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2022ref. x-036720536XRoutledge 2022. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 9.25x6.18x0.67 inches. Routledge paperback
2005ref. UWINCRA00drpHarperCollins 2005. Very Good. Winchester Simon. A Crack In The Edge Of The World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906. NY: HarperCollins 2005. 462pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gentle bumping. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gentle bumping. In DJ protector. HarperCollins hardcover books
2005ref. 2347934New York: Harper Collins 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. Boards a bit smudged small sticker on rear jacket corner otherwise jacket is excellent. 2005 Hard Cover. xiv 462 pp. 8vo. Maps on endpapers showing North American tectonic plates past earthquakes and volcanoes and author's travel route black-and-white photographs and maps in text. "Unleashed by ancient geologic forces a magnitude 8.25 earthquake rocked San Francisco in the early hours of April 18 1906. Less than a minute later the city lay in ruins. Bestselling author Simon Winchester brings his inimitable storytelling abilities to this extraordinary event exploring the legendary earthquake and fires that spread horror across San Francisco and northern California in 1906 as well as its startling impact on American history and just as important what science has recently revealed about the fascinating subterranean processes that produced it - and almost certainly will cause it to strike again. Harper Collins hardcover books
2005ref. 230692New York: HarperCollins 2005. Hardcover. xiv 462p. endpaper maps glossary further reading index illustrations maps signed by the author on title page. A fine first edition in boards and unclipped dust jacket. The book is ingenously jacketed with a jaw-dropping color reproduction of a newspaper front-page ! EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA ! with three extensions; we have not fully extended it but it is obviously in perfect condition. Should the purchaser wish to examine it the creased flap-folds which are stiff could be first put under weight for an hour or two to allow an easier fold-down of this hidden image. HarperCollins hardcover books
ref. 176910hardcover. illus. 462pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; d.w. slighly chipped otherwise very good. N.Y.: HarperCollins 2005. Presentation copy. unknown books
2011ref. 74346NY:: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 0195396197 . First printing. Nea fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press, hardcover books
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2005ref. UWINCRA02fpHarper Perennial 2005. Very Good. Winchester Simon. Crack in the Edge of the World : America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906. New York NY: Harper Perennial 2005. 462pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed . Harper Perennial paperback books
2005ref. 57682NY:: Harpercollins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0060571993 . First printing. SIGNED by the author on a specially bound in sheet. Very good in a very good dust jacket with a "Signed First Edition" sticker on the front panel. . Harpercollins, hardcover books
2005ref. UWINCRA00efHarperCollins 2005. Good. Winchester Simon. Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906. New York: HarperCollins 2005. 462pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Good with rolled spine and a few bumped pages at foot. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with a one-inch abrasion on front cover and sticker remnant on rear. Dustjacket folds out into a wall-sized poster. HarperCollins hardcover books
2003ref. vot721New York: HarperCollinsPublishers 2003. First U. S. Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo hardcover slick full-color illustrated boards xvi 416 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effect of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth’s most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. The legendary annihilation in 18•3 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round the planet for years causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogota and Washington D.C. went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island’s destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today’s new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims: one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killing anywhere. HarperCollinsPublishers, (2003). First U. S. Edition. hardcover books
2003ref. 2349175New York: Harper Collins 2003. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6x1x9. First U.S. edition. A couple tiny spots to jacket reverse otherwise an excellent copy. 2003 Hard Cover. xvi 416 pp. "Simon Winchester New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogota and Washington D.C. went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Krakatoa gives us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event. Harper Collins hardcover books
2003ref. 406729New York: Harper Collins 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. 416pp. Glossy pictorial boards. Fine in an about fine dust jacket with a word lightly inked on the front panel minor foxing and a faint internal stain. An account of the effects of the catastrophic eruption of the earth's most dangerous volcano: Krakatoa. Harper Collins hardcover books
2021ref. 8146New York: HarperCollins 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii 446pp. First edition with full number line indicating first printing. Very mild wear to unclipped dust jacket with light creasing to top edges and bumping to head of spine. Yellow paper over boards with spine lettered in guilt. Bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A very presentable first edition from the author of The Professor and the Madman. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The author of The Professor and the Madman The Map That Changed the World and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property-bought earned or received; in Europe Africa North America or the South Pacific-through human history how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future. Land-whether meadow or mountainside desert or peat bog parkland or pasture suburb or city-is central to our existence. It quite literally underlies and underpins everything. Employing the keen intellect insatiable curiosity and narrative verve that are the foundations of his previous bestselling works Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing-and have done-with the billions of acres that together make up the solid surface of our planet. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World examines in depth how we acquire land how we steward it how and why we fight over it and finally how we can and on occasion do come to share it. Ultimately Winchester confronts the essential question: who actually owns the world's land-and why does it matterPublisher. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii 446pp. First edition with full number line indicating first printing. Very mild wear to unclipped dust jacket with light creasing to top edges and bumping to head of spine. Yellow paper over boards with spine lettered in guilt. Bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A very presentable first edition from the author of The Professor and the Madman. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The author of The Professor and the Madman The Map That Changed the World and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property-bought earned or received; in Europe Africa North America or the South Pacific-through human history how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future. Land-whether meadow or mountainside desert or peat bog parkland or pasture suburb or city-is central to our existence. It quite literally underlies and underpins everything. Employing the keen intellect insatiable curiosity and narrative verve that are the foundations of his previous bestselling works Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing-and have done-with the billions of acres that together make up the solid surface of our planet. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World examines in depth how we acquire land how we steward it how and why we fight over it and finally how we can and on occasion do come to share it. Ultimately Winchester confronts the essential question: who actually owns the world's land-and why does it matterPublisher. HarperCollins hardcover books
2001ref. 90790New York: HarperCollins 2001. quarter cloth paper-covered boards dust jacket. 8vo. quarter cloth paper-covered boards dust jacket. xix iii 329 1 pages. William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology. First edition. Dust jacket unfolds into a 21" x 27 " map "that changed the world". Fine in fine jacket. HarperCollins unknown books
2001ref. 20599NY: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0060193611 . Fifth printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else near fine in a near fine trace edge wear fold-out dust jacket. . Harpercollins hardcover books
2003ref. 24058NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0198607024 . First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
2003ref. UWINMEA03fpOxford University Press 2003. Fine. Winchester Simon. Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003. 1st U.S. edition. 260pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Light rubbing to extremities. Oxford University Press hardcover books
2003ref. UWINMEA01MELOxford University Press 2003. Fine. Winchester Simon. Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003. 1st U.S. edition. 260pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Oxford University Press hardcover books
2003ref. UWINOUT00AFPenguin 2003. Very Good. Winchester Simon. Outposts: Journeys to the surviving relics of the British Empire. London: Penguin 2003. 362pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed wraps. Inscribed to former owner by Winchester on title page. Penguin paperback books
1999ref. 126812New YorK: HarperPerennial 1999. stiff paper wrappers. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xi iii 242 pages. Reprint of the 1998 edition A near fine copy. The story of the two men Professor James Murray and Dr. William Chester Minor who were at the heart of the Oxford English Dictionary. After twenty years of correspondence Murray decided to travel to meet Minor only to find that he was actually criminally insane. Illustrated. HarperPerennial unknown books
1998ref. 60978New York: Harper Collins Publishers 1998. paper-covered boards dust jacket. small 8vo. paper-covered boards dust jacket. xi iii 242 pages. First edition later printing. A fine copy in fine jacket. The story of the two men Professor James Murray and Dr. William Chester Minor who were at the heart of the Oxford English Dictionary. After twenty years of correspondence Murray decided to travel to meet Minor only to find that he was actually criminally insane. Illustrated. Harper Collins Publishers unknown books
1999ref. 622439New York: HarperCollins 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 255pp. Slightly cocked spine a remainder mark on the bottom page edges and foxing on the page edges thus very good in a fine dust jacket. HarperCollins hardcover books
2008ref. 9022211New York: Harper Collins 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth over boards. Decorated endpapers Frontispiece illustrations throughout and an index. Harper Collins hardcover books
2003ref. 2097754Aachen, Oxford u.a.: University Press 2003. XXVI, 260 Seiten. Mit einem Frontispiz und einigen schwarz-weißen Abbildungen sowie illustrierten Innendeckeln. 8° (22,5 x 15 cm). Orig.-Pappband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und illustriertem Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
