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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Wraps. 8 (inc. cover) p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Most illustrations in color. References. More than a generation ago, before the National ignition Facility was concieved of, predecessor scientific instruments such as the Shiva laser were advancing the frontiers of laser science, experimental engineering, and high energy density physics. This short reprint is exceptionally scarce at this time, as are copies of the full issue of Laser Focus. Very good. Slight wear and soiling. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. xii, 631 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm ISBN 9780898658729, 0898658721 OCLC 29354318 ; brick red cloth in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Early days -- Justices of Isle of Wight -- A river port -- Wars with England -- The strange case of the two courthouses -- Education -- to 1870 by L.T. Hall -- A railroad town -- Windsor by Judith Robinson -- The blacks of Isle of Wight -- The Civil War -- Isle of Wight's beautiful farms -- Transportation and communication -- Education 1870 -- present by L.T. Hall -- Churches of Isle of Wight -- Monkey rum and postage stamps, the story of the post offices of Isle of Wight -- Business and industry -- The giant on the Blackwater River -- The first peanut king of the world -- The ham capital of the world -- Twentieth century wars -- Historical sites and place names -- Recreation in Isle of Wight -- Sheriffs, supervisors, and county administrators -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index ; SIGNED by author on title page ; thick volume ; copy of Virginia Lee Golden Batdorf RN, born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania and attended Elizabeth Buxton Hospital, Hampton Roads, VA Nursing School. As a registered nurse, she worked in the emergency room and the ICU at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta GA. She also worked for 20 years with the Atlanta Journal Constitution in Atlanta. ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a very rare, highly collectible CHAPBOOK for an event (ball) hosted by Lauren Bacall, William Styron and George Plimpton in 1980, "Tenth Birthday Party of Poets & Writers, Inc." In this chapbook, there are 31 famous writers and poets, half of which have signed their name underneath the piece of writing presented in this book. Among the honored poets & writers are 17 signatures including: Margaret Atwood, Louis Auchincloss, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Gail Godwin, John Irving, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Peter Matthiessen, William Meredith, James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, Grace Paley, Judith Rossner, Louis Simpson, William Jay Smith and John A. Williams on the page of their presented piece of writing. The program in the forefront presents the benefactors, patrons, sponsors and board of directors and in the rear 'Happy Birthday' ads; to list a few: The Swallow Press, Inc., CBS, Inc. The New York Times, The Paris Review, etc. The other 16 authors presented in the program that did not sign are: Paul Bowles, Rita Mae Brown, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Richard Eberhart, John Hawkes, Arthur Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Carl Rakosi, Samuel Beckett, Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, William Stafford, John Updike and Derek Walcott. Roseland, CA, October 22, 1980, 1980 Poet's & Writers, Inc., New York, New York. Helen Handley, General Chair, President, Friends of Poets & Writers, Inc.; Galen Williams, Founder and Executive Director. 4to. Unpaginated ~64pp. RARE. COLLECTIBLE. MORE PICS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST- B.R. Box 162.…