Adam

Sacred & Secular : A Companion

1st edition. 8vo, 336 pages, illustrated. Very good condition hardback in very good condition dust jacket. Light foxing to page edges. 40068. eng

Scritti Politici: Il libro della nazione e dei pellegrini Polacchi - Dal giornale "Il Pellegrino Polacco". Gli Slavi - La legione del 1848 - La tribune des Peuples

Mm150x235 "Classici della politica" collana diretta da Luigi Firpo - Seconda edizione accresciuta. Testo a cura di Marina Bersano Begey. Volume rilegato in tela rossa con fregi e titolo in oro su riquadro al dorso, sovraccoperta protettiva trasparente, 633 pagine con un indice dei nomi in chiusura. Volume in stato di eccellena, mai consultato; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.

Sets in Order - The Magazine of Western Square Dancing, January 1951 - Features on Frank Pecinovsky and Dale Garrett

34 pages. Features: Standardization Committee Report; Adam and Eve; The Houston Star; Guest Caller - Frank Pecinovsky; Callers Clinic in Southern California; Sell newcomers on the fund of square dancing through the 'One Night Stand'; Doll Dance - the Neptunian Club of Manhattan Beach - includes photo of Treg Brown; "Pop" Singer; Photo and write-up on Irma Sturrock of this publication; Nice vintage ads. Subscription renewal form neatly clipped from page 25. Average wear. Few pen doodles to front cover and page 15. A sound vintage copy. Magazine

Spain in our Hearts. Americans in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Studi sulla Teoria del Valore-Lavoro

Mm 140x220 Collana "I fatti e le idee" - Brossura editoriale, xl-316 pagine. Nuova edizione accresciuta. In ottimo stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.

Systematic Education: or Elementary Instruction in the various departments of Literature and Science; with Practical Rules for studying each Branch of Useful Knowledge.

First edition, 8vo, 2 vols., 8pp. publisher's catalogue tipped in before title, viii, 540; iv, 576pp., ownership inscription at head of title "Thomas Pearson, 1873.", 9 engraved plates, original boards, uncut, head of spines chipped original printed labels on spines. Amongst the numerous subjects covered are Astronomy, Adam Smith's Theory, Chemistry, Chronology, Electricity, Fluxions, Galvanism, Geography, Hydraulics, Optical Instruments, Mathematics, Mechanics, Political Economy, Navigation, Philosophy, Malthus on Population, Surveying, Telescopes and Zoology.

The Age of Adam. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 4 coloured plates (one double-page), 154 monochrome plates on 80 and numerous illustrations and plans in the text, endpapers lightly browned; terracotta cloth, gilt back, red top, fore-edge mildly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, midly rubbed dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Art & Building' series.

The Antique Collector Magazine, October 1969 / November 1969

Features: The Role of the Expert; Charlecote Park - The Warwickshire Seat of the Lucy Family; Watches with Unusual Dials; Treasures of Islamic Pottery - A Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition; Robert Adam - Perfectionist - a Furniture Pilgrimmage to Osterley; The English Silver Butter Knife - fresh light on its introduction and origin; The Brothers Jorden - an Important Find of a Royal Profile Miniature Group; Royal Gift of William III; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine

The Architectural Record, Vol, XLVII, No. 6, June 1920, Serial No. 261 - The Model for the Bahai Temple, Chicago

481-560, [12] index, 178 ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic photos and illustrations. Features: Some Principles of Small House Design, Part VIII - Interiors (continued); The Model for the Bahai Temple, Chicago - Louis J. Bourgeois, Architect; The Argonne Cemetery of the A.E.F. at Romagne-sous-Mont-faucon, France; The Guardian Savings and Trust Company's Building, Cleveland, Ohio - Walker & Weeks, Architects; English Interior Decoration, Part XV - The Adam Period; Portfolio of Current Architecture; Notes and Comments. Somewhat above-average external wear. Very faint library stamp to front cover. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book

The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. Revised by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney. Fifth Edition. NEAR FINE COPY

8vo., Fifth Edition, with frontispiece, plates, 112 coloured plates of tartans and large folding coloured map at end; red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy.

The decorative work of Robert Adam. London 1973. 4to. 294 S. Mit 183 Abb. u. 1 Farbtaf. Orig.-Leinenbd. - Freitag 43.

The Geographical Journal, LXXXIII 4. - April 1934

Pages viii + 256-352. Two fold-out maps at back: Rhodesia - Congo Boundary, Peake, Libyan Desert - Routes of Capt. Orde Wingate, 1933 and previous explorers. Map of The Old and New Rhodesia-Congo Boundaries near Elisabethville at page 266. Features: Douglas Freshfield, 1845-1934, by Dr. T.G. Longstaff; Northern Rhodesia-Belgian Congo Boundary - with fourteen black and white photos, by Lieut.-Colonel E.R. L. Peake; In Search of Zerzura - with six black and white photos, by Lieutenant Orde Wingate; Saxton's Survey of Northern England, by Gordon Manley; The First Sighting of Australia by the English, by Ida Lee; Moving Swamps in Ceylon - with two black and white photos, by W.G. Adam; The Carte Du Monde Au Millionieme, by Colonel Sir Charles Close; Obituary of Francis Henry Hill Guillemard; and more. Only external mark is a library stamp upon front cover. Similar stamps to back of fold-out Rhodesia map, upon photo at page 286, atop pages 295 and 311, and upon photo at page 322, Small bar code sticker atop page i. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book

The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine - January 1901

Pages 1-58. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; The Woman's Club of Penacook; The First American Colony in Cuba - Neuvitas - great article with photos; Bygones - Some Things not Generally known in the history of Northfield; The English Guild System; The Statement of Adam More; Harry Bingham as a Schoolmaster; Poems; Nice full-page photo ad for the First National Bank in Concord, N.H.; New Hampshire Necrology. Moderate wear. Piece missing from lower corner of page one - contents unaffected. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine

The Great Pyramid. A Scientific Revelation. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

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.

THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE HOLY LAND. Especially In Relation To The History Of Israel And Of The Early Church. With Six Maps. Fifteenth Edition.

pp. xxvii, 713 + Four color folding maps and one full page monochrome map. The 'General Map of Palestine' usually in a rear pocket does not seem to be present here. Stamped ownership of Nelson R. Sulouff, Scotland, on title page. Small 4to. Original full green cloth binding. Spine repaired with clear tape. Fifteenth edition. Maps in nice condition. Hardbound. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RELIGION BOX 4

The Illustrated London News (ILN) Magazine, September 11, 1954 - Dr. E.D. Adrian Addresses the Opening of the British Association in Oxford

Pages 389-440. Features: River Shannon air disaster - photo of the plane and survivors after a Super Constellation airliner, Triton, of K.L.M. crashed into the estuary killing 28; Two pages of photos of the star aircraft flown at Farnborough; Photos of personalities in the news include Commodore Adriaan Viruly - captain of the crashed KLM airliner, Dr. Alfred Cox, the Italian team which climed K-2, and Lady MacRobert; Photos of St. Clement Danes which is to be restored; Two pages of wonderful photos of life in the remote regions of New Guinea, including a precious photo of a white infant smiling up at a native adorned in full local dress; Two pages of photos of the disastrous hurricane which struck the U.S. Atlantic coast - scenes during and after, including the falling steeple of Boston's Old North Church; Nice centerfold cutaway illustration of the H.M.S. Daring and her sister-ships; 17th century illustrations of Goa by an early traveller; Royal engagements in Scotland and Ontario - the opening of Sir Adam Beck Niagara Generating Station No. 2 at Niagara Falls; The British Association - photos of leading figures and guests; Last voyage of the Canadian Pacific liner 'Empress of Canada' which burned and sunk on January 25th; Tire fire on an Elizabethan Air-liner upon touchdown in London; Photo of U-505 which is to be transported to Chicago; Italian statue called "The Christ of the Deep"; Nice colour one-page ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics features saxophone; Nice colour ad for Double Diamond on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book

THE LITERARY SNAIL.

np. Text printed on pale blue paper. 8vo. Original full wraps, printed in red and string tied. Wraps beginning to brown at edges. A collection of poems which include snails. First printing of James Guthrie's poem "The Snail". Nice copy of a gentle humorous selection printed by the Periwinkle Press. CPHAM/W71C1

The New Liberty Magazine, May 31, 1947 - Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? / Good News for Ulcer Sufferers

50 pages. Features: Cover art by Oscar Cahen featues sleeping hobo surrounded by birds and little girl; Could the Reds Cripple Canadian Industry? - photo-illustrated article on the threat posed by Communist Canadian labour leaders; Lady Who Has Lived - the extraordinary story of pianist Maryla Jonas, who crossed hell and high water to Carnegie Hall - and sudden fame, riches, and glory; Good News for Ulcer Sufferers - relief may be two years off; Personality - Old Camper - Taylor Statten uses his top-flight Ontario summer camps to train a new school of boys' workers - and even to finance a camp for street boys in far-off India; Why Not Build a Mud House? - author describes the amazing experience of living in her Indian mud house; Tricks of the Baseball Trade - article with photos of Jim Tabor, Clint Hartung and Carden Gillenwater; In Darkest Mexico - in filming 'The Macomber Affair', Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, and Robert Preston outsuffered the original Hemingway characters; Esther Williams provides her favourite laugh; Movie Reviews - with photos. Stories: Iron Man; Silent Partner; Party Line. Condensed Book - Mr. Adam (part 2 of 2) and more. Ads: Uncommon two-colour photo-illustrated ad inside front cover recruits student nurses across the country; Polaroid Visors; Vaseline Hair Tonic for women; Colour Carling's ad inside back cover promotes conservation of the small-mouthed black bass; Great vintage colour Coke ad on back cover features young lovely beckoning readers to join her on her patio for a cool drink. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Including The Marginal Readings And Parallel Texts. Understanding Of The Sacred Writings By Adam Clarke. New Edition, Improved Complete In One Volume.

pp. 455, 546 + Folding frontis map. Double column. Very browned. Large thick 8vo. 255 mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Raised bands. Hardbound. Good. Adam Clarke (1760?-1832) was a British Methodist theologian and biblical scholar, was born near Tobermore in Northern Ireland. He is chiefly remembered for writing this commentary on the Bible which took him 40 years to complete and which was a primary Methodist theological resource for two centuries. PAIMP 20

The New York Times Magazine, January 25, 1959 - Cover Photo of Armed Israeli Shepherdess Givona Zuri of Kibbutz Gonen at the Syrian Border

76 pages. Features: Five Basic Problems of Education, by Fred M. Hechinger; Where Airmen Become Missle Men - Vandenberg Air Force Base - with many photos; Somerset Maugham - "Free Man" at 85 - article with photos; Organization Man, Russian-Style - the 21st Communist Party Congress; First Line of Defence For Israel - pioneers of the kibbutzim guard the nation - article with photos; They Still Acclaim Puccini and Melody - on his centenary, audiences are still moved by the intensely human operas of Giacomo Puccini; Medico (Medical International Co-operation) at work with Palestinian refugees; From Adam to T.R. - Currier & Ives Exhibition; Sidney Poitier - a "Defiant One" Becomes a Star; Angels of Anzio - Fifteen years ago, the U.S. Army nurses proved their volor on the Italian beachhead; Nice color centerfold ad for Lord & Taylor; Nice full-page color-photo ad for Macy's; One Equals Two - flipping clothing inside out to create a second costume; Striking the Right Note - home fashion; Nostalgic color-photo ad for Libby's tomato juice is definitely from the 1950s!; Israel Government Tourist Office full-page color photo ad features Gen. Yigael Yadin, Director of the James A. de Rothschild Archaeological Expedition; Gwen Verdon; Domingo's Hideaway - Trujillo's Dominical Republic draws a large share of the ex-dictator trade - Juan Peron, Gen. Fulgencio Batista, etc.; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Six-inch opening atop front cover. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book

The New York Times Magazine, October (Oct.) 25, 1970 - Richard Ottinger / Ronald Reagan / Militants Who Play with Dynamite are White

132 pages. Features: Adam and Eve cover; Great color fashion ads; Blackglama; Quana ties; Swank cuff links of the world; How to Merchandise an Actor on TV - article with photo of Dick Linke and his star client Andy Griffith.Miracord 770H ad features photo of Doc Severinsen; Alaska fur seal coat by The Fouke Company; Photo of Gomer Pyle (another Dick Linke client) being yelled at by his sergeant (Frank Sutton); Swakara black lamb coat from South Africa; Is Male Dominance a Sexist Plot?; The Militants Who Play with Dynamite - with mush shots of Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, Bernardine Rae Dohrn, Dwight Alan Armstrong and Karleton Lewis Armstrong; Quiet Democratic Senatorial Candidate Richard Lawrence Ottinger; Ronald Reagan is Giving 'Em Heck - photo-illustrated article of Reagan's attempt for a second term as California Governor; Race Relations is Their Business - article with photo of black headhunter (executive search consultant) Richard Harris; Supp-hose socks ad; La Mode ad features four ladies wearing the same purple dress; Excellent Fruit of the Loom two-page color-photo ad features hunky guy in striped tank top lying in grass; Fashion photos of Haute Boutique; Photos of famous home Andalusia on the Delaware; Amazing one-page ad for the Village Voice shows riot cop with baton on top of their reporter while lady restrains cop from rear; Save the Children Federation ad features photo of John and Abby Seymour; Great photo of Bob Hope, John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra - all in formal attire - at Reagan fundraiser; Photos of cosmonaut and first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova - in training and with her husband and baby daughter; Dewar's Whisky ad features Jackie Rivett. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book

The Old-World House Its Furniture & Decoration

Two volumes. Spine with 5 bands, gilt tooling. Both volumes faded down joint of spine and edges of covers. Volume I 307 pages, volume II has 368 pages plus two pages that appear misnumbered 305-307. Index. Signed dedication by author on free endpaper. Heavy books so extra postage for non-UK destinations.

The Orchids of British Columbia - Handbook No. 16

124 pages including indeces, literature list and glossary. Brings together for the first time all the available data concerning our orchids to serve those who are interested in this fascinating group of plants. Includes many excellent black and white illustrations and distribution maps. covers the following: cypripedium, orchis, habenaria, listera, epipactis, cephalanthera, spiranthes, goodyera, malaxis, calypso, corallorhiza. Small tears to top and bottom of spine. Some page corners were folded. Book

The Pictorial History of Westminster Abbey

Fine pbk. (Pitkin Pride of Britain Books). 20554. eng