Resultados de búsqueda: Non-Fiction from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974. SIGNED BY ARTIST Abraham Rattner on the half-title page with black marker. Near Fine, page block wavy , in a Near Fine dustjacket with some faint foxing. 212 illustrations with 50 tipped-in color plates. Rattner, who died in 1978, was one of America's leading Expressionist painters and a long-time friend of the writer Henry Miller. His paintings are in numerous museums.. SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cambridge, UK: W. Heffer & Sons, 1966. SCARCE. Near Fine, small bump top corner front board and prior owner name under front flap, in a Very Good Plus dustjacket a bit rubbed and light edgewear at the tips. 120 pages, Illustrations, Index. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1880. Very Good, cloth worn at spine ends, prior owner name front end page, front end page starting to separate. 215 pages + 13 pages of publisher's ads. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1890. Finely bound and stamp-signed Bickers & Son, London. Half green morocco over green buckram boards, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, Near Fine, spine evenly sunned, light wear to boards, front end page a bit loosened. Uncommon title in lovely contemporary fine binding. A collection of articles on farming, first published in book form 1880. . New Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1947. 277 Ways to Prepare Attractive Meals Quickly. Selected and illustrated by Chic Young, creator of the "Blondie" comic strip. Near Fine, top edge of boards rubbed. Illustrated throughout with "Blondie" comic strips. Now you can create your own "Dagwood" sandwiches !!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1978. SIGNED by Author Bernard Clayton , Jr., and SCARCE thus, on the half-title page. Near Fine in a Very Good Plus dustjacket, 3 small edge tears and light wear at the edges. 4th Printing of the First Edition.. SIGNED. 4th Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

New York: Peter H. Wyden, 1972. First Printing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR Dr. Joyce Brothers on front endpage "To June Miller- warm good wishes. I hope I can call you a friend. Joyce". At bottom edge front endpage in different ink from the inscription is the address "305 E. 86th St., N.Y.C. 10028", Near Fine, top edge lightly dusted, in a Very Good Plus dustjacket with small dampstains along top and bottom edges. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

New York: John Day, 1972. 1972 Edition with a New Preface and New Epilogue by the Author, Near Fine, prior owner name and date front endpage, slight separation of pageblock at head of spine, in a Near Fine dustjacket that is lightly rubbed and with 1 small closed tear top edge of rear panel. The landmark bestselling study of Big Business, in which Drucker dissected the organization, structure, and internal dynamics of the (at the time) world's largest manufacturing corporation- General Motors. Originally published in 1946, and SCARCE in collectible condition in any edition. Drucker's groundbreaking work turned modern management theory into a serious discipline, and he influenced or created nearly every facet of its application, including decentralization, privatization, and empowerment, and he coined such terms as the "knowledge worker". He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Pres. George W. Bush in 2002. . Revised Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Copenhagen: Host & Sons Forlag, 1954. First Edition, 1954. Near Fine, a few stray spots of foxing. RARE, especially in such lovely condition. 92 pages, 86 of which are excellent black and white photographs. Photos by Erik Hansen and Keld Helmer-Petersen. Text in Danish and English. A midcentury modern classic. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York: Times Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., 1995. First Printing, with Random House number row 2-9 and First Edition stated. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, 1" closed tear with tiny chip at bottom edge front spine fold. President Barack Obama's SCARCE first book published two years before the start of his political career. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: E & W Books, 1970. A facsimile from the eighth edition of 1782. Near Fine, topstain a bit faded, in a Near Fine dustjacket with a 1/4" tear at top edge front flap fold. . Facsimile Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Very Good Plus, top edge and endpages a bit soiled, great period bookplate front pastedown which has caused some offsetting to front endpage, gold lettering at spine a bit faded. Quite SCARCE in the 1st edition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1926. SCARCE classic book on dress construction. Near Fine, prior owner name neatly blacked out at bottom of front end page. 223 pp. including Appendix and Index, numerous diagrams throughout. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Vintage Books, 1980. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - "To Jack and Peg Albertson, with best wishes, from Douglas Hofstadter, October, 1981". Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Awards for non-fiction, and uncommon SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR in any edition or printing. Fine in Wraps, as Issued, no number row, a later printing. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy.

London: Houlston & Wright, 1857. "Tenth Thousand. By the Author of 'The Reason Why - General Science,' &c.". Very Good Plus, small scrape top corner front end page, top edge dusty. Contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. Embossed brown cloth with gilt decorations and title, advertising endpages for "The Reason Why Series". 352 pgs with questions index. A fascinating look into a housewife's duties and knowledge required in mid-Nineteenth Century London. . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Knopf, 2005. Translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely. The author was the 2006 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, and the 1st Turkish author to win this award.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Art Museum, 1977. Near Fine, wrappers lightly soiled. Scarce. Contents are clean, tight and unmarked. A must-have for the serious Martz collector. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

No Place: Lou Ferrigno SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page. "For Ryan, All the Best, Lou Ferrigno". Near Fine, light rubbing to edges of wrappers. Apparently self-published, no place and no date, circa 1994( the date on the Acknoledgements Page). Mr. America, Mr. Universe, The Incredible Hulk, Hercules, and Sinbad !!. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1992. Tiny rub bottom edge of pageblock, Else Fine. SIGNED.. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Limited First Edition. Full-Leather. About Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Privately Printed.

New York: Doubleday, 1988. Near Fine, light soiling to boards, in a Fine dust wrapper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.