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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.
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20X26 cm. 97 pages. Softcover. Sticker on spine's bottom. Else in good condition.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to sharp corners. Thirteen double page maps plus 413pp. A companion covering Great Britain and Ireland giving details of a huge range of the literary associations of places and districts with authors from Bede to Tolkien, Sir Walter Scott to Zennor, DH Lawrence and Pepys.
Articles: The Challenge of Navigation to Hydrography on the British Columbia Coast, 1850-1930; Prisoners of War and British Port Communities, 1793-1815; A Private War in the Caribbean - Nova Scotia Privateering, 1793-1805; Labour and the Unions in Wartime Essential Industry - Shipyard workers in British Columbia, 1939-1945; Port Cities in the French Wars - The Responses of Merchants in Bordeaux, Hamburg and Livorno to Napoleon's Continental Blockade, 1806-1813; plus several book reviews. Bit of high-lighting to table of contents else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
32 pages. Cover photo of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko playing with their infant son, Prince Naruhito Hironomiya. Many great vintage ads for Japan's major manufacturers. Many photos. Articles include: Close U.S.-Japan Relations Important to Free World; Japan's Electronics Industry Helps Set World Pace in Price and Quality; American Cities Have 23 Sisters in Japan; Japan Leads the World in Shipbuilding; Japan's Dam Construction Expertise; Japan's National Parks; Japan one of the best U.S. customers; Five million TV sets in use - Radio vying for audience; Tokyo Metropolis; Japanese farmers achieve maximum crop on small plot, use new methods/chemicals; The Tea Ceremony and Flower Arrangement; Japanese Toys; Japanese Souvenirs. Average wear. Unmarked. An informative and interesting memento from the days before Japan's rise to prominence as a world manufacturing and banking power. Book
60 pages. Features: Nice color ad for the SS President Hoover; The 8,708,000 Members of the Communist Party of Russia - article with photos; What Makes a Good Spy?; What is the Proper Role of the U.S. Supreme Court?; Franco-German 'Twins' - The cities of Mainz and Dijon are twinned; Plea for Fairer Ladies; Another Summit - pictures of the trek up Everest; Senate Subcommitte on policy planning is spotlighted by the summit collapse and the U-2 affair; Fantastic color-photo ad for the General Dynamics USAF B-58 "Hustler"; Exodus - photos of the making of the movie; Nice fashion photos - Summer in Stripes; Opening the Door for a Deaf Child; and more; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Nice color-photo ad for Jonathan Logan/Lord & Taylor; Not the Goal, Only the Means - a warning to not let the virtue of private enterprise to become a vice; The Words of Freedom - photos from the National Archives Building; A Politician Must Watch His Wit; First Visit to a Muffled Colossus - Moscow is almost the last of the unknown cities; When Lewis Walked Down Main Street - the novel "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis; Nice color-photo ad "Carol Craig goes to Mission Valley"; The Chants of Childhood; Our Vital Non-Summit Conferences; Nice color-photo ad for Ballantine Beer; Nice fashion photos "Meanwhile - Back at the Ranch" by Hiro; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Gently yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
SIGNED TWICE BY ARTIST WITH DEDICATION dated 1960. Signed by Raskin in Hebrew and English on front whitepage. The same front whitepage contains an additional undated dedication in Yiddish, but not by Raskin. Saul Raskin (1878-1966) was an eminent Russian born American artist, writer, lecturer and teacher, best known for his depiction of Jewish subjects, and illustrations of Jewish classic Jewish religious books: Ethics of the Fathers, Passover Haggadah and the five scrolls. This album contains an extensive selection of Raskin's drawings of Negev, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Safed, Haifa, Tiberias, Kvutzoth, and other Israeli cities and cites, as well as of the people of the Land, with captions in English (some drawings also contain inscriptions in English and/or Hebrew or Yiddish), preface in English and Yiddish, and introductory texts in English. 390x310mm. 128 pages. Blue cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover. Jacket yellowing and age-stained. Jacket edges and corners tattered and partly chipped/torn. Front cover fore edge and rear cover upper edge bumped near upper corner. Spine edges bumped and peeling. Some pages fore edge slightly water-stained - NO damage to text. Pages bottom corner water-stained and wavy - NO damage to text. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This beautiful album of various drawings of Israeli cities, sites and folk, signed and dedicated by the artist, is otherwise in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
IN HEBREW. 15.5x23.5 cm. 323 pages. In good condition.
SIGNED BY EDITOR. Contains color plates. Hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
285x265mm. 107 pages. Hardcover. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly worn. Else in good condition.
IN HEBREW. 28.5X32.5 cm. 130 pages. Hardcover. Contains black and white and color plates. Cover slightly dirty and stained. Cover edges slightly creased. Spine slightly wrinkled. Edges of several pages slightly creased. Pen writing on first white page. Else in good condition.
28.5x26.5mm. 107 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly curved and yellowing. Spine glued with duct tape. Cover corners and edges slightly worn. Bindings visible in few pages. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
270x210 mm. V+232 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine edges slightly worn. Pen inscription on first whitepage. First whitepage corners slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.
IN HEBREW. 235X160 mm. 327 pages. Hardcover with nylon-jacket. Nylon-jacket slightly stained. Else in good condition.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages.
308 pages. "Demonstrates that the label 'North American City' as widely used is inappropriate and misleading in discussion of the distinctive Canadian urban environment." - from back cover. Prior owner's name clipped from first page. Moderate quantity of highlighting. Average wear. A sound working copy. Book
pp. vii, 92. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, worn. Original dust jacket, worn. ARCH 1
Contains color plates. 28x21.5 cm. XVI+136 pages. Hardcover. In good condition.
27.5X21 cm. 119 pages. Soft cover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition.
pp. x, 301. Illustrated with photographs and tables. Map endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full pictorial paper binding. Original full dust jacket, faded and worn. Chapters include: The Crisis in Public Transport; Adapting to the Automotive Age; Role of Public and Private Transportation; and Transport Financing Policy. ARCH 1
IN HEBREW. 275x220 mm. 287 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pen inscription on the first white page. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
23x15cm. XXI+401 pages. Softcover. In as new condition.
32.5x22 cm. 200 pages. Softcover. Cover and pages upper right corner slightly curved. Cover slightly yellowing. Rear cover slightly age stained. Else is good condition.
