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The dust jacket has minimal wearing to the edges and corners but is in otherwise very good condition. The text and illusrations are all clean, bright and tight Used
244pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good Signed by the author
320 pages including index and black and white plates. Marconi's daughter draws upon his journals and correspondence, from family papers and recollections, as well as from scientific and historical record, for this lively biography. Skillfully blends the excitement and glamour of Marconi's fame as an internationally renowned inventor with the passion and incredible loneliness of his personal life. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper else unmarked. Some yellowing. Binding intact. Average wear. Dust jacket rough. Solid working copy. Book
Avery handsome unused volume in which to preserve your family history. Layouts to record your family tree ,Births, Marriages and Deaths, with spaces to insert photographs.187 p. In neat dark green leather style binding with gilt titles and decorative details. End papers with elegant marbling motif.A very nice gift book for someone interested in Genealogy. Book
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (green/blue/burgundy respectively), sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker in each volume, an elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The set comprises 'My Family and other Animals' (first edition, 1956); 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' (first edition, 1969); 'The Garden of the Gods' (first edition, 1978). Durrell's Corfu trilogy, now widely recognised as a modern classic, recounts the hilarious adventures of the Durrell family on the island of Corfu during the 1930s. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; cloth (green/red tweed/blue respectively), backstrips lettered in silver/gilt/gilt, tops and fore-edges faintly spotted else a very good, bright, clean set in lightly worn dustwrapper, one small nick at headband of first volume. The set comprises 'My Family and other Animals' (first edition, 1956); 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' (first edition, 1969); 'The Garden of the Gods' (first edition, 1978). Durrell's Corfu trilogy, now widely recognised as a modern classic, recounts the hilarious adventures of the Durrell family on the island of Corfu during the 1930s. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.
Young Gerald observes his family and their friends with the same fascination as he does the abundant wildlife of Corfu - hilarious and delightful. Book
Young Gerald observes his family and their friends with the same fascination as he does the abundant wildlife of Corfu - hilarious and delightful. (Vintage Penguin edition) 301p, Age-toned paper, name of owner, else fine Book
227 pages. "...a moving and powerful account of how parents can meet the biggest challenge of divorce - how to separate from one another emotionally, but work together as parents." - Dr. Peter Marchall. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Copyright 1949. Illustrated. 78 pages. Describes author's adventures in Japan upon her return there, as a junior high school student, after the second world war in 1948. Her's was a missionary family. Describes some of the Japanese who were helping Jesus in Japan. A lovely little book in decorated beige card cover. Book
226 pages. 24cm. Autobiography of Vancouver Island coal magnate James Dunsmuir's eldest grandson. "I feel that exposing the situations through which I have passed may be of help to others. I have laced the story of my life with familiar names and incidents of a sensational nature not only to entertain but to point up the pitfalls to be avoided at all levels of society." - dust jacket. "He brings to life the downward path from the silk of society to the seamy side of Soho and the gutters of Marseilles." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to publisher's green cloth. Binding sound. Unmarked. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating life story. EDWARDS & LORT 141. Book
6 page board book. From a series for children from 3-6 which presents important early experiences in clear, attractive pictures, with a simple first-person narrative for parents and young readers. Average wear. Magic marker marks upon lower portion of page one else unmarked. Book
8vo., with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured plates, numerous plates in monochrome and illustrations and diagrams in the text, small neat contemporary inscription on half-title; yellow boards, burgundy cloth back blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt faded (but entirely legible) else a remarkably bright, well-preserved copy. With numerous advertisements printed in sepia at front and rear. Very nice copy of an early post-war issue of the 'family' derivative of Beeton's Household Management.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; grey boards, blue cloth back lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
Imitation brown leather cover with gilt lettering and blue and gilt decoration with author's initials on front cover. Slight edge wear. Gilt top edge. Pale green illustration on title page. Brown ribbon bookmark. 240 pages. 4 1/4"w x 6 7/8"h. No date shown; circa 1930's.
Ouvrage très documenté d'Eugène FOUQUE, petit-fils du maître-faïencier Gaspard Fouque: historique des faïenceries de Moustiers, avec généalogie des maîtres faïenciers (familles Clérissy, Fouque, Olerys, etc) et peintres (familles Viry et Solomé) les plus connus des XVIIè et XVIIIè siècles; nomenclature et description des "oeuvres les plus remarquables", avec indication des collections qui les possédaient; appendice sur la préparation de l'émail utilisé. Exemplaire bien complet des 6 planches en phototypie, dont 1 dépliante, et de leurs serpentes portant légendes, et enrichi d'une "Notice sur la faïence de Moustiers" manuscrite, avec bibliographie (12 pages 13,5 x 21,5cm). Français
302 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
297 pages including selected recommended readings. "A caring and compassionate journey. Michael Gurian teaches us to separate the threads of our mothers' influence on our lives - the parts we love, as well as the parts we hate - and to claim all the power contained in the mother-son bond." - Warren Farrell, author of The Myth of Male Power. Occasional markings/underlining to contents. Average wear. Reading creases to spine. Good working copy. Book
288pp. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
167 pages including glossary, bibliography and index. Provides techniques for a variety of massages, including full body massage, preparation for labor and birthing massage, massage during the postpartum and nursing stages, and infant massage. These techniques are explained in step-by-step, illustrated detail. You'll also learn special massages for treating such discomforts as: backaches, breast soreness, charley horse and leg cramps, headaches, heartburn, fatigue, morning sickness, sciatica, stretch marks, varicose veins, and many others. Also includes sections on reflexology, herbal remedies, and nutritional requirements for pregnant and lactating women. Illustrated with line drawings. Unmarked. Average wear. Curl to front cover. Some fading to spine. Binding sound. Book
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 153pp. This collection of thirty walks is designed to take the hard work out of walking in the Dark Peak from Leek in the south-west to the Eastern Moors around Baslow. They cover distances of between two and six miles, each route having a lower finishing than starting point, making them ideal for families with young children and for those who no longer like strenuous walks.
8vo., with a frontispiece and 2 plates, some very light occasional age-marking; decorative cloth blocked in red and black, decorative back gilt, a very good, bright copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end.
Original Publishers Cloth. 8vo. 268 pages. 24cm. Subtitle: for the Years 1890 to 1930 at the port of New York and for the years 1904 to 1926 at the ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. The Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals contains the arrivals of passenger steamships, carefully compiled by the calendar year and indexed alphabetically by Steamship Line. The port of arrival and port of departure are shown at the top of each column. Foreword. Originally printed in 1931. SUBJECTS: Genealogy -- Sources. Steamboat lines -- Passenger lists. Lacks dustjcket (as issued? ) . Bright, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (GENE-1-34)
in-16 broché. Bon état général. [MB-3]
Le Seuil. 1972. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 157 pages. 'Combats', collection dir. par Claude Durand. Trad. de l'anglais par Ferial Drosso-Bellivier.