a w boon (20 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condizione: Very Good. 18th Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. 18th Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Grey paper covers, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: Swords and Runes in South-east England by S C Hawkes & R I Page; Micaceous Sigillata from Lezoux at Silchester Caerleon and other sites by G C Boon; An early Alamannic Brooch from Yorkshire by M J Swanton; Excavations at Fishbourne 1966 by B Cunliffe; Central Gaulish Samian Mould Fragments by A P Detsicas; A Reconnaissance Excavation at South Cadbury Castle Somerset 1966 by L Alcock; Aisled Houses in the Halifax Area by F Atkinson & R W McDowall; The Guilsfield Hoard - A Reconsideration by D G Davies; etc. 159 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Stamps for Halifax Antiquarian Society and "Withdrawn" stamp on inside front cover. Pages of main text and plates (including reverse of plates) are free from stamps. Hand-written reference numbers on inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40119051008. All our books are sent by tracked mail.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean firm brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: Swords and Runes in South-east England by S C Hawkes & R I Page; Micaceous Sigillata from Lezoux at Silchester Caerleon and other sites by G C Boon; An early Almannic Brooch from Yorkshire by M J Swanton; Excavations at Fishbourne 1966 by B Cunliffe; Central Gaulish Samian Mould Fragments by A P Detsicas; A Reconnaissance Excavation at South Cadbury Castle Somerset 1966 by L Alcock; Aisled Houses in the Halifax Area by F Atkinson & R W McDowall; The Guilsfield Hoard - A Reconsideration by D G Davies; Anniversary Address by Prof Francis Wormald; The Excavation of the Henge Monument at Durrington Walls Wiltshire 1966 by G J Wainwright; Cirencester 1966 by P D C Brown & A D McWhirr; An Early Bronze Age Urn from Milton Northamptonshire by C F C Hawkes; The Animal-headed Torc from Veielle-Toulouse by J V S Megaw; The Cross in Medieval Heraldry by G J Brault; Two Flavian Burials from Grange Road Winchester by M Biddle; Excavations at Winchester 1966 - Fifth Interim Report by M Biddle; etc. 359 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Privately bound with plate for The Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Withdrawn stamp. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40118021056. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.

1954. (Staplebound) Very good. 80pp. Contributors include H.E. Beresford (Early Surveys in Manitoba), T.C.B. Boon (St. Peter's Dynevor: The Original Indian Settlement of Western Canada), H. Douglas Kemp (Land Grants Under the Manitoba Act), A.S. Morrison (Literature in Manitoba, 1870-1930), W.L. Morton (President's Address on the Occasion of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Society), Victor Turek (Poles Among the de Meuron Soldiers). Series: Manitoba Historical Society Series III 9. (Manitoba, Anglican Church, Land Grants, Polish Canadians, Settlement, Surveys).

Cardboard / Karton. Condizione: Good / Goed. 1ste / 1st. 220 pagina's. Foto's, kaartje. Emblemen op de schutpagina's. Size: A4.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: New.

Condizione: Very good.

Numerierte Ausgabe Leinen Gut. Condizione: 0. Text Englisch, Niederländisch, Deutsch, Italienisch, Latein, Französisch. 290 nummerierte Ausgaben, diese Nr. 199. Leinen-Einband mit goldgeprägter Rückentitelei, geringe, verzeihliche Gebrauchsspuren. XVII, 304 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen, Fotos, Exlibris, Reproduktionen, Faksimiles (in S/W und Farbe). Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten. Beigefügt: Mehrfarbige Falttafel "Kinder-Alphabet von Alice Horodisch-Garman mit Gedichten von Han. G. Hoekstra".-+++ The essential commemorative publication (290 copies), here Nr. 199 for Abraham Horodisch, profusely illustrated. Book covers with some traces of usage, nevertheless altogether fair condition. With folded plate of children`s alphabet by Alice Horodisch-German (verses by Han. G. Hoekstra). The Horodisch collection on the history of the book includes about 8000 volumes of books and periodicals, focusing on the book as a central phenomenon in the development of human civilization. The collection includes library materials on the following fields: The history of the book, history of printing and publishing, book illumination, calligraphy, writing, bibliography, paper industry, ex-libris, the place of the book in human civilization, sociology of the book, artistic books, and other fields representing the many aspects of the research on the book. The collection is an important resource for research because of his wide and comprehensive scope, and for the uniqueness and rarity of books included. The collection supports the Horodisch Chair for the History of Books (Tel Aviv University - Sourasky Central Library). +++ 22 x 30 cm. 1,85 kg. +++ Stichwörter: Festschrift Bibliophilie Buchwesen Buchgewerbe Bibliotheken Verlagsgeschichte Typographie Gewicht in Gramm: 1850.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. xii+831 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. light cover wear, small tear at top & bottom of spine. Contents: The necessity of scientific education in China to-day; The peoples of Kwangtung: Their origin, migrations, and present distribution; The manufacture of leather in Canton; On the palm and sole prints of Chinese; Manufactures weather; The study of botany in Fukien; A note on Gnetum scandens; The Magnoliaceae of Kwangtung, Macao, and Hong Kong; The botany of Kwangtung and its relation to agriculture; Differentiating fungi by precipitation with water-soluble specific substances; The number of vascular bundles in Ephedra sinica and E. equisetina; Grasses of Canton vicinity; A brief historical survey of the Lingnan University Herbarium; The local resident's opportunity for productive work in the biological sciences in China; Unrecorded plants from Kwangtung Province II; A review of the literature on the growth of Bamboo; Remarks on citrus and citrus relatives in China; The marine and freshwater algae of China; The collection of mosquitoes in south China; On two species of Sphaeridium from the oriental region (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae); Gall midges or gall gnats of the orient (Itonididae or Cecidomyiidae); The membracidae of China; A common moth and some of its enemies; The Brethnidae and Lycidae of China; Our present knowledge about the Pupipara of Tabanidae of China; A new species of stonefly from China (order Plecoptera, family Nemouridae); Biological notes on a Chrysomelid pest of bamboo; Termites, destroyers of wood and man's fight against them; Present status of our knowledge of the termites of China; Insect inhabitants of the fruiting sprays of the pagoda tree, Sophora japonica; Studies on the Chinese honey-bee; Some principles useful in solving economic biological problems; Study of Brachyplatus subaëneus Westw.; The nervous system of the white grub (the larva of Osmoderma socialis Horn) Part I. External characters of the nervous system; The nervous system of the white grub (the larva of Osmoderma socialis Horn) part II. Internal structure of the brain and ventral nerve cord; External morphology of the corn ear worm; The present status of knowledge bout Chinese Gryinidae; On the cricket locusts (Gryllacrids) of China; A list of the coprophagous Coleoptera of China; Notes on the life history of a wild silkworm; History of Rhynchocoris humeralis Thumb. (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae).

[Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1920-30's, Tiger Balm Garden]. A hand- colored photographic guide, 20 scenes, 8.5 x 6.2 cm.,English & Chinese captions, mounted on thick black accordion-folded card, very clean, bright & solid photos. R A R E ! This is a lovely and charming work. It contains 20 hand-colored miniature photographs, mounted on a very long accordion folded black card, extending to 80.7 cm. Each photo is 8.5 x 6.2 cm. . The black folding card is contained in a buff colored folding case, with one additional printed view of the Tiger Balm Balm pagoda. The title is in both English & Chinese. * This is a typical tourist item, serving as a memento of a visit to the historic gardens. It is small enough go to in a shirt pocket. * The views are: 1. Ah Boon Haw Mansion Pagoda 2. Twin Pagodas in Tiger Balm Garden 3. A View in Ah Boon Haw Mansion 4. Luk Tso Priest 5. A View in Ah Boon Haw Mansion 6. A Picture of Eight Beautiful Girls [shows several nude . women, Asian and European 7. Side View 8. A View of Bower in Tiger Balm Garden 9. A Tiger 10. Pano Ramio View of the Tiger Balm Garden 11. No title 12. A View in Ah Bon Hwa Mansion 13. Whole view of the swimming pool 14. A Mermaid H.K. 15. Boxers Eighting [sic for Skating] on the Stakes 16. A piety woman 17. A Fat Buddha 18. Paulion H.K. 19. Long Pavilion in Ah Boon Hwa Mansion 20. Whole View of Haw Par Mansion. *** HISTORY OF AW BOON HAW [TIGER BALM GARDENS]" The most famous visitor's site in Hong Kong from 1935, was the celebrated "TIGER BALM GARDEN" also known as the "AW BOON HAW MANSION." It was a three-dimensional sculpture garden showing various Buddhist aspects of life, death, happiness, sadness, joy, evil and justice. Typical concepts in Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. * THE HISTORY: In 1935, the landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million. It was one of the most favorite and popular sites in Hong Kong for seventy years. The Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004, thus for ever TIGER BALM GARDEN, vanished for ever. *** CONDITION: This item is in excellent condition. Each photo is bright, clear focus and exceptionally clean, with hand coloring. All of the hinges are very solid, no wear or weakness. Exceptionally good example. *** REFERENCES: ***.

[Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1930's, Aw Boon Haw]. Twenty photos each mounted on a black card size: 9 x 7 cm., image size: 8 x 6.5 cm., each is black and white hand-colored, very good, clean sharp images, no fading, 2 photos on each card front/back. A group of 10 cards, with 20 photographs lightly laid down on a black card, showing twenty views of old and most famous "TIGER BALM GARDEN" ["AW BOON HAW MANSION]." . The most famous visitor's site in Hong Kong from 1935, was the celebrated "TIGER BALM GARDEN" also known as the "AW BOON HAW MANSION." It was a three-dimensional sculpture garden showing various Buddhist aspects of life, death, happiness, sadness, joy, evil and justice. Typical concepts in Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. * THE HISTORY: In 1935, the landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million. It was one of the most favorite and popular sites in Hong Kong for seventy years. The Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004, thus for ever TIGER BALM GARDEN, vanished for ever. * SUBJECT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS: This miniature photograph collection shows some twenty hand-colored original photographs of the Garden, its lovely pavilion and scenes of Buddhas, eight beautiful & very naked women, view of the Kwai Fei taking a bath [also more nude ladies !], Kan Chin Pavilion, two pagodas, lakes, Buddhist monuments, Buddhist heaven & hell, panoramic view of the gardens & mansion, half-nude mermaid, Fat Buddha, skinny Ancestral Buddha, "Tiger-Balm Tiger," and many others ! . Each photograph has a Chinese and English caption, at the bottom margin. Each photograph is 8.4 x 6.4 cm. including the margin. The photo image is 8.1 x 6 cm. * PHOTO CONDITION: Each miniature black & white photo was hand-painted and tinted. Each photo is lightly layed down on the black card. The photographs are all in excellent condition, no fading or demerits. There is some of the usual rubbing to the black card, but this does not affect the photos at all. *** REFERENCES ***.