Wayfaring tree (33 Ergebnisse)
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis and Carter 1945
- Hardcover
Anbieter: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, Vereinigtes KönigreichM Godding Books Ltd
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In den Warenkorbhardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published in 1945'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual ite…m.
Verlag: Hollis & Carter 1946
- Hardcover
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, Vereinigtes KönigreichWorld of Rare Books
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Good. 1946. Reprint. 198 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tannin…g.
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis & Carter Ltd 1946
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Jon A Sewell, rugby, Vereinigtes KönigreichJon A Sewell
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. UK hardback reprint, 1946 Hollis & Carter Ltd. The book is in very good condition with slight fading to the rear of the boards. No dustjacket. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins Pitchford. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator).
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis and Carter Limited 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, SüdafrikaChapter 1
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by the previous owner on the front free end paper page. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, some faded marks and a touch edge worn. Internally the pages are slightly wavy, remains nea…t and complete. The binding is secure. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis & Carter, London, UK 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, Vereinigtes KönigreichSarah Zaluckyj
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Fair ++. No Dustjacket. First Edition. 198 pages incl. delightful B&W illustrations by "BB" (Denys Watkins-Pitchford). No dustjacket. Wear/rubs at spine-ends and boards' corners. Dark blue hardback binding with wear and rubs to boards' edges and corners and to spine-ends, some spotting to boards. Pencil name…to inside of front board, preliminary pages and later page-edges lightly browned and foxed o/w pages quite clean. throughout. "BB" Denys Watkins-Pitchford (Illustrator) (illustrator).
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Idlegeniusbooks, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichIdlegeniusbooks
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945. Repaired with archival tape to spine between ffep and pastedown. No marks or inscriptions. Foxing to endpages.and page edges. Clean blue cloth covers.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Idlegeniusbooks, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichIdlegeniusbooks
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing published by Hollis & Carter, London 1945. Repaired with archival tape to spine between ffep and pastedown. No marks or inscriptions. Foxing to endpages.and page edges. Clean blue cloth covers.
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, Vereinigtes KönigreichRichard Thornton Books PBFA
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in blue cloth with silver lettered title to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has a few small nicks and tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped and this copy has NO former names p…resent.Book has a firm binding showing no hinge weakness.Nice clean tight copy with just a touch of spotting to the page edges.Collated with a total of 12 black and white plates by BB.8vo 198pp First Edition 1st Impression [1945]. BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator).
Verlag: Hamish Hamilton, UK 1930
- Softcover
Anbieter: Maynard & Bradley, Leicester, Vereinigtes KönigreichMaynard & Bradley
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1930s. A very presentable vintage art print taken from Barker's 'Flower Fairies of the Autumn' (1930s). Clean across the entire image surface with some faint marginal spots but no significant encroachment onto the print itself. Professionally double-mounted, suitable for framing. Includes original…accompanying poem. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 210 x 250 mm. 1 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; 1930s; Inventory No: 23102.
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: HOLLIS AND CARTER LTD, LONDON 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, Vereinigtes KönigreichRon Weld Books
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair to Good/Good. 1st Edition. Very good-plus clean firm interior mostly, no usage marks or inscriptions, just a few light age specks to top edge of rear e/papers and last three pages, no text obscured - contains 12 stunning black and white illustrations including th…e frontispiece, faint tan to pages, excellent clean firm cloth boards; d/jacket dulled/toned to spine, light shelf wear to rear, nicks to top edge, small tear to lower rear but with bright frontage and no large tears or loss, not price-clipped, covered with a new removable sleeve-protector. D.J. WATKINS PITCHFORD (illustrator).
Verlag: Hollis & Carter Ltd., London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, Vereinigtes KönigreichBesleys Books PBFA
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In den WarenkorbHard Cover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. viii, [2], 198pp. With chapter headings and 12 full-page illustrations by D. J. Watkins Pitchford. 1st edition 1945. Spine darkened, some fraying with small losses. Foxing to edges and end-papers, with a little occasi…onal foxing to contents. Private ownership. (p12). Pitchford, D. J. Watkins (illustrator).
Sprache: Englisch
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Callahan and Company Booksellers, Peterborough, USACallahan and Company Booksellers
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hollis & Carter, London, 1945, first printing. Illustrated with fine b&w plates. 6" x 8.75". 198 pp. Decorated blue cloth. A book of essays on country topics, goose shooting, carp fishing, fish ponds, birds, adders, the New Forest, "Tom Pillimore, tench fishe…r", etc. Very good in very good wrapper.
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, Vereinigtes KönigreichRichard Thornton Books PBFA
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in blue cloth with silver lettered title to spine,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has one tiny nick to head of spine with light rubbing along extremities.Not Price clipped and this copy has one previous…and neat small inscription to the front endpaper.Book has a firm binding showing no hinge weakness.Nice clean tight copy and the outer boards are particularly nice.Collated with a total of 12 black and white plates by BB.The dust-wrapper comes well protected in a cover sleeve,8vo 198pp First Edition 1st Impression [1945]. BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator).
Verlag: Hollis & Carter Ltd, London 1946
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Primrose Hill Books BA, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichPrimrose Hill Books BA
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In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Good. no DJ. First edition, reprint. Reading copy. Boards and cloth very worn. Some foxing to end papers.
Verlag: Hollis & Carter. London. 1945 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes KönigreichCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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In den WarenkorbZustand: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1945). 1945 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 222mm). Ppx,198. B/w engravings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford, top edge stained blue. Blue cloth, silver-gilt birds motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Some browning. Good-plus… in used, price-clipped dust-wrapper. From the foreword by the author: "This book is primarily for the man or woman who has a deep love for the country and country things and who has, by force of circumstance, to live in a city or town .I believe that the only truly happy people are those who realize the preciousness of woods, meadows, and the open air." Chapters include: the New Forest; adders and snakes, the Knightwood Enclosure; W.H. Hudson's farmhouse, Boldre church and churchyard; a New Forest brook, New Forest names; a New Forest riding, bird life in the Forest, Buckler's Hard; Wicken Fen, butterflies; Tom Pillimore, tench fisher; my old home, early fishing memories; English smells, evacuees; taxidermy, jackdaws and magpies; sparrows, rooks and rookeries; rabbit potting in June, the keeper's knowledge; the old canal arm; an education test, two anglers; charm of ponds, making a garden pond, swifts; Mac the cowman, butterfly hunting; goldfinches, corncrakes, house sparrows, wild geese, return of the migrant; hawks, buzzards, owls, story of a tame snipe; big fish, giant carp, big tench; wildfowling, character of a wildfowler, lure of the sport; young enthusiasts, a dangerous bull; the Bryeburn, the shepherd's story, on the high hills, evening in the hills. .
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis & Carter Ltd, London, United Kingdom 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: PW Books, Andover, Vereinigtes KönigreichPW Books
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (12s 6d). With twelve illustrations by the author. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, few tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, n…umerous marks, patchy browning (including to spine), minor foxing, a little patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), the odd spot of foxing/little browning/few marks to reverse (white side), pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, pushing/bumping to corners, little creasing/rubbing to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners. the odd small bump top edges, the odd small mark, patchy rubbing to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Minor spine lean. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages dyed blue have the odd small mark/small scratch. Pages bit tanned. odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and bottoms. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. (BB) (illustrator).
Weitere BilderVerlag: London: Hollis & Carter Ltd. 1946
- Hardcover
Anbieter: RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, Vereinigtes KönigreichRightWayUp Books
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. "B. B." The wayfaring tree / illustrations by D. J. Watkins Pitchford. First reprint. London: Hollis & Carter Ltd., October, 1946. Hardback, Fair. Blue boards, bowed outwards, heavily sunned to spine and edges. Bumping to corners and head/base of spine. Silver illustration to front and letter…ing to spine. Binding strong. Gift inscription to ffep. Frontispiece b/w illustration. x, 198pp., b/w illustrations. A few foxing spots, otherwise contents clean and bright. Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE (25 July 1905 8 September 1990) was a British naturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author under the pseudonym "BB". He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
Verlag: Hollis & Carter Ltd, London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: beckfarmbooks, HOLT, Norfolk, Vereinigtes Königreichbeckfarmbooks
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In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Good. None. First Edition. 198 pages. Blue boards, silver titles and silver birds in flight decoration to front cover. Some wear, fading and marks on boards. Front hinge a trifle weak. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator).
Weitere BilderVerlag: Hollis & Crater Ltd., 1946
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Forster Books, Chelwood Gate, Vereinigtes KönigreichForster Books
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Slightly faded cover and spine but otherwise very clean throughout. A lovely book.
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis & Carter, London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
- Signiert
Anbieter: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, Vereinigtes KönigreichBeach Hut Books
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Nr. Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth with lettering and flying birds decoration in silver. Name on ffep and number on front paste down. Stain to lower fore edge. A rare signed copy of this book. Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: Hollis & Carter Ltd, London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: The Bookstore, Belfast, Vereinigtes KönigreichThe Bookstore
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Very good lightly used condition, light age discolouration marks, light wear & marks. Dust wrapper - Good used condition, light age discolouration marks, light edge wear & marks. D.J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator).
Verlag: Hollis & Carter Ltd., London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Jacques Gander, Fairford, Vereinigtes KönigreichJacques Gander
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In den WarenkorbFirst Edition. Publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine and birds in flight on the front board, in pictorial dustwrapper. 12 full-page illustrations plus chapter head pieces all by BB.198 pages, 6.25 X 8.75 inches. Very good book with an ink stain on the lower rear corner effecting the last few pages and also th…e dustwrapper. The price clipped dustwrapper is quite good with slight chipping to the corners and spine ends, a few edge tears, some repaired from the inside, and ink stain to rear corner. No inscriptions.
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis and Carter, UK 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
- Signiert
Anbieter: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, Vereinigtes KönigreichLasting Words Ltd
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In den WarenkorbDecorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good ++. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st Edition 1945. Un-common signed by the author. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Nice clean contents. The wrapper is very good+ with nicks/a few small closed tears and light rubbing to edges. Small loss to some edges. More i…mages available upon request.Ref14374 ###016829. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Hollis and Carter, UK 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
- Signiert
Anbieter: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, Vereinigtes KönigreichLasting Words Ltd
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In den WarenkorbDecorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good ++. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st Edition 1945. Un-common signed by the author. Book is very good++ with bright boards. Nice clean contents. The wrapper is very good+ with nicks/a few small closed tears and light rubbing to edges. Small loss to some edges. More i…mages available upon request.Ref14374. D J Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
Verlag: Hollis & Carter 1946
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Acanthophyllum Books, Holywell, Vereinigtes KönigreichAcanthophyllum Books
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In den WarenkorbHard covers, no dust jacket. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1946 first edition. Prize bookplate. Spine and part of cover sunned, internally v.g.x, 198 pp. Weight: 1 Language: English.
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
- Hardcover
Anbieter: GoldBooks, Denver, USAGoldBooks
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: fair. Acceptable Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Verlag: Hollis & Carter. London. 1945 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Vereinigtes KönigreichCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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In den WarenkorbZustand: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1945). 1945 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 222mm). Ppx,198. B/w engravings by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford, top edge stained blue. Blue cloth, silver-gilt birds motif to upper board, spine titled in silver-gilt. Some slight staining / t…anning, but a good copy in unclipped dust-wrapper. From the foreword by the author: "This book is primarily for the man or woman who has a deep love for the country and country things and who has, by force of circumstance, to live in a city or town .I believe that the only truly happy people are those who realize the preciousness of woods, meadows, and the open air." Chapters include; the New Forest; adders and snakes, the Knightwood Enclosure; W.H. Hudson's farmhouse, Boldre church and churchyard; a New Forest brook, New Forest names; a New Forest riding, bird life in the Forest, Buckler's Hard; Wicken Fen, butterflies; Tom Pillimore, tench fisher; my old home, early fishing memories; English smells, evacuees; taxidermy, jackdaws and magpies; sparrows, rooks and rookeries; rabbit potting in June, the keeper's knowledge; the old canal arm; an education test, two anglers; charm of ponds, making a garden pond, swifts; Mac the cowman, butterfly hunting; goldfinches, corncrakes, house sparrows, wild geese, return of the migrant; hawks, buzzards, owls, story of a tame snipe; big fish, giant carp, big tench; wildfowling, character of a wildfowler, lure of the sport; young enthusiasts, a dangerous bull; the Bryeburn, the shepherd's story, on the high hills, evening in the hills. .
Verlag: London: Hollis & Carter. 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Vereinigtes KönigreichLUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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In den WarenkorbFirst edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with silver titles the spine and a design in silver to the upper board, in dustwrapper. Top edge blue. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Watkins-Pitchford. A very good copy, the binding with a very small crack to the paper at the front inner hinge nevertheless remains… firm, the upper board ever so slightly bowed, the board edges a touch rubbed. The contents, with faint spotting to the text block edges, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original nicked and rubbed pictorial dustwrapper which has a few short closed tears to the edges, and has three pieces of tape to the underside. Not price-clipped. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Hollis & Carter Ltd., London 1945
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. A first edition of this semi-autobiographical work from Denys Watkins Pitchford, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, eleven full-page images and many in-text sketches. Collated complete. A collection of… semi-autobiographical stories of boyhood adventures and outdoor life, from fishing and shooting to birdwatching and collecting butterflies. Written and illustrated by Denys James Watkins Pitchford, a British naturalist and illustrator, who wrote children's novels under the pseudonym of "B.B." In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine with light sunning. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. D. J. Watkins Pitchford (illustrator). book.
