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Published by Chronicle Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0811828565ISBN 13: 9780811828567
Seller: Goodwill of Colorado, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!.
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Published by Paul Elek Publishers, London: England, 1951
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Book
Hard Cover/No Jacket. Condition: Good. David Knight (illustrator). First Edition. pp.136 with index clean tight copy except for a couple of outer margins of text with brown spot, bumped and frayed corners and top/bottom spine with 3/14" tear on front lower spine hinge and across middle spine, 1" tear top front spine hinge back hinge 2" tear in the middle, covers faintly stained. former owner initial on frontpiece good reading copy only Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by ELEK
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.
Published by Paul Elek, 1951
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1951. 136 pages. Illustrated jacket over blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to front and spine. Illustrated by David Knight. With decorative endpapers. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's inscription to pre title page. A few slightly dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Gilt is slightly dulled. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Spine is heavily sunned. Jacket is noticeably rubbed and marked overall. Jacket slightly foxed overall.
Published by Paul Elek, London
Seller: Nilbog Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is a Very Good copy of the first edition. There is a touch of rubbing at two edges and a bit of foxing on the front and rear endpapers-none in the text or illustrations. The dust jacket, while present has a large piece missing at the front corner and a small piece at the base of the spine. No internal writing. Includes bibliography. Illustrated with any plates in full color. In a plastic jacket cover.
Published by Paul Elek, London, 1951
Seller: Alexander Books (ABAC/ILAB), Ancaster, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. David Knight (illustrator). 1st Edition. 136 Pages, Dust Jacket Edge Chipped And Shelf Faded O/W Sound. Book.
Published by Paul Elek Publishers, 1951
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1951. No Edition Remarks. 136 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to rear panel. Foxing overall.
Published by Paul Elek Publishers, 1951
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket + owners name - Rare and Collectable - will send out 1st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.
Published by Leipzig, 1929
Seller: Wissenschaftliches Antiquariat Köln Dr. Sebastian Peters UG, Köln, Germany
Interimsbroschur. Condition: mäßig. 186 S. : 8 Tab., 1 Situationsplan, 23 cm, gebräunt, Stempel, Rücken leicht beschädigt, Ecke geknickt, Inhalt gut erhalten. Sprache: deu.
Published by Paul Elek, 1950
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1950. No edition remarks. 80 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout by van Praag. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Name in pen on front.
Published by Paul Elek Publishers, 1951
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
PAPERBACK. Condition: GOOD. 1951. Paul Elek Publishers. . GOOD 1st Edition. Gilt title on spine. Gilt decorative cover. Pages are clean and bright. Edgewear on cover.
Published by Vancouver, 1981., 1981
First Edition
Softcover. 8°. Original booklet with about 40 unnumbered pages, monochrome illustrations and accompanying texts. Slightly rubbed on the outside, overall in good condition. --- Originalheft mit etwa 40 nicht numerierten Seiten, einfarbigen Abbildungen und begleitenden Texten. Außen leicht berieben, insgesamt gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! -- Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Bestellung! K04704-421607.
Published by ELEK, 1968
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library; in good condition. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Condition: Fair. Unbekannte Signatur. Deutsch.
Published by Paul Elek Publishers, London, UK, 1950
Seller: Secondhand Books 'n' Things, Ross Creek, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, 1950, Paul Elek Publishers, London UK. This book is in good condition - pages tanning; section of extra tanning on rfep; edge wear to boards. The dust jacket is in fair-good condition - not price-clipped; several small marks; edge wear including small losses of material and loss of top right hand corner in the front, about an inch wide.
Published by Elek Books, 1964
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: GOOD. 1964. Elek Books . Hardcover. GOOD Grey boards. Blue titles. Slight edgewear. Spine worn. Boards marked. 11 x 7.
Published by PAUL ELEK PUBLISHERS LTD., LONDON E.C. 1, 1950
Seller: Highstreet Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. VAN PRAAG (illustrator). 1st Edition. Book is a none too serious enquiry into the decline and fall of our language. 12mo. 80pages 1950 first edition . Original grey / green cloth cover, title in red lettering on spine. front and rear free end papers are foxed , but generally inside is clean , all illustrations are correct. Dust Jacket has a certain amount of shelf wear, head has some tears . A very interesting little book , with lots of drawings most of us would enjoy this.
Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (english language, humor, english wit and humor ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by New York, Crown Publishers, 1960, 1960
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 238 p. illus. (part col.) fold. maps, plans. 28 cm. ; LCCN: 60-15395 ; LC: DG70.P7; N5769; Dewey: 913.377 ; OCLC: 1221384 ; beige with grey lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label ; Contents : History of Pompeii -- The volcano roused -- The dead cities revived -- Pompeii formerly and today -- Business, work and recreation -- The life of the people -- The Pompeiians at home -- The necropolis -- Art at Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Conclusion ; "The object of this book is to represent in as complete and precise a way as possible the form and aspect of Pompeii and Herculaneum and the life led by their inhabitants at the period when that existence was brutally cut short by the eruption of Vesuvius, wiping out these two cities in AD 79." ; 132 illustrations, some in monochrome and color ; VG. Book.
Published by Chronicle Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 0811828565ISBN 13: 9780811828567
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket. Inscribed by Jim Sherraden, former shop manager and co-author, on title page. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Paul Elek, London, 1950
Seller: C.P. Collins Booksellers, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (80pp). Illustrations. Dust jacket price-clipped, offset brownng, else clean unused Size: Small Octavo. Hardcover.
Published by Paul Elek. 1950, 1950
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. Half title, illus. Orig. olive green cloth. Pink pictorial, d.w., clipped; a little darkened & damp affected. Copac lists copies at BL, NLS, Oxford, and NLW only A satirical work, looking at the language's 'abuse by the Heretik Foreigner' and reserving its true ire for 'the lamentable Menace from Within by those professing to owe allegiance to the said Language but openly working for its Downfall'.
Published by London, Elek., 1967
Seller: ANTIQUARIAT MATTHIAS LOIDL, Unterreit-Stadl, Germany
48,5 x 34,5 cm (quer). 136 S. mit 208 SW-Abbildungen im Text u. 20 (davon 16 farb.) Tafeln, OLwd. mit Goldpr. u. farb. illustr. OUmschl. Sehr gutes Exemplar. EA. * Prachtvoller Band, enthaltend Texte von Beckford, Byron, Cooper, Goethe, Shelley, Staël, Stendhal, Villon u.a.