Search Results: Titles starting with N from High Castle Books

NY, NY: Dell, 1964. 191 pp., pictorial wraps; # 6254; book has very light creasing to fore edges of covers; small area of color flaking to top edge of front cover /. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Teason (cover art).

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. 239 pp., medium blue cloth w/ silver lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows shelfwear to bottom edges w/ bumping to bottom corner & just a bit of wear to head of spine; Jacket shows a little wear to top edges, mainly head of spine & tops of folds w/ a 1/2" tear to top of front fold; some light rubbing overall / Illustrated with B&W photos, including maps printed to endpapers. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milwaukee, WI: Brice Publishing Co., 1958. unpaginated, dull pink cloth w/ dark blue lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows minor wear to ends of spine; some small lightly abraded areas & some minor soil to rear board; pages browning; DJ shows a few short edge tears w/ wear & small chips to ends of spine & folds; area of surface damage (possibly from label removal) to top for corner of front panel & head of spine; overall, an attractive copy / Illustrated with B&W drawings. /. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Elizabeth P. Korn. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cleveland, OH: World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1916. iv, 243 pp., maroon cloth w/ gold lettering; Book shows wear, bumping & a little fraying to ends of spine & corners; some light scuffing to lower portion of rear board & some minor spots of soil; gold lettering has darkened; prev. owner's notation to front free endpaper; pages lightly browned; small nick to fore edge of page block; short closed tear to fore edge of last page / One B&W illustration as frontispiece. Previous owner's notation reads: "Given to Anna Jane for staying 'alone' at Burlington Hospital Thur. Oct. 8th 1931, by Mama & Daddy" /. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY, NY: Warner, 1985. 277 pp., wraps; Book has reading crease to front cover along spine w/ stress line to spine / . 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

NY, NY: Longmans Green and Co., 1957. ix, 532 pp., dark blue cloth w/ gold lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows some light wear to ends of spine & bottom edges; small rubbed area to rear board; some foxing to endpapers; DJ shows a little wear, very short tears & minor chips to ends of spine & folds w/ some light rubbing & minor soil to DJ overall; front flap is price clipped / Illustrated with three B&W maps. Preface and introduction by Allan Nevins. /. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. Illus. by James MacDonald (maps). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Lumen Books, 1995. xv, 305 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows some light edgewear w/ a small crease to top edge of front cover / Preface by Jorge Luis Borges. "'The Narrow Act' . . . seems to me, of the many books dealing with my work, the best, the most intelligent, and most carefully done. In fact, I would call it a remarkable piece of readable and meaningful scholarship." - Jorge Luis Borges / . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK: Moorland Publishing Co., 1985. 211 pp. + index, pictorial wraps; Book shows creasing to corners of front cover w/ corner bends & light creasing to a number of pages, esp. early in the book / "This book is unashamedly about narrowboats on the canals of England." Illustrated with B&W photos. /. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. xi, 111 pp., red-violet boards w/ gold lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows light bump to heel of spine; foxing to endpapers; DJ shows wear & small chips to ends of spine w/ large chip (1/2" x 1/2") to heel of spine, & another (1" x 1/4") to top of rear panel; light to moderate soil & areas of rubbing overall, as well as several short edge tears, small chips & creases to top & bottom edges / From the introduction by Robert F. Kennedy: "He was working on the book at the time of the assassination. It was decided that it should be published posthumously. This legacy should not be denied those committed to the battle for immigration reform." Illustrated with B&W photos and reproductions. /. First U.K. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Fair to Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1977. 451 pp., 1/5 orange-yellow cloth w/ black cloth boards, black lettering, illustration pasted to front board; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has "X" in ink to front endpaper; wear & chipping to bottom corner of rear free endpaper; Jacket spine is slightly faded, has wear at ends, creasing & flaking at edges; rear panel has wear at bottom edge, 1/4" tear to top edge; flap folds show wear & chipping at ends w/ flaking along folds; tear at bottom of front fold, holes in rear fold / Turn your collection of National Geographics into a living encyclopedia, pinpointing any of more and 2000 colorful and informative articles published from January of 1947 through December of 1976. Early portion of book illustrated with color photos. /. edition not stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Healdsburg, CA: Naturegraph, 1969. v., 197 pp., index, pictorial wraps; book shows moderate rubbing, some light soil or staining to cover; small creases to corners of covers; light creases, foxing to spine / Illustrated w/ B&W photos, drawings, & maps. ". . . a truly realistic account of white-Indian relations . . . put into book form." /. edition not stated. Trade Paperback. Good. Illus. by Douglas Andrews (cover illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Dell, 1966. 256 pp., pictorial wraps, # 6273 / "A novel of today's amorous young bohemians rushing to come of age . . ." Author of "Eternal Fire." / . 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good. Illus. by Garrido (cover illustration).

Austin, TX: Texas Monthly Press, 1988. 185 pp., deckle edges, 1/4 bound black cloth w/ light tan speckled boards w/ imprinted initials; Book has a few minor punctures & dents at extreme top right corner of front board, else fine; Dust jacket (in Mylar cover) has matching marks as described for book, is slightly faded, else fine / "(In) this remarkable collection of essays . . . Harrigan evokes the landscape of his home territory- the rivers, deserts, mountains, and seashores of Texas- and the lives of the creatures that inhabit it." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: New York University Press, 1971. 64 pp., blue cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jackrt in Mylar cover; Book has light bumps to spine ends; a little rippled along center portion of spine; Jacket has light wear to corners & spine ends; 3/8" tear at top of rear fold; 2 small puncture-tears to rear panel along spine; a number of brown stains & light soil overall / "My world is a world where things collide. Naturally. Images, trucks, people, fantasies, words, songs, wars. It is the energy and the voice of those events that I extrude." 48 poems. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA / London, UK: Harvard University Press, 1989. xvi, 326 pp., light green cloth w/ black lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; DJ shows wear to top of spine panel, esp. at corners, w/ a very short tear; wear to top ends of flap folds w/ a little light wear to bottom ends; front panel shows a small crease to top edge, as well a s a couple of small scratches / "The nineteenth century began with reverence for nature and ended with the apotheosis of art. In this wide-ranging excursion through the literature, visual arts, and natural sciences of the era from Wordsworth to Wilde, Carl Woodring traces shifting ideas and attitudes concerning nature, art, and the relations between the two." B&W illustrations. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Waco, TX: Texian Press, 1984. vii, 152 pp., pictorial wraps; Book shows light bump to heel of spine; light bend & some wear to bottom corner of front cover w/ small chips to top corner & upper fore edge; numerous surface abrasions to upper inside surface of front cover w/ some to top corner area of title page / Selections from the author's newspaper column, begun in 1970. /. Trade Paperback. Good + to Very Good. Illus. by Rosemary Schwetman Alexander. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK: Faber and Faber, 1997. vii, 213 pp., navy blue binding w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Jacket shows some light indentations to lower corner of front panel where label was apparently removed; a little very light rubbing to rear panel / Author of "The European Tribe," "The Final Passage," "A State of Independence," "Higher Ground," "Cambridge," and "Crossing the River." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK / NY, NY: Frederick Warne & Co. 64 pp., light brown boards w/ brown lettering & decoration, & paste-on color illustration to front board; Book shows wear to ends of spine w/ small pieces flaking off; lighter wear & some bumping to corners of boards; covers darkening towards edges; a little light foxing to pastedowns; binding is cracking but still holding; internal tape-repaired tear to one leaf / Color illustrations. /. Hard Cover. Fair to Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Newton, MA: Education Development Center, 1977. xi, 144 pp., pictorial wraps; Book shows some wear, small creases & a bit of curling to corners of covers; two small brown stains to right edge of front cover / "Trial Edition" "Challenge: Develop an outdoor area to help others appreciate nature." Illustrated with B&W photos, drawings and reproductions. /. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (oblong).

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall / Collins, 1982. xii, 195 pp., light brown binding w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows wear to ends of spine & corners; bump to top corners, crown of spine & top edge of front board; Jacket shows wear to ends of spine & folds w/ a very small chip to top of spine; small nick to top edge of front panel; light creasing to edges of rear panel; crease to top corner of front flap; some very light rubbing overall / Author teaches at the Massachusetts Audobon Society. Illustrated with B&W photos and drawings. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.