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Mondadori, ottobre 2004. Traduzione di Giovanna Gnanato. Titolo originale: The way the crow flies. Rilegato con sovraccoperta. Sovraccoperta con ordinarie tracce d'uso. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Hardback cover with dust jacket in fine conditions, no price clipped, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
With numerous illustrations and drawings. Pages 125-256.
Paginated 73:135
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and numerous plates and illustrations in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased at edges.
Book is in excellent condition showing very minor 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. 371 pages with a series of additional plates at the back. Reprint of the 1884 text notable for the author having been accorded rare privileges in observing dance-related activities.
Book is in excellent condition with very light cover wear 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. Contents include 1500 of the best fly patterns submitted by readers of Flyfishing & Tying Journal during a twenty-year open-ended fly-tying competition with a photo and materials description of each. 195 pages.
Book is in excellent condition with very light cover wear 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. Contents include 1500 of the best fly patterns submitted by readers of Flyfishing & Tying Journal during a twenty-year open-ended fly-tying competition with a photo and materials description of each. 195 pages. Remainder mark at bottom page ends.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked, tight binding. 174 pages. Super cool graphic dust jacket with front blurb cut off.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with diagrams in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, the latter moderately age-soiled and with neat but yellowed tape repairs. A scarce title in the much sought-after 'How to Catch Them' series.
8vo., First Edition, with 4 coloured plates, 4 plates in monochrome and 8 illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 32 pages. 8 1/2"w x 12 1/4"h. Artist coloring book with illustrations by Julia Mira and text and photography by Russel Barsh.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and the text, and 4 coloured plates of flies as endpapers, neat contemporary inscription on half-title verso; original pictorial cloth blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, green top, yapped edges, joints very lightly rubbed, half-inch split in upper joint at headband else a very good, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's advertisement bound in at end.
Book shows light wear to blue cloth covers, some edge wear with illustration by George Herriman at cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for front endpaper with prev. owner's name in pen and glued plate. Illustrated red endpapers, 296 pages with Mr. Harriman's illustrations throughout. Chapters include: a radical flea, archy revolts, archy climbs everest, archy flies, kidding the boss, becoming a low brow, mehitabel meets her mate, mehitabel pulls a party, mehitabel joins the navy, what is a lady, what the ants are saying.
Unpaginated. With a push, Jane sends her pig off on a wild cart ride. The cart is stopped by a rock and the pig flies into the mud - and "moving" is a part of it all. Part of a series. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
287 pages. For every pilot who flies single and light-twin-engine general aviation aircraft. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Decent working copy. Book
65 pages. The famous beginning reader book. "I sat by a lake. I looked at the sky, and as I looked, a fly went by...." Bright glossy colour-illustrated boards. Last page had five inch tear along spine which has been repaired. Not a book club edition. Book
60 pages. Features include: Sea Kings in Somalia; The Bug Smasher - The Beech 18; The Wing Concept; Baden-Soellingen - forty years of excellence; Air Division - forty years of history ***Pictorial centerfold of 1 Air Division detached but present***; Halifax Flies; Norad at 35; Flying the Firefly; They Got no Gongs - excerpt from 'Behind the Glory'; Leonard Cheshire dies; VU 33 - the final parade. Average wear. Address label upon back cover. Solid copy. Book
44 pages. Features include: CF-18 in Qatar; Sleep, Eat and Fly; P/O Prune... Dutiful but Dumb; Flame-Out - Col. G. Brennand (Ret); Diligent Search - by Desmond Chorley; Grounded at Petawawa; When Butterflies insulted Eagles; Cats in the Desert; Bomarc Memorial; The Endless Chain - Javelin flies at Mach One; Sar tech airman of the Quarter - Al Banky. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Address label upon back cover. Nice copy. Book
Features: The Eider Man - Passion and controversy mark Jean Bedard's ambitious plans to save the island ecosystem of the lower St. Lawrence; Preservation Instinct - Science and craft come together at the Canadian Conservation Institute, a lifeline to the nation's past; Mystery of the Murrelet - a secretive seabird flies into the heart of a West Coast controversy; Passage to Baikal - an uneasy journey to the troubled heartland of Siberia; Baby Chase - hailed by the infertile, reproductive medicine is revolutionizing human conception, but critics see it as a ticking time bomb. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: On Keeping On the Rails - the APT-E version, etc.; Special Team to Switerland - Reminiscences of the William Tell trains of the 1930s; Developments on the Great Cockrow Railway at Chertsey; Stamps; In Sight of the Sea (photos); Through an Expatriate's Eyes - An emigrant flies in from Canada to look at British Preservation; CURC Competition Colour Prizewinners; A Look at CIE in 1973; 150 Years After - Will History Repeat Itself?; Clan Line in Steam; From Barnstaple to Ilfracombe; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
32 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1960. Provides "practical advice on angling, the fruit of long experience acquired through many years of frequenting Canadian lakes, streams and rivers. Includes articles on wet fly, dry fly and spin fishing. Camping and how to do it the right way is discussed and another article covers fishing tackle and its proper care. There is also a word or two on that most important subject, conservation." - inside front cover. Includes eight pages of full colour illustrations of fishing flies. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
128 pages. Undated. Occasional pencil markings. Former owner's name blacked out atop title page. Fascinating lessons for Christians from common, everyday things. Flies, peanuts, tails, tears, lead pencils, etc. Did you know that such things could teach wonderful vivid lessons! Author was an amazingly happy and successful soul winner. Book
