Albert L Scott (51 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket present. Series Five. The book is in fair condition with noticeable wear on the cover and spine. The hardcover shows signs of aging and use, particularly at the edges and corners. No dust jacket is present. The pages are clean and intact, with no inscriptions or markings. This copy is not an ex-library edition.…

Paperback. Condition: As New. New and unused. Buy multiples from our store to save on shipping.

Paperback. Condition: New. New and unused. Buy multiples from our store to save on shipping.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. s4 6"x9"; 350 pages; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following essays: "Foreword" by Bill Littlefield; "Pre-Game Warm-up: Who's on First?"; "There's No Place Like Home!" by Joe Kraus; "Minnesota's 'Homer Hanky Jurisprudence': Contradiction, Ethics, and the Twins" by Paul Horan and Jason Solomon; "Should Cubs Fans Be Committed? What Bleacher Bums Have to Teach Us about the Nature of Faith" by Thomas D. Senor; "Taking One for the Team: Baseball and Sacrifice" by Willie Young; "There Are No Ties at First Base" by Ted Cohen; "Taking Umpiring Seriously: How Philosophy Can Help Umpires Make the Right Calls" by J. S. Russell; "Baseball, Cheating, and Tradition: Would Kant Cork His Bat?" by Randolph Feezell; "There's No Lying in Basebal (Wink, Wink)" by Mark J. Hamilton; "Democracy and Dissent: Why America Needs Reggie Jackson:" by Eric Bronson; "Baseball and the Search for an American Moral Identity" by William J. Morgan; "The Negro Leagues and the Contradictions of Social Darwinism" by Alex Ruck and Bob Ruck; "We're American Too: The Negro Leagues and the Philosophy of Resistance" by Pellom McDaniels III; "The Zen of Hitting" by Gregory Bassham; "Japanese Baseball and It's Warrior Ways" by Michael Brannigan; "The Numbers Game: What Fans Should Know about the Stats They Love" by Jay Bennett and Aryn Martin; "Women Playing Hardball" by Leslie Heaphy; "Walking Barry Bonds: The Ethics of the Intentional Walk" by R. Scott Kretchmar; "Socrates at the Ballpark" by Heather L. Reid; "Baseball and Ethics: Should Pete Rose Be in the Hall of Fame?" (Yes) by Aeon J. Skoble (No) "Baseball and Political Philosophy: Does A-Rod Deserve So Much Money?" (Yes) by by Albert Duncan (No) by Joel Shuman; "Baseball and Metaphysics: Does Superstition Help Performance?" (Yes) by Steven Streeter (No ) by Neil Feit; "Baseball and Legal Philosophy: Should Steroids Be Banned?" (Yes) by Michaelm J. McGrath (No) by Simon Eassom; "Baseball and Aesthetics: What's the Best Baseball Movie?" (The Natural 1984) by Vincent L. Toscano (It Happens Every Spring 1949) by Larry Raful; "Baseball and Education: Were Baseball Players Better Role Models Then or Now?" (Then) by Edward A. Sullivan (Now) by Graham Harman.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of a novella, two novelets, nine short stories and a special feature, Featured are Rampion by Alexandra Duncan (novella), The Black Mountain by Albert E Cowdrey (novelet), Music Makers by Kate Wilhelm (novelet), The Final Verse by Chet Williamson (short story), Stock Photos by Robert Reed (short story), Agent of Change by Steven Popkes (short story), Fine Green Dust by Don Webb (short story), Signs of Life by Carter Scholz (short story), Starship Dazzle by Scott Bradfield (short story), The Old Terrologist's Tale by SL Gilbow (short story), Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer by Ken Liu (short story), The Road Ahead by Robert Reed (short story) and Jesse Francis McComas:THe Traveler Returns by Maria E Alonzo (special feature). Slight edgewear. In Near Fine Condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. pp xix, 154, 23cm tall, octavo. Reprint of a 1933 study preparing America for the return of legal alcohol and its regulation.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Golden Books (illustrator).

Condition: New. Golden Books (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. 96pp. Detail and instructional drawings including exploded views., plans, mechanical drawings. Inked notations to bfep. Illustrated khaki cloth w green lettering to cover. Light soiling commensurate w age and handling, no edgewear. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Compiled from articles that originally appeared in individual edition of the Popular Mechanics Magazine. …

Condition: New. Golden Books (illustrator).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine in wraps. 8vo., 154 pp. Reprint of a 1933 study preparing America for the return of legal alcohol and its regulation.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Selected and with an introduction by William Logan. Pictorial wrappers. Small faint stain on the cover, slightly toned spine, near fine. New Irish Poetry issue with poems by Michael Longley, Seamus Deane, Derek Mahon, Frank Ormsby, Tom Paulin, Medbh McGuckian, Paul Muldoon, Jeremy Nelson, Paul Mariani, William Harmon, Judith Baumel, James Galvin, Cynthia Huntington, Michael Collier, William Young, Albert Goldbarth, Scott Ruescher, and Dennis Hinrichsen. Fiction by Mary Morris, L.M. Rosenberg, Richard Pevear, and Sven Birkerts.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Golden Books (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 266 pp ; color photographic cloth ; no dustjacket ; Contents: Difference of opinion / John R. Patterson -- The lazy man grows roses / C. Hugh Blair -- Note on rose Anthracnose / Dr L M Massey -- Foliar fertilization of garaden roses / Dr Griffith J Buck -- The roses in the vase (poem) / Sylvia Merles -- That northeast corner / Mrs. Fred Jewett -- Growing roses in the high country /Mrs. William S. Corey -- How to predict rose lead rust / Dennison Morey -- We live with roses every day / Helen D Carswell -- Fungicide-Insecticide combinations for garden roses / Dr. L M Massey, Dr John A Naegele, J S Melchin, Harold Allen -- Roses grow in western Kansas / Maxine Graces -- Wear a rose (poem) / Hallie Mercer -- how to name a plant -- Roses flourish in Ohio / Elton Millman -- Beauty is essential / Mrs. Edward L Alexander -- Bake oven roses / William C McDonald -- Winter-hardy roses for the Great Plains / Glenn Viehmeyer -- Better roses for Tennessee / Dave Guyton, Jack Adamo -- A farmer grows roses / Albert E Morris -- Rose classifications revised / Roy E. Shepherd -- September roses (poem) / Maureen Fleming -- Experience and questions of a novice / M A Minns -- Rosebush in December (poem) / Louise Darcy -- Roses in Wisconsin / Dr Leo Cogan, Ann Cogan -- Common Rosarian mistakes / Harold H Allen -- In the heart of a flower (poem) / Allen E Woodall -- How to grow roses in Illinois / Dr Henry H Morrison -- Proof of the pudding -- A fancy from Fontenelle (poem) / Austin Dobson -- New rose patents -- Ode to a rose (poem) / Marion Voigts -- New rose sof the world -- Valiance (poem) / Nina Satirah Woodford -- Rose growing on the Central Plains / Kenneth Scott -- How I became interested in growing roses / Frank Rehberger -- A gardener's prayer (poem) / Helen Axtell -- Index -- Illustrations : John R. Patterson -- Mycelium of Elsinoe Rosarum -- Gold Cup -- Azte -- White Knight -- Reno -- Isobel Harkness -- Sterling Silver -- Don Juan -- Starlet -- Encore -- Sunlight -- Dian -- Magic Wand -- Arlene Francis -- Lavender Girl -- Gail Borden -- Lionel Barrymore -- Fusilier -- Cover: Tom Tom. ; VG. Book.…

Large Softcover. Condition: Good. Small photo clipped from John H, Wells ad on final page, wrappers rubbed with a few creases and some loss from spine ends. 1930 Large Softcover. 237, [3] pp. An early periodical to do with sail- and power-boating. black-and-white photographs throughout. Numerous ads for marine equipment, yachts, motors/engines, copper paint, etc. Contents include: A Word to the Wise; A Cruising We Will Go; Some Cruising Scenes; Four Diesel Yachts; At the Wheel; Glory of the Seas; A Cruise to Lake Champlain; On Down East Waters; Where the Blue Begins; Miriam Goes to Georgian Bay; Strange Waters; Exploring the Connecticut River; Two Weeks in the Navy; Fitting Out the Big Yachts; A West India Voyage; Overhauling the Power Plant; Practical Electric Wiring; Long Island Sound Harbors; Tabloid Navigation; The Voyage of the Svaap; Diesel Engine Catechism; The Comparison of the Model; Twin-Screw 64 by Deed; Another Alden Schooner; Janidore, a Wells Diesel; An Express Cruiser; Watts Designs a Three-Master; A 60 Foot Diesel Cruiser; A 125 Foot Square Rigger; A Runabout Design; Twin-Screw 50 Foot Cruiser; An Auxiliary by Crocker; An Example of Grebe's Work; Diesel Yacht Nakhoda; Another Wells Diesel; A Knockabout Schooner; A Beam Trawler; A Twin-Screw Semi-House Boat; Handling the Square Sail; The Watch Below; Letters from The Rudder Readers; Editorial; Boats for Sale; Waterway League Bulletin; Quarterdeck Talk; Racing Section; Outboard News.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. pp. 328 2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed. ; Folio ; 143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm. ; LCCN 99031437 ; Dewey 975.8/18 ; LC F294.A7 H47 1999 ; ISBN 9781885352286, 188535228X ; OCLC 41380530 ; sand-colored cloth with silver lettering in color photographic dustjacket; Contents: A special place -- Culture carved from the frontier, founding to 1899 -- The happy college town 1900-1949 -- Entering a style all our own 1950-1989 -- New directions, 1990s and into the future ; SIGNED by author Hester ; presentation from previous owner on front endpaper, else FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

Condition: New. pp. 328.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. Former owner's writings are on the front endpaper, but all other pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

Condition: New. pp. 328.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. new edition edition. 314 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition. THE ARMCHAIR ESQUIRE, Putnam, 1958, first edition, rear corners gently bumped, else just about fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. Contributions (with many of them being first book appearances) by Luigi Pirandello, D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings, John dos Passos, Thomas Mann, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Theodore Dreiser, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Lee Masters, Thomas Wolfe, H.L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, J.D. Salinger, Norman Mailer, Evelyn Waugh, Albert Camus, Aldous Huxley, John Steinbeck, Arthur Miller, Saul Bellow, Geroge Bernard Shaw, et.al.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.