‎Biographie‎

‎Smiles Samuel.‎

‎Lives of the Engineers.‎

‎London: The Folio Society 2007. HEAVY.xviii 380pp index further reading maps bw & col ills pictorial endpapers. Highly decorative cloth boards in slipcase. Near new. Great British engineers: James Brindley John Smeaton; Matthew Boulton James Watt John Rennie Thomas Telford George & Robert Stephenson along with an appendix on Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Third Folio Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. 4to. The Folio Society Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 055524

‎Reid, Senator Harry (signed); with Mark Warren‎

‎The Good Fight: Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington signed‎

‎New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2008. SIGNED directly on the half title page by former Nevada Senator and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid only his signature and U.S.S. i.e. United States Senate NOT personalized to anyone. Very Good condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. Lightly rubbed but NO chips tears or fading. Bump to bottom corner of the cover but NO pages are affected i.e. NO page creases. NOT price clipped $25.95. FINE inside. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked -- apparently seldom if ever read. 2008. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Photo illustrated. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue boards. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "The Senate Majority Leader presents a narrative tale of Washington politics interspersed with the story of his own life during which he describes his impoverished rural childhood his dangerous stint at the head of Nevada's Gaming Commission and his decades in Congress." In 2021 Nevada's largest international airport was renamed in honor of this book's author. From Wikipedia: "The airport is named after U.S. Senator Harry Reid who represented Nevada in the Senate from 1987 to 2017. Between 1968 and December 14 2021 the airport was called McCarran International Airport; before 1968 it was named McCarran Field after U.S. Senator Pat McCarran who represented Nevada from 1933 to 1954… The airport was officially renamed Harry Reid International Airport on December 14 2021. Reid who was terminally ill did not attend the renaming ceremony in person. Two weeks after the airport was renamed Reid died at 82 years of age.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xii 292pp. 8 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 031215 ISBN : 039915499x 9780399154997

‎Jewitt, John R.; Stewart, Hilary (Annotated and Illustrated)‎

‎The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt Captive of Maquinna‎

‎Douglas and McIntyre 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second free end paper has been cut out else a very nice copy. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Douglas and McIntyre Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 048981 ISBN : 088894554X 9780888945549

‎Wolfe, Humbert‎

‎A Day of George Moore‎

‎NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth blue lettering on tan paper label on spine. Includes a Bibliographical List of George Moore's Writings. George Augustus Moore 1852 – 1933 was an Irish novelist short-story writer poet art critic memoirist and dramatist. While most refer to this work simply as "George Moore" Wolfe insists that "Whatever the gold lettering on the cover may allege the title of this book is "A day of George Moore.". Spine mildly faded rear cover lightly soiled else fine; unmarked tight square and clean. VERY GOOD. . Modern Writers Series. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. vi i 156 pp . Oxford University Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 29402

‎Gabriel Garcia Marquez‎

‎Living To Tell The Tale‎

‎Jonathan Cape UK 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 484 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Jonathan Cape UK 2003. First Edition. This is the first edition in the English language. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: He is perhaps the most acclaimed revered and widely-read writer of our time and in this first volume of a planned trilogy - a book that has already become a bestseller in its Spanish-language edition both abroad and in the United States - the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez begins to tell us the story of his life. Like all his work LIVING TO TELL THE TALE is a magnificent piece of writing. It spans Garcia Marquez's life from his birth in 1927 through the beginning of his career as a writer to the moment in the 1950s when he proposed to the woman who would become his wife. It has the shape the quality the aliveness of a conversation with the reader- a tale of people places and events as they occur to him- family work politics books and music his beloved Colombia parts of his history until now undisclosed and incidents that would later appear transmuted and transposed in his fiction. And as in his fiction the narrator here is an inspired observer of the physical world able to make clear the emotions and passions that lie at the heart of a life - in this instance his own. A vivid powerful beguiling memoir that gives us the formation of Gabriel Garcia Marqu. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0224072781. ISBN/EAN: 9780224072786. Inventory No: 21060042. 9780224072786 Jonathan Cape hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 21060042 ISBN : 0224072781 9780224072786

‎Moore, Percy H.‎

‎A Country Boy‎

‎Canada: Kask Graphics 1983. Book. Good. Paperback. Light wear signed by the author. Kask Graphics Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43195

‎Devion, Ron‎

‎From Stardust Book II‎

‎Canada: Island Blue Print 2012. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed to Claude by the author. Clean tight copy. Island Blue Print Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 42920 ISBN : 0978191412 9780978191412

‎Paul Geoffrey Chamberlain‎

‎Travels with George : A Journey Through the Land of Mummies Messiahs and Militants‎

‎Canada: Dingle House Press 2002. Book. Good. Paperback. Very light wear overall clean and tight. Dingle House Press Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41630 ISBN : 0968668445 9780968668443

‎David, R. K.‎

‎A Rich and Full Life‎

‎U.S.A.: Xlibris Corporation 2012. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by the author otherwise clean tight copy. Xlibris Corporation Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41470 ISBN : 1479738514 9781479738519

‎Shortridge Audrey Sim‎

‎On the Double Matilda!‎

‎Canada: Lookout Pub. 2006. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Very light wear. One woman's story of life as a Wren. Lookout Pub. Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41114 ISBN : 0978098803 9780978098803

‎Longson, Arlene Marie‎

‎Chilcotin Rose‎

‎Canada: Self Published 2009. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Very slight wear clean and tight. Signed by the author. Two copies available. Self Published Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 39791 ISBN : 0981199615 9780981199610

‎Perkins, Edward J.; Connie Cronley‎

‎Mr. Ambassador: Warrior for Peace‎

‎U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Perkins on title page DJ lightly rubbed otherwise very clean tight and bright. <br/> <br/> University of Oklahoma Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 016031 ISBN : 0806137673 9780806137674

‎Longson, Arlene Marie‎

‎Chilcotin Rose‎

‎Canada: Self Published 2009. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Very slight wear clean and tight. Self Published Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 38405 ISBN : 0981199615 9780981199610

‎Eckstein, Neil T.‎

‎Norton's Folly‎

‎USA: Grandview Books 1997. Book. Good. Paperback. A stamp blacked out on end paper else a clean tight copy. Grandview Books Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 37546 ISBN : 157502487X 9781575024875

‎Salmon Rushdie‎

‎Joseph Anton: A Memoir‎

‎Jonathan Cape UK 2012. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. Trade Paperback. 633 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Jonathan Cape UK 2012. First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in new condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: On 14 February 1989 Valentine s Day Salman Rushdie was telephoned by a BBC journalist and told that he had been sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini. For the first time he heard the word fatwa. His crime To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses which was accused of being against Islam the Prophet and the Quran . So begins the extraordinary story of how a writer was forced underground moving from house to house with the constant presence of an armed police protection team. He was asked to choose an alias that the police could call him by. He thought of writers he loved and combinations of their names; then it came to him: Conrad and Chekhov - Joseph Anton. How do a writer and his family live with the threat of murder for over nine years How does he go on working How does he fall in and out of love How does despair shape his thoughts and actions how and why does he stumble how does he learn to fight back In this remarkable memoir Rushdie tells that story for the first time; the story of one of the crucial battles in our time for freedom of speech. He talks about the sometimes grim sometimes comic realities of living with armed policemen and of the close bonds he formed with his protectors; of his struggle for support and understanding from governments intelligence chiefs publishers journalists and fellow writers; and of how he regained his freedom. It is a book of exceptional frankness and honesty compelling provocative moving and of vital importance. Because of what happened to Salman Rushdie was the first act of a drama that is still unfolding somewhere in the world every day. Quantity Available: 3. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780224093989. Inventory No: 14020090. 9780224093989 Jonathan Cape paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14020090 ISBN : 0224093983 9780224093989

‎Katyi, Andre‎

‎Angels on Devil's Island‎

‎Hungarian Press Book. Good. Hardcover. Slight wear to front cover and spine edges else a very clean tight copy. Hungarian Press Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 36583

‎Yellin, Jean Fagan; & Cynthia D. Bond.‎

‎The Pen is Ours A Listing of Writings by and about African-American Women before 1910 With Secondary Bibliography to the Present‎

‎New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press 1991. A pristine copy of the 1991 hardcover first edition. Brand New in PERFECT condition. This is the original 1991 edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A detailed bibliography of writings by and about American black women through 1910. Includes a 30 page listing of editions by or about Phillis Wheatley; 7 pages by or about Ida B. Wells; describes memoirs biographies poetry narratives written or dictated by slaves etc. Illustrated with portraits and vintage photos. First printing with complete number row including the "1" on the copyright page. A volume from the Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers series Henry Louis Gates Jr. general editor. Bound in the original blue cloth stamped in shiny gold. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket probably as issued. xl 349pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Oxford University Press Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 017305 ISBN : 0195062035 9780195062038

‎Vidic, Joze‎

‎Po Sledovih Crne Roke: Dokumentarno - Reportazni Zapis‎

‎Ljubljana: Zalozba Borec 1975. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. DJ rubbed with some edge wear dates and price on ffep pencil notes on title page interior clean binding tight 687 pages. <br/> <br/> Zalozba Borec hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 011419

‎Dion, Andre‎

‎Tapestry - A Priest's Journey‎

‎1994. Book. Good. Paperback. Very light wear. Signed by author. Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31872

‎Dybvig Leslie A.‎

‎Molodyetz‎

‎Canada: L. Dybvig 1984. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. Best wishes by author else clean interior. Covers lightly creased. L. Dybvig Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 30313 ISBN : 0919781306 9780919781306

‎Maurois, Andre‎

‎Chateaubriand‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape 1938. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally very clean tight and unmarked. Top edge red. A Very Good copy. Translated by Vera Fraser. 360 pages. Portrait to frontispiece and 2 other portraits and a fold out genealogical tree. Excellent biography of the writer and politician François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand considered by many to have been the father of Romanticism in French literature. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jonathan Cape Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000251

‎Parsons, H. B. "Hank"‎

‎Trail of the Wild Goose a story of a bush pilot.‎

‎Kelowna BC: Self Published. Very Good. 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Author; Card covers show some shelf wear with small stains and light soiling previous owner's name stamped on title page and inside front cover.; A tight solid book. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated with B&W photos ; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 197 pages . Self Published paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22607

‎Lax Eric‎

‎Woody Allen: A Biography‎

‎Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 1991. Very good hardcover very good dust jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf Inc. Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 030204-K38 ISBN : 0394583493 9780394583495

‎Wordsworth, D. and Knight, W. (ed)‎

‎Journals of Dorothy Wordsworth Volume 2‎

‎Macmillan and Co. 1897. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover.Smaller blue cloth 8vo with black leather quarter binding. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and some general wear. Cocked. Frontispiece and illustrated title page. All pages up to contents page have damp staining. Pages are secure. A few pages have small marginal pencil markings. Some foxing and grubbiness. A couple of pages are marked by ink blots Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: Macmillan and Co. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5776644

‎Solly Zuckerman‎

‎From Apes to Warriors‎

‎New York NY: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition Thus 1978 so stated. Near Fine in a Near Fine DJ: The Book shows light dusting to the top edge of the text block which is rubber-stamped 'US Government'; mild shelving wear to the heel of the backstrip; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome copy structurally sound and tightly bound showing minor flaws only. The DJ shows faint sunning to the red portion of the titles at the backstrip these titles remains bold and clearly legible and faint toning to the white background field of the inside front flap; the price $20.95 has NOT been clipped; mylar-protected. Remains attractive and intact showing minor unobtrusive imperfections. NOT a Remainder Book-Club or Ex-Library. Large 8vo 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.65 inches . Extensive Notes. Appendices. Index. Illustrated with duotone photographs and maps. Language: English. Weight: 33.9 ounces. Hardback with DJ. Solomon "Solly" Zuckerman Baron Zuckerman OM KCB FRS 1904 – 1993 was a British public servant zoologist and operational research pioneer. He is best remembered as a scientific advisor to the Allies on bombing strategy in the Second World War for his work to advance the cause of nuclear non-proliferation and for his role in bringing attention to global economic issues. He began his career at the London Zoological Society in 1928 and worked as a research anatomist until 1932. Zuckerman published his most noteworthy pre-war work 'Social Life of Monkeys and Apes'. Zuckerman taught at the University of Oxford from 1934 to 1945 during which time he was elected to a Fellowship of the Royal Society. During the Second World War Zuckerman worked on several research projects for the British government including the design of a civilian defence helmet colloquially known as the "Zuckerman helmet" and measuring the effect of bombing on people and buildings and an assessment of the bombardment Operation Corkscrew of the Italian island of Pantelleria in 1943. He was thus one of the pioneers of the science of operational research. Zuckerman's suggestion made when he was Scientific Director of the British Bombing Survey Unit BBSU and accepted by Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder and Supreme Allied Commander U. S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the lead-up to the Normandy landings that the Allies concentrate on disrupting the German-controlled French transportation system through heavy aerial bombing of rail lines and marshalling yards was officially called the Transportation Plan but was privately referred to by its opponents as "Zuckerman's Folly". A focus of Zuckerman's plan learned in Italy was to target locomotives and the capacity to service them due to a shortage in France prior to the Normandy campaign. He left the Royal Air Force on 1 September 1946 and was then Professor of Anatomy at the University of Birmingham until 1968 chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence from 1960 to 1966 and the first chief scientific adviser to the British Government from 1964 to 1971. He was also a member of a Royal Commission investigating environmental pollution from February 1970. He taught at the University of East Anglia from 1969 to 1974 where he was involved in setting up a school of environmental sciences. He served as Secretary of the London Zoological Society from 1955 to 1977 and as its president from 1977 to 1984. Some of Zuckerman's achievements include being a pioneer in the study of primate behaviour. His more notable publications besides the aforementioned 'The Social Life of Monkeys and Apes' was 'Scientists and War' published in 1966. Zuckerman wrote two volumes of autobiography this volume 'From Apes to Warriors' and ''Monkeys Men and Missiles'. He is also credited for making science a normal part of government policy in the Western world and wrote many articles on this topic including some formal lectures collected in 'Beyond the Ivory Tower'. There Zuckerman wrote about the role of science in policy. He also advanced the case for engineers and other scientists to adopt an oath similar to the Hippocratic Oath to consider the impacts of their work and avoid damaging the world particularly the natural environment. Zuckerman was knighted in the 1956 New Year Honours promoted Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1964 New Year Honours elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1965 appointed to the Order of Merit in 1968 elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1970 and was awarded a life peerage In 1971 taking the title Baron Zuckerman of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk. He was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society FRS in 1943.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xv 447 pages . Harper & Row hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 59305 ISBN : 0060130148 9780060130145