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Photographs showing the homes of people who live in poverty in Nairobi, Kenya; Mumbai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Crarcas, Venzuela by Norwegian photojournalist Jonas Bediksen. Pictorial cover. 8 1/8"w x 6 1/8"h. The pages fold-out to be 32 1/2" long, when open. Photographs alternate with autobiographical text by the people depicted. One gate folded page shows a slight crease where it folds into the center of the book.
30x23.5 cm. 72 pages. Softcover. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
Name on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 176pp. A comprehensive insight into the rise of underground travel over the 150 years up to the end of the 20th century. Very well illustrated.
32 pages. Features: The Loneliest Man in New York - an intimate study of Frank A. Munsey by one of his former newspaper executives; Through the colored glasses of Freudism the doctor looks at Judy O'Grady and the Colonel's Lady - and decides that Freud should be repudiated; Building Good Roads by Gasoline - income from tolls, gas tax and licenses pays for U.S. roads; America's Scattered Children - the American flag flies in Alaska and more than halfway across the Pacific on thousands of islands; 'Bad English' is a Heritage from Olden Times - much of the grammar now classed as incorrect has come down to us by word of mouth from the time of Chaucer and before; Henry Ford's Page - understanding how the public mind moves from interest to disinterest; Editorials - the defeat of Mrs. Ferguson in Texas was actually a repudiation of her husband, Jim Ferguson, corn is a huge commodity, taxes hurt the British whisky-making industry; Voyage of the Victoria - The Passage of the Strait (part 9); The Women of Mexico Awake - they claim freedom which their American sisters enjoy; Pity the Poor Baseball Scout! - he deals in human ivory; Phoning in the Woods - photo-illustrated article on phone lines serving fire-fighting Forest Rangers in Montana; Chats with Office Callers - New Yorker article explains how for three times in a row the writer attended church, only to witness the uplifting of those of another religion; Rare Americana in a Unique Setting - the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Some Vanished Towns of Kansas - cities that died before they had lived/State Capital which could not be found; Interesting tree photos inside back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
376p., (24)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus color folding frontis map, folding maps and full page plates. Text drawings and photographs of excavated artifacts. Damp stained. Bookplate. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold eagle vignette on front cover. Boards partially faded from damp staining. AFRICA/6
THIS VOLUME ONLY. Contains color map. 280X195 mm. XX+484 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket edges slightly wrinkled. Cover corners slightly bumped. Stamp on second whitepage. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
240x160mm. 104 pages. Softcover with dust jacket. Jacket slightly stained. Jacket edges worn. Cover stained. Cover edges and corners wrinkled. Spine edges wrinkled. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
Includes B&W plates. 24x16 cm. 104 pages. Softcover with dust jacket. Cover edges slightly worn. Few pages age stained. Else in good condition.
24x17 cm. 44 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
24x17 cm. 44 pages. Softcover. Cover is slightly dirty. Else in good condition.
CONTAINS MAPS. 28x22cm. X+97 pages. Softcover. In good condition.
16x23.5 cm. x+366 pages. Gilt hardcover. In good condition.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR - 263x183mm. 30 pages. Softcover. Cover yellowing and slightly stained. Rare cover upper part and spine wrinkled. Ex-libris sticker on front cover. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
16X23.5 cm. xvi+269 pages. Hardcover. Includes black and white photos. One edge of front cover slightly wrinkled. Front cover slightly beaten in one place. Pen signature on first white page. Else in good condition.
27x21 cm. VII+180 pages. Softcover. Spine bottom edge slightly worn. Else in good condition.
MAP INCLUDED. 240x170mm. 65+85 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly scratched. Else in good condition.
IN HEBREW. 15.5x23.5 cm. 322 pages. Hardcover. Pen writing on first white page. Else in good condition.
français Montpellier, Boehm, 1847. In-8 de 79 pp.; broché, couverture imprimée. Assez bon état : petites usures à la couverture, légères rousseurs.
96 pages. Features: Frank Tumpane's views on book censorship; Nice one-page Canadair ad; Bill Zeckendorf's Big Real Estate Development Plans for Canada - article with great photos; Nice two-page color ad for the 1957 Plymouth; William Notman's irreplacable collection of half a million portraits and views - twelve pages of sample photos with captions; Why the Conservatives are swinging to Diefenbaker; The Junior League - exclusive women's service club; How Percy Williams Swect the Olympic Sprints - fantastic photos and flashback article to Canada's 1928 track sensation; Central Canada's wild rice - the weed that gourmets go for; Cinci beer ad; Philips TV ad - one page in color; Jasper cartoon; Fantastic colour centerfold ad for the 1957 Dodge - featuring a red two-door Mayfair; Marconi TV ad; Nice one-page two-color ad for Chevrolet trucks on the Alcan Highway; Foster Hewitt's most memorable meal; Ballerina Melissa Hayden is featured in a Canadian Wine Institute ad; Attractive photo ad for Warner's Corselettes; Nice color ad for 1957 Studebaker cars; Nice colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features two ladies lunching at soda counter. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Some dampstains. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
4to., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates and 31 monochrome illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in Collins' well-known 'Britain in Pictures' series. Carney 48; Gammond 43B1; Stapleton B34.
RARE JAPANESE EDITION of an album dedicated to the collection of Indian prehistoric, ancient, medieval and early modern art, as well as Nepalese and south-east Southeast Asian art. Contains numerous color and b&w full-page plates with captions and list of plates in both Japanese and English, a more extensive explanation of plates in Japanese. 370x270mm. 184 pages. White leather gilt Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Jacket rubbed. Jacket upper edges and corners worn/tattered. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and beautifully illustrated album, presenting the numerous rich collections of the largest and oldest museum in India, is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
Contains illustrations. 270x270 mm. 87+67 pages. Soft cover. Cover slightly stained. Else in good condition.
31x24 cm., 231 pp., hardcover, dust jacket, gilt lettering on spine, cover and spine slightly worn on edges, dust jacket slightly worn on edges. else in good/good condition.
280X230 mm. VI+248 pages. Gilt hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
175x245 mm. VII+182 pages + 24 plates. Hardcover with dust jacket. Gilt spine. Jacket edges wrinkled and worn. Spine edges slightly worn. Else in good condition.
