Translated by Thomson (45 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is a nice nonfiction cultural history book called The Golden Signpost, copyright 1993, hard cover, no dust jacket, translated by Colin D. Thomson and edited by Charlotte Lang Brancaforte. The book has very minor wear and in very good condition with tight binding, clean, nice black and white illustrations and gilt lettering on front cover and spine with 391 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dj. Facsimile. Part of History of Ecology Series. xii, 669 pages plus list of books in Ecology Series. May require extra shipping costs.

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: Very good condition/VG. (Geneve): Minerva. Very good condition/VG. (1972). . Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 144pp. . Color, Black & White Illus. (illustrator).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. Number 532 of the Oxford World's Classics series; a memoir of growing up in the late 1800s on the Great Blasket Island, off County Kerry on Ireland's coast, now mostly abandoned, but then a close-knit if poor community of fisherfolk. Small hardcover in jacket, as pictured; jacket art by Lynton Lamb. Sixth printing, 1966. Light wear to book; price-clipped jacket with minor rubbing. Text clean; xiv, 298 pages, map endsheets. Size: 4" by 6". Lynton Lamb (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Gilt-decorated red imitation leather, decorative endpapers, bound-in ribbon page marker. 8vo, 447 pp., b/w illustrations. Jean-Pierre Chabrol (frontispiece), Andre Nicolas Suter (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. further revised edition 2004 edition. 400 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 158 Pp. Brown And Brown-And Black Covers Lettered In Ed. First Edition Stated. Very Near Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $6.95.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 140 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A study of the poem by Ernest Renan. Translated by William M. Thompson. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is dulled.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. further revised edition 2004 edition. 400 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: NEAR FINE. 1970. The Cambridge Letters. Orange Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Dust jacket now protected in clear plastic cover. Original price to front endflap. 243pp. Index. NEAR FINE in jacket. Pages clean. Binding sound.

Condition: New. 2008 N & M Press reprint of 1789 original Edition. SB. 374pp. + 8 platesPublished Price £16 This classic manual of artillery, written by Major-General Alessandro D'Antoni (1715-1786), chief director of the Royal Military Academies of Artillery and Fortification in the city of Turin, combines three books in one. There is a treatise on the properties and treatment of gunpowder; a treatise on firearms; and a treatise on the practical application of artillery in wartime. Illustrated with many drawings and diagrams showing the use of artillery in both sieges and set-piece battles, this is a faithful facsimile printing of the book's original English translation which appeared in 1789, the year of the French Revolution, when the tactics and weaponry of which it treats so learnedly and lucidly were about to be unleashed on a European scale. Book. …

Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. 2nd printing in this format. Very slight toning to page edges otherwise a fine copy. It appears unread.

Full Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. First American Editon with Dust Jacket. Full black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. One page was not trimmed properly by the publisher causing a corner to of that page to extend beyound the other pages. Jacket has NOT been price-clipped. but has some wear arount the top & bottom of the spine. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a VERY GOOD dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 144 pages. 24 cm x 20 cm. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Glossy dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with b/w and color photographs, some full-page. A bright and tight book.

paperback, page edges browned, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, covers browning, Good condition.

Condition: Very Good. 1955. paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, tanned pages, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. xi, 239 pp. LCC: 62522 Good condition; a few touches of wear on covers; light to moderate fading on pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st. Cloth, xii, 275 pages, [8] leaves of plates, illustrations; 22 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. First printing. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Condition: Very Good. 1955. paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, tanned pages, remains very good. . . . .

Paperback. Condition: Good. Vintage Penguin. #L55. The Ethics of Aristotle in J. A. K. Thomsonâs Penguin translation offers a lucid, carefully balanced rendering of Aristotleâs classic study of moral philosophy. Thomson presents the Nicomachean Ethics in clear, unfussy prose that brings out Aristotleâs arguments about virtue, character, reason and the pursuit of happiness as a disciplined way of living. The translation highlights the structure of Aristotleâs thought, from the nature of the good life to the roles of courage, justice, friendship and moderation, while remaining accessible to modern readers. A dependable Penguin Classics edition for anyone seeking a readable, academically grounded introduction to Aristotleâs ethical system.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Firmly bound, gilt decorated red artificial leather boards. . original frontispiece by Jean-Pierre Chabrol, original illustrations by Andre Nicolas Suter (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Limited Edition. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This edition limited to 415 unnumbered copies. This copy has been signed by the author on the first free page, with an inscription, date and place included. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition, with the exception of a small spot of discoloration to the top spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has large chips , tears, toning, and the front flap has been detatched. "Frédéric Mistral (French: Occitan: Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 25 March 1914) was a French writer of Occitan literature and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. Mistral received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". He was a founding member of the Félibrige and a member of l'Académie de Marseille. " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author. Illustrated by Ruth Thomson Saunders (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A complete set of the two volumes of Prudentius in the Loeb Classical Library. All are about fine with at least near fine dust jackets. Dust jackets are crisp, with faint rubbing and text block is clear, with no book plates or writing. Each volume is bilingual with the original Latin text and English translation, and is indexed. Volume One was first published in 1949; this is the fourth reprint since then, in 2000. Volume Two first published in1953; this is the 2005 printing. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback in Jacket 1962. Clean & tight book. BROWNED PAGES. No inscriptions. Jacket has some edge wear. Front flap is price-clipped. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref Q123. OUVRARD. Speculator of Genius 1770 - 1846 by Otto Wolff. Translated by Stewart Thomson. Introduction by T. A. B. Corley. Published in 1962 by Barrie and Rockliff, London.…

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo in brown faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 117pp, portrait frontispiece. Inscribed and signed by both translators David Urman and J M Thomson on the title-page and with a short note on printed compliments slip from ans signed by J M Thomson loosely inserted . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy in a FINE price-clipped Dust Jacket. A very nice copy ] . __To see more of our books on Music, Opera etc. type DbbMUSIC in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket small loss to top and bottom of spine, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 311pp, illustrated. …

Laminated Pictorial Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No Date. Pictorial hardcover binding has bumped corners, minor soiling. Spine has been repaired with tape. Binding secure. Interior clean and tight - no writing tears or marks. Scarce title. Beautiful illustrations - 1940's?? Danny lives with his brothers and sisters - Dave, Don and Dot along with his parents, mother and father Donaldson. He's a mischievous fellow and one day he goes out walking by himself. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Justina, Ann (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back vivid blue cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. 239 pp. Illustrated. A financial manipulator of breathtaking audacity, Gabriel Ouvrard played an important part in the economic affairs of France through the Revolution, the Directory, the Napoleonic Empire, and up to the reign of Louis XVIII. Responsible for the settlement of French debts after Waterloo, Ouvard financed empires, while Napoleon conquered them. Small rust spot to front panel and in near Fine condition, dust wrapper with two 10 mm closed tears to front panel, 15 mm closed tear to foot of spine edge, price clipped and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xvi, 461 pp. Collected Works of Erasmus. LCC: 7297422.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. xiii, 374 pp. Collected Works of Erasmus. LCC: 7297422.