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Biblioteca Cominiana, gennaio 2001. A cura di Pier Luigi Rebellato. Introduzione di Enzo Dematt?. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Editrice Farnesiana Piacenza, maggio 1985. Collana Poesia Oggi n. 76. Presentazione di Igino Maj. Firma autografa dell'autore. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards, tiny rubs to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tears to slightly curled edges. 143pp. A lavish coloured study of the River Amazon from the air alongside its nature, its peoples and its features at ground level. Text in English, French and Portuguese.
La Galleria, 1988. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
8vo [24 x 16 cm]; vii, 344 pp, illustrations including color, many illustrations from early sources, maps, map endpapers, index. original quarter cloth and bds, spine title lettering in gilt, dj (not price clipped), small remainder mark on bottom edge, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author surveys exploration from the early Spanish travellers to la Condamine, Godin, von Humboldt, Wickham and Spruce, from the conquistadors to the early naturalists and others, in this useful, scholarly but entertaining book.
Paris, Plon 1903, xiii + 287pp. avec 15 gravures hors texte & 2 cartes, 2e ed., dos peu restauré, bon état, A23297
Catalogo mostra, dicembre 1992. Conegliano, Palazzo Sarcinelli 19 dicembre 1992 - 17 gennaio 1993. Numerose tavole a colori,77 pagine, cm 23 x 27. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Exhibition catalog in excellent condition for the show of the same title presented by the Krannert Art Museum, April - May 1988. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Covers show very light shelf wear, otherwise as new. 64 pages in large format filled with b&w images, several per page, with a color section also featuring large prints. The book offers a dramatic inside view of the cognitive and symbolic world of native potters and woodworders from a region undergoing radical change. Extensively illustrated by more than a hundred images this volume presents art, culture, and symbolism of Amazonian Ecuador from the perspective of Canelos Quichua artisans.
250 pages. The revealing story of the people who live in the forest: the rubber trappers, river people, small landholders and natives. Author not only spoke to them; she lived among them, sharing their meals and their way of life. Clean. Very light wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
351 pages. A collection of stories, events, and experiences that provide a sense of what life is like for those who confront environmental crises of our time. Topics discussed: Local responses to economic development (cases from Indonesia and china); Conservation and conflict (cases from Africa); Gold mining in the Amazon and Wisconsin; Food, conflict, and justice (cases from the US and Honduras; and more. First half of book is high-lighted in yellow. Second half has blue pen underlining. Moderate wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Solid working copy. Book
59 pages. Features: Cover photo of Joe, a Greater Indian Hill Mynah owned by Jean Hawthorne of San Diego; Life with a Greater Indian Hill Mynah, by Jean M. Hawthorne; Hand Feeding Baby Parrots, by Ralph C. Small; Scrutinizing the Characteristic Behavior of Doves; The Survival of a strain and the influence of a hen, by Rodney Russell; Canary Color Breeding for the Beginner; Amazon Husbandry, by Ramon Noegel; Bird Talk from Shady Grove - feeding and cockatiels, by Jo Hall; The Canary Fancy, by Wallace Dean; True Experiences with Birds, by Gino Abbate; Parrots and Other Hook-Bills - update on the African Grey, by Arthur Freud; Life on the Top, by William Stafford; Exotic Cage-Birds, by Dr. Val Clear; Yesteryear's comments on Canaries, by H.P. Macklin. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
59 pages. Features: Cover photo - 75-year-old Amazon, 'O Boy'; Jottings from Trail's End - Breeding Finches, by Marie Olssen; Feeding Rollers, by Haig Sarkisian; Bird-Keeping at its most rewarding, by Carl Naether; The Garden Nook Aviary, by John House; Budgie Talk - a review of 'Babies dead in nest box', by L.H. Baumhardt; Inter-Relations of our Pet Parrots, by Linda Buttstead; Parrots and Other Hook-bills - some old parrots, by Arthur Freud; Searching for knowledge with Rollers, by Jose M. Huergo; A Baby Grey in my Dining room, by Jean E. Rider; Breeding Pair of Umbrella Cockatoos, by Ralph Small; Exotic Cage-Birds, by Dr. Val Clear; The Canary Fancy, by Wallace Dean. Average wear. Unmarked. Small clipping from top edge of front cover. A sound copy. Book
8vo., Uncorrected Proof Copy, with 24 plates and 2 maps, a few leaves with small red stain at lower margin; original printed wrappers (wanting lower wrapper), covers moderately age-soiled, a good, firm copy. PROOF COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Features: The Great North Woods; Little Alfie Timber Sale Stopped; Owls Halt Sprawl; Goshawks; Monster Pulp Mill Defeated; Dam Reconstruction Trend; Kyoto Conference Report; Death to Cars; Amazon Animal Massacre; Columbia Pipeline Blown; Activists Killed in Sarawak; Deregulation of Organic Standards; Clinton's New Roadless Area Policy; Yellowstone Wolf Ruling; Hog Farming; Prisoner Support; APEC Conference Chaos; and more. Quality copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 204 pages. Pictorial covers. Text in French; many color and b&w photographs. Book for the exhibition presented at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, 14 May through 12 October, 2003. Slight scuffing and edge wear to cover.
Lacaita Editore, settembre 1987. Numerose tavole a colori e in bianco e nero. Poesie, racconti e dipinti di Adriana Notte. Libro stampato in 1000 esemplari, cm 22 x 31. Rilegato con sovraccoperta editoriale. Prima edizione italiana. Libro e sovraccoperta in ottime condizioni. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First italian edition, first printing. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Tico Editrice Roma, settembre 1986. Prefazione di Alberto Bevilacqua. Con 22 tavole a colori. Rilegato con copertina rigida e sovraccoperta. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
Folio, with a coloured frontispiece, coloured title-vignette, and very numerous fine coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and facsimiles throughout, pictorial endpapers; cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy. First published in the previous year, this lavishly produced travelogue combines Margaret Mee's fine illustrations and sketches with superb photographs of her journey.
Pages 453-484 Many nice black and white photos. Features: Continuation of article on the salvage of the Seuvic; Britain's Premier Passenger Centre - Southampton; Adventures of the Ice-Breaker; Two Great Racing Rivals - The "Brilliant" and the "Pericles"; The World's Most Famous Ship - H.M.S. Victory; The Mighty Amazon (with photos from the Booth Line). Moderate wear. Three-hole punched. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Vitré, Unvaniez Arvor, 1950 -E.O, l'un des 100 exemplaires sur Vélin pur fil , Ex. N° 18 - In-8° - Broché - 15 ill. et cartes - 219 pp. - Bel exemplaire
20 pages. Features: Daniel Ludwign and Jari Florestal - his massive pulp wood miracle on the Amazon which grows and harvests the fast-growing Gmelina tree; Colour ad for Player's tennis featuring photo of Bjorn Borg in action; The Sound of Musicke - The Six Members of the Huggett family play more than 30 musical instruments - all European-made replicas of 16th- and 17th-century wind and string instruments; Whistling Bernie Smith - Vancouver's Best-Known Street Cop; Large colour Export "A" ad featuring men men working with logs; In a Northern Light - northern Canadian movie viewers prefer reality as depicted in films like Asivaqtiin by young Inuk Mosha Michael; Harry Bruce - what you smell is all me; Doug Wright's Family comic strip; Peach recipes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
98 pages. Features: Double Header; From the Producers of America's Funniest Home Videos; The Myth of the Eternal Beertini; A Folkloric Perspective on the Primal Beginnings of the "Idiot Teens" of Jerry's Corners, New York; Snakes in the Bathroom; Club Hed Ad; Politenessman's Manners of the World; The 1990 Boy Scout Handbook; The Emergency Accountants; The Lost Liebermans - White Headshrinkers of the Amazon!; The National Lampoon Classic Library; Mandela Watch; and more. Some moisture exposure to front cover. Above-average wear. A worthy working copy. Magazine
8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xxiv, [25]-356 pp, frontis, illus, engraved plates, large folding map at rear, steel-engraved portrait of Colonel Staunton with the tissue guard, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, spine ends a little frayed, lower front cover worn with chip otherwise very good, minor foxing on few leaves but a clean copy, map untorn, the book is dedicated to Charles Darwin. A picture of Borba de Moraes p 637. Sabin 57727. Welch 234. The journey across much of South America was mainly scientific (part of the Smithsonian expedition of 1867), studying the natural history, geography, geology and local society. There is some detail on the botany of the region, including the coca plant (cocaine), ('Thirty million pounds are annually consumed in South America. It is not, however, an opiate, but a powerful stimulant. With it, the Indian will perform prodigies of labor, travelling days without fatigue or food.'), together with a plate on it. The expedition started at Quayaquil, to Quito, over the Eastern and Western Cordilleras, through the forest on foot to Napo, down the Rio Napo by canoe to Pebas on the Maranon and by steamer to Para.
Features: Rabaul in the Fall - Search for the Reef Coral - Lithactinia novahibernia; Seven Passes - from Gilgit to Katmandu; A non-event of History - Laperouse in the Pacific; Searching Marmara for Ancient Shipwrecks; Searching for Medicines in the Vanishing Amazon; In the Hoofprints of Ghengis Khan. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the steam collier Cliff Quay; Great photo of the Royal Mail Lines`Amazon inside front cover; Nice photo of four Oberon Class submarines of the Royal Australian Navy entering Sydney Harbour; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; European Ferry Commentary; Salvaging the European Gateway; King George V Class Battleships - part 2; Cook`s of Wivenhoe; Still in Steam - Brian Stannard describes the last steam colliers on the UK coast - the three colliers owned by CEGB, now probably in their last year of service; Naval Review; Brocklebank Line Fleet History - part 1 of a short history of T & J Brocklebank Ltd; Ship Sales; By the Latest Packet; Nice photo of the HMS Bold Pathfinder in 1953 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
