Downes H R (23 results)

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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN.

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Illustrated wraps. Condition: New. 8vo, 23cm, xix,[ii],368p., with nearly 100 illustrations and 8 maps, list of illustrations and maps, foreword, introduction, journals for 1936, 1937 & 1938, sequel, sources, colour illustrated stiff wraps, new. |~ Distant Summers (Vol. I.) contains the accounts of P. G. Downes' 1936 and 1937 trips in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and of his 1938 journey to Great Bear and Great Slave lakes. Downes wrote a classic of northern canoe travel, Sleeping Island, originally published in 1943. This is the first time his remarkably detailed journals have appeared in book format. This is the second title in McGahern Stewart Publishing's series, "Forgotten Northern Classics".…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1200grams, ISBN.…

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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1300grams, ISBN.

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Octavo. 46pp. Original brown card covers with printed pink title label on cover. Slight wear, light spotting to first few pages, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. B/W photos. Very good condition. No dj. Includes chapters on Wood Properties of Interest in Plantation Productivity; Models of Within-Tree Variation; Within-Tree Variation and Sampling Point Correlations; Tools for Rapid and Cost-Effective Analysis of Wood Properties etc. 130pp. ISBN 064306284X.…

Hardcover. First Edition. pp. xiii, 1238. List of Members, (p.ii), Table of Contents (pp. iii-x), Royal Warrant (pp. xi-xiii).[Majority] Report (pp. 1-645; Index (p.646); List of Principal Recommendations (pp. 647-670); Separate Report by the Prebendary H. Russell Wakefield, Franccis Chandler, George Lansbury and Mrs. Sidney Webb (pp. 719- 1238. The Commission was appointed in 1905 'to inquire: - 1) Into the working of the laws relating to the relief of poor persons in the United Kingdom; 2) Into the various means which have been adopted outside of the Poor Laws for meeting distress arising from want of employment, particularly during periods of severe industrial depression.' The Commission was famously split and its recommendations were published in one report. A large propganda campaign was organized by Sidney and Beatrice Webb in support of the recommendations for prevention of destitution. In the years that followed, the fabric of the old Poor Law was gradually dismantled and the new system of social insurance took its place. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in full leather, rebound with original covers. Spine with 5 raised bands. Title and date in gilt on leather labels on spine. Covers are worn and scuffed. Binding is tight, gutters intact. Marbled endpapers. Ex-lib, wihdrawn from G.L.C. Members Library. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. An attractive selection of books on the Medieval era, particularly on contemporary thought and virtues across Britain and Europe. An attractive set of Medieval books that will offer the reader an insightful glimpse into thought, philosophy and theology in the Middle Ages. Published from 1950-1964.In the publisher's original cloth, in the original dust wrappers. All wrappers are unclipped except Brakelond, Pulpit and Saint Anselm. A frontispiece appears in Southern's Middle Ages and Saint Anselm, while an illustrated map of 'The Liberty of Saint Edmund' appears in Brakelond. Collated complete.While often considered to be a period marked by decay and little progress, the Medieval period is one of the most fascinating times in history, filled with intrigue, power struggles and powerful reflections on virtues and ideals. This particular set focuses on Medieval Britain and Europe. List of works include:The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond, edited by H.E. Butler, with both the original Latin and English translation (1951 reprint).The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus, translated with notes and introduction by John Jay Perry (1964, second printing).The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy by Etienne Gilson, translated by A.H.C. Downes (1950 reprint).Literature and Pulpit in Medieval England by G.R. Owst (1961 reprint).The Making of the Middle Ages by R.W. Southern (1959 reprint).Saint Anselm and his Biographer: A Study of Monastic Life and Thought by R.W. Southern (1963, first edition).Philosophy in the Middle Ages by Paul Vignaux, translated by E.C. Hall (1959, first translated edition). In the publisher's original cloth, in the original dust wrappers. Externally, very smart with clean boards. Minimal bumping to head and tail of spines, a marginally heavier to Owst, Gilson, and Capellanus, where a fraction of cloth has lifted. Dust wrapper are generally clean, with sunning to the extremities and spines. Sunning heaviest to wrapper spines of Gilson, Vigneux and Owst. Minor shelf wear to wrapper extremities, with the occasional small chip. Small closed tears to wrapper top edges except Owst. End papers are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot to Brakelond, Owst, Anselm and a little heavier to Making. Very faint offsetting to Capellanus and Gilson. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with light spotting to extremities of first and final leaves of Brakelond and Making. Very Good. Unknown (illustrator). book. …