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Pearce, Cliff
THE SILENT SOUND: Two Years In Antarctica and the First Winter Occupation of Alexander Island
<p>Book Guild Ltd UK 2004. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. As New/As New. 1st Edition; xvi 256 pagesillustrated 37 colour photographs 9 sketch maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Previous owners very neat inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. Appears unread. Written by Cliff Pearce who served in Antarctica with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for three years from 1959. A mountain was named 'Pearce Dome' in his honour. This work describes the author's adventure overwintering on Alexander Island and his two years spent in Antarctica. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 1857768450. ISBN/EAN: 9781857768459. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3754. . 9781857768459</p> Book Guild Ltd hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3754 ISBN : 1857768450 9781857768459
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Pearce, Cliff
THE SILENT SOUND: Two Years In Antarctica and the First Winter Occupation of Alexander Island
Book Guild Ltd UK 2004. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. 1st Edition; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. xvi 256 pagesillustrated 37 colour photos 9 sketch maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacketminor bump to top of cover and dust jacket contents clean. Appears unread. Written by Cliff Pearce who served in Antarctica with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for three years from 1959. A mountain was named 'Pearce Dome' in his honour. This work describes the author's adventure overwintering on Alexander Island and his two years spent in Antarctica. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Signed by Author. ISBN: 1857768450. ISBN/EAN: 9781857768459. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3875. . 9781857768459 Book Guild Ltd hardcover
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Pearl, Richard M.
Springs of Colorado
Paperback large blue octavo. 36 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Author inscribed on title page.
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PEARLMAN, Moshe, and YANNAI, Yaacov
Historical Sites in Israel
Tel Aviv: Massadah - P.E.C. Press Ltd 1964. Hardcover. Foreword by Yigael Yadin. Small 4to. Black cloth pictorial dust jacket. 247pp. Map extensive illustrations many color. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed but complete intact and fairly attractive. A tight nice first edition. Massadah - P.E.C. Press Ltd hardcover
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PEARN, Norman Stone and Vernon Barlow
Quest for Sheba
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xii, [13] - 258 pp, frontis, photo plates, index, map endpapers. original cloth with title lettering on spine, dj (chipped at foot of spine with loss of one letter, not price clipped), small stain on lower spine but clean and fine in a very good dust jacket. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Pearn travelled to Yemen, South West Arabia, in search of the lost cities of the Queen of Sheba, and provides a fascinating account of the people, cities, conditions, in many previously unexplored and unmapped areas, being the first non-native to reach some of the locations. The appendix relates his exploration to biblical events and includes a letter from S. John Philby on the difficulties of travelling in this area.
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Pears, Charles
From the Thames to the Netherlands: A Voyage in the Waterways of Zealand and Down the Belgian Coast
London: Chatto and Windus 1964. Published in hardcover. Boards have some wearing and markings but are otherwise in good condition. There are painted illustrations on the front board. Spine is lightly discoloured with wear at the head and foot. Rough cut page block. There is foxing throughout the main body but otherwise remains clean and clear. Illustrations and fold-out maps included. GE. Hardcover. Good. Used. Chatto and Windus Hardcover
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Pears, Charles
From the Thames to the Netherlands: A Voyage in the Waterways of Zealand and Down the Belgian Coast
Published in hardcover. Boards have some wearing and markings but are otherwise in good condition. There are painted illustrations on the front board. Spine is lightly discoloured with wear at the head and foot. Rough cut page block. There is foxing throughout the main body but otherwise remains clean and clear. Illustrations and fold-out maps included. GE Used
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Pears, Chas.
Yachting on the Sunshine Coast
Published in green pictoral hardcover. Boards and spine have some minor wearing and markings but are otherwise in good condition. Pages in the main body are clean. Illustrations, in full-colour, are included. GE Used
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PEARSE, Arno
Brazilian Cotton, being the Report of the Journey of the International Cotton Mission through the Cotton States of Sao Paulo, Minas, Geraes, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Parahyba, Rio Grande do Norte
8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; 236, xxviii [ads with illustrations] pp, frontis, 10 maps including colored, folding, chart, numerous illustrations & plates from photos, tables, index. original cloth-backed pictorial boards, title on spine and cover, endpaper slightly darkened in part, edge lightly rubbed, interior is clean and fine in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed account of the journey with emphasis on cotton and cotton production but in context of conditions and life in areas visited. Fascinating illustrations including illustrations of cotton-making machines, some being in ads at end, scenery, activities, etc. This is a companion volume to 'Cotton in North Brazil, being the Report of the Journey through the States of Ceara, Maranhao and Para together with a Synopsis of the whole of Brazil's Cotton Potentialities', covering different parts of Brazil.
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PEARSE, Arno
Cotton in North Brazil, being the Report of the Journey through the States of Ceara, Maranhao and Para together with a Synopsis of the whole of Brazil's Cotton Potentialities
8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; 130, xxviii [ads with illustrations] pp, frontis (portrait), 3 maps including 2 folding, one being colored, numerous illustrations & plates from photos, tables including foldout, index. original cloth-backed pictorial boards, title on spine and cover, endpaper slightly darkened in part, light edge-wear, a bit of corner of endpaper cut off, couple of leaves a little foxed, very good sound copy with the loose compliments of publisher slip. A detailed account of the journey with emphasis on cotton and cotton production but in context of conditions and life in areas visited. Fascinating illustrations including illustrations of cotton-making machines, some being in ads at end, scenery, activities, etc. This is a companion volume to 'Brazilian Cotton, being the Report of the Journey of the International Cotton Mission through the Cotton States of Sao Paulo, Minas, Geraes, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Parahyba, Rio Grande do Norte', with different illustrations and content, covering different parts of Brazil.
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PEARSE, Arno
Cotton in North Brazil, being the Report of the Journey through the States of Ceara, Maranhao and Para together with a Synopsis of the whole of Brazil's Cotton Potentialities
8vo [24.5 x 16 cm]; 130, xxviii [ads with illustrations] pp, frontis (portrait), 3 maps including 2 folding, one being colored, numerous illustrations & plates from photos, tables including foldout, index. original cloth-backed pictorial boards, title on spine and cover, endpaper slightly darkened in part, a very fine and clean, unmarked copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A detailed account of the journey with emphasis on cotton and cotton production but in context of conditions and life in areas visited. Fascinating illustrations including illustrations of cotton-making machines, some being in ads at end, scenery, activities, etc.
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Pearson, Henry J
THREE SUMMERS AMONG THE BIRDS OF RUSSIAN LAPLAND: With history of Saint Triphon`s Monastery and appendices
<p>R. H. Porter 1904. Cloth. Good. 1st Edition: xvi216 pp plus 68 plates and 1 large folding map. Original green cloth covers with gilt tiltling. Top edge gilt. Shelfware some marks to covers spine shaken beginning to loosen. Previous owners signature to front pastedown missing fep half title heavily spotted. Pictures of 3 Arctic birds tipped into prelims plus odd neat pencil annotation in margin on odd page of text. some foxing mainly to prelims and page edges but also affecting pp 45-46 where a newspaper cutting recording of the unfortunate death of Charles Pearson is tipped in in front of a photograph of him. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2695. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> R. H. Porter hardcover
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Peary, R E
NORTHWARD OVER THE GREAT ICE: A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891 1897 - Two Volumes
<p>Methuen & Co London 1898. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Vol I - lxxx 520 pages Vol II - xiv 624 pages. Illustrated portrait frontispieces plates about 800 illustrations folding panorama maps 1 folding. Original covers. A very good set shelf wear minor fraying to corners of covers but a nice bright set. Age toning to end papers as expected. Volume 1 some very minor wrinkling to early page edges and page xxv of the preface splitting on edges due to fragility of paper. Charing X Road 4.5.73 on front end paper both volumes otherwise contents clean some pages still uncut. Folding map in excellent condition. With a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos the most northerly human beings in the world and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the 'Saviksue' or Great Cape-York meteorites. With details of his summer voyage and reconnaissance of the Greenland Inland Ice in 1886. A thirteen months sojourn in Northern Greenland including a twelve hundred mile sledge journey across the ice-cap and the determination of the insularity of Greenland 1891-2. A twenty-five months stay in North Greenland including a second twelve hundred mile sledge journey across the ice-cap the completion of the study of the Whale-Sound natives a detail survey of that region and the discovery of the great Cape-York meteorites 1893-5. Lastly summer voyages in 1896 and 1897 including the securing of the last and the largest of the great Cape-York meteorites the 90-ton mass. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3238. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Methuen & Co hardcover
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Peary, RE (USN) R E U S N
NEAREST THE POLE: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt 1905 - 1906
Hutchinson & Co 1907. First Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition: xx 411pages illustrated with 98 illustrations by the author and two folding maps. Original black/brown cloth gilt vignette of man sled and dogs to front cover. The account of the second unsuccessful attempt by Peary in 1906 to reach the North Pole. He was forced to turn back 175 miles from his destination. He passed Ellesmere Land to Cape Sheridan and the Arctic Basin returning along the coast of Greenland. In this his second to last expedition he claimed to have reached 87º06' the farthest north any had yet been. Arctic Biblio13226. Ricks p. 169. Peary made several expeditions attempting to reach the North Pole. In this his 1906 expedition he reached latitude 87degrees 06minutes N about 175 miles from the Pole the closest to the Pole yet achieved. While ostensibly failures these expeditions allowed him to test his equipment dogs and men honing his skills for what he later 1909 reported to be a successful achievement of the Pole. These 1906 journeys passed Ellesmere Land to Cape Sheridan and the Arctic Basin. He returned to his ship by sledge along the Northern Coast of Greenland. There is appended a report of Peary's explorations in 1898-1902. Whether Peary himself ever reached the North Pole is a subject of some controversy today. Shelfware bumped previous owners bookplate to front pastedown frontispiece and couple of pages cracking at hinge age toning to pages contents clean small tear to one of the two folding maps. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2687. . Hutchinson & Co hardcover
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Peary, Robert E (Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt)
LE DECOUVERTE DU POLE NORD en 1909 sous le patronage du Club Arctique Parry. Avec une introduction de Théodore Roosevelt et une Préface de Gilbert H. Grosvenor
Hodder & Stoughton 1911. Cloth. Good. 1st French Edition; French Text. 343pages illustrated frontispiece 32 duo tone photographs 32 monotone photographs1 folding coloured map. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling. Previous owners pencil signature to front end paper. Shelfware spine sunned rips to cloth on back cover. Contents clean tight and bright. Following earlier attempts Robert Peary succeeded in reaching the North Pole on 6th April 1909. Immediately after his return controversy broke out due to Frederick Cook's announcement just 4 days before Peary's of his own attainment of the Pole on 23rd September 1908. The North Pole contains no hint of the ensuing - and often acrimonious - debate concerning these competing claims. At the time Peary came to be regarded as offering the surer claim. Cook's own published account My Attainment of the Pole did not appear until 1911 and inevitably appears more 'embattled' than does Peary's relatively straightforward account Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2694. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
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Peary, Robert E (Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt)
THE NORTH POLE: With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. One hundred and sixteen illustrations from photographs
Hodder & Stoughton London 1910. First Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition; xii 326 pages illustrated 116 illustrations from photographs including 4 photogravures. Original quarter leather binding. Shelf wear some foxing and age toning to pages as expected contents clean. NOTE: Captain Peary photogravure is a trimmed photocopy 2 of the other photogravures although original are also trimmed and laid in. Odd collation frontispiece is North Pole and there are no page numbers for the photogravures these have been added in pencil. The MAP is an amateur PHOTOCOPY. The books has been collated and the illustrations are all present. Sold as a Reading Copy and priced accordingly. One of two London editions dated 1910 the other issued by Methuen; priority is unclear. Both London editions have a greater number of illustrations than the first U.S. edition but the sixteen special plates are printed on cream rather than white paper stock and are in black & white. Following earlier attempts Robert Peary succeeded in reaching the North Pole on 6th April 1909. Immediately after his return controversy broke out due to Frederick Cook's announcement just 4 days before Peary's of his own attainment of the Pole on 23rd September 1908. The North Pole contains no hint of the ensuing - and often acrimonious - debate concerning these competing claims. At the time Peary came to be regarded as offering the surer claim. Cook's own published account My Attainment of the Pole did not appear until 1911 and inevitably appears more 'embattled' than does Peary's relatively straightforward account. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2678. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
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Peary, Robert E (Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt)
THE NORTH POLE: With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. One hundred and sixteen illustrations from photographs
Hodder & Stoughton London 1910. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition; xii 326 pages illustrated 116 illustrations including 4 photogravures 16 special plates 1 folding map. Original covers with polar bear to spine and rear cover. Shelf wear bumped prelims show ghosting as usual pages 105/107 has been poorly cut at some stage contents clean closed repaired tear to margins of large folding map not affecting map neatly repaired with archive tape this map is now laid in. One of two London editions dated 1910 the other issued by Methuen; priority is unclear. Both London editions have a greater number of illustrations than the first U.S. edition but the sixteen plates listed as coloured in the list of illustrations while printed on cream rather than white stock are black & white only. A nice copy. American explorer Robert Peary's interesting account of his expedition from 1908-1909 to the North Pole the expedition in which he claimed to have reached the Pole. This was a controversial claim and was widely debated alongside Frederick Cook competing claim. The debate continues to this day with some thinking that he simply just came within a few miles of the Pole. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2677. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
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Peary, Robert E (Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt)
THE NORTH POLE. With introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. MOCK-UP BOOK
Hodder & Stoughton London 1910. Publishers Proof Copy. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SAMPLE MOCK-UP BOOK: Original covers with the proposed spine design on back cover. Comprises frontispiece of North Pole Title-Page Introduction contents list of Illustrations 112 fine plates Foreword 16 pages Appendix I II III Index. a most interesting item NOTE: It does NOT contain the main text. Shelf wear bumped edges fraying all illustrations in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2681. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve additional shipping charges. Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
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PEARY, Robert E.
A l?assaut du Pole Nord en 1909, sous le patronage du Club Artique Peary. Avec une introduction de Théodore Roosevelt et un preface de Gilbert H. Grosvenor.
Paris, Pierre Lafitte & Cie., 1911, 26,5 x 20,5 cm., holandesa piel de época, conserva cubiertas originales, papel de hilo, retrato + 341 págs. + 64 láminas en papel couché con fotografías, 32 de ellas a dos colores. (Ejemplar falto del mapa).
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Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
The North pole, its discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic club, by Robert E. Peary; with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt and a foreword by Gilbert H. Grosvenor . . . with eight full-page illustrations reproducing photographic enlargements colored by hand; one hundred illustrations in black-and-white, from photographs; and with a map in colors by Gilbert H. Grosvenor.
xxxii, 373 p. col. front., illus. (facsims.) plates (part col.) fold. maps. 25 cm. Hardcover Good conditionm corners lightly worn, fold. map at end worn
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Peattie, Donald Culross.
JOURNEY INTO AMERICA.
276 p. Color illustrations by Lynd Ward. Bookplate of Maroy and Kit Patrick on first fly leaf. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding, dust stained. Original dust jacket, very worn with loss. Collection of stories about early America. Seventh impression. PA 11
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Peck, Anne Merriman
Young Germany
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1931. Unique provenence to this volume. Presentation copy. Bound into book prior to title page is a presentation page: This copy is dedicated to Mr. Shelby G. Southland as a reward and contest prize for one of the fifty best 300-word essays on the subject: "Why I Want to Spend My Vacation in Germany" This contest was arranged by "The American Boy" magazine" German Tourist Information Office and Hamburg American Line. His Excellency von Prittwitz Ambassador of the German Reich at Washington was an honorary judge. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover with dust jacket; 195 toned pages with black and white illustrations by the author and black and white photographs throughout. Color endpapers illustrate popular tourist attractions. From back: "What is happening to the youth of a country which is being made over since the First World war The author spent last summer abroad finding out just what is going on in this fascinating country. She took to the road with the boys and girls on their wander trips lodged all night in the Jugendherbergen and spent a night in a Black Forest farmhouse eating cherries and milk on a bench by a great porcelain stove while the whole party sang folk songs to pay for their night's lodging." Illustrated jacket is covered in mylar has some chipping at top and bottom of spine and corners plus edgewear. We noted pencil underlining on pages 40 42 and 46 and fingermarks in the margins of pages 13 14 30 and 31. There may be a tone of national socialist propaganda or philosophy to this book in how the Germans are characterized. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. First. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Peck Anne Merriman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert M. McBride & Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 002116
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PECK, M. Scott
Il cammino delle pietre antiche
Un pellegrinaggio di fede, ragione e scoperta. Con le illustrazioni di Christopher Peck . 8vo. pp. 410. . Ottimo (Fine). . . .
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Peck, M. Scott
In Search of Stones: A Pilgrimage of Faith, Reason, and Discovery
422p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Peck, Rev J K
SEVEN WONDERS of the NEW WORLD in One Volume
Hunt & Eaton 1885. tan covers with geometric/floral design edtched in black illustrations corners and head-heel of bumped edges are shelf darkened pages yellowing presentation on ffep clean and tight. Includes travel to Niagara Falls Yellowstone Park The Mammoth Cave Canons and Gardens of the Gods in Colorado the Giant Trees of California the Natural Bridge of Virginia and Yosemite Valley. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hunt & Eaton Hardcover
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Pedroli / Tiegreen (Hubert / Mary)
1001 raisons d’aimer l’Amérique
Hermé 2005 In-8 cartonné sous jaquette illustrée, 320 pp,nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir.
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PEDERSEN (Alwin).-
Animaux polaires. Traduit du danois par Jacques Sorbets. Avec quarante-huit planches hors-texte d'après les photographies de l'auteur et une carte.
1958 Paris, Horizons de France, 1958, in 8° relié pleine toile grise illustrée de l'éditeur, jaquette rhodoïd, 189 pages.
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PEDRAYO (R. Otero).-
Guia de Santiago de Compostela.
Santiago, Ed. Compostela, sans date (vers 1950), in 8°, broché, 129 pages, illustrations.
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PEDELABORDE PIERRE
LES MOUSSONS
Collection Armand Colin, N°325. 1958. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Intérieur bon état. 208 pages. Illustré de schémas en noir et blanc dans le texte et hors texte. Parties du dos manquantes. Traces de scotch sur le dos et les plats. Ouvrage de bibliothèque avec étiquette sur le dos et tampon en page de titre. Quelques annotations dans le texte. Annotations en dernière page.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO60026989
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PEDRO VOLTES BOU
PUEBLO ESPANOL DE BARCELONE DE MONTJUICH
HOTEL DE VILLE DE BARCELONE. non précisé. In-16. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 100 pages. Nombreuses photos couleurs et noir et blanc hors texte et légendées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
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PEDRO LOZANO BARTOLOZZI
ORO Y CENIZA
Cronicas de un peregrino del tiempo-228 paginas
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PEDRO MOLINA
UN JARDIN EN SHANGHAI
Entre las crónicas dedicadas a la China contemporánea son muy escasas las escritas por autores españoles y menos aún con sesgo literario. Ello confiere un valor añadido a Un jardín en Shanghai libro extraordinariamente documentado gracias a la experiencia previa de su autor que en los últimos quince años como guionista de documentales ha vivido varias estancias en el gran país asiático escribiendo sobre sus temas claves y más controvertidos desde la mega presa de las Tres Gargantas la Medicina Tradicional o la cuestión tibetana. Pero lo que intenta descifrar Un jardín en Shanghai es mucho más ambicioso: lo que hace diferente y única en el planeta el ?alma china?. El relato transcurre en la metrópoli que encarna su motor económico aprovechando el observatorio que supuso la Exposición Universal de 2010. Tras diversos viajes preparatorios en los años previos el autor residió allí durante la Expo trabajando en el pabellón de España en Expo Shanghái.La plataforma de la Exposición Universal permite al narrador entablar relación con personajes de diferentes generaciones representativos de los chinos y chinas de hoy. Con ellos trenzará lazos de amistad se embarcará en intrigas caseras de espionaje y pasiones ?impropias? que se van complicando porque en China como se queja su intérprete ?los extranjeros siempre traen problemas?. De telón de fondo la mítica metrópoli de las Concesiones Internacionales desde la que nos asomamos al poso de la Revolución Cultural en el actual boom económico la vigencia de Confucio o Lao Tsé la afición por las peleas de grillos o los sofisticados jardines taoístas a los pies de los rascacielos la exquisitez de los cangrejos peludos las fábricas donde se concentra la producción del mundo los masajes el sexo las luchas de poder entre los dirigentes del partido y las aún más encarnizadas entre sus esposas y amantes sin que las peculiaridades chinas parezcan agotarse nunca.Un libro sobre la China de ahora y la de siempre.Una inmersión en su cultura en busca de descifrar el «alma china». 494 PAGINAS
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Pedro Teixeira
The Travels of Pedro Teixeira with His ""Kings of Harmuz"" and Extracts from His ""Kings of Persia""
Nendeln: Kraus Reprints 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp. cvii 292.Series II Vol.9 Kraus Reprints hardcover
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PEDRON COLOMBANI Sylvie
Maximon au Guatemala - Dieu, saint ou traître
Edition Periplus, Londres, 2004. In-4 (32 x 27 cm) cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs, illustrations : photographies couleurs, 202 p. L'auteur est maître de conférences au département sociologie de Paris X où elle enseigne la sociologie et l'anthropologie. Elle travaille également au C.N.R.S. Le présent ouvrage aborde un extraordinaire culte autochtone, originaire d'une communauté indienne du lac Atitlan. La création du dieu Maximon ne remonte pas à plus de deux cents ans, mais se perd dans une mutitude de légendes propres à l'histoire des populations indiennes et au contact entre les traditions catholique et maya. Sa découvertre nous entraîne dans l'histoire cahotique du Guatemala.
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PEETERS EUG.
CONNAISSEZ-VOUS LA BELGIQUE?.
LUMIERE. 1948. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Environ 150 pages illustrées de nombreuses photos noir et blanc et augmentées d'une carte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R320001762
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PEEL, Bruce Braden
A Bibliography of the Prairie Provinces to 1953 with Biographical Index
8vo [25 x 17 cm]; xxviii, 780 pp, bibliography, detailed indexes by subject, title, author. original cloth, title lettering on cover and spine, edges slightly rubbed, fine, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A standard reference with 4408 items listed, each with description, dates, etc. The author index includes biography of each author. This edition includes the 1963 supplement and is a major expansion of the earlier edition.
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PEEL, HELEN.
Polar Gleams. An Account of a Voyage on the Yacht 'Blencathra'. With a Preface by The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and Contributions by Joseph Wiggins and Frederick G. Jackson.
London, Edward Arnold, 1894. Orig. full cloth. Silver gilt. Stamp on htitle and title-page. XVIII,211 pp., 16 plates (incl. frontispiece) and 2 maps. internally clean and fine.
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PEETERS, B.
transsiberien
hardback, 170 x 240mm., 160pp., 150 illustrations en couleurs / FR. ISBN 9789061536062. Un train mythique, qui parcourt la Russie de part en part depuis la fin du XIXe siecle. Il part de Moscou, et en l'espace de sept jours, traverse l'Oural, la taiga siberienne, contourne le lac Baikal pour remonter et longer le fleuve Amour jusqu'a Vladivostok, sur la Mer du Japon. La fascination qu'a toujours exercee la Siberie apparaitra d'emblee dans l'exposition, avec l'evocation des premieres conquetes par Yermak, puis avec la lente elaboration des plans et la construction de la ligne, a laquelle participa le Belge Georges Nagelmaeckers. Le visiteur sera ensuite accueilli a bord du Rossia , pour effectuer ce grand voyage ponctue d'escales dans les principales villes qui separent Moscou de Vladivostok. Pour illustrer ce trajet de 9.289 km, de nombreux objets jamais vus, des photos, de la musique, de la litterature. Les Tatares a Tatarskaia, les Evenki et leurs rituels chamaniques a Novosibirsk, les Bouriates et le bouddhisme a Oulan-Oude evoqueront toute la diversite des ethnies, des cultures et des religions. Les grands evenements de l'histoire russe lies a ces lieux divers, tels le schisme religieux de 1650 ou la fin tragique de la famille imperiale a Ekaterinbourg, de meme que les traces laissees par le passage de Dostoievsky, Tchekov ou Pasternak alimenteront l'atmosphere du voyage. S'ajoutera la decouverte d'une nature et de paysages extraordinaires, de steppes, de forets de bouleaux ou de sapins, de rivieres et de lacs. Un voyage etonnant, une aventure a travers la grande Russie. Ce livre accompagne l'exposition europalia.russia du meme nom aux Musees royaux de l'Art et d'Histoire a Bruxelles (15 octobre 2005-26 fevrier 2006). Nouveau.
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PEGLER, Martin M.
Entertainment Destinations
Visual Reference Publications, N.Y. 2000 In-4, pleine toile rouge, sous jaquette illustrée, photographies pleines pages en couleurs, 176 pp. En anglais. Très bon état d’occasion.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20420 ISBN : 1584710128
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PEGUY, Charles Pierre.
CES MONTAGNES QUI FLOTTENT SUR LA MER.
21x15. 318p. Fotogr. Colab. A. Moign. Enc. tela ed.
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Peissel Michel
"Itza ou le mystère du naufrage Maya (Collection ""l'Aventure continue"" )"
Robert Laffont. 1989. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 249 pages, augmentées de planches photos en couleurs hors texte. Jaquette en très bon état.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 910-Géographie générale. Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : RO30313364
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PEISSEL MICHEL
AU PAUS OU LES ENFANTS SONT ROIS
EDITIONS GP. 1972. In-4. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 30 pages - Nombreuses photographies en couleurs dans le texte et hors le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R160197762
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PEISSEL MICHEL.
LE GRAND PASSAGE DE L HIMALAYA.
LAFFONT.. 1974. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 249 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte. Etiquette de classement collée sur le dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 910.4-Voyages
Referenz des Buchhändlers : R150163068
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PEISSEL Michel
Les cavaliers du Kham (guerre secrète au Tibet)
Laffont, 1973. In-8. Broché. Couverture illustrée et rempliée. 304 pages. Cahier photos central. Cartes et bibliographie. Bon état. Envoi en tarif "lettre "
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 273
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PEISSEL MICHEL.
LE GRAND PASSAGE DE L HIMALAYA.
LAFFONT.. 1974. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Coiffe en pied abîmée. Intérieur acceptable. 249 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc hors texte. Etiquette de classement collée sur le dos.
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PEISSEL, Michel
Zanskar, the Hidden Kingdom
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 205 pp, index, color and bw illustrations from photos, map. original cloth, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A remarkable account of travel to this isolated Himalayan kingdom. Because the author could speak fluent Tibetan, he was able to gather and assess information, enter their monasteries, examine their artifacts, attend their ceremonies, not available to the casual traveler.
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PEISSEL, Michel
Zanskar, the Hidden Kingdom
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; 205 pp, index, color and bw illustrations from photos, map. original cloth, dj (price clipped), inscription on endpaper, very good, clean and tight copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A remarkable account of travel to this isolated Himalayan kingdom. Because the author could speak fluent Tibetan, he was able to gather and assess information, enter their monasteries, examine their artifacts, attend their ceremonies, not available to the casual traveler.
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PEISSEL, Michel.
Itza ou le mystère du naufrage Maya.
in-8°, 249 pages, illustrations hors texte couleurs, cartes et fig. in-t., broche, couverture illustree plastifiee. Bel exemplaire [CA32-2][NV-18] Un périple de 675 kilomètres à bord d’une pirogue géante construite sur le modèle maya, du Yucatan à la frontière guatémaltèque.
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Peixotto, Ernest
Our Hispanic Southwest
Hardcover without jacket. Brown card boards with cloth at spine, rather worn, with some loss along edges. Ex-library: call number on spine; rather tattered front endpaper with remnants of library labels, return slip, card wallet. Accession stamps occasionally throughout. Hand-cut pages, illustrations by the author. No Jacket. TPW Ex-Library
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Peixotto, Ernest C
Pacific Shores from Panama
285p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
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