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New York, NY: John Wiley, 1977. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. HARD COVER. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Dark blue words w/red spine lettering/Fine. DJ/NF. PO (company research library) to front cover verso; loan pocket to back cover verso. Volume III in a series begun by Ian & Shuyen Harrison. This volume in 15 chapters, following same format: Preparation of 1, Acetylenes; 2, Carboxylic Acids, Acid Halides, & Anhydrides; 3, Alcohols & Phenols; 4, Aldehydes; 5, Alkyls, Methylenes, & Aryls; 6, Amides; 7, Amines; 8, Esters; 9, Ethers & Epoxides; 10, Hakudes & Sulfonates; 11, Hydrides; 12, Ketones; 13, Nitriles; 14, Olefins; and, 15, Preparation of Difunctional Compounds. Fine copy.

New York, NY: John Wiley, 1971. First Edition, 4th Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Dark blue boards w/red spine lettering/NF. DJ/Poor; intact but tattered. PO name to fEP & leading text edge. Though not stated, this is Volume I of a continuing work, and is the edition used for reproduction by Print-on-demand. Compendium of functional group transformations for easy reference for synthetic chemists. 14 chapters covering preparations of: 1, Preparation of Acetylenes; 2, Carboxlylic Acids, Acid Halides, & Anhydrides; 3 Alcohols & Phenols; 4, Aldehydes; 5, Alkyls, Methylenes, & Aryls; 6, Amides; 7, Amines; 8, Esters; 9, Ethers & Exposides; 10, Halides & Sulfonates; 11, Hydrides; 12, Ketones; 13, Nitriles; and, 14, Preparation of Olefins. Fine copy in poor dust jacket.

Philadelphia, PA: ASTM, 1982. 5th Edition, First Thus . Soft Cover/Flexible. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/Near New. Black flexible cover/NF w/faint creasing to upper back corner. Light wear to upper/lower corner tips of text from poor shelving. This is the 5th Edition, formerly called 'Glossary of ASTM Definitions'. Volume constitutes the sum total of the definition-writing efforst of some 138 separate technical committee. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Crater's Choice, 2001. First American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. BRAND NEW Copy. Comprehensive guide to the art of needlework on fabric and canvas. Basic techniques in design and materials precede a compendium of some 250 embroidery and needlepoint stitches. Fine reference/resource.

Garden City, NY: Bookspan/Guild America Books, 2000. Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Marta Cone (Illustrator). Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/trace edge wear. Reference/resource for the art of stitchery. Lucid instructions supported by line drawings. Text in 7 parts: Part I, Crocheting; II, Embroidering; III, Knitting; IV, Macramé; V, Rugmaking; VI, Sewing; and, VII, Tatting (or, making lace).

London, UK: Oxford Univ Press, 1980. 3rd Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. PLEASE NOTE: Blue linen board have bumps to lower front edge; lower text block w/scores; and, dustjacket, w/light edge wear, trace discoloration and loss to lower front spine corner --- puzzling mishap in handling. The dictionary was first published 1952, and its 2nd Edition in 1964; this 1980, entirely rewritten, 3rd Edition is by Michael Kennedy. 724 paged reference to music history, modes of structure, instruments and composers. Strong copy despite flaws.

London, UK: Senate/Studio Editions Ltd, 1994. 1994 Reprint of the 9th Edition. . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF. Gift inscription on fEP. First published in 1896 as an abridged form of John Henry Parker's celebrated dictionary of architecture. The intent was to produce a portable manual/handbook for travel use. This is a reprint of the 9th Edition, now with some 400 drawings ranging from brickwork in ancient Rome to the vaulted roof of Westminister Abbey. An authoritative glossary of pre-Modern Western architecture. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Shilo Publishing House, 1963. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF; light wear & showing trace discoloration. Compilation of some 30,000 entries to facilitate Bible study, reading of modern Hebrew literature, and conversational Hebrew as it is spoken today. Most verbs given in 3rd person, singular, masculine. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Hermes House/Anness Publishing, 2002. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Collectible. First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated dictionary/encyclopedia to international foodstuff & ingredients we consume in this modern era, as well as kitchen tools. First published in UK as "THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COOKING INGREDIENTS"; this copy is the US Edition simply titled as "COOKING INGREDIENTS" Detailed entries to cuts of meats, dairy products, grains, fruits & vegetables, spices with pointers on buying and storage. 512 pgs

New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2004. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. First published 2001 in Italian under the title Scuola di Uncinetto; this is the English translation of 2004. Reference/resource. Art of crochet for both new & experienced stitchers. 140 pgs w/full color photos. No specific patterns. More a dictionary of stitches with lucid instructions. Volume covers basics from needed materials, how best to hold the hook, through techniques to create garments and accessories in geometric forms, lace patterns, edgings, and seams.

Lizenzausgabe, Germany: Bertelsmann Verlag, 1979. Volume 4, Geb-Heri, 1979 . Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Text/NEW & Bright. Volume 4 only in a full-set of 12 volume. Brown leather boards w/gilt lettering/Fine. DJ/None. PO name to fEP.German language text. Encyclopedia encyclopedia to the animal kingdom. 324 pages. This 4th Volume covers alphabetical listings G - H ... commencing with Gebiss, Geburtshelferkroten & Geckos, through Heringsfishce. Illustrated with color photos & line drawings, distribution maps and charts.

Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch, 1981. Originalausgabe . Printed Cardstock. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 1/2. This dictionary provides a snapshot of German terminology for its financial and capital markets in the early '80s. Definitions are provided for terms from A - 1) Munzzeichen der uberlicherweise bedeutendsten Pragestatte eines Landes; in Deutschland die Pragestatte Berlin, die z. Z, night pragt. 2) Abrurzung fur argent = [implies] Geld auf franzosischen Kurszetteln. - to zzgl. Abkurzung fur zuzuglich. Over 2000 Stichworte, 320 pages. Covers are sound but slightly grimed; text is clean and strong.

Gemological Institute of America, 1974. First Edition, 2nd Revised Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Jeanne G.M. Martin (Photographer. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed blue boards/Fine. DJ/None. PO name to front cover verso. Interesting, factual accounts of famous diamonds in history. This the First Edition, 2nd, Revised printing, Diamonds, a solid form of carbon with atoms arranged in rigid crystal structure, has the highest of hardness of natural material, properties. Due to impurities, colors vary. Most ages of this rare stone range upwards of some one billiion years in age. Values, pending color, crystal shape and phenomenal properties, vary. 204 pgs, w/illustrattions, document long human fascination . Famed stones, presented alphabetically by known appellations; many supported by archival illustrations.

Berlin, Germany: Langenscheidt, 1960. Soft Cover/Flexible. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW. Yellow flexible softcover/Fine. Volume showing light soiling to text blocks. Mini-sizem bi-lingual dictionary of Spanish and English. 463 pgs.

England: Penguin Books, 1973. 6th Edition, Printing of 1974 . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW w/faint margin discoloration. Softcover/NF w/trace surface wear. PO name to front cover verso. Dictionary of biological terms. First published 1951; this is the 1974 printing of the 1973 6th Edition. 309 pgs. Excellent reference/resource for reading scientific journals.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Boards/Fine w/trace brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text blocks. PO name to fEP. LAID IN: (2) page list of US Army Acronyn List, 1986. 307 pgs. Dictionary of specific abbreviations in use in military documents published, in part, for the Naval Institute's summer intern program of 1994.

New York, NY: John Wiley, 1975. First Edition, 4th Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Brown cloth boards/NF. DJ/None. PO stamp to fEP. Reference. Dictionary of some 12,000 entries arranged alphabetically. Terminology drawn from textbooks, reference books and journals published since 1962 in the areas of cehmistry, immunology, genetics, virology, biophysics, and bateriology. Included are abbreviations, both standar and non-standard.

Cardiff, Wales, UK: Univ of Wales Press, 1967. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Burnt-orange boards/NF w/trace edge rubs. DJ/None. Faint brown spotting to upper text edge (acid paper reaction). Scholarly dictionary. Table of abbreviations of titles of scholarly journals (mostly British works) to which citations are referenced, along with a list of common Greek and Latin list of Prefixes and Suffixes precede the dictionary itself. Lead listing is Aa, one of two chief forms of lava emitted from volcanoes of the Hawaiian type; end listing is Zoolith, an alternate form for Biolith. A Classified Lists to rear. Fine copy less dust jacket.

Boston, MA: Charles T. Branford, 1952. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/NF w/light discoloration to spine. DJ/Good; rubs, nips, closed tears to edges. Light soiling to text edges. An extensive dictionary supported with line drawings.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. 2nd Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. PAPERBACK. Text/Paperclip shadow to pg 459, else BRAND NEW. Soft cover showing trace shelf wear. Educator Eric Donald Hirsch, Jr. (1928 - ) defines cultural literacy as "the basic information needed to thrive in the modern world"; the premise being effective communication requires "shared symbols and shared information that the symbols represent". This dictionary identifies and defines "names, phrases, events and other items" that form the body of essential common knowledge in late 20th century America required for ease in communication and to facilitate all to live together in reasonable harmony.