Melvin Brooks (66 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good; Cover Damage. No Jacket. Inscribed. Clean interior, very good. Cover spine is broken on one side. Repairable. Pages tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable: damage to Cover. No Jacket. Cover brittle and cracked off spine. All pages tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Contains work on and by Alice Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stapled binding tight, content clean and straight. If purchasing internationally, inquire about shipping charges before purchase. Ships within 1-2 business days.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover; Volume 7 only; surplus library copy with the usual stampings; reference number taped to spine; bar code taped to back cover; fading, light soiling, and shelf wear to exterior; fading to pages; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original yellow cloth. Near Fine. No Dust Jacket.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (poetry, melvin brooks ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Both books in pretty good shape, both clean and unmarked. Both volumes have some mild rubbing, light edgewear, gilt on front board and spine faded just a bit. Vol. 1 has some few little whitish spots on the back. Vol. 1 also has a little smudging on the first couple of pages (dirty fingers). Overall both books fairly nice. Heavy set not available for overseas shipping.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (latter day saints, dictionaries, latter day saint churches ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Cash. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. General reader wear to the corners, edges, and cover. Corners have been bumped a bit. Several cracks in the spine throughout the book. Several pages have underlining. The pages show some general reader wear as well. The book is in good condition with some normal reader wear. The dust jacket has some surface rubbing, edgewear, chipping, soiling, and creases. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator). HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Later Printing. The books in this two-volume set are in very nice coinditionwith only minor wear issues to the boards which are coevred with a textured material. Volume 1 is a 9th printing from 1966, Vol. 2 a 2nd printing, 1965. The volume 1 boards are slightly dusty as are the foredges on both volumes. Interior pages are unmarked except boith have the prevous woner's name inked on front pastedowns. The dust jackets (now under protective coverings) have wear at head and foot of spines, and lesser at corner tips. Both are also slightly rubbed, with minimal soiling. Volume 2 spine faded. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. The book has sound hinges and does not lean. Pages are clean and bright without creases, marks, stains or wrinkles. There is a single 1/8" spot near the bottom edge of the back cover, otherwise the brown cloth covers are completely clean. The gilt lettering on the book's spine is slightly faded but still entirely readable. None of the book's corners are bumped. The book's dust jacket is price-clipped. It is very clean with a few light scratches and rub marks. There are a few stress lines or light creases near the top edge and some small chips and tears along top and bottom edges. Still in publisher's shrink-wrap, unopened and unread. Illustrations by Richard Syzk. No wear or damage whatsoever. Beautiful Easton Press edition in full black leather with 22K gilt lettering and design on the covers and spine, 22K gilt outer page edges, barred spine, silk moire end pages and satin page marker. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States may require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 416 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0895770687; 9780895770684 LCCN: 79-88053 ; LC: AG5; Dewey: 031/.02; OCLC: 6524936 ; color pictorial boards ; no dustjacket ; "Presents 300 articles containing little-known information about 'things' that figure in everyday life, such as advertising, shoe polish, ketchup, pajamas, and zippers." ; Contents: Acronym - Automobile -- Balloon - Button -- Calendar - Crossword puzzle -- Decimal system - Dye -- Elevator - Eyeglasses -- Fad - Funeral -- Gadget - Guitar -- Hairstyle - Hypodermic -- Ice cream - Iron -- Jacket - Jury -- Ketchup - Knife, fork, spoon -- Lawn - Lock and key -- Magazine - Mustard -- Nail - Numbers -- Oil - Orange, lemon, lime -- Packaging - Purse -- Quiz show - Quilt -- Radio - Rug -- Safe - Symbiosis -- Table linen - Typewriter -- Umbrella - Uniform -- Vaccine - Vitamins -- Washing machine - Wine -- X-Ray -- Yawn - Yoghurt -- Zipper - Zoo. ; Vantage points -- Advertising -- Designs -- Images -- Renderings -- Technical genius ; containes 300 articles ; FINE. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator). Volume 1 No dust jacket as issued No dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator). HARDCOVER Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Oversized.

Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator). Quarto, laminated boards,644 pp.,colour photographs and illustrations, maps. The first of three volumes. Certain to stand among the reference books of choice for anyone interested in North America's aquatic ecosystems, this book covers the ecology, morphology, reproduction, distribution, behavior, taxonomy, conservation, and fossil record of each North American fish family. Volume one covers: Petromyzontidae (Lampreys); Dasyatidae (Whiptail Stingrays); Acipenseridae (Sturgeons); Polyodontidae (Paddlefishes); Lepisosteidae (Gars); Amiidae (Bowfins); Hiodontidae (Mooneyes); Anguillidae (Freshwater Eels); Engraulidae (Anchovies); Cyprinidae (Carps and Minnows); and Catostomidae (Suckers). The encyclopedic review of each fish family is accompanied by color photographs, maps, and original artwork created by noted fish illustrator Joseph R. Tomelleri. The result is a rich textual and visual experience. Widely anticipated, this monumental reference is the result of decades of analysis and synthesis by leading fish experts from a variety of universities, research laboratories, museums, and aquariums.

Condition: New. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator). Hardcover. Certain to stand among the reference books of choice for anyone interested in the continent's aquatic ecosystems, Freshwater Fishes of North America covers the ecology, morphology, reproduction, distribution, behavior, taxonomy, conservation, and fossil record of each North American fish family. Volume 1 (of three) covers the following North American families of fishes: Petromyzontidae (Lampreys); Dasyatidae (Whiptail Stingrays); Acipenseridae (Sturgeons); Polyodontidae (Paddlefishes); Lepisosteidae (Gars); Amiidae (Bowfins); Hiodontidae (Mooneyes); Anguillidae (Freshwater Eels); Engraulidae (Anchovies); Cyprinidae (Carps and Minnows); and Catostomidae (Suckers). The encyclopedic review of each fish family is accompanied by color photographs, maps, and original artwork created by noted fish illustrator Joseph R. Tomelleri. The result is a rich textual and visual experience. Widely anticipated, this monumental reference is the result of decades of analysis and synthesis by leading fish experts from a variety of universities, research laboratories, museums, and aquariums. The chapter authors of Volume 1 are: William E. Bemis; Micah G. Bennett; Michael D. Burns; Brooks M.Burr; Anthony L. Echelle; Nicholas J. Gidmark; Carter R. Gilbert; Howard S. GillLance Grande; Alex Haro; Phillip M. Harris; Eric J. Hilton; Lisa J. Hopman; Gregory Hubbard; Bernard R. Kuhajda; William J. Matthews; Deborah A. McLennan; Ian C. Potter; Claude B. Renaud; Stephen T. Ross; Michael Sandel; Andrew M. Simons; and Melvin L. Warren, Jr. Warren, Jr. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: As New. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator). 2020. Illustrated. Hardcover. . . . . .

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator). Hardcover. The highly anticipated second volume of Freshwater Fishes of North America, a monumental, fully illustrated reference that provides comprehensive details on the freshwater fishes of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.When the first volume of Freshwater Fishes of North America was published, it was immediately hailed as the definitive reference in the field. Readers have been fervently awaiting the next volume in this encompassing three-book set ever since. Now complete, volume 2, covering families Characidae to Poeciliidae, is the result of decades of analysis by leading fish experts from universities and research laboratories across North America.Each volume in this authoritative synthesis covers the ecology, morphology, reproduction, distribution, behavior, taxonomy, conservation, and the fossil record of the included North American fish families. The encyclopedic reviews of each family are accompanied by color photographs (nearly 250 in this volume alone), range maps, and artwork created by noted fish illustrator Joseph R. Tomelleri. The result is a rich textual and visual experience that covers everything known about the diversity, natural history, ecology, and biology of North American freshwater fishes.Volume 2 covers the following North American families of fishes:Characidae (Characins)Ictaluridae (North American Catfishes)Ariidae (Sea Catfishes)Heptapteridae (Three-barbeled Catfishes)Osmeridae (Smelts)Esociformes (Esocidae, Pikes and Umbridae, Mudminnows)Percopsidae (Trout-perches)Amblyopsidae (Cavefishes)Aphredoderidae (Pirate Perches)Gadidae (Cods and Cuskfishes)Mugilidae (Mullets)Atherinopsidae (New World Silversides)Beloniformes (Needlefishes and Halfbeaks)Rivulidae (New World Rivulines)Profundulidae (Middle American Killifishes)Goodeidae (Goodeids)Fundulidae (Topminnows)Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes)Poeciliidae (Livebearers)The chapter authors of Volume 2 are:Gianetta AdamsClyde BarbourMicah BennettRicardo Bentancur-R.Peter B. Z. BerendzenBrooks M. BurrMollie CashnerRobert C. CashnerBruce B. ColletteMatthew DavisAlice F. EchelleAnthony A. EchelleFernando GalvezMichael GhedottiNicholas GidmarkTerry GrandeRobert L. HopkinsLauren M. KuehneFrank McCormickNorman Mercado-SilvaAnn U. O'ConnellMartin T. O'ConnellJulian D. OldenClaudia Patricia Ornelas-GarciaMark Sabaj PerezKyle R. PillerSteven PowersJacob SchaeferJuan J. Schmitter-SotoAndrew M. SimonsRoger A. TaborCheryl ThieleMatthew ThomasMelvin L. Warren, Jr.Mark V. H. Wilson H. Wilson--Tim M. Berra, The Ohio State University, author of Freshwater Fish Distribution Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.