Burnett john h editor (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, no dustjacket, excellent condition, the former owner's name and address on the inside of the front cover and first blank page is the only remarkable flaw, 613 pages, features technical essays by numerous contributors, illustrated with 97 photos, drawings, maps, and several fold-out illustrations, also includes indexes of author names, place names, plant names, and a general index.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Collectible; Good. [FIRST EDITION] London: Oliver & Boyd, 1964. Hardback, no dj (as issued?) xiii, 613 pages with 3 colored and 94 b/w photographs, plus 61 text-figures (some folding). 8vo, Paper sticker remains on rear cover else very good condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shelf3).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good minus. First edition. First edition, 1964. Good in good minus dust jacket. Book store stamp on front endpaper, no other marks. 613 pages. Multiple folding charts, and index. Due to size or weight, this item may require additional postage for international or priority shipping. First complete study of Scottish vegetation and written by nine experts. Chapter headings:- The Study of Scottish Vegetation; The Climate of Scotland; The Soils of Scotland; Maritime and Sub-Marine Communities; Woodland and Scrub; Grasslands of the Forest and Sub-Alpine Zones; Dwarf Shrub Heaths; The Phytoplankton of the Scottish Freshwater Lochs; The Macrophytic Vegetation of Freshwater Lochs, Swamps and Associated Fens; Mires and Bogs; Dwarf Shrub Heath; Grass Heaths; Herb and Fern Meadows; Moss Heaths; Montane Mires and Bogs; Pre-History and Ecological History; Regional Patterns of Vegetation.…

Stapled Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. 4to, pp. unnumbered, illus. Inscribed by editor FIsher to poet Keith Wilson. Page edges exceed wrappers (untrimmed or faultily trimmed), wrappers a bit faded.

hardback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. hardback, 10" x 7 1/2", green cloth lettered gilt on black to spine, no dust jacket. Tightly bound but with some edge foxing and thus good only, bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown, the body of text is unmarked, Maps, b&w illustrations, xiii + 613pp.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Very Good- dust. First Edition. Nice, clean and sound copy. Illustrations in text and fold-outs. ; Small 4to; 613 pages.

Hard cover. Illustrated. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. HC with leather spine and corners over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers and page edges. Leather is scuffed in places and there is a small hole in top of spine. Four raised bands on spine. No ownership or other marks. Frontispiece is an engraving of Henry Wadworth Longfellow. Contents include: A Buffalo Hunt in Northern New Mexic; The Cliff Dwellers, by Emma C. Hardacre; The Great Deadwood Mystery, by Bret Harte; A Night with Edison, by William H. Bishop; Haworth's, Chapters I-XXII, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Leonardo Da Vinci, by Clarence Cook; Henry Wadworth Longfellow, by Richard Henry Stoddard; pieces by John Muir on the Douglas Squirrel, The windstorms in the Yuba, and the glacier meadows of the Sierra; poetry by Bayard Taylor, Richard Henry Stoddard, Richard Watson Gilder, Bret Harte, Emma Lazarus and more. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Edwin A. Abbey, C.s. Reinhart, J.E. Kelly, H. Murhman, Henry Sandham, Charles C. Ward, John Bolles, Frederick Dielman, Francis L (illustratore). …

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 36pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story describes how Aramco plans its major long-term infrastructure based on an estimated doubling in crude oil production by 1975. Examples include Abqaiq's power plant, the offshore GOSP plant at Safaniya, Ras Tanura's tank island and pier pictured in striking aerial views on the cover. Other content include the Arab child in school, Thomas Waghorn's overland mail and passenger route to India via Egypt (referred by Palmerston as "the world's most important trade route); Arab worry beads; gardens; and the 6th installment from Wallace Stegner's "Discovery! The Story of Aramco Then" with illustrations by Donald Thompson. Photographers include Aramco's own Burnett Moody, S.M. Amin, and Ali Khalifa. Burnett H. Moody; S.M. Amin; Ali M. Khalifa; et al (illustratore).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Original colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. Printed in Beirut by the Middle East Export Press. 36pp with colour and b/w photos and drawings. Near fine. The cover story is about the first known family visit deep into the Rub al Khali in Land Rovers for a camping expedition. It describes their encounters with Bedouin, and contrasts the family's experiences with those of Aramco's oil explorers who "While in the field for weeks at a time live in reasonable comfort in mobile trailers fitted out for sleeping, eating and showering". An article profiles the activities of Aramco's aviation department and its fleet with striking aerial and desert views. Other content is on Syria's traditional conical beehive houses; Buck Whaley's 18th Century journey to the Holy Land on a bet; locusts; and Syrian and Arab emperors in Rome. Photographers include Aramco's own Khalil Abou El-Nasr, Burnett Moody, and S.M. Amin. Khalil Abou El-Nasr; Burnett H. Moody; S.M. Amin; et al (illustratore).…