William barss (17 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. William Barss (illustrator).

Unknown. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Terry Josey (illustrator).

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Fair dj. Book Club Edition. [reading copy only, a sound but quite shelfworn book, with bumping/fraying to cloth at most corners; the jacket is heavily edgeworn, with numerous small tear and chips, most notably at the upper spine]. Novel about a guy who "rose to power by a series of almost mathematical calculations in which he used people's emotions instead of numbers," ultimately becoming "the biggest man in one of the biggest states in one of the biggest countries in the world." (All of which sounds like a chillingly modern premise for a book written during the supposedly buttoned-down 1950s.) This was the author's first novel; his next two, "The Ugly American" and "Fail-Safe," both written in collaboration with other writers, became well-known through their film adaptations; his final work, "The 480," published just a year before his death in 1965 at the age of 46, was a prescient work about the use of computer systems to manipulate electoral politics. Illustrated by (dj design) William Barss (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Good+ dj. First Edition. [book shows almost no wear apart from a slight scrunching to the bottom corners of a few pages, but has a slightly musty smell (which should dissipate over time); jacket rubbed and edgeworn, with a few tiny closed tears, a bit of paper loss at top of spine, light soiling to rear panel]. San Francisco-set suspense novel about a man whose attempt to reconstruct the suicide of a more privileged childhood friend draws him into the wealth and glamour of the dead man's family. NOISBN. Illustrated by (dj) William Barss (illustrator).…

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (Geographical Names, Etymology, Dictionary) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. William Barss (illustrator).…

HC. Zustand: Gut. Opb., 4?,48s., in gutem Zustand, APA28,8]., Deu 400g.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Ex-library with usual markings and pocket. Tight binding, clean interior. Purple boards with bright gilt lettering; mild wear and fading to edges, front boards slightly bowed. DJ is preserved in mylar, has not been clipped, mild wear and soiling, sticker on spine. Text unmarked. Explores 250 words which have their roots in history. 265 pages. Barss, William (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. William Barss (illustrator).

Hardcover. Octavo, 233 pages. In Fair plus condition. Ex-library with usual markings, including call number on spine and title page verso, library stamps to endpapers and title page, remains of bookplate on front pastedown, library pocket on rear pastedown. Spine is white with black print. Boards in red cloth, illustration on front, black print. Light wear to spine caps and corners, smudging/shelf wear, tape and barcode label on rear panel. Text block front flyleaf torn its length but taped in place. Illustrated: b&w drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. 1396817. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 341 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by William Barss. The story of a British officer in World War I who comes home on a short leave and falls in love. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Barss, William (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Beautiful Japanese print endpapers 14 chapters 149 pp. Hardcover in an excl. jacket (not price-clipped) $2.75 some age spots on the back panel of the DJ The true story of Japanese boy named, Manjiro who was ship wrecked off the Japanese coast in the 1800's and adopted and raised by a whaling family(John Howland) High Adventure High Seas adventure. After many situations in his adoptive country; USA, he returns of his own volition, to Japan and brings a sense of friendship between the two nations-Japan and the Uniited States the one which had been almost entirely isolated from the Western World. William Barss (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Dutch.

Band 11. 48 Seiten Ecken/Kanten bestossen, Einband berieben, vergilbt und fleckig, Buchschnitt mit Lagerspuren, Seiten gebräunt, ein paar Macken im Einband,leicht schiefgelesen, eher guter Zustand für das Alter; ISBN 3788602511 Sprache: Deutsch Hardcover/Pappeinband, gebundene Ausgabe.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 6.875 inches by 10.25 inches. [10], 274, [4] pages. Illustrations/decorations. Index of Names. Index of Places. Gift inscription, NOT FROM AUTHOR, on half-title page. DJ has substantial edge wear and some other wear, soiling, chips and small tears. "Brief essays, in alphabetical order, on the derivation of some two hundred fifty place names. All of the states and cities of the United States are covered, as well as most of the major cities and countries of the world."--Library Journal. In this book of language, Professor Asimov ranges over the whole world digging up the roots and histories of hundreds of place names from Aachen (derived from the Latin "Hot Springs") to Zanzibar ("land of the Zenj"). The words on our maps are, after all , but a kaleidoscopic reflection of human history and the book is overflowing with a thousand surprising and fascinating bits of information. The Roman Caesars, for example, have left their mark on many cities, but who would suspect that New Jersey is names for them, or that the Canary Islands are names not for the birds, but for the wild dogs that lived there. Residents of Iowa may be surprised to learn that the name presumably means a place of :the sleepy one," while New Yorkers commemorate the yew tree. The book is divided into 250 one-page essays, in which over 1500 names are discussed. Isaac Asimov (born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov; circa January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was prolific and wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification. Asimov wrote hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series. The Galactic Empire novels are explicitly set in earlier history of the same fictional universe as the Foundation series. Later, beginning with Foundation's Edge, he linked this distant future to the Robot and Spacer stories, creating a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He wrote hundreds of short stories, including the social science fiction "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French. Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much nonfiction. Most of his popular science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples include Words on the Map, Guide to Science, the three-volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery, as well as works on astronomy, mathematics, history, William Shakespeare's writing, and chemistry. Asimov was a long-time member and vice president of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs". He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. William Barss (Decorations) (illustrator). …

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. Stated first edition, first printing. Publisher's full black cloth, purple lettering on spine, purple vignette on cover, fore-edge deckle, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with B&W drawings and decoration by William Barss. Asimov explores the Greek myths to discover the roots of hundreds of words that have entered our daily language, and the results are fascinating. An index of mythological terms and an index of modern words that come from them make this book a useful reference as well as a unique retelling of the myths. . The volume is very lightly shelf-worn, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped ($3.00) dust jacket, now in Mylar, is very lightly worn at the head, heel and corners, else near fine. Scarce in thuis excellent condition. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. B&W drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vi), 225 pp. Illustrated by William Barss (illustrator). …