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208 pages. Chocolate brown embossed boards adorned with gilt and black. Chapters include: The Origin of Money; What is Money?; Currency; Gold Money; Silver Money; Paper Money; Bills of Exchange; Bank Shares; Banking; Exchange; Interest; Wealth; Capital; Panics; Individual Success; and National Prosperity. Contents considerably toned with age with an old book scent. 1.5" indent to top of backstrip. Binding tender but intact. Two-inch openings to top edge of approx fifteen pages. A worthy copy of this vintage monetary reference. Book
28 pages. Features: Nice photo of Iris Steeves with photo of post-war 'shortages' company ad; Two pages of photos of lovely young lady employees; One-page photo of operator and swimming star Miss Mary Baggaley; Photo of the Trail switchboard at work with related article - 18,000 calls a day; Welcoming employees back from the armed forces; Article on the supply difficulty situation (result of war); Photo of Charlie McAndrew who has installed 40,000 phones!; Article on new Air-Sea-Land phone service; Fascinating article on page 19 requests female operators - either single or widowed; In Memoriam - James H.H. Nelson and David H. Charles; Much company ocial information. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Relie, cartonnage d'editeur, 215 x 305mm., 384pp., illustration profonde en couleurs et en n/b. ISBN 2851010190. Historique de la fonderie d'Art - Le moulage au sable - La fonte a pieces - Le tirage d'epaisseur - La medaille - La fonte tiree ou fonte a figure - Le remmoulage - La cire perdue - Les alliages cuivreux - La fusion ( metallurgie ) - La fusion ( presentation et conduites des fours ) - La finition des pieces - La patine - Materiel et materiaux. Excellent etat.
Pages 221-286 plus 14 pages of ads. Features: Man-Eaters - Indian tigers; The Lost Secret - a lost mine near Visalia, California; The Merepur Mystery - Indian official is an amateur Sherlock Holmes; On the Mexican Border; A Winter Jaunt in Finland - with photos, including woman washing clothes in hole cut in ice; The "Stroaper's" Vengeance - while prospecting for gold in Dutch Guiana; The Tale of "Old Bill" - a famous elephant of Ceylon; The Hunting of "Wild Johnny" - a renegade Australian aborigine; The Diamond Smuggler; Crossed Trails - a tale of fate from the Santa Cruz mountains; The Prize-Fight; The Great Green Eel - three-day ordeal landing a 13.5 foot specimen!; "Fisherman's Luck" - angler's disaster off New Zealand when the launch Manaia is wrecked. Heavily worn. Covers detached but present. A worthy reading copy. Book
Signed and generically inscribed by Rod Vickers upon title page. xii, 139 + vii, 73 pages. Footnotes. Black and white maps and illustrations. A brief history of archaeology in Alberta is presented and the Plains region of the province is described. Classificatory systems for organizing Plains prehistory are reviewed. The possibility of a mid-Wisconsin occupation, and the implication of the Late Wisconsin ice-free corridor are considered. The problem of megafauna extinction and over-hunting is briefly examined. The second paper addresses the question of the positions of various Plains Indian tribes across the southern Alberta landscape at about the time of first European influence and, later, actual European contact. The primary data sources consulted ar the published historic and ethnographic accounts of the four tribes given serious consideration - the Blackfoot, the Kutenai, the Gros Ventre and the Snake or Shoshoni. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Dual Exhaust Systems; Dual Carb Installation; Triples for Strip or Street; Porting & Polishing; Inexpensive 4-barrel action; Easy dual-tripple set-up; Six Pots for Power; Hot Cams; Magneto Magic; Raising Compression; Clutch Control; and more. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
160, 8 [ads] pages. Black and white illustrations. Undated - circa 1894. No mention of any prior printings. Unmarked. Narrow opening in binding at half-title otherwise binding tender but intact. Charming illustration of two girls by quiet pool upon front board. Above-average wear to publisher's red cloth. A worthy copy of this adorable item. Book
Ril. in tela con sovr.ill. a colori., cm 31,5x21, pp 378 , 200 tavv e ill. a colori. - ISBN: 8872423163
Hardcover with dusjacket, 888 pages, Illustrated. English. ISBN 9780719804113. Sought after, fought over, hoarded, hidden and stolen; diamonds remain one of mankind's greatest obsessions. Diamond represents the most concentrated form of wealth on the planet and the hardest known natural substance. Covering everything from the origin of diamonds and their properties, through mining, the four Cs of grading and marketing, to modern high-tech treatments, fancy coloured diamonds and synthetics, The Diamond Compendium presents the body of diamond knowledge in a simple and understandable way. Written by a diamond expert this book is based on thousands of hours of research with specialists worldwide. Whether you are using this book to learn the facts about purchasing diamonds, understand the trade, prepare for formal examinations or simply satisfy your curiosity, The Diamond Compendium is the most thorough, absorbing and comprehensive book on the market.
In 4 (30,5x24) hardcover telata con fregio oro al piatto e con sovracoperta illustrata; 280 pp, TESTO FRANCESE, catalogo con stampe e illustrazioni di Felicien Rops - Museo Namur, LIBRO PRATICAMENTE COME NUOVO - Ed. 1996
Testo Italiano, Inglese e Francese. A cura di Mario Piantoni e Laura de Rossi. Mariano del Friuli, 2001; 2 voll., ril., cm 22x30,5. Vol. I: Dall'antichità al Caravaggio. (Pp. 348, ill. b/n num. n.t., 24 tavv. col., ISBN 88-8345-065-5). Vol. II: Da Rubens al contemporaneo (Pp. 378, ill. b/n num. n.t., 39 tavv. col., ISBN 88-8345-066-3). (Arte Documento. Collezione di Storia e tutela dei Beni Culturali. Liber Extra. VII-VIII). english francaise italiano 88-8345-06 Arte Documento. Liber Extra. 0007/0008
Firenze, 1988; ril. in tela, pp. 221, ill. e tavv. b/n e col., cm 21x30. italiano
Gijón, 2006. 4to. mayor; 1226 pp. y 8 láminas en color. Primera edición completa del manuscrito. Encuadernación original. Escrito por un converso morisco y después fraile, en el que se registran todas las palabras y su significado procedentes del árabe hablado en Guadix en la reconquista. Fray Diego de Guadix fue un lexicógrafo concienzudo y meticuloso, dotado de un talento asombroso para definir y de una notable aptitud para escribir con amenidad. Su obra, como propia de un hombre culto y buen observador de la realidad de su época, nos transmite, además, una interesante información histórica y antropológica.
Volpe, C and M Lucco: L'opera completa di Sebastiano del Piomb. 1980. 148 pp. fully illustrated in colour and black and white. Corners of spine a little rubbed, clean inside, overall very good condition. Cloth. 31 x 24cms.
In 8 (21,5x14) hardcover telata titoli oro; 125 pp, acquarelli erotici VM, testi multilingue anche Italiano, ottime condizioni generali, libro erotico raro, Ed. 1980
Zaragoza, Centro de Estudios Borjanos, 2005. Dos volúmenes en 4to. mayor; 1384 pp., en paginación continuada. Cubiertas originales.
French Text. Paris, 1987; bound, pp. 224, b/w and col. ill., b/w and col. plates. francaise 2-08-20182 bound
Milano, 1886; ril., pp. 280, cm 15x23. (Biblioteca Scientifica Internazionale. 44). italiano Biblioteca Scientifica Internazionale. 0044 ril.
English text. Torino, 2010; clothbound, pp. 336, col. plates, b/w and col. ill., cm 24,5x34,5. (Varia). english 88-422-166 Varia
English Text. Mumbai - 400 003, 2010; clothbound in a case, pp. 263, col. plates, cm 23x29.
Milano, 1927; cartonato, pp. 98, 30 ill. b/n, cm 17,5x25. italiano cartonato
(Codice OR/0160) Folio (43x31 cm) 207 pp. Premessa in italiano e inglese con il reprint del frontespizio figurato originale dell'Encyclopédie e di quello a stampa. Seguono 56 tavole perfettamente riprodotte su carta forte avorio, tutte precedute da altrettante tavole di legenda in italiano, francese e inglese. Dedica alla sguardia bianca. Cartone rigido editoriale con titolo e cornice oro, lievi abrasioni agli angoli. Ottimo stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
English, French and German Text. Losanna, circa 1980; bound, pp. 144, b/w and col. ill., b/w and col. plates. english francaise deutsch bound
English Text. Roma, 2006; paperback, pp. 340, ill., 77 b/w and col. plates, cm 19x26. (Institutum Romanum Norvegiae. Acta ad Archaeologiam et Artium Historiam Pertinentia. 14). english 88-88620-2 Acta ad Archaeologiam et Artium Historiam Pertinentia. 0014 paperback
8vo, 24cm. Pp. xxviii,[3],550, 11 fold. plates of maps, sections and plans. 80 figs., bibliogr., geogr. name index, notes & refs. Hardbound, orig. gilt-lettered cloth. Some foxing to edges only, small cancelled stamp to title-page, some edge wear to binding incl. small repair to upper part of backstrip, contents very good.
