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Sitwell, N. H. H
The World the Romans Knew
London: Book Club Associates 1984. Book Club. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Book Club Associates hardcover
Bookseller reference : 049415
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Sitwell, Osbert; Barton, Margaret
Sober Truth: A Collection of Nineteenth-Century Episodes Fantastic Grotesque and Mysterious
London: Duckworth. Good with no dust jacket; Boards grubby and dampstained at head of spine . endpapers foxed. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Many illustrations. An anthology of 19th century magazine articles about sensational murder trials unusual people strange doings General Tom Thumb Lola Montez The Dreyfus case Jack the Ripper and other topics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages . Duckworth hardcover
Bookseller reference : 37978
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Sitwell, S.
Denmark
B.T. Batsford 1956. 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. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Some light foxing. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: B.T. Batsford hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9418420
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Sitwell, Sacheverell
Denmark
London: B. T. Batsford 1956. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. 168 pages. Hardcover with an orange and white dust jacket. The jacket has a long jagged tear at the headcap. Jacket spine a bit dulled. Book is sound and clean. <br/> <br/> B. T. Batsford hardcover
Bookseller reference : 026871
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Sitwell, Sacheverell; Bamford, Francis
EDINBURGH
John Lehmann 1948. 248pp. Hardback DJ has very light wear along edges VG index bibliography b&w illustrations Travelers guide to Edinburgh . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. John Lehmann Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w160220760
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Sitwell, Sacheverell
The Gothic North A Study Of Mediaeval Life Art And Thought
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1929. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Plates Charts Wildlife Cheklist At Rear. 450 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Gilt Blue Boards Illustrated Endpapers Color Frontispiece Plates. Wear Tips Frayed Binding Cracked Before Frontispiece. "Discarded" Stamp On Title Page Erased Library Number On Spine <br/> <br/> Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 052018
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Sitwell, Sacheverell
The Gothick North. A Study of Mediaeval Life Art and Thought
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. First American edition. Hard cover. Published Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1929. 8vo. green cloth with gilt titles and blue paper covered boards 454pp. illustrated with plates color frontis pictorial endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate and name emboss on f.f.e.p. along with a newspaper photo of edith sitwell wear at the tips else very good. . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1929. Houghton Mifflin unknown
Bookseller reference : 005480
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Sitwell, Sacheverell; Ownership Signature Of Elizabeth Talbot-Martin
The Netherlands: A Study Of Some Aspects Of Art Costume And Social Life. Second Edition Revised 1952
London Uk: B. T. Batsford 1952. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Color And B/W Plates. Viii 168 Pp. Orange Cloth Gilt Large Folding Map At Rear. First Printing Of Second Edition 1952. Slight Usage No Marks Gilt Bright Ownership Label Of Actress Elizabeth Talbot-Martin. Dust Jacket With Wear Price Clipped Small Losses At Edges. <br/> <br/> B. T. Batsford hardcover
Bookseller reference : 051960
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SITWELL, Sacheverell
The Netherlands; A Study of Some Aspects of Art, Costume and Social Life
8vo [22 x 15 cm]; viii, 168 pp, colored frontis, 122 illustrations on plates, including color plates, other illustrations from drwgs, foldout map, index, pictorial endpapers. original orange cloth with gilt spine title lettering, dj (corner of inside flap clipped, light wear at spine ends), signature of Anita Willis, near fine and clean in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A very well-illustrated work by this important writer.
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Siur Bergan Council of Europe
Language Policies in Higher Education: Invitation to a Debate Higher Education and Research
Council of Europe. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Council of Europe unknown
Bookseller reference : Z1-Q-022-02426 ISBN : 9287150311 9789287150318
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SIVEN (Gunnar)
Suomalainen sukuhakemisto. Genealogiskt repertorium för Finland.
Helsinki Helsingfors, 1943. In-8 br., 182 pp. Texte en finnois. 1943
Bookseller reference : 581659
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Siwertz Sigfried
Destino di sparviere (Selambs)
trad. di E.G. Farina bross. edit. con sovrac. Illustrata, piccole rotture in sovrac.
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Six, J. D., ea. e. a.
Rapport der Commissie ingesteld bij Koninklijk besluit van 21 October 1898 No. 15. Staatscommissie in zake samensmelting van de officierskorpsen van het leger in Nederland en in de koloniën en bezittingen des Rijks in andere werelddeelen.
's-Gravenhage Staatscommissie 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Four parts in one volume. Quarto Pp. 8; 54; 64; 82. Plus very large folding sheet with several graphic illustrations diagrams tables printed in additional colours. HARDCOVER bound in the original cloth and printed boards shelf tickets to spine large title in manuscript on cover some annotations bit soiled in places old institutional stamp to verso of title-page. In good condition with crisp folding visual material. ~ FIRST EDITION. Comprising of Chapter I Appendices A-F; Chapter II Appendices I-VII. 004-5 <br/> <br/> 's-Gravenhage, Staatscommissie hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6674
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SIX, RC. & ACQUOY, J. Gerardus J. Bos. R. C.
Maskerade gehouden door de Leden van het Leidsche Studenten-Corps den 23sten Juni 1885. Ter viering van den 310 den verjaardag der Leidsche Hoogeschool voorstellende de Geschiedenis van Leiden van de stichting af tot het jaar 1574
Leiden: P. Somerwil 1885. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong portfolio 7 pages embossed blue cloth broken ties text block detached. Contains 31 of 36 panels of this chromolithographed panorama 27 x 35 cm. Note: WorldCat cites no copy in the Americas . Offered "as is" with some nicks with panels separating or separated. Note: this is the portfolio only which has a description of the panels but does not have the supplemental historical volume. Ex libris Albert Paul Marin Adrien Storm de Grave 1878-1952 lieutenant de cavalerie ritmestre. <br/><br/>This is one of several panoramic costume cavalcades which depict the Leidsche Studenten Corps re-enacting historical sights. In this case it is a parade of personages from the foundation of Leyden University in 1574 to its 310th anniversary in 1884 in 223 figures by Gerardus J. Bos. P. Somerwil hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5156
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SIXSMITH E.K.G.
Eisenhower as Military Commander. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and numerous plates and maps, inscription on front free endpaper; orange cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.146.
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Sixsmith, Martin.
Moscow Coup. The Death of the Soviet System.
London: Simon & Schuster 1991. 180pp bw ills. Or carrd covers. Slight toning to page edges. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Simon & Schuster Paperback
Bookseller reference : 036484 ISBN : 0671711245 9780671711245
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SIZERANNE Robert de la
Le vertueux Condottière Féderigo de Montefeltro Duc d'Urbino, 1422-1482.
P. Hachette, 1927. In 4, 347 pages. Broché. Carte et 24 planches hors texte.
Bookseller reference : 25046
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SJ. Connolly et al (eds.) S. J.
Conflict Identity and Economic Development: Ireland and Scotland 1600-1939
Preston: Carnegie Publishing 1995 Book condition: VG/Fine with light dust/faint smudge to top closed page edges. Jacket: VG with slight wrinkle to edges; light handling wear. A bright copy. Carnegie Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015956
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SJ. Gardiner and LC. Padin S. J. L. C.
Stroud Road and Rail in Old Photographs SIGNED
Gloucester: Sutton Publishing Ltd 1987. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 8.5 inches 15 x 22 cm. Signed by Author. Card wraps with slight rubbing to spine small dent to lower edge of front cover. Inscribed to title page and signed by both authors: 'To Alan and Joan Happy Xmas and Keep up the good sales Stanley J. Gardiner Lionel C. Padin.' The recipients ran Tucker's Bookshop in Stroud for over 50 years. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6 x 8.5 inches 15 x 22 cm. Paperback. Printed pages: 159 Sutton Publishing Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 1196T102
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Sjoerd Groenman
Land Out Of The Sea: The Conquest Of The Zuyder Zee
A. Roelofs Van Goor Publishers Ltd . Hardcover. Good. No dustjacket. Cover has some wear along the edges a slight indention on bottom rear edge and slight darkening in several places on front and rear. Front endpaper and page immediately after have a crease on left side which appears to have occurred during printing. Some darkening of half of front and rear endpapers. A. Roelofs Van Goor, Publishers Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 688
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Sjovold, Thorleif
Viking Ships in Oslo The
Oslo Norway: Universitetets Oldsaksamling 1985. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback First Edition 800gms 224 pages. Journeys of the Great Explorers showcases Voyages of 30 famous explorers encompassing almost 2 500 years of exploration. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30000 books in stock we can't list them all!. Universitetets Oldsaksamling Paperback
Bookseller reference : TRASEA13
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Sjowall Maj - Wahloo Per
Il milionario
trad. di Renato Zatti n. 896 in 16°, bross. edit. ill. con bandelle
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Sjowall, Maj & Per Wahloo
THE LOCKED ROOM: The Story of A Crime
N.Y.: Pantheon Books 1973. First American edition so stated 2nd printing. Page edges lighty age spotted else about fine in price clipped dust jacket lightly sunned at spine. There are two investigations in this the 8th Martin Beck title. A special squad is looking into a rash of bank robberies. And Martin Beck is working by himself on a classic locked room mystery. A Stockholm bank was robbed by a young woman who shot and killed a bank customer during the holdup and the police force is scrambling to find the bank robber. Detectives we know and love from previous books: most notably Beck's able associates Kollberg and Larsson but also a trigger-happy junior are on the cast. Meanwhile Martin Beck is just back from fifteen months of recuperation from a bullet to the chest. The locked room mystery is a kind of therapeutic welcome-back gift from the homicide squad. It's a puzzle. A pensioner who locked and bolted himself into his room and locked or taped both windows has been shot to death. But no weapon bullet or casing can be found. Adey #. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Pantheon Books
Bookseller reference : 020919 ISBN : 0394485335 9780394485331
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Sjowall, Maj & Per Wahloo
THE TERRORISTS: The Last Martin Beck Mystery
N.Y.: Pantheon Books 1976. 1st American edition so stated November 1976. Marroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine very bright. Very tiny stain at front endpaper else near fine in dust jacket darkened along edges small damp stain at bottom lightly soiled not price clipped $7.95 price intact in protective mylar cover. Dust jacket artwork by James Barkley. The final novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. An American senator is visiting Stockholm and Martin Beck must lead a team to protect him from an international gang of terrorists. However in the midst of the fervor created by the diplomatic visit a young peace-loving woman is accused of robbing a bank. Beck is determined to prove her innocence but gets trapped in the maze of police bureaucracy. To complicate matters a millionaire pornographer has been bludgeoned to death in his own bathtub. Filled with the twists and turns and the pulse pounding excitement that are the hallmarks of the Martin Beck novels. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good-Near Fine. Book. Pantheon Books
Bookseller reference : 020512 ISBN : 0394485327 9780394485324
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Skalweit, Stephan
Reich und Reformation.
Berlin:, Propyläen, 1967. Gr.-8°. 457 S., 33 Abbildungen Leinen (gut erhalten) (=Propyläenbibliothek der Geschichte)
Bookseller reference : 90658BB
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Skandinavien
Themenheft der Süddeutschen Monatshefte Jan. 1916, Heft 4. S. 481- 672.
o.J.
Bookseller reference : 26013AB
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Skandinavien / Deutsche Kultur - Roemisch, Bruno
Auf den Spuren Deutscher Kultur in Skandinavien. Mit 16 Bildtafeln.
Essener Verlagsanstalt 1944. 222 Seiten - gebundene Ausgabe, Halbleinen, Seiten alters- und papierbedingt gebräunt, sonst guter Zustand
Bookseller reference : 5881
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SKARBEK (Jean)
Josef Maciej comte Skarbek (1810-1868), polonais insurgé exilé en France, suivi d'un supplément à l'ouvrage de 1999 : Les Skarbek en France, des armoiries Abdank. Mémento historique pour la branche française, établi par Jean Skarbek.
Paris, par l'auteur, 2013. In-4 broché, couv. ill., 293 pp., nomb. ill. in et h.-t., tableaux généal., index des noms cités, errata. 2013
Bookseller reference : 570460
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Skeat, Walter W
PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY First Series: the Native Element
Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1887. Hardcover. Stamped on title page. General edgewear to spine ends. Light soiling to covers. ; Clarendon press series . Clarendon Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 314
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Sked Alan
Europe's Balance of Power 1815-48 Problems in Focus S.
Macmillan Education 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN:0333230876 Macmillan Education paperback
Bookseller reference : 8467191 ISBN : 0333230876 9780333230879
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Sked, Alan
The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire 1815-1918 2nd Edition
Longman-Pearson Education 2001. Book. As New. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. Minor 1/2" closed tear along fore-edge of Contents leaf otherwise brand new/as issued. x354 pp. Longman-Pearson Education Paperback
Bookseller reference : 051304 ISBN : 0582356660 9780582356665
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Skeggs, Douglas
River of Light Monet's Impressions of the Seine
London Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1987. 0575039035 . Very good dark blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine 9.5 x 11.5 inches approx. Landscape very good coloured pictorial dust jacket bright and clean a little edge wear not price clipped illustrated endpapers 153 pages illustrated in colour and black & white. Quite a heavy book. . London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. , 1987 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14497 ISBN : 0575039035 9780575039032
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Skelton John
Essays in History and Biography Including The Defence of Mary Stuart
Edinburgh: William Blackwood 1883. Covers lightly marked & rubbed; light wear to board corners; binding sound; some pages unopened; verso of rear free endpaper grubby otherwise contents vg; 331p frontis. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. G/No Jacket. William Blackwood Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 81995
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Skelton, P. (prinx.t); Outhwaite, J. (sculp.t).
Warwick Castle.
<p>Incisione su acciaio, impronta 27x 19 cm, su foglio 31,5 x 23,5. Il Castello di Warwick sulle rive del fiume Avon (Inghilterra). Tratto da "Picturesque Europe" 1875-1879. Esemplare assai ben conservato.</p>
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Skelton, R. A. , Thomas E. Marston & George D. Painter
VINLAND MAP AND THE TARTAR RELATION
Book has slight soiling to textblock. Dustjacket is price-clipped. DJ has small tears to corner and chipping to spine ends. Light soiling to DJ. ; Evidence concerning the Viking discovery of North America in the tenth and eleventh centuries is so incomplete, investigation of this area of history will be substantially aided by the discovery of new documents. Such is the claim made for the previously unknown manuscripts here published for the first time. They are two documents copied about 1440 from much earlier originals, now lost. The first is an account of Friar John of Plano Carpini's mission to the Mongols in 1245-47. The second is a world map, including the western ocean, with delineations of Iceland, Greenland, and a land mass named Vinland which represents the North American mainland as known to the medieval Norsemen. This map is the earliest known and indisputable cartographic representation of any part of the Americas. As the editors show, the Tartar Relation provides information on Mongol history and legend not to be found in any known source, and a portion of the Map represents the only surviving medieval example based on Norse cartography - a conclusion with far-reaching implications for the history of cartography and of the Viking navigations. OVERSIZED. ; 291 pages
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Skemp, Sheila L.
William Franklin: Son of a Patriot Servant of a King
Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 358 pages indexed. Hardcover in green pictorial dust jacket with green spine. Light wear and rubbing to the dust jacket. Illustrated with historical drawings and portraits. Text is clean and sound. <br/> <br/> Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 049549 ISBN : 0195057457 9780195057454
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Skidmore, Celia and Ian
Glyndwr Country
Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 1988. Paperback. Near Fine paperback minimal edgewear clean and unmarked. Paperback. The image on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch paperback
Bookseller reference : 58553 ISBN : 0863810934 9780863810930
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Skinner, Cornelia Otis
Madame Sarah
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1967 Book. Illus. by Illustrated with Photographs. Very Good . Hardcover. First Printing. Light normal DJ wear; a very nice copy of book. A biography on the famous French actress. 356 pages. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 042281
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Sklenar, Karel
Spuren der Vergangenheit Archäologie in Europa
Leipzig: im Prisma-Verlag, 1983. 319 Seiten , geb. Pappeinband 21 cm
Bookseller reference : 13410
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Sklenar, Karel
Spuren der Vergangenheit Archäologie in Europa
Leipzig: im Prisma-Verlag, 1983. 2. Auflage 319 Seiten , 21 cm, Gewebeeinband mit Schutzumschlag
Bookseller reference : 17980
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Sklepowich, Edward
FAREWELL TO THE CITY
NY: Morrow 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The 2nd in the series to feature American expatriate writer Urbino Macintyre set in Venice during Carnivale. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Morrow Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012130
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Sklepowich, Edward
Liquid Desires: An Urbino Macintyre Mystery
NYNY: William Morrow & Co 1993. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. An Urbino Macintyre American espatriate in Venice tries to help the Contessa when affairs of the heart attack a relative. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. William Morrow & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016073 ISBN : 0312290497 9780312290498
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Skoglund Annika
Vita di Marie L. Romanzo con cinque schede di Luigi Cancrini (stampa 1981)
bross. edit. ill., bruniture in cop.
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Skowronek, Stefan
Die Standorte der österreichischen Kreditunternehmungen (= Wiener geographische Schriften, Band 34).
Wien, Verlag Ferdinand Hirt 1970. 59 S. mit einer mehrfach gefalteten in Lasche beiliegenden Karte, Groß 8°, Original-Karton (Softcover), Name auf Titel, insgesamt gutes und innen sauberes Exemplar,
Bookseller reference : 55706
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SKRINE, C. P.
The Alps of Qungar - 11
Title: The Alps of Qungur. Author: SKRINE, C. P. Publisher: London: Royal Geographical Society, 1925. Pre-Dates Book. Item is in ORIGINAL Condition, With Blue Wrappers - As Issued, Complete with All the Ads!!! Notes & Condition: Skrine's narrative describes his attempts to conduct a survey of the unexplored eastern face of the Qungur massif and particularly its offshoot in the Shiwakte Mountains, in the Qaratash valley - at the suggestion of Sir Aurel Stein, first to cross the Buramsal Pass and follow the Qaratash river to its debouchure 36 miles due south of Kashgar. Initially following Stein's route, Skrine proceeded, in 1922, from Strinigar to Kashgar through Gilgit, Hunza, Mintaka Pass and Takqurghan on a journey of two and a quarter years. He then explored the Qungur peaks, and made tours to Yarkand, Khotan and Keriya. Provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the indigenous Qirghiz; the glaciology of the region and reconnaissance notes on the Torbashi, Ghorumde and Kaying glaciers; botany of the meadows at Kaying Bashi and a survey of the Shiwakte group of mountains. Skrine considered his surveying to be little more than an amateur attempt but Major Kenneth Mason, cartographer working for the Survey of Indian authorities, compiled the topographical material into a map of the Qungur Massif area, details of the outcome outlined here. In addition, notes on plants collected. Accompanied by a spectacular, large, fold-out colour map and equally captivating panoramic photography. Pre-dates the author's book, "Chinese Central Asia", first published in 1926; 27 pages. Plus black and white plates, one of which is a fold-out panorama, and fodl-out color map, measuring 12 inches x 14 inches. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition.
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Skvorecky, Josef
An Inexplicable Story Or The Narrative of Questus Firmus Siculus
Toronto: Key Porter 2002 Book. Illus. by Translated from the Czech by Kaca Polackova Henley. New. Hardcover. 1st Canadian Edition. "In an urn sealed in the wall of an ancient Central American tomb . a mysterious manuscript has been found . it is the 'Narrative of Questus" a Roman who lived in the 1st century AD during the reign of Augustus . The central mystery: How did the scrolls come to end up in Central America thousands of years before anyone knew that the Americas existed An academic mystery that challenges some of our most deeply held beliefs about history." 179 pages. Key Porter hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043914 ISBN : 1552633683 9781552633687
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Skvorecky, Josef
The Republic of Whores : a Fragment from the Time of the Cults
Toronto: Knopf Canada 1993 Book. Illus. by Jan Brychta. As New. Hardcover. 1st Can Ed. Orignally published in Czech as " Tankovy Prapor"1971 by 68 Publishers.Translated by Paul Wilson Illustrations by Jan Brychta. "Skvorecky's raucous account of life on a Czech army base brings to mind Catch - 22 and proves that the black humor of enlisted men is nearly universal. Written in 1971 the novel whose title refers to the state to which the Czechs sank under Soviet occupation also has an anguished side. Set in the tumultuous 1950s it details the rebellion of recruits who refuse to attend political indoctrination meetings and are bent on sabotaging their military exercises. Danny Smiricky who has a Ph.D. in philosophy and who has served as the author's alter-ego in several novels including The Engineer of Human Souls proves a perfect foil for the microcosm of humanity that has washed up at the base. A tank commander Smiricky is nearly through with his military service and seems unfazed by the mayhem going on around him. Though Smiricky is no saint--he sleeps with an officer's wife and goes AWOL in order to see his girlfriend in Prague--his behavior seems mild compared to the rambunctious prank-playing of the other recruits. The author pokes fun at everyone--the suspicious often illiterate enlistees; Czech officers ludicrously bent on aping their Soviet superiors; the Soviet general who arrives to supervise military exercises and proceeds to get drunk--and this hilarious novel should appeal to a readership beyond the usual fans of Czech literature. ". Knopf Canada hardcover
Bookseller reference : 046017 ISBN : 0394223071 9780394223070
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Skynner, Robin; Cleese, John
Life and How to Survive it
W. W. Norton & Company 1995. 424pp. Red cloth spine with white boards DJ VG First American Edition index Drawing on their observations of life and research into families business success and psychiatry the authors explore universal principles of healthy survival including maintaining individuality and adapting to change . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Bud Handelsman . W. W. Norton & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : w211230924 ISBN : 0393037428 9780393037425
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Skythen / Reitervolk - Piotrovskij, Boris Borisovic
Or des scythes -trésors des musées soviétiques Grand Palais, 8 octobre - 21 décembre 1975 / [commissaires généraux: Boris Piotrovsky ...]
Paris : Ed. des Musées Nationaux 1975. 225 S. : zahlr. farbige Abb. ; 29 cm Softcover/Paperback, leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Einband, sonst guter Zustand
Bookseller reference : 18554
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Slade, Cecil
Town of Reading and Its Abbey 1121-1997
MRM Associates Ltd 2001. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. 1st Edition. 2001 1st edition. Excellent clean condition & carefully read. No inscription or ownership markings. No tears or loss. Illustrated in b/w. MRM Associates Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028678 ISBN : 0951771949 9780951771945
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