Alexander Jamieson, Used (48 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Undated reprint of a historical artifact. The pages and boards look new.

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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 52nd edition, undated. Covers show some use and wear. Finish is worn on the leather binding. Inside front cover and lower inside corner of first three pages water stained. Front hinge cracked, but the binding is still tight. Owner name on front e.p. Light discoloration throughout.

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Condition: Poor. revised & corrected edition. Diced calf, P. 606pp, prefessionally ( but using functional not decorative materials ) rebacked, lacks the endpapers & half title, text in good order & unmarked although the last page ( Roman measurements) is rather solied from the time the book was disbound. A Latin vocabulary with English definitions, based upon the earlier works of Robert Ainsworth [ 1660 - 1743 ] and Thomas Morell [ 1703 - 1784 ]. 1275 grams.

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Half Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Brown cloth on boards. Brown leather to spine and board corners.Gilt lettering on black label to spine. Decorative gilt to top and bottom of banded spine.Cloth on boards is rubbed, with show through at edges. Small previous owner signatures inside front cover and top outer corner of front board., plus a small owner's ink stamp at top of foreword page. Slight cracking to hinges, front and rear, but firm. Slight damage to extreme outer edges of last 80 or so pages, not interfering with the contents. Clean and tidy throughout. A 'Revised and Improved' 'Complete Edition' -' containing all the words of the Quarto dictionary.'.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. G & W. B. Whittaker 1821. Missing boards and spine but tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xxx, 458 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. ; LCCn 2004054193 ; ISBN 9781400064137, 1400064139 ; OCLC 56413352 ; black cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Author's note -- Map : Construction of the Burma-Thailand Railway -- The "Fepow" prayer -- Introduction -- Part one. Surrender -- Interlude : "We feel let down rather" -- Changi -- Interlude : Christmas in captivity -- The railway of death -- Interlude : A walk along the River Kwai -- The real story of the bridge on the River Kwai -- Interlude : Boon Pong -- "Speedo" -- Interlude : Smokey Joe's -- Sonkurai : Valley of the Shadow of Death -- Interlude : Ave Maria -- The railway opens -- Part two. Survival -- Cooks Food -- Religion -- Jungle medicine -- Smoking Gone with the Wind -- King Rat -- Letters -- Entertainment -- Sports -- Ingenuity -- The "canaries" -- Officers and gentlemen -- Part three. The hellships -- Interlude : A happy ending -- Japan -- Interlude : The "Jap-happy" -- Haruku -- Interlude : A conjuring trick -- Sandakan -- Interlude : Mozart -- Changi 1944-45 -- Interlude : "Don't let this thing drag on much longer" -- Freedom -- Interlude : Bushido -- Home at last -- Epilogue : The last post -- Postscript : What became of them? ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Painted Cover Art / Interior artwork by; Gil Cohen, Stan Roberts, George Callan, Bruce Minney, Bob Schulz & Bill Murphy; (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher,. December 1963; Volume 9 #6; 99 pages. CONTENTS - Special Features - "America's Fantastic War Holes'" by David Mars (A mole hole for JFK, a buried cave for SAC - these bastions can ride out any Red nuclear attack.); "The Rugged Outdoorsman Who Could be Our Next President" by George Penty. (A jet-flying, snake-dancing millionaire, he could waltz JFK right out of the White House.); "The Good Time Girls of the World's Top Playtown" by Barry Jamieson. (Provoative 'night time girls' they make Rio a wild carnival of sun, sand and seduction.); "Her Secret Plans Unveiled - How Russia Would Fight WWIII" by Nelson Axelrod. (Germs, nuclear space guns, rear end attacks - this is the Red's WWIII-winning battle plan.); "Finally - a Sexual Breakthrough for America's Young Women" by Dr. Efrem Schonhild & Wilton Haring. (A new breed of swinging, carefree female, she boldly puts her cards on the seduction table.); True Adventure - "My Ten Years of Hell in Stalin's Camp of the Dead" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. (This is the explosive, shocking book that the Soviets swore would never leave Moscow.); "The Marvelous Flivver That Made the First Cross-Country Jaunt" by Joseph Fried & Henry Kurtz. (Two hell-for-adventure sportsmen, they pushed a tiny tin buggy 3,000 miles across the USA.; "'Get Commander Liddel Out of Matupi or we Lose the Mariannas'" by Mark Sufrin. (Snared in a Jap 'hell cell', this navy hero carried a secret that could destroy 400,000 GI's); "The 19-Kill Vengeance Run of our Navy's Toughest Skipper" by Patrick Chavez. (This Marauding Yank turned 10,000 miles of Pacific into a graveyard for Jap men-of-war.); Booklength Extra - "Sleep with Every Stranger" by Charles Gorham. (An adventure-hungry New York tough kid he became the number one boy in a Greenwich Village 'love mill' - his job - to please the rich, hungry widows who brought his services.) Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. This book is in Fair condition, given it was a well-used volume, almost 180 years old. Leather covers that are rubbed, scuffed, bumped, and chipped. Binding is completely intact. There are a few ink/pencil markings on the front and back pages. The pages are all tanned, some with spotting or soiling. Please see pictures for condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

L2-2.

Leather. Condition: Good. First American Edition. A.H. Maltby & Co.; New Haven, 1820. Hardcover. First US Edition of the Last London Edition. A Good, full leather binding with gilt lettering on red spine label, binding intact, rubbing along joints, curled board corners, rubbing along board edges, previous owner handwritten ink name front free endpaper, few pencil markings to rear matters, age toning and scattered foxing throughout, few small dog-eared pages. Overall in a good antiquarian condition. 16mo[sextodecimo or approx. 4.5 x 7]., 345pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. This nearly 200-year-old book has dark brown leather covers with gilt decoration and title on spine. Binding is tight, no loose pages. Age toning and foxing throughout. Rubbing to edges. Measures 5"x7" with 349 pp. Previous owner's name and date on flyleaf and on another page. Otherwise, no writing. The book was intended for use in universities.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages; December 1947. Vol IV. No. 2. MacDiarmid's Scottish Renaissance / nationalist quarterly. Sound clean copy in original title lettered wraps in saddle stapled binding. With poems by Archie Lamont, Alexander Scott, Peter Jamieson etc. Light shelf rubbing to cover edges and superficial stress wrinkles to cover surfaces. Binding staples a trifle rusted. Mild tears around the lower binding staples and light halo toning to covers. Scarce. VG.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. About the book: Hardcover without jacket. Leather bound. Book is in fair condition. Mild splitting to cover. Pages are well worn, brittle, with foxing and some water damage. Photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo ( 189mm.) Pp. [5] vi - xx, [1] 2 - 373 [1], [2] publisher's catalogue. With a half title. Uncut. Contents clean. l Publishers drab paper backed boards lightly soiled, corners bumped, light brown paper backed spine retaining the original printed paper label. Overall, a very good copy of the rarely seen first edition. Alexander Jamieson ( 1782- 1850) was born at Rothsay, Scotland. Little is known of his early years. Seemingly he seems to have spent most of his working life in London, as a writer, a teacher and lastly an actuary. He did write a number books, mainly educational on a gallimaufry of subjects including language, cartography, and logic etc. For more details of Jamieson see - Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 54, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 1.22-1.23.