2005, ISBN: 9780719566639

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Viking, Melbourne, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 358 pages. Text body is clean, and free fro… Mehr…

Viking, Melbourne, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 358 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Mild age tanning throughout. The dust wrapper is not price clipped and shows only minor shelf-wear. . All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. A little rubbing on tail of spine.. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. When Robert Drewe, aged six, moves with his family to the sun baked coastal town of Perth, Western Australia - the world's most isolated city - he has every reason to expect a life of playful adventure.But an ominous darkness creeps in as he matures. Divisions between his parents and the shifting confidences of adolescence begin to take their toll. Then a man he knows murders a boy he also knows. The murderer randomly kills several others and Robert's life is changed forever.Set in the 50s and early 60s, and based on Robert Drewe's acclaimed memoir, The Shark Net is a story of secrets and lies, fear and evil. A time of innocence and new experiences that is moving, funny and shocking. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; True Crime. ISBN: 0670868191. ISBN/EAN: 9780670868193. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4755. . 9780670868193, Viking, 2000, 4, New York: Crescent Books - Division of Crown Publishers, Inc., 1989. Second Printing . Hard Back. Fine/Near Fine. 9" X 12. 128 Pages Indexed. blue Endpapers. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier chartered in the U.S. and the first to construct tracks specifically for the purpose of transporting passengers and freight. Endowed with an enviable list firsts, the story of the B&O is emblematic of all that is revered in American railroading. When the B&O merged with the Chesepeake & Ohio and the Western Maryland railroads on 4 February 1963, yet another dramatic chapter of the quintessentially American story was begun. The history of this great railroad is a national treasure land monument to the growth of the nation itself. Truly, the B&O grew up with the United States --- from the first stone laid for the railroad on 4 Juy 1828 to B&O's and the nations coming of age in the 20th century. And, just as American braces itself afresh to face the problems of a new, bold century, the B&O, too, lives on --- as a vital componenet of todays's CSX Corporation, one fo the healthiest and most forward-looking transport and communications organzations in the world today. Includes 50 collor illustrations. Contents in 12 Chapters: America's First Railroad, Tracks to the Ohio, Cincinnati and St Louis, The Civil War Years, Expansion and a Troubled Economy, The Turn of lthe Century, The Willard Administration, The Fair of the Iron Horse, The Great Depression B&O Locomotives Up to Dieselization, World War II and After, and The B7O, The C&O, and the CSX Corporation. Large book that may incur additional shipping charges to some locations., Crescent Books - Division of Crown Publishers, Inc., 1989, 4.5, Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, c1967. Hardcover. Very good condition. 434p., Encyclopedia Britannica, 3, Bodleian Library Publishing. 2011, 192pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition. A unique visual history of the bestselling book of all time, Bibles An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print provides a snapshot of the biblical tradition through over fifty rare and important Bibles. Following a general introduction, the Bibles are presented in chronological chapters giving a short introduction for each period. Every example, from the oldest biblical fragments dating from c. 200 AD to the lavishly decorated gospels of the fine press tradition in the twentieth-century, is illustrated and accompanied by a caption which explains its particular significance. Drawing exclusively on Oxford's collection, one of the finest in the world, this book tells the remarkable story of the development of the Bible across media, language, and provenance. Containing many unusual examples, some of which have never been illustrated in print before, it includes many of the great biblical texts of the Eastern and Western tradition, including the Magdalen Papyrus, the Laudian Acts, the Anglo-Saxon Exodus, St Margaret's Gospel-book, the Douce Apocalypse, the Bible Moralisee (MS. Bodley 270b), the Kennicot Bible, the Guttenberg Bible, and the King James Bible. Published in the year of the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, Bibles An Illustrated History from Papyrus to Print brings together an extraordinary range of biblical texts and marks a milestone in the history of one of the most influential and enduring books in the world. ISBN: 9781851242986, Bodleian Library Publishing, 0, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour pictorial illustration by Kate Miller, illustrated dw/dj,with white,pale+dark blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Book has a slight lean,and the majority of the light creasing is to top edges of dw/dj,head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges imperceptibly aged/toned,but clean;contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xvipp+ 1-302pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements, author's note,double-page b/w map (Siberia with author's route), author foreword,12 chapters.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 2pp blanks at rear. Dervla Murphy (28 November 1931 22 May 2022) was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books,writing for more than 50 years. Murphy is probably best known for her 1965 book 'Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle',about an overland cycling trip through Europe, Iran,Afghanistan,Pakistan and India. 'Through Siberia by Accident' is a book about a journey that didn't happen - and what happened instead. Dervla Murphy found herself stymied by multiple minor injuries while still thousands of miles from her original destination,Ussuriland in the Russian Far East.She spent the next three months travelling by train and paddle-steamer amidst the vastness of Eastern Siberia. Knowing no more about Siberia than does the average citizen of Europe,her wanderings provided many surprises. The sparsely inhabited territory,commonly visualised as bleak and monotonous,is in fact exhilaratingly varied and beautiful.Its biggest Republic,Sakya,is the size of India,with a population of about one million,and its major rivers are amongst the longest in the world. The majority of Siberia's population are Russians who settled, voluntarily or involuntarily,in the world's largest colony after it was 'opened up' in the 16thC.Dervla Murphy's failure to reach Ussuriland was compensated for by these people's extraordinary hospitalty, generosity and helpfulness.Even today,foreign travellers are so rare in some towns that this maimed Irish babushka was the first Western European the locals had ever met.Yet many of them spontaneously welcomed her into their homes where she enjoyed stimulating conversations about a wide range of subjects from post-Soviet social problems to the unique inhabitants of Lake Baikal's depths. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS),2005., 5<

2005, ISBN: 9780719566639

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The Macmillan company. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Dust jacket price clipped. (asia, japan, foreig… Mehr…

The Macmillan company. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Dust jacket price clipped. (asia, japan, foreign relations), The Macmillan company, 3, London: Macdonald, 1962. 224 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on free endpaper, foxing on edges, d/j slightly bumped on spine and corners. This is the first-hand story of a foreign correspondent's life at the heart of Asian Communism. The author describes his extensive journeys through the industrial cities of Manchuria and the communes with their myriad ant-like workers. He tells of his contacts - and conflicts - with Chinese officialdom, and vividly conveys the almost pathological mistrust which the Chinese feel towards foreigners; even those foreigners who are themselves Communists.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo., Macdonald, 1962, 3, Foreign Quarterly Review, London, 1835. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good Condition. 16 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (15 x 22 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Foreign Quarterly Review; Inventory No: 510725.., Foreign Quarterly Review, 1835, 3, Grafton. First Grafton edition-first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine condition.Grafton,2002.First Grafton edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Pictorial hardback with Dj(a couple of nicks,scratches and crease on the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new with a small colour mark and slightly yellow on the outer edges,a couple of small creases and nick on the edges of the pages.376pp including index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: The in-depth biography of Sven Goran Eriksson - the first foreign manager of the England football team - which chronicles his time in the hot seat, from his baptism of fire on succeeding the incumbent Kevin Keegan through to the 2002 World Cup Finals in Japan and South Korea. The in Japan and South Korea.For the average English football fan, it is still largely a case of 'Sven who?' when it comes to the man behind the permafrost smile. Reserved - some would say introvert - by nature, he has so far dismissed as intrusive all questions about anything other than the England team. As a consequence, there is a fascinating story to be told about the moderate full-back who failed in his own country, retired from playing at 27, then went on to become one of the best coaches in the world.The son of a truck driver from a small provincial town in Sweden, Eriksson left school early and worked in a social security office. He went to college to study PE and played football as an amateur before being persuaded by an older teammate Tord Grip (now his assistant with England) that his career lay elsewhere in the game. Modest success at Roma and Fiorentina was followed by a renewal of Sampdoria's fortunes. It wasn't long before Lazio came knocking - but not before an acrimonious fallout with Blackburn when his surprise about-turn left the Lancashire club without a new manager. Phenomenal success in Rome however, where he led Lazio to the scudetto, eventually paved the way to the England manager's job. Until now. Joe Lovejoy's book captures the essence of the man and goes some way to explaining his influence behind the metamorphosis of Team England - from his first day in the hot seat to the thrills and spills of the Japan and Korea in 2002. It's a journey not to be missed., Grafton, 5, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour pictorial illustration by Kate Miller, illustrated dw/dj,with white,pale+dark blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Book has a slight lean,and the majority of the light creasing is to top edges of dw/dj,head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges imperceptibly aged/toned,but clean;contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xvipp+ 1-302pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements, author's note,double-page b/w map (Siberia with author's route), author foreword,12 chapters.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 2pp blanks at rear. Dervla Murphy (28 November 1931 22 May 2022) was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books,writing for more than 50 years. Murphy is probably best known for her 1965 book 'Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle',about an overland cycling trip through Europe, Iran,Afghanistan,Pakistan and India. 'Through Siberia by Accident' is a book about a journey that didn't happen - and what happened instead. Dervla Murphy found herself stymied by multiple minor injuries while still thousands of miles from her original destination,Ussuriland in the Russian Far East.She spent the next three months travelling by train and paddle-steamer amidst the vastness of Eastern Siberia. Knowing no more about Siberia than does the average citizen of Europe,her wanderings provided many surprises. The sparsely inhabited territory,commonly visualised as bleak and monotonous,is in fact exhilaratingly varied and beautiful.Its biggest Republic,Sakya,is the size of India,with a population of about one million,and its major rivers are amongst the longest in the world. The majority of Siberia's population are Russians who settled, voluntarily or involuntarily,in the world's largest colony after it was 'opened up' in the 16thC.Dervla Murphy's failure to reach Ussuriland was compensated for by these people's extraordinary hospitalty, generosity and helpfulness.Even today,foreign travellers are so rare in some towns that this maimed Irish babushka was the first Western European the locals had ever met.Yet many of them spontaneously welcomed her into their homes where she enjoyed stimulating conversations about a wide range of subjects from post-Soviet social problems to the unique inhabitants of Lake Baikal's depths. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS),2005., 5<

2005, ISBN: 9780719566639

London.: Macmillan.. 1966.. Endpaper maps, xiii + 527pp, index, price clipped and worn dustjacket, now protected, a sound copy. Study of the development of Communist China's foreign polic… Mehr…

London.: Macmillan.. 1966.. Endpaper maps, xiii + 527pp, index, price clipped and worn dustjacket, now protected, a sound copy. Study of the development of Communist China's foreign policy and foreign relations, tracing its influences area by area and country by country. ., Macmillan., 1966., 0, lahore: Sang-e-meel Publications.. 1981.. Black and white illustrations, 312pp, ink on first page of preface smudged, soiling, dustjacket now protected chipped with loss. Reading copy only. ., Sang-e-meel Publications., 1981., 0, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour pictorial illustration by Kate Miller, illustrated dw/dj,with white,pale+dark blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Book has a slight lean,and the majority of the light creasing is to top edges of dw/dj,head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges imperceptibly aged/toned,but clean;contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xvipp+ 1-302pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements, author's note,double-page b/w map (Siberia with author's route), author foreword,12 chapters.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 2pp blanks at rear. Dervla Murphy (28 November 1931 22 May 2022) was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books,writing for more than 50 years. Murphy is probably best known for her 1965 book 'Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle',about an overland cycling trip through Europe, Iran,Afghanistan,Pakistan and India. 'Through Siberia by Accident' is a book about a journey that didn't happen - and what happened instead. Dervla Murphy found herself stymied by multiple minor injuries while still thousands of miles from her original destination,Ussuriland in the Russian Far East.She spent the next three months travelling by train and paddle-steamer amidst the vastness of Eastern Siberia. Knowing no more about Siberia than does the average citizen of Europe,her wanderings provided many surprises. The sparsely inhabited territory,commonly visualised as bleak and monotonous,is in fact exhilaratingly varied and beautiful.Its biggest Republic,Sakya,is the size of India,with a population of about one million,and its major rivers are amongst the longest in the world. The majority of Siberia's population are Russians who settled, voluntarily or involuntarily,in the world's largest colony after it was 'opened up' in the 16thC.Dervla Murphy's failure to reach Ussuriland was compensated for by these people's extraordinary hospitalty, generosity and helpfulness.Even today,foreign travellers are so rare in some towns that this maimed Irish babushka was the first Western European the locals had ever met.Yet many of them spontaneously welcomed her into their homes where she enjoyed stimulating conversations about a wide range of subjects from post-Soviet social problems to the unique inhabitants of Lake Baikal's depths. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS),2005., 5<

2005, ISBN: 9780719566639

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour pictorial illustrati… Mehr…

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip (£18.99) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt colour pictorial illustration by Kate Miller, illustrated dw/dj,with white,pale+dark blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Book has a slight lean,and the majority of the light creasing is to top edges of dw/dj,head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges imperceptibly aged/toned,but clean;contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xvipp+ 1-302pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,acknowledgements, author's note,double-page b/w map (Siberia with author's route), author foreword,12 chapters.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and 2pp blanks at rear. Dervla Murphy (28 November 1931 22 May 2022) was an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books,writing for more than 50 years. Murphy is probably best known for her 1965 book 'Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle',about an overland cycling trip through Europe, Iran,Afghanistan,Pakistan and India. 'Through Siberia by Accident' is a book about a journey that didn't happen - and what happened instead. Dervla Murphy found herself stymied by multiple minor injuries while still thousands of miles from her original destination,Ussuriland in the Russian Far East.She spent the next three months travelling by train and paddle-steamer amidst the vastness of Eastern Siberia. Knowing no more about Siberia than does the average citizen of Europe,her wanderings provided many surprises. The sparsely inhabited territory,commonly visualised as bleak and monotonous,is in fact exhilaratingly varied and beautiful.Its biggest Republic,Sakya,is the size of India,with a population of about one million,and its major rivers are amongst the longest in the world. The majority of Siberia's population are Russians who settled, voluntarily or involuntarily,in the world's largest colony after it was 'opened up' in the 16thC.Dervla Murphy's failure to reach Ussuriland was compensated for by these people's extraordinary hospitalty, generosity and helpfulness.Even today,foreign travellers are so rare in some towns that this maimed Irish babushka was the first Western European the locals had ever met.Yet many of them spontaneously welcomed her into their homes where she enjoyed stimulating conversations about a wide range of subjects from post-Soviet social problems to the unique inhabitants of Lake Baikal's depths. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always., LONDON.JOHN MURRAY (PUBLISHERS),2005., 5<

2005, ISBN: 0719566630

[EAN: 9780719566639], Used, good, [SC: 2.45], [PU: John Murray], Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day., Books