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224 pages. Index. Sumptuous colour photography throughout. "Considers over a hundred historical and contemporary titles. Portrays the current holders of these positions in their particular "uniform" - grand, humble, symbolic, or simply practical - and in places that are special and specific to the responsibilities of their role... The informative and lively text relates the story behind each of these images, both as fascinating vignettes of particular circumstances and as part of the history that has made the United Kingdom what it is today." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Due to a binding error we have removed the lower corner of the back free endpaper. Corresponding corner of back fixed endpaper damaged but present. A quality copy of this handsome production. Book
Mm 250x325 Volume rilegato in piena tela con titolo impresso in bianco al piatto anteriore e al dorso, sovraccoperta editoriale illustrata a colori, 207 pagine con 47 tavole a colori e 171 illustrazioni in nero comprese nel testo in lingua inglese - English text. "Splendido catalogo sull'arte tessile del Daghestan, una regione tra il Mar Caspio e il Mar Nero crogiuolo di diverse etnie". Libro in perfette condizioni di nuovo - brand new in original shrink-wrap. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Minor wear to spine ends. Faint creasing to front wrap. ; 161pp.; Brown Judaic Studies 28; 161 pages
182 pages. Occasional black and white illustrations. "A precise description of Jewish life in Bessarabia, Roumania and Russia in the period between the years 1910-1940." - from Preface. Above-average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy reading copy. Book
VG (no dj, blue cloth lightly discoloured spine and edges, prize plate Leeds Talmud Torah 1956 front free endpaper, one small light stain bottom of front free endpaper, pages clean and unmarked) 12mo 178pp.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xvi], 226 p. A study on local Erzurum folklore and customs. Içtimai adetlerimiz - inançlarimiz ve Erzurum ilindeki ziyaret yerlerimiz.
Very Good English In aesthetic modern cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 3 volumes set: (291, [1] p.; 71, [7] p.; 119 p.). Içel folkloru. 3 volumes set: Vol. 1: Içel folkloru. Vol. 2: Insan hayatinin çesitli safhalarina ait âdet ve inanislar. Vol. 3: Halk sairlerine ait tetkik ve metinler. Comprehensive study on folk culture and folklore of Icel city.
New Turkish Paperback. 4to. (30 x 22 cm). Papers in English and Turkish. 1109 p., ills. IV. Kahramankazan International Folk Culture Symposium. Proceedings.= IV. Kahramankazan Uluslararasi Halk Kültürü Sempozyumu 29 Eylül - 1 Ekim 2016. Bildiriler. A very heavy set. Extra shipping cost will be requested.
" Greece is a country famed worldwide for its physical beauty, wealth of antiquities and other vestiges of its unsurpassed ancient civilisation. Yet despite over ten million annual visitors and an open and inviting culture, modern Greece is not an easy country for outsiders to understand or comprehend fully. Countless tourist guides extoll its resorts and archaeological tomes unravel its classical past, but there are few books that attempt to explore the many complexities of Greek life and lifestyles right here in the present. Until now, that is, "It's All Greece to Me: Impressions of Contemporary Greek Life", by longtime Athens News contributor John F.L. Ross, offers an accessible and dependable guide to the nooks and crannies of the modern Greek character, mentallity, customs and attitudes. It offers a sharp-eyed and challenging yet sympathetic look at the rapidly changing nature of contemporary Greece at the dawn of the new milleniium. Throughout, Ross writes with the clarity, gentle wit and perceptive insight that readers have come to expect from the author of the longrunning and popular Thursday column "On Second Thought." Book
Fine Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 350 p. Islâm'in kabul veya reddettigi halk inançlari. Hicaz bölgesi.
Fine English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 48 p., ills. A precious tractate on 'evil-eye' belief in the Islamic world as a pagan tradition. Islâm medeniyetinde putlara tapma devri kalintilarindan nazar degmesi inanci. Aslindaki resimlerle. Translated by Sahap Nazmi Coskunlar.
317p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, frontis. repaired
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
Fine English Paperback. Small 4to. (26 xx 18,5 cm). Entirely in English. [6], 150, [1] p., ills. and maps. Yakûchia ni okeru minzoku seitaigakuteki jissen to bunka no denshô. Indigenous ecological practices and cultural traditions in Yakutia: History, ethnography, and politics. Subject: Yakut (Turkic peoples) Social life and customs. Ethnology. Russia (Federation). Sakha. Ethnoecology. Russia (Federation). Sakha.
323p. Profusely illustrated. Small 4to. Original pictorial wraps, slightly soiled. Indian Life and Customs # 5. Very good. LOC W17
About The Book : Egypt Illustrated with Pen and Pencil is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. We see, even now, the multiplication of schools, colleges, churches, and other features of Christian civilization, molded by Occidental ideas, yet adapted to Oriental conditions. In journeying forty-five hundred miles from place to place in India, the past year, the writer has been impressed by the intellectual ferment found, by the advances in science and by the urgency and promise of the missionary enterprise. That 8000 entries are yearly made in the official catalogue of vernacular and English works written mainly by Hindus, and on religion more than on any theme, is a notable evidence of that ferment. A pile of missionary reports examined, and personal inspection of work doing in schools and churches, satisfy me that Buddhist theosophy will never tear Christianity in tatters. About The Author : Rev. William Urwick (1826-1905), Born at Sligo on 8 March 1826, he was second son of William Urwick the elder (1791–1868), nonconformist divine, and his wife Sarah (1791–1852), daughter of Thomas Cooke of Shrewsbury. His early education was under his father. He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, Bachelor of Arts in 1848, Master of Arts From Dublin he went on to the Lancashire Independent College, Manchester, where he studied (1848-1851) under Robert Vaughan and Samuel Davidson. In 1851 on 19 June 1851 Urwick was ordained minister at Hatherlow, Cheshire, where he remained for twenty-three years, as pastor, and district secretary (later, president) of the Cheshire Congregational Union. Moving to London, he filled (1874-1877) the chair of Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis at New College, London. Still living in London, he became in 1880 minister of Spicer Street chapel in Saint Albans, where he rebuilt the Sunday schools, improved the church premises, and undertook temperance and other social work, resigning in 1895. Urwick married on 1 June 1859 Sophia (1832–1897), daughter of Thomas Hunter of Manchester.
About The Book : Egypt Illustrated with Pen and Pencil is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. We see, even now, the multiplication of schools, colleges, churches, and other features of Christian civilization, molded by Occidental ideas, yet adapted to Oriental conditions. In journeying forty-five hundred miles from place to place in India, the past year, the writer has been impressed by the intellectual ferment found, by the advances in science and by the urgency and promise of the missionary enterprise. That 8000 entries are yearly made in the official catalogue of vernacular and English works written mainly by Hindus, and on religion more than on any theme, is a notable evidence of that ferment. A pile of missionary reports examined, and personal inspection of work doing in schools and churches, satisfy me that Buddhist theosophy will never tear Christianity in tatters. About The Author : Rev. William Urwick (1826-1905), Born at Sligo on 8 March 1826, he was second son of William Urwick the elder (1791–1868), nonconformist divine, and his wife Sarah (1791–1852), daughter of Thomas Cooke of Shrewsbury. His early education was under his father. He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, Bachelor of Arts in 1848, Master of Arts From Dublin he went on to the Lancashire Independent College, Manchester, where he studied (1848-1851) under Robert Vaughan and Samuel Davidson. In 1851 on 19 June 1851 Urwick was ordained minister at Hatherlow, Cheshire, where he remained for twenty-three years, as pastor, and district secretary (later, president) of the Cheshire Congregational Union. Moving to London, he filled (1874-1877) the chair of Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis at New College, London. Still living in London, he became in 1880 minister of Spicer Street chapel in Saint Albans, where he rebuilt the Sunday schools, improved the church premises, and undertook temperance and other social work, resigning in 1895. Urwick married on 1 June 1859 Sophia (1832–1897), daughter of Thomas Hunter of Manchester.
New English Paperback. Pbo. 4to. (30 x 24 cm). In Turkish. Many b/w and color ills. 112 p. Traditional costumes, Ottoman and Turkish documents, medical instruments, medicines, ceremonies, disinfection and sterilization of posthetomy (medical circumcision) in Turkish and Islamic culture. With many original photographs, documents from the Haluk Perk Collection. Inancimiz geregi minik cerrahi müdahale: Sünnet. Halûk Perk Koleksiyonu.
224 pages, illustrated, appendix, cover design by Paul Bacon, spine sunned. eng
44 p. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Colorful original wraps. Cloth backed stiff binder. Articles by well known authors: Don Yoder, Alfred L. Shoemaker, Olive G. Zehner, William Frey, and others. Often overlooked. A well preserved copy with only a small rubbing on front cover. GER-ENG PAMPH BX2 BAG 21.
Folio 119p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
270X215 mm. 67 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners worn. Cover stained. Spine slightly damaged. Spine edge missing. Gilt spine. Ex library copy with usual marks. Several pages age stained - no damage to text. Stickers on rear inner cover and last white page. Several pages loose. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
96 pages. Bilingual, English/French. A montage of images - images found in the arts and crafts of Canada that reflect aspects of the games and pastimes which have long held the interest of Canadians. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Complementary bookplate upon front endpaper. Envelope affixed to back endpaper. No library markings. Some fading to brown cloth boards. Unmarked. Moderate wear and lean to spine. Book
cm. 17 x 24, 184 pp. con 260 ill. n.t. 465 gr. 184 p.
Good condition, cover is sunned on spine and spine also has one crease, slightly grubby over-all, page block is slightly yellowed, clear, bright and tight. Used
