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19892091502135201251Yuzankaku 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 21cm Number of books: 1 Yuzankaku paperback
19782092902140300366Yuzankaku 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Yuzankaku paperback
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.
20002080502106501718Tsukuba ne-sha 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Tsukuba ne-sha paperback
20002091502133900214Tsukuba ne-sha 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Tsukuba ne-sha paperback
20002091502133534442Tsukuba ne-sha 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Tsukuba ne-sha paperback
20002092902139200161Tsukuba ne-sha 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tsukuba ne-sha paperback
1970KFZZQ100080Tokyo University of the Arts Art Museum 1970. Soft Cover. Fine. KFZZQ100080 Tokyo University of the Arts Art Museum paperback
19602092902138201499Seibundo Shinkosha 1960. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 384 pages Size: B5 size Number of books: 1 volume Seibundo Shinkosha paperback
2007500258455Vintage Classics 2007 560 pages 13x19 7x4 2cm. 2007. Broché. 560 pages.
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.
185354091James' Town St. Helena: printed at the Government Office by Geo. Gibb 1853. Broadside approx. 12¾" x 8" printed on blue paper; lengthy text in a single column beneath a cut of the Royal Arms at the top; very slight spotting else a fine copy of a rare South Atlantic imprint. The regulations 15 in all outline manifest requirements customs fees and charges quarantines dockage and launch services and charges etc. Also the times draw bridges are raised and lowered the town gates closed and the latitude and longitude of the islands. Also information regarding the "Time Ball." The time ball a visual signaling device meant to be observed by ships at sea for calibrating chronometers was first successfully tested by the Royal Navy at Portsmouth in 1829. Among the first time balls constructed was that at St. Helena Observatory in 1834. The white canvas ball dropped precisely at noon while a time gun positioned on the High Knoll fired the signal. The procedure was repeated at one o'clock to coincide with Greenwich mean time. Not located bibliographically. <br/><br/> printed at the Government Office, by Geo. Gibb unknown books
185354091James' Town St. Helena: printed at the Government Office by Geo. Gibb 1853. Broadside approx. 12¾" x 8" printed on blue paper; lengthy text in a single column beneath a cut of the Royal Arms at the top; very slight spotting else a fine copy of a rare South Atlantic imprint. The regulations 15 in all outline manifest requirements customs fees and charges quarantines dockage and launch services and charges etc. Also the times draw bridges are raised and lowered the town gates closed and the latitude and longitude of the islands. Also information regarding the "Time Ball." The time ball a visual signaling device meant to be observed by ships at sea for calibrating chronometers was first successfully tested by the Royal Navy at Portsmouth in 1829. Among the first time balls constructed was that at St. Helena Observatory in 1834. The white canvas ball dropped precisely at noon while a time gun positioned on the High Knoll fired the signal. The procedure was repeated at one o'clock to coincide with Greenwich mean time. Not in OCLC and unlocated bibliographically. printed at the Government Office, by Geo. Gibb unknown
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.
