Miscellaneous Nonfiction from Bookfever.com, IOBA

New York:: McGraw-Hill,, (1931). Hardcover -. Good overall in very dark green cloth (some wear to the ends of the spine covering and corners, lettering on spine rubbed, but a tight and sturdy book). First edition, fourth impression.. Illustrated throughout with drawings and charts. Index. 275 pp.

Chicago:: National Association of Box Manufacturers,, 1921.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in olive green cloth with gilt lettering. . First edition. A comprehensive look at all aspects of using wood to build boxes and crates, from types of wood used, box design and testing the crates. Maps, illustrated with many photographs. including of wood… Read more about this item

London:: The Rodale Press,, 1954.. Hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (dj taped on inside at two 1 inch tears with some minor fading and rubbing to dj spine.). First thus. A Miniature Book. One of the first comments on the topic of tobacco smoking, by a King who disliked the habit… Read more about this item

London and New York:: Methuen & Co / John Wiley & Sons,, (1956). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with silver titling to spine and front board.. First printing. A title in the series "Methuen's Physical Monographs". [iv] 119pp. Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece photograph, charts. Bibliography, references, index. Small format… Read more about this item

Boston:: Little Brown,, 1856.. Hardcover -. Good condition overall, although the original tan leather binding has significant rubbing, previous owner's name on front endpaper and discoloration from binder's glue on endpapers, this is still a sturdy, tight copy. . Fourth Edition. The last of Story's commentaries, originally published in 1845; the editor of this fourth edition, Edmund… Read more about this item

London:: Hodder & Stoughton,, n.d. (ca 1903). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in the original brown cloth with a small pictorial inlay and dark brown lettering in the uncommon original glassine wrapper (hinges starting, some pages still unopened, tear and associated creasing to back cover of wrapper. . First edition. An early book by this American… Read more about this item

Chicago:: By the author . Gentry Printing Company,, (1931). Hardcover first edition -. Fair condition only in blue cloth boards with black lettering on front cover (some rubbing and wear to the covers, binding a little loose, but holding). First edition. Illustrated with drawings, includes questions and answers and a glossary. 62 pp.

Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1963.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, tanning to dj and minor edgewear). First printing. A book based on the Rosenthal lectures for 1962 at Northwestern University Law School. Pike was an attorney who became a bishop (and who is still a member of the… Read more about this item

New York:: Hudson Street Press (Penguin),, (2010.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.) Big Sunday card laid in. ,. First printing. "A practical, honest and often irreverent guide to volunteering." SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the half title page. Resources, 259 pp.

Oakland, CA:: Ronin Publishing,, (2003). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (an unread copy). First printing, a trade paperback original. "A common sense approach to the investigation and resolution of cases of reported ghostly happenings, including apparitions, hauntings and poltergeists." INSCRIBED on the title page " to-- may the spirits always be good to you."… Read more about this item

New York:: Hyperion,, (1996). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. SIGNED on the title page by Lucille Treganowan. Includes tips on buying a car. Illustrated with photographs, glossary, index. xi, 257 pp.

London:: Oxford University Press,, (1938). Hardcover first edition -. Very good (previous owner's name, a few penciled marginal notations at end of book), no dust jacket.. First edition. A look at bridge building, tunnels, hydroelectric projects, dams and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 22 glossy plates and numerous drawings and maps. A title in the Pageant of… Read more about this item

Geneva: : Societe Anonyme des editions Sonor, 1922.. First edition -. Fair condition only in the original wrappers (rear cover missing, front cover detached but present, beginning to separate at signatures, stamp of previous owner and underlining on a few pages.) . First edition. Recueil indispensable d'articles de base dus ˆ Ferdinand de Saussure, auteur du fameux Cours… Read more about this item

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1992). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "In this charming, pensive, humorous collection of stories, Daniel Wolk shows that the hidden meaning of the world is something we encounter every day, in the faces of our neighbors and in the ordinary events of our lives. In twenty-five… Read more about this item

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2007). SIGNED first edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers. .. First printing, a trade paperback original. Arranged alphabetically, this is "a fascinating, off-beat, and darkly humorous necrology that provides the grim, often outrageous details about the passing of influential persons. Meticulously researchedemploying archaeological records, published obituaries, official documents, and forensic evidencethis authoritative,… Read more about this item

New York:: Walker,, (2001). First edition -. Fine in blue illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A book which "recreates the modern history of diamonds, starting in 1869 when a native boy in South Africa found a large crystal on a farm, sparking a rush that brought Cecil Rhodes and Ernest Oppenheimer their glory.… Read more about this item

London:: George Newnes Limited, , (1957). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in tan cloth with gilt lettering, no dust jacket (prev owner's name). First edition. Illustrated with both black and white and full color plates. Appendices, logarithms, glossary, list of chemical substances. 111 pp.

Indianapolis:: Charisma Publications,, (1978). Good only in cream stapled wrappers (soiling to the covers). 3rd printing. A book of "motivation and inspiration" compiled from the author's speeches and writings. Printed on blue paper. 52 pp.

Berkeley, CA:: Viva Editions / Cleis Press,, (2012). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Quotations to inspire you, and to live by, from a variety of sources, arranged by topic. INSCRIBED on the first page by Klein. Foreword by Sark. Index of authors. 188 pp. Small square… Read more about this item

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1877 (c 1873). Hardcover -. Good condition in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (a hint of spine slant, corners slightly bumped). Early printing. "With An Introductory Article on the Principles and Practice of Ornamental Art." 205 pp plus 8 plates.