B w illustrations throughout (414 risultati)

paperback. 1st edition. 6 x 9", 238 pages, b/w photos throughout, edited with foreword and afterword by Jay Sherwood. "In the early 1980s Bob White, a cowboy on the Bedaux Expedition, wrote his memoirs of this unique adventure in British Columbia's history and his later involvement with Bedaux's planned Empire Ranch." covers sho…

Condizione: very good +. 2nd printing. "By merging ecology and the history of human activity and drawing from diverse international examples, Russell defines an impressive approach for reading, interpreting and managing natural landscapes". 6 1/8 x 9 1/4" 306 pages. stiff paperback covers, 306 pages. Many b/w illustrations throu…

Hardcover. Condizione: very good +. no jacket. 1st edition. Hardcover, 5 3.4 x 8 3/4", 257 pages, a few b/w illustrations & maps. Part One: Smohalla of the Wanapams, Part Two: Skolaskin of the Sanpoils and Nespelems. "The so-called Battle of Wounded Knee, usually described as the last chapter of the Indian Wars, was more a pogro…

Condizione: As New. 1st Vintage Book edition. Stiff paperback, 6 x 9 1/4", 404 pages. "In this dazzling fusion of history, art, science, and biography, Holmes weaves together exhilarating accounts of early balloon rivalries, pioneering ascents over Victorian cities, and astonishing long-distance voyages, stiff paper covers, many…

stiff paperback. Condizione: very good. 1st edtion. Stiff paper covers, ex library with the usual markings, inked out label on spine, text block As New. An eminently readable natural history in the classic style, with 31 scratchboard illustrations. stamped on page edges, pocket and sticker on inside rear cover. Scratchboard b/w…

stiff paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. later printing. stiff paperback, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4", 316 pages. "This book has much to recommend it. Its seems likely to replace Duellman and Truch's "Biology of Amphibians" as the standard text for students and researchers." spine label inked, stamped on page edges, pocket and sticker on insi…

hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st printing. 6 /4 x 9 1/4", 236 pages, stated 1st edition. "In 1979 Jamake Highwater was honored by the Blood Band of the Blackfeet Nation of Alberta, Canada, in a ceremony that conferred a new name upon him - a name that translates as "Eagle Son" - for his ach…

hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st edition. 6 1/14 x 9 1/4", 242 pages, 242 pages. From choosing sails and reefing/furling equipment. the editors apply their special blend of wit and wisdom to the problems of outfitting. Near Fine (now in mylar sleeve). b/w illustrations throughout (illustrat…

hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st American edition. 8 1/2 x 11 3/4", 192 pages, b/w and color illustrations. A gripping visual history of a war that generated such world-famous images as Picasso's "Guernica" and Robart Capa's photograph of a falling soldier. priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire.…

hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. no jacket. 1st edition. 9 1/2 x 12", 175 pages,ex library, many b/w and color illustrations throughout. Polledri: "Visionary San Francisco', Gores: "Dance of the Dead". Rodriguez: Sodom: "Reflections on a Stereotype". Gregory: "A Vivacious Landscape: Urban Visions between the Wars. Mark Helprin:…

paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. later printing. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2", 329 pages. Concentrates on the highly developed societies of Meso-America, the areas that we now call Mexico and Central American.with maps, photographs and line drawings. He draws parallels with other civilizations - India & South Sea Islands. b/w illustrations t…

paperback. Condizione: As New. 6 x 9", 439 pages. shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted from their homes and communities and banished to remote internment camps. This collection of haunting reminiscences, letters, stories, poems, and graphic art gives voice to the ra…

hardcover. Condizione: fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. 1st edition. Hardcover, 8 3/4 x 11 1/2", 208 pages, DJ now in mylar sleeve. Tells the behind-scenes story of this ballet-film, from those first uncertain days.This story opens the book; then the ballet is revealed through its 'script', a series of working sketches draw…

stiff paper covers. Condizione: As New. later printing. Paperback, stiff paper covers, b/w illustrations throughout, 238 pages. ".How does altering the ratio of flour, sugar, yeast, salt, butter. and water affect how high bread rises? Why is whipped cream made with nitrous oxide rather than the more common carbon dioxide." 6 x 9…

hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Hardcover, DJ now in mylar sleeve. Introduction, pistols and revolvers, cavalry carbines, rifles and longarms, Hiram Berdan's Sharpshooters, artillery, swords and edged weapons, & acknowledgments. many color and b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Near Fine (now in…

hardcover. Condizione: very good. no jacket. 1st printing. Quotations and many b/w photographs from the Henry Dreyfuss Symbols Archive, Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design, & Smithsonian Institution, New York AND quotations and photographs from the work of Norman Bel Geddes. Hardcover, ex library with label inked out on spine, text b…