Search Results: Titles starting with A from Barker Books & Vintage

DBI Books, 1993. Fifth edition. Paperback. Very Good. 5th edition, very good + oversized paperback shows mild shelf and trace wear and mild age toning to pages. 288 pages with black & whites, charts, etc. Still a pleasing copy of this reloading how-to.

Gun Digest, 2010. Ninth Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 9th edition, very good +, oversized paperback shows mild shelf and trace wear, else tight and clean. 286 pages nicely illustrated in black & white. Solid copy of this reloading resource.

Chipotle Publishing, 2008. Hardcover. Good in Very Good DJ. No reference to later printing, good + oversized black cloth hardcover may show a scant pencil mark, else near fine with some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket that shows some mild rubbing, scratches and edgewear that includes closed tears. 868 pages loaded with black & whites. Still a pleasing copy in jacket of this noted reference on the AK-47.

J. R. Jones, 1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good decorative cloth hardcover with marbled page edges shows gilt letter and illustration to cover and spine while showing light soil to covers, shelf wear that includes rubbing at edges and bumping to corners, bit of fade to gilt letter at spine, name and place written at front blank, tear with tape mend to tipped in side of tipped in map at title page and some other mild trace wear. 527 pages with black & white plates, tipped in map at title page and foldout map at page 17. Still a pleasing copy of this work that includes a "..full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; how to find gold; camp life at Klondike.." with "practical instructions for fortune seekers, etc. etc. including a graphic description of the gold regions; land of wonders; immense mountains, rivers and plans, native inhabitants, etc." and much, much more.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Fourth printing, inscribed "Especially for Robert James--With very best wishes, ABGuthrie Jr. Dec. 5, 1973." on the dedication page, near fine hardcover shows a light bit of rubbing and soil to covers, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows a closed cut across spine and exposure toning along spine, and edgewear that includes tiny chips and tears. 278 pages. Remains an attrative inscribed copy of this work that completes the author's "..four-novel series about the West, from mounted for hunter (The Big Sky) to oxen rolled Oregon traveler (The Way West) to cattleman (These Thousand Hills), and now, to small settler and schoolteacher and automobile." Signed.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Third printing, inscribed "For Bill and Sarita, with my best wishes, ABGuthrie, Jr" on the dedication page, near fine hardcover shows just a hint of wear, in very good (price-clipped dust jacket that shows mild exposure toning along spine and edgewear that includes closed tears along top edge. 278 pages. Still a pleasing copy in jacket of this work that completes the author's "..four-novel series about the West, from mounted for hunter (The Big Sky) to oxen rolled Oregon traveler (The Way West) to cattleman (These Thousand Hills), and now, to small settler and schoolteacher and automobile." Signed.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First printing 1979, very good + cloth hardcover shows light shelf wear including just a touch of bumping to bottom corners, along with previous ownership marks at front paste down and some other very light trace wear, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows some light rubbing and shelf wear. 443 pages with a set of black & whites. Still an attractive copy of this first volume of a two volume bio on Burr that covers his formative years.

Free Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fine hardcover in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) with both showing just a hint of wear. 483 pages with index and black & whites. Nice copy of this work on the former first lady.

Lyons Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First printing, near fine oblong cloth hardcover shows a touch of toning at cover edges and some other light trace wear, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket that shows edgewear that includes wrinkling, closed tears and a small open chip at top corner of rear inner flap. 259 pages with index and illustrations by Joseph R. Tomelleri. Still a pleasing copy of this collection of the noted writer's work with a forward by Ted Williams.

Riverhead, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine with tiny bit of blue color soiling at page fore edges, in near fine lightly rubbed jacket. Remains an attractive copy of this work from the popular author of High Fidelity and other fiction.

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Book club issues, 6 volume set featuring four volumes of the War Years and two volumes of the Prairie Years, blue cloth hardcovers (no dust jackets if issued) with gilt letter to spines show soil, rubbing, mild moisture staining and shelf wear to covers, bumping to corners, lean to spines, mild creasing to spines of some volumes and some other mild trace wear. 3465 pages with black & whites. Solid and perfectly readable set of Sandburg's epic on the great president.

L. C. Page & Company, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 2nd impression, April, 1931, very good + hardcover is brown with gilt letter and decoration to cover an dspine that shows a previous owner bookplate at front past down and some other very light trace wear, in the hard to find very good dust jacket that shows mild exposure toning along spine, mild soil, a small eraser size open chip that blocks out the S in author's name at spine, and edge wear that includes short closed tears and shallow open chipping. 350 pages with map and 32 plates from original photographs. Still a pleasing copy in jacket of this work that "..is not a biography...not a guide book...not a travel book", but "all three of these in one.

William B. Eerdmans, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Very good + trade paperback shows touch of soil at page edges and hint of curl just beginning at corners of wraps, else tight and clean. 498 pages. Still a solid copy of this reader from the Reformed Christian theologian.

Humanities Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American edition, near fine hardcover in like jacket showing a short closed tear at top edge of front panel along spine. 255 pages. Nice copy of this work on Christian theism that makes up an installment in the Muirhead Library of Philosophy series.

Columbia University Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fien hardcover in like dust jacket with both showing just a touch of wear. 206 pages. Still a pleasing copy of this work that "..examines the subculture which frames the beliefs and behavior of of lower class women.

Triangle Books, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Reprint, very good hardcover shows some mild toning to pages, light soil at page edges, and gift inscription at top of front end paper, in very good jacket showing some rubbing, light soil, and edge wear including some wrinkling, short closed tears, and shallow open chipping at ends and couple of corners. 223 pages. Still an attractive copy of this Western from the author of the Lonesome River titles.

Mayflower Books, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine oversized (9 by 12 approx.) hardcover in near fien dust jacket with both showing just a hint of shelf wear. 128 pages nicely illustrated. Good looking copy of this work that looks at the careers of "..over sixty famous pilots and pioneers of flight.

Galaxy Books, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. Third edition, first Galaxy Bopok edition, very good + trade paperback has some shelf and edge wear to wraps but is otherwise tight and clean. 248 pages with index. Still a pleasing copy of "..this masterpiece of literary criticism..

Routledge, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good + in Very Good + DJ. Very good + with previous owner marks to front endpaper and some other mild trace wear in very good + jacket with trace of rubbing and edge wear. 210 pages with some black & whites. Remains an attractive copy of this work that "...tells the story of the erratic course of English landed society in a century of extreme changes

University of California Press, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 2md printing, near fine hardcover in a near fine dust jacket that shows a couple of nicks. 319 pages with black & whites and index. Good looking copy of this work that challenges the standard theory of how the New World was inhabited.