London macmillan 1987 (88 risultati)

Soft cover. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Translated by Stacey Knecht. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. (vi) +231. Dustwrapper lightly sunned on spine panel; front free endpaper removed; earlier owner's name signed on half-title; trace of foxing and browning. Good. "Fascinated from childhood by the enigmatic figure of her uncle, a Catholic missionary in Africa who returned only for short leaves bearing unfamiliar presents, Lieve Joris set out on board the Fabiolaville to the former Belgian Congo, the modern Zaïre of the ubiquitous President Mobutu. The author describes equally vividly the remnants of Zaïre's colonial past, the mission stations and the white expatriate community - many of whom ignore as far as possible the country in which they live - and the realities of modern Zaïre. From the chaos of Kinshasa to the remote villages of the interior, she falls for the charm of the inhabitants while laying bare the corruption endemic in the system.".…

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st UK Edition. Fine/Near Fine. 1st UK Edition. Coolection of the author's short stories. Jacket by Bee Willey. Jacket has a crumple on the spine head and mild rubbing to the panel surfaces. Scan available on request .…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 238pp, pages browning, owner's bookplate on front endpaper, text clean and sound, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clippd. . ISBN: 0333424166.

1st edition, hardback, 188pp, ex-library, flyleaf torn out, stamps on title page, pages browned, text otherwise sound, spine cocked, Fair condition in Good dustwrapper; wrapper has a label on spine. ISBN: 0333454863.

paperback in very good condition; 225pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 252pp, pages browning, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clippd. . ISBN: 0333443284.

reprint).Octavo,246 pp.,illustrations, bookplate, signature, dustwrapper.

8vo, 389pp. A very good paperback copy.

XII, 369 Seiten. Gr.-8vo. Hardcover mit Schutzumschlag. Einbandkanten etwas bestoßen, Buchblock leicht verzogen, Papier etwas gebräunt. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

First editon, brown cloth, 372pp, NF (v sl rubbed, v sl edge wear) d/w VG+ (v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl creases to extrems, v sl internal foxing).

215 x 136 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. 337; maps and cartoons. Good to very good condition. Wrappers somewhat creased; spine sunned; previous owner's name signed on half-title; a little underlining and some marginal annotations. "Intended both as an introduction for general readers and a text for students, this book tells five momentous stories - how the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaya struggled for, and won, their independence. The book is unique in a number of ways. Specially drawn maps and timelines highlight basic information about colonial rule and nationalist movements. Fifteen pages of cartoons capture the mood of crucial moments. Biographical notes provide accounts of major nationalist leaders. A detailed reading guide points the way for further study. . Combining information, argument and attractive illustration, Asia - The Winning of Independence is indispensable for anyone interested in modern Asia.…

first UK edition hardcover octavo (VG+) in (VG+) d/w (sl creasing adn foxing). Photos available on request.

8vo, xii + 177pp. Oriignal boards in predominantly white dustwrapper, slightly yellowed at corners, exhibiting a small closed tear at top corner. Signed inscription, addressed to John Barnes on ffe. A very good to near-fine copy. First edition. Signed and inscribed copy.

First UK paperback edition. Octavo-size paperback. Fine. Some of Kipling's early journalism, written when he was assistant editor of the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore in the Punjab. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $3, so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards when the order is processed by the bookseller.…

255pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Edges lightly browned, otherwise a very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 22.5cm. VG h/c in like pictorial DJ. Signed by author in August 1987. 239 pages, 8 intext illustrations. More than 250 books, stories were examined as the author researched this work on fictional preduictions, warning and comprehension on nuclear war. There are eight sections in this interesting, perhaps unique, view to the nuclear age. Signed by Author(s).…

xi+244pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrpper, some light marking and edgewear, small tear to lower wrapper. A very good copy. First edition.

186pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. A near fine copy. . First edition.

First edition. Hardcover. Very fine in like dustjacket. Novel based on the African explorations of the Scot, Captain Alexander Laing, the first European to reach the fabled city of Timbuktu.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover. Owner's name on FFEP. Not price-clipped.

Thick quarto, xxxviii+486pp, original cloth boards in dustwrapper, ink name on flyleaf, a very good copy. First UK edition.

8vo mayor. Tela editorial verde; título dorado en lomera; sobrecubietas. Muy buen ejemplar. 647 pp; 60 ilustraciones en negro en 12 hojas fuera texto; 5 mapas entre texto.'The defeat of the Indian tribes of Brazil is one of the great tragedies of Europe's involvement in South America. covers the period from the mid XVIIIth c to the early XXth century. the first book to explore this vast subject, based on extensive research.' (solapas).…

Condizione: Very Good. First paperback edition. Light wear and corner creasing, otherwise very good.

1st edition. Orange cloth boards, silver lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8ins x 5.25ins,192pp. VG / VG.

2nd edition stiff wrappers Nice copy octavo xi + 268pp., bibliog., index.

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine small octavo 240pp., b/w pls., text ills., indexes, Women as Warriors, Freedom Fighters, Mothers, Wives, Prostitutes. From Amazons, Inka & Boadicea, women Soldiers in South Africa Mau Mau Freedom Fighters.

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine small octavo 284pp., bibliog., index, Discusses the irrelevancy of the ANZUS Treaty in its current form in the modern world.

reprint stiff wrappers As New octavo xv + 253pp., b/w plates, maps, plans, bibliog., index, Story of Third Battle of Ypres & the Men who fought it. Usual brilliant Narrative history by this author.

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine small octavo x + 142pp., Documents and Debates series.