James Whittaker: Signed (20 results)
The Other 23 Hours: Child-care Work with Emotionally Disturbed Children in a Therapeutic Milieu
Larry K. Trieschman, Albert E.; Whittaker, James K.; Brendtro
Published by Aldine Publishing
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by Brendtro on title page.
Transportation Needs of the Poor, A Case Study of New York City (Signed)
Ornati, Oscar A. (assistance from Whittaker, James & Solomon, Richard)
Published by Praeger Publishers, NY etal,
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Seller: Berry Hill Book Shop, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.Berry Hill Book Shop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. (1969), First Edition, Near Fine/no dj, octavo, 111pp. plus 12pp. maps & charts in rear, green cloth hardcover, third volume in Praeger Studies in U.S. Economic and Social Development series, Presentation copy Signed: "To Fred a good, great, able bureaucrat, and a 'sport,' Oscar, Feb. 1970.". Sig…ned by Author(s).
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Seller: Pegasus Books, Farmington Hills, MI, U.S.A.Pegasus Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. B&W Illustrations; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; x, 272 pages; Hard cover has blue boards with white lettering, stitched binding. Pages are clean and tight, appears as if unused. Illustrated with b/w pictures, flow charts, etc. "Use the Balanced Scorecard to Reach - and Exceed - Your Federal Organization…'s Strategic Goals and Performance Standards! Improving the performance of the federal government has been what it's all about ever since passage of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA). Since President Clinton signed the law, every federal agency and organization has implemented a variety of strategic management approaches to streamline operations, maximize performance and achieve compliance. One of the most successful of these approaches has been the "Balanced Scorecard" - a new corporate favorite - adapted specifically for implementation in the federal government. Now you can discover how your federal colleagues are achieving operational excellence and enhancing organizational performance." Index.
Language: English
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, USA, 2018
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Bob's Book Journey, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Bob's Book Journey
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback with robot holding a flower on front cover, 88 pp. SIGNED by the author on the title page with inscription: Kelly, What's Next ? James A. Whittaker. Minimal wear, unmarked tight binding. "We are the first generation smart enough to build artificially intelligent machines and stupid eno…ugh to actually build them. In as little as a generation from now, we will co-exist with machines smarter than ourselves and live a life bereft of labor and responsibility. Our collective future awaits. Will it be our ruin or our salvation? In either event, brace for impact.". Signed by Author(s).
Published by Published by the Author
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on inside front cover. (Vietnam War, Memoirs).
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- First Edition
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Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.Southampton Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Later Printing. Published by Aldine Publishing, 1983. Octavo. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed on flyleaf. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent…customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
The Last Step : The American Ascent of K2
Ridgeway, Rick (signed); Edward M. Kennedy; James W. Whittaker
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- First Edition
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Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Good dust jacket. First Edition. Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers, 1980. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Fine condition in a Good dust jacket (edge chips). NOT price clipped ($19.95). NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp an…d unmarked. 1979. First Edition (no additional printings listed). Introduction by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Prelude by James W. Whittaker. Illustrated with 32 pages of full color photos. 7" wide by 10.25" tall. Bound in the original brown cloth. From the dust jacket: "Pakistan's magnificent K2 is known also as 'The savage mountain.' At 28,250 feet it is second only to Everest in height but first in difficulty to climb, endowed with the worst weather in the Himalaya. Five times, SAmerican mountaineers had tried to climb this mountaijmn, and failed. Five men had died in these attempts. This is the story of the year that the Americans took care of their unfinished business. In 1978, under the leadership of Everest-veteran Jim Whittake (himself trying K2 for the second time), fourteen men and women set out with a common goal: to work together to get somebody -- anybody -- to the top of K2.". INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Good dust jacket. vii, 305pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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Seller: Easton's Books, Inc., Mount Vernon, WA, U.S.A.Easton's Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 7.5 X 1.25 X 10.25 inches. 301 pages. Signed by James Whittaker on title pages. Price clipped dust jacket has light wear to extremities. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking… information.
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The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
Ridgeway, Rick; Senator Edward Kennedy (Introduction); James W. Whittaker (Prelude)
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Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
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Hardcover, 301 pages. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. Signed on front free endpapers by James W. Whittaker, Diane Roberts and Jim Wickwire.?First Edition. Bumping to boards and to bottom of outer spine. Light soiling to text block. Scuffing to boards. Gilding on outer spine. Light age wear to f…ront and back paste-downs and to text block. Significant reading, handling and shelf wear to dust jacket. Heavy creasing and scuffing to dust jacket. Age wear and chipping to dust jacket. Missing piece of dust jacket, top outer spine. Signed on front free endpapers by James W. Whittaker, Diane Roberts and Jim Wickwire.
Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, NY, 1945
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.Riverow Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover w/DJ. Condition: Acceptable/Acceptable. Later Printing. New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1945. Later Printing. Hardcover w/DJ. Signed by author (James C. Whittaker) on title page - see photo; "We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing. The Complete Epic Story of the Ordeal and Rescue of Those Who…Were With Eddie Rickenbacker on the Plane Lost in the Pacific" . Sm 8vo., 139pp., dust jacket shelf wear, rubbing, chipping, water stains, light foxing (see photo); dj in plastic protective cover; book cover has stains and spots, shelf wear, bumped corners and spine tips, water staining, discoloration at edges; signed by author (James Whittaker) on title page, foxing on edges of text block, otherwise pages are unmarked . Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator).
Published by E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc, 1945
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.COLLINS BOOKS
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later printing. Signed by Whittaker. Fifteenth printing. 139pp, small octavo hardcover in dj. light wear to book edges yet boards clean, tight binding, interior text clean. DJ covers mildly worn and scuffed, chipping to dj spine ends, not price-clipped, in mylar cover…. signed by author.
Published by E.P. Dutton, 1946
- Hardcover
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Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Chipping to spine ends of jacket. Edge wear and staining to jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by E. P. Dutton & Co Inc, New York, 1948
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.Lowry's Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This book is in very good condition with tight binding and clean text. There is a partial cup stain on the front cover and the pages are deckled. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sheahan, Gary (illustrator). By Author.
Published by Seattle : The Mountaineers, 1980
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.Tacoma Book Center
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0898860075. Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Signed by photographer Diane Roberts and climbing team of Bill Summer, Craig Anderson, Jim Wickwire and Jim Whittaker on front end paper. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight brown…ing to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dust jacket with several small closed tears repaired with clear tape; minor wear to corners and edges; slight rubs to edges of spine; $25.00 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket; Good to Very Good condition. We have placed dustjacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described. Signed by Illustrators.
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Published by E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1949
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- First Edition
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Seller: Dara's Library, Highland Park, IL, U.S.A.Dara's Library
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "We Thought We Heard The Angels Sing" by Lieutenant James C. Whittaker 1949 - First Edition, 20th Printing Hand Signed & Inscribed Vintage Hardcover Book 8 1/4" x 5 3/4" 139 Pages The hardcover book is in good minus condition. The book has been hand signed & inscribed by Lieute…nant James C. Whittaker on the title page in blue ink. The previous owner's name is written in blue ink on the front end page, there are a few small stains, the back end page has some toning, and there is a tiny tear at the top of the first title page by the hinge. The boards are in good minus condition with light edge wear and toning. The binding is tight and square. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Original black-and-white celebrity portrait photograph of James W. Whittaker. Whittaker is wearing full mountain-climbing gear and poses in triumph at the summit of mountain while he holds up an American flag affixed to his ice axe. Signed by Whittaker in blue pen to the right as "James W…hitaker." No date, circa 1960s-1970s. 8" x 10." Former owner's inscription in blue ink on back briefly describing Whittaker. Photograph is pristine and intact except for a small mark on back. A Fine copy. James "Jim" W. Whittaker (b. 1929) is an American mountaineer. On May 1, 1963, he became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest with the American Mountain Everest Expedition as led by Norman Dyhrenfurth and guided by Sherpa Nawang Gombu (Gombu was the nephew of Tenzing Norgay, the first Sherpa to summit Mt. Everest with Edmund Hillary). Whittaker was awarded the Hubbard Medal by President John F. Kennedy for this successful feat. In 1965, Whittaker was part of an expedition that helped Robert F. Kennedy climb the newly-named Mount Kennedy in Kluane National Park, Canada. He and Robert became close friends. Whittaker also has a mountain named after him, Big Jim Mountain, in Chelan County, Washington. Signed by Author(s).
Published by E. P. Dutton, 1949
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Sleuth Books, FABA, Palm Coast, FL, U.S.A.Sleuth Books, FABA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 21st edition, 1949. Book issued in brown hardcover with blue titles in a like dust jacket, which has not been price clipped $2.00. 139 pages with pages from the author's diary endpapers. Frontispiece of the author on coated paper and b/w photographs throughout. Signed by t…he author on the title page. Selling quality books for 35 years. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by E. P. Dutton, New York, 1949
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Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.Old Scrolls Book Shop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 20th printing. Fine hardcover book, a beautiful copy, SIGNED by author, in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean beige cloth boards with illustration on cover (men in lifeboat at sea), black lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight…and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Frontispiece glossy photo of the author, and SIGNED in beautiful penmanship by the author on title page: "Best Wishes of James C. Whittaker." All pages are clean and bright. Illustrated with sketches and map by Gary Sheahan; photographic illustrations. Small newspaper article laid in regarding the author's appearance at an assembly. 139 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap); has a few small shallow edge chips; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Signed by Author(s).
Published by E.P. Dutton, US, 1943
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- Signed
Seller: Keeper of the Page, Enumclaw, WA, U.S.A.Keeper of the Page
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good DJ. Later Printing. E.P. Dutton 1943 Later Printing Very Good/Very Good DJ Autographed by Author ".Lt. James C. Whittaker" on title page. 15th printing May 1946. Light fading near upper spine of teal cloth with black lettering and front radiant drawing. End papers have photos of notes l…eft for "Finder" from Author's Diary. Tight bright photo and drawing illustrated pages. Inside page edges deckled. Bright dust jacket with drawing illustration with survivors in rafts in the sea and shark fins; with some small mended tears. 2+139+5 pages. 10.6 ounces. Size: 8 x 5 7/8 x 5/8 inches. Signed by Author.
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Published by Rich & Cowan, Ltd, London, 1934
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiii, [15]-327 pages; VG; bound in publisher's black cloth, white titling to spine, white monogram to front cover; Inscribed on the title page to Luke Harvey Poe by James Whittaker, dated 18/4/44. Additionally inscribed on the ffep to Harvey from James, dated Reykjavik, Iceland,…1944: "My dear Harvey: Here is a true story for you: it is as true as the law allows. There is no distortion & no exaggeration. Now you'll understand why I want to make a better world."; shelved case 9. The only known book written by James Whittaker. He served as a British Censorship Liaison Officer during WWII.; Luke Harvey Poe Jr served four years in World War II as a Lt. Cdr. with service in both the North Atlantic (U.S.S Symbol) and Pacific (U.S.S. Mississippi). The U.S.S Symbol operated in Reykjavik from March 31st through July 22nd, 1944, where this book was inscribed; 1358459. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
