S w helms (39 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 8vo. 270 pages. Hardcover with a gray pictorial dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn with the edges bumped and a small tear at upper rear edge. Original owner's stamp and name/address on flyleaves. Hinges are sound and text is clean. Illustrated with drawings and photographs.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean and unmarked University Press hardback with a dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable plastic cover. This nice copy has an "opened-only-a-few-times" look & feel with no crushes to the black-boards' corners. Black-&-white illustrations. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship (tracking included) promptly from Roswell, Ga. Proudly serving satisfied book customers for over thirty years.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Cornell Univ Press, 1981. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with light spotting to top and vertical page ends. Dust jacket is like new.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, (1981). First Edition. Large 8vo. xviii,270pp, Bibliography. Black cloth. Book in fine condition; dj very good, unworn but few small abrasion to front cover. Fully illustrated with photographs, drawings, and reconstructions. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 270 pages.…

Condizione: Fine/Fine dj. 270pp. Numerous black & white photos, maps, diagrams & figures.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Published. First Published. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Cornell University Press, 1981. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with spotting on page ends. Dust jacket is very good.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

First Edition. Dust jacket covered in clear adhesive film & fixed to boards, with glue-transfer onto free end papers, causing stickiness. Internally VG in tight binding. Used - Good. Good hardback in dust jacket, Used - Good. Good hardback in dust jacket.

First Edition. Pages slightly warped, possibly from light dampness. Otherwise bright and tidy in tight binding. Dust jacket protected in clear removable film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

black & gilt decorative (spine) cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. with 1cm tear at spine top, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (FPu1981 & NAP). xviii+270p. 46 glossy b&w photo plates.100 b&w illustrations & maps. 7 appendices. index. archaeology. ancient history. prehistory. history of syria. middle east history. ~The ancient, ruined city of Jawa lies in the basalt desert of northeast Jordan ~ a desolate region swept by sandstorms, where temperatures vary through extremes. Today only bedouin venture across the Black Desert, but five thousand years ago Jawa thrived there briefly as an urban center of considerable complexity. Discovered by aviators in 1931, Jawa's ruins were only recently excavated. Strangely, the harsh environment has protected the city ~ no settlement was ever built upon Jawa's ruins ~ making it the best preserved Bronze Age city yet known. In this fascinating exploration of the lost city, Svend Helms ~ director of excavation at the twenty~two acre site ~ describes the significance of Jawa's discovery, its fortifications and town plan, and its sophisticated water retrieval system that gathered and stored the meager winter rains crucial for the large population's survival. This extensive water works reveals an ancient technology of a surprisingly high order of development, giving rise to questions about Jawa's origins: How did such an advanced hydrology spring up in the Black Desert? Who were the Jawaites ? Why did they settle in such a bleak area? Why did they suddenly abandon the city they had struggled to build? Drawing on both the archaeological evidence and literary sources, Helms suggests answers to questions posed by the ruins. He fully illustrates his account with photographs, reconstructions, and diagrams. Helms's Jawa adds considerably to our understanding of Near Eastern archaeology and to our knowledge of the roots of urban society.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine d/j. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-8014-1364-8. Black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Tip of lower front corner slightly curved in. Edges of d/j lightly curled, tiny tear on tip of corner on rear top of d/j. 270 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0416740804. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No Signature.

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

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 82 pp. Light wear. This issue contains: Clive Barker - New Media Monster; Casting a Wide Spell - Julian Sands; Dracula's Doctor - Richard E. Grant; Back to Boot Camp - Sam Raimi; Cat Got Her Tongue - Lucille Lund; King of the Scary Cinema; Fun on the Phone; Gore From Down Under - Peter Jackson; Fang Time - Francis Ford Coppola; The Pin is Mightier than the Sword - Doug Bradley; The Oscars of Fear; The Last House You'w Want to Visit - Wes Craven; and Dinosaurs Slayground - Jurassic Park; along with Bonus Pinups. Size: 4to. Book.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 270 pages; Description: xviii, 270 p. , [24] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Jawa (Extinct city) . 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. . . . . First Edition. Cloth, out of print, 270 pages, illustrated, very good condition in very good dust jacket.

1981, Middle East, Cornell University Press, 270 p. very good cloth and dust jacket.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv, 425 p. : ill., charts, maps, plans ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 417-425. Subjects; Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan Umm Hammad, Tall. Assemblages (Archaeology) Jordan Umm Hammad, Tall. Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan. Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan. BRONZE AGE - Jordan. Jordan - Prehistory - Bronze Age. POTTERY, BRONZE AGE - Jordan. Jordan Antiquities. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 270 pages; Description: xviii, 270 p. , [24] p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Jawa (Extinct city) . 1 Kg.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xiv, 425 p. : ill., charts, maps, plans ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 417-425. Subjects; Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan Umm Hammad, Tall. Assemblages (Archaeology) Jordan Umm Hammad, Tall. Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan. Excavations (Archaeology) Jordan. BRONZE AGE - Jordan. Jordan - Prehistory - Bronze Age. POTTERY, BRONZE AGE - Jordan. Jordan Antiquities. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. xviii, 270pp, 46 b/w plates, text-figures, 8 tables, 7 appendices, bibliography. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. From the blurb, 'The site of Jawa in north-east Jordan lies in an arid desert of black basalt. New excavations [1970s] have shown that an urban settlement, of considerable complexity and covering an area of 22 acres, existed there as long ago as the fourth millennium BC. This study describes the site's discovery, the fortifications and town plan, and the sophisticated water retrieval system'. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. 8vo. xviii, 270 pp., charts, maps, illustrations, appendix, biblio, original cloth in dust wrapper, copy in mint condition.

Hardback. Condizione: VG. nrVG DW. 1st Edition. Name of owner at start of book. In excellent condition BUT top text edge spotted and some white marks to covers. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition BUT spine faded and a bit creased.

8vo, 270pp, with black and white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket. Previous owner's signature.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean & tight. Very nice copy.

Wraps. Condizione: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [2], 11, [3] pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Staplebound. Prepared for presentation at the 1981 Winter Simulation Conference, Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, Georgia, 9-11 December 1981. Includes Abstract; Introduction; Navigation Procedures; The Major Segments of the GPS System; Range Error Components; Uniform Distribution of Observations in Time and Around the World; Bibliography; and Conclusions. The Navstar GPS will permit users to determine their positions in real time to an average accuracy of 50 feet anywhere on or near the surface of the earth. This is accomplished through radio navigation techniques in which precise binary pulse trains with chipping rates of 1 and 10 million bits per second are sent out by a constellation of 18 satellites in 12-hour orbits 10,898 nautical miles above the earth. The Navstar system, which is being financed jointly by the various branches of the military, will also be widely utilized by civilian users. Abstract: Six Navistar navigation satellites are presently traveling through space 10,898 nautical miles above the earth. By 1987, the operational constellation, which will consist of at least 18 larger and more advanced satellites, will be providing continuous navigation coverage to a world wild class of civilian and military users. the Navstar satellite constellation will yield routine accuracies nearly 20 times better than any other global navigation system. This paper explores some of the computer modeling methods used by the Navistar system itself and by researchers who have been simulation the military and civilian benefits to be derived from its use. The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally NAVSTAR GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provides geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. Obstacles such as mountains and buildings block the relatively weak GPS signals. The GPS does not require the user to transmit any data, and it operates independently of any telephonic or internet reception, though these technologies can enhance the usefulness of the GPS positioning information. The GPS provides critical positioning capabilities to military, civil, and commercial users around the world. The United States government created the system, maintains it, and makes it freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. The GPS project was started by the U.S. Department of Defense in 1973, with the first prototype spacecraft launched in 1978 and the full constellation of 24 satellites operational in 1993. Originally limited to use by the United States military, civilian use was allowed from the 1980s following an executive order from President Ronald Reagan. Advances in technology and new demands on the existing system have now led to efforts to modernize the GPS and implement the next generation of GPS Block IIIA satellites and Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). Announcements from Vice President Al Gore and the White House in 1998 initiated these changes. In 2000, the U.S. Congress authorized the modernization effort, GPS III.…