Bird Leonard A (10 results)

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

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. Banana Fallout: Class, Color, and Culture Among West Indians in Costa Rica, Purcell, Trevor W., 0934934371, Center for Afro-American Studies/UCLA, 1993, 197p, trade pb, covers lightly bumped/scuffed, minor underlining on four (4) pages only, solid binding + Costa Rica, the Unarmed Democracy, Bird, Leonard A., Sheppard Press, 1984, hc w/dj, 223p, xlib, text clean---9.00.…

1st edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 224 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 211. Subjects: Costa Rica Politics and government 1821-1948; Costa Rica History; Central America; Latin America. 1 Kg.…

1st edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 224 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 211. Subjects: Costa Rica Politics and government 1821-1948; Costa Rica History; Central America; Latin America. 1 Kg.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. trade paperback, 223p, VG- with light to moderate general wear and slight normal text toning, no names or major flaws. 1st softcover edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 20 pages. (SL#7).

8°, 40 S., Obrosch. - Zustand sehr gut. / HINWEIS: Versand nach Deutschland und die EU (14-täglich) ab Konstanz EU-verzollt: Keine Gebühren für den Empfänger! / IMPORTANT: Shipments to EU-Countries duty-payd from Germany: No fees to the consignee! / IMPORTANTE: Spedizioni verso paesi UE sdoganate dalla Germania: nessuna tassa per il destinatario! Sprache: Deutsch 300 gr.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Car No. 13 - A routine train trip enmeshes F. A. Malcomson aboard Car No. 13 of the "Californian Limited" at Los Angeles; My Mad Mate - The reason why young Harry Neild's hair was white; Among the Amazons - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of the Wai-woi, a little-known tribe of Indians; My Buffalo - How a hunter's first shoot was nearly his last in the Himalayan foothills northeast of Ghaggar; A "New Chum" in New Zealand - Part I - Jottings from a recently emigrated young farmer who took the plunge and began farming ; The Mozampur Dacoity - A curious robbery in India; Behind the Himalayas - Part II of II - A wonderfully photo-illustrated account of an exploration to the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Cannon Idol of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies; A Duck-Shooting Adventure - Using ice-scooters to hunt ducks on the Great South Bay of Long Island; The Black Hand - A recent adventure in Kuling, China, which is currently experiencing a wave of serious brazen crime; Two Girls in a Typhoon - The trying experience of two young ladies aboard a tramp steamer from Hong Kong to British North Borneo; A Matter of Promotion - The story of a long, hard chase , in the depths of winter, of two half-breed outlaws by a constable of the Royal North-West Mounted Police at Saddle Lake, Saskatchewan; Through the Inner Deserts of Arabia - Part I - The exciting adventures of the Countess Malmignati, the first European woman to penetrate the little-known Inner Deserts of Arabia - this part describing her time in Damascus before the journey - with photos; Letters; The Phantom Tiger - Jean M.F. Dubois, a former planter in Lokop Province, Sumatra, explains what happened when he pursued a tiger which had caused a local reign of terror - with photo. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Average wear and soiling to back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Abbey, S.; Bird, L. Pern; Prater, Ernest; Gillett, F.; Sindall, A.; Carruthers, G.P.; Holloway, Cyril; Potts, Leonard; Soper, G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Prater, Ernest (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. LEONARD, (Wrexie) Louise. "Drawings of Mars", in Popular Astronomy, Northfield (MN.), vol XV no. 7, August and September 1907, whole number 147, pp 387-390, plus three plates of drawings of Mars by Lowell and Leonard, including 57 small images. The volume is 9.5"x6.5", 648pp, with 13 plates (many glossy), complete. Bound in very sturdy buckram. Ex-library, with gilt-stamped spine labels (including call numbers at bottom of spine); library markings on title page, on the backs of the plates, and on the top and bottom of the exterior text block; there is a small (old) oval rubber stamp on the title page for each of the monthly issues. GOOD, solid copy. [\] "[Leonard] was private secretary and assistant to the astronomer Percival Lowell for over two decades, from 1883 until Lowell's death. In 1895, she traveled to Africa with Lowell to look for a site for a new observatory, which was later established in Flagstaff, Arizona. Leonard managed Lowell's correspondence, edited his many articles and speeches, and traveled with him extensively.  She was left in charge of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff during his absences. She carried out astronomical observations at the observatory in Arizona, after it was built in 1894, studying the planets Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and especially Mars. The observatory's logbooks show that "W.L.L." carried out observations frequently in the early years, and they include sketches that she made of Mars and Venus. This indicates that she was regularly using the large telescope a half century before it became usual for women in astronomy to do so. She also accompanied Lowell to Tacubaya, outside Mexico City, when the large Clark refractor was shipped there in 1896 for one of several oppositions of Mars that she would observe. In 1907, she published her drawings of Mars in Popular Astronomy with notes on the planet its ice caps, Lowell's 'canals' during some of the years when it was in opposition (1901, 1903, 1905). In 1904, Leonard was inducted into the Societé Astronomique de France, then an unusual honor for a woman. She was also an honorary member of the Sociedad Astronomico de Mexico."--Wikipedia |\| And bound in the same issue with: LOWELL, Percival. "North Polar Cap of Mars", pp 416-421. Also in the volume: LOWELL, Percival. "On a New Means of Sharpening Celestial Photographic Images, and Applied with Success to Mars", pp 612-617. [\] Also: PAYNE, W.W. "The Planet Mars", pp 539-545 BUCHANAN, Roberdeau. "The Art of Computing", (delightful and interesting!) pp 287-295. BYRD, Mary E. "A Plea for Elementary Astronomy", FJB Cordeiro, "The Gyroscope" (in two parts); Hector MacPherson bio of Agnes Mary Clerke. H.C. Wilson, "The Number and Distribution of the Stars in the Vicinity of the Peiades". TJJ See, "The Age of the Earth's Consolidation", pp 545-551 The last 20pp of the book have a 1" tear in the right-hand margin which have been mended with acid-free Japan tissue tape. …