walter e taylor (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. x, 133 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ; Series: ACS symposium series, 267 ; ISBN: 0841208840; 9780841208841 Series ISSN: 0097-6156 ;; National Library: 8806571 LCCN: 84-20480 ; OCLC: 11211006 ; Contents: Hazardous waste : questions and issues from the field / H. Patricia Hynes -- Uses of environmental testing in human health risk assessment / Clark W. Heath, Jr. -- Assessing cyanide contamination from an aluminum smelter / Richard A. Burkhalter, Theodore J. Mix, Merley F. McCall, and Donald O. Provost -- 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin sampling methods / Daniel J. Harris -- Field measurement of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil and sediment using a portable gas chromatograph / Thomas M. Spittler -- Using geostatistics in assessing lead contamination near smelters / George T. Flatman -- Lead levels in blood of children around smelter sites in Dallas / Joseph S. Carra -- An approach to the interdisciplinary design of multifactor experiments / Ralph E. Thomas -- Statistical methods in environmental sampling / Lloyd P. Provost -- Soil sampling quality assurance and the importance of an exploratory study / Delbert S. Barth and Benjamin J. Mason -- Quality assurance for a measurement program / John K. Taylor -- New ways of assessing spatial distributions of pollutants / Andre G. Journel -- Detecting elevated contamination by comparisons with background / Walter Liggett. ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; VG. Book.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Single issue. Stapled wrappers. [16]pp. Wrappers lightly age-toned, near fine. Contributions by William Shakespeare, Paul N. Siegel, Walter L. Meyers, George Herbert, Sheldon P. Zitner, Edwin B. Benjamin, John Donne, Walter Gierasch, Thomas Gray, Rene Rapin, L.C., Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Louise Schutz Boas, Francis Thompson, Arthur Dickson, George G. Williams, and Dan G. Hoffman.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 306 p. ; (part col.) 25 cm. ; ISSN: 0459-6137 ; LCCN: 63-24447 ; OCLC: 1783015 ; Serial Publication : Periodical ; stiff paper wrappers with color illustration ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due pocket ; Contents: Migratory patterns of Ruddy Turnstones in the Central Pacific Region / Max C Thompson -- Nesting and survival in a population of Florida Scrub Jays / Glen E Woolfenden -- The Green-Barred Flicker and Golden-Green Woodpecker of South America / Lester L Short -- Factors directing prey-a ttack by the young of three Passerine species / Susan M Smith -- Adaptive aspects of the Mountain Plover social system / Walter D Graul -- Passerine birds of the Falkland Islands : their behavior and ecology / Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr -- Breeding behavior of the Snowy Owl / Philip S Taylor -- Avian evolution in the arid lands of North America / John P Hubbard -- The nest of the Northern Parula / David F Parmelee -- The bristles of birds / Peter R Stettenheim -- Ecology of social organization in the Black-Capped Chickadee / Jon C Glase -- Avian ecology of a managed glacial marsh / Milton W Weller and Leigh H Fredrickson -- The authors and artists briefly noted -- Staff, administration board, research collaborators, field-collaborators, and Arthur A Allen Medalists -- Members of the Laboratory of Ornithology ; illustrators, Jo Polseno, William C Dilger, Don R Eckleberry, Orville O Rice, George Miksch Sutton, Charles L Ripper, Mary M Tremaine, John Wiessenger, Don Radovich, Donald L eo Malick, R B Ewing, Valpage, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Diane Pierce, Robert Gillmor, Tony Angell ; VG. Book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Knight of the Dixie Wilds' is a vivid work of fiction that transports readers to the heart of the American South during the early twentieth century. Written by Walter E. Taylor, the narrative weaves a tale of honor, adventure, and the enduring spirit of the region. The story centers on a protagonist whose chivalrous nature earns him the title of 'knight' as he navigates the complexities of life in the Southern landscape.The novel explores themes of tradition and the rugged beauty of the wilderness, offering a window into the cultural and social atmosphere of a bygone era. Taylor's prose captures the essence of the Southern experience, blending elements of local color and character-driven drama to create a world that is both nostalgic and engaging. As a piece of Southern literary history, 'The Knight of the Dixie Wilds' reflects the values and storytelling traditions that defined the period, making it a noteworthy read for those interested in the evolution of American regional fiction and classic tales of gallantry.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Knight of the Dixie Wilds' is a vivid work of fiction that transports readers to the heart of the American South during the early twentieth century. Written by Walter E. Taylor, the narrative weaves a tale of honor, adventure, and the enduring spirit of the region. The story centers on a protagonist whose chivalrous nature earns him the title of 'knight' as he navigates the complexities of life in the Southern landscape.The novel explores themes of tradition and the rugged beauty of the wilderness, offering a window into the cultural and social atmosphere of a bygone era. Taylor's prose captures the essence of the Southern experience, blending elements of local color and character-driven drama to create a world that is both nostalgic and engaging. As a piece of Southern literary history, 'The Knight of the Dixie Wilds' reflects the values and storytelling traditions that defined the period, making it a noteworthy read for those interested in the evolution of American regional fiction and classic tales of gallantry.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Zustand: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine, onyx-type marble end papers. Quarto 10'' x 7¾''. Contains 260 pp. Four colour plates, monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper throughout. Former name to front end paper. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper with light surface rubbing to spine tips and corners, not price clipped 15s. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. DRAWING & CRAFTSMANSHIP.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Julian Brazleton (illustrator). Literary Classics Edition xiv, 655 p. illus. (facsim) 17 cm. LCCN 43051076 OCLC 944648 LC PS507 .W64 Dewey 810.82 ; grey-green boards with blue designs and lettering, in color dustjacket ; Contents: [1.] American fiction. The devil and Daniel Webster/ Stephen Vincent Bene?t -- Tom Whipple / Walter D. Edmonds -- The murders in the Rue Morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- Missionary journeys / Willa Cather -- The duke and the daupin come aboard / Mark Twain -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte -- A preacher goes to war / John W. Thomason, Jr -- Uncle Remus / Joel Chandler Harris -- A last will / Williston Fish -- One arrowhead day / Harry Leon Wilson -- The skylight room / O. Henry -- Rupe Collins / Booth Tarkington -- Our new telephone / Ruth Gordon -- Some like them cold / Ring Lardner -- At the end of the car line / Ben Hur Lampman -- The Japanese / Ogden Nash -- Fifty grand / Ernest Hemingway -- The waltz / Dorothy Parker -- You mean common / Arthur Kober -- Address Unknown / Kressman Taylor. -- [2.] American verse. -- Paul Revere's ride / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- The Concord hymn / Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Death and General Putnam / Arthur Guiterman -- Home, Sweet Home / John Howard Payne -- To Helen / Edgar Allan Poe -- Annabel Lee / Edgar Allan Poe -- Battle hymn of the republic / Julia Ward Howe -- Nancy Hanks / Rosemary Bene?t -- Ethiopia saluting the colors / Walt Whitman -- As toilsome I wandered Virginia's woods / Walt Whitman -- Little boy blue / Eugene Field -- The last leaf / Oliver Wendell Holmes -- A visit from St. Nicholas / Clement C. Moore -- American laughter / Kenneth Allan Robinson -- Plain language from truthful James / Bret Harte -- Little Willie / Eugene Field -- The mystery of Gilgal / John Hay -- I hear America singing / Walt Whitman -- The old man and Jim / James Whitcomb Riley -- John L. Sullivan, the strong boy of Boston / Vachel Lindsay -- Afternoon on a hill / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Miniver Cheevy / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- I have a rendezvous with death / Alan Seeger -- my sweet old etcetera / e. e. cummings -- Two-volume novel / Dorothy Parker -- Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight / Vachel Lindsay -- The maid-servant at the inn / Dorothy Parker -- The death of the hired man / Robert Frost -- Lament / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Mending wall / Robert Frost -- Early moon / Carl Sandburg -- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening / Robert Frost -- Grass / Carl Sandburg -- Shenandoah Road / E.B. White -- Aged four / Mildred Focht -- Mr. Flood's party / Edwin Arlington Robinson -- To fight aloud is very brave / Emily Dickinson -- Song in exile / Alice Duer Miller -- Scum o' the earth / Robert Haven Schauffler -- My city / James Weldon Johnson -- Farewell, my friends / Clarence Day. -- [3.] American fact. -- The declaration of independence -- A letter from Franklin to Washington -- Under a cloud of sail / Richard Henry Dana -- Where I lived and what I lived for / Henry David Thoreau -- The hunting camp / Francis Parkman -- The only one / Maude Barnes Miller -- The death of John Quincy Adams / Carl Sandburg -- For us, the living / Alexander Woollcott -- The second inaugural address / Abraham Lincoln -- The Confederate army / John W. Thomason, Jr -- The first G.A.R. parade / Lloyd Lewis -- Three speeches / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr -- The Trawnbeighs / Charles M. Flandrau -- Thanksgiving proclamation / Wilbur L. Cross -- Mary White / William Allen White -- A wedding notice from the Fountain inn tribune / Robert Quillen -- A letter from Nicola Sacco to his son -- Mon pays / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Coon hunt / E.B. White --A visit to London / Frank Sullivan -- The turtle / Ogden Nash -- The Norse travel again / W.L. White -- First fig / Edna St. Vincent Millay -- A talk to young men / Robert C. Benchley -- P.S. he got the job / Anonymous -- The new colossus / Emma Lazarus -- Inscription on the tomb of the unknown soldier ; FINE/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. [184] p. : ill. (1 col.) ; 26 cm. "Good stories for mothers to read at bed time "-- Cover ; Stories originally published in John Martin's book, a magazine for children ; LCCN 32015193 OCLC 15051041 LC PZ5.J613 Te ; green and black cloth with designs ; spine shaken ; Contents: Snoozles and the babies -- The Alphabet man -- The King of all the birds -- The Birds' Christmas tree -- Little brown Ben -- Funny Questions, Silly jokes -- Nonsense for some little folks -- Peter's friends the animals -- The white dove, and Ark story -- Tommy elephant discovers the railroad -- The stranger thing -- How the woodpecker came -- Tommy elephant and the ants -- Mary's little teeth -- Come play -- The lady who smiled -- Seeds and flowers -- Catchy questions can you guess? -- When to get ready -- The Pilgrim fathers -- Our Pilgrim fathers -- The juggling jumbos -- The discontented cat -- Catskin -- The little girl who kissed her elbow -- Riddles 4 U My [Deer] -- When Mozart was a boy -- Our country's ancestor -- Saint George and the dragon -- The race between Peter and Patsy -- More riddles -- Bucephalus, the story of a famous horse -- How the corn got his ear -- Peeny Pen Pone -- The first dandelions, -- The magic apple -- The story of King Alfred -- Daniel the fearless -- The story of the wild rose -- Jack Junior, a railroad story -- The dog that swallowed a fairy -- The Bulldog -- Chippy Chipmunk -- The way to live, a little thought to think -- The Easter hare -- The sabre-cut of Saadi, the reward of truth -- The simple truth -- A Spring prayer -- Our bird neighbors, a true story for all the year around -- The days of the week -- How the days got their names -- How the dove of peace came to the tribe -- The great deed -- Saint Francis and the robbers -- A magic -- Riddles -- A story of the months -- St. Martin's mitten, or how the first cat came -- The story of Daniel Boone -- Jack Frost's gift -- St. Francis and the wolf -- Mr. Snail, a story of his life ; signature on the half-title of a very young of Edward William Girard (1930-2020), a Boeing engineer and Rockwell Missile Systems Division operational analysis manager that served in the Navy during the Korean War. He was instrumental in proposing national re-emphasis on maritime strategy in the wake of the Israeli Six-Day War in 1967 and earlier, in 1961, the use of war games to function as pseudo-experiments, producing data for analysis ; scarce, pages brittle, repair to spine, else G. Book.

Zustand: Good. 8vo. 118 pp. Original Printed Wraps, Good with marginal tears, faint stains & creasing to covers, else VG+. Illustrated, B&W Photographs, maps. Photograph of Piute Creek, Yosemite, by Ansel Adams, featured. First Edition.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated by Tuttle, H.W. (illustrator). First Edition. 289-384, 190 ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: Some Principles of Small House Design, Part VI - Elevations (Continued); City Gates of France; English Architectural Decoration - Part XIV - Staircases; Portfolio of Current Architecture; War Books of the Cathedrals - Part VIII; The Classic Factor in Furniture Design; The Slav Temperament in Architecture; Notes and Comments. Somewhat above-average external wear. Library markings to front cover. Front cover nearly loose. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Architecture, Small House Design - Elevations, City Gates - France, English Architectural Decoration - Staircases, Cathedrals, Furniture Design; Slavic Architecture.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. E. W. Haslehust; Not Stated; Various; Imre Hofbauer; Edward Bawden; Haro (illustrator). A varied and intriguing set of illustrated works on the history and character of London, all in original dust wrappers. A varied and richly illustrated 9 volume collection of works, exploring the history and character of London.Volume one features a colour frontispiece and 11 further colour plates. Collated, complete, in original clipped colour dust wrapper.Volume two features a monochrome frontispiece and 11 further monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Volume three features 55 unlisted double sided monochrome plates. No other collation record available.Volume four features a rich colour frontispiece, and 2 further double-sided colour plates, as well as addition vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Volume five is bound in beautifully illustrated pictorial boards that match its unclipped dust wrapper. It also features a colour frontispiece and 3 further double sided colour plates, in addition to frequent monochrome vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.Volume six is almost entirely made up of rich pages of illustration, both monochrome, and in colour, that offers insight into London life through the eyes of the artist. Dust wrapper unclipped.Volume seven features a monochrome frontispiece and 31 further monochrome plates. Collated, complete, in an unclipped dust wrapper.Volume eight, in its original unclipped dust wrapper, features a monochrome frontispiece, and an unlisted double sided folding map, in addition to frequent vignette illustrations, including sketches by Haro.Volume nine is peppered with vignette illustrations, and features a pamphlet - 'The Stewes of Bankside', 'Arranged by Mr. E. H. Burford, and based on his book 'The Orrible Synne' - slotted inside. Bound in original cloth and pictorial boards. All in original dust wrappers, vol5-8 unclipped. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. Occasional fading to boards. Owner's ink inscription to vol3 front paste down. Small tear to vol4 front board. Sticker removal to vol4 rear paste down. Small tide marks to vol6 dust wrapper spine. Small red tide mark to vol7 front endpapers. Vol2 dust wrapper taped into protective film. Closed tears to vol2 dust wrapper spine, evidence of tape mending to to vol2 dust wrapper reverse. Occasional sunning, age toning and chipping to extremities. Vol4 dust wrapper joints breaking. Large loss to paper to front dust wrapper. Tape mending/reinforcing to all vol7 reverse extremities. Small tide mark to vol7 front cover. Internally, firmly bound, with occasional slight strain. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot and handling mark. Occasional spotting to text block edges. Very Good Indeed 9" by 6.5"; 10" by 6.5"; 8.5" by 6"; 6" by 8.5"; 9" by 6". book.