1574viii + 143 [i.e. 286] + [vii] pp., with one blanco ff. between f.111 and 112, with index, Original 1574-edition, with numerous woodcut initials, 21cm., 19th cy. hardcover binding (spine in leather with gilt title, corners bit bumped, in good condition), marbled endpapers, upper left corner of all pages is lacking some paper (not affecting the text, except for - at some pages - the first word of the repeated chapter name mentioned on top of each page), text is very well readable and clean except for some vague spots at some pages, old ex-libris stamp and ex-dono on title page, [German title: "Durch Gottes segen, newe Speisskammer und Speiskeller in vorstehenden hungers nöten, Landstheuwerungen, und Kriegsslaeufften, sampt anmuetiger Haussapotecken und Kuchenartzney ; dergleichen niemals vorhin publiciert worden". This is a scarce complete edition of this interesting work discussing nutrition during wartime and famine. It contains numerous receipts for making bread, the use of fruit, liquor, etc. The text is written in Latin, but the shouldernotes in the receipts are in German. Ref.: Oberle 67 "Ouvrage rare et très curieux", Vicaire Sp.804f.: "Ouvrage assez rare", Wellcome I,6125], W93823

Antiquariaat Pieter Judo (De Lezenaar) · Belgio3200,00 €

F. H. S. (FRANCIS HENRY SHAFTON) MEREWETHER.MareMagnum

A tour through the famine districs of India.

1898Very Good English Original bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. Many b/w plates. [xii], 340 p., 1 folding huge map. A tour through the famine districs of India.

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The famine in Asia-Minor: Its history. Compiled from the pages of the Levant Herald.

1998New English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 102 p. First printing Constantinople 1875. Account of a famine which devastated Central Anatolia in the 1870's. The famine in Asia-Minor: Its history. Compiled from the pages of the Levant Herald.

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DAMIRA IBRAHIM, VAHIT TÜRK.MareMagnum

Kazakistan'da kizil kitlik, 1929-1933. Stalin'e mektuplar, anilar, röportajlar.

2016New English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (19 x 13 cm). In Turkish. 224 p. Kazakistan'da kizil kitlik, 1929-1933. Stalin'e mektuplar, anilar, röportajlar. Study 'red famine' at the beginning of 1930's in the Kazakhstan. This book includes letters to Russian State - Stalin, memoirs and reports about famine.

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ISIS.].MareMagnum

The famine in Asia-Minor: Its history. Compiled from the pages of the Levant Herald.

1998Very Good English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 102 p. First printing Constantinople 1875. Account of a famine which devastated Central Anatolia in the 1870's. The famine in Asia-Minor: Its history. Compiled from the pages of the Levant Herald.

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McCullin, Don.MareMagnum

Hearts of darkness

1980Don McCullin photographs, selected by him. From rural England to Vietnam and the Congo. Introduction by John le Carré. Light wear to cover edges with rubbing to surfaces.

Andmeister Books · Regno Unito27,30 €

Macdonald, Florence [Flora]MareMagnum

For Greece A Tear : The Story of the Greek War Relief Fund in Canada.

1954Describes the activities in Canada for assistance to occupied Greece in WW II, Medical supplies , consignments of food, especially Canadian Wheat, for famine relief, and later aid sent after the earthquakes in 1953.Illustrated with contemporary photographs 193p. plates tables (Flora Macdonald's later career included becoming a well respected Member of the Canadian Parliament and Minister) Laid in is a typed letter from "The Greek War Relief Fund" requesting support. Book

Kalamos Books · Canada60,27 €

Macdonald, Florence [Flora]MareMagnum

For Greece A Tear : The Story of the Greek War Relief Fund in Canada.

1954Describes the activities in Canada of the Greek War Relief Fund established to provide assistance to occupied Greece in WW II, Medical supplies , consignments of food, especially Canadian Wheat, for famine relief, and later aid sent after the earthquakes in 1953. Illustrated with contemporary photographs 193p. plates, tables [Flora Macdonald's later career included becoming a well respected Member of the Canadian Parliament and Minister of Foreign Affairs) Book

Kalamos Books · Canada46,36 €

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Bibliotheca Medica de Asia Orientali 1473-1900. An annotated bibliography of Western writings on East Asian medicine for libraries, medical historians, antiquarian booksellers & collectors.

Fully printable 509 page PDF listing over 2,000 works, searched in seconds, non-English titles translated, this book has been produced in CD-Rom version only, CD in case. New. Compiled from numerous sources by a well-known medical author; Catalogues books, articles and manuscripts written in 10 European languages; Annotations and translations: English; 33MB PDF - Best viewed in Adobe Reader 6.0 or 7.0: Electronic search tools; Small page format for easy reading; Collation, biography & illustrations; Manual search tools: Topic cues in margins - Alphabetical index of authors; Appendix: A New Translation of Cleyer on Tongue Diagnosis 1682.

Forest Books William Laywood · Regno Unito36,68 €

Garnsey, Peter & C. R. Whittaker (Eds. )MareMagnum

TRADE AND FAMINE IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

1983Gift inscription to titlepage from editor (Peter Garnsey). Light knock to base of spine. Corners have light creasing. Mild shelfwear. ; A theme of the volume is that a combination of natural and artificial shortages made inevitable the bulk movement of staples between regions in all periods of antiquity. Novel contributions are offered in addition in relation to the cost of shipping, the extent of long-distance trade in wine, the relative demand for wheat and barley, the incidence and gravity of food crises, the efficiency of famine-relief measures and the part played by food shortages in the collapse of the late Roman frontier system. ; Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Vol 8; 126 pages; Signed by Editor

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Garnsey, Peter & C. R. Whittaker (Eds. )MareMagnum

TRADE AND FAMINE IN CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY

1983Pages a bit tanned. Tiny faint stain to rear wrap. Else very light shelfwear. ; A theme of the volume is that a combination of natural and artificial shortages made inevitable the bulk movement of staples between regions in all periods of antiquity. Novel contributions are offered in addition in relation to the cost of shipping, the extent of long-distance trade in wine, the relative demand for wheat and barley, the incidence and gravity of food crises, the efficiency of famine-relief measures and the part played by food shortages in the collapse of the late Roman frontier system. ; Cambridge Philological Society Supplementary Vol 8; 126 pages

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Cham (AmÈdÈe de NoÈ)MareMagnum

Moeurs brittaniques par Cham

1846First and only edition. A COMPLETE SET OF THIS RARE AND IMPORTANT SUITE OF SATIRICAL LITHOGRAPHS BY CHAM, devoted to British and Irish manners. Complete with lithographed title-page and 15 numbered lithographs by Cham on fine wove paper, with lithographed advertisement by Belin at the end. Folio. IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS, WITH THE LITHOGRAPHED TITLE-PAGE REPEATED ON THE COVER. A bit of wear and soiling to boards. Internally a few specks of faint, marginal foxing, but otherwise FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare, especially in such pristine state. Cham

William Cole · Spagna975,00 €

Campbell, G.G. (ed.) Prenties, S.W.MareMagnum

Ensign Prenties's Narrative : a Castaway on Cape Breton; Edited with an Historical Setting and Notes

1968Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Edited version of the Narrative of a shipwreck on the Island of Cape Breton, in a boyage from Quebec 1780. A first hand account of a British sailor who was stranded on Cape Breton Island when his ship sank in a storm. Prenties and five others were rescued by friendly Indians and he eventually made his way back to Britain.

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StaffMareMagnum

Waters: Journal of the Vancouver Aquarium V. 10: Marine Mammals and the Inuit

1987Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 36 pages with maps, articles include: Marine mammals: a cultural and economic resource for the future, The origin of the narwhal --- a myth, Hunting stories from Hall beach, Starvation at Koluktoo bay, Stalking netsiq on the sea ice, Sound under the ice, Arctic marine mammals

Bookshop Pistil Books Online · Stati Uniti16,23 €

Walcott, F. C.MareMagnum

UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION. THE PRUSSIAN SYSTEM. September, 1917.

19178p. 8vo. Original full printed wraps. Remains of album mountings on rear wrap. Very nice copy. Scarce. WWI 13

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COLLECTIF.MareMagnum

Decolonisations, instabilites et famines en Afrique. Cent ans après la Conference de Berlin 1885-1985. (Actes du Colloque de Bruxelles des 7, 8 et 9 juin 1985). Preface de J. Ziegler.

in-8°, 308 pages, broche, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire. [CA28-7]

Pique-Puces · Francia12,50 €

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Airforce - The Magazine of the Air Force Association of Canada: Volume 19 No 3 Fall 1995

199560 pages. Features include: The Shoot at the Venlo Bridges; Full Circle - VFA-81 "The Sunliners," - full Mediterranean Cruise; T-Birds Roost at 14 Wing; Hell Hole in Paradise - Bill Lockwood; A Bomber Pilot's Diary - F/L Lyle James; The Making of a Fighter Pilot; Wings on the Internet?; Famine Flight - Ethiopia; Friendship in a Beastly War - Rudolph Hengst, POW; Billy Bishop was an Army Officer in WWI; Light wear. Address label on back cover. Nice copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canada89,95 €

Graham, Donald (Signed)MareMagnum

Lights of the Inside Passage: A History of British Columbias Lighthouses and Their Keepers

1986269 pages. Index. Reference notes. Black and white illustrations. Author's signature upon title page else book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket in like condition and now preserved in Brodart sleeve. "Tales of adventure on the sea, suffering and starvation on land, monstrous weather, hardships, insanity, and the happiness found by some families on the lights." - from dust jacket. Would make an excellent gift. Book

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Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

Scientific American, October 1971, Volume 225 Number 4 - Object-Perception Experiment

1971Features: the physiology of starvation; cable television; the object in the world of the infant; the lunar rocks; carbon 14 and the prehistory of Europe; how living cells change shape; Mossbauer spectroscopy; the measurement of the 'man-day'. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine

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Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: May/June 1982: Hunger Decimates Canada's Seabird Colonies

1982Features: Malevolent Mountain - The Western Hemisphere's Highest Peak Challenges Canada's Himilaya-Bound Mountaineers; The Quiet Famine - Biologists Protest and Bureaucrats Ponder as Hunger Decimates Canada's Seabird Colonies; Reflections in an Orbiting Eye - Canada from Space, Beauty and Science in the Images of Landsat; Leduc - A Legacy of Eclectic Excellence from a Quebecois Painter Undiscovered in his own time; Caribbean Backwaters - Riding the Ebb Tides of Colonialism in the Turks and Caicos. Average wear. Sound copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canada69,95 €

Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

The Saturday Evening Post, September 9, 1961 THE TRAGEDY OF TIBET

1961Features: Pigskin Preview '61 - an expert's pick of the Nation's Top Teams and Players; Berlin on a Tightrope - a Post editor reports from the city on which the eyes of the world are focused; The Tragedy of Tibet - in 2 and a half years of brutal domination, the Red Chinese have reduced this once-proud nation to slavery and famine - a shocking report based on eyewitness accounts; Brunette Today, Blonde Tomorrow - tints promise to become as widely used as lipstick; These Children Love to Read - Mae Carden teaches reading using the maligned phonetic system; Adventures of the Mind - The Joy of Life, by Alexander Eliot; Atomic War on Insects - by using radiation to sterilize males, scientists are tricking the deadly screwworm fly into breeding itself out of existence - Drs. Edward Knipling and Raymond Bushland. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book

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Multiple ContributorsMareMagnum

The Saturday Evening Post, May 5, 1962 THE NEUTRON BOMB / BACKSTAGE WITH ANDY WILLIAMS

1962Features: Why I am Running for Congress - James A. Michener; What next for France? - de Gaulle, at 71, is a fragile bulwark between right-wing terrorists and a heavily Communist electorate is ; We live in Death Valley - Jean Bullard, wife of a park naturalist, tells what it is like to rear a family in the desert; The Spell of the Distant Drum - by Margaret Lawrence; People on the Way Up - Beverly Willis, David Vetter, Marie Bishop, John (Boog) Powell of the Baltimore Orioles; America's miraculous harvest - Orville L. Freeman tells of the advances which allow our farmers to produce more than we cna use, while the Communist nations fight off famine; The Neutron Bomb - William Laurence says it is simply a disturbing nightmare, both improbable and impracticable; Backstage with Andy Williams; Quarterback for the Moon Race - Harrison Storms, the uncanny boss of Project Apollo. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy. Book

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Calderwood, W.L.; Mottram, Dr. J.C.; Platts, W.Carter; Nobbs, Percy E.; Gerrish, C. Stratton; Simpson, Jajor R.C.; Mottram, Dr. J.C.; Parrott, A.W.; Harle, T.G.A.; Kemp, C.; Macintyre, DugaldMareMagnum

The Salmon and Trout Magazine - The Journal of the Salmon and Trout Association, Number 84, September 1936

1936Pages 209-308. Features: Frontispiece photo of George F. McCorquodale; Natural and artificial methods of salmon production - a short review of Canadian results; Salmon Fisheries of Norway; Defective Bones in Hand-reared Trout; The Grayling - part IV - bait fishing; Rod Joints and Whippings - how to recondition them for difficult climates; The Value of Hatchery Trout for Stocking Rivers; De Profundis - a tale of a fisherman's Dilemma; Experiments on the Starvation of Trout Fry; Artificial Propagation of Brown Trout - Hatchery Mortality; Reviews of new books; The Jolly Angler (continued); and more. Average wear. Few institutional library markings. A sound vintage copy. Book

RareNonFiction.com · Canada149,95 €

Brown, Zenith; Laing, Frederick; Martin, William; Stewart, Ramona; Moore, James Merriam; Bohne, F.H.; Gervasi, Frank; Smith, R.A.; Manuel Gordon; et alMareMagnum

Collier's Magazine, April 6, 1946 - Truman's Troubled Year

194690 pages. Fiction: Jealosy (part 1 of 4); That Samba Dress; The Pawn; The Music Stops; The Pipe; Navy Gal. Articles: Truman's Troubled Year; India's Crisis - famine and 100 millioln Muslims create a hard problem for the British government; 70,000 to One! (conclusion) - adventures on New Britain; Surgery can save 'Blue Children'; Are Baseball Managers Necessary?; Guy Madison; Big Business in Ham Radio; Rainy Day Fashions. Ads include: Ford Trucks; Gaines Dog Meal; Lord Calvert ad features photo portrait of author Stuart Cloete; New York Centra Railroad; Jayson Sportswear; Goebel Beer; Lucky Strike (back cover). Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book