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115 pages. ... The stuff of MCC volunteer life in the Indonesian archipelago. From a place too dangerous to accommodate foreigners in 1948, in intervening years to 1998, Indonesia eventually hosted a total of 164 Mennonite Central Committee volunteers. For the 50-year anniversary celebration of MCC in Indonesia, some alumni wrote stories about: mixing sulfa with vaseline for patients in the 1950's; balancing on slippery logs in Kalimantan; weathering a coup d'etat; visiting Birdshead Anabaptists in Irian Jaya; and much more. Very light wear. Some soiling to title page else unmarked and in fine condition. Excellent copy in glossy decorated boards. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Paris, Payot 1938. In-8 broché couverture illustrée de 220 pages Très bon état
Payot 1938, In-8 broché, 220 pages. Parfait état.
8vo., Eighth Edition, WANTING FRONTISPIECE (original tissue guard present), with engraved title-vignette, 7 plates, very numerous illustrations and 8 maps (a number full-page) in the text, folding coloured map and folding map coloured in outline (maps vey lightly spotted, mainly on blank margins); original green cloth, upper board framed in black and blocked in gilt, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, expertly recased, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, small stamp on title, and neat stamp in a few blank margins of text. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end BUT TRAGICALLY WANTING THE FRONTISPIECE 'ORANG-UTAN ATTACKED BY DYAKS'. The most celebrated work, dedicated appropriately to Darwin, by the co-discoverer of the process of evolution through natural selection. The eighth edition is based on the revised third edition of 1872. His well-known appendix on the crania and the languages of man in the archipelago includes a glossary of one hundred and seventeen words in thirty-three languages of the region. A LOVELY COPY OF A KEY WORK IN THE LITERATURE OF EVOLUTION. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Denoél 1956, In-8 broché, couverture illustrée, 261 pages. Photos. Bon état.
Paris Ernest Flammarion vers 1930. Fort in-8 broché couverture illustrée de XI + 521 pages. Photos dans et hors texte. Bel exemplaire.
in-8°, 319 pages, -, bibliogr., broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [MI-26]
96pp., met 71 illustraties in kleur en in zw/w, 24cm., gebroch., goede staat, S97026
Pages 1-66. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: Nice Prescott Pianos ad inside front cover; My Secret (poem); Alaska; The passing of Spain; Officers of Company K (poem); Jack and Pirie; Sleighing (poem); Cupid - Song (poem); Unlukikus Loses His self-poise; The Cocheco (poem); Channing Folsom; The Country Depot (poem); Some Old Tales and Traditions of the White Mountains; Harriet Beecher Stowe (poem); Java and the colonial system of the Dutch; New Hampshire Necrology. Peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
139pp.+ enige buitentekstills., gecart.band
pp.11-201 + 1 portrait + 1 grande planche généalogique dépliante, 28cm., in "Annalen van den oudheidskundigen kring van het Land van Waas 6e deel 1-2e afl. juli 1876/ Annales du cercle archéologique du pays de Waas 6e tome 1-2e livr. juillet 1876" (201pp.), br.orig.
2 volumes: 224 + 273pp., 22cm., in de reeks "Werken uitgegeven door het historisch genootschap (gevestigd te Utrecht). Derde serie" no.80-81, stempeltje, goede staat, N75853
161 + 28pp. + uitvouwbare plaat, bijgevoegd: 2pp. stellingen en 1p. errata, 24cm., Doctoraal proefschrift (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht), gebroch., stempeltje op achterzijde titelblad, tekst helder en in goede staat, promotor: prof.dr. J. Gonda, X112264
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE. Law 1024
First edition, 3 vols., comprising 2 volumes of text, 8vo (202 x 125 mm) xv, 423, [3]; 348, [2], with final errata leaf to each volume, wanting the half-titles, plus 4to atlas volume (305 x 220 mm), title, 1 leaf description of the plates and maps, 18 mostly large folding engraved maps and plates, all very clean and bright, text volumes in contemporary speckled calf, double gilt fillet to covers, spine gilt, Marchioness of Downshire monogram with crown above in top compartment of each volume, minor rubbing, otherwise attractively bound text volumes in near fine condition, the atlas in the original blue paper covered boards with original printed title label on upper cover, also in fine clean condition. Rare account of a voyage to the East Indies and a description of French possessions in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius and Reunion) and of Java including Batavia, now Jakarta, which was then ruled by France. The atlas volume contains 7 maps all engraved by Tardieu and it includes a fine large map of Java (380 x 630 mm). The 11 other plates show costumes, native inhabitants etc. and include 3 fine folding views of Batavia and a view of the Dutch settlement of Keppen on the island of Timor. Volume 2 includes a substantial vocabulary of the Malay language. Provenance: Mary Hill (n?e Sandys, 1764-1836), Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness Sandys; the library of the Second Baron Hesketh of Ombersley Court, Worcestershire.
131 pages. Bibliography. Reproductions of black and white photos. Diagrams. Combines the WWII adventures of the three authors as they travel to Singapore only to be chased from place to place by the Japanese before returning for revenge. Small address label inside front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice tight copy. [Not in Enser] Book
376 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "From the almost unknown campaign in Java and Sumatra in 1945-7 which saw British troops operating alongside their recent enemies, the Japanese, to Bosnia and Kosovo in the closing years of the twentieth century, fifteen major conflicts are covered. Each is described by a contributor who either served in the campaign, saw it first-hand as a journalist or is an acknowledged expert on it." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound working copy. Book
268pp., 24cm., gebroch., Doctoraal proefschrift (Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht), stempeltje op verso van titelblad, tekst is helder en in goede staat, X112244
pp. xv, 377. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Coldwar/Economics 2
Schildt Herbert La guida completa Java J2SE 5. , McGraw-Hill Education 2005-04-01, Piatti e dorso segnati dal tempo. Tagli leggermente impolverati. Interno in ottimo stato. Buono (Good) . <br> <br> Copertina flessibile <br> 1072<br> 8838644160
288pp., 22cm., Doctoraal proefschrift (Rijks-Universiteit te Utrecht), gebroch., 2 stempeltjes, J112055
br. Un manuale di programmazione che presenta tutti i contenuti di un corso base e un insieme di approfondimenti per lo svolgimento di progetti complessi. Pensato per agevolare l'apprendimento, il volume è ricco di supporti didattici. Tra questi, box differenziati per sottolineare i concetti principali, mettere in guardia da possibili errori, offrire consigli di programmazione, risolvere i dubbi. E, ancora, numerosi esempi di codice commentati e casi di studio dettagliatamente descritti. Compresa nel prezzo, la piattaforma online MyLab, contenente la versione digitale del volume, video notes, il codice sorgente usato negli esempi del testo, quiz di autovalutazione suddivisi per capitolo e alcune soluzioni degli esercizi, programmi e progetti di fine capitolo.
ii + 251pp. + 1p. theses, 25cm., text in English, Doctoral Dissertation (Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands), softcover, stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright (looks unread), X112112