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Gutes Exemplar; der farb. illustr. Einband stw. minimalst berieben. - Japanisch und Englisch. - INHALT / Kapitel: Preface; Yangtze Three Gorges; Wushan; Goddess Stream; Wu Gorge; Memory Image; Industrious Wushan People; Postscript. - ... Song kaiping, one of these local photographers, is the photographer of this picture book. He is the very essence of the Three Gorges man. He used to be a teacher, a movie man, a painter, a government official as well as a general manager in a company. He has dedicated all his spare time to the Three Gorges and his photography career. He works alone around the Three Gorges, using the camera to study the three Gorges and his own life. He has taken many fantastic pictures during his hard work. Many times, he went hungry, encountered terrible weather, and once almost lost his life. He loves the Three Gorges very much and has totally dedicated his youth and life into it. In one word, he is part of the Three Gorges. In Mr. song' s eyes, the Three Gorges are divine. The Three Gorges are close to his heart. To him the Three Gorges are pure beauty and alive. He is very disciplined with his picture-taking. His masterpieces arc very much appreciated. The Three Gorges are multi-faceted. He can understand them from many perspectives. From Mr. Song' s photography, you may enjoy the Three Gorges' beautiful scenery, taste its rich folk customs, understand its great changes, and feel its people s spirits ... (Vorwort) // The Yangtze Three Gorges extends from White King Town in Fengjie County, Chongqing City to Nanjingguan Pass in Yichang City, consisting of Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge, with a full length of 192 km. It gets the essence of the scenery on the Yangtze River. As a unique landscape of China, it has been displaying its special charm for thousands of years. Inside the gorge region, the peaks tower into the sky, the steep cliffs face one another, and the jagged rocks are of grotesque shapes. The Qutang Gorge is magnificent, the Wu Gorge is elegant, and the Xiling Gorge is perilous. The unique climate of the gorge region produces rare scenes of different weather. The rain and clouds of Mt. Wushan are very changeable and colorful. In other words, the change is unpredictable just as it is described in an ancient poem: "Having been to a vast sea, one will never think much of the water in a river, and one will find no clouds attractive comparing them with those of the Wushan Mountain ... (S. 1) ISBN 9787512205499
Book shows a little crunch at upper spine with a crease resulting, otherwise very light scuffing to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 42 pages with b&w photo section.
Successor to, and following up on, the bibliography of the Hudson River School of Landscape Painting originally done by Bernard Karpel in Arts in America. vi, 225 pages.
Fine English Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 32 p. Complex of the Karaite Kenasa in Yevpatoria. Prepared for the 200th anniversary of the Big Kenasa Foundation. Translated by Valentin I. Kefeli. History and architecture of the Qirim-Tatar synagogue
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 162 pages.
A few marks and highlights. 80 pages. Many b&w photos.
xvi p. 1 l., 268 p. front., plates, ports., fold. maps. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, end-papers foxed and lightly stained
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 336 pages. Many color photos and illustrations.
493pp. 23 x 26 cm. Paperback Very good condition Review copy
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Price-clipped dust jacket and previous owner's name inside. Library edition, but no stamps or marks. Black and white illustrations by Charles Robinson.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover and dust jacket. Previous owner's sticker on rear endpaper. 256 pages. Narrative and photographs of the beginning and growth of Jewish communities in British Columbia, Canada.
Book shows considerable wear to embossed and gilt covers with heavily bumped corners. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for page 9 with an open tear that has been repaired with tape and front endpaper has stamp from bookstore, a few pages dog-eared, paper is age-toned. B&W illustrations, 367 pages.
179p., illus. by Harry C. Edwards Hardcover Very good condition, edges worn, frontipiece tissue guard chipped Signed on the flyleaf by the author for Alexander MacKintosh
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 34 pages. Staple bound. Many b&w photos.
Rio de Janeiro, Livraria, José Olympia Editora, 1949, voll. 2, in-8, br., pp. 670, (2). Con una cartina piegata, 21 ill. f.t. e 21 tavv. fotografiche.
Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 104 pages with b&w photos, color cover, and chapters on Plymouth, Dartington Hall, Wildlife of Devon, Exeter, North Devon coastline, Tamar river, Chagford
Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers are uncreased and have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 213 pages with a great many b&w photos throughout of Hopis, Zunis, Navajos and the pueblos of the Rio Grande. Former owner's bookplate on front endpaper.
Roy. 8vo., First UK Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous plates, wanting front free endpaper; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Th first British edition of one of the most impressive secret war diaries to emerge from the Far Eastern theatre. An intensely moving testament by a wonderful soldier, surgeon and captive. First published in Australia in the previous year.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, slight forward lean else a near fine copy.
Book shows light shelf wear to covers only: scuffing, a little edgewear. Binding is solid and square, , text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 95 pages with 34 full color plates. Essays by the above authors. Paintings, watercolors, drawings and photographs from the Thomas Gilcrease Inst. of American History and Art.
Book is in excellent condition in a large oblong format with light shelf wear only to covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind with a great many full page, full color prints. 79 pages, includes cloth weighted bookmark. Text is in English and Russian and features watercolors of V.S. Sadovnikov,
La scena rappresenta uno scontro tra manifestanti e forze dell’ordine a Rio de Janeiro. Testo al retro
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; tan cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
384pp + XVIII plates Fair/none Probably 3rd edition (first published in 1850). Original editorial blue cloth with gilt lettering on board and spine, boards worn and stained, spine rubbed, partly loose and frayed at head and tail, signs of dust on pastedown and endpapers, internally good. Manual of hydrology, containing I Hydraulic and Other Tables, II Rivers, Flow of Water, Springs, Wells, and Percolation, III Tides, Estuaries and Tidal Rivers, IV Rainfall and Evaporation. Includes an Errata slip inserted at p.1 and 18 folded plates at the end.
Blue boards with silver graphics on front board and spine. There is black lettering on both. Book is covered in mylar. Corners are slightly frayed. Illustrated with maps. "Survival of a Vision" is a synthesis of the personal experience of George Spence and the records of surveys, proposals and plans for the conservation and use of water in the southern prairie region of Western Canada. 167 pages.
