Clem J R (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: UsedGood. Hardcover; fading and shelf wear to exterior; otherwise in good condition w ith clean text, firm binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Larry Kresek. The Undercity by Dean R. Koontz; Jesting Pilot by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore; Chicago by Thomas F. Monteleone; The Vanishing American by Charles Beaumont; Billennium by J. G. Ballard; Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay by Robert Sheckley; Total Environment by Brian W. Aldiss; Black Is Beautiful by Robert Silverberg; In Dark Places by Joe L. Hensley; East Wind, West Wind by Frank M. Robinson; Disposal by Ron Goulart; Gas Mask by James D. Houston; Traffic Problem by William Earls; Gantlet by Richard E. Peck; City's End by Mack Reynolds; The Slime Dwellers by Scott Edelstein; New York AD. 26660 by Hugo Gernsback; and A Happy Day in 2381 by Robert Silverberg. Larry Kresek; (illustrator). Book.…

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 16, No. 5. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Schelling for "Silkies in Space" (novelette) by A. E. van Vogt. Includes "The Hide Hunters" (novelette) by Robert Moore Williams; "Mountains Like Mice" (novelette) by Gene Wolfe; "Earthblood" (pt. 2 of 4) by Keith Laumer & Rosel George Brown; "The Historian" by Carrol J. Clem; "Golden Trabant" by R. A. Lafferty. Lin Carter. Features: "Guest Editorial: The Year of the Horse" by Lester del Rey; "An APA for Everyone" by Lin Carter; "Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Gaughan, Adkins, Lutjens, and Wood. Tanning; stress crack; exposure tanning to cover along upper foredge and upper edge (see scan). Magazine.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 16, No. 5. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Schelling for "Silkies in Space" (novelette) by A. E. van Vogt. Includes "The Hide Hunters" (novelette) by Robert Moore Williams; "Mountains Like Mice" (novelette) by Gene Wolfe; "Earthblood" (pt. 2 of 4) by Keith Laumer & Rosel George Brown; "The Historian" by Carrol J. Clem; "Golden Trabant" by R. A. Lafferty. Lin Carter. Features: "Guest Editorial: The Year of the Horse" by Lester del Rey; "An APA for Everyone" by Lin Carter; "Hue and Cry". Illustrated by Gaughan, Adkins, Lutjens, and Wood. Minor rear cover scars; minor creasing; light wear and slight tanning. Book.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback book in near fine condition,inscribed on first blank page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later. Very good plus. Hardcover, spine faded, cover and foredges lightly soiled, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. FOREWORD BY CHARLES H. GOREN. AL ROSS (illustrator). INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Serie THE ECONOMICS OF NATIONAL SECURITY.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. dj: none. book: fine minus barely noticeable discoloration bottom of f cover. red-orange boards.

Hardcover, 15x24. Condition: Gut. 108 Seiten altersbedingt guter Zustand bo106709 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 350.

Hardcover. Signed, inscribed and dated by author on front endpaper. HC published in 1952. No DJ. Covers have some small stains. Side edge of pages has a small stain. Pages have slight tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed by Author. From cover "Autobiography of a man who learned practical lessons for young men starting in business, and is willing to tell about them." Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 152 pp. Pages are tight and clean. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. DJ is now protected in mylar cover. Illustrator: Patton, Jack. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 pound. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001339. Patton, Jack (illustrator).…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. loose-leaf publication ; OCLC: 857088726 ; a six-year run of Old-House Journal, as well as The Old-house journal catalog, with the indexes ; lists over 5,873 products and services, with 525 companies for the renovation of old houses; many articles on various aspects of repair; laid the groundwork for the Public Television series This Old House ; V.1.no.1: An old house is a way of life -- Protecting the aging house from winter storms -- Old-house living: a brownstone in Brooklyn -- Sealing leaky windows -- Quieting a steam heating system -- Flat-roof repairs -- Chimney check up -- The care and cleaning of brass -- v.1 no.2 : Refinishing secrets of the Boston Museum -- The bare-brick mistake -- A schoolhouse in Kentucky -- Restoring shutters to working order -- Surgery on a staircase -- Coping with frayed electrical wiring -- How to apply French polish -- Recipes for reviving and refinishing - v.1 no.3: Teaching a fireplace not to smoke -- Antique wallpaper preservation -- Victorian gingerbread -- The art of getting plastered -- Tricks an old farmhouse plays -- Matching bricks & mortar -- How to paint a cathedral -- v.2 no1: Catalog your house's secret passages -- An Italian villa in New Haven -- Major repairs to plaster surfaces -- Tips on mixing plaster -- Mansard roof -- A tale of two houses -- V.2 no 2: How to stiffen sagging floors -- Let's do away with incentives that destroy old houses -- Wallpaper in old houses -- Where to buy 18th & 19th century wallpaper -- Duplicating plaster cornices -- v.2 no.3: Duplicate plaster castings -- A townhouse in Trenton -- Parts of a staircase -- One way to insulate an attic -- V.2, no4: Drapes & curtains -- A family plantation in Virginia -- Don't get stuck with the wrong glue -- Restoration of sandstone -- V.2 no.5: Repairing old floors -- Octagon house on the Hudson -- Re-creating period window hangings -- v.2 no 6: A restorationist view of windows -- Queen Anne revival in Little Rock -- Repairing & restoring marble mantels -- Windows and parts -- V.2 no 7: Sawn wood ornament -- Pre-Civil War manse on the Mississippi -- Mix your own wood stain -- Running electrical wire -- Restoring and re-creating sawn wood ornament -- V.2 no 8: Eastlake -- Preserving woodworkers' art in St. Paul -- Restoring rotted window sills -- Improved process for stripping paint -- v.2 no 9: Tips on stripping shutters -- in Covington, a riverboat captain's Italianate berth -- restoring a frame house exterior -- Early American roof types -- Victorian fancywork -- v.2 no 10: The domestic architecture of Downing -- Caustic approach to exterior paint removal -- A restored federal enclave in Charlestown -- Detecting & defeating rot in old houses -- Downing on color -- v.2 no2 : Preventing rot in old houses -- How to make an electrical survey -- Greek revival on the immigrant road -- Classical orders -- v.2 no12: Refinishing old wood floors -- Insuring townhouse living -- Tips on sanding -- Painted floors -- Cast iron fences -- Care & repair of ornamental iron -- v.3 no 1: Early American wall stenciling -- Restored, a hopeless 1865 Greek revival ruin -- Selecting the best floor finish -- v.3 no2: Victorian stenciling -- Romanesque revival in the inner city -- The case against removing paint from brick masonry -- Replacing a clapboard -- Glenview, Victorian stencilling restored -- v.3 no.3 Restoring old brickwork -- Dual personality saves 1836 Greek revival -- The peril in Portland cement -- Marbelizing -- v.3 no 4: Late Victorian art movement -- Reviving a 1745 stone manor -- Selecting & using chemical paint removers -- v.3 no5: Greek revival decoration -- Self-supporting shingle-style seaside cottage -- v.3 no6: How to grain like a professional -- Moving story of a Swiss chalet in Vermont -- Locating buried artifacts -- v.3, no.7 : Lighting for the old house -- Victorian charm re-created in San Francisco -- Rebuiling fireplaces -- Adapting old fixtures -- Fancy butt shingles; etc ; a mark or two; else FINE. Book.…

A collection of five photo albums (dated 1922-1925) of an extended tour of Japan and China. American electrical engineers from General Electric visiting their Japanese counterparts and the hydro-electric power plants of Japan. Exquisite photos of early 1920's Japanese and Chinese culture, people, landscape and historical architecture. Five albums: Printed cloth over hard boards. Bound with ribbon. Heavy wheat colored cloth depicting a diagonal repeating scene of a colorful medieval procession; Japanese calligraphy is repeated throughout the print. All albums have slight fading on front cover; back cover retains original coloring in cloth pattern: black lettering and outlined figures in colored dress: crimson, teal, and blue on wheat colored fabric of a tight weave. All books show some wearing on edges to cloth cover (some fraying, and some corners bare of cloth); otherwise in excellent condition.* (Japan Book II has detached back cover). Two large 14" x 10.5" albums: ("Japan" albums I & II); two smaller 11.25" x 8.5" albums: ("China" albums I & II); and one 10.5" x 7" album: ("Power Plants 1922-1925"). Black and white photographs mounted on blank black leaves and captioned in a neat hand. The photographs are in excellent condition, beautifully photographed and composed, and expertly developed. Album: "Japan Book I" (1922) total of 178 black & white photographs ranging in size from 2 " x 3 " to 5 " x 3 . The album includes photographs of these locations: Hawaii, Waikiki Beach; Yokohama Harbor; Kamakura (shrines, including The Great Buddha of Kamakura); Kyoto; Lake Biwa; Kiso River; Mt. Fuji; Miyaoshita; and Osaka. Numerous photos of Japanese in traditional dress including numerous examples of Geisha; as well as peasants in traditional dress. Many posed and candid photos of people at work. Excellent documentation of clothing both formal and every day, including footwear and head dressing; vehicles, cars, bicycles, handcarts, ships, traditional Japanese fishing sailboats, fishing vessels, etc. Photographs of the 1922 "Gion Matsuri" - the festival of Yasaka Shrine, is the most famous festival in Japan, including photos of the giant floats. Excellent photos of architecture and landscape; many photos of cormorant fishing (River Nagara); Geisha tea ceremony and dancing; Book 1 contains numerous photos of the Empress of Canada, the British ship that will help with the rescue after the 1923 earthquake and tsunami which devastates Japan (photos of the aftermath of the earthquake are contained in "Japan Book II"). Album: "Japan Book II" (1922-1923) total of 124 black & white photographs ranging in size from 2 " x 3 " to 4"x3" to 8"x10". *detached back cover. Also: a 24" fold-out map from a publication: "Mt. Fuji from the Five Lakes;" 11 Christmas Card Postcards (writing on back but all glued in) and numerous other post cards: 12 from hotels. Includes scenes of Kyoto; Yokohama; Tokyo; Mount Fuji and Nikko; Photo subjects include: historic architecture; temples, traditional Japanese home life including sleeping quarters; street scenes; rice patties; and rice threshing; peasants at work; domestic scenes; a sumo wrestler; and wealthy Japanese in both western and traditional clothing. Several photos captioned with the names of all in the photo including one from 1922 at Tokyo's famed "Maple Club" (Koyokan); as well as the members of the Tokyo Electrotechnical Laboratory (1922) headed my R. Mitsuda (who figures prominently in this album). Photos of Waseda University campus and numerous photos of Dr. R. Mitsuda of the Imperial Electrotechnical Bureau of Tokyo. Also in this album: Photographs taken in the immediate aftermath of the September 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Book 2 becomes more personal in nature in the final pages - pictures are from various cameras, dates, and types of photograph; including more family groups such as the "Kikuchi Family" (1960); the family of "R. Mitsuta" (fully captioned with names and relationships; taken in Japa. …