Robert wenkam author (3 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: None as Issued. First Edition, First Thus. Text/NEW & Bright w/trace soiling to upper text block. Softcover/NF w/a whisper of surface wear.1969 First Edition, First Thus. Kauai, an island in the Hawaiian archipelago, is home to dramatic cliffs & pinnacles, was a major filming site for Steven Spielberg's blockbusting 1997, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Author, civil engineer by training, environmentalist & photographer, Robert Wenkam (-2000) was stationed to Honolulu in 1941 while in service with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, and, stayed on after World War II to devote himself to the preservation of Hawaii's natural beaches, volcanoes & jungles, and, became Sierra Club's first Chairman to it's Hawaiian Chapter. 160 pgs w/color plates (all taken prior to 1969) preserves Kauai in it's natural beauty. Robert Wenkam (Author-Photographer) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition, First Thus. Text/NEW & Bright. Vintage 1970 First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed red linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF; w/ edge wear to lower front spine. PO label to front endpaper. Story of history, memories, of a still unspoilt east Maui, Hawaii by author-photographer Robert Wenkam (1920 - ). 162 pgs, illustrated w/61 color plates, sketches by Kenneth Brower, and archival art work. Forward by Davidd R. Bower (President of Friends of the Earth) in 4 chapters: 1, The Last Hawaiian Place; 2, Sources; 3, Rain Songs; and 4, Kipahulu Sketches. Robert Wenkam (Author-Photographer); and, Archival photos (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition, First Thus. Text/NEW & Bright. First Edition. Black linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/NF w/a whisper of edge wear. World War II psychological warfare. Documentary & analysis of organized, governmental propaganda dispensed by both Allied & Axis powers. The influence of information, and, mis-information, reviewed by Edward Boehm, fluent in German, was a Combat Liaison Officer of the U.S. Psychological Warfare Branch of the services that designed leaflets to be scattered by planes and even artillery guns! Propaganda (i.e. disambiguation) is information used to influence & persuade via selective facts & charged language. 203 pgs, w/color reproductions of popular leaflets in use & commentaries, in 2 parts: Part I, What is Propaganda?; and II, The Propaganda, followed by appendix. Robert Wenkam (Author-Photographer); Kenneth Brower (Sketches) (illustratore).…