Verlag: Viking Studio Books of The Penguin Group, Penguin Books USA Inc./New York,, 1994
Anbieter: Alf Books, Menomonie, WI, USA
hard cover, 85 pages including acknowledgements, 9 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches, extra postage for priority and international shipping for size, very good book condition, no dust jacket, juvenile picture book,
Verlag: Penguin Studio/ Penguin Books USA Inc., New York, et al., 1996
ISBN 10: 0670868809 ISBN 13: 9780670868803
Anbieter: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Nick Kelsh (Photograhy by); Lisa Winward, Lia Calhoun (Designed by) (illustrator). 1st American Edition. 111 pp. Flawless book with spotlesly clean text and phoyographs. Dust jacket has some minor wear save for bumped spinestrip cover and slighty chipped bottom fore edge. Oversized book may require some extra postage/shipping.
Verlag: Penguin Studio - Penguine Books USA Inc./New York,, 1995
ISBN 10: 067086157X ISBN 13: 9780670861576
Anbieter: Alf Books, Menomonie, WI, USA
hard cover, 256 pages, oversized 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches, extra postage for priority or international shipping due to size, very good + book condition, very good dust jacket, non-fiction,
Verlag: Viking Studio Books/Penguin (1990), New York, NY, 1990
ISBN 10: 0670818496 ISBN 13: 9780670818495
Cloth w/DJ. Zustand: VG/G. Color Photographs (illustrator). New York, NY: Viking Studio Books/Penguin. VG/G. (1990). . Cloth w/DJ. 4to., xvii, 254pp., Tears in dj .
Verlag: Penguin Studio Books, New York, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670858579 ISBN 13: 9780670858576
Anbieter: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Later Printing (19th). 832pp.A few small spots on front end papers. A large, heavy book which will require extra shipping charges - cannot ship outside U.S.A.
Verlag: Penguin Group - Viking Studio Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2005
ISBN 10: 0670033375 ISBN 13: 9780670033379
Anbieter: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Hard Back. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Ward, Jeffrey - Maps (illustrator). First Printing. 575 Pages Indexed. Light grey boards with black quarter-spine. Top front corner is lightly barely noticeable bumped. No other defects noted to this otherwise As New book with flawless interior text pages. What is more haunting than the specter of a civilization's collapse such as the abandoned temples of Angkor Wat, the Maya cities overgrown by jungle, or the somber vigil of Easter Island's statues? Who hasn't looked at such ruins and wondered, could the same thing happen to us? In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, the author examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the prehistoric Polynesian culture on Easter Island to the formerly flourishing native American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya, the doomed medieval Viking colony on Greenland, and finally to the modern world, Diamond traces a fundamental pattern of catastrophe, spelling out what happens when we squander our resources, when we ignore the signals our environment gives us, and when we reproduce too fast or cut down too many trees. Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, unstable trade partners, and pressure from enemies were all factors in the demise of the doomed societies, but other societies found solution to those same problems and persisted. What makes one environment more fragile than another? Why do some societies, but not others, blunder into self-destruction? Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own society's apparently inexhaustible wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana. What economic, social and political choices can we still make so that we don't meet the same ends? Huge in scope, clear and passionate in style, this book is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid destroying itself? Contents in Four Parts: Modern Montana, Past Societies, Modern Societies, and Practical Lessons.
Verlag: Viking Studio Books/Penguin Group, New York (NY) USA, 1990
Anbieter: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hard Back. Zustand: Book Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Dustjacket Very Good. Jane Gottlieb (photography) (illustrator). First Edition & First Printing. ix + 102 pages. Dustjacket NOT price-clipped. Ink name on half-title page, page-edges a bit grimy.
Verlag: Viking Studio Books; Penguin, New York, New York * * * * *, 1990
ISBN 10: 0670835439 ISBN 13: 9780670835430
Anbieter: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. MERRELL, James Photography by. B00K: As New/, 1990 (illustrator). 1st Edition. B00K: As New/, $21.80 0670835439 INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY, Complete Book of Sources and Styles * MILLER, Judith; MILLER, Martin MERRELL, James Photography by. Viking Studio Books; Penguin New York, New York * * * * * 1990 1sT Edition, 1sT Printing Tall Wide D/j + H/c Pink Colored Spine With Title In Black Letters, Dust Jacket: Near Fine/, Slight Shelf, TOP Edge And Corner Wear. $35.00 / $50.00. Hard Cover B00K: As New/, Slightest Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 240 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper, Clean And Tight To The Spine, Appear To Be Lightly Viewed In: As New/ Condition. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X * To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *.
Verlag: Penguin Group - Viking Studio Books, New York, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670855812 ISBN 13: 9780670855810
Anbieter: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Hard Back. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine Slip Case. Breeden, Mary - Calligraphy and Illuminations (illustrator). First Printing. 64 Un-numbered Pages. No explanation why there are no page numbers, at least to this edition with the slipcase. Gold endpapers. The Paintings are by Gloria Thomas and the Borders for the Paintings are by James Steele Hinton III. A beautifully packaged collation of apocalyptic passages from the Old and New Testaments, rendered in exquisite calligraphy, and uniquely breathtaking paintings create a spiritual vision of Christ's Second Coming. 25,000 first printings. Everything about the book is beautiful, from the unusual and original style of Ms. Thomas' painting to the elegant calligraphic rendering by Mary Breeden of the actual Biblical text of Revelation. It is encased in a lovely slipcover, which seems most fitting, because after one opens this treasure one needs to feel it is put away in something that will hold it safely kept, that will protect its stunning visions from harm, that will keep its gifted author's heart from careless tresspassers. The painting of St. John on Patmos which appears on page 52 and the watercolor study of the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunication which appears on page 2 belong to Greene A. Settle, Jr., who has graciously given his permission for them to appear in this book. The painting of the Angel on Land and Sea, which appears on page 30 and on the slipcase, belongs to Ann Holt, who has also graciously given her permission for it to appear in this book. The remainder of the paintings hang in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the authors are grateful to that institution.
Verlag: Penguin Studio Books, New York, 1997
ISBN 10: 0670874604 ISBN 13: 9780670874606
Anbieter: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block.
Verlag: Viking Studio Books/Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1988
ISBN 10: 0670818941 ISBN 13: 9780670818945
Anbieter: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Dave King (Photography) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Text/NEW & Bright. 1988 First Edition, First Thus. Illustrated hardback/Fine. DJ/VG --- alas, with 2.5 x half inch loss to lower back edge! Long enough to need a mylar jacket to correct. The term "herbs" chiefly refers to plants (less vegetables) w/savory, aromatic properties to flavor foods, medicinal uses & fragrances --- mostly leafy greens & flowering parts (fresh or dried) --- while "spices" tend to describe dried plant parts (seeds, bark, roots & fruits) for the same use. This 288-paged sourcebook w/color photos & illustrations from Lesley Bremness is a rich guide to planting, growing & harvesting of herbs along with recipes. Volume in 8 parts: I, Herbal Decorations; II, Herbs in the Kitchen; III, Herbs for the Household; IV, Herbs for Beauty; V, Essential Oils; VI, Herbs for Health; VII, Cultivating & Harvesting Herbs; and VIII, A Catalog of Herbs, followed by Glossary.
Verlag: Viking Studio Books/Penguin, New York, NY, 1990
ISBN 10: 067083193X ISBN 13: 9780670831937
Anbieter: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. John Land Le Coq (Photographer) (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. BRAND NEW & Collectible w/short closed tear to upper back corner of the dust jacket. Anthology of seven classic stories of cowboy lives. Contents and first publication dates are: 1, Outlaw Trail (S. Omar Barker, 1953); 2, Wine on the Desert (Max Brand, 1936); 3, The Outcasts of Poker Flat (Bret Harte, 1869); 4, A Call Loan (O. Henry, 1902); 5, Lutie (Conrad Richer, 1936); 6, The Leader of the People (John Steinbeck, 1938); and, 7, Buck Fanshaw's Funeral (Mark Twain, 1872).
Verlag: Viking Studio Books/Penguin, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0670849626 ISBN 13: 9780670849628
Anbieter: Shamrock Books, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover, (Sleek cream-colored cloth), folio. 298pp. tight. No names or other markings. Fine in Fine D/j.
Verlag: Viking Studio Books / Penguin Group, New York, 2004
Anbieter: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition black-and-white photographic boards contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Introduction; Epilogue and Acknowledgments. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Unpaginated. "To know a pug is to love a pug. And no pug has won more hearts than Wilson, everyone's favorite Taoist master from The Tao of Pug. This year he's back - and he's on a mission to find his new pal Homer a home for the holidays. Wilson the Pug has taught his many admirers - canine and otherwise - some important life lessons. And he practices what he preaches. One crisp winter day while out searching for a good deed to do for the holidays, Wilson comes across a baby pug, lost and alone. Determined to do "the right thing," as it is written in the Tao-te Ching, Wilson sets out to help his new buddy Homer, and together they embark on a quest to find the puppy a home. Their adventure takes them along comical and surprising paths, where they encounter many new friends as well as some unsavory characters who cause big trouble for the duo. Things start to look bleak for Homer until Santa Claus himself steps in to lend a hand. Homer just might get his wish after all . Captured in the same style of charming photography and endearing humor that so enchanted fans of The Tao of Pug, Homer for the Holidays is a heartwarming pug buddy story destined to become a holiday favorite of dog lovers of all ages for years to come." - from the inner front jacket flap.
Verlag: Penguin Studio Books, New York, 1998
ISBN 10: 0140274332 ISBN 13: 9780140274332
Anbieter: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, USA
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Soft Cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Printing. Size: Large Quarto.
Verlag: Viking Studio Books/Penguin, New York, 1995
ISBN 10: 0670857173 ISBN 13: 9780670857173
Anbieter: DuBois Rare Books, New York, NY, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 228 p. col. illus. Green cloth over boards, gilt lettering. A sharp copy. First Edition, First Printing so stated with full number line.
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Verlag: Penguin Studio Books, New York, NY, 1997
ISBN 10: 067086644X ISBN 13: 9780670866441
Anbieter: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 3rd Printing Hardbound VG-/Good+., DJ 4to, 276, Light wear to book. Very slight erasure spot top corner front endpaper. DJ has general wear to edges/corners. ISBN:0-670-86644-X.
Verlag: Penguin Books Studio, New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 067086868X ISBN 13: 9780670868681
Hard Cover. Zustand: As New. First Thus. 5 " High x 10 1/2 " Wide. Book New, is in its original box. Oblong wide book Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
Verlag: Penguin Studio Books, New York, Etc., 1998
ISBN 10: 067088250X ISBN 13: 9780670882502
Anbieter: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, USA
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1st Printing. Photographs, Jean-Marie del Moral. 166 [2]p., colored illus., dj, quarto format.
Verlag: Penguin studio Books, New York, 1995
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Fenix, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Bound in boards v-viii. 110 pp. LIght traces of use on cover. Bibliographical note, index. 21.5x14x1.4 cm. In very good condition.
Verlag: Penguin Studio Books, New York
ISBN 10: 0670868671 ISBN 13: 9780670868674
Anbieter: Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Kanada
[0-670-86867-1] 1996. (4to) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. np. Patterned endpapers, black and white and color photographs. The dust jacket faded along the spine. "This offbeat mother-and-daughter collaboration rips the stuffing and sentimentality out of the motherhood cult in world-class photographs". Contributors include Vivian Olausen. Introduction by Karin Winegar. (Photography, Motherhood, Parenting, Photography, Portrait Photography).
Verlag: viking studio penguin books, new york, 2007
ISBN 10: 0670018791 ISBN 13: 9780670018796
Anbieter: alt-saarbrücker antiquariat g.w.melling, Saarbrücken, Deutschland
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Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. auflage. quart hardcover. sehr gutes exemplar. original-pappband mit farbfoto-illustr. schutzumschlag, farbige vorsätze, 482 seiten mit zahlreichen farbfotos von simon griffiths; eine ecke bestossen 1400 Gramm.
Verlag: Penguin Studio Books, New York, 1998
ISBN 10: 0670875155 ISBN 13: 9780670875153
Anbieter: Great Oak Bookshop, Llanidloes, POWYS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Nr Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Photography by Joshua Greene. Dustjacket shows small tear and fraying top right hand corner as well as to top of spine section, book itself is nr fine condition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Verlag: Penguin Studio Books New York, 1996
ISBN 10: 0670859249 ISBN 13: 9780670859245
Anbieter: Sapphire Books, Peterborough, CAMBS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (illustrator). 1st Edition. Published In 1996 : 1st. American Edition : 1st. Printing : Full Printing Numbers Listed , 1 - 10 : Penguin Studio Books New York : Small Format : : Overall , A Very Nice Book :
Verlag: Dutton Studio Books, Penguin Books, New York, 1993
ISBN 10: 0525484264 ISBN 13: 9780525484264
Anbieter: About Books, Henderson, NV, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine condition. Revised Edition. New York: Dutton Studio Books, Penguin Books, 1993. 8" wide by 11.75" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. No creases. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Not price clipped (23.95). Illustrations throughout, including 180 beautiful photos in full-color. Notes for Buyers and Sellers. Glossary. Maps. Bibliography. Index. This is the Revised Edition of a work first published in the UK under the title Magic Carpet in association with the Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1983. In his review of the 1983 edition, Prof. Walter B. Denny, University of Massachusetts, said: "Anyone interested in carpets should start here; this is the best-written, best-researched, most intelligently organized, best illustrated general book on carpets available." . Revised Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine condition. 176pp.