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Mechanical Tin Toys (Colour S.)
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardback. 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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Mechanical Tin Toys in Color
Language: English
Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1978
ISBN 10: 0713708484 ISBN 13: 9780713708486
Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1st Ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Mechanical tin toys in colour
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.
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Dialect and Education: Some European Perspectives
Language: English
Published by Multilingual Matters, 1989
ISBN 10: 1853590355 ISBN 13: 9781853590351
Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:1853590355.
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Wind the key, tilt the hat, and prepare to be out-charmed by small machines with very large personalities. Mechanical Tin Toys in Colour (1977) by Arnos Weltens (Blandford Press) is a parade of painted mischief, a museum you can put on your lap, and a reminder that once upon a time the future ran on springs, not software. It?s the coffee-table carnival where robots moonlight as butlers, motorcyclists defy scale and common sense, and clockwork birds insist they are real and would like crumbs. Weltens is your ringmaster with a loupe, ushering you through bright plates and brisk captions that treat each toy like a tiny celebrity: house-brand megastars from Japan, Europe?s pre-war aristocrats, and post-war optimists with eyes that go ?ping? (technically ?oscillate,? but we are among friends). You?ll learn why lithography is basically tattooing for metal , how tinplate was the Instagram filter of 1930, and what happens when coiled steel decides to express itself in the shape of a moon-walking astronaut who occasionally veers left. Inside, expect delights that click as they turn: Full-colour plates so vivid you can hear the zizz of a mainspring and the faint bragging of a tin policeman. Makers and marks decoded?Masudaya, Schuco, Lehmann, Nomura?plus the odd unlabelled wonder that insists on being mysterious. Mechanisms explained with gloriously practical diagrams: ratchets, cams, pawls, and that eternal romance between gear teeth and gravity. Design gossip : why some robots have antennae like optimistic tridents, and why a racing car would choose red when destiny clearly said green. Collector?s counsel that doubles as life advice: avoid dents, beware repaints, keep your keys, and never overwind optimism. There?s a special joy in how the book handles scale. Tin toys make the world make sense: men become three inches tall, ambition fits in a shoebox, and motion is a promise kept by springs and stubbornness . Weltens photographs them like movie stars and writes about them like old friends who still owe you a nickelled wind-up key. Why this copy? It rolls in from the refreshingly candid emporium Crappy Old Books , wearing Condition: Good with the confident patina of a toy soldier who?s seen a mantelpiece or two. Translation: sound binding, clean pages, a whisper of shelf-rub ?no crumpled corners, no tragic coffee tide-marks, just a properly kept picture-book ready to make your inner eight-year-old applaud politely before demanding to play. Vital stats for the mantel marshal: Title: Mechanical Tin Toys in Colour Author: Arnos Weltens Publisher: Blandford Press , 1977 ISBN: 0713708484 Condition: Good (bright, tidy, keen to demonstrate) Vendor: Crappy Old Books ?the name scuffs its shoes; the stock shines its tin. Buy it for the pictures; keep it for the mechanical common sense . After a few pages you?ll catch yourself ranking toys by attitude, diagnosing cam followers at dinner, and feeling a sudden desire to build a city where the buses tick, the rockets scoot, and everyone turns a small key before beginning work. In an era of invisible algorithms, this book is a love letter to visible wonder ?colourful, audible, and delightfully wound.
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Mechanical Tin Toys
Seller: Nugget Box (PBFA), Stafford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust wrapper with a little edge wear, spine a little sunned. Internally Very Good - clean and tidy copy in tight binding. Unclipped dust wrapper has now been fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 430g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. ; Colour; pages.
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Multilingual Matters: Dialect and Education: Some European Perspectives (Volume 53)
Language: English
Published by Multilingual Matters, 1989
ISBN 10: 1853590355 ISBN 13: 9781853590351
Condition: Good. Volume 53. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:1853590355.
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Dialect and Education: Some European Perspectives
Language: English
Published by Multilingual Matters, 1989
ISBN 10: 1853590355 ISBN 13: 9781853590351
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:1853590355.
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Mechanical Tin Toys In Colour
Language: English
Published by Poole, Dorset : Blanford Press, 1977
ISBN 10: 0713708484 ISBN 13: 9780713708486
Condition: Good. Original green boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, 8vo.
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Dialect and Education: Some European Perspectives (Multilingual Matters, 53)
Language: English
Published by Multilingual Matters, 1989
ISBN 10: 1853590355 ISBN 13: 9781853590351
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good tight unmarked copy, light signs of use.
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Untersuchungen zur katalytischen Abgasentgiftung bei Ottomotoren. Dissertation.
Published by Aachen, 1977
Seller: Wissenschaftliches Antiquariat Köln Dr. Sebastian Peters UG, Köln, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Broschur. Condition: gut. 153 S. ; 21 cm, Lichtrand, Bibliotheksexemplar, Aufkleber, Rücken mit Klebestreifen verstärkt, Dreieckstasche. Sprache: deu.
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Condition: Good. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9067653225.
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Dialect and Education: Some European Perspectives (Multilingual Matters)
Language: English
Published by Multilingual Matters, 1989
ISBN 10: 1853590363 ISBN 13: 9781853590368
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.
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Multilingual Matters: Dialect and Education: Some European Perspectives (Volume 53)
Language: English
Published by Multilingual Matters, 1989
ISBN 10: 1853590355 ISBN 13: 9781853590351
Condition: Good. Volume 53. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:1853590355.
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 315 pages. 8.27x5.91x0.71 inches. In Stock.
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The Bilingual Lexicon (Studies in Bilingualism) (Volume 6)
Language: English
Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1993
ISBN 10: 9027241104 ISBN 13: 9789027241108
Condition: Fair. Volume 6. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9027241104.
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Stiff Card Paperback. Condition: New. No Jacket. 96pp. 430 colour illus. The 1930's production of "Society Ceramique" and "De Sphinx van het Petrus Regout" Dutch text. Size: 200x220mm.
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2006, 96pp, nette paperback.
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The Bilingual Lexicon
Language: English
Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam / Philadelphia, 1993
ISBN 10: 9027241082 ISBN 13: 9789027241085
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover, printed boards, no jacket. Spine and rear spine side a little sunned; item slightly cocked. Spine head bumped. Page block shows a few minor marks. Name of previous owner (linguistics professor) penned on front pastedown. Pages clean and sound; all text clear. TS. Used.
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Mechanical Tin Toys In Colour
Published by Published by Blandford Press Ltd., Poole, Dorset First UK Edition . 1977., 1977
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original grass green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5ĵ''. Contains 176 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Sun fading to the green of the spine and upper margins. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading to the red lettering of the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0713708484 TOY & MODEL MAKING.
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Condition: Very good.
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Van Speelautomaat tot Spelcomputer
Language: Dutch
Published by D33 Publicaties, Dalfsen, 2016
ISBN 10: 9490470163 ISBN 13: 9789490470166
Seller: Antiquariat Weber, Hamburg, HH, Germany
Association Member: GIAQ
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Pp. Condition: Gut. 22 x 21,5 cm ; Niederländischprachige Hardcoverausgabe, 96 Seiten mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen. Gutes Exemplar (good Condition). pw450A ISBN: 9789490470166.
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2011, 96pp, hardcover in nette staat, alleen aan de binnenzijde v.d. kaft zit een sticker.
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Condition: New.
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Hardback. Condition: New. Reprint 2012. No detailed description available for "Language Attrition in Progress".
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Language Attrition in Progress (Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA], 2)
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
£ 94.33
£ 11.98 shipping
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketCondition: New. In.
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 315 pages. In Stock.
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The Bilingual Lexicon (Studies in Bilingualism)
Language: English
Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1993
ISBN 10: 1556195389 ISBN 13: 9781556195389
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.
