BROOKS, VAN WYCK & OTTO L. BETTMANN

Our Literary Heritage - A Pictorial History of the Writer in America

Dutton, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Hardback, quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, ix + 246pages, VG+ to Near Fine in like dj (dj now in protective mylar). Book itself immaculate, no names, no writing, with imperfection of sunning beneath the dj along top & bottom edges of front cover (back cover to a lesser extent & spine cloth not affected). DJ generally crisp & very clean, interior flap price of $8.50 intact, & of little notice a very small edge split bottom edge front panel near spine & a very small area of sunning to the front panel (light amt of fading beneath horse's tail and to the word America). "Over 500 b&w photos & drawings." Indexed. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 07145

Keywords: Literature Poetry American History

BROOKS, CHARLES FRANKLIN (CLARK UNIVERSITY); WITH THE COLLABORATION OF JOHN NELSON & OTHERS

WHY THE WEATHER?

Harcourt Brace, 1924. 1924. Hardcover . Hardback, 12mo, appx 5 1/8 x 7 5/8 inches, yellowish green on olive green cloth, xvi + 310 pages, VG to VG+/no dj. Solid binding, hinges intact. Clean inside and out, no names, no writing. Very little wear evident at all. Spine cloth lightly sun-touched (light amount of browning). Top edges of text block yellowed + fore-edges a few very light spots. A little foxing to frontis (photo on glossy stock) + a very light amount transferred to title page. Eleven additional photographic plates, images f&b (tending to have a very light touch of foxing in the upper margins). List of 39 illustrations in all - multiple photos per page + a few drawings in the text. Extensive Index. The seasons, storms & damage, moisture, atmosphere, winter indoors, etc. Very Good.

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Book number: 04236

Keywords: Meteorology Weather Environment

BROTHER ANTONIUS

The Crooked Lines of God - Poems 1949-1954

University of Detroit Press, c. 1959, stated Third Edition of 1962.. Hardcover . Hardback, slightly oblong octavo, 8 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches, gilt spine titling on black cloth covers, 88 pages, VG+/no dj. Very nice copy. Snug binding w/ hinges intact, only minor signs of any wear, gilt spine titling in bold typeface easily legible though just a little darkened, clean inside & out/crisp & clean text pages incl no names & no writing (ffep notation in very light pencil has been easily erased). A few scattered instances of 2-color printing. Includes the author's Foreword. Very Good.

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Book number: 07548

Keywords: Literature Poetry Philosopphy & Religion

BROWN, SANBORN C.

Basic Data of Plasma Physics, 1966 - 2nd Edition, Revised. [

MIT, 1967. 1967. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, viii + 312 pages, VG to VG+ in like dj (dj in mylar). Two old prices erased/obliterated at top corner of FFEP. Light spotting to top edges and fore-edges of text block. Otherwise, clean inside and out. DJ three edge tears of an inch or less. As opposed to the earlier edition that "presented much of the material in vebal vorm," most information is in graph form for this "greatly changed and enlarged" edition. "This new edition is one of the first implementations of computer-based information transfer, in which the basic data were searched out by means of a remote console tied into a central disk library containing an extensive collection of bibliographic information on physics literature." Author Index, Subject Index, Index of Chemicals. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 03483

Keywords: Science & Technology Physics Re

BROWN, IRVING

Gypsy Fires in America - A Narrative of Life Among the Romanies of the United States and Canada

Harper & Brothers, 1924.. Hardcover . Hardback, Octavo, appx 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, dark orange titling and graphic on black cloth covers, xiv + 244 pages, VG+/no dj. Tight binding, exterior quite nice, very clean and hardly any signs of wear at all. FFEP vintage ownership name in fountain pen o/w very nice interior throughout. 16 photographic plates scattered throughout including frontispiece. Two facing pages have a narrow area of very light tanning from a folded 1928 newspaper article laid-in ("Courtships Launched as Bands Gather on Minnesota Bottoms" which concerns Gypsy marriages & father-daughter relationships, with the Minnesota bottoms referring to an area along the Minnesota River probably about 10 to 15 miles south of downtown Minneapolis). Very Good.

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Book number: 06791

Keywords: American History Nomads Nomadic Minorities Cultural Anthropology

BROWN, WILLIAM EDWARD

A HISTORY OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE

Ann Arbor, Ardis, 1980. 1980. (ISBN: 0882333437) Soft cover . Trade paperback, nearly 6x9 inches, [x] + 182 pages, VG+. Nearly as new with only previous owner name in ballpoint to top corner of first page (not the title page). Reproductions of vintage portraits, maps, manuscripts. Notes, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index. Very Good.

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Book number: 03060

Keywords: Russia Russian Literature Literary Criticism 17th Century Seventeenth 0882333437

BROWN, JAMES

JAMES BROWN'S SOUL CLASSICS

NY, Chappell, no date (latest song copyright within appears to be 1973). 1973. Soft cover . Perfect-bound softcover, 4to, nearly 9x12 inches, 64 pages + cover, VG+. Great condition. Somewhat discreet Hinckley, Minnesota music shop stamp to lower corner of front cover and first page (title page). Includes Cold Sweat, Hot Pants, The Popcorn, Soul Power, Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Get On The Good Foot (Part 1) - 19 in all with 6 pages of photos at the center of the book. Very Good.

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Book number: 02852

Keywords: Music Soul R&B Rhythm and Blues Sheet

BROWN, GEORGE

LECTURING AND EXPLAINING

London, Methuen, 1978. 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, x + 134 pages, VG+ in VG+ dj (dj in new protective mylar). Tight binding, mostly crisp and clean inside and out (small name stamped front pastedown and top edges textblock). DJ tiny split top corner back panel. Appendices, Further Reading, Bibliography/Author Index, Subject Index. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 05956

Keywords: Teaching Lectures Professors Professorships Colleges & Universities Education Educational Psychology

BROWN, WILLIS M.

Life and Conversion of a Kentucky Infidel, in His Own Words - Autobiography of Willis M. Brown

Anderson, Indiana, Gospel Trumpet, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover . Hardback, 12mo, 5 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches, dark green titling on original green cloth covers, 362 pages, VG to VG+/no dj (stiff clear acetate dustwrapper provided to preserve condition). Snug binding with hinges intact. Only light wear at the extremities & very minor handling soil externally. Cover cloth fairly dark and titling doesn't stand out greatly as it's not densely dark. Mostly crisp and very clean as though unread internally incl no names no writing though 2 or 3 small smudges & rear free endpaper short light streak that doesn't erase. Frontis photographic portrait of author in a preaching pose + 3 other photos scattered through the book (author with family, portrait eldest son, author with 3 assistants). Very Good.

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Book number: 07430

Keywords: Philosophy & Religion Christianity Christian Faith Inspiration Biography

BROWN, CALVIN S.

Music and Literature - A COMPARISON OF THE ARTS

Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia, 1948. 1948. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, 8vo, xi + 287 pages, VG+ in Good dj (dj in new protective mylar). Book (gilt on green cloth) is solid & unmarked with edges of text browning a bit. DJ is moderately chipped and torn along edges, has only minor soil and surface wear + minor to moderate overall tanning (especially spine). Chapter Headings include: Science and Art, The Dilemma of Opera, Balance and Contrast, Theme and Variations, Sonata Form, The Musical Development of Symbols: Whitman, The Poetry of Conrad Aiken, Program Music, Descriptive Music, etc. Rhodes Scholar author (English professor at Georgia) had studied English, French, German & Comparative Literature and obtained degrees from the Universities of Mississippi, Cincinnati, Oxford & Wisconsin. "Since MUSIC AND LITERATURE is intended for the reader whose primary interest is in either art, it assumes general intelligence rather than technical information in the reader." , Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 01634

Keywords: Music Literature Literary Criticism

BROWN, ROBERT GOODELL

SMOOTHING, FORECASTING AND PREDICTION OF DISCRETE TIME SERIES

Prentice-Hall, 1963. 1963. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hardback, octavo, [xii] + 468 pages, Fine in VG+ dj (dj in new protective mylar). Entirely sound and entirely clean inside and out, no names, no writing. DJ generally crisp & very clean with one very short tear near bottom corner front panel & tiny bit of wear heel of spine. Chapter headings/topics incl Sources of Data, Time Series Models, Probability Models, Exponential Smoothing, Smoothing Constants, Multiple Smoothing, Forecasting, Variances, Allowance for Error, Hand Computations, Exploration Programs, Simulation Programs, etc. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 05732

Keywords: Math Mathematics Calculus Computation Computer Science Operations Re

BROWNE, NICK - EDITED BY

American Television - New Directions in History and Theory

Harwood Academic Publishers, 1994. 1994. Soft cover . Trade pb, appx 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, covers printed black on light blue, xi + 294 pages, Very Near Fine. Book just about as new. Entirely clean, no names, no writing. Collection of 12 essays, each with extensive Notes. Overall Index at the rear. Essays in 4 subheads. Subjects include rise of television & motion picture industry, family & gender studies, video games & gaming, surveillance & privacy. Fine.

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Book number: 04889

Keywords: Media Studies Television Entertainment Performing Arts Criticism

BROWNELL, TOM & MIKE MUELLER

CHEVROLET PICKUP COLOR HISTORY

Motorbooks International, 1994.. (ISBN: 0879388765) Soft cover . Oversized paperback, small quarto, appx 9 x 10 1/2 inches, 128 pages, Near Fine. Nearly as new. Square corners, only hint of a little wear, very clean inside and out, no names, no writing. Color photos throughout plus engine numbers, clubs, Index. Near Fine.

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Book number: 06683

Keywords: Automotive Chevy Trucks Chevrolet Pick-Ups 0879388765

BROWNELL, AGNES MARY

THE THANKFUL SPICERS

Scribners, 1921.. Hardcover . Hardback, 12mo, appx 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches, [viii] + 177 pages, VG+/no dj. Attractive copy, not much wear at all, overall very clean inside and out incl no names, no writing. Covers printed black & green on yellow background w/ front cover typewriter graphic. 4 plates incl frontis (illustrations in b&w). Very Good.

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Book number: 06283

Keywords: Fiction

BROWNING, OSCAR

Dante - His Life and Writings (#6 in The Dilettante Library)

London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1891. 1891. Hardcover . Hardback, 16mo, appx 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches, gilt and embossed brown cloth, VG to VG+. Beveled boards with art nouveau reptile-skin pattern embossed into cloth. Sound binding, hinges intact. Black endpapers, frontis of Dante's tomb in Ravenna. Book is an enlargement of the author's article on Dante in The Encyclopaedia Britannica. Very Good.

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Book number: 02155

Keywords: Literature 19th Century Encyclopaedia Britannica Dante