jan 1926 (110 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 448 pages with map, plates and bibliography. Royal octavo (91/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. This passionate evocation of Wales by the author Rebecca West has hailed as "perhaps the best descriptive writer of our times" encapsulates that country in all its aspects, past, present, and even future. Jan Morris shows clearly the manners of thought of the Welch people, as well as their art, their landscapes and their folklore, their ways of earning a living, their character, their meaning and their historical destiny. Half Welsh, half English herself, Morris is a historian, a travel writer, and an essayist. All three disciplines she brings to this work--a vivid tribute to a country not just on the map or in the mind but also in the heart. Condition: Very good to fine in a near fine jacket.

Condición: New.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 544 pages 30 plates, illustrations, color map (on lining papers), portraits 23 cm. Notes; The 2d volume of the author's trilogy; the 1st of which is Heaven's command; the 3d, Farewell the trumpets. Includes bibliographical references (pages 524-526). Contents; The heirs of Rome : the Diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria, its celebration as a festival of Empire and the explosion of national emotion known as the New Imperialism -- Palm and pine : the extent of the British Empire at its climax, and something of its tangled origins -- Life-lines : the shipping routes, mails and cables that bound the British possessions together -- Migrations : how the existence of the British Empire disseminated seed and stock across the world -- Pioneers : an imperial frontier town, Salisbury, Rhodesia -- The profit : the first incentive of imperialism : gain -- The glory : secondary motives : aspects of glory, aggressive, defensive, romantic, evangelist and plain patriotic -- Caste : attitudes of the British towards their subject peoples, and reasons for the aloofness that was fundamental to their method -- Islanders : an island fortress : St Lucia in the Windward Islands. Imperial order : the theoretical structure of Empire, its basic system and its laws -- Imperial complexity : exceptions, anomalies and complications of Empire, from larrikins to Lord Cromer -- Imperialists in general : the run of Empire-builders : their type, look and social aspirations -- Imperialists in particular : two explorers, three soldiers, an admiral, two administrators, two politicians, a couple of adventurers and a Queen -- Proconsuls : Simla and the British Government of India -- Consolations : some pleasures of Empire, sporting and social -- Challenge and responses : adventure : living dangerously and dying young -- Stones of Empire : imperial architecture, sacred and sucular, with parks and gardens too -- Tribal lays and images : imperial muses : painting, sculpture, literature, music and intimations of folk-art -- All by steam! : the British Empire as a development agency : irrigation, roads, railways, mapping, medicine and a specimen millennium. Freedmen : a self-governing colony of the Empire : Canada -- On guard : the armies of the Crown, British and Indian : their past glories and their present weaknesses -- At sea : splendours and absurdities of the Royal Navy, with glimpses of élan -- Imperial effects : spoils and influences of Empire, and what they did for England -- Overlords : the other island : Ireland -- Omens : troubles of Empire and possible threats to its future, with plans for evading them -- "The song on your bugles blown" : did the British Empire have an idealogy? : religion, Englishness, imperial monarchy, radicalism and fiar play -- Finale : Queen Victoria writes up her diary, the British survey their position in the world, and we bring the Empire to a close. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 207 p. : col. ill., 1 map ; 26 cm. Subjects: Spain Description and travel. Genre: Travel. Language: English. 1 Kg.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; [256]p. ; 26cm. Subjects; Authors, English 20th century Biography. Travelers Great Britain Biography. Authors, Welsh 20th century ; Biography. Travel and description. Travel Biographies. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 475-503 pages with figures, tables, map and cited references. Quarto (11" x 8 1/4") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. Current Anthropology Volume 10, number complete issue. First edition. This is a review of the fossil evidence bearing upon the problem of the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens and his relationship to Neanderthal Man, with special attention to the finds from Central and Eastern Europe, less well-known to the international community than those of Western Europe and elsewhere. Emphasis is placed on new discoveries supplementing the existing network of finds and on the reinterpretation of earlier finds through recent studies. The importance of finds of the remains of several individuals at a single site, which offer valuable insight into the morphological variability of the prehistoric population is stressed. On the basis of this survey of the evidence, the following conclusions are drawn: (1) The Neanderthal finds from Central and Easter Europe display pronounced morphological variables even within a single site, and this variability is associated with wide variation in cultural inventory. These finds show, to various degrees and in various frequencies, many of the characteristics that we find fully developed and universal in Homo sapiens sapiens. Chronologically, they extend into the W 1/2 interstadial, the period to which the oldest finds in this region of the Upper Paleolithic Man of the modern type also belong. (2) The Upper Paleolithic fossil man finds and also less markedly, those of the Neolithic, include individuals of the so-called primitive sapient type, displaying archaic morphological characteristics, again to various degrees and in various frequencies. Associated with this physical variation is, again, wide variation in culture. (3) the evidence thus seems to demand that we classify Neanderthal Man as H sapiens neanderthalenes and Upper Paleolithic Man as H sapiens sapiens. Condition: Edge wear, corners bumped, spine chipped with tears else very good.

Condición: 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. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.

Condición: FINE. First US printing. Hav is like no place on earth - because of course, it isn't. Originally published as if it were a genuine travel book - but in reality, a delightful fiction short-listed for the Booker. "After reading 'Last Letters from Hav', what travel writer would ever want to report from an actual place? . . . a vigorous literary hybrid; elegant fiction in its own right but also a respectfully witty homage to indomitable English travel writers like Lawrence, Burton and Blanch." (Elaine Kendall, LA Times) Illustrated with a double page map. 203 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations (some color); 25 cm. Subjects: Venice (Italy) History 1508-1797.Venice (Italy) Description and travel. Mediterranean Region Description and travel. 1 Kg.

Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 128 pages: illustrations (some color); 21 x 23 cm. Contents: Cast of creatures -- The habitat -- Flight of birds -- School of sea-creatures -- Pack of dogs -- Pride of cats -- Miscellany of mammals -- Fantasy of monsters -- Team of champions -- The companionship -- Historical summary -- List of artists. Subjects: Animals in art.Venice (Italy); Guidebooks.Venice (Italy) Social life and customs. Venice (Italy) Description and travel. Animals; Folklore. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 544 pages 30 plates, illustrations, color map (on lining papers), portraits 23 cm. Notes; The 2d volume of the author's trilogy; the 1st of which is Heaven's command; the 3d, Farewell the trumpets. Includes bibliographical references (pages 524-526). Contents; The heirs of Rome : the Diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria, its celebration as a festival of Empire and the explosion of national emotion known as the New Imperialism -- Palm and pine : the extent of the British Empire at its climax, and something of its tangled origins -- Life-lines : the shipping routes, mails and cables that bound the British possessions together -- Migrations : how the existence of the British Empire disseminated seed and stock across the world -- Pioneers : an imperial frontier town, Salisbury, Rhodesia -- The profit : the first incentive of imperialism : gain -- The glory : secondary motives : aspects of glory, aggressive, defensive, romantic, evangelist and plain patriotic -- Caste : attitudes of the British towards their subject peoples, and reasons for the aloofness that was fundamental to their method -- Islanders : an island fortress : St Lucia in the Windward Islands. Imperial order : the theoretical structure of Empire, its basic system and its laws -- Imperial complexity : exceptions, anomalies and complications of Empire, from larrikins to Lord Cromer -- Imperialists in general : the run of Empire-builders : their type, look and social aspirations -- Imperialists in particular : two explorers, three soldiers, an admiral, two administrators, two politicians, a couple of adventurers and a Queen -- Proconsuls : Simla and the British Government of India -- Consolations : some pleasures of Empire, sporting and social -- Challenge and responses : adventure : living dangerously and dying young -- Stones of Empire : imperial architecture, sacred and sucular, with parks and gardens too -- Tribal lays and images : imperial muses : painting, sculpture, literature, music and intimations of folk-art -- All by steam! : the British Empire as a development agency : irrigation, roads, railways, mapping, medicine and a specimen millennium. Freedmen : a self-governing colony of the Empire : Canada -- On guard : the armies of the Crown, British and Indian : their past glories and their present weaknesses -- At sea : splendours and absurdities of the Royal Navy, with glimpses of élan -- Imperial effects : spoils and influences of Empire, and what they did for England -- Overlords : the other island : Ireland -- Omens : troubles of Empire and possible threats to its future, with plans for evading them -- "The song on your bugles blown" : did the British Empire have an idealogy? : religion, Englishness, imperial monarchy, radicalism and fiar play -- Finale : Queen Victoria writes up her diary, the British survey their position in the world, and we bring the Empire to a close. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 207 p. : col. ill., 1 map ; 26 cm. Subjects: Spain Description and travel. Genre: Travel. Language: English. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 255p: ill(some col.), facsims(some col.),ports(some col.); 32cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: World politics 19th century. Commonwealth of nations.History. Great Britain Civilization 19th century.Great Britain Colonies History 19th century.Commonwealth countries History. Commonwealth 1850-1900. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. Physical description; [256]p. ; 26cm. Subjects; Authors, English 20th century Biography. Travelers Great Britain Biography. Authors, Welsh 20th century ; Biography. Travel and description. Travel Biographies. 1 Kg.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: New. In.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PF. Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 128 pages: illustrations (some color); 21 x 23 cm. Contents: Cast of creatures -- The habitat -- Flight of birds -- School of sea-creatures -- Pack of dogs -- Pride of cats -- Miscellany of mammals -- Fantasy of monsters -- Team of champions -- The companionship -- Historical summary -- List of artists. Subjects: Animals in art.Venice (Italy); Guidebooks.Venice (Italy) Social life and customs. Venice (Italy) Description and travel. Animals; Folklore. 1 Kg.

1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 192 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations (some color); 25 cm. Subjects: Venice (Italy) History 1508-1797.Venice (Italy) Description and travel. Mediterranean Region Description and travel. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Uncommon in such positive condition. ; 253 pages; Author's SIGNED presentation copy. Physical desc. : xv, 253 p. : maps ; 24 cm. Subject: World War, 1939-1945 --Europe, Eastern --Sources --British & Irish history: Second World War ; Military history ; Battles & campaigns ; World history: Second World War ; International relations. Series: Atlantic studies on society in change ; no. 90. 2 Kg.

Condición: New.

PF. Condición: New.

Hardback. Condición: New.