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1992A comprehensive history of the work and development of the Laboratory of the Government Chemist and of the use of science for the support of health, environmental and revenue protection in the UK. 372 pages. A few light indentation lines on back of dust jacket. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
1984Very good condition, top and tail of spine are bumped, corners are slightly rubbed, d / j has a clear plastic wrapper, clear, bright and tight. ex - library with minimal stamps and labels. Ex - Library
1988Oversize. 144 p., illus. w/ 100 photographs. Hardcover Very good condition good
1964591 pages. Illustrated in text with line diagrams and grainy reproductions of black and white photos. Extremely informative. First page explains how some customs described in past issues of this work have died out in whole or in part. Covers most topics in one page so is easy to read easy-to-digest chunks. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Average wear to fabric-decorated storage box which is showing signs of wear but remains attractive. String-bound. A quality copy of this charming vintage Japanese tourism memento. Book
1988456pp. 32 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
2003"The reader will discover how to throw flowers at the "bouzoukia"without blinding the singers, how to not outstay his/her welcome when staying as a guest at somebody's house or yacht, how to flirt without receiving a dirty look or a slap from a hot-blooded Greek, how to use his/her hands when eating at a taverna and many other fun and enlightening tips which we believe will help a visitor to adjust." [WorldCat lists NO copies in the USA] Book
ref. R200098081SOCIETE DU MERCURE DE FRANCE. NON DATE. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 495 pages. Plats conservés. Auteur et titre dorés sur pièce de titre abîmée au dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 390-Coutumes, savoir-vivre, folklore
1922ref. 173387Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs 1922. A scarce customs service publication First edition first printing of this informative tribute to the 66 employees of the custom service who served during the First World War as well as the 23 men killed during the conflict. Copies are recorded in just four institutional libraries British Library Leeds Cornell and the University of Hong Kong. For each member of staff sections give their record of service ranks the countries and battles in which they fought honours and wounds received and "other particulars of interest". The majority served on the Western and Eastern Fronts and several were seconded to the Chinese Labour Corps on account of their linguistic skills. The final entry concerns G. R. G. Worcester 1890-1969 whose works on Chinese craft and navigation remain definitive. Octavo. Roll of honour plate decorative title page and initial text printed within red frames. Original purple pebble-grain cloth front cover lettered in gilt patterned endpapers. Spine sunned rear board a touch soiled contents clean: a very good copy. hardcover
ref. 50733aafFribourg, Uni.-Vlg., 1987, in-8vo, XV + 258 S. + 4 Taf., Original-Leinenband. Gebunden / hardcover clothbound.
1992Inscription and ex-libris sticker inside front cover. No other marks, no creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright covers and no bumping to corners. 151pp. Wakes Week was the annual holiday for generations of northern folk, when they made the annual trip to the seaside. Illustrated with eighty contemporary photographs and postcards, this book tells the story of wakes week from the earliest days of the railways to what remains of the tradition today, with a special emphasis on the golden years between the 1920s and the late 1950s.
1930ref. 30381930 1 Paris, imprimerie Lang, 1930, in-12, relié par une agrafe, couverture illustrée en couleurs de Janko.
ref. 225879Paris, 1861 in-8 à l'italienne, un feuillet. Partie haute de la facture (complète) conservée.
ref. 135590aafs.d. (vers 1890), in-8vo dépliant, Leporello in-8vo oblong of images in chromolithography, composed of 12 leaves with images printed on recto; left side of the first leaf mounted on inside front cover, this leaf showing three views and one scene with farmers, the other 11 leaves show views of the capital of each Swiss canton, two views on each leaf, each town view is accompanied with a costume typical of that canton, green percaline cover, frontcover entirely illustrated (with Chillon Castle on the Lake of Geneva) and decorated in colours and gold, with gilt title.
ref. 138821aafs.d. (vers 1890), in-8vo dépliant, Leporello in-8vo oblong of images in chromolithography, composed of 12 leaves with images printed on recto; left side of the first leaf mounted on inside front cover, this leaf showing three views and one scene with farmers, the other 11 leaves show views of the capital of each Swiss canton, two views on each leaf, each town view is accompanied with a costume typical of that canton, ex libris Peter E. Obergfell, green percaline cover, frontcover entirely illustrated (with Chillon Castle on the Lake of Geneva) and decorated in colours and gold, with gilt title.
2001New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English. 206 p., color and b/w ills. Contents: Voyage to the Dawn-Place of the European Sun., Enis Batur; Dallam's travels, Master Thomas Dallam; Van.; Frederick Millingen.; Covel's diary., John Covel.; Raki diluted with water, James Dallaway.; Cities: Constantinople, Arthur Symons.; An organ for the Sultan, Stanley Mayes.; Voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople, Hermann Melville.; The vampires of Istanbul, Edourd Roditi.; The Palimpsest city, Juan Goytisolo.; Kitten with claws, Godfrey Goodwin.; Orient express, John Dos Passos.; The city of tomorrow, Le Corbusier.; Constantinople, Theophile Gautier.; Constantinople - Eight poems, Victoria Sackville-West.
ref. 133481676X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1990ref. 75481990 Bibliothèque Marmottan 1990 In4 broché 313 numéros décrits et en fin de volume décorateurs illustrateurs bibliographie discographie
1825ref. PHO-1571Paris, Nepveu,1825.- XXXIV-233 pp., illustré d’une gravure en frontispice, relié demi basane époque, dos lisse orné avec titre, ex-libris, charnières fendues, frottements, rousseurs au titre.
1899ref. 18069Ancienne Librairie Furne Société d'édition et de librairie 1899 216 pages in8. 1899. reliure editeur demi chagrin à coins tranches dorées. 216 pages. Ce livre est le récit des voyages de l'auteur Armand Grébauval en Italie et en France entre les Alpes et le Vésuve au tournant du XXe siècle. Il décrit avec précision les paysages les monuments et les coutumes des régions visitées
1692ref. PHO-709Paris, Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, Georges & Louis Josse, 1692. In-4, plein veau époque, Édition originale, illustrée d'un portrait-frontispice, une carte dépliante de la Sibérie et Kitay, 6 vignettes et 2 planches hors texte gravées en taille-douce par Vallet figurant des traîneaux et des esquifs cosaques , un portrait du dédicataire le général polonais Stanisaw Jan Jablonowski (1634-1702) gravé par Étienne Picart, dit Le Romain (le père du célèbre graveur Bernard Picart). Reliure usagée( à refaire) , plusieurs pages détachées ,mouillures en début d’ouvrage, manque la table des matières et le titre.
1807ref. PHO-10701807 , Paris , Chez Veuve Lepetit 1807 ,in-18 , broché en attente de reliure , Collection bibliothèque portative des voyages avec frontispices dont un dépliant - - état d'usage – intérieur frais TOMES I, II, III ET IV .
1799ref. PHO-1472Paris, de l'imprimerie de Didot le jeune, an septième [1799] , 8 vol. , 7 de texte in-8 et 1 atlas in-4 en reliure identique,pleine basane tachetée époque , dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre et tomaison vertes, tranches jaunes , quelques frottements , coiffes et coins usés ,épidermures avec manque au plat du tome 7, petits travail de ver. TEXTE:Tome I : VIII-CLII-367pp., Tome II : VIII-517pp.,Tome III : VIII-496pp.,Tome IV : VIII-507pp., Tome V : VIII-495pp., Tome VI : 3ff.-454 pp.,Tome VII : 3ff.-552 pp., ATLAS : portrait, 110pp.-39 planches sur papier bleutées, tache sur une carte.
1805ref. PHO-1674Paris, F. Buisson, an XIII (1805). TEXTE, 3 volumes in-8, 464, 400 et 392 pp., relié plein basane époque, dos lisse orné avec pièces de titre et tomaison, frises aux plats, tranches jaunes mouchetées, supra libris et étiquette au contre plat, coiffes arasées, frottements et défauts d’usage. ATLAS, in-4 (300x240mm) relié cartonnage éditeur époque, dos manquant, étiquette de titre sur le plat (grattée). Titre, liste des planches et 22 planches hors-texte dont 2 en couleurs. Planches en bon état, mouillures, défauts d’usage
1805ref. PHO-2365Paris, Chez F. Buisson, 1805 3 volumes in-8° (21x13,5cm), 464, 400 et 392 pp., brochage d’attente dans un étui de toile noire, étiquette de titre au dos, étiquette de libraire au 1er plat. Frottements, papier légèrement bruni, mouillure marginale sur les premiers feuillets tome 1. Texte seul, manque l’atlas
ref. 3573Australie,Java,Siam,Canton,Pékin, Yeddo,San Francisco. Grand in 8 demi-chagrin rouge à nerfs,titre,caissons, filets dorés,titre illustré,884 pages,texte sur 2 colonnes, nombreuses illustrations dans et hors-texte,ouvrage en 111 livraisons.EPlon éditeur, cuir légèrement frotté par endroit,rousseurs très éparses habituelles