Arthur Hacker (133 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ### The Hong Kong Visitors Book by Arthur Hacker 1997 #### ## THIS BOOK: Classified as, VERY GOOD. This is the 1997 EDITION: This book has a dust Jacket in full colour gloss printing and laminated, it has some minor marks and tears, but they have been repaired. The books at some point had been dropped marking bottom corner, just the linen covering missing from the corner small fingernail size. There are over 80 visitors' stories over 200 illustrations many in colour 236 pages ## Going back thousands of years before the British arrived, Ha YU first listed, film stars and notable personalities from various countries and talents or occupations. ## ## A Few Visitors: Edward Cree-Naval Surgeon, George Chinnery- Artist, James Bodell-British Soldier, Rudyard Kipling- Chronicler of Empire; the last person listed is Madonna-Sex Symbol ## ## This lavishly illustrated book is a delightful collection of the impressions of some of Hong Kong's most illustrious (and not so illustrious) visitors. Arthur Hacker tells you who they were, what they said and did, and what they thought about Hong Kong?and sometimes what people thought about them. They came from every walk of life and from many different countries and cultures. Their opinions varied from heavenly adulation to sheer loathing. The pages are filled with stories of dastardly pirates, pulsating pop stars, failed pornographers, down-and-out adventurers, captains of ships, holier-than-thou missionaries, Russian Tsars, emperors, princes and even the odd horse. ## ## It is a very amusing and at times bittersweet social history of Hong Kong as seen through the eyes of its visitors, beginning with Han Yu, the legendary Taoist poet, who was banished to the territory over a thousand years ago, and ending up with the superstar Madonna. In this charming pot-pourri of travellers' tales, Hacker captures brilliantly the atmosphere of Hong Kong throughout the ages. ## ## Some of the pictures in this magnificently illustrated history have never been published. There are over two hundred beautiful old prints and photographs, which come mainly from the author's collection. Arthur Hacker also collects historical trivia. This book is littered with it.## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ONLY. PLEASE, contact me for a shipping quotation. ###. No Author signature.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Hacker, Arthur (illustrator). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper age-spotted at the verso, a decent copy otherwise.; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.5kg. overseas shipping will be with ParcelForce, additional postage will be requested. ### First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 12" x 8½" (2.5 kg); pp 240; Index; Bibliography; Includes: Photographs, black-and-white and colour, within the text; Maps; Colour frontispiece; Photographic lining papers; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199524 ||.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket by Arthur Hacker (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some overall yellowing and time staining, slight lean, spine very slightly faded. Not price clipped (18s), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 288pp. Angus McGill MBE (1927-2015), was an English journalist who made his name writing a humorous weekly column in the London Evening Standard, which ran for 30 years documenting all that was eccentric about London life. His comic novel 'Yea Yea Yea', about a provincial newspaper reporter, was inspired by his time at the Shields Gazette. It was made into a film (Press for Time 1966) directed by Robert Asher and it starred as the hapless Geordie reporter, Norman Wisdom in his last film for the Rank Organisation. Quite a scarce book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 52 pages. 2 Peter Porter Poems 7 Gunar Harding Fabulous Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley 10 Josephine Clare Poems 12 Alan Riddle Bits of Concrete 14 Marilyn Hacker Elegy 16 Arthur Ellis Same Size 19 David Grubb Poems 22 Neagu'P Pictures 27 Dannie Abse Poem 29 Jim Burns Getting Together with My Friends 32 Anthony Edkins Arrested Developments 34 Gavin Ewart Voices From Overseas 39 Gavin Ewart Captain Blood 40 Daphne Richardson Poems 41 Tony Dash Small Press Pamphlets 43 Eluard Breton trans Irwin Limsky from The Immaculate Conception 48 Gavin Ewart Appearance and Reality 49 A. E. Dudley Poems Photograph on cover by Marvin Lichtner.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Traducción José María Ballester. Editorial Kairós, Barcelona, 1975, en-8º mayor, rústica con tipografía y solapas, 389 p., 472 g., muy buen estado. [Ensayo].

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Softcover. As new! Illustrated throughout in colour.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. pp 80. Original publisher's illustrated wraps, lettered black on spine and front cover. Copiously illustrated throughout. ISBN: 9628515918 About fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Close to 80 sepia photographs, extraordinary in their detail and atmosphere and capturing the architecture and landscape of this ever important territory c. 150 years ago. Clean and sound throughout. 29 x 18cms [landscape] with 80pp. Large format. We regret we are not able to dispatch orders to Germany or to Denmark. All profits to Amnesty International.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+ paperback. Corners lightly worn. Several pages have been marked with a single ink asterisk.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Hong Kong Museum of History Collection (photographs from); Arthur Hacker (design by) (illustrator). 8th Printing. Text in both English and Chinese. Light looseness to hinge between some of the front pages, yet all pages safely intact and sewn in. B&W photographs from Hong Kong Museum of History Collection. Overall textblock is clean and tight. Light bump to the head of spine and minor creasing to corners, glossy wraps with photographs on covers. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. Periodical. 20pp, bw ills. Or stapled wraps. Wrps detached and toned but present, otherwise nice. Scarce original second issue of the Tasmanian Field Naturalist's Club journal. Includes articles on the Easter Camp out at Brunie Island; Tasmanian Quail and Game Propagation; a parasite on flies; an entomologist's cycling trip to Cloncurry (Queensland); NOTES ON THE AMPORPHOLITHES OF THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES (with illustrations) and reports on various excursions and meetings. Size: 8vo.

paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked trade paperback with just a bit of corner wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A little creased in bottom corner of front cover, gift inscription in bottom left-hand corner of title page. Spine not creased. Landscape format. 290 x 180 mm. 80 pp. Photographs mostly reproduced from a contemporary album made by William Pryor Floyd's Floyd & Co, using negatives from a collection known as 'The Firm'. Book.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book intends to bridge the gap between knowledge about global warming and practical implementation in the political process of the necessary measures for the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It therefore deals with climatology, economics and political science in five sections: The state of scientific knowledge of climate change, the influencing factors, the man-made effects and the monitoring of GHG sources and sinks. The transformation of scientific results into politically achievable aims, the criteria for the allocation of the reduction goals, and the GHG inventories of European countries. The relevant political and economical instruments, such as voluntary approaches, the carbon/energy-tax and Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) and their working principles. The instrument of tradeable emission permits (the US Acid Rain Programme as an example) and possible designs of a system for CO2 on the national and international level. Comparison and summaries of the efficacy, the cost-efficiency, the achievability and political acceptability of the different instruments.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. Hacker, Arthur (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

PF. Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: New. Hacker, Arthur (illustrator). This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 424 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New quarto 288pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, bibliog., index, Profiles fortified houses & manors, timber-framed halls, abbeys, castles. The oldest is part of Stoksay Castle and the newest are Chastleton, Robert Smythson's Burton Aynes & William Arnold's Cranborne Manor, which had been King John's old hunting lodge.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Softcover, 11x7 inches, 80 pages. Vintage sepia photographic reproductions from famous photographers -- the old Hong Kong Club, Central, Man Mo Temple, Happy Valley, Pok Fu Lam, City Hall, Jardine's Gate, Zetland Hall, the Ice House, much more. Includes text. As new, unused. Scarce.

*: S.l. (Hong Kong ?), Tuttle Books, s.d. (ca. 2000), in-4°, 30,5 cm, 288 pp, colured and black/white illustrations, publisher's red boards with dustjacket.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Brake, Brian; Dauman, Henri; Jeffry, Alix; Conley, Robert; Henle, Fritz; Gossett, Carl; Block, Ruth; Huehnergarth, John; Golden, Alice; Zimmer, Fred (illustrator). First Edition. 136 pages. Features: Nice color Jade East ad; Omega watch ad inside front cover; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Bankers Trust ad with photo of John Leahey; Chairman Mao - Nationalist First, Communist Second - article with photo; Eight fascinating photos of scenes in India; A professor argues in favor of a guaranteed income; Cold War Article declares that Western security depends on our showing superior nerve and skill; Behind the Smile on 'Krokodil', the Russian magazine founded in 1922; 'Herr Bundeskanzler', Ludwig Erhard, visits Washington - article with photo; How Much Academic Freedom is There?; Where are the New Playwrights?; The Official Case for Apartheid - South Africa's Foreign Minister outlines the history and philosophy behind his country's policy of 'separate development' for whites and nonwhites; Explanation of the 'Black Psyche' - article with photo of "Uncle Jack" statue in Natchitoches, LA; Chesterfield cigarette ad features Howard G. Heaton, Joan Kakow and Felix de Cossio; Nice Columbia Records ad features photo of Ray Conniff; Photo of Bert Lahr on stage in "Milliken Breakfast Show"; Color Caravelle watch ad; The status of wives in France has been elevated to the level of pals rather than pets, but is it all for hte better?; Coat fashion ad features 'senior' models Ida Shlansky, Marion Smith, Celestine Doctor and Rose Millstein, Louis Shlansky, Sandy Smith, Arthur Doctor and Dan Millstein; Great color centerfold photo ad for Creslan fabric features fourteen men standing along bar; Seven wonderful photos of youth fashion around the world; Nostalgic color-photo ad for Pleetway His'n Her pajamas (look like martial arts gear) at Gimbels; Rev. William Glenesk stirs up Brooklyn Heights; Nice one-page color photo ad for Guiness Extra Stout; Beach fashion photos by James Moore; The Case for 'Intelligent Neglect' of children; Ad for Mott's 'Figure Control Meal'; Attractive color Carlsberg Beer ad; Photos of living room decorated by Albert Hadley of Mrs. Henry Parish 2d Inc.; One-page ad for Degna Home Fluoridation Service promotes their service available on Long Island, in New Jersey or Connecticut - with photo of the John Snyder Family of Hicksville, NY; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Hacker, Arthur (illustrator). nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.