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2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, titles in sepia and black, several plates and illustrations in the text, small neat signature on front free endpapers, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original series binding of brown cloth, gilt back, gilt tops, a near fine copy in price-clipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper.
"People of the Lassithi plateau of Crete, mountain farmers or shepherds, are adapting to their roles as Grekas and Europeans. Open to new constraints and opportunities, offering hospitality to tourists from all over the world, they remain "Lassithiots". Anthropologist Sonia Greger has spent ten years finding out how they handle change while retaining their traditional identity. 52p. plates.maps. Book
2 vols., 8vo., Second Impression thus, neat contemporary signature pencilled on front free endpapers; original series binding of grey ribbed cloth, upper boards blocked in blind, gilt backs, pictorial endpapers, a very good, bright, clean set. First published in EL in 1909. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. EL 342, 342; Seymour 605.0, 606.0.
This is a wooden picture book made from four pieces of wood with color illustrations on both sides. The book is bound with leather straps and wooden beads. 8 1/2"w x 6 3/4"h. The animals pictured are geese, cows, a goat, pigeons, chickens, pigs, sheep, and rabbits. Publisher's order number 3981. No date of publication shown. No text.
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 192 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations. The main topics are quality of work, style, blades v. machines, the sheepowner's responsibilities, the shearer's diet and clothing (ladies can make adaptions), runs (working periods), shearing the sheep, dealing with difficult sheep, crutching, the shearer's gear, grinders, sharpening cutters and combs, hand-pieces, work in the shed, care and repair of shearing machines, shearing competitions, safety in the woolshed, and the design of woolsheds and sheepyards. Also includes a useful comparison of sheep breeds and their qualities, 28 photographs, and and appendix of shearing terms.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. White buckram cloth cover with black illustration and red lettering. Translated by Guy Daniels. Wood engravings by Stefan Martin.
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 except for previous owner's name on half title page. 579 pages; sections include: Origins of domestication: environmental background; Patterns of exploitation, Methods of investigation: cereals in ancient Egypt, pollen grains of Gramineae and Cerealia from Shandiar and Zawi chemi, Domestication and exploitation of animals: Animal husbandry: the evidence from ethnography, Metrical destinction betwee sheep and goat metacarpals, Regional and local evidence for domestication: early domestic animals in India and Pakistan, early cultivated plants in India and Pakistan, Carnivore remains from the excavation of the Jericho Tell, early animal domestication and cereal cultivation in China, Studies of particular taxonomic groups, Human nutrition etc.
33, [1]pp., presentation inscription from the author to Dr. Wade, disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Oxford University copy only on Copac.
Book is in excellent condition with very light wear only to covers Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners,, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, previous owner's sticker at front. 247 pages with essays on Indian literature of Oregon, Northwest regional folklore, Simeon Ganner Reed, Thomas Lamb Eliot, Origins of Kootenay society, Frederick Niven Redivivus, Ernest Haycox, Vardis Fisher's Antelope people, H. L. Davis's The Kettle of Fire, etc.
Franco Cordero Passi d'arme. , Einaudi 1979, Libro usato con copertina e pagine leggermente ingiallite. Tagli leggermente impolverati Buono (Good) . <br> <br> <br> 433<br>
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1851 - In-4 - Broché - 140 pages - 7 planches représentant les animaux primés (avec légende)& 5 planches de machines d'ont 1 sur double page, toutes H.T.- Bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Oblong 8vo., 18pp in typescript, neat signature on front wrapper; wire-stitched, covers lightly frayed else a very good, clean copy. The reverse of front wrapper reads 'This booklet is a word for word copy of the original, and any grammatical errors have not been corrected'. We have been unable to trace any original version; the MS is probably in private hands. RARE.
pp. (8), 17-471, 23-35 [Paper read by R.S. Rhodes, of Chicago, at the Fourteenth Convention of American Teachers of the Deaf, at Flint, Michigan], (6) [Illustrated Publisher's catalogue, includes advertisement for the Deaf, The Audiphone, hearing through the teeth] + Frontis and full page drawings. Many pages printed upon light color drawings, red, purple, green and blue, which cover the full page. Note: Six candid original photographs of cowboys pasted on first fly leaves. Four Photographs of cowboys and their horses, one photograph of their bunk house and one photograph of their chuck wagon. Small loss on bottom margin affecting text on pages 143 and 144. Inner hinges slightly cracked. Floral end papers. Paper beginning to brown and slightly brittle. Small 8vo. 200 mm. Original publisher's green cloth binding. Front board decorated in silver with design of a cowboy and his horse within an elaborate border. Spine decorated and lettered in silver. Extremities slightly rubbed with very small loss. Graff 3328; Howes P500; Jenkins. Texas #689; Adams. Rampaging Herd #1819. One of the Earliest Books on the Cowboy. An exceptional artifact of early cowboy culture. W4
Two works in one volume. pp. 141 (3)[Publisher's ad.] + Two illustrations. 12mo. Nice contemporary binding of red moire cloth, a little worn at head and tail. Slightly foxed. Translated from the German original 'Das Laemmchen' probably by Louis Friedel. This particular edition of 'The Little Lamb' is rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR3
6 page floppy vinyl bathtub book. Undated but perhaps circa 1995. Includes: Old King Cole; Incey Wincey Spider; Fish Alive; Little Miss Muffet; Jack and Jill; Little Boy Blue; Little Bo-Peep; Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; I'm a Little Teapot; Hickory Dickory Dock; Ten Fat Sausages; and many more. Average soiling and wear. Guaranteed to contain hours of splash-worthy fun! Book
223 pages. Index. "Sheep need extra care at lambing time and shearing, and this book tells you just what you need to know to help sheep through these difficult times." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmaked with moderate wear. Price-clipped dust jacket bears several blemishes but is sound. Solid working copy. Book
44 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Numerous short articles on topics including: The History of the Adams Lake; The River Driver; Sheep Days on Crowfoot Mountain; Grizzly Attack; The Thomas Brown Pioneer Family; Courting Etiquette; Dr. Walter Scatchard; Homesteading around Shuswap Lake in 1913; History Vignette of Chase; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Silvia Cordero Vega; Tarek benaoum - Calli-Graff; America's Script; At Work in Beijing; Opera Moments; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Lovely colour illustrations. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Book
64 pages. Excellent color illustrations plus black and white photos and diagrams. Discusses exterior, internal organs, skeleton, muscle and blood systems. Includes a veterinary treatise on diseases and their treatment for these animals. Undated but appears to be circa 1950. No indication of any prior printings. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this helpful reference. Book
16 pages. Features: Chinese Needlecase; Ned Darning of Filet Lace; Stitching Trivia; "Take Up Your Needle" - author unknown; "Midnight Blue" Bergello Pattern; "Manz Zorj" - Embroidery of the Hill Tribes; Thoughts of Sheep in Wales and Other Embroideries; and more. Clean with light wear. Magazine
Features: Sooty and Sweep; Hatty Town; Pipaluk; Tich and Quackers; Jackanory - conspiracy of the red sleeves; The Herbs; Ivor the Engine; Larry the Lamb in Toytown. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
80 pages. Features: Young Narwhal; Mississauga COPS; They Got Their... Ghost?; A Crude Mace in Surrey, B.C.; "Ursus Horribilis"; Rogue Sheep Killer: A Story of K Troop 1959; Poetic Justice; Derek Thomas Ivany; The "Pierce" Touch; Barrage of Bullets in Nanaimo; Barbados Drug Seminars; A Page From the Old West; "Thank-You" Christmas Card - Jasper National Park; Ingenuity Pays Off; and much more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's details blacked out upon title page else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
420 pages including index. A handbook to specific preventive measures and cures to all common pet and livestock ailments. Unmarked. Average wear. Minor lean to spine. Great reference. Book
160 pages. Index. "The legendary heroes of the woods come alive in this collection of stories from the golden age of logging on the West Coast." - from dust jacket. Reproductions of many wonderful archival black and white photos. Dust jacket attractive in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Somewhat above-average wear and usual library markings to book. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this engaging work. Book
