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Soft cover. Condition: Good. e don't want white men on the island," said the tyrannical pastor to the gaunt, bare-footed stranger. But the stranger was staying, and to show it, he calmly shot the stained-glass windows out of the church. An hilarious and tender tale. Povenaaa's (illustrator). Until they sail Brief love and sad laughter- a long, poignant and dramatic story of the impact of American Marines on the lonely girls of New Zealand. Mr.Morgan "We don't want white men on this island," said the tyrannical pastor to the gaunt, bare-footed stranger. But the stranger was staying, and to show it, he calmly shot the stained-glass windows out of the church.An hilarious and tender tale. Povenaaa's Daughter The lovely and generous Tahitian girl, who could not withhold her love from any man who needed it. And many more wonderful stories.with hundreds of richly drawn, wholly unforgettable characters, set against the background of the beautiful islands Mr. Michener knows and loves so well. Language: eng.
Published by National Geographic Society, 1999
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 144 pages. Illustrated. A Dinosaur Named Sue When the prehistoric object of a bitter custody battle sold for 8. 36 million dollars, scientists finally began to piece together the skeleton and saga of the largest T. rex ever found. Cuba- -Evolution in the Revolution Cuba s revolution ages, perhaps mellows, but keeps its grip on this island nation. Quick as ever to point out their accomplishments under socialism, Cubans now recognize the growing power of the U. S. dollar in their country. John Glenn in Space { John Glenn: Man With a Mission} In 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Thirty- six years later, at the age of 77, the senator returned to space to help us understand how the body ages and to remind us that the spirit never does. Deep Soul of the New River { New River; New River s Deep Soul} The oldest river on the eastern seaboard flows through the Appalachians with waters calm enough for church baptisms and wild enough for white- water rafters. Old Havana { The Rebirth of Old Havana} Renovation in the heart of Cuba s capital city illuminates centuries of architectural splendor. Tam Dao- -Sanctuary Under Siege { Vietnam s Tam Dao Reserve; Tam Dao- -Vietnam s Sanctuary Under Siege} A refuge for wildlife and for weekenders from Hanoi also draws international scientists, who are cataloging the rare and endangered creatures of Vietnam s new national park even as poachers scoop them up. Sahara Rock Art { Ancient Art of the Sahara} Intriguing scenes carved in rock shelters and on cliffs survive the elements but fall victim to collectors.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2019
ISBN 10: 0282912657ISBN 13: 9780282912659
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by LRB, 2001
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Tom Paulin "The Rain on Crusoe's Island" / Keith Thomas "John Evelyn's Virtual Garden" / Peter Clarke "The Failings of Keith Joseph" / Inga Clendinnen "Liver Transplant No.108" / Edward Said "Homage to J.S. Bach" / Linda Colley "Britain's Empires" / Adam Phillips "Extermination-Camp Man" / David Runciman "What Constitutes a superstate?" / Iain Bamforth "In Priase of Tomi Ungerer" / J Hoberman "Writing Himself into History: Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films and His Audiences" / Christopher Tayler "The Cold Six Thousand by James Elroy".
Published by LRB Ltd, 2001
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Amit Chaudhuri on R K Narayan / John Sturrock "The Man From Nowhere" / Martin Clark "Who was Silvestri?" / R W Davies "Yeltsin has gone mad" /Jeremy Waldron "What about Bert?" / Helen Cooper "Blood Running Down" / Paul Durcan "The 24,000 Island of Stockholm (poem)" / Richard Davenport-Hines "Doing Some Measuring ahead of Time" / Jeremy Noel-Tod "Don't Move" / Ian Sansom "Emotional Sushi" / William Wootten "In the Graveyard of Verse" / Robin Fox "Anthropology as it should be".
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0364433779ISBN 13: 9780364433775
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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ISBN 10: 0760738351ISBN 13: 9780760738351
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
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.
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Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 152825550XISBN 13: 9781528255509
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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Published by National Geographic Society, 1947
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 160 pages. Illustrated. In Manchuria Now After the end of World War II, Manchuria remained a battleground. The Japanese and the Soviets are gone, leaving destruction behind them, and Chinese forces battle for control. Miracle Men of the Telephone In observance of the centennial birthday of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine presents the story of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, which carry on the work that Bell began. Fishing in the Lofotens With the introduction of modern equipment and stonger boats, cod fishing off the coast of Norway s Lofoten Islands has changed, but the fishermen still retain older traditions. Weighing the Aga Khan in Diamonds A photo essay shows the diamond jubilee of the Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili Muslims. In honor of the occasion, his followers collected the cash equivalent of 243 lbs. ( his official weight) in diamonds for charity, raising $ 1, 400, 000. I Become a Bakhtiari The author is given a wartime assignment to meet the chief of the Bakhtiari, a tribe of central Iran, and to obtain their cooperation for construction of a road and a dam in their territory. He relates how, with the help of an Iranian businessman, he acc Shad in the Shadow of Skyscrapers Shad fishing on the Hudson River outside New York City is a long- established but little known industry, that provides a living for New York and New Jersey fisherman.
Published by Stromberg, Allen & Company, Chicago, 1889
Seller: Gordon Hopkins Americana, Yardley, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Original Wraps. Condition: Good. 107 pages, colorful pictorial wraps. Ads for the Railroad on front and back inside covers. This appears to be a Christmas offering to the, "Boys and Girls of America." This is an astronomy text, going into quite a bit of technical detail, with many illustrations. Frontis is a full page engraving of an observatory, and contains many astronomical diagrams. Generally good condtion, spine has been reinforced with a narrow strip of cloth.
Published by National Geographic Society, 1938
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 160 pages. Illustrated. We Live Alone, and Like It- -On an Island As the only inhabitants of sea- beaten Skokholm, a 250- acre island off the coast of Wales, the Lockley family lives among seals, rabbits, and thousands of migrating birds. Our Search for the Lost Aviators: An Arctic Area Larger Than Montana First Explored in Hunt for Missing Russians Searching for six Russians who disappeared in August 1937 during an attempt to fly across the North Pole from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska, a team of rescuers sifts through a previously unexplored Arctic region. Birds of the High Seas: Albatrosses and Petrels; Gannets, Man- o -war- birds, and Tropic- birds Myriad species of birds, varying in size and color, soar above oceans from the Arctic to the South Pole. Czechoslovaks, Yankees of Europe The Czech slogan, Hold out; Yield to Nobody exemplifies the noble spirit of the densely populated, democratic nation of Czechoslovakia.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0364841621ISBN 13: 9780364841624
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Cassell & Company, Ltd., 37-38 St. Andrew's Hill, London Ninth Thousand circa . 1909., 1909
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, red lettering to spine, Indian in head dress on horse to upper panel. 8vo 8½" x 5¼" 289, 8 [pp]. Good working condition copy with spine faded, foxing to page edges and end papers. Member of the P.B.F.A. WESTERNS [U.S.A Old West].
Published by Published by Cassell and Company Ltd., circa . 1920., 1920
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back red cloth covers with over printed illustrations to spine and front panel. Owner's Sunday School Prize Plate to front paste down dated 1920. Colour frontispiece. Spine slightly tanned. In Very Good tight, and clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. WESTERNS [U.S.A Old West].
Published by Published by Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 1970, 1970
Seller: Vancouver Books, VANCOUVER, BC, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Excellent copy.
Published by Published by Cassell and Company Ltd., London circa edition not stated. 1910., 1910
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back illustrated red cloth covers. Colour frontispiece by Ernest Smythe. In Very Good clean, tight and square condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. WESTERNS [U.S.A Old West].
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1915 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 157 Language: English.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1904 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 320 Language: English.
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 0260051209ISBN 13: 9780260051202
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by J.M.W. Jones, Chicago, 1888
Seller: John R. Sanderson, Bookseller , Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Book First Edition
Original Wrappers. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Colorful original wrappers, the front cover now separated. and slightly chipped.
Published by magazine house, 1996
Seller: Sunny Day Bookstore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Published by magazine house, 1996
Seller: Sunny Day Bookstore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Published by Futabasha, 1975
Seller: Sunny Day Bookstore, SINGAPORE, Singapore
Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.
Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Published by Published by Hall & Locke Co., New York . 1905., 1905
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Uniform matching hard back binding in publisher's original slate blue pebble cloth covers, gilt title, author lettering and volume detail to the spines, all page edges gilt, red silk tie, patterned end leaves. Quarto 10½'' x 7''. 7 [of 8] volumes with volume VII missing. This is the edition De Luxe limited to 500 copies of which this set is not numbered. Each volume has a double page colour frontispiece of an H. A. Ogden scene from the civil war. They are all illustrated with both paper guarded black & white drawings, maps, glossy plates and occasional full colour plates. The whole set is in Fine condition having probably never been opened or appreciated. Heavy set. Member of the P.B.F.A. AMERICA [History].
Seller: Librairie Chat, Beijing, China
Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Published by Editorial Escritores Unidos, Mexico, 1997
Seller: Wild Hills Books, Largo, FL, U.S.A.
Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. 271 pages. SIGNED by the author on the first page. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Condition: Fine. Number of books: 14 with bag.
Published by publisher not identified], [Providence, 1844
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Signed
Large folio broadside (approx. 24½" x 17½"), text in quadruple column under the running head; a few short tears and wrinkling in the margins, some show-through from an old ink notation on the verso, but overall very good. A pro-Law and Order broadside containing a lengthy letter addressed to "Fellow Citizens," and signed "A Rhode-Island Man," attacking members of Rhode Island General Assembly who asked Congress to uphold the Dorrite's People's Constitution, and calling for a protective tariff. It also prints "Resolutions of Censure" upon them by the General Assembly and reprints a Providence Journal article entitled: "Fraudulent voters for the Algerine constitution." Brown only in OCLC. DeSimone & Schofield 21 (adding R.I. Historical). Not in American Imprints, Bartlett, or Sabin.
Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.