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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. Ace Book F-131. Light edge and corner wear with a minor crease on the spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Ed Valigursky. This anthology contains: The Shoddy Lands by C. S. Lewis; Icarus Montgolfier Wright by Ray Bradbury; The Cosmic Expense Account by C. M. Kornbluth; Mr. Sakrison's Halt by Mildred Clingerman; The Asa Rule by Jay Williams; King's Evil by Avram Davidson; The Census Takers by Frederik Pohl; The Man Who Came to Earth by Poul Anderson; Final Clearance by Rachel Maddux; The Silk and the Song by Charles L. Fontenay; The Last Present by Will Stanton; No Man Pursueth by Ward Moore; I Don't Mind by Ron Smith; The Barbarian by Poul Anderson; And Now the News by Theodore Sturgeon; The Woods Grow Darker by Leah Bodine Drake; Blaze of Glory by Randall Garrett; Bright Destruction by Winona McClintic; Free Flight by P. M. Hubbard; The Anti-Climax by Winona McClintic; and Interview by Bird Ferguson. Ed Valigursky; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book details the author's daring expedition to the area now known as Minnesota in 1856, and the extensive research they conducted on the region and its native tribes. Their job was to find suitable locations for military posts, report on the environment for future travelers, and improve relations with the native tribes. As such, this book provides a fascinating snapshot of the landscape and people of Minnesota in the mid-19th century, rich with historical detail and insightful observations of the natural world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

[0-520-01626-2] 1970. (Small 4to) Near fine, no dust jacket. 459pp. Photographs, diagrams, graphs, tables, illustrations, maps, plans, appendices, addendum, index. The top corners are bumped, and there are 2 remainder marks. "An international conference on the application of science to medieval archaeology was held on 26-28 October 1967 at the University of California at Los Angeles under the auspices of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the Isotope Laboratory of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics" - from the Editor's Preface. Time Period Medieval. Contributors include Martin J. Aitken, Frank Asaro, Rainer Berger, Harry Bowman, Robert H. Brill, Fred W.B. Charles, Tsaihwa J. Chow, Israel Cornet, Paul E. Damon, C. Wesley Ferguson, John M. Fletcher, Jay D. Frierman, Robert D. Giauque, Veronika Giertz, Donald C. Grey, Mark C. Han, Walter Horn, Bruno Huber, Willard F. Libby, Masayo Murozumi, Clair C. Patterson, Isadore Perlman, Elizabeth K. Ralph, John T. Smith, Hans E. Suess, Sigurdur Thorarinsson, Lynn White. Published for Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. (Archaeology, Archaeology, Science).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for International Trucks inside front cover features a pop (beverage) truck at work; Supita (fiction); Design for a new Dominion - The Rowell-Sirois Report is charged with significance for every individual Canadina living today and for his children and his grandchildren after him - with photo of the Dominion-Provincial Relations Committee; Sam Small's Better Half (fiction); Gerard Cote - Canadian Marathon Champ - article with photo; Twilight for Neville Chamberlain; Check Rein (fiction); Treasure in Iron - article and photos of the Steep Rock Mine near Atikokan, Ontario; Murder Off Stage (fiction); A Century in Steam - the story of the first transatlantic steamship to dock at a Canadian port on June 1st, 1840; Nice full-page ad for RCA Victor audio products; Gifts for the Bride; Full-page Dodge truck ad. Front cover nearly loose. Back cover badly chipped and loose. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 1 June, 1940 International Trucks inside front cover features a pop (beverage) truck at work; Supita (fiction); Design for a new Dominion - The Rowell-Sirois Report is charged with significance for every individual. Illustrated by Price, Norman; Eldridge, Harold; LaSalle, Charles; Summers,Gloyne (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Wood, Stanley L.; Webb, Arch.; Reynolds, Warwick; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Soper, Geo.; Elcock, H.K.; Waters, D.B.; Woodville, R. Caton; Robinson, T.H.; Lloyd, S. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good overall. First edition. Signed at page 53 by Charles Ferguson Smith (1807 - 1862) a career US Army officer who distinguished himself in the Mexican American and the Civil War. Smith's signature appears at the last page of the section titled "Interior Police and Discipline". Smith graduated from the USMA in 1825, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Artillery. He returned to West Point as an instructor and was appointed Commandant of Cadets. The Commandant serves under the superintendent and is responsible for the administration, discipline, and military training of cadets; he/she is a West Point graduate of unimpeachable character. Smith served with distinction in the Mexican American war under Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. In the Civil War he served in Missouri under Brigadier General U.S. Grant, who had been one of his students at West Point; Smith became an invaluable support to Grant early on. He was injured in Savannah, Tennessee, and died just before the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), where his experience and leadership would have made a significant impact. Original black and gilt ruled leather boards. Boards rubbed, spine mostly chipped away. Internally, inner hinge tender but holding. A previous young owner has practiced his penmanship at the front free end papers; a few pencil marks at rear end papers. 8vo, 91pp, errata, [9] of which 3 are folding. OCLC: 78179006.…

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1856 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 29 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English. …

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Edited by. Foreword by D. J. Weatherall. Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh. 1992. De 28,5x22,5 cm. Com xxiii, [iii], 785 págs. Encadernação do editor. Ilustrado com fotografias a preto e branco e a cores. Texto impresso sobre papel couché. Language: Inglês / English Location/localizacao: SACO MA539-24.…