Washington smithsonian 1999 (15 resultados)

HC. 392pp ISBN 1560985690 very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. large format octavo, 392 pp., indices, glossary, bibliography, distribution maps, ill. with color photos and excellent detailed b&w botanical drawings. an excellent detailed monograph on the 1,000 species of bamboo native to the Americas. very good copy in d.j.…

Near fine with near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket is very lightly bumped at top and bottom back edges. 160 pages with 14 illustrations.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, xiii, 178 pp; many illus. (some in color). Original glossy wrappers, 4to. Near Fine.

Cloth w/DJ. Condición: VG/G. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. VG/G. (1999). . Cloth w/DJ. 1st Printing . Sm 4to., 298 pp., Dj spine faded . Black & White Photographs (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. ISBN 9781560983736, 9781560988885, 1560983736, 1560988886 OCLC 39634032 LCCN 98030425 LC UG626 .K57 1999 Dewey 358.40092 ;On t.p. "o" in pilot appears as a star; olive-brown cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Kirkland was a fighter pilot in the Pacific during WWII, flew atomic bomb test flights, and flew helicopter rescue missions in Korea ; Contents: A war pilot's journey The violent decade 1943-1953 -- To shoot down a zero -- On the wing of the Lone Eagle -- Escape from the Stone Age -- Ace of aces -- R and R -- Mystery of the magnificent beast --The ultimate game -- Pedro One -- Christmas at Ch'o Do -- Geisha -- Night mission of the 8055 MASH ; FINE/FINE. Book. …

XI, Mit 46 s/w Tafeln. Orig.-Hardcover mit Umschlag. Sprache: Deutsch.

8vo. pp. xi, 46. numerous b/w. illus. bds. dw. First American Edition.

1st edition pictorial boards As New small quarto 480pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, glossary, bibliog., index, Bringing together the discoveries and often controversial interpretations of six decades of archaeological research to reveal that across the continent, human responses produced many cultures, languages and life-styles.…

1st edition pictorial boards Nice copy small quarto 480pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, glossary, bibliog., index, Bringing together the discoveries and often controversial interpretations of six decades of archaeological research to reveal that across the continent, human responses produced many cultures, languages and life-styles.…

X, 429 S. mit zahlr. Abb. ill. OKart. Sprache: englisch.

1st edition pictorial boards New book quarto 480pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, glossary, bibliog., index, Bringing together the discoveries and often controversial interpretations of six decades of archaeological research to reveal that across the continent, human responses produced many cultures, languages and life-styles.…

Soft cover. Condición: As New. Pbk, square 4to, 413pp, profusely illustr throughout color and vintage b+w photos, an unread copy, excellent, clean, tight and unmarked, as new.

Condición: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG+. 8 volumes, xl+496pp, xl+524pp, xxxiv+585pp, xxxiv+475pp, xxxviii+506pp, xlii+662pp, xlviii+707pp, xlviii548pp, decorated endpapers, grand total of 64pp b/w plates, text figs, index to each volume, some of the earlier volumes ave slightly grubby & spine yellowed dustjackets, otherwise a fine set. The volumes cover : I - December 1797 - October 1832, The Albany Years. II - November 1832 - December 1835, The Princeton Years. III - January 1836 - December 1836, The Princeton Years. IV - January 1838 - December 1840, The Princeton Years. V - January 1841 - December 1843, The Princeton Years. VI - January 1844 - December 1846, The Princeton Years. VII - January 1847 - December 1849, The Smithsonian Years. VIII - January 1850 - December 1853, The Smithsonian Years. A final 3 volumes & a cumulative index were published later to complete the set. Joseph Henry [ 1797 - 1878 ] American scientist who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. A polymath, he is perhaps best known for the discovery of Electromagnetic induction. Of these eight volumes it has been said 'since the first volume of Henry's papers was published. In the intervening years they have become a key resource for understanding the development of science not only in the United States but also elsewhere and particularly in Britain because of the close contacts Henry maintained there. The volumes have traced Henry's active career in teaching and scientific research (especially in electricity) from his beginnings in Albany through to his time at Princeton. [BHJS] 13600 grams. …

4to. 416pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; a fine copy. . First Edition. The scarcer hardcover issue.