Basic books harpercollins (65 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 1st 1997. COVER HAS CREASING AND SURFACE WEAR WITH SMALL TAPED CORNER ON THE FRONT. 253 PAGE TEXT HAS SOME READING WEAR. STAR TREK. 5.5" X 8.25". WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Hard Back. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Assumed First Edition. 328 Pages Indexed. What was wrong with the l992 Republican Convention was not the effort to link the name of God to secular political ends. What was wrong was the choice of secular ends to which the name of God was linked. Thus, Patrick Buchanan's world view might be objectionable to the secular liberal, but it should not be more objectionable because he offered a religious justification for it. Levine, Ellen - Design (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Type: Hard Back First Edition. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A close and detailed look at the big business of baseball -- the facts about incomes and operations -- an account of greed, abuse of public trust, and poor management. Clean and bright binding of blue cloth over spine with yellow boards. Yellow board has a small scuff mark on the front upper section near the fore edge and the blue binding has a scuff mark along the edge. Lower corners gently bumped. Tight, solid and square. Internals as new. Jacket is clean and bright; just slightly wrinkled around the spine head and heel. 270 pages with Notes, References and index. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. 1992, Basic Books/HarperCollins, New York, New York, USA.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Has name and date on front end page, no other marks or writings, pages bright and clean, binding tight and sound. Dust jacket with no tears and unclipped. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. D.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1st printing. Moderate bumping at top and bottom of dustjacket spine, and 6 pages of 278 page text formerly dog-eared at top corner, elsewise a bright, clean, tight copy with all text and illustrations clean/unmarked. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED in archival black and white photography and photographic reproduction of famous/valuable artworks, all with accompanying descriptive captions. GFC1.…

Hard Back. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 22nd Printing. 304 Pages Indexed. Unlike those who view early develoment as a gradual process of separation and inndividuation, Stern argues that infants differentiate themselves almost from birth and then progress through increeasingly complex modes of relatedness. He describes this process in fascinating detail, vividly showinghow infants and their caregivers communicate and share their experience. Stern challenges not only the traditional developmental sequency but als the notion that certain tasks are confined to infancy. Attachlment, trust, and dependency are clinical issues throughout life, he contens --- a concept that has important implicaitons for psychoanalytic practice. Elegantly arued and rich in new insights. --- From the dust jacket flap.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Dark blue 1/4 cloth, tan paper covered boards, lettered in gold foil. Book and dust jacket both essentially as issued. x,258 pp., b&w plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. David Blankenthorn is passionate, precise and detailed in this discussion about the importance of fathers in a family and the harm to children due to that absence. A most important book. Binding of pale green half-cloth with silver titles, white threaded paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked; spine has slight lean; tight & solid. Pages very clean and free from any markings, no creasing. Slight wrinkling of jacket around spine head. Glossy unclipped white jacket is clean with slight wear along upper edge and spine head. 328 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Basic Books/HarperCollins, New York 1995.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition, first printing in unchipped dust jacket. Rust brown boards with black cloth spine, metalllic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean; slight dust-speckling to text block fore-edges. Illustrated with drawings, photographs. 171 pages with Index. Dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped (price neatly inked out on upper corner of front inside flap); enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. A FINE, like-new, bright, clean, tight, collector-worthy copy sans flaws. "Come on a journey into the heart of matter - and enjoy the process! - as a brilliant scientist and entertaining tour guide takes you on a fascinating voyage through the Periodic Kingdom, the world of the elements. The periodic table, your map for this trip, is the most important concept in chemistry." ILLUST RATED in black and white drawings. 163 pages. GH22.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 3rd Printing. 1997. Book in near fine condition. Has a bookplate from previous owner on the front pastedown endpaper, otherwise like new. Dust jacket is in very good to near fine condition with just a bit of shelf rubbing/marks. A very nice, clean copy. 258 pages including index.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Fine, gift-quality first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean beige-gray boards with unfaded black cloth spine, white and metallic lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 164 pages with index. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. By looking at the universe through mathematical eyes, we discover a great secret: nature's patterns are clues to the deep regularities that govern the way the world works. Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence. It can look at a single snowflake and deduce the atomic structure of ice crystals; it can start with a violin string and uncover the existence of radio waves. This book will take you sight-seeing in a mathematical universe. And it will change the way you view your own world.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. A FINE BOOK in a bright, clean dustjacket sans flecks, tears, stains, and discoloration. "In a new analysis of the origins of psychoanalysis, Richard Webster traces Freud's essentially religious personality to his childhood and shows how the founder of psychoanalysis, burdened by his parents' reverence and expectations, allowed his messianic dreams to shape the "science" he created." 673 pages. GA12.…

Paperback. First Edition Thus (1991), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: mild rubbing to the wrapper covers; the pages are only slightly tanned due to aging; light crease at upper rear cover corner; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome very nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a couple of minor flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.35 x 0.5 inches). viii, 165 pages. Language: English. Weight: 6.2 ounces. Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus (1991), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence.…

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 21st Printing. 561 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Stains on top and bottom edges. Light foxing on page edges. William Davis (Cover Design); Vincent Torre (Design) (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Fifth printing. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. The book is square and unmarked; one corner and spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $24.00); Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).…

Very good in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. First Printing hardbound Remainder mark on bottom edge.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good+. Mild shelf wear to edges and corners of dust jacket, cover, and spine. Binding remains tight and pages are mostly clean and unbent. Good used reading condition. Used Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A close-up view of the popular American television series 'ER' of a hospital emergency room - the technology and medical techniques used in the series amplified and explained, behind the scenes information on the cast, bloopers, much more. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, indexed, 232pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). An incisive look at the impact of computing and artificial intelligence upon human society, culture, and thought itself, the ramifications of how machines process information, logic's apparent transformation, the alien identity of electronic circuits, databases, and processing capabilities, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, notes, bibliography, indexed, 277pp., remainders mark. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A close-up view of the popular American television series 'ER' of a hospital emergency room - the technology and medical techniques used in the series amplified and explained, behind the scenes information on the cast, bloopers, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, indexed, 232pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The touching memoir of a woman faced with malignant metasticized breast cancer and the reality of her likely death approaching, she reflecting much upon the close and loving support she received from her husband and other family members, the roles of doctors and other caregivers, the final tasks and affairs she had to get in order, support groups that helped her, and the issues of dignity and personal courage - as well as her views on the flaws and false hopes of the 'wish away your cancer' literature so commonly found in 'New Age' feminist tracts and books. Hardcover with dust jacket, 212pp., remainders mark. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Condizione: FINE. First printing. Autobiography of the scientist who synthesized the birth control pill, and as such, has had an enormous influence on the lives of women in the 20th century - and on changes in our culture. Photographs, index. 321 pgs. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (rem line.).

Condizione: FINE. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A book which "demonstrates how the same forces that power the growth of the world's superstar cities also generate their vexing challenges: gentrification, unaffordability, segregation, and inequality. Meanwhile, many more cities still stagnate, and middle-class neighborhoods everywhere are disappearing. . . [this] offers a compelling diagnosis of our economic ills and a bold prescription for more inclusive cities capable of ensuring growth and prosperity for all." Illustrated with charts and maps. Notes. xx, 294 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.…

Condizione: FINE. First US printing. A book by the chief engineer of the Chernobyl nuclear plant at the time of its construction (in 1970) which "relates the grim aftermath of the 1986 disaster and the attempted cover-up by the Gorbachev regime. Medvedev. . . emphasizes that authorities knew about, and covered up, pre-Chernobyl nuclear accidents and near-accidents (particularly the Chelyabinsk explosion in the late 1950s), and he indicates that a combination of secrecy, neglect, ignorance, and bureaucratic callousness prevented responsible officials from anticipating or doing much about potential accidents at other Soviet nuclear facilities." (Kirkus Reviews) Translated from the Russian by Evelyn Rossiter. Introduction by David Marples. Index. 213 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line). …

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good. 262 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear. Clean text. Publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge of book.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Copyirght 1977. 348 pp. The book is in excellent condition. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text save for some foxing on page edges. William Davis (Cover Design & Photo); Vincent Torre (Design) (illustratore).

Condizione: FINE. Trade paperback. Autobiography of the scientist who synthesized the birth control pill, and as such, has had an enormous influence on the lives of women in the 20th century - and on changes in our culture. SIGNED on the title page with the words "with compliments" and dated in 1999.Photographs, index. 319 pgs. Fine (as new.).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Copyright © 1996 by William H. Calvin. 184 + vi pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy and dust jacket! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy and dust jacket with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, and light shelf wear. Occasional underlining and marginalia on text. Smooth covers. Relevant newspaper articles placed by previous owner included. Dust jacket shows very minimal, minor or light wear and use. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Tom Stvan (Jacket Design); Doug Vanderhoof (Author Photo) (illustratore).…