Isaacson, Philip M.MareMagnum
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120 pages. Index. A delightful introduction to art for young readers... who will come away from this book not only with a fresh ideal about what a work of art is but also with a deeper appreciation of the world around them." - from dust jacket. Book virtually as new. Very light wear to dust jacket now preserved in an archival-grade glossy Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
Book and jacket in mint condition. 191pp. This book brings to life the world of IVth Dynasty Egypt and shows how and why this most extraordinary of human monuments was built. Well illustrated.
Plon 1956, In-8 couverture souple illustrée de l'éditeur, 306 pages. Illustrations. Bon état.
Book shows slight use only. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Unpaginated, about 30 pages. "Le culte des morts existe, sans doute, depuis que l'homme vit sur terre. Toutes civilisations marquent la trace de ce culte par une architecture, un art funeraires, et on retrouve dans le monde entier, sarcophages, necropoles,masques, pyramides, chambres mortuaires, pantheons et temples funeraires, sepultures, sepultures, colonnes. mausolees, urnes, tombes." -- from the intro. Text is in French. 9 3/8"w x 12 1/2"h.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers are lightly bumped at lower corners as the only flaw to the book, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 311 pages, each with a line of b&w photo across the bottom of either an airplane in manufacture or a female body, mostly airplanes.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. The seventh Discworld novel, with dustwrapper artwork by Josh Kirby
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very faint scratches to front. 96pp. An authoritative account of a great civilization, spanning 3,500 years. Well illustrated.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations, charts and diagrams (a number folding), neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. With 4pp catalogue of the author's works at end. Privately printed by the author in extract from his larger study 'Israel-Britain'. This work retains the priginal pagination, and includes tables of Hebrew chronology from the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land 1454-1453 BC to the end of the Roman War AD 73. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 324 pages. "Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods from ancient times to the present day, illsutrated throughout with line drawings."
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 324 pages. "Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods from ancient times to the present day, illsutrated throughout with line drawings."
664p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
664p., illus. 24cm Hardcover Very good condition good
160p. Numerous illustrations. Some in color. 4to. Original decorated full cloth binding. Slightly worn. OCC 3
416p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
66 pages. Features: Life Story of Sir Kinglsey Wood; Ice Guards the Dutch - fascinating 4-page photo-illustrated article explains Holland's defences against Nazi invasion; Island of Women - men have left the Island of Molene in Brittany to fight the war; France Fights Britain - great photo-illustrated boxing story with pictures of Petty Officer Warnes, Aircraftman Cole, Lance-Corporal Harrington, Corporal A. Welsh, Leading-Aircraftman A. House, Corporal Robinson, Mike Honeyman, Guardsman Danahar, J. Powell, Y. Nadal, plus seven photos of dignitaries who attended the fights; Roll to Beauty - how to slim while rolling on an ill-fated exercise device; Roosevelt's Envoy - photo-illustrated article on Sumner Welles; Inside a Nazi Prison Camp - these Nazi-provided photos depict decent conditions for Allied prisoners; Ice Follies of 1940 - nice photos of Evelyn Chandler, Bess Ehrhardt and Roy Shipstad; No. 7 in the Series "How I Would Run the War" - Women in War - great photo-illustrated article explains how women are producing armaments; Diary of the War - No. 26 - The Twenty-fourth Week - with photos of destruction in Finland and a wonderful one-page photo of New Zealand soldiers chatting with locals at the Egyptian pyramids; Several Low cartoons; Can We be Utopians?; The History of Weapons, No. 9 - Weapons and Tactics. Nostalgic one-page ad for Minor cigarettes features nurse giving injured soldier a smoke. Nice ad for the Francis-Barnett Powerbike. Many other wonderfully nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
