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Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 56-page booklet of unknown author/publisher, in vg+ condition. Possibly original document derived from the U.S. Forest Service, though this is only suspected. Booklet is a facsimilie reproduction from the original book form by a Seattle, WA., book store (Shorey Book Store). Copyright page states:" Fourth Printing of Facsimile Reprint, Limited to 5000 copies. June 1974" ISBN # may pertain to softcover edition. Highly usable, full of well preserved technical illustrations and information. Booklet is clean, square and tightly bound. Photos upon request.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 8vo; 64 pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed wrappers; wrappers worn and chipped along edges, one inch closed tear at outer edge of front wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving of Westminster; several text illustrations. OCLC 800481198.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book showing moderate wear to hinges with a slightly loosened spine, rubbing and smudging to cover, light toning to spine and pages. Otherwise an attractive copy - pages are unmarked, no tears.

First Edition. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Browning to the pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical Description: unnumbered pages. Subjects: Animals; Juvenile literature. Animals. Children's questions and answers. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Browning to the pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical Description: unnumbered pages. Subjects: Animals; Juvenile literature. Animals. Children's questions and answers. 1 Kg. …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Toning to pages, moderate rubbing and scratching to cover, extremities showing light wear. Otherwise an attractive copy - pages are unmarked and well-bound, no stains or tears.

Soft cover. THE HISTORY OF OMAN Frontispiece of Sultan Qaboos bin Sa?id, two full-page sketch maps, a diagram and several b/w photos. 12mo, 210 by 210mm, staple-bound illustrated wraps: neat ownership inscription to the recto of the front cover, light rubbing and creasing along the edges. In good condition. 24pp. London, Ministry of Information and Tourism, Sultanate of Oman p.r. Michael Rice and Company. n.d. but [c.1973-79]. A promotional booklet providing an overview of the history and archaeology of Oman. It commences from the prehistoric period, through to the expansion of Sohar and influence of the Portuguese and up to the ascension of Sultan Qaboos in July 1970. The photos show traditional architecture and dress, prehistoric and archaeological remains alongside landscapes of the Sultanate. The foreword was written by HE Sayyid Fahad al Said, who served as the Minister of Information and Tourism between 1973-79. Uncommon.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Eleven numbered manuscript pages on lined paper, written in pencil in a legible cursive hand. A contemporary account of the founding and early history of Madison Grange No. 120, beginning October 20, 1890, and continuing through 1894. The manuscript records the charter members, elected officers, early meetings, conferral of degrees, membership growth, social gatherings, and acquisition of a permanent Grange hall. Numerous members and officers are identified by name, providing useful material for genealogical and community research. The pages are age-toned with scattered foxing and staining, horizontal folds, occasional pencil corrections, and minor edgewear. Text remains generally clear and legible. A primary-source record of the Patrons of Husbandry in late-nineteenth-century America, documenting the development of a local Grange from its founding membership into an established community organization. Particularly notable are its detailed membership and election records, accounts of meetings and celebrations, and description of the purchase of a permanent hall in 1891. The manuscript offers insight into the agricultural, social, and fraternal life of the period and will appeal to collectors of American history, agricultural history, genealogy, and American fraternal organizations. .…

Typed letter, [7] pages, on onion-skin paper, 280 x 215 mm, headed 'At Sea, about 500 miles from N.Z. Sunday, August 19th, 1934';with pencil map of the ship's journey through the islands of Tahiti and three lines of handwritten text; addressed to 'Dear Pauline' (internal references indicate she was a close personal friend of the writer), and signed at the foot 'Yours, J. D. .ale'; the letter is in fine condition, but without its original envelope. This colourful, unpublished private letter was evidently written by a professional writer during a cruise across the Pacific from Tahiti to New Zealand in the Southern Hemisphere winter of 1934: '. I feel at present that there is not much use in doing any further work until I realise that if I am to get anywhere I must turn something in and have been reading novels most of the time, at least between meals and erratic sleeps' . 'Did I tell you that I had written to Stacy May re the Language so that I expect to hear from him in about two months .'. The letter contains vivid, detailed descriptions of Tahiti as if it were being seen 'with the eye of a visitor for the first time'. The following passages are typical of the writer's highly romantic style: 'Against the sky suffused with a soft tropical pink the peaks of the island stood out like the turrets of some medieval castle. The sea seemed to be alight except where the shadows flung themselves across the strait, here it was a deep cobalt. Slowly night hovered over the reef, the fluid colour of the water changed from blue to pink to indigo, the peaks of Moorea took on fantastic shapes, imagination made them the towers of Camelot, the sky become a delicate pink, to gold .' '. the wharf was a riot of color for the natives wear the most exotic colors in their dressing, and the soft brown skins show up to advantage in scarlet, red, white, and blue .' 'Above the riot of colour the sound of Chinese and soft Tahitian voices reaches the ear as the people chaffer for the goods that are on sale. The price varies according to the time of day I may add. Opposite the fruit are the weedy fowls and small pigs . Nearby is the shop of Mu Fat, a very old Chinaman who has become enormously wealthy by trading with the outlying groups of islands - the Marquesas, Gambiers, and Paumotus, I think Richards and Eskridge both mention him in their books as having given the means of transport to the more distant parts of the group. The shops are all in the hands of the Chinese .' The letter also contains the writer's lengthy impressions of Avarua in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands: '. The leis are made from the scarlet skin of a sort of native cherry while the fragrant frangipani ad tire are everywhere in evidence. The men and women have copied the Tahitian trick of wearing a flower over the ear, over the left if in search of a "lover", in the right ear if one os already on hand. The wharf is a baby doll like jetty, laden with green bananas . With my usual luck I found a family about to begin a meal, and as they speak almost the same language as the Maori people I invited myself and the fellow with whom I went ashore to partake of te pork, taro, and arrowroot cooked native fashion, in the earth, as a bit of experience of Polynesian life.' Although it is tempting to suggest that this letter was written by none other than James Norman Hall,co-author of Mutiny on the Bounty, the scrawled signature at the foot of the last side does not appear to match that of the renowned novelist.…