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complete in 2 vols.: vii,284pp. + vii,408pp., 23cm., cart.cover, VG
126p. Hardcover Good condition, corner clipped from front flyleaf
A factual record of the Society's history and development up until 1947. Index. 359 pages. Slight fading to spine.
291p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
Fine Fine English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In English. [xii], 291, [1] p. First English Edition. Haci Ömer Sabanci was the founder of the Sabanci Group, one of Europe's largest industrial empires. By the time of his death in 1966, the family business included farms and orchards, a construction firm, two vegetable-oil factories, a cotton-gin, a flour-mill, the enormous Bossa Textile Plants, one of the first privately owned Turkish banks (Akbank) and an insurance company (Aksigorta). In 1921 the young Ömer left his village in Anatolia to seek his fortune in Adana. He arrived there a week after its liberation from occupying French forces by the Nationalists led by Mustafa Kemal. The city's economy was shattered by the First World War. With a capacity for punishing physical toil, an unstoppable energy and an insatiable thirst for financial adventure, Haci Ömer rose in a few years from lowly cotton washer to Adana's leading cotton magnate. He was exactly the new kind of entrepreneur that the fledgling post-Ottoman state was looking for. Born.
185 p. + Portrait frontis. Frontis and title page very foxed. 12mo. Original full purple cloth binding, spine and top edges faded. Second edition revised. PA 5
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Unread book. 144pp. The story of the Johnnies of Roscoff in France who for 175 years migrated annually to sell their celebrated red onion to the people of Britain. At its peak in 1931, about 1500 men came to spend the winter months in harsh conditions and a miserable climate. This trade is still continued by a company today. Illustrated with black & white photographs.
8vo. First Edition with 17 plates on 8 and endpaper maps; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The story of Germany's most successful commerce raider of WWI.
128p. Profusely illustrated with advertisements, many businesses have photographs. XLib. 4to. Original printed rose wraps. Tail of spine reinforced with tape. PA PAMPH 20_12 BX1
63 pages. Black and white illustrations. Oblong trade paperback. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
pp. (12) [Introduction], 44. Double column. 12mo. 185mm. Original printed wraps. Front wrap detached. Some loss on rear wrap. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist who is now chiefly remembered for: his celebration of British imperialism; tales and poems of British soldiers in India; and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. KIP BX 3
pp. xxii, 468, (4)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus color frontis and numerous full page plates. Profusely illustrated with examples. Uncut. XLib. Top edge gold. Small 4to. Rebound in green library buckram. Nice copy of a classic work in the field of antique ceramics and porcelain. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ART 4
268 p. + Illus. Map endpapers. Original full cloth binding; spine repaired. A wonderful study of this important era of boats, boatmen, commerce, and adventure. PA 15
Very Good Condition Lacks Slipcase; Large 8vo; xxxv, 1034 pages; Jacob R. Schiff library of Jewish contributions to American democracy, no. 17-19. Includes bibliographical references. (AMR-42-17)
Reus 1988. Il·lustraciones en color y negro. 46p.. 4º. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Muy buen ejemplar. Libro en castellano, inglés, italiano y francés
624pp., 23cm., publisher's hardcover, in the series "International and comparative social history" volume 3, looks unread, stamp at verso of title page, else in very good condition, E100955
First Edition, folding table at end, (with a clean tear and no loss of text) some waterstaining on lower part of six leaves, 26 pp., modern marbled wrappers. The folding table of forges gives "An Account of the Quantity of Iron they have annually made and do now make according to the best Information we could get. --- What Forges are in Scotland we have been capable of getting any Information." Also showing the past and present annual tonnage produced. With a note "N.B. The making of British Iron hath gradually decreased in proportion to the increase of the importation of Foreign". The decrease in the present year being 7,295 tons. Kress, 5531; Goldsmith, 9108; Hanson, 6055 (dated c1747?); The British Library suggests the date as [1736?]; Higgs 1181.
pp. xiii, 105. Ownership and notes of Marion L. Chamberlain, N.Y., 1904. Small 8vo. Original full printed linen wraps. An important early study by one of America's most influential historians and thinkers. It investigated the process and effects of Britain's industrial revolution. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 4
In-8, pleine percaline éditeur, XI, 473, (10) p. Édition originale. (First edition in original cloth). (New Palgrave, IV, 219).
[11] + 165pp. + folding map, 19cm., cart.cover, few stamps, G, V72406
[17] + 153pp.with ills. + folding map, 19cm., cart.cover, few stamps and foxing, G, V72407
Complete in 4 volumes (i.e. 7 physical volumes): I: xxvii,1047pp., II (in 2 parts): xxxi,1409pp., III (in 2 parts): xxxi,1455pp., IV (in 2 parts): xxxi,1236pp., hardcover (editor's green cloth bindings with gilt lettering, few corners slightly bumped), good condition, [This reference work for art dealing in Great-Britain covers the period 1801-1820, with indexes of paintings, owners and previous owners], rare, total weight: 14kg., S84393
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 264 pages, heavily illustrated throughout with color and b&w prints, illustrations, photos, maps. Contents include: Experience of a ham sandwich seller, Coffee stall keepers, Street piemen, Street sellers of boiled puddings, Statement of a prostitute, Crippled seller of nutmeg graters, Music duffers, Rosemary lane, Tricks of the bird duffers, Street trade in baked potatoes, Sheeps trotter women, London flower girls, Penny gaff, vic gallery, etc.
Pages 73-108. Features. Aerial cover photo of idle London shipping due to dockworker's strike; Photos of troops serving as stevedores unloading frozen beef from Argentina; Two-page illustration of Fettes College; Article entitled "Dollars, Sterling and European Trade"; Photos of striking dockworkers attending speeches; Two-pages of photos from the agricultural show at Shrewsbury, including Princess Elizabeth and many champion animals; Photos of personalities of the week include the winners of the Ashburton Shield, Tshekedi Khama, Cambridge Cricketeers, Mr. Alexander Diomedes, Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage; A.D. Locke, Harry Bradshaw, Seretse Khama, the former Miss Ruth Williams, Sir francis Mudie, Flight-Lt. K.H.F. Letford, and The Emir Idris El Senussi. Photo of the Enola Gay being presented to the Smithsonian Institution; Photo of Emir Abdul Illah with King Feisal of Iraq; Photo of robotic hand developed by German firm; Photos of U.N. Success in Indonesia - 3-stage evacuation of Java; Photo of restoration of Cleopatra's Needle, near Charing Cross; Two-page colour photo of the earliest realistic human portrait in the history of man, discovered in central France; Aerial photos of British castles with medieval fortifications; Attractive one-page colour ad for General Electric fridges; Colour Johnnie Walker cricket-themed ad on back cover; and more. Complete, intact and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine