French hm (24 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: Geological Survey of Canada., 1974
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Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780582305366.
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Verlag: Canadian J Earth Sci, 1971
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Fine. Vol 8, No 7, pp 717-731, Illus, Blue covers of Authors Offprint, name on cover else Fine.
Verlag: Arctic, 1985
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Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:9780582305366.
Verlag: Biuletyn Peryglacjalny, 1972
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Very Good. Vol 21, pp. 51-73+ 2 Photo Plts, Orig White Author's Offprint, name on cover else VG.
Verlag: Nat Res Council Canada, 1984
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Very Good. Tech Transl ISSN 0077-5606, 305 pp., Illus, Orig Tan Paperback, 4to, VG.
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Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None Issued. First Edition. 309 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. This Book Has Been Written For University Students, Particularly At Second Year Level, And Assumes A Certain Knowledge Of Int…roductory Geomorphology.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Ottawa / Canada: Wiley InterScience., 2005
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Gut. 229 p., with figures, 26 cm, Very good condition. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 380.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAMMALS : 2nd Revised Edition
Bourliere, Francois; (Translated from the French By H.M. Parshley)
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1962
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 2nd Revised Edition, 2nd Printing. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated, gilt embossed red linen boards/Fine. DJ/Good w/losses to upper edges; under mylar. Upper text edge dyed yellow. PO name to fEP. First published 1951 in France as: Vie et Mooeurs des Mammifere…s; this is the 2nd Revised edtion of the English translation by H.M. Parshley which includes new illustrations and expanded bibliography. A comprehensive picture of what naturalists, in the field and in the laboratory, have learnt of life and habits of mammals the world over. Ornithologist, mammalogist, and ecologist Francois Bourliere (1913 - 1993) was editor-in-chief of Revue d'Ecologie (formerly La Terre et la Vie) from 1949 until his death, and published some 16 books. Strong copy despite flaws.
Parliamentary Affairs Volume XXXII Number 1 Winter 1979 / S A Walkland "Parliament And The Economy In Britain" / H M Drucker "Two-Party Politics In The United Kingdom" / Andrew Gray "The Civil Service And Parliament" / G Morgan "All Party Committees In The House Of Commons" / Phil Lobao "The Communist Party In West Germany" / J C Simmonds "The French Communist Party In 1978"
F F Ridley (Editor) / S A Walkland "Parliament And The Economy In Britain" / H M Drucker "Two-Party Politics In The United Kingdom" / Andrew Gray "The Civil Service And Parliament" / G Morgan "All Party Committees In The House Of Commons" / Phil Lobao "The Communist Party In West Germany" / J C Simmonds "The French Communist Party In 1978"
Verlag: Oxford University Press / The hansard Society, 1979
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Verlag: Four Square Books, 1956
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Well read copy with some spine wear. Colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Verlag: Longman Group Limited, London, 1976
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Soft cover. Zustand: VG+. 309 pages, with black and white photographs and diagrams throughout. Black and white soft covers with black titles, corners lightly bumped, light wear to edges, otherwise text is clean, binding is strong, VG+. Book.
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Ice-Marginal and Periglacial Processes and Sediments
Martini, I. P. (Editor)/ French, H. M. (Editor)/ Perez-alberti, A. (Editor)
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Weitere BilderTHE SECOND SEX (First UK edition, second impression)
Simone de Beauvoir (Edited and translated from the French by H. M. Parshley)
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Jonathan Cape, London, 1954
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First UK Edition. Second impression of the true first UK edition, published in 1954. The printer's page states: 'First published in Great Britain October 1953, second impression 1954. The book was originally published in English translation in the USA, by Alf…red A. Knopf, Inc., New York in 1953. Edited by and translated from the French by H. M. Parshley, Professor Emeritus of Zoology at Smith College. ***Very good in grey duotone cloth-covered boards, over a dark blue cloth covered spine, with gilt titles to the spine. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Boards clean and bright. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also very good with no foxing. With neat original ownership details on the back of the front free endpaper. Pages clean and uncreased. Very light tape off-setting to the rear free endpaper. No creases or tears. ***In a very good colour printed dustwrapper, which has been neatly corner price-clipped. Edges of dustwrapper creased and rubbed, especially at the head and tail of the spine. Small area of loss at the head of the spine of dustwrapper, not affecting the titles. Small closed tears, creasing and rubbing to the edges of the dustwrapper. No serious chips or tears. Spine of dustwrapper slightly darkened but remarkably unfaded. Back panel of dustwrapper has some darkening at the top edge. Front panel bright and clean. ***225mm x 155mm. 702 pages including a detailed 12pp Index at the back of the book. ***'The subject is Woman in all her aspects, and out of it Mlle de Beauvoir has produced a book which may well become a classic of its kind --- "The Second Sex" is notable for its analytical detachment, its avoidance of a rigid "line" or the slightly hysterical propaganda of the early feminists. But Mlle de Beauvoir is a feminist of the sort produced by women's mature realization that they really have the power to be a man's equal. She believes that women are inferior to men only because they are made so --- The second half of this remarkably exciting and readable book deals with woman's life today, her childhood, sexual initiation, and marriage. Each paragraph is packed with wisdom and information.' Manchester Guardian ***'In her appraisal of childhood and adolescence, and of the special problems of the married woman, the mother, the Lesbian, the prostitute, the "hetaira", the woman in middle age, and the woman in old age, she shows herself uniformly responsible and balanced. She is not only a careful and scholarly writer: she is a novelist, and the value of her work owes a great deal to the penetrating power of her imagination --- There is no doubt that this is an important and serious study which will demand consideration for a very long time to come.' Times Literary Supplement (Review quotes from inside front flap of dustwrapper). ***Named by Modern Library as one of top 100 books of non- fiction of the twentieth century. Also named by The Times Literary Supplement as one of the most hundred influential books since World War II. ***A second impression of the first UK edition, published in 1954, the book being originally published in the UK in October 1953, and reprinted once more in 1956. All three of these original Cape printings are rare to find now, especially in the dustwrapper. ***Of interest to collectors of landmark and revolutionary twentieth century first edition titles. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Daily Life in China; On the Eve of the Mongol Invasion 1250-1276
Gernet, Jacques [Translated from the French by H. M. Wright]
Verlag: Published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, California First Thus Edition . California 1970., 1970
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Fine. First thus edition in publisher's original laminated card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 254 printed pages of text with monochrome maps throughout. Fine condition book, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0804707200 CHINA & CHINESE HISTORY.
Verlag: Wiley, 1992
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Verlag: Published by Royal Marines Historical Society | Printed by the Portsmouth Polytechnic Printing Office First Edition . 1991., 1991
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original blue card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8'' x 6''. In December 1942 Fidelity, with T Company, 40 Commando aboard, joined Convoy ON 154. The convoy was attacked by U-boats from 27 December while north of the Azores. On 29 December Fidelity, suffering from engine problems,…fell out of the convoy. She launched her aircraft as an anti-submarine patrol while repairs took place. During this time her aircraft reported lifeboats to the southwest and her landing craft was sent to pick them up. These were 44 men from Empire Shackleton, the convoy commodore's ship. During the night Fidelity was making 5 knots towards the Azores, but came under attack twice. She was fired on by U-225, and later by U-615. Both U-boats were driven off when Fidelity fired back. On 30 December she was found by U-435, under the command of Siegfried Strelow and was torpedoed twice. Strelow observed the sinking, and estimated about 300 survivors in the water, but when he made his report later he was asked "whether their destruction in the prevailing weather can be counted on". This was some months after BdU's infamous Laconia Order, instructing U-boat commanders not to assist survivors in any way, and regarded at the Nuremberg trials as a tacit encouragement to ensure there were none. At the time of her sinking Fidelity had on board some 369 souls. All were lost. Contains 128 pp with monochrome archive photographs and some maps throughout. Feint crease line to the top front corner and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. WORLD WAR II (Second).
Verlag: 'Wasp Portsmouth 1st. Decr', 1775
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In den WarenkorbBligh's entry in the Oxford DNB does not note his service on HMS Wasp, to which he was appointed in October 1774. According to one authority the ship 'saw service out of Passage, County Cork, Ireland from [November 1774]. In October 1775 [Bligh] brought sixty volunteers from Ireland into Plymouth, and in June 1776 sailed from Po…rtsmouth to Plymouth with money for the dockyard artificers. Towards the end of August, the Wasp arrived off the Devonshire port with ten transports bound for North America, and she then sailed for Ireland.' Built in 1749, the 8-gun sloop the Wasp was sold off by the Royal Navy in 1781. In 1784, under the name Mentor, she was a slave ship. Good bold signature on letter of 1p, 4to. In fair condition, on aged and discoloured paper, with wear to corners and closed tear along the two postage folds. Addressed to 'The Honourable The Principal Officers & Commissrs. of His Majesty'[s] Na[vy]' (parts of last two word chipped away). Docketed '1: Decembr. 1775. / Wasp / Captn: Bligh / Book sent' and 'Recd. the above Muster Book / TM / 12 Decr. 1775'. The letter reads: 'Gentlemen, / Yesterday I Lodged at the Clerk of the Checks Office at this Port, to be forwarded to your Board, One Monthly Book for September & October 1775 for His Majesty's Sloop the Wasp under my Command, which please to Acknowledge the receipt off to Waterford in Ireland, as I shall sail for that place in a day or two. I am, with great respect, / Gentlemen, / Your most Obedient / Humble Servant R R Bligh'.
[Captain Velters Cornewall Berkeley, RN.] Autograph Letter Signed, as captain of HMS Emerald, requesting that the Commissioners of the Navy will pay the company of HMS Juno, who have been 'turned over' to the Emerald.
Velters Cornewall Berkeley (1754-1804), Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars [HMS Emerald; the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
Verlag: 'Emerald Nore the 12 Decr ', 1795
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In den WarenkorbAt the time of writing, Berkeley's newly-constructed HMS Emerald had just completed her coppering and fitting-out at Woolwich. Sailing to join Jervis's Mediterranean fleet, within less than a year she would be involved in controversy. Following the Battle of Cape St Vincent (14 February 1797), in which HMS Emerald was too lightl…y built to take part, the victorious Jervis sent Berkeley off with a squadron of five ships in search of the disabled Spanish flagship, Santisima Trinidad. On 20 February Berkeley declined to engage when he sighted her under tow. This decision was widely criticised, and there were calls for Berkeley's court-martial. Two months later, on 26 April 1797, HMS Emerald was cruising with the Irresistible off the Spanish coast, when they captured two enemy frigates, one of which sank at sea. 1p, folio. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper with slight chipping to corners and edges. Addressed to 'Principal Officers & Commrs. of HMs. Navy'. Reads: 'Gentlemen / His Majesty's Ship under my Command having arrived here this day, I have to request you will cause the necessary Steps to be taken for the Payment of the Company of His Majesty's Ship Juno, (who have been turned over to serve in the Emerald) as soon as possible, as I am in hourly Expectation of receiving Orders to proceed to Sea - / I am / Gentlemen / Your humble Servt / J. Cornewall Berkeley'. Docketed on reverse: '12 Decr. 95 / Captn Berkeley / Emerald / desires he may be paid'. Also on reverse: 'Will the Board please to Order the Juno's Pay Books which were paid in Tower, to be forwarded to Shearness. [sic] / P. H. / 14 Decembr.' and the following, with the initials of three commissioners, 'Let the Books be sent accordingly / CH [Captain Charles Hope, Deputy Comptroller of the Navy, 1795-1801?] JH [John Henslow (1730-1815), Surveyor to the Navy, 1784-1806?] GM [?] / Acq[uaint] Captn'.
[George Thorp, Naval Officer; Smyrna; HMS Victory] Substantial Autograph Letter Signed "Geo Thorp" to his brother, Robert, discussing his activities whilke in Smyrna (Turkey)
George Thorp, (1777 1797) officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary Wars [Smyrna; HMS Victory]. Substantial Wikipedia biography [see below].
Verlag: 'L'Aigle Smyrna Sept. 5th '. SEE NOTE A below, 1895
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In den WarenkorbFour pages, 4to, inc. address (p.4), bifolium. IMAGE on application. Addressed on reverse of second leaf, with two postmarks and a manuscript note by forwarding agents the Frères Smitmer of Vienna, to 'Robert Thorp Esqr | Alnwick | Northumberland | For George Thorp's Letters to his family, see Note B. below. Text: He starts by c…ongratulating his brother on his wedding, admitting that sailors are "bad hands at Complements" but expresses pleasure at contact from his sister. He then goes into his activities in Smyrna: We have been paying our respects to the Captain Pacha, the great man in this Empire & brother of the Grand Seignior [sic] his power is unlimited all [?] jurisdiction ceasing on his arrival. [H]e came on board us twice & we got under weigh he expressed himself much pleased with the Ship & look a great deal of [?] alterations made in his own Ship (from ours he smoaked out of a Golden pipe set in diamonds. [H]is ring was a diamond about the size of [O -large ring/nought drawn] not less from its brightness some of the officers concluded it worth 7 or 8 thousand Pounds, the first dress[?] I saw him in was blue velvet set full of various stones his turban a Camels hair [Shall?] the last magnificent part about him[.] His next dress a rich blue velvet covered with diamonds of great value o0o & pearls about the same size again in a yellow satin full of various sized diamonds, I never saw such a Collection of riches in my life[.] I suppose he carried on his [back?] Pistols ring & sabre from 50 to 100 Thousand pounds each time - which I do not expect you to believe till you have seen the Nillions of oppressed wretches who furnish them - if you should in this Country get worth 10000 your head is gone & the Grand Signior or his Officers your heir.' The Pacha has given 'other Ships from 1500 Piastres he presented the Officers with Turkish stuffs my present is a piece of Blue Silk worked with Gold & all the Officers nearly the same. he presented Capt Hood [later Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood (1762-1814)] with a Gold Box set with diamonds a quantity of muslins & various rich things we are not judges of diamonds but all agree the Captain to be worth near a thousand pounds'. The Pacha '[see Note C.] wished to make a Second present to all the Offiers & Crew but the Capt. very properly would not allow it - He is gone with his Fleet to collect the tribute of the Empire.' Notes: A. HMS Aigle "When Captain Hood transferred from the Juno to the bigger frigate HMS Aigle (38 guns) in March 1794 he took with him a contingent of officers and men that included Midshipman Thorp. Corsica: Between April and August 1795, Aigle took part in the blockade of Corsica and the capture of Calvi. Smyrna: Aigle spent six months from May to October 1795 blockading French warships in the Turkish port of Smyrna (now Izmir) a very unpopular operation because of its lack of opportunity for prizes and its unhealthy climate, with frequent outbreaks of the plague; B. "Letters to his family Thorp wrote numerous letters to his parents and siblings throughout his career, except for his time on Thisbe in Nova Scotia during his first year of service and his subsequent time on Magnificent. These were deposited in the National Maritime Museum in 1968 in the form of two letterbooks. Regrettably, no record of persons inspecting these letterbooks seems to have been kept by the National Maritime Museum but anyone studying them in detail who is familiar with the AubreyMaturin series of novels of Patrick O'Brian may find a remarkable coincidence between some of the descriptions in Thorp's letters and events or characters in O'Brian's novels, inviting speculation whether O'Brian may have read the letters and been inspired by their content. Thorp's letters describing the escape from Toulon, the attack on the Mortella Tower and the siege of Saint-Florent, the blockade of Corsica, the capture of Calvi and the cutting out of the Principe Fernando are particularly noteworthy. Dean.
