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Good hbk in worn brown covers. Top edge of cover spine frayed, bottom edge torn. Some pages grubby and foxed. Ink inscription on the front endpaper. PP 491-494 loose. Illustrated by a series of portraits and other engravings. The book deals with the military service of the Highland Regiments and the history of the Highland Clans.18388. eng
100 pages. Features: Valley of the Missing Men - Major 'Monty' Hardcastle saves the remnants of a Squadron from the greatest Sky-Trap of the War; Silent Wings - Blind in the Darkness above the Scottish HIghlands, a Sailplane Pilot Gambled with his Life to Save a Nation's Secrets; The Case Against Death - Peter Mohune - and his dramatic exposure of a ruthless Plot; True Story - the Continuation of a stirring year-by-year account of the achievements of Britain's Air Services during the Great War; The Fall of Peter - Peter Brown may have been the unluckiest Pilot in R.F.C history; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
8vo., Second Impression, with numerous plates and folding map coloured in outline, free endpapers lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. First published in 1915.
144 pages. Features: Artist's Retreat - Maybeck and Magic in the Berkeley Hills; Conserving old-growth timber in old bungalows; Portland couple rescues and restores grand Craftsman; Colorful brick bungalows of Denver's highlands; Collector and dealer Stuart Solomon; The Stowell Family and Crown Point Cabinetry; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Wonderful vintage brochure in brown decorated card covers. Measures 23 cm x 10.5 cm when closed. Opens to reveal six large double-side leaves, each measuring 30.5 cm x 23 cm when folded-out. Includes twenty-three black and white reproductions of photos plus a map, all supported by considerable text. Rates for cottages and tents provided inside back cover. A plaque located near the former site of the inn states it closed in 1928 and burned down in 1936. It was purchased in 1910, a year before this brochure was printed, by Toronto feminist Flora MacDonald Denison who, inspired by the philosophy of Walt Whitman, set out to build a wilderness retreat for the avant-garde. Guests were offered painting lessons, amateur theatre, and poetry readings. Many well-known Canadian artists, including members of the Group of Seven, painted and sketched in this area, drawn by the strking landscape. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A marvelous piece of Canadiana. Book
Small mark inside rear cover and to last page. No inscriptions, no creasing to main covers, slight rubbing and creasing to oversize edges. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 32pp. A series of sepia photographs of the beautiful places of Scotland. Not dated, ca 1930s.
A small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour and a few catalogues ringed in ink. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes Leslie Charteris' Saint books, Thomas Hardy, travel books of the Scottish Highlands, Dorita Fairlie Bruce's girl's books, collecting Punch and Kate Greenaway's illustrated books.
Descriptions and guide to the mountains and hills of Scotland, England and Wales. 120 pages. Bumped corners, slightly soiled covers and sunned spine.
Undated, 8vo, pages not numbered, illustrations by Graham Nairn eng
New Turkish Paperback. Large 8vo. (24 x 21 cm). In Turkish. 105 p., ills. Ermenistan'in tarihi haritalari: Haritacilik gelenegi. Historical maps of Armenia: A tradition of map-making.
Reading copy only. This is a well-worn book with wear to cover and creases to spine and waviness to pages. Pages are unmarked and intact. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. 224 pages. Many color photographs.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy in unclipped cartographic dustwrapper.
Sm. 8vo., Eleventh Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans (a number folding); original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a near fine copy. With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 15 p. A study on the nomadic life in Dest-i Misan region, Iran and environment. Göçebe hayat.
134 pages. Bilingual English/Vietnamese. Beautiful colour photography throughout. Features: Festivals in Springtime; Tet Rituals; Photo Essay on Festivals; Tet in the City - a summary of preparations for and significance of New Year's celebration; Celebrate Sticky! - Banh Chung; Chinese Flavor Hits Hanoi; The Kitchen Gods; Nguyen Tu Nghiem; Vietnamese Contemporary Art; Water Puppets - Phan Van Ngai; Fog Season in the Highlands; APEC 14 - The Imprint of Vietnam; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
84 pages. 24 x 18cm. Many black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Cover photo of Queen and King in pasture with cattle; Gaelic Names of Highland Cattle; Opportunity for Cattle in the West Highlands; Balmoral Highland Fold Comes of Age; The Lindsays of Greenstreet; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
8co., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and folding map; original series binding of navy blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy.
Titel Hinter diesen Türen : Thriller / Ruth Ware ; Deutsch von Stefanie Ochel Person(en) Ware, Ruth (Verfasser) Ochel, Stefanie (Übersetzer) Organisation(en) Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag (München) (Verlag) Werk(e) The turn of the key Ausgabe Deutsche Erstausgabe Verlag München : dtv Zeitliche Einordnung Erscheinungsdatum: 2021 Umfang/Format 363 Seiten ; 21 cm Andere Ausgabe(n) Erscheint auch als Tonträger-Ausgabe: ISBN: 9783742416872 ISBN/Einband/Preis 978-3-423-26271-2 Broschur : EUR 15.90 (DE), EUR 16.40 (AT), CHF 21.50 (freier Preis) 3-423-26271-0 EAN 9783423262712 Sprache(n) Deutsch (ger), Originalsprache(n): Englisch (eng) Beziehungen dtv premium Sachgruppe(n) 820 Englische Literatur ; B Belletristik Literarische Gattung Krimis, Thriller, Spionage
Signed and dated by author upon first leaf. (2), 104, (14 blank) pages. Maps. Addendum stapled to page 34 (presumably by author) provides information about the vessel "Wenonah". Graph of historical membership numbers for the local Methodist church. Two obituaries stapled to first blank leaf at back. Over two pages of wonderful hand-written notes on blank pages at back present the lineage and family history of this copy's prior owner, who then proudly proclaims that he comes from 'Real Pioneer Stock.' Underlining on pages 57-58. Writing on first leaf. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this precious Northern Ontario local history. Book
1974 reprint of the 1913 edition originally published by Beaux Arts Society Publishers. Book features large b&w photos, mostly exteriors, some interiors of notable homes in the Seattle area on Lake Washington, the Highlands, on Galer st., Boylston Ave., Prospect Ave. , E. Aloha, W. Howe, Boren Ave. Minor Ave., Queen Anne, Bainbridge Island, Seneca St. , the Arctic Club, and homes of the Merrills, the Dennys, the Frinks, C.D. Stimson, the Ames', etc. Most pages have full page photo and a short description of the house. Unpaginated, about 150 pages in large format. Leatherette covers, cracking at the outside hinges. Interior of the book is Fine. With 4 page loose-leaf flyer insert outlining history of Beaux Arts Village. Front end paper has 1" closed tear.
343 pages. Bibliography. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. An informative history of Ontario's Haliburton County. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Prior owner's name in red marker along fore-edge. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this detailed reference. BISHOP p.1151. Book
With numerous photograph pages. Pages 169-304, lxviii-clxxxii, i-xx advertisements. Wear to top/base of spine with some loss at base. Slight browning to margins of covers. Faint foxing occasionally throughout.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. 7 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h. 302 pages. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (several full-page) in the text and coloured pictorial endpapers; tartan cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
Clean and umarked; tight binding. 170 pages. Previous owner's name. B&w photos.