Elek books uk (69 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Elek Books Ltd. / G.P. Putnam's Sons, London, UK / New York. 1960. Hardcover. First UK and US printings of the translated 1954 French edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; slight shelfwear and bumping to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped but price is inked over; chipping to head and tail; edge bumping to DJ; missing small pieces at head, tail, and top of front panel.Tipped-in folding color frontispiece. 234 pp 4to. 10 tipped-in folding color plates and 100+ B&W photographs. This book brings vividly to life the civilization of the ancient Mayan people, their language, environment, and way of life. The Mayan Empire was founded in the 4th Century AD and lasted over 1000 years in Guatemala and into Mexico. With a passion for building, they left behind cities, frescoes, pyramids, temples, carved stelae, and elaborate calendrical system and records written in pictographs. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Hardcover. First Ed UK, so stated. First Ed UK, so stated. Very Good: shows light wear to extremities; slight spine lean; faint soil; foxing at endpapers and outside edges; pages lightly tanned, due to aging. Binding secure; text clean. Pages tanned. Despite these flaws, remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 292pp. Hardback: Lacks DJ.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. Good condition hard cover, with poor condition jacket, rips and chips to jacket, some wear to cover and spine, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. Good condition hard cover, with poor condition jacket, rips and chips to jacket, some wear to cover and spine, previous owner signature to inside board, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. No edition or print number stated. Mylar protected dust jacket is clean with heavy shelf wear. Jacket has been price clipped. Boards are clean with faded edges. Spine is tight and corners are scuffed but mostly square. Spine ends are bruised. Previous owner's name inked and stamped on ffl. Age-toned text is clean and unmarked. Not remaindered or library withdrawn. Shipped padded in a box with tracking number provided on domestic shipping. Wilson, Maurice (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Natural linen boards w/blue lettering/Fine. DJ/Poor; closed tears w/small losses to edges, & vertical creasing to mid spine, front & back; and, inexplicably, with an inch cut off from top edge. A historical, cultural history of Athens from earliest times to the decline of the classical period following its fall to the Goths in 267 A.D. Fine copy with poor dust jacket. Edwin Smith (Photographer) (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: N/A. 244pp, some black and white photographic plates and in-text illustrations. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Rubbed corners and spine ends, wear to boards, cocked. Text block edges tanning. Lender's stamps and markings on front endpapers and copyright page. Otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. 251 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There is some light shelf and reading wear and age marks to page edges, but still a presentable copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. 200pp. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles to spine. 8vo. Text block edge a little browned. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original paper dust wrapper, shelf worn, faded and rubbed all round edges, slightly crumpled at head of a sunned spine. Professional pianist Sidney Harrison talks about music, musicians and composers with wit and a refreshing lack of awe, and in the context of his own recollections and career. Harrison's music teacher told him a great deal about playing the piano but not enough about what a musician's life might - with this book, Harrison plugs that gap.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 160pp. Pale blue cloth-covered boards, gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth is faded along upper edge, gently pushed at corners and spine ends. Upper text block edge dust spotted. Some faint spotting and toning on endpapers else internally neat and clean. Firmly bound. In its original paper dust wrapper, a little toned and shelf worn, rubbed at edges, a little sunned over spine, paper scar (from removal of price label?) on front panel. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. x, 110pp. Light blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Spine ends very lightly rubbed, head lightly bumped. Bottom corners very lightly rubbed and rounded. Text block edges foxing. Light foxing on endpapers. Internally very neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some wear around edges and folds, light creasing at top of rear cover, some staining along fore edge of front cover, not price clipped. Dust jacket interior lightly tanned.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First U.K. Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Dark blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/VG w/light edge wear; under mylar. First published 1959 in France under the title: Les Ceramiques Precolombiennes; this is the First UK Edition. Illustrated with 32 Plates and line drawings. Text in 3 parts. Part I, General & Technical: Chapt 1, Definition of the Term "Pre-Columbian"; 2, Technology; 3, Typology. Part II, History of Ceramics in the Various Civilizations: Chapt 1, Meso-American Zone (Mexico & Guatemala); 2, Central America; 3, Andean Zone; 4, Caribbean Zone; 5, The Amazon; 6, The United States. Part III, Collections & Collectors: Chapt 1, Forgeries & Principal Workshops; 2, The Market & Price Fluctuations; and, 3, Principal Collections of the World.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 3rd volume of author's autobiography; vg/vg-; 1st edition; nice copy of book in d/w that is price clipped & rubbed on rear. 3rd Part of author's biography ; Autobiography; Vol. 3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 158 pages. …

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: N/A. 1st Edition. 244pp. In plain green card wrappers (gently worn at edges, reading crease). Internally neat, clean, and tight with a little toning on first and last few leaves. A dramatic novel of inter-clan rivalries set in Lapland. Translated into English from the original French by J F Newcombe. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very good condition hard cover, some wear to cover and spine, rubbing to cover and spine edges, internally clean and tidy, in a good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Excellent study of ancient Roman painted art. Includes 43*colour & 37*b/w photographs and illustrations. 106pp. Very slight wear to extremities of DJ.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EITION.1ST.PRINTING.NEAR FINE HARDBACKIN VG DUSTWRAPPER.64.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 252pp, some black and white photographic plates. Brown cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine heel, bottom corners just bumped. Top text block edge tanning. Endpapers and prelims tanning. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, soiled, 2cm closed tear top of rear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. A book about French 'Crimes of Passion' where many of the defendants were acquitted of the crime for which they were charged. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Fair condition hard cover, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, spotting to pages, pencil markings to inside page, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Hard Back. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dark brown boards with bright gilt titles.225pp. 240x165mm. A Literary Biographical Study.When asked during WW1 what he was fighting for he picked up a pinch of English earth & said" literally for this"Intro; Postscipt.Notes.Illustrated 14 listed b/w plates.Near Fine / VG[Book- no inscsp. sound binding, clean throughout] Dust Jacket not clipped, fade to spine & slightly to top front corner.Please see our images of the actual item offered for sale. …

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Good condition hard cover, with good condition jacket, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, spotting to pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Soft Cover. Condición: Good Plus. Edition Not Stated. 158 pages. Tight binding with unmarked clean text. Small surface paper crack on spine. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4".

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Includes 118*b/w and colour photographs and illustrations along with 12*maps. 228pp. DJ has various closed tears to its edges. DJ price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING.V G HARDBACK IN VG PRICECLIPPES DUSTWRAPPER. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. translated by John Branko,248 pages.

Hard Cover. Condición: Good +. First Edition. green bds with gilt title to spine. small bmp/rub to spine ends and corners. pages lightly and evenly browning. a few spots of foxing, otherwise interior very good and clean .

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good +. 1st UK Ed. 296pp; illustrated. Owner's label to flyleaf. Price clipped jacket is chipped and rubbed with some soiling to rear.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Naam en datum met pen op schutblad; zonder stofomslag / boek zelf in goede staat.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. A look at his life and work. /// This is a 1st edition hardback with its dustjacket in good condition-the dustjacket is a little creased. (215 pages & 8 pages of photography).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ex-Library, VG original maroon cloth, Foys Lending Library label & white-printed codes to front cover & spine, front panel & flap of DW pasted into front end-papers, a couple of Foys stamps within, else internally clean throughout.