J b muir (66 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Dust Jacket. hardcover used, discoloring on spine and cover pages. The Magicians by J. B. Priestley, Helen Ashton, Lillian Smith, Helen Muir, Jerome Weidman, Theodore Roethke, Stephen Crane.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; stapled pictorial wraps; 42 clean, unmarked pages/bibliography; item not signed but with a handwritten, signed letter of transmittal from the author to John Lehmann (Rudolf John Frederick Lehmann) editor of New Writing and The London Magazine, and the publishing house of John Lehmann Limited. B/W Frontis (ilustrador). Signed By Author.…

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condición: Good. London Spring 1952 Queen Anne Press. 16mo. original wraps. Articles: History of a Manuscript; Isaac Taylor the Elder; Elkin Mathews; English Bookbindings. Good, light wrippling on text pages. No ownership marks.

HARD BACK GREEN. Condición: GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ. additional authors are: Potter, Norman D. and Whitby, Robert H. Gold gilt on front cover and spine. Bookplate on front inside cover.Clean pages. Original price tag of $7.50 on front flap of dust jacket. DATE PUBLISHED: 1966 EDITION: 142.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

paperback. Condición: New. Paperback. Pages Number: 88 Language: Chinese. Publisher: Peking University Press Pub. Date :2006-04-01. National Geographic Books reading training students in English subject is following the National Geographic Books in English Reading and Writing (14 species). and after the launch of a series of American English reading materials to further the same for our country s secondary school students and English learners to the United States was the essence of the original material. but also fully.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1947 FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Bookplate of Reginald Arthur Catton to front pastedown. Physical description: 112 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Herring, J. F. (John Frederick) 1795-1865 Catalogues; Horses in art; Engraving Artists; Engraved Works; Biographies. 1 Kg. …

Condición: New.

Very Good condition. The first volume in an important series for antiquarian book collectors.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book is the first of its kind, dedicated to cataloguing the different colours worn by jockeys since the 18th century. It traces the evolution of silks in a sport where fashion and tradition meet, exploring the history of the various designs and how they have changed over time. The book also provides fascinating insights into the social and cultural history of horse racing, offering a unique addition to the horse racing enthusiast's library. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 456 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. ; ISBN 9780669280029, 066928002X OCLC 31890473 LCCN 94076841 LC DG533 .M27 1995 Dewey 945/.05 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; This collection of readings offers the best of contemporary Italian Renaissance scholarship, classic studies, and excerpts from a great variety of important primary sources in a single volume. Unique to this text is the presentation of conflicting interpretations of major issues in Renaissance history ; Contents: Pt. 1. The Renaissance problem -- 1. The Renaissance problem -- The culture of the Italian Renaissance / Jacob Burckhardt -- Did women have a renaissance? / Joan Kelly -- pt. II. The material world -- 2. The plage and public health -- The plague strikes Orvieto / Elisabeth Carpentier -- Medical reputations and the Black Death / Nancy G. Siraisi -- Sexuality and medicine in the Middle Ages / Danielle Jacquart and Claude Thomasett -- 3. The economy of city and countryside -- Landed property and trade in medieval Siena / Giuliano Pinto -- The preconditions for luxury consumption / Richard A. Goldthwaite -- Women's work in Renaissance Tuscany / Judith C. Brown -- 4. Urban needs and opportunities -- The Italian urban experience / Marvin B. Becker -- Social mobility in Florence / David Herlihy -- The urban territory of a Florentine merchant, 1400 / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- pt. III. Political forms -- 5. Renaissance Venice and Florence emerge -- Guild republicianism in Trecento Florence / John M. Najemy -- The Venetian aristocracy takes control / Frederic C. Lane -- 6. Forms of government in Renaissance Italy -- Communes and despots in late-medieval Italy / P.J. Jones -- The rise of the Medici / Dale Kent -- 7. Machiavelli's world -- The prince : political science or political satire? / Garrett Mattingly -- Machiavelli's advice to princes / Quentin Skinner Pt. IV. Humanism -- The beginnings of humanism / Ronald G. Witt -- Petrarch and the discovery of human nature / Hans Baron -- 9. Humanism serves the state -- In defense of civic humanism / Hans Baron -- The significance of civic humanism / Albert Rabil, Jr -- The moral philosophy of a Venetian humanist, Giovanni Caldiera / Margaret L. King -- 10. Schools of humanism -- Humanism and scholasticism in the Italian Renaissance / Paul Oskar Kristeller -- Antiquity versus modernity / Charles Trinkaus -- pt. V. Urban society and culture -- Maternity, widowhood, and dowry in Florence / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- Wives and husbands in late medieval Venice / Stanley Chonjnacki -- 12. Conspicuous consumption -- The building of Renaissance Florence / Richard A. Goldwaite -- Sumptuary law and social relations in Renaissance Italy / Diane Owen Hughes -- 13. Spirituality and ritual -- Ritual behavior in Renaissance Florence / Richard Trexler -- Art and pageantry in Renaissance Venice / Edward Muir -- 14. The end of the Renaissance? -- Changing assumptions in later Renaissance culture / William J. Bouwsma -- Clerics and laymen in Italian literature / Carlo Dionisotti ; FINE. Book.…

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Boards stained. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Bookplate of Reginald Arthur Catton to front pastedown. Physical description: 112 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Herring, J. F. (John Frederick) 1795-1865 Catalogues; Horses in art; Engraving Artists; Engraved Works; Biographies. 1 Kg. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. 486 pages; Very Good condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. 1st Edition (Unstated); No Printing Stated.…

paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Several previous owner stamps to front cover, inside front cover and rear page, a little wear to spine, a little flecking to rear cover, otherwise good condition. Part of the Records of the Western Australian Museum series Supplement No. 5. B/W photos. 80pp. ISSN 0313-122X.

Paperback. Good condition. Part of the Records of the Western Australian Museum series Supplement No. 3 and 4. 58pp, 31pp. ISSN 0313-122X.

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1938. First Edition. April, 1938 [Vol XXIII, No. 2]. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Photographs. Near Fine - and in this case, the near fine is just about as near to fine as it can get. No salient flaws. Very, very high grade example. Binding is, of course, sturdy. 124 numbered pp. + 41 B&W Plates, most of them photographs but some sketches & maps, three 16th-17th century engravings, + ads. Eight photographs are by the great Ansel Adams. Other serious contributors from the army of photographic and illustrative talent in this issue were: John Muir, David R. Brower, Marion R. Parsons, Norman Clyde, Ervin P. McEvoy, Leland Curtis, W.B. Wheeler, Francis P. Farquhar, Walter A. Starr, Arthur H. Blake, Howard S. Gates, Charles S. Webber, Albert J. Adams, Howard Koster, and George Shochat. Articles (see scan of contents page) by Merrill Moores, Francois E. Matthes, William E.Colby, Walter A. Starr, Carl P. Jensen, Norman Clyde, David R. Brower, W. Kenneth Davis, Elmo A. Robinson, Vernon Bailey, Joseph Grinnell and Arthur H. Blake. And as always a variety of regular and special departments. Please review all scans. l-sc2. Ansel Adams, John Muir, David R. Brower, Marion R. Parsons, Norman Clyde, Ervin P. McEvoy, Leland Curtis, W.B. Wheeler, Francis P. Farquhar, Walter Starr, Arthur Blake, Howard Gates, Charles Webber,Albert J. Adams,Howard Koster,George Shochat (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1892 - First Edition. Tall Octavo. 6" x 10" approx. 76pp. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with numerous monochrome and colour plates including portraits of racehorses, jockeys and owners. Bound in three-quarter calf, gilt. Rubbing and fading to spine and board extremities. Binding secure. Former owner leather and gilt bookplate to end paper. Foxing to prelims and text-block. Overall a 'Very Good' copy. Scarce.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. London: Published by the Compiler, 1890. First edition. Tall 8vo (28 x 18 cm., approx). xii,188pp. With a frontispiece, one further plate, and three textual vignettes. Errata slip tipped-in after prelims. §[Title continues] 'Also an Appendix with a Tabulated List of the Derby, Oaks, and St. Ledger Races from their Commencement, showing the Owners, with their Colours, Winning Horses, Jockeys, Years, Sires, and Dams, with an Account of some of the most interesting Sporting Matches which have taken place at Newmarket and York'. Original parchment-backed red paper boards, black lettering and decoration. Free endpapers partly browned. Small piece chipped from fore-edge of p.71; short tear to p.93, also at fore-edge, with small section of paper folded over. Corners soft; paper at edges of boards partly rubbed away showing plain boards underneath. Two discreet early ink ownership names and dates to prelims.; one of these names illegible, the other W.T. (or N.T.?) Roden perhaps a relation of the Colonel W.S. Roden cited on page 116. Parchment a little soiled & discoloured, some rubbing around edges of covers, and a short external split to parchment at either side of head of spine but covers perfectly tight and sound. A good, sound copy.…

Hardcover. Quarto (oblong), xxiv, 906 pages. In Very Good condition with a very good slipcase. Slipcase in tan cloth. Spine is tan with brown print. Boards in tan cloth, covered with clear plastic sleeve. Two facsimile pages on each page in this volume. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #6. 1382241. FP New Rockville Stock.…