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1975208270211460191728000 Yen 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 28,000 Yen paperback
19412082702114600659Sanseido 1941. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Sanseido paperback
Z1-C-031-01754Saunders. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Saunders unknown
222 pages including index and bibliography. A revision of the author's thesis, Princeton University, 1974. Using data from the 1897 Imperial Russian Census, the author examines two types of migration: that to an already settled, relatively modern area, such as the major cities; and that to a sparsely populated, relatively traditional area, such as the agricultural frontier. Concludes that migration within European Russia and from European Russia to Asiatic Russia supports the model. Book clean and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket bears closed half-inch tear to top of spine, else moderate wear. Very nice copy. Book
270 pages including index. Frontis is black and white plate of author with Luther Burbank, John Burroughs and Edith Simonds. Unmarked. "There are plenty of garden books giving all the facts - for reference... This book is for consecutive reading. The important facts are here, too, but sugar-coated with wise and witty remarks and spiced with anecdotes and other things that suggest the perfuned atmosphere of the gardedn and appeal to the garden maniac... The world's most famous gardener, Luther Burbank, wrote to the author of this book that its chapters are, in his opinion, "The best that have so far been written on garden subjects. You get the facts in such a pleasing, human way that they are irresistible." - from page xiii. Chapters include: Educated Strawberries and Burbank Plums; Commercial Value of Burbank's Creations; Japanese Burbanks and Morning-Glories; Must We Raise Our Own Fruits Too?; Do Apples Keep the Doctor Away?; Why Not Grow Papaws, America's Most Delicious Fruit?; The Retired Rich Need Not Die; The Joys of Creative Gardening. Above-average wear to exterior with lettering nearly gone from spine. Binding intact. Book
193 pages. The timeless investment secrets of the Swiss bankers..."Useful arguments... refreshing and worth considering." - The New York Times. 12 major axioms and 18 minor axioms that can help you succeed in investing - Swiss-style. Bookseller's inkstamp upon front flyleaf else clean and unmarked. Average wear. Spine leaning. Good working copy. Book
256 pages including index. Over 50 black and white illustrations. Author's intent was to suggest that Science is more than a body of doctrine - an illumination of life. Chapter titles include: Introductory; The Vegetable Kingdom and the Members Thereof; The Manufacture of Food-Materials by the Green Plant; The Absorption of Radiant Energy by the Green Leaf; The Mobilization of Food-Materials; The Use of the Food-Materials for Construction and Power Production; The Environment of the Land Plant; Variation and Heredity; The Plant Commonwealth and its Government. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper else unmarked. Partial lean to spine. Average wear to navy cloth boards adorned with bright gilt lettering. Faintly visible staining to front board. Nice copy. Book
Features include: Sunken Treasure - In 1799 the British frigate Lutine sand off the Dutch coast and in 1933 a new method of salvage was attempted; A Burmese Houdini; Tiger's Teeth - An English Adventure; The Major's Panther - Amateur big-game hunters get lucky; #20,000 - the eventful life of a banker; On the Trail in Wonderland - Travels through Navajo Indian country; Three Queer Mysteries from Malaya; Our Trip to the Buffalo Country - An Australian Journey; Looking Down the Devil's Throat - A trip to Iguassu Falls in Brazil; The Naga Head-Hunters of Assam; Where Water Burns - An Alberta Story; Passed with Honours - by Lieut.-Col. M.C.A. Henniker. Illustrated in black and white. Somewhat above average wear. Openings at each spine end. One inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Magazine
Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine
Features include: They Servant The Elephant - written by a man who spent half a lifetime in the forests of Southern India; The Rowboat Mystery - A decidedly awkward problem confronted the detective department of the Seattle (U.S.A.) police; The Smoke Jumpers - the latest development by the U.S. authorities against forest fires; Unlucky Launch - an amusing account involving a shipyard; The Money-Maker - An amusing confidence trick tale from the files of a Gold Coast District Officer; The "Lion-Men of Ussure (Part 1) - Tanganyikans are suspected of posing as murderous lion-men; The Accessory - rifles suddenly disappear from a battalion in India; Jim Darling's Last Shot - a store clerk catches 'gold fever'; Patrolling the Arctic - Adventures of the hardy members of the R.C.M.P. in the vast wastes of Canada's north; Forests Afloat - Benson Log Rafts; Wolf-Hunting in Finland. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear. Faint pencilled name atop back cover. Tears to spine. Magazine
Features include: Five Hundred Miles to Freedom - the story of nine survivors of the Japanese capture of Rabaul; The Land Sharks - Would-be settlers in Canada fall victim to wonderful stories from plausible strangers of how to 'get rich quick'; Man-Eater - A former member of the Burma Frontier Service describes the eventful career of a tiger; Vale of the Gods - a curious blend of immemorial ritual and popular merrymaking in the Northern Punjab; The Ju-Ju Doctor - The facts of an amazing occurence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - Author gets the scare of his live on an East Indian Island; The Sea-Dayaks of Borneo - Author finds the fromer head-hunters to be charming hosts; Section Man - A glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - A puzzling American murder case. Exterior heavily worn with chips missing from spine and front cover partially detached. Contents good. Pencilled name upon back cover. Magazine
Features include: How They Saved the "Ningpo" - A rare occasion when the tables were turned on Chinese sea pirates in 1945; Before the Fact - A missionary's puzzling story from primitive Africa; Seeking Sheba's "Lost" City - Author describes his adventures in Arabia and his accidental discovery of a practicable route to the mysterious city - abandoned for centuries; Over the Iron Curtain - Two R.A.F. officers endeavour to rescue a young Italian from Budapest in December 1945. The "WAFF" goes recruiting - Some amusing aspects of recruiting young tribesmen in West Africa; Wild Boars and Cattle Thieves - An adventure on a lonely island off the California coast; Zombies - a Haitian story; Island of Ships - Rouad, off the Syrian coast. Front cover detached but in good condition. Back cover almost detached. Most of spine missing. Contents in good condition. Name in pencil atop back cover. Magazine
19862082702114603414Genbisha 1986. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Genbisha paperback
1856COLLECTI013653INEW YORK NY: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. VERY GO0D. PUB 1856. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. COVERING THE PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS OF VAN BUREN JOHN TYLER POLK ZACHARY TAYLOR & MILLARD FILLMORE 1837-1850 . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BROWN MUSLIN CLOTH-COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES AND USA SEAL ON THE SPINE IN GILT. BOOK IS NICELY PRESERVED GIVEN IT'S SIZE 788 PAGES WITH JUST A TRACE OF LOSS AT CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS SPINE COLOR-FADED AND BINDING STILL TIGHT. An important book that documents the newly minted United State's first foray into imperial conquest with Texas Mexico and Spanish California under the Polk administration and the push back by Whigs the exploration of the West by Benton's son-in-law John Fremont. Also a moving account of the death of John Quincy Adams in the House in 1848. . D. APPLETON AND COMPANY hardcover
19682082702114611603Not Available 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19682082702114611210Not Available 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19422082702114600720Monthly Manshusha 1942. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Monthly Manshusha paperback
19392082702114602052Kenshin Gakuen Publishing Department 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kenshin Gakuen Publishing Department paperback
Approx. 1 inch thick. Provides the service man with complete information on the construction, operation, maintenance and repair of various units of the 1949 to 1954 Series 2000 and 2200 Pontiac passenger cars. Sections include: unit serial numbers/lubrication; body; frame/shock absorbers; front suspension; rear axle/universal joints/rear springs; brakes; engine mechanical/engine cooling/engine fuel/engine clutch; transmission/1951-52 Powerglide/1953-54 Powerglide; fuel and exhaust; steering gear/power steering; wheels and tires; chassis sheet metal; electrical system. Bit of writing at top of front cover. Orange covers with average wear. Major lean to spine. Average soiling and wear to unmarked contents. Decent copy. Book
Cover portrait of King George visiting the ruins that once were Ypres. Water damage to pages at top corner of spine - text unaffected. Great Belgian photos in centerfold. Many black and white photos. Above-average wear and soiling. Staples disintegrated. A worthy reference copy. Book
193228663REILLY & LEE 1932. HARDBACK NODJ 1932 1ST EDITION NO JACKET ORIGINAL OVERSIZED black with color pictorial HARDCOVER IS COMPLETE AND IN GOOD MINUS CONDITOIN WITH NO WRITING TEARS OR MAJOR CREASES. MODERATE WEAR TO COVER INCLUDING LIGHT RUBBING BUMPING AND FRAYING TO SOME EDGES/CORNERS spine ends. BINDING A LITTLE WEAK BUT VERY MUCH INTACT AND HOLDING. PAGES CLEAN WITH NO UNPLEASANT ODORS. TALL QUARTO 9 1/2x12 1/2 in. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Keith Ward. REILLY & LEE, hardcover
190329534HBDJ 1ST EDITION THUS 1903 NF/VG- AS-IS Dustjacket with chips to upper Spine DJ & tiny Extremities chips fox MENDED TEARS WEAR CHIPS TO DJ Beige white & Green Cloth cvr WITH 2 BOYS FACING EACH OTHER IN WHITE ATTIRE & GOLD GILT TITLE ON FRONT Cloth color NEARexcellent: bright and fresh and as new. Pictorial design excellent. Gilt very bright. Spine color excellent: no fading or darkening. Gilt bright. Just a hint of rubbing to tips. Exterior fine.No previous owner's marks. Text block bright and fresh. No marks no tears no soiling. Appears unread and unused. NEARFine. OUTER PGS TOP EDGE GOLD GILT Little, Brown Boston hardcover
19872082702114603287Fixed 12000 Yen Yuzankaku 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Fixed 12,000 Yen Yuzankaku paperback
386 pages including index. "Professor Johnson's well-documented synthesis covers the period from the trading Indians of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries through the late 1800s when the County of Ontario began to assume its modern-day profile. With fluid chronological organization he presents the elements, circumstances and events which contributed to our history of that era." - John A. Howden, Warden, County of Ontario, 1973. Book clean, bright, minimally worn and unmarked with the following exceptions: Prior owner's name and telephone number upon front endpaper. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Two drops of green paint in very top left corner of maroon front board. Dust jacket Brodart-protected and in very nice condition but for some wear at top of spine, one inch tear to top edge of front panel at spine and some rubbing to edges of back panel. Very nice copy. Book
8vo., First English Edition, with 244 woodcut illustrations in the text; original cloth blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, red edges, upper hinge cracked (but binding wholly sound) an unusually bright, clean copy. Dedicated to Marie's fellow practitioner and researcher Charcot, this important work is based on lectures delivered at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris (where Marie was Deputy Professor) in the summer of 1891. New Sydenham Society, no. CLII. Heirs of Hippocrates 2153; Meynell II 138. Scarce