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pp. 226, (6) [Index]. Small woodcut illustrations. Age stained. 16mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, worn and soiled. Text includes a list of domestic medicines and receipts, for example, Lunar Caustic, "very useful in curing bites of rabid dogs." **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AG BX 1
The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa Edizione Inglese di Marijke Van Der Veen (a cura di) Editore: Springer US EAN: 9781441933164 ISBN: 1441933166 Pagine: 300 Formato: Paperback This volume presents a completely new and very substantial body of information about the origin of agriculture and plant use in Africa. All the evidence is very recent and for the first time all this archaeobotanical evidence is brought together in one volume (at present the information is unpublished or published in many disparate journals, confer ence reports, monographs, site reports, etc. ). Early publications concerned with the origins of African plant domestication relied almost exclusively on inferences made from the modem distribution of the wild progenitors of African cultivars; there existed virtually no archaeobotanical data at that time. Even as recently as the early 1990s direct evidence for the transition to farming and the relative roles of indigenous versus Near Eastern crops was lacking for most of Africa. This volume changes that and presents a wide range of ex citing new evidence, including case studies from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Uganda, Egypt, and Sudan, which range in date from 8000 BP to the present day. The volume ad dresses topics such as the role of wild plant resources in hunter-gatherer and farming com munities, the origins of agriculture, the agricultural foundation of complex societies, long-distance trade, the exchange of foods and crops, and the human impact on local vege tation-all key issues of current research in archaeology, anthropology, agronomy, ecol ogy, and economic history.
278 pages including bibliography and index. Illustrated in black and white. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. The first written history of the exchange. Details its 100 year saga from the beginnings of growing grain on the newly broken prairies to the complexities of the modern multi-billion dollar industry. "In this remarkable book, Arthur Levine has captured the sustaining myth of Western Canadian capitalism. It is highly compelling and often exciting reading about an essential institution that has found its ideal biographer." - Peter C. Newman. Closed one inch tear to base of spine. Minor bumping to two corners, else unmarked with very light wear. Book
Paperback in very good, almost as-new condition; minor shelfwear only; previous owner's name on title; contents clean, sound, bright. TPW Used
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 219 pages with sections including: the borough economy, society, growth , decline, fairs, wool, cloth, crafts, trade regulation, class conflict, town houses, architecture, Alglo-Saxon england, aristocracy, burgage , tenure, communes, Ipswich charter, thirteenth century, Parish church, almshouses, friars, chantries, obits, heresy, etc.
42 volumes, orig. uniform cloth. "The aim of this series is to provide access to contemporary sources for the history of English publishing and bookselling, including controversy over copyright legislation and freedom of the press, from the Restoration through the early nineteenth century. To this end, we have gathered from libraries in Great Britain and the United States a comprehensive working collection of pamphlets, broadsides and memoirs, amounting to 156 individual titles, reprinted in forty-two volumes".?Introduction.
Three Volumes. Illustrated with 82 maps and about 1100 other wood engravings. Also a color folding map of the United States in Volume III. Early manuscript ownership of Martin Buckhart and A. B. Burkhart, 1895 in all three volumes. 4to. 260 mm. Original full leather bindings. Original leather spine labels. Spine of volume III worn with loss at tail. Hardbound. Very good. Title continues: 'Physical, Statistical, Civil, And Political; Exhibiting Its Relation To The Heavenly Bodies, Its Physical Structure, The Natural History Of Each Country, And The Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, And Civil And Social State Of All Nations.' S&S/AI 40-4803. Handsome set. PALIB 4
A massive Japanese commercial reference from the early 1900s. Approximately 2,000 pages. Text primarily in Japanese, other than the 18-page bilingual (Japanese/English) index and an intriguing bilingual fold-out sample of various contemporary export documents. Two items laid inside front board include a double-sided bilingual glossary of commonly used trade terms and a wonderful 22" wide by 16" high colour map of the world with trade routes to/from Japan indicated in red. Most text on the map is Japanese with some place names in both English and Japanese. Please note that library name is stamped through the blank upper right corner of the map. Elaborately gilt-decorated backstrip with title in Japanese and English bears considerable wear but is still handsome and, dare we say, mysterious. Per a handwritten inscription inside back board, this copy was presented to representatives of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo on 24 October, 1908 by Mr. Shonojo Moriyama, Proprietor of the Dobun_____. Edges adorned with partially-faded marbling. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A marvelously unique item. Book
32 pages. Ffeatures: St. Lawrence Seaway; From Festive Rocket to Nuclear Rocket; Science Fair; Tennis Anyone; Competition Instructions; General Competition Instructions; Province of Quebec; Canada's Fur Trade. Includes several wonderful vintage colour ads intended for younger readers by such companies as: The Bank of Nova Scotia; Orange Crush; The Book of Knowledge; Gold Seal canned Salmon; General Motors of Canada; Face-elle tissues; Mil-Ko powdered milk; Shredded Wheat; Oxo products; Texaco; St. Lawrence Starch Company products; Toastmaster baked goods; Southam Newspapers; Rose Brand pickles (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this interesting and unusual education publication for younger readers. Book
145p. + Large folding city map. Illustrated with photographs and charts. Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial spiral bound wraps. PA PAMPH 20_8 BX2
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked embossed red cloth boards, gilt lettering to slightly sunned spine, foxed end papers, very tiny marks to fore-edge and no bumping to corners. Partially trimmed top of page edges. 257pp. A concise and readable statement in this series of seven lectures of the main theories of the scientific school of political economy, founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Scarce first edition.
Top of spine is bumped. Shelfwear. ; The history of Greek Economic Life. Contents: Background of Greek Economics; Agriculture; Mining and Minerals; Labour; Industry; Commerce; Trade in Various Products. Greeks and Phoenicians. Piracy; Money and Banking; Public Finance. ; 427 pages
pp. xii, 500, xxxi [Bibliographic Notes]. Inked ownership of Charles Dietz on front fly leaf. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, spine lettered in gold. Hardbound. Very good. ECON/BUS BOX 1
168 pages. Provides the first comprehensive and objective look at this critical issue, considering all important aspects including fiscal flows, trade relations, migration, division of the public debt, and monetary arrangements. Light pencil underlining and marginalia throughout. Light wear. Book
xii + 291pp.with 63 bl/w ills., 2nd printing, 23cm., softcover, very good condition, S84597
32 pages. Features: The Queen of Kipling's Mandalay - article on Burma with photo of Supayalat and King Thibaw; The New 'Real Estate Bond' Industry (2nd article of 2) - First Mortgages on the Unknown Future Amount to Many Millions; A Good Look at Our Young People - analysis discloses that the newer generation is not deteriorating; Why Not Keep Faith with the Moro Race? - Justice is due to these people as well as to the other natives of Philippines - photo illustrated article on these people of Mindanao; What Has Become of Ben? - a boy whose restless gypsy blood made him an aimless wanderer; Mr. Henry Ford's Page - "Low wages shows poor management, poor finance, poor production"; Editorials - Senator Borah to the Lead, The Unitarian Women of the U.S., How important is news?, Which way is Coolidge going?, Anesthetic discovery at the University of Wisconsin; African Lions Roamed in Hollywood - discoveries indicate prehistoric game trail once extended from Old World to New; Why the Great Strike Failed - American gives vivid pictures of English lovel-headedness when millions of workers downed tools - article with photos; The Voyage of the Victoria - Westward Ho! (part 5 of a series); When General U.S. Grant Gathered Hides at Galena - for a time he forsook army life to engage in humble ways of earning a living in commerce; Ad for The Canal Band and Trust Co. of New Orleans; interesting piece about Jewish historian Josephus and his original text, in Aramaic, describing Jesus and his life; Mark Twain as Traveler (short article); New Oriental Limited ad features Glacier National Park; A Dance a Week - Positions of Feet in Dancing; Wild Flower Gardens - The Pansy King of Wisconsin, William Toole, Sr.; Fascinating illustrations of Pioneer tests in Aerostats (balloons). Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Nice two-color Firestone ad inside front cover entitled 'Why Women Buy Tires" features well-dressed mother with child in car behind male driver; The Liberty Bond Mystery Was Never Cleared Up! - telegrams indicate the Secret Service worked with the Federal Reserve to keep an eye on President Harding's investigator; In the Land of the Everlasting - the cause of the everlastingness of the Chinese is consciousness of Eternity; 'Are You an Optimist?' - if you are, you will find an idea for yourself and follow it up; Old Boston's Historic Highway - State Street saw some of the most stirring events of revolutionary days; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page - discussion of the repudiation of war debts; Editorials - Muscle Shoals, Scott Nearing as Prophet; Polo Makes Good in America - in 20 years the sport has reached preeminence; Newport, our 'Social Capital' - a sumptuous array of palaces by the sea; The Voyage of the Victoria - Part Played by Commerce Kings (part 4); Annapolis - Where Our Admirals Come From; Poland - Country of Possibilities; I Read in the Papers; Chats with Office Callers; Clovernook - Homestead of the Clary Sisters, Alice and Phoebe; Pennsylvania's Land of Goshen - a fertile tract where crop failures are almost unknown; A Dance a Week - Plain Quadrille and Novelty Two Step. Some damage to top of front cover and minor insect damage near bottom staple otherwise average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-8 and 13-20 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Photo of Japanese, British and U.S. diplomates in England attemtping to replace the old London Naval Treaty; Chuckwalla wrecked on west coast of Vancouver Island; Mayor Leeming will run again; Manchukuo disregarding protests against proposed oil monopoly in state; America wants to lead in removal of barriers against international trade - warns against extreme nationalism; Government passes first market plan under B.C. Statute to protect tree fruit growers; Burnett's Gin ad; Piggly Wiggly ad; Editorial page; nice illustrated ad for Rogers and Majestic "Mystery-Tube" radios; City and District News bits; Social pages; Travel page; Sports page with head photo of Aurel Joliat in story about the 1934-35 Les Canadiens hockey team; Business page; Cartoon page. two pages of classified ads; large fashion ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear. Above-average soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
451pp. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
199 p. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in yellow. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. Very good. PA SHELF 05B
ccvii + 636pp.with ills., 17cm., in the series "Textile Mercury Annuals", cloth, G, red edges, V72416
VG+ hardcover. 304 p. Printed boards. Sticker on FEP. Clean and sound pages. Used
pp. xiv, 340. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Hardbound. Eleventh edition, completely revised. AMERICANA BOX 7
504 pages. Index. "The discovery of a number of minute-books and official documents has made it possible in a considerable number of cases to reach conclusions as precise as those obtainable about a modern company in the Official Intelligence or the Stock Exchange Year-Book." - from Preface. Frontis is comprised of a two-page black and white reproduction of a 1622 map illustrating the Somers Islands and the land-holdings of its shareholders. Average soiling and wear. Binding intact. Sound copy. Please note: this book is Volume II (only) of a three-volume set. Book
Third Edition, 35, [1] pp., modern marbled wrappers. Kress, 4538; Goldsmith, 7763.