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1969Features: Fears over the barricades/where will the violence end - Norther Ireland; UN attempts at arms limitation; Aims of young Israelis; Crime fascinates television audiences; Germany decides - general election; A Swedish naturalist (Sigvard Berggren) has a new plan to save wildlife; spotlight on the little theatres; The House of Augustus - Archaeology 2319; Scimitar 3-litre; Rembrandt in Amsterdam; What Rembrandt taught; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
1936Pages 659-702. Features: Cover photo of the Victor of Ashangi, Marshall Badoglio, commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia; Photo of Gen. Smuts appealing for peace in Europe; Photo of the Kadir Cup "pig sticking"event in India, with photo of winner, Capt. P. H. J. Tuck with his horse Manifest; Two-page pictorial map of the Franco-German and Belgo-German frontiers - of world interest since the Rhineland was reoccupied; Two pages of photo of massive Burmese Leogriff (Cinthe) under construction as the funeral pyre for the cremation of a dead priest; Photo illustrated article on Brazil nuts - a minor mystery; Six photos from filming of "Kliou", the first Technicolor film to be photographed entirely in the jungle; Two pages of photos of the "Alps" of South Africa; Page of fascinating photos illustrating the world's greatest telescopic "eye", this great 200 inch telescope disc is twice the diameter of the disc in the Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory, the biggest at present in use; Page of photos of medieval ship carvings in a Devonshire church - sculpted 16th-century three-masters; Page of photos illustrate the coldest Easter of the century; Page of photos of the king personally bestowing the Royal Maundy to aged men and women; Magnificent centrefold aerial photo of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia - before construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge - as she celebrates her Golden Jubilee; Two pages of text and photos present a mysterious 12th Dynasty hoard - Treasures of Asiatic origin found at Toud, near Luxor; Photos of personalities of the week include Herr Leopold von Hoesch, Señor Alcala Zamora, Dr. Constantine Demerjis, Señor Martinez Barrio, and the king inspecting the Grenadier guards; Photo illustrated article on Galapagos wildlife; One-page photo illustrated Harrods ad presents pocket watches; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him inspecting barrels by flashlight; Interesting photo shows crowd gathered around an Imperial Airways airmail service plane at Kai Tak aerodrome, Hong Kong, after it arrived from Penang for the first time; Photos of Lt. Col. F. J. Popham, and Mr. Francis A. L. Would; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Humber Twelve car; Back cover two-colour ad promotes The Sphere, The Tatler, The Sketch, Sporting and Dramatic News, and the Illustrated London News. Please note: pages 685-686 missing. Several interior pages loose but present. Faint store ink stamp to front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
1918Features: Two-page illustration describes the British share in "the magnificent Italian Victory" - artillery counter-preparation near Asiago; Article by G.K. Chesterton on Mr. Robert Dell who was expelled from France; Photos of Sir Gilbert F. Garnsey, K.B.E., General Guillaumat, Governor of France, and General Diaz of Italy; One-page illustration of British Aeroplane over the recaptured Montello - an air view of the Piave; Potsdam's Disappointment (article); The War Game of the Japanese (article); "The Beef Trip"; Two half-page photos show the raised Piave River; Article about air bombing and bombers; One-page illustration of the Montello, "Entirely retaken with elan from the Austrians by the Italians"; From Virgin Soil to Complete Shipyard in 165 Days - Three pages with fourteen photos marvelously document the rapid construction of the world's largest shipyard on Hog Island, in the Delaware River, just outside Philadelphia; Centrefold illustration of "The Beef Trip", the British Navy's way of securing the nation's food supply; The Conservation of Wild Life in War-Time (article); Detailed diagrams and text describe the Madsen Gun; Full-page illustration compares Britain's liberal rations compared to those of Germany; Roll of Honour - photos of 18 officers including Lieut.-Col. Bertrand D. Gibson; Photos of U.S. Army nurses under gas-mask instruction at Cape Kearney, California; Illustrated ad for the "Kooksjoie" Range warns of imminent coal restrictions; Nice car ads; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Beecham's Pills features reflection of lady in mirror; Back cover ad for Edwards' Harlene hair treatments; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
1968rif. 7528Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Good. Spine binding and covers all fine; contents very clean with no inscription. Dustcover unclipped good with some wear on top and bottom edges. Hamish Hamilton Ltd. hardcover
rif. 033293201X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 0484048945.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 1333884397.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1999rif. Q-0966001311Chachalaca Press 1999. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Chachalaca Press hardcover
VG no dj. prior owner appears to have cut out the dj description panel and pasted it onto the ffep, and pasted the title panel sideways down the spine! neat job - but why! no inscriptions. lovely good clean copy. The Marine Fauna of the British Isles "found between the tide marks.
19528vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and plates; brown tweed buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.
1992rif. 43266Kenthurst, Kangaroo Press, 1992.
1989638 pages. Index. "Undoubtedly the classic work on the flora and fauna and peoples of the area which is now called Indonesia." - from back cover. Above-average wear. Front hinge taped. Front flyleaf removed. Usual library markings. Five-panel black and white fold-out map. A worthy reading copy. Book
2017Appears unread but comment inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 298pp. Adventures of the cameraman, climber and wildlife film maker.
1860Two Volumes. pp. 283; 288. No ads inserted. Front flyleaf excised. 12mo. 190 mm. Original publisher's cloth bindings. Boards decorated in blind. Extremities slightly worn. Hardbound. Very good. First American Edition, second issue. Also published in 1860 at London, in three volumes, by Smith, Elder, and Company, under title: Transformation; or, The romance of Monte Beni. "The MS. of 'The Marble faun' is in a private collection in England, and, in fact, was never in this country, as the American edition was set up from proof-sheets of the English edition." -- Cathcart, Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cleveland, 1905. "Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing" - Hawthorne in the Marble Faun, Chap. 14. This second issue is identified by having 'the Conclusion' first published here. W147; AI BX 7
1994"A pictorial history of the changes occurring to the natural landscape of the town of Markham during a 20 year period between 1965 and 1985, The pictures show how both man-made involvement...and natural erosion ..created the significant changes in the town.. that took away large sections of its peace and serenity" A peronal narrative of the changers the author experience. The production quality of the photographs make the images difficult yo interpret. 95p,. illus [B & W] [No copies found in WorldCat] Book
1976298 pages including index. Compiles all available references relevant to the environmental aspect of the Nanaimo River Estuary. Summarizes pertinent information and provides lists on plant and animal life, to provide readers with some idea of the ecological characteristics. Contents include topics such as: Geology; Economic Geology; Surficial Geology; Climatology; Hydrology; Oceanography; Invertebrate Biology; Invertebrate Fisheries Resource; Flora; Wildlife; Land and Water Use; Pollution; plus an extensive Bibliography. Includes a variety of maps. Report of the Estuary Working Group, Department of the Environment, Regional Pacific Region. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A wonderful reference. Book
1995rif. Q-0875966756Rodale Pr 1995-08-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Rodale Pr hardcover
rif. 1853686263.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
4°. 30,7 x 23,6 cm. 176 p. Original boards (hard cover) with title to spine. Illustrated dust jacket with title to spine and to front cover. Good condition. Many coloured illustrations.
2009rif. 1611281674zbvkNew York, Alfred A. Knopf / Norwalk CT, Easton Press, 2009. xix, (10) 403 pages, colour-illustrated throughout. - Publisher's richly gilt-decorated and gilt-titled thick greyblue leather-binding over 3 raised bands with tipped-on glossy colour-plate photoprint ('Man on the Moon'), all edges gilt, silken strong marker-ribbon and moirée-silk endpapers; 4to.(ca. 27 x 23 x 3 cm; ca. 2 kg.).
1853rif. biblio478London: Nathaniel Cooke Milford House Strand 1853. Very Good. 8vo xviii 342 publisher gilt cloth stained 70 woodcuts 4 full page map edges gilt last 70 pages lightly damp stained in margins Nathaniel Cooke, Milford House, Strand hardcover
1958rif. q10n1084Siam Society, Bangkok, 1958. Contents: The Flowering of Teak / Tectona Grandis in Aspects of Tree Breeding; The Genus Eria Lindley (Orchidaceae) in Thailand; Thailand Forest Soils; Identification Keys to Genera and Species of the Dipterocarpaceae of Thailand etc. 91 S. Englisch. Einband etwas lichtrandig, Seiten etwas angebräunt, Besitzvermerk auf Vorsatz, Gesamtzustand gut und sauber. gr.8° [5 Warenabbildungen] Broschiert
1958rif. q10n1083Siam Society, Bangkok, 1958. Contents: Generalized Key to the Soils of Siam; On the Nymphaeaceae of Thailand; A Preliminary Study of the Sea Turtles in the Gulf of Thailand. 36 S. Englisch. Seiten sehr gering angebräunt, sauber, Besitzvermerk auf Vorsatz, Gesamtzustand gut und sauber. gr.8° [6 Warenabbildungen] Broschiert
8vo, ix-359 pp, maps, drawings, full-page plates on superior paper, index. HB + DW VG++/G [P-20]
1909rif. 156803London, Paris, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1908, 1909. IV, IV, VII, 1128 S., mit Illustrationen und farbigen, montierten Tafelbildern, 4° OHalbleder, Lederecken, mit goldgeprägten Rückentitel,
