l v w wright (22 resultados)

Black Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. many illustrations.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 64 pages. Illustrated. A S Forrest "A Ramble In The British Museum" / H G Lothair "Maradar The Tailor" / Edgar Wright "The Forbidden Wood" / Oliver Bookworm "The Animals on the Roof of the World" / Edith L Elias "The Green Monster" / W Francis Rankine "Gardening For Boys And Girls - VI-The Garden In August" / Elizabeth Harley "The Brave Dogs Of St. Bernard" / Frances Smith "A Little Heroine of the Lifeboat" / Constance M Foot "The Shilling Dog" / Wee Willie Winkie Goes Boating / Tom Pierce Cowling "St. George's Club Songs - No.1" (SL#19).

Hardback. Condición: Good. Colonial and Commonwealth Coins (1959) by L. V. W. Wright ? Harrap ISBN: None (because 1959 didn?t need your databases, thank you very much) Condition: Good (as declared by the benevolent archivists of Crappy Old Books ) Here it is: a book from 1959 that calmly assumes the entire world can be arranged into neat categories, numbered systems, and the occasional footnote, all while the reader nods along like this is perfectly normal. Colonial and Commonwealth Coins is a catalogue, a guide, a miniature empire of metal?where history gets reduced (lovingly) to dates, mint marks, denominations, and the mildly thrilling realisation that a tiny copper disc once had the audacity to represent power. If you?ve ever looked at an old coin and thought, ?Who decided this tiny portrait needed to be here, and why is it judging me?? ?Wright is your person. This is the kind of reference book that doesn?t just list coins, it quietly invites you into the collector?s particular brand of time travel : one minute you?re in your living room, the next you?re contemplating the administrative afterlife of far-flung territories, the strange logic of currency reforms, and the stubborn fact that monarchs keep turning up on money like they?ve paid rent. It?s also a fascinating little artifact of its own era. The title alone? Colonial and Commonwealth ?has that polished mid-century confidence, the sort that implies history is something you can index alphabetically and keep on a shelf. Which makes reading it now a bit like opening a very polite drawer labelled ?Global Complications? and discovering it?s full of shillings, cents, rupees, florins, pence, and the lingering echo of bureaucrats saying, ?Yes, that should do nicely.? But don?t mistake the tone for dullness. Coin people know that the real drama is in the details: the subtle design changes, the odd short-run issues, the emergency strikes, the little clues that say something happened here . This book is essentially a guided tour through economics, art, propaganda, trade, and imperial admin , disguised as a helpful reference text. It?s the most British kind of excitement: quiet, thorough, and suddenly you?ve lost an hour comparing variations you didn?t know you cared about. This copy is listed as Good , which in Crappy Old Books language means it?s solid, serviceable, and ready to be consulted with mild obsession . Expect honest age?perhaps some light shelf wear, a bit of page toning, maybe the faint impression that it once lived near a desk with a magnifying glass and a person who said things like ?Ah, yes?King George VI, 1942 issue? with genuine joy. In other words: it looks like a book that has earned its keep . Buy it if you like: reference books with the confidence of a man in a tweed jacket history told through small objects with large implications collecting hobbies that start ?casual? and end with labelled trays the oddly soothing idea that the past can be held in your hand and weighed Colonial and Commonwealth Coins is perfect for collectors, historians, curious rummagers, and anyone who suspects the world makes more sense when it?s arranged by denomination. And if it doesn?t make more sense?well, at least you?ll have a comprehensive list of what people used to pay for it.

Hardcover. Condición: Good, Sound and Tight. First Edition. Original cloth gilt. Fully illus. with facsimile reproductions. Bright copy with just a little damage to front boards.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 236pp, bibliography, glossary, num bw ills. Or black cloth lacking jacket. Moderate foxing, bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. pp 236 illus d/j some edge wear.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condición: VG-VG+. No Jacket. First Edition. 236 pages, book is blue with gold titling on spine, there are some marks on the front cover - small scratches, top and bottom spine edges are very slightly bumped, page edges have slight yellow stains, still very tight and overall condition is VG-VG+. Book.

hardcover. Condición: as new. no jacket. fourth printing. 6 7/8 x 9 7/8" 327 pages (being pages 368 - 695 of the series). This Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part U Echinodermata 3 Volume 2 only.

hardover. Condición: as new. no jacket. fourth printing. 6 7/8 x 9 7/8" 366 pages. This is Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontolgy Part U Echinodermata 3 volume 1 only. fourth printing.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo 236pp., b/w ills., glossary, bibliog.,

Unknown Binding. Condición: Good. first edition with dust jacket and inscription will despatch 1st class post.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white figures, plates and tables throughout. ***A fine copy in colour-illustrated glossy laminated boards (as issued). Boards bright and clean. No creases or bumps. Internally also fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***304mm x 214mm. 252 pages including an extensive bibliography to the rear. ***Eastern Jordan is divided environmentally into two sectors: the rocky basalt Harra to the west and the open gravel plains of the Hamad to the east. This is the first in a series of three reports on fieldwork carried out in this region from 1979 to 1991, presenting evidence for the Epipalaeolithic periods and Neolithic hunting stations in the Harra associated with the use of desert 'kites'. This volume also includes an edited summary of work by Uzbek and Russian scholars on hunting traps and animal migration patterns on the Ustiurt plateau in Uzbekistan, which lies between the Aral and the Caspian seas.' ***Contents:: The Epipaleolithic Periods by A.V.G. Betts with a contribution by A. N, Garrard; Dhuweila: Stratigraphy and Construction by A.V.G. Betts; Dhuweila: Chipped Stone by C. McCartney and A.V.G. Betts; Dhuweila: Ground Stone by K. Wright; Dhuweila: Pottery, Miscellaneous Objects and Imported Items by A.V.G. Betts with contributions by D.S. Reese, L. Cooke and C. McClintock; Dhuweila: Rock Carvings; by A.V.G. Betts; The Animal Bones by L. Martin; Dhuweila: Botanical Remains by S. Colledge with a contribution by J. Hather; Dhuweila: area Survey by A.V.G. Betts; Arrow-shaped Structures in the Aralo-Caspian steppe by V. N. Yagodin; Conclusion by A.V.G. Betts with a contribution by W. Lancaster. ***Up until the 1970s very little was known about the prehistory of Eastern Jordan. This was the first in a planned series of monographs covering fieldwork carried out from 1979 to 1991. [Quote taken from the back cover] ***First impression of the true first edition, very hard to find in such fine bright collectable condition. An extremely scholarly monograph, profusely illustrated throughout, of interest to collectors and academics studying archaeology and pre-history of Eastern Jordan and the Middle East. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Card covers. Original volume in the Whitaker's Home Guard series on Remedying and preventing stoppages. Weapons include Vickers machine gun, Browning, Lewis and Thompson. 1st Edition 1942. 40pp., photographs. Hint of foxing and rust to staples, faint mark to front cover, else very good condition and uncommon.

Condición: Good. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback 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,1750grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Headpieces And Jacket By E. E. Thurston Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Vii, 307 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Wear, Small Losses At Corners, 2 3/4" X 1 1//2" Deep V-Chip At Top Of Rear Panel. Interesting Commentaries, Revealing About What Prominent Americans Thought Civilization Was (In 1930). However, The Beard Studies Omit Any Response From Any In The Great Masses Of The World Who Do Not Invent Or Manufacture, Nor Own Or Manage, The Technological Enterprises Which Are The Essence Of Technological Development, Which Is The Primary Concern Of These Respondents; Nor Has Any Study In The Succeeding 90 Years Attempted To Explore The Meaning Of Culture So Except In The Most Superficially Journalistic And Condescending Manner. But What Could Go Wrong? Aren't The Elites, After All, Elite? It Isn't Like Unprincipled Demagogues, Secure With All The Advantages Of Modern Technology, Would Incite Violence Amongst The Vast Majority, With Relatively Ever-Declining Options Ever-Declining Self-Esteem And Relatively Ever-Declining Standards Of Living. Why Bother Talking To Them To See Anything More Than Whether They Agree Or Not? And Who Will Ever Want To Read Ordinary People's Opinions When The Questions They're Asked Are Always Stupidly Closed-Ended And Never Followed Up By Why Etc.?

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover, three bulletins bound together, ex-library; o/w all in very good condition.

First editions. 34 issues. #87: Daniel Defoe of Captain Misson. 48pp. #132. Essay on Satire, Walter Harte. 46pp. #141: Selections from the Observator, Sir Roger L'Estrange. 38pp. #142: Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing, Anthony Collins. 77pp. #149: Poet's Complaint. 30pp. #153: Are These Things So? 28pp. #154: Arbuthnotiana. 39pp. #155-6: Selection of Emblems. Illus. 147pp. #157: Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, William Mountfort. 26pp. #158: Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope, Colley Cibber. 66pp. #161: Grave, Robert Blair. 39 pp. #165: Of the Sister Arts, Hildebrand Jacob. 37pp. #164: Sonnets of Thomas Edwards. 105pp. #166: Poems on the Reign of William III. 41pp. #167: Midas, [Kane O'Hara]. 32pp. #171: Man of Taste, [James Bramston]. 19pp. #172-3: Ephesian Matron, [Walter Charleton]. 80pp. #174: Mischiefs, [Bernard Mandeville]. 40pp. #176: Dialogue Upon the Gardens at Stow, [William Gilpin]. 60pp. #177: Art of Politiks, [James Bramston]. 45pp. #178: Art of Modern Poetry, [James Miller]. 59pp. #181: Harlot's Progress, Theophilus Cibber. 26pp. English Mounsieur, James Howard. 64pp. #184: Master Mercury, [Daniel Defoe]. 88pp. #187: Essay on Historical Composition, James Moor. 49pp. #188: Donaides, John Ker; Donaides, [David Malloch]. 31pp. #191: Explanatory Discourse, Sir William Chambers. 52pp. #193: Rowley and Chatterton in the Shades, [George Hardinge]. 44pp. #195-6: Lucida Intervalla, [James Carkesse]. 78pp. #197: Odes on Various Subjects, James Warton. 47pp. #208: Rape of Europa by Jupiter and Acis and Galatea, Peter Anthony Motteux and John Eccles. 65pp. #199: Disserton concerning Meteors of Stile, or False Sublimity, Samuel Werenfels. 49pp. #207: Feminiad, John Duncombe. 31pp. #212-13. Hieroglyphic Tales, Horace Walpole. [iii], 51pp. Softover binding, printed wraps, very good condition.

Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: German. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1841. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - German, Pages:- 56, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 56.

Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: German. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in [ca. 1841]. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - German, Pages:- 80, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 80.

Condición: Gut. Harrap, London 1959. 236 S. mit zahlr. Abb. Gr.-8°. Ln. mit Schutzumschl. / 6963 Mit Ausnahme von Direkt-Recycling Materialien erfolgt der Versand ohne Einsatz von Kunststoffen. Sprache: Deutsch.

Leather Bound. Condición: New. Language: German. This book is available in 5 different Leather color without any extra cost. Explore More Options by Clicking on 'More Images' and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email within 24 hours of placing the order. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted by the prestigious organization "Rare Biblio" with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in [ca. 1841]. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - German, Pages: - 80, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 80.