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17558vo., on laid paper, dedication leaf and title mildly creased without significant loss, fore-edges somewhat dusty, wanting front and rear free (blank) endpapers; contemporary full calf, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, boards and backstrip moderately worn and frayed, joints rubbed and split (but binding entirely sound), a good, clean copy in unrestored period binding. The 'New' English psalter, commonly known as 'Brady and Tate', was first published in 1696. It replaced the 'Old Version' by Sternhold and Hopkins, and included a number of new metres (among them 8,8,8 and a few 37 long metre renditions) not found in the Old Version or the Scottish Psalter.Nicolas Brady was Chaplain in Ordinary to the King; Nahum Tate (1652-1715), poet laureate, dramatist and adapter of other's plays (including several popular versions of Shakespeare).A well above average eighteenth century copy in worn but sound contemporary binding.
18658vo., on India paper, with 9 coloured engraved maps on 6 and a double-page chronological chart; attractively bound in publisher's black roan portfolio with drop sides all round, covers framed and blocked in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt, back with five raised bands ruled in blind, second compartment lettered in gilt 'Bagster's Teacher's Bible', gilt edges, black endpapers, portfolio mildly scuffed and rubbed at extremities else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Bagster's Teacher's Bible is a facsimile reprint, with larger types, of the English Version of Bagster's Polyglot Bible first published in 1817 and which made Bagster's name. It corresponds page for page, and line for line, with the two well-known Pocket Editions. The text is that of the Authorized Version, printed in double column with the references in a third central column in Bagster style. In addition to the Old and New Testaments, this edition contains Cruden's Concordance, Chronology, Tables of Weights & Measures, Tabular Harmony, Comparative View of Quotations, and a set of maps engraved and coloured expressly for this edition. A particular feature is the set of Four Thousand Short Scripture Question with Answers, designed expressly for the use of teachers. The Teacher's Bible is an edition uncommon at best, and scarce indeed in this condition with wholly unrestored portfolio in unusually sound state. See Darlow & Moule 1081.
1868Roy. 8vo., with 2 folding maps as frontispieces, 3 folding maps, 2 full-page maps and 3 plates (THE MAPS FINELY COLOURED BY HAND IN OUTLINE); handsomely bound in full diced calf BY LEWIS, sides with double frame border stopped at corners by gilt rosettes enclosing fillet border in blind, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly blocked and tooled inn gilt, marbled edges, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, joints mildly rubbed, short split in upper joint at head, else a most attractive, remarkably crisp, clean copy.
179112mo., neat eighteenth-century signature on front free endpaper, lengthy nineteenth-century inscription on front free endpaper verso; full period roan, boards framed in blind, expertly rebacked in style, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. 'Calculated not only to promote the reading of the Holy Scriptures in Families and Schools, but also to remove that great Uneasiness observable in Children upon the Appearance of hard Words in their Lessons'. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Not in Darlow & Moule; we have been able to trace only the BL copy.
18778vo., First Edition, tiny signature on half-title, small neat contemporary signature on title; original dark green cloth, bevelled boards, upper board framed in black, gilt back, grey endpapers, uncut, short crease at backstrip else an unusually bright, clean, crisp copy. With the nineteenth-century trade ticket of Whiteley of Westbourne Grove on front paste-down, and publisher's advertisement leaf at end. This book forms the symbolic basis of Terence Rattigan's celebrated play 'The Browning Version' (1948), itself the source of Anthony Asquith's eponymous feature film (1951) starring Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent and Nigel Patrick. At Cannes the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or, winning Best Actor (Redgrave) and Best Screenplay.
2002Mm 200x270 Brossura originale, 128 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori. Testo in inglese - english text. Copia in perfette condizioni di nuovo - new. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
1956Paris, Editions G.P., 1956 (réédition). Collection "Souveraine", N°11 de la Bibliothèque Rouge et Or. Un volume de format in 8° de 166 pp., nombreuses illustrations en noir et en couleurs de Calvo. Reliure cartonnée de l'éditeur, plein papier crème, décor rouge et or; jaquette illustrée en couleurs de J. Retailleau. Bel état.
2009Fine Persian Original bdg. (Flexible Vinyl Edition). Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Persian (Modern). 679, [13] p., maps. Enjil-e Sharif: Hudâwand-i wa Naghât dahanda-i mâ 'Îsâ Masîh kih az zabân-i Yûnânî tarjuma suda ast; [Tarjuma-e jadîd-e Fârsî (Verayesh-e dovvum]. New Testament in New Persian. Scarce.
1995343 Seiten / 650 gr / original eingeschweisst / ISBN 3877917003
1959Book shows light wear to covers only, bent corners to very strong textbook binding. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, printed on heavy stock glossy paper throughout. Heavy book. 837 pages filled with graphs, charts, tables, line drawings, b&w photos. Contents include: Analysis of the environment: heat, light, gravity, pressure, sound, currents of air and water, substratum, water, atmospheric gases, relations of soil, Populations: Animal aggregations, organization of insect societies, Biome and biome-type in world distribution, metabolism in community organization, ecology and genetic variation, and isolation, adaptation, natural selection, etc.
2009With bibliographical references and Index. 459 pages.
1984Books shows light shelf wear only with slightly curled corners; text/interior is clean and unmarked in any way. No creasing to covers or spine. 537 pages with occasional illustrations. Inside back cover and back of last page has news article pasted down. Inscribed by Peter Hochachka to Peter Stewart on free front endpaper.
1972A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Previous owner's name inside. Second printing. Textbook on the science of seeing for students of opthalmology, optometry, physiology and psychology who desire elaboration on the physiology of vision with a clinical slant.
1970Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 150 pages Chapters include Reduction theorms, Purity, basic subgroups and finitely generated groups, Projectives, injectives, pure projectives and pure injectives, Structure of te tensor product and the group of extensions, Direct sums of countable p-groups and Hill's version of Ulm's theorem, etc.
1886pp. 281, (5) [Publisher's catalogue]. Top edge gilt. Deckled edges. Unopened. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 200mm. From Morley's Universal Library, uniformly bound with others in the series. Gilt lettered faux vellum spine over blue gray linen boards. Spine very slightly darkened. Henry Morley (1822-1894) was a popular lecturer and prolific writer who did more to promote education and love of literature than any other person in the Victorian era. LOC W48/BAG 12
1831Old and New Testaments bound in one: pp. viii, 3-587; 190 + Engraved frontis and title. Irregular pagination. Text beginning to brown but not brittle. Double column. Early manuscript ownership of Julia A. Lumbard on first fly leaf. Front fly leaves loose. 16mo. 145 mm. Original leather binding. Original leather spine label, lettered in Gothic type. Spine worn with small loss at rear joint. Title continues: 'With The Marginal Readings: Together With A Copious And Original Selection Of References To Parallel And Illustrative Passages. Exhibited In A Manner Hitherto Unattemped'. Hardbound. Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. This is the English text from Samuel Baxter's eight language Polyglot printed in London in 1822. The little book became an immediate success and later editions are not uncommon, but this first edition is quite SCARCE. Hills 753; D/M 1785. PAIMP 21
in-8, 359 pp., broche, couv. illustree. Bel exemplaire. [TX-9] Nous sommes la premiere espece a tenir entre ses mains le pouvoir d'assurer consciemment sa propre survie...
1981310 pages. Some highlighting/underlining. Designed for professionals-in-training, practicing professionals, and parents or families of disabled persons. Deals with 1. The social misconceptions that impede the physical, psychological, and social adjustment of disabled persons; 2. The effects these misconceptions have on the attitudes and effectiveness of those who work with disabled persons; and 3. existing services, laws, environmental changes, and technological advances that affect both the efforts of professionals and the lives of disabled persons. Authors are Professors of Special Education and Rehabilitation at Memphis State University. Book
1995285 pages including index. Succeeds and replaces the long-established earlier version. Presents a clear and concise account of the principal developments in Italian history from the Ice Age to the present day, intended for both the student of Italian history and culture and the general reader, whether tourist, business-person or traveller. Moderate wear. Yellow high-lighting. Book
196117 Page exhibition catalogue listing 140 paintings and drawings. Front cover graced with black and white version of "The Sunflowers." Average wear and soiling. Book
1981283 pages including bibliography. Argues that energy policy is social policy. A balanced guide for the continuing debate on the adaptation of society to the imperatives of energy. Light wear. Unmarked. Solid attractive copy. Book
1998637 pages plus index. "The integration of SPSS for Windows is an important part of our book's personality. With this new edition we have moved to SPSS Version 7.5 The improvements in SPSS have worked to make our package stronger as now the output and graphing aspects of SPSS are much better." - from Preface. Clean and unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Includes CD. Book
1995295 pages including index and lists of sources. Author's signature upon half-title page. "Fifty years after a defecting Ottawa Soviet embassy cipher clerk (Igor Gouzenko) brought the RCMP a shirtful of incriminating documents about an espionage ring operating in Canada, this book provides us with the first insider's account of the incidents which many feel triggered the Cold War." - from back cover. Author was a Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces and speechwriter for Paul Martin Sr. His story differs in many respects from the officially sanctioned version. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1952Features: Dead Man's Double - the strange story of a landsman who, anxious to get home to Australia, shipped aboard a foreign tramp to work his passage; Baptism of Fire - the story of a young Forest Ranger employed by the British Columbia Forest Service in 1927, and how a fire trapped over 100 people in a logging camp; A Case of Contraband - An amusing story of how, between revolutions, men had ways of their own of getting around difficulties; The Golden Ingot - the diverting story of an ingenious Gold Coast version of the time-honoured "confidence trick"; Down Mexico Way - The exciting adventure of two young seafarers who light-heartedly set out to explore the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker; Pioneer Pilot - Mr. Peter Strong flew over the Drakensberg Mountains between Basutoland and Natal; One Thing After Another - Recalls the narator's fall and subsequent rise in the depression days of Australia; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-Servicemen; South Sea Burial Customs - Visiting the outlying islands of the remote Cook Group, in the South-East Pacific, the authoress came upon many curious death-customs; Olsen's Secret - A grim story from the American coalfields; Front cover was attached with tape but is now detached. Back cover missing. Contents unmarked and in decent condition. Magazine