1921 1996 (157 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ix+229 pages with photographs, diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Co-authors D Djaja, M E Morrison and A Elo. (Lusis: 160) First edition. With the increase in the number of tournaments and weekend congresses over the past years, the understanding of the Laws of Chess, and the way they work in practice, is of importance to all chess players. Bozidar Kazic the Chief Arbiter of FIDE, with contributions from Dragutin Djaja, Arpad Elo and Martin Morrison fill this need. The book includes a detailed explanation of the FIDE Rating system and the method by which International Titles are awarded and all controllers will benefit from the various forms of the Swiss System and other tournament system. Condition: Lightly rubbed spine ends. Jacket soiled, spine sunned else a very good copy in like jacket.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair to Good, Reading Copy. PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 192 pages,(Lion Library Edition LL 13; February 1955; PBO: Paperback Original 1st Ed; Dystopia Science Fiction Fantasy, where Machines Rule a Future World; Goodreads; The Millennium is here. No more wars, no more gang killings, no more drunken accidents. Because you have to be good, when there's an Analogue in your brain! You're a sheep, in a world of sheep.yes, the world is perfect, until a wolf comes along - the man without an Analogue, the enemy, the man outside the law. then what are you going to do, sheep - run, or turn wolf? Richard M. Powers wraparound painted cover;>>>This is a reading copy. Cover creasing. 1" piece missing from paper spine; pen to front cover; small piece missing from left edge of backcover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Richard M. Powers (1921-1996) wraparound painted cover; (illustrator). Book.…

Brückner, Christine, 1921-1996. Wenn du geredet hättest, Desdemona: Ungehaltene Reden, ungehaltener Frauen. Mit Zeichnungen von Horst Janssen. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1984, 4. Auflage, 71.-90. Tausend, 168pp., very good dust-jacket, very good used copy with light wear, previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper. 9783455003666 ISBN 3455003664.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1966). (1964) 1966 reprint. Small 8vo (109 x 170mm). Pp320. B/w photographs and illustrations. Laminated boards. Minor faults. Good copy. A detailed and compact beginner's guide to coarse, game and saltwater fishing. Contents include: Part One - Basic Knowledge and Fishing Skills: Fishing regulations; About fish; Rods and reels; Lines and accessories; Knots and hitches; Fundamental skills; Part Two - Coarse Fishing: Coarse fishing baits; Methods, tactics and tackles; The coarse fishes; Part Three - Sea Fishing: Sea fishing baits; Methods and tactics; Sea fishes; Part Four - Game Fishing: Basic technique and special skills; Flies, lures and baits; Methods and tactics for trout; Salmon fishing; Game fishes. An appendix gives details of rod caught records, fresh and salt water; a quick reference guide to fresh and salt water species giving brief details of where to find them, baits and techniques to use; a glossary of angling terms and a brief bibliography. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. 12mo (106 x 170mm). Pp320. B/w photographs and illustrations. Laminated boards. Owner's name/ dedication to front paste-down/ end-paper, boards slightly scuffed and rubbed as usual but a good copy. A detailed and compact beginner's guide to coarse, game and saltwater fishing. Contents include: Part One - Basic Knowledge and Fishing Skills: Fishing regulations; About fish; Rods and reels; Lines and accessories; Knots and hitches; Fundamental skills; Part Two - Coarse Fishing: Coarse fishing baits; Methods, tactics and tackles; The coarse fishes; Part Three - Sea Fishing: Sea fishing baits; Methods and tactics; Sea fishes; Part Four - Game Fishing: Basic technique and special skills; Flies, lures and baits; Methods and tactics for trout; Salmon fishing; Game fishes. An appendix gives details of rod caught records, fresh and salt water; a quick reference guide to fresh and salt water species giving brief details of where to find them, baits and techniques to use; a glossary of angling terms and a brief bibliography. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. 12mo (106 x 170mm). Pp320. B/w photographs and illustrations. Laminated boards. Spine badly scuffed and repaired. Some use and wear, a reading copy only. A detailed and compact beginner's guide to coarse, game and saltwater fishing. Contents include:- Part One - Basic Knowledge and Fishing Skills: Fishing regulations; About fish; Rods and reels; Lines and accessories; Knots and hitches; Fundamental skills; Part Two - Coarse Fishing: Coarse fishing baits; Methods, tactics and tackles; The coarse fishes; Part Three - Sea Fishing: Sea fishing baits; Methods and tactics; Sea fishes; Part Four - Game Fishing: Basic technique and special skills; Flies, lures and baits; Methods and tactics for trout; Salmon fishing; Game fishes. An appendix gives details of rod caught records, fresh and salt water; a quick reference guide to fresh and salt water species giving brief details of where to find them, baits and techniques to use; a glossary of angling terms and a brief bibliography. .…

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. 254 pages CONTENTS = Intro by Virginia Kidd; 1- That only a Mother; 2 - The Shrine of Temptation; 3 - WQhoever You Are; 4 - Daughters of Earth; 5 - Stormy Weather; 6 - Dead Center; 7 - The Lady was a Tramp; 7 - Wish upon a Star; 8 - The Lonely; 9 - Auction Pit; 10 - In the Land of Unblind; >> Cover creasing & scuffing; surface scratching to covers; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Richard M. Powers (1921-1996) painted cover (illustrator). Book.…

First Edition. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; 448 pages ; 24 cm. Contents; Introduction Country Houses and Their Owners in Hertfordshire, 1540-1879 Religion and Occupational Mobility in Boston, 1880-1963 Social Mobility and Political Radicalism: The Case of the French Revolution of 1789 How Protest Modernized in France, 1845-1855 Congressional Elections Some Dimensions of Power in the Thirty-Seventh Senate The Disintegration of the Conservative Party in the 1840s: A Study of Political Attitudes Expenditures in American Cities The Efficiency Effects of Federal Land Policy, 1850-1900: A Report of Some Provisional Findings Appendix The Contributors Index. Subjects; History Statistical methods Congresses. Social sciences Statistical methods Congresses. Historiography Quantitative methods. 1 Kg. …

Brückner, Christine, 1921-1996. Wenn du geredet hättest, Desdemona : Ungehaltene Reden, ungehaltener Frauen. Mit Zeichnungen von Horst Janssen. Stuttgart und München: Lizenzausgabe des Deutschen Bücherbundes, 1983, 156pp., very good dust-jacket, very good white cloth. Invented speeches for great women. JACKET TEXT: "Es sind so viele berühmte Reden berühmter Männer bekannt. Hatten denn Frauen nichts zu sagen? Oder wurde nur einfach nicht überliefert, was sie zu sagen hatten ? Christine Brückner erfand in diesem Buch Reden für Frauengestalten aus alten Mythen, für Musen, Geliebte, Ehefrauen großer Männer in Literatur und Geschichte, wie sie nach allem, was wir von ihnen wissen, in dieser Weise hätten gehalten werden können. Sie erweckt in diesen Prosatexten das Bewußtsein von der friedlichen Macht der Frauen durch die Liebe - ein Buch, das aufsässig und wehmütig, leidenschaftlich und zärtlich und dabei von großer Poesie ist.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Translated from the Swedish by Stig Nihlen. Hurst & Company/St. Martin's Press, 1996. Publisher's board, slightly faded in cover's front and lower edges, otherwise fine condition. Dust jacket in fine condition. 230 p. Illustrations. Maps. ISBN 0-312-12819-3. …

1st edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 190 pages. 22cm. Notes: Includes indexes.Poems in the languages of member states of the European Community with English translations. Subjects: Poetry; Collections. Poetry; Translations into English.Poetry. English poetry Irish authors. English poetry. Genre: Poetry. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Physical description; 448 pages ; 24 cm. Contents; Introduction Country Houses and Their Owners in Hertfordshire, 1540-1879 Religion and Occupational Mobility in Boston, 1880-1963 Social Mobility and Political Radicalism: The Case of the French Revolution of 1789 How Protest Modernized in France, 1845-1855 Congressional Elections Some Dimensions of Power in the Thirty-Seventh Senate The Disintegration of the Conservative Party in the 1840s: A Study of Political Attitudes Expenditures in American Cities The Efficiency Effects of Federal Land Policy, 1850-1900: A Report of Some Provisional Findings Appendix The Contributors Index. Subjects; History Statistical methods Congresses. Social sciences Statistical methods Congresses. Historiography Quantitative methods. 1 Kg. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp117,ad. B/w photographs, line-drawings. Light blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Original price 15s. net. Tanning and use to boards, school prize book-plate, large gilt armorial stamp (the Latymer School, Edmonton) to upper board. Good reading copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A good basic introduction to coarse angling. One of a series of Museum Press "Step-By-Step Books." "Harvey Torbett is not only a regular writer for the angling press but is also an L.C.C. instructor in angling. He is thus exceptionally well qualified to write this very unusual book, which really gets down to basic essentials whilst also including a good deal that even the expert angler will be glad to know. Subjects covered include the basic tackle, baits and ground-baits, basic skills and fishing methods, identifying the quarry, etc. The very numerous illustrations make every point completely clear." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 12mo (112 x 175mm). Pp352. Colour frontispiece illustration, b/w photographs, line drawings. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Incription to end-paper, slightly foxed. Good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. A general description of the anatomical structure and physiology, breeding and feeding habits, habitat and distribution of Britain's freshwater fish written from an angler's viewpoint. "Special chapters are devoted to Carp species and varieties; the breams, bleak and shads; fishes with barbels; the roach and its common companions; the perch and allied fishes; estuarial and introduced fishes; and the chars and whitefishes. .The text is supplemented by line drawings, photographs, easy identification tables, weight charts and record rod catches." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp118. B/w photographs, line-drawings. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Slight lean to spine, spine-faded and slight marks to boards but a good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A good basic introduction to sea angling. "This book, a companion volume to Coarse Fishing by the same author, will prove an invaluable introduction for the beginner who requires a quick grasp of the elements of this sport, and includes a great deal that even the expert angler will be glad to know. .Harvey Torbett is well-known as a writer, broadcaster, and lecturer on angling and has a breadth of experience that makes him exceptionally well qualified to write this book. Chapters include: Sea fishing as a sport; Tackle; Baits and groundbaits; Knots for every occasion; The basic skills of sea fishing; Approach, methods, and tactics; The quarry." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. 12mo (106 x 170mm). Pp320. B/w photographs and illustrations. Laminated boards. Title page signed "From Harvey (the author?) to Dad, Feb.1965." Good-plus. 5/- sticker to upper board. A detailed and compact beginner's guide to coarse, game and saltwater fishing. Contents include:- Part One - Basic Knowledge and Fishing Skills: Fishing regulations; About fish; Rods and reels; Lines and accessories; Knots and hitches; Fundamental skills; Part Two - Coarse Fishing: Coarse fishing baits; Methods, tactics and tackles; The coarse fishes; Part Three - Sea Fishing: Sea fishing baits; Methods and tactics; Sea fishes; Part Four - Game Fishing: Basic technique and special skills; Flies, lures and baits; Methods and tactics for trout; Salmon fishing; Game fishes. An appendix gives details of rod caught records, fresh and salt water; a quick reference guide to fresh and salt water species giving brief details of where to find them, baits and techniques to use; a glossary of angling terms and a brief bibliography. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1960). (1960) 1965 reprint. Small 8vo paperback (123mm x 184mm). Pp72. B/w line illustrations. Foreword by Lewis A. Harris. Price 5/-. Spine chipped with loss. A good copy only. The first book devoted solely to the various techniques of ledgering. Whilst obviously dated (audible bite detection has moved on somewhat from the use of tin cans and coins!) much of the information is still valid. Read in conjuction with more up to date writing such as Bob Roberts Complete Book of Legering (our stock no. 11149) this book will provide a solid grounding to the method as well as showing how techniques have developed over the years. .…

1st edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 190 pages. 22cm. Notes: Includes indexes.Poems in the languages of member states of the European Community with English translations. Subjects: Poetry; Collections. Poetry; Translations into English.Poetry. English poetry Irish authors. English poetry. Genre: Poetry. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 56 pages with charts, tables, maps (2 folding) and bibliography. Royal octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's pictorial stapled wrappers. Department of Prehistory Institutio Nacional de Antropologia e Historia Publication 11. First edition. Condition: Lightly soiled, corners bumped and rubbed else very good.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp117,ad. B/w photographs, line-drawings. Light blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Original price 15s. net. Slight discolouration to the boards, gift inscription to end-paper, internally clean. A good-plus copy, lacks dust-wrapper. A good basic introduction to coarse angling. One of a series of Museum Press "Step-By-Step Books." "Harvey Torbett is not only a regular writer for the angling press but is also an L.C.C. instructor in angling. He is thus exceptionally well qualified to write this very unusual book, which really gets down to basic essentials whilst also including a good deal that even the expert angler will be glad to know. Subjects covered include the basic tackle, baits and ground-baits, basic skills and fishing methods, identifying the quarry, etc. The very numerous illustrations make every point completely clear." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1960). (1960) 1965 reprint. Small 8vo paperback (123mm x 184mm). Pp72. B/w line illustrations. Foreword by Lewis A. Harris. Price 5/-. A very good clean copy. The first book devoted solely to the various techniques of ledgering. Whilst obviously dated (audible bite detection has moved on somewhat from the use of tin cans and coins!) much of the information is still valid. Read in conjuction with more up to date writing such as Bob Roberts' Complete Book of Legering (our stock no. 11149) this book will provide a solid grounding to the method as well as showing how techniques have developed over the years. .…

Condition: New.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Small 8vo (112 x 175mm). Pp352. Colour frontispiece illustration, b/w photographs, line drawings. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but good-plus in slightly frayed dust-wrapper. A general description of the anatomical structure and physiology, breeding and feeding habits, habitat and distribution of Britain's freshwater fish written from an angler's viewpoint. "Special chapters are devoted to Carp species and varieties; the breams, bleak and shads; fishes with barbels; the roach and its common companions; the perch and allied fishes; estuarial and introduced fishes; and the chars and whitefishes. .The text is supplemented by line drawings, photographs, easy identification tables, weight charts and record rod catches." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp117,ad. B/w photographs, line-drawings. Light blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Staining to front board, spotting to top edge, good-plus in torn and clipped dust-wrapper. A good basic introduction to coarse angling. One of a series of Museum Press "Step-By-Step Books." "Harvey Torbett is not only a regular writer for the angling press but is also an L.C.C. instructor in angling. He is thus exceptionally well qualified to write this very unusual book, which really gets down to basic essentials whilst also including a good deal that even the expert angler will be glad to know. Subjects covered include the basic tackle, baits and ground-baits, basic skills and fishing methods, identifying the quarry, etc. The very numerous illustrations make every point completely clear." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1964). 1964 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp118. B/w photographs, line-drawings. Blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. A good basic introduction to sea angling. "This book, a companion volume to Coarse Fishing by the same author, will prove an invaluable introduction for the beginner who requires a quick grasp of the elements of this sport, and includes a great deal that even the expert angler will be glad to know. .Harvey Torbett is well-known as a writer, broadcaster, and lecturer on angling and has a breadth of experience that makes him exceptionally well qualified to write this book. Chapters include: Sea fishing as a sport; Tackle; Baits and groundbaits; Knots for every occasion; The basic skills of sea fishing; Approach, methods, and tactics; The quarry. .…

Hardcover. v, 136, [1] p.; 22 cm. [Reprint of 1962 English version] VG orig. green boards in edgeworn salmon dj.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and sun-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 96 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; English poetry. 20th century. Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746. Christianity. Vikings. Orkney Islands. Fishing. Carols. Daffodils. Fishers. Funeral rites and ceremonies. Hawks. Wills. Markets. Nuns. Shipwrecks. Weather. Fountains. Whales. 1 Kg. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp117,ad. B/w photographs, line-drawings. Light blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Original price 15s. net. Some shelf-wear but very good in slightly used and rubbed dust-wrapper. A good basic introduction to coarse angling. One of a series of Museum Press "Step-By-Step Books." "Harvey Torbett is not only a regular writer for the angling press but is also an L.C.C. instructor in angling. He is thus exceptionally well qualified to write this very unusual book, which really gets down to basic essentials whilst also including a good deal that even the expert angler will be glad to know. Subjects covered include the basic tackle, baits and ground-baits, basic skills and fishing methods, identifying the quarry, etc. The very numerous illustrations make every point completely clear." .…

Rústica. Editorial Everest 96 pp. 25 x 19 cm RG - Geografía.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1959). 1959 1st edition. Small 8vo stapled paperback (139 x 216mm). Pp47. B/w photographs, sketch-maps. Slight fading & use to covers, text rather browned. Good-plus. A short guide to the coarse angling rivers of the south and south-east: the Kent Medway and Darenth, Essex Lea, the Thurne and Waveney in Norfolk, Sussex Ouse and Arun, Hampshire Avon and Stour, and Middlesex Colne. .…