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1915Pages 385-420. Please note: pages 399-406 missing. Features: Cover illustration of Lieutenant Miller of the King's (Liverpool Regiment) driving back Germans at Givenchy; Przemysl - Fallen to the Russians after a Long Seige; Illustration of how the enemy's mines float downstream resulting in the loss of battle-ships in the Dardanelles; Photos of Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester Parades; Two-page illustration by Richard Caton Woodville depicts an heroic attack by the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on German trenches; Photos of City (London) Volunteers as the National Guard marches to the Palace; Large photo of an unexploded german 42 cm. Howitzer shell; Two-page spread with photos, names and ranks of dozens of British officers killed in action; Two-page illustration by John de G. Bryan depicting the gallant attack on the Givenchy Ridge which contributed to the Neuve Chapelle Victory; Interesting photo-illustrated article on the disinfection of wounds; Fight for the Narrows - three photos including one of the French battle-ship "Bouvet" before it was lost to a mine; Photos of five ships prior to their being lost or damaged - H.M.S. Inflexible, the French battleship Gaulois, H.M.S. Irresistable, H.M.S. Ocean and the German cruiser Karlshruhe; Wonderful full-page illustrated at for Buchanan's Scotch Whiskies shows food ship coming up the Thames at night; Touching full-page Oxo ad shows commrades at the bedside of a wounded friend in Northern France; Beecham's Pills ad inside back cover; Wana-Ranee (Ceylon Perfume) ad on back cover; Many other magnificent vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Book
1994réf. 100546Jackson: University Press of Mississippi 1994. Hardcover. 72p. profusely illustrated with color photographs of Morales' Los Angeles 'holiday art' very good first edition in pictorial boards. Folk art and artists. Assemblages created in the Los Angeles artist's front yard for Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas etc. University Press of Mississippi hardcover books
réf. 18509640-nnew. unknown
2012réf. x-1617033324Univ Pr of Mississippi 2012. Paperback. New. 72 pages. 7.80x7.80x0.20 inches. Univ Pr of Mississippi paperback
1916Cover portrait of Major-General Launceot Edward Kiggell - Chief of the General Staff to Sir Douglas Haig. Feature: Great Leaders of the Allies in the West. The Campaign of the Mesopotamian Army (conclusion). Centerfold photos of Lord Kitchener in the Near East. Many black and white photos. Covers secured by tape. Book
1822réf. WRCAM5998Boston 1822. 380pp. Contemporary calf leather label. Front board detached small chip at head of spine boards a bit warped. Occasional foxing and dampstaining ex-lib. with bookplate. A good sound copy. "From the last London edition which is almost entirely re-written." Authorship attributed to William Kitchener. The London edition first appeared in 1817 under the title APICIUS REDIVIVUS OR COOK'S ORACLE. LOWENSTEIN 92. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 9213. hardcover books
1822réf. 5998Boston. 1822. The first American edition "From the last London edition which is almost entirely re-written." Authorship attributed to William Kitchener. The London edition first appeared in 1817 under the title APICIUS REDIVIVUS OR COOK'S ORACLE a popular work which was reprinted in Britain several times. Contemporary calf leather label. Front board detached small chip at head of spine boards a bit warped. Occasional foxing and dampstaining ex-lib. with bookplate. A good sound copy. LOWENSTEIN 92. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 9213. hardcover
1829réf. 017591Edinburgh UK: Printed for Cadell and Co 1829. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A new edition. xx 520pp. In a later binding. Half-bound in blue leather over marbled boards six-panelled spine gilt rules gilt titles on a green leather spine label. Top edge gilt. 12mo. Some spotting and darkening to text block edges. Hint of spotting on prelims. Some occasional spotting on pages with the occasional flat corner crease. A handsome volume thanks to its fine later binding very neat and tidy. A scarce early cookery book aimed at the rising middle classes. Full title: 'The Cook's Oracle; Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families Also the Art of Composing the Most Simple and Most Highly Finished Broths Gravies Soups Sauces Store Sauces and Flavouring Essences: Pastry Preserves Puddings Pickles etc. Containing Also a Complete System of Cookery for Catholic Families Printed for Cadell and Co hardcover
1852réf. FBA104/L23Maroon cloth re-backed spine with gilt and decoration. Green cloth boards. We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available. A lovely copy produced in the mid 1850s and creatively refurbished to a good quality. This was a prized edition that belonged to Jack Lang. Dr. Kitchiner's original book first published in 1829. A bestseller in its day Kitchiner's fundamentals of 19th-century cookery cover the gamut from meat & fish to gravies & sauces to puddings & pies including many of his favorite "receipts." Interestingly enough he toured with a moveable taste cabinet; a folding cupboard stocked his unique mustards and sauces. And unlike most food writers of the era he whipped up the recipes himself carried out the dreaded after-dinner clean up and did all his own housework! A marvelous culinary artifact of 19th-century cookery this book is certain to delight both social historians and food-lovers alike. A household name during the 19th-century WILLIAM KITCHINER M.D. 1775-1827 was an optician inventor of telescopes amateur musician and exceptional cook. Additional works include: The Invalid's Oracle The Housekeeper's Ledger The Traveller's Oracle and The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life. NOTE: This is an original book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don computer scientist food and wine connoisseur Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide 'Midsummer House'- Cambridge's paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. In 2008 Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation alongside other members of the Department and acted as the Foundation's Chair. The project's original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a "success disaster" as Jack would say as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK's most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning. Houlston & Sons. hardcover
réf. 0761813071.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. DADAX0761813071University Press of America 0000-00-00. First Edition. paperback. New. 5.90x1.43x8.92. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University Press of America paperback
réf. Bloomsbury-9780761813071University Press of America. Paperback. New. 578 pages University Press of America paperback
réf. Bloomsbury-9780761813071University Press of America. Paperback. New. 578 pages University Press of America paperback
réf. A9780761813071Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1999réf. x-0761813071University Press Of America 1999. Paperback. New. 556 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. University Press Of America paperback
1974réf. 33311London : Archon 1974. Second Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. A particularly well preserved copy; tight bright clean and surprisingly sharp cornered. Abundantly illustrated with explanatory charts figures and tables. ; 463 pages; Description: 463 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Charities --England --London --History --Social conditions. London : Archon hardcover
1992réf. 1218118PN. New. 1992. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Date is copyright date; this is a later reprint edition . PN paperback
1992réf. 255996PN. New. 1992. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1991réf. VZ322581991 London, Christopher Helm, 1991 : In-8 Raisin, Cartonnage d'éditeurs. édition originale, xxi, 280 pp., 20 photos couleurs hors-texte, très nombreuses figures et tableaux in-texte, Jaquette Très bon état, Couv. fraîche, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais.
1884réf. 54399London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Large Quarto. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and Exploration Fund emblems on cover and spine blind-stamped ruling on covers gilt on spine. Black endpapers. Frontispiece engravings with tissue guards in color in vol. three and seven. No frontispieces in vols. 4 and 6. Elaborate historiated initials. Decorative endpieces. Profusely illustrated with full page scenic gravures and woodcuts maps and numerous plans and an abundance of in-text drawings. Without General Index and Geological Memoir published later. The main contributors to this important survey were Conder and Kitchener. For his work Lieut. Conder received the thanks of the committee and the commendation of the Secretary of State for war. "It may fairly be claimed" wrote Sir Walter Besant "That nothing has ever been done for the illustration and right understanding of the historical portions of the Old and New Testaments since the translation into the vulgar tongue which can be compare with this great work." Kitchener later Field Marshal joined the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1874 beginning his involvement with the East which was to last almost for the remainder of his life. "These 'Memoirs' were drawn up from notes in the field by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener. They are divided into 'Sheets' corresponding with the divisions of the Great Map of Western Palestine in twenty-six sheets on the scale of one inch a mile. The method pursued in the division and sub-division of the Memoirs was adopted in accordance with the recommendations of a sub-committee appointed for the purpose of considering the best mode of presenting the information in their hands." Preface Vol. I: Sheets I-VI. Galilee 1881. x 420pp. frontispiece 1 folding map Method of Survey 8 plans 20 plates. Vol. II: Sheets VII-XVI. Samaria 1882. vii 445pp. frontispiece 10 plans plan Kurn Surtubeh facing 397 not 387 as indicated 10 plates. Vol. III: Sheets XVII-XXVI. Judea 1883. vii 450pp. color frontispiece 5 plans 15 plates. Vol. IV: Arabic and English Name Lists Transl. and explained by E. H. Palmer 1881. v 438pp. Vol. V: Special Papers on Topography Archaeology Manners and Customs etc. by Sir Charles Wilson et al. 1881. Frontispiece map. viii 1 362pp. Vol. VI: Jerusalem by Sir Charles Warren and Claude Reignier Conder 1884. ix with pages v and vi paginated twice 6 plans 1 chart 1 Sloam Inscription 2 plates. Vol. VII: The Fauna and Flora of Palestine by H. B. Tristram 1884. xxii 455pp. Color frontispiece 20 plates 13 in color with plates 16 and 17 present but bound in at different pages compared to list of plates at front. Bindings with some light wear along edges more pronounced at heads and tails of spine. Library plates on inside front covers. Lightly starting at inside covers of vols. 1 2 4 5 starting in vol. 6. Light foxing of endpapers and blocks lightly and sporadic in blocks at times more pronounced. Frontispiece loose but present in vol. 1. Small bookbinder's plates A. W. Bain on inside back covers of three vols. Frontispiece loose but present in vols. 1 and 5. The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund hardcover
1969Features: Cover photo of Chris Cattlin; Bobby Moore writes - a captain's lot is a happy one!; b/w photo of Paul Madeley (Leeds United); When George Best turned his back on United!; Colour photos of David Hogg (Dundee United) and Derek Possee (Millwall); Scotland's Super Saints; Football Ballet - photos; Great centerfold colour team photo of Burnley - Young stars of Turf Moor; b/w photo of David Smith (Rangers and Scotland); Colour photos of Bill Kitchener (Torquay) and Mick Doyle (Manchester City); Celtic - Chammpions of Europe!; Colour photo of Peter Dobing (Stoke City) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
réf. 40875starting "will be able to come and if so perhaps you could bring a shorthand-writer to take down what Togo and Nogi say to be published subsequently in your paper. I am telling them to address the boys as to what Bushido is and what it has done for them in Japan." the postscript says that if he has "any difficulty but about a short hand writer I could provide one from here" signed with an initial 'K' 1 side 4to. no place no date but Bushid are regulations for samurai attitudes behavior and lifestyle. It is loosely analogous to the European concept of chivalry. There are multiple Bushido types which evolved significantly through history. Contemporary forms of bushido are still used in the social and economic organization of Japan. Bushido is best used as an overarching term for all the codes practices philosophies and principles of samurai culture. Marshal-Admiral the Marquis T g Heihachir 1848-1934 served as admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. In 1911 T g returned to England for the first time in over 30 years to attend the coronation of King George V the Coronation Fleet Review at Portsmouth to attend naval alumni dinners and visit dockyards on the Clyde and in Newcastle. Count Nogi Maresuke1849-1912 was a Japanese General in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. Nogi is significant to Scouting in Japan as in 1911 he went to England in attendance on Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito for the coronation of King George V. The General as the "Defender of Port Arthur" was introduced to General Robert Baden-Powell the "Defender of Mafeking" by Lord Kitchener whose expression "Once a Scout always a Scout" remains to this day. Although the first page is missing this letter is from a collection of letters to Sir Robert BADEN POWELL 1857-1941 Defender of Mafeking & Founder of the Boy Scouts and as it referring to addressing scouts it has to be to him. unknown
réf. 1341057518.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1437175627.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1930réf. 29661Paris Limoges Nancy Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie 1930 In-8 448 pp , un plan de l'exposition coloniale de 1931
