‎Biographie‎

‎Lizzie Spender‎

‎Wild Horse Diaries‎

‎John Murray UK 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 330 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: John Murray UK 2005. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. Lightly tanned pages. Dust Jacket is in very good condition without tears or chips or other damage other than spine which is faded by sun exposure. Dust Jacket is un-clipped. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An inspirational memoir about taming wild horses and fulfilling impossible dreams 'What that girl needs is a pony.' So said the poet WH Auden to Lizzie Spender's father when Lizzie was eight. Auden backed up his words with a cheque for GBP 50 but the horse never happened. Years later fate presented her with a horse. But fate had been dramatic - it was a wild horse that she'd seen from a helicopter above the red earth of the Kimberley - the ancient remote uninhabited north-west of Australia. The owner of the cattle station told Lizzie to consider it hers but Lizzie decided it wasn't enough to know her horse was out there. She wanted to go back and find her horse catch it train it transport it thousands of miles home to Sydney. She turned that dream into a reality in an extraordinary adventure. It was tough frustrating and beset with difficulties: an unpunctual horse-whisperer an Australian outback full of wild creatures the sheer mechanics of building the yards. But it was also a unique opportunity in which she got to know the wild horses watched the horse whisperer achieve miracles and took two horses on an arduous journey back to 'civilisation'. From the thrilling epiphany of achieving her dream to the subtle satisfaction of conquering her doubts this is an inspirational tale alive with the character of the Australian outback one of the last remaining wildernesses. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0719564212. ISBN/EAN: 9780719564215. Inventory No: 24030298. 9780719564215 John Murray hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24030298 ISBN : 0719564212 9780719564215

‎Robert W. Gutman‎

‎Mozart : A Cultural Biography‎

‎Pimlico UK 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 839 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pimlico UK 2001. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has moderate reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Astonishing not only in itself and for what was achieved in its tragically short span Mozart's life was lived in the years that were central in forming the cultural composition of the modern era. Gutman sees the 18th century as beginning and ending with two great but fundamentally different musical dynasties in place bridged by Mozart's phenomenal genius. This biography has at its core the premise that to illuminate the life and its works one must understand first and foremost its cultural context. Accordingly Gutman acts as our guide on a grand tour of the political religious social economic and musical elements that define the 18th century all the while at pains to keep the intimate story of Mozart's life firmly in sight. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0712664831. ISBN/EAN: 9780712664837. Inventory No: 24030261. 9780712664837 Pimlico paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24030261 ISBN : 0712664831 9780712664837

‎Jeff Guinn‎

‎The Road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple‎

‎Simon & Schuster Australia 2017. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade Paperback. 531 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster Australia 2017. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have moderate edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Edges of pages are reasonably browned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In the 1950s a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially integrated and he was a much-lauded leader in the contemporary civil rights movement. In this riveting narrative Jeff Guinn examines Jones’s life from his extramarital affairs drug use and fraudulent faith healing to the fraught decision to move almost a thousand of his followers to a settlement in the jungles of Guyana in South America. Guinn provides stunning new details of the events leading to the fatal day in November 1978 when more than nine hundred people died—including almost three hundred infants and children—after being ordered to swallow a cyanide-laced drink. Guinn examined thousands of pages of FBI files on the case including material released during the course of his research. He traveled to Jones’s Indiana hometown where he uncovered fresh information from Jonestown survivors. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781501175374. Inventory No: 24040077. 9781501175374 Simon & Schuster paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24040077 ISBN : 1501175378 9781501175374

‎Chris Larter‎

‎Around the World - for a Horse‎

‎A. H. & A.W. Reed New Zealand 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 162 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: A. H. & A.W. Reed New Zealand 1970. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have moderate bumping. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for small stain on front free end page. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Animals & Birds. ISBN: 0589004867. ISBN/EAN: 9780589004866. Inventory No: 24040098. 9780589004866 A. H. & A.W. Reed hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24040098 ISBN : 0589004867 9780589004866

‎Andrew Taylor‎

‎The World of Gerald Mercetor : The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised Geography‎

‎Collins UK 2004. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 291 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins UK 2004. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In ‘The World of Gerard Mercator’ Andrew Taylor chronicles both the story of a great astronomer and mathematician who was condemned to death as a heretic and the history of that most fascinating conjunction of science and art: the drawing of maps. Gerard Mercator was born in Flanders in 1512. In addition to creating accurate globes of the earth and the stars he was the first person to use latitude and longitude for navigation and he created the most-used map of all time: Mercator’s Projection is still the standard view of the world the one we all envisage when we think of a map of the globe. Simply finding the best solution to the impossible challenge of reproducing the spherical world on a flat sheet of paper was a considerable achievement in itself – something geographers and map-makers had been trying to do for centuries but Mercator also created the map of the world that would form the basis of the modern age an image of the continents for the common man. Until Mercator’s Projection maps offered a pictorial encyclopaedia to an illiterate world and that world stretched far beyond the knowledge and travels of most mapmakers. It is this evolution of mapmaking from art to science that forms the backdrop to the story of Mercator from the days of Herodotus and Strabo when fabulous creatures were supposed to inhabit the fringes of the world to the great mappae mundi of Hereford and Ebsdorf. The Greek geographer Pytheas claimed to have visited the far north of Britain to establish the limits of the habitable world; but further north he claimed that the earth air and sea coalesced into a jellyfish-like gelatinous suspension that made life impossible. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Geography & Maps. ISBN: 0007201729. ISBN/EAN: 9780007201723. Inventory No: 24020110. 9780007201723 Collins paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24020110 ISBN : 0007201729 9780007201723

‎Caroline Dakers‎

‎A Genius for Money : Business Art and the Morrisons‎

‎Yale University Press USA 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 326 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Yale University Press USA 2011. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is the spectacular rags-to-riches story of James Morrison 1789 1857 who began life humbly but through hard work and entrepreneurial brilliance acquired a fortune unequalled in nineteenth-century England. Using the extensive Morrison archive Caroline Dakers presents the first substantial biography of the richest commoner in England recounting the details of Morrison's personal life while also placing him in the Victorian age of enterprise that made his success possible. An affectionate husband and father of ten Morrison made his first fortune in textiles then a second in international finance. He invested in North American railways was involved in global trade from Canton to Valparaiso created hundreds of jobs and relished the challenges of "the science of business". His success enabled him to acquire land houses and works of art on a scale to rival the grandest of aristocrats. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9780300112207. Inventory No: 24020156. 9780300112207 Yale University Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24020156 ISBN : 0300112203 9780300112207

‎Geoffrey Serle‎

‎John Monash: A Biography‎

‎Melbourne University Press Australia 1983. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 600 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Melbourne University Press Australia 1983. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of pages are slightly soiled. Pages are lightly tanned. Short gift inscription in ink. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book exemplifies biography in its fullest sense. Sir John Monash was one of Australia's greatest men and probably the greatest of its soldiers but this book is much more than a military study. Monash was a graduate of the University of Melbourne in three faculties Arts Law and Engineering; he was a man of wide-ranging intellect especially devoted to literature music theatre languages and Jewish scholarship. He was almost the only senior Allied general to emerge in 1918 from the agony of the Western front with his reputation virtually unspotted. A Jew he spent his energies lavishly on the public affairs of his native Australia his immense prestige at the service of many great causes. He was a pioneer of reinforced concrete construction in Australia and as first Chairman of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria found fulfilment in harnessing Gippsland's huge brown coal deposits. Monash's immense collection of private papers never before used allows a study of the man in detail which is rarely available. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0522842399. ISBN/EAN: 9780522842395. Inventory No: 24020155. 9780522842395 Melbourne University Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24020155 ISBN : 0522842399 9780522842395

‎Jack Repcheck‎

‎The Man Who Found Time : James Hutton and the Discovery of Earth's Antiquity‎

‎Perseus Publishing USA 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. 247 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Perseus Publishing USA 2003. First Edition. 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. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: There are three men whose contributions helped free science from the straitjacket of theology. Two of the three - Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Darwin - are widely known and heralded for their breakthroughs. The third James Hutton never received the same recognition yet he profoundly changed our understanding of the earth and its dynamic forces. Hutton proved that the earth was likely millions of years old rather than the biblically determined six thousand and that it was continuously being shaped and re-shaped by myriad everyday forces rather than one cataclysmic event. In this expertly crafted narrative Jack Repcheck tells the remarkable story of this Scottish gentleman farmer and how his simple observations on his small tract of land led him to a theory that was in direct confrontation with the Bible and that also provided the scientific proof that would spark Darwin's theory of evolution. It is also the story of Scotland and the Scottish Enlightenment which brought together some of the greatest thinkers of the age from David Hume and Adam Smith to James Watt and Erasmus Darwin. Finally it is a story about the power of the written word. Repcheck argues that Hutton's work was lost to history because he could not describe his findings in graceful and readable prose. Unlike Darwin's Origin of the Species Hutton's one and only book was impenetrable. A marvelous narrative about a little-known man and the science he founded The Man Who Found Time is also a parable about the power of books to shape the history of ideas. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Science & Technology. ISBN: 073820692X. ISBN/EAN: 9780738206929. Inventory No: 24020042. 9780738206929 Perseus Publishing hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24020042 ISBN : 073820692X 9780738206929

‎Batchelder, Alf‎

‎ONLY YESTERDAY: Don Bradman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground‎

‎North Melbourne VIC Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing 2007. 275pp. Unpaginated b/white illustrated sections. Book clean and square. Illustrated card wrapper minimally bumped only. Textblock unmarked. 'Only Yesterday' is a book of homage to the greatest batsman to have ever played the game of cricket Australian Don Bradman 1908-2001 and in particular the times he played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground thrilling cricket fans with his prodigious batting skills . . . Contents include: Prelims. Preface. 12 chapters. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Book weight approx. 595g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - approx. 23.25cm x 15cm. Australian Scholarly Publishing Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 014262

‎Kelsall, E. M. 'Mick'‎

‎IN THE SMOKE: A Riverman Moves to the City Inscribed Copy‎

‎Port Mebourne Victoria Australia: Lothian Publishing 1989. vii 181pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm lightly bumped on heel. Colour-art illustrated Dianne Cook card wrapper minimally bumped and edgeworn corner creases. .A personal inscription signed and dated by the author on half-title page else textblock unmarked. In this sequel to 'A Riverman's Story' the author and his young family move from his life on the Murray River to Melbourne's northern suburbs where they battle through the trials of the war years and life-changes in the post-war era . . . Mick Kelsall died in 1990. Contents include: Prelims. Foreword. 15 chapters. Epilogue. Book weight approx. 255g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Paperback. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - approx. 21cm x 13.5cm. Lothian Publishing Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 014155 ISBN : 0850913632 9780850913637

‎Hardaway, Benjamin H‎

‎Never outfoxed: The hunting life of Benjamin H. Hardaway III‎

‎Benjamin H. Hardaway III 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x9x1. Jacket has light wear book edges are lightly worn binding tight internally clean. This book tells the story of Ben Hardaway's life as a fox-hunter. It chronicles his early love of hnting and continutes with his growth as a hunter and his emergence as one of the world's foremost breeders of boxhounds. His story is a documented anecdote by anecdote depicting Hardaway's exploits at home and abroad. It is rife with characters who had a profound influence on Hardaway's life and his development as a hunter and breeder. Though biographical in nature the book serves as a guide to breeding training and hunting a pack of hounds. It is not scientifically technical in its perspective but rather is told by the Master himself in prose which is crisp earthy and lends to the reader a refreshing ambience seasoned with the trademark Hardaway humor. Benjamin H. Hardaway III hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 201115002 ISBN : 0966015908 9780966015904

‎Geoffrey Serle‎

‎John Monash: A Biography‎

‎Melbourne University Press Australia 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Hardcover. 600 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Melbourne University Press Australia 1985. Reprint. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping and minor chips and/or tears. . Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book exemplifies biography in its fullest sense. Sir John Monash was one of Australia's greatest men and probably the greatest of its soldiers but this book is much more than a military study. Monash was a graduate of the University of Melbourne in three faculties Arts Law and Engineering; he was a man of wide-ranging intellect especially devoted to literature music theatre languages and Jewish scholarship. He was almost the only senior Allied general to emerge in 1918 from the agony of the Western front with his reputation virtually unspotted. A Jew he spent his energies lavishly on the public affairs of his native Australia his immense prestige at the service of many great causes. He was a pioneer of reinforced concrete construction in Australia and as first Chairman of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria found fulfilment in harnessing Gippsland's huge brown coal deposits. Monash's immense collection of private papers never before used allows a study of the man in detail which is rarely available. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0522842399. ISBN/EAN: 9780522842395. Inventory No: 18100093. 9780522842395 Melbourne University Press hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 18100093 ISBN : 0522842399 9780522842395

‎McClure, Colonel Alexander K. (with intro and Anecdotes by)‎

‎Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Annecdotes That Made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America's Greatest Story Teller‎

‎Chicago: The John C. Winston Company No date of publication; Retired library copy with usual stamps stickers and marks; Front endpaper ink signature is dated 3/1/1912 Emerson Nebraska; Textblock exceptionally tight and clean. Top page edges are a bit shelf worn. Soiled back cover spine and front cover have red and black bordering decoration white lettering front cover has paper picture of Abraham Lincoln paste down lightly shelf worn and with a few library labels on spine and front cover. 416pp. Cloth w/Paper Paste-down. Very Good. Illus. by Drawings/plates in Color and b&w. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover. The John C. Winston Company Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : SB11209

‎Japanese Postcard Album with Lacquered Cover and Hand-Colored Real Photo Postcards‎

‎Japan 1910. Hardcover. Very Good -. 15 x 20 cm. album containing 52 postcards 47 of them hand-colored. Black lacquer boards; front board illustrated with scene of a woman and a man painted in gilt and red. None of the postcards have been used and none have dates of publication. Some of the cards were produced by Tonboya in Yokohama; the firm was actively publishing hand-colored postcards from about 1910 to about 1930. The first postcard is a view of Mt. Fuji with a foreground illustration painted in gilt and black. The next two are portraits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in black with a gilt emblem above each of their heads. The hand-colored views are of streets scenes temples and parks in Yohohama Kamakura Tokyo Kyoto Nara and Kamata; a number include geishas. There are two views of women in Yoshiwara. A complete list is available on request. In Very Good- Condition: front board is detached and is chipped along the lower edge and upper corners; color is bright on front board; postcards are clean and bright without chipping. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 005262

‎Hugues De Montalembert‎

‎Invisible: A Memoir‎

‎Simon & Schuster USA 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 127 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster USA 2010. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Pages are in excellent condition - no creasing or marks. Dust jacket has light soiling. Dust Jacket is un-clipped. Minor edgewear to covers. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The impressionistic memoir of an artist who was blinded in a sudden act of violence leading to a profound meditation on what it means to see and be seen 'You live in a city like New York. You read the papers. You look at the television. But you never think it will happen to you. It happened to me one evening'. One summer night in 1978 Hugues de Montalembert returned home to his New York City apartment to find two men robbing him. In a violent struggle one of the assailants threw paint thinner in Hugues' face. Within a few hours he was completely blind. Eloquent and provocative Invisible moves beyond the horrific events of that night to what happened to Hugues after he lost his sight: his rehabilitation his solo travels around the world and the remarkable way he learned to 'see' even without the use of his eyes. Without a trace of self-pity Hugues describes his transition from an up-and-coming painter to a blind man who had to learn to walk with a cane. His status changed in the eyes of other people as their reactions ranged from avoidance to making him their confidant. Hugues travelled to faraway places and learned to trust strangers and find himself at home in any situation. Part philosophy part autobiography part inspiration Invisible will change the way you view the world. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN/EAN: 9781416593669. Inventory No: 16070026. 9781416593669 Simon & Schuster hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 16070026 ISBN : 1416593667 9781416593669

‎Valentine Laura‎

‎Aunt Louisa's Holiday Guest: Comprising Dame Trot and Her Cat Good Children Bruin the Bear Home for the Holidays; with twenty-four pages of illustrations printed in colours by Kronheim‎

‎London: Frederick Warne and Co 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. 30 leaves of text interspersed with 24 leaves of color plates: wood-engravings; 27 cm. Original dark green cloth with gilt stamped spine and cover titles; gilt and black stamped cover illustration and decoration. Imprint includes: New York: Scribner Welford and Armstrong. Date taken from English Catalogue of Books. Publisher's device printed on title page. Colour wood-engraved plates include areas printed in colour with metal. All are unsigned and without imprint. Plates and text are separated by guard sheets. "Aunt Louisa" was a pseudonym of Laura Valentine general editor of Warne's publishing house. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Jennie Z. Banks Presented by her Uncle C. Jack Christmas 1874." Each story includes one double-page illustration. In Very Good Condition: corners are rubbed with minor fraying; front joint rubbed with 1-cm. split in cloth; back board slightly rubbed; front is clean and bright; finger-soiling on a few guard pages and one page of text; otherwise clean and bright. Frederick Warne and Co hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 003744

‎Kevin Sheedy‎

‎Sheeds : A Touch of Cunning‎

‎BAS Publishing Pty Limited Melbourne 1995. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 351 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: BAS Publishing Pty Limited Melbourne 1995. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. Minor reading creases to spine. Previous owner's name in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1863502092. ISBN/EAN: 9781863502092. Inventory No: 12110031. 9781863502092 BAS Publishing Pty Limited paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12110031 ISBN : 1863502092 9781863502092

‎Ian Botham‎

‎Head On: Botham : The Autobiography‎

‎Ebury Press UK 2007. Softcover. As New. Softcover. 384 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Ebury Press UK 2007. CONDITION: This book is in as new condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. This book is an unread copy. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century by the fans Sir Ian Botham is the English game's one true living legend and his story both on and off the pitch reads like a Boy's Own rollercoaster ride. Born with a natural genius for the game Botham began breaking records with bat and ball from a young age and soon became the man English cricket expected most from. After a troubled period as captain Botham rose once again to become a national hero with his display in the Miracle Ashes of 1981. But with his confrontational nature and wild streak he began regularly making the wrong kind of headlines. With accusations of drink and drugs affairs and ball-tampering he became hounded by the tabloid pack never sure whether they wanted him to triumph or implode. Now a Knight and just as famous for his tireless charity work Beefy gives us the definitive story of his never-dull life and times in his own no-nonsense words. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Sport Fishing Hunting Guns. ISBN/EAN: 9780091921491. Inventory No: 09030037. 9780091921491 Ebury Press paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 09030037 ISBN : 009192149x 9780091921491

‎Clayton Ellen Creathorne‎

‎Queens of Song: Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Celebrated Female Vocalists Who Have Appeared on the Lyric Stage From the Earliest Days of Opera to the Present Time‎

‎London: Smith Elder and Co 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. To which is added a chronological list of all the operas that have been performed in Europe." 2 volumes xvi 381 1 p.; 4 452 p.: engraved portrait frontispieces and 4 additional plates of portraits; 23 cm. Half dark green morocco with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine titles and decoration. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Bound by G.A. Brown & Co. Gift inscription on blank leaf following front free endpaper in each volume: "Hazel Wegeng Tilden from Mr. Wanamaker October 8th 1915." Includes index; "Chronological list of operas and their composers"; "Alphabetical list of dramatic composers not pre-eminent as operatic writers"; and "List of authorities." In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed most prominently at lower corners of boards; foxing of plates and facing pages heavy in some places; occasional light soiling of pages; a few marginal notes; otherwise clean and tight. Smith, Elder and Co hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 001638

‎Coxe, William‎

‎Travels in Switzerland in a Series of Letters to William Melmoth Esq‎

‎Dublin: L. White 1789. Hardcover. Very Good -. Printed for Messrs. L. White P. Byrne Grueber & M'Allister T. Heery J. Jones J. Moore and W. Jones." 2 volumes vii 5 vi 555 1 p.; xiv 2 544 24 p.: 5 leaves of engraved plates 1 folded; 21 cm. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf with red morocco spine labels bearing gilt-tooled title "Coxe's Switzerland" and black morocco spine labels with gilt-tooled volume numbers and decoration. One former owner's name Henry Zantzinger appears in red on both title pages where it has been crossed out and on p. 1 of vol. 2. Another former owner's name Geo. Vaux appears on front fixed endpapers the blank leaf following front free endpaper and the half title of vol. 1. Inscription on blank leaf indicates that Vaux acquired the volumes in 1859. This edition is a revision "with information from further travels of the author's Sketches of the Natural Civil and Political State of Swisserland." Includes index and bibliographical references. Without the maps of Switzerland and of Mont Blanc called for in the list of maps and plates as issued but including the folding panorama "View of the Alps as seen from the Environs of Berne" as well as plates showing a view of the lakes of Thun and Brienz from the top of the Niess the bearded vulture the timber bridge of Wettingen and two bouquetins. In Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; lacking part of morocco volume number label on vol. 1; front joint of vol. 1 weak; small triangular section of leather lacking from front board of vol. 1 at head of spine; leather at both ends of vol. spine and at head of vol. 2 spine lacking; leather on vol. 1 spine cracked; plates have left shadows on facing pages; occasional light foxing; otherwise clean and bright. L. White hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000955

‎Sanger, Peter‎

‎Lightfield: The Photography of Thaddeus Holownia‎

‎<p>Kentville Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press 2018. Book. As New. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. illustrated paper cover dust jacket .107 pages : portrait frontispiece "This book celebrates the life and work of acclaimed New Brunswick photographer Thaddeus Holownia former head of Fine Arts and Research Professor at Mount Allison University and recipient of the Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Arts. As well as providing a biographical overview Peter Sanger's lyrical survey contextualizes Holownia's extensive body of work revealing how his photographs 'construct refine vary sustain and share patterns of spatial structure imagery and thematic implication in a continuous present which is the true tense of Holownia's art'" -- Provided by publisher.</p> Gaspereau Press paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1125559568 ISBN : 155447177X 9781554471775

‎Francis Arthur Jones‎

‎The Life Story of Thomas Alva Edison‎

‎New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1931. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Light wear and faint stains to covers inscriptions on flyleaf sound copy with numerous B&W photos. Detailed biography indexed. <br/> <br/> Grosset & Dunlap hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 009417

‎Michaelis, David‎

‎N. C. Wyeth A Biography‎

‎Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0679426264 . Tight unmarked book in crisp dust jacket. ; 6.75 X 1.73 X 9.5 inches; 555 pages . Knopf hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 66510 ISBN : 0679426264 9780679426264

‎Naifeh Steven & Gregory White Smith‎

‎Van Gogh. The Life‎

‎Random House. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0375507485 . Stiff square clean book iin illustrated boards unmarked but for blotted name to corner of front endpaper; in crisp glassine dust jacket. ; 6.6 X 1.96 X 9.39 inches; 976 pages . Random House hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 66530 ISBN : 0375507485 9780375507489

‎Gielgud John Sir & Richard Mangan‎

‎Sir John Gielgud: A Life in Letters‎

‎Arcade Pub. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1559707291 . Tight square unmarked book in glossy dust jacket. ; 6.375 X 1.625 X 9.5 inches . Arcade Pub hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 66542 ISBN : 1559707291 9781559707299