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No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to front cover and to spine. A clean very tight copy with very faintly marked boards, well tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 237pp. The author discusses the short and long-term effects of some of the least understood materials released into the environment in waste streams or as a result of accidents - the toxic heavy metals, mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, chromium and others In the case of lead the releases even came from all car exhausts back in the 1970s and beyond.
Lingua italiana, Mondadori, 2004, 165 pp., legatura editoriale, sovraccoperta, condizioni molto buone.
U.G.E., 10/18, 1973, 445 pp., poche, couverture un peu défraîchie, tranches brunies, état très correct.
Seuil, L'Histoire Immédiate, 1979, 280 pp., broché, tranches brunies, couverture un peu défraîchie, état correct.
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Sections on Germs, chemicals, lead, flouride, chlorine, aluminum, radon, taste and odor, appearance, treatment, hard and soft, bottled, cost, quality, regulaiton and testing.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased. 144pp. A study of twenty-five sites within the pre-1974 boundaries of County Durham, ranging from Roman sites, mining centres, castles and cathedrals. A scarce book.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps, top a little dusty; original cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Armstrong's second novel (following 'The Crowthers of Bankdam') set in nineteenth-century Yorkshire.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. Edge wear and small tears to dust jacket. 96 pages. 9 1/4"w x 11 7/8"h. Many color photos.
This ia a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's South Kensington on March 26, 2007. Sale code: TOY-5290. The sale consisted of the Mike Williams toy collection. 247 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets laid in. 11" high X 8" wide, 46 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The story of the siege that began the Boer War
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight fading to spine foot, a little foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or creased with small tears to lower edge. 224pp. Very detailed study of lead toxicology, extremely well referenced.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 7 1/4"w x 10 3/4"h. 96 pages. Text in English and French.
Book is in excellent condition except for a heavy bump to the upper corners of the covers, causing a little bump to the very corner of the page block also. Binding is solid and square, exterior shows no other blemishes, with blue cloth covers, gilt print at spine. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no tears, price sticker at front. 427 pages. Contents include: Prostitutes: Seclusives, or Those that Live in Private Houses and Apartments; Haymarket; Board Lodgers; Those who Live in Low Lodging Houses; Sailors' Women; Soldiers' Women; Theives' Women; Park Women; Bawds; Procuresses, Pimps and Panders; Fancy-men; Bullies; Clandestine Prostitutes; Female Operative; Maid-Servants; Ladies of Intrigue and Houses of Assignation; THEIVES AND SWINDLERS: Sneaks, Common Thieves, Stealing from Children, Child Stripping, Robberies from Carts and other Vehicles, Lead From Housetops, Copper from Kitchens; Robberies by False Keys, Lodgers, Servants, Attic , Garret Theives; Rookery of St. Giles , Pickpockets ,Shoplifters; Omnibus Pickpockets; Railway Pickpockets; Shoplifters, Spitalfields, Horse-stealing, Dog-stealing, Highway Robbers,Felonies , River Thames, Mudlarks; Sweeping Boys, Smuggling, River Priates, Mudlark, Receivers of Stolen Property, Coining Forgers, Bank, Skittles; Thimble and Pea, The Lock, Swindlers. BEGGARS AND CHEATS, Begging-Letter Writers, Decayed Gentleman; The Broken-Down Tradesman; The Distressed Scholar; The Kaggs Family; Advertising Begging-Letter Writers; Ashamed Beggars; The Swell Beggar,Turnpike Sailor, Street Campaigners; Foreign Beggars: The French Beggar; Destitute Poles; Hindoo Beggars; Negro Beggars; Disaster Beggars, etc.
Small 4to, 24.8cm. Pp. 400, figs., tabs., refs. Orig. wrs. - Contains 48 papers and discussions, arranged geographically.
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. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 427 pages with occasional illustrations, Contents include: Prostitutes: Seclusives, or Those that Live in Private Houses and Apartments; Haymarket; Board Lodgers; Those who Live in Low Lodging Houses; Sailors' Women; Soldiers' Women; Theives' Women; Park Women; Bawds; Procuresses, Pimps and Panders; Fancy-men; Bullies; Clandestine Prostitutes; Female Operative; Maid-Servants; Ladies of Intrigue and Houses of Assignation; THEIVES AND SWINDLERS: Sneaks, Common Thieves, Stealing from Children, Child Stripping, Robberies from Carts and other Vehicles, Lead From Housetops, Copper from Kitchens; Robberies by False Keys, Lodgers, Servants, Attic , Garret Theives; Rookery of St. Giles , Pickpockets ,Shoplifters; Omnibus Pickpockets; Railway Pickpockets; Shoplifters, Spitalfields, Horse-stealing, Dog-stealing, Highway Robbers,Felonies , River Thames, Mudlarks; Sweeping Boys, Smuggling, River Priates, Mudlark, Receivers of Stolen Property, Coining Forgers, Bank, Skittles; Thimble and Pea, The Lock, Swindlers. BEGGARS AND CHEATS, Begging-Letter Writers, Decayed Gentleman; The Broken-Down Tradesman; The Distressed Scholar; The Kaggs Family; Advertising Begging-Letter Writers; Ashamed Beggars; The Swell Beggar,Turnpike Sailor, Street Campaigners; Foreign Beggars: The French Beggar; Destitute Poles; Hindoo Beggars; Negro Beggars; Disaster Beggars, etc.
Blank label stuck to upper corner of front cover. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards. Appendix over 20 pages, bibliographry over 16 pages plus 116pp. A review of contemporary lead pollution and a commentary on the Government Working Party Report 'Lead and Health' prepared for the Conservation Society. Very scarce.
32 p. Double column. Paper browning but not brittle. Softcover. 190 mm. Original tri-color printed pictorial wraps. Covers slightly soiled. Volume Three, Number Twenty-Eight. Very good. Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854-1885) was a professional 'Sensational Novelist' whose "Deadwood Dick" was the most popular hero of the dime novel era at the end of the 19th century. Through 'Dick' he greatly influenced boys (and men) to view the West as eternally exciting and heroic. W8RtRear
32 pages. "A series of true events in the discovery of coal, gold, lead, silver and copper. Intended as a basic introduction to the story of mining." - from Foreward. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Risa Buck went off the grid in Ashland; Kurt Nelson combines solar electricity and science education in a space station simulator for students in Wausau, WI; Mark Whitaker powers some of his appliances with solar electricity; Ely Schless's electric power bike; Electric Vehicle Charging and Maintenance; Visit to a lead recycling factory; The evolution of hot water heaters; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
128 pages including index. Learn to play step-by-step using familiar hit songs. Includes instruction manual, chord directory, guitar buyer's guide, an A-Z of guitar players and tips for breaking into the music business. Includes colour photos of many famous rock guitarists. Former owner's name and phone upon half-title page, else unmarked. Light wear. Book
297 pages including bibliography and index. "...into the heart of the vast Pacific the tale shall lead us, where men and ships are dwarfed to veriest specks which crawl laboriously a little space and then are lost to view." - from Introduction. Subjects include: the Straits of Anian; How the Russians crossed Siberia; Vitus Bering; James Cook; John Meares; George Vancouver; Quadra; and more. With 12 illustrations and 7 maps. Binding intact. Soiled but not overly so. Moderate lean to spine. Decorated biege boards. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Remains a decent copy. Book
187 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. "If you see that the Arabs are always portrayed as vicious terrorists and wonder why, then read this book. If you want to know why they 'hate' us, then read the book. If you believe that Zionism is your religion, or that you have an obligation to support it, then nothing will change your mind - not even this book. If you are confused, or curious, or just increasingly fed-up with the mire in the Middle East that the U.S. seems unable to extricate itself from, read this book. If you are curious as to what the Palestinians experience on a daily basis, then you will learn a lot in these pages." - back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
292 pages including index. The unique reference book that will lead gardeners quickly and easily to the plants that will look best and grow best in their own particular gardens. Over 1,400 garden plants, all illustrated in full colour, are systematically organized according to growing conditions, purpose and appearance. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this superb reference. Book
93 pages. Provides the K-3 teacher with practical strategies and lesson plans for introducing young students to the fun and rigors of skillful thinking. Answers key questions such as: How do I set the climate for a thinking classroom? what are the thinking skills embedded in my curriculum?; How do I teach the explicit skills as thinking?; How do I lead children to think about their thinking?. Includes 38 lesson plans. Prior owner's name, rubber stamp and sticker scar to top corner of title page else unmarked. Half-inch tear to top of front cover. Moderate wear. Book
281 pages. Future historians may well agree that Martin Exeter led one of the great lives of the twentieth century. He shaped circumstance through the transcendance of the ordinary human condition. At the age of 21 he left the life of the British aristocracy and moved to the Cariboo region of British Columbia where he honed the strength of character that would eventually make him a source of inspiration to thousands of people worldwide. He founded the town of 100 Mile House B.C. and went on to lead a body of people known as the Emissaries to what could be called today an unprecedented force for the spiritual restoration of the planet. Light wear to book which is unmarked. Light edgewear to attractive glossy dust jacket. Book