. First Edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. 6" wide by 9" tall. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Flat spine. No creases. Pages are fresh and crisp. Contains reviews, commentary, a note [THE AUTHORSHIP OF MEPHISTOPHELES IN ENGLAND by Edwin M. Eigner and David Thomas] and 4 articles: 1. SOCIAL PLAY AND BAD FAITH IN THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by Forrest G. Robinson; 2. DETECTING COLLINS' DIAMOND: FROM SERPENTSTONE TO MOONSTONE by Mark M. Hennelly, Jr.; 3. BENITO CERENO AND MANIFEST DESTINY by Allan Moore Emery; 4. DOROTHY AND MISS BROOKE IN MIDDLEMARCH by Harriet Farwell Adams. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine condition. 125pp.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good ++. B/W Photographs Ilustrador. 2'nd Printing. SUBTITLED : ` The One Room Schools of British Columbia '. British Columbia had one room schools like any other Canadian province of the 1930's - with the posssible exceptions of : 1) residential schools 2) floating schools and 3) Doukhobor schools. 151 pages of history - includes INDEX. Learn about: Wapta, Cameron ranch school, Meldrum Creek, sparking, nobbies, and King Inlet. Plenty of b/w photos and one map assist text. Cond : Buff coloured cover with green and red lettering. Clean, square, tight, and bright in all respects. No names. Collectible ! Quote (p.53) : " It was by an extremely circuitous route that Marjorie Kenney reached her school at Sheridan Lake in the Caribo. First she travelled by boat to Prince Rupert, then on to ._._._. ." Size: 4to.

HC. B&W and color illustrations Ilustrador. 84pp With a Speech by Thomas Boylston Adams Delivered at the Hague on April 19, 1982 Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Reception of John Adams as First Minister to the Netherlands. very good+, brown cloth (hardcover).

Condición: New. pp. 524.

Paperback. Condición: New.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Royal Fleet Auxiliaries are distinctive in the maritime world civilian-crewed Merchant Navy ships owned by the Crown working under naval orders. This Dictionary showcases both the famous and the often overlooked ships that have supported the Royal Navy during its prominence in the twentieth century.This comprehensively researched reference work presents a detailed guide to vessels, that in both peace and wartime were essential in the wide field of British maritime history those that did battle in the Atlantic, Arctic, Mediterranean and Pacific Oceans and for the Falklands. This is a record of those ships along with details of marine and war losses from the traditional tankers taken up from commercial trade to the ships of today that are designed for the sophisticated and critical role of sea-going logistics support.The author is a recognised authority on the history and ships of the RFA. The Dictionary features some 430 RFA ships and 53 classes from the tanker Petroleum and hospital ship Maine of 1905 to the multi-role assets Proteus and Stirling Castle of 2023. Additionally there is information on 22 projected RFA vessels and equipment including the cancelled hospital ship whose material resources were diverted to aid construction of the Royal Yacht and the nuclear-powered replenishment tanker that remained on the drawing board.Comprehensively researched from official records, the ships are technically detailed from the Admiraltys policy and planning through to their engineering, aviation decks and defensive armament. Where appropriate there is a summary of service and for the historical researcher each entry provides a list of the sources used by the author. The easy-to-read detail is supported by an abundance of photographs and drawings. Uniquely there is an appendix of 67 entries detailing those miscellaneous ships that are commonly but erroneously classed as RFAs.This authoritative work fills an important gap in shipping literature with no previous publication on these ships coming close to including the level of detail provided. This comprehensively researched reference work presents a detailed guide to vessels, that in both peace and wartime were essential in the wide field of British maritime history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: New. Royal Fleet Auxiliaries are distinctive in the maritime world - civilian-crewed Merchant Navy ships owned by the Crown working under naval orders. This Dictionary showcases both the famous and the often overlooked ships that have supported the Royal Navy during its prominence in the twentieth century.This comprehensively researched reference work presents a detailed guide to vessels, that in both peace and wartime were essential in the wide field of British maritime history - those that did battle in the Atlantic, Arctic, Mediterranean and Pacific Oceans and for the Falklands. This is a record of those ships along with details of marine and war losses from the traditional tankers taken up from commercial trade to the ships of today that are designed for the sophisticated and critical role of sea-going logistics support.The author is a recognised authority on the history and ships of the RFA. The Dictionary features some 430 RFA ships and 53 classes from the tanker Petroleum and hospital ship Maine of 1905 to the multi-role assets Proteus and Stirling Castle of 2023. Additionally there is information on 22 projected RFA vessels and equipment including the cancelled hospital ship whose material resources were diverted to aid construction of the Royal Yacht and the nuclear-powered replenishment tanker that remained on the drawing board.Comprehensively researched from official records, the ships are technically detailed from the Admiralty's policy and planning through to their engineering, aviation decks and defensive armament. Where appropriate there is a summary of service and for the historical researcher each entry provides a list of the sources used by the author. The easy-to-read detail is supported by an abundance of photographs and drawings. Uniquely there is an appendix of 67 entries detailing those miscellaneous ships that are commonly but erroneously classed as RFAs.This authoritative work fills an important gap in shipping literature with no previous publication on these ships coming close to including the level of detail provided.

Condición: New.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condición: New.

Softcover. Condición: Very good. B/w And Color Illustrations Ilustrador. First. 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. 117 pp, 117 illustrations in color plus 6 incidental figures and photographs, bibliography. Printed in an edition of 1,500 copies. Exhibition April 30 - June 5, 1999. The most comprehensive catalog to date for this relatively neglected American Modernist, born in 1890, who emigrated from Czechosovokia in 1907. He graduated from the National Academy in 1917. From the early 1920s, Matulka promoted the tenets of European modernism to a new generation of American painters. In New York he taught at the Art Student's League and summered in the art-rich environment on Cape Cod. He also spent much time abroad working and exhibiting in Paris and Prague. Matulka championed Cubism and Purism and, along with Gorky, helped promote surrealism in the 1930s. In 1937 he helped found the American Abstract Artist's group. He died in 1972.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+ condition. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. New York: Academic Press, 1968. A square, tight copy. EX-LIBRARY with "withdrawn" stamps on endpapers. Text pages are clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated. Preface and 15 chapters, including: The Neuromuscular System and Exercise; The Cardiovascular System in Exercise; Nutrition and Exercise; Temperature Regulation; Doping and Athletic Performance (by Richard V. Ganslen); Longevity, General Health and Exercise (by James S. Skinner); Variation in Altitude and Its Effects on Exercise Performance; Physique and Exercise; Body Composition and Its Relationship to Physical Activity; Physiology of Swimming and Diving (by John A. Faulkner); Training for Competitive Running; etc. Reference list after each section. Author Index. Subject Index. Bound in the original black cloth, lettered in gold on the spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+ condition./No Dust Jacket. 8vo. xiii, 471pp.