Portal J C (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 367 pages plus indexes (complete). A passive copy. The boards are grubby. They retain a weary elegance. There handling and storage marks and wear all about. They are sure. The contents are very clean, clear, benign, confident, authoritative. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.

Original Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brown buckram, lettered in gilt. Spine panel slightly sunned, light shelf wear, typical toning to text block edges. Firm binding, clean and unmarked interior beyond former owner's signature on upper front pastedown (inside front cover). 380 pp., illus. w/ 75 plates, 41 illus. in text. Undated, ca. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: NEAR FINE. Hardcover, edited by J.M. Chamberlain, L. Eaves and J.-C. Portal, Plenum Press,1990, NATO ASI Series, Series B: Physics Vol. 231, ISBN 0306436620, 477 pp. including index and list of participants. Has some light rubbing to boards and one tiny corner bump, all else is AS NEW. Illustrated with charts, drawings, graphs and diagrams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's name to end paper which is very lightly foxed, no other markigns, Very Good; no dust jacket. Tan cloth with gold spine titles, 380pp, index. 150 illustrations including 74 photo plates, a photo frontis and line dawings in text. This is a guide book written in 1929 for shooting of partriges, grouse, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, blackgame, capercaillie, ptarmigan, hare, wild geese, ducks, shore birds. The begining chapters deal with the GUn, and gernal shooting hints, clothing & equipment. The book begins with a dedication to the Prince of Wales and ends with an index to First Aid and Shooting accidents. There are tips on how to safely hold a gun and the etiquette of the shoot: "Try not to talk until at least after the first bird is shot and the birds can be scared off by human speech"; how to deal with being placed in shooting position next to who previosuly had a shooting accident; how and when to tip; how and when to bring your own dog. This is a fascinating look at this aspect of British country life. There is even a chapter on cooking your pheasant and grouse with recipes. (2.7 JM HOQ 102/b1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. ex-library copy with usual markings, covers have heavy wear, rubbing and soil with staple in front, corners bumped, stapled binding tight, vii + 87 pages, papers presented at a conference on the energy expenditures associated with the production and recycling of magnesium, aluminum, iron, copper and titanium, bw figures Size: 8.5 x 11.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 380 pp. Light foxing of the fore-edges and also a smattering in the prelims. Mostly clean. A tight and handsome copy.

1 volume in-8, nombreuses planches. Paris, 1870-1896. Une lettre est jointe de Marie De Man. Demi-basane rouge, à nerfs, dos orné.