A c becker jr (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. ORIGINAL ARTICLES, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

ORIGINAL Articles, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Magazine/Periodical.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition, UK issue. Large 8vo (171 x 259mm). Pp189. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black cloth, spine titled in silver. End-paper browned. Good-plus in chipped and used dust-wrapper. This UK issue is bound in black cloth and carries both a dollar and sterling price on the dust-wrapper. In every other respect it is identical to the American issue. "Catching fish with artificial lures takes more than imagination, energy and skill. To be consistently successful with lures calls for an intimate knowledge of fish and their habits, with weather and water conditions. The proper presentation of the lure with rod and reel is merely the final, practical step leading to success. Now the beginner can quickly learn the intricacies of lure fishing through the experience of an expert. .His broad knowledge, combined with the experiences of other lure fishermen and facts offered by artificial bait manufacturers, is the basis for this highly entertaining and informative book." Chapters include: The bait fallacious. ; I fooled a fish; Lure presentation; Appeal to moods; Red on yellow; Sight and sound; One for all; Fishing the plugs; Fishing spoons; Fishing the plastic worm; Fishing the jigs; Setting the hook; Playing the fish; The window dressings; How big, how many; Lure life; For quality fishing; The right connections; Combination lures; A hard night's work; Do it yourself; Catchy names; Getting unsnagged; Some do, some don't; Hot and cold; On lures only; On tackle boxes; Why so many brands. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition. Large 8vo (171 x 259mm). Pp189. B/w photographs, illustrations. Grey paper-covered boards, spine titled in black. Slight use / bumped but good copy in rather rubbed / chipped dust-wrapper. "Catching fish with artificial lures takes more than imagination, energy and skill. To be consistently successful with lures calls for an intimate knowledge of fish and their habits, with weather and water conditions. The proper presentation of the lure with rod and reel is merely the final, practical step leading to success. Now the beginner can quickly learn the intricacies of lure fishing through the experience of an expert. .His broad knowledge, combined with the experiences of other lure fishermen and facts offered by artificial bait manufacturers, is the basis for this highly entertaining and informative book." Chapters include: The bait fallacious; I fooled a fish; Lure presentation; Appeal to moods; Red on yellow; Sight and sound; One for all; Fishing the plugs; Fishing spoons; Fishing the plastic worm; Fishing the jigs; Setting the hook; Playing the fish; The window dressings; How big, how many; Lure life; For quality fishing; The right connections; Combination lures; A hard night's work; Do it yourself; Catchy names; Getting unsnagged; Some do, some don't; Hot and cold; On lures only; On tackle boxes; Why so many brands. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition, UK issue. 4to (220 x 285mm). Pp217. B/w photographs & illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. D/w price USD 17.50 (top of flap) GBP 9.00 (bottom of flap). Slightly bumped and used, slight browning to end-papers and edges. Good copy in like dust-wrapper. This is a detailed introduction to saltwater and freshwater fishing in the American manner. Mostly sea fishing. The book concludes with a very good, 44-page cookery section, and a chapter entitled, How To buy Seafood. .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Tall octavo. 145pp. Illustrated. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a tiny tear.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp147. B/w photographs, bibliography. Olive cloth, spine titled in metallic green. Very good in used dust-wrapper. ".a comprehensive book on [game and bird calling] that discusses the various types of calls and techniques used by hunters.in-depth information on characteristics of the various species, how they react to the elements, and reasons they respond to call." Includes chapters on wildfowl, upland gamebirds, deer, elk and moose, as well as dealing with many other species, such as squirrels, alligators and fish. Fish? .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1973). 1973 1st edition. 4to (172 x 261mm). Pp247. B/w photographs, illustrations. Sage green cloth, spine titled in metallic green. Boards slightly bowed, owner's book-plate and spotting to end-papers. Good in used, slightly tanned dust-wrapper. "Waterfowl decoys are like fishing lures. Each can be highly realistic, but neither will be deadly if presentation is out of character. .There is no great mystery about using decoys properly. All one need do is watch ducks in the field, remember what [you have seen] and then transpose this knowledge into [your] decoy rig." A.C. Becker shows you how. Includes interesting material on the decoys themselves. .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First edition, 1st Printing. First edition, 1st Printing Fishing with artificial lures. Considering the speed, the angle and the lure; Angling. Methods of fishing with lures while boating. Floating lures is vital for topwater fishingIllustrated throughout. 189 pp. Clean and bright. price-clipped jacket in clean plastic brodart sleeve.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 456 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. ; ISBN 9780669280029, 066928002X OCLC 31890473 LCCN 94076841 LC DG533 .M27 1995 Dewey 945/.05 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; This collection of readings offers the best of contemporary Italian Renaissance scholarship, classic studies, and excerpts from a great variety of important primary sources in a single volume. Unique to this text is the presentation of conflicting interpretations of major issues in Renaissance history ; Contents: Pt. 1. The Renaissance problem -- 1. The Renaissance problem -- The culture of the Italian Renaissance / Jacob Burckhardt -- Did women have a renaissance? / Joan Kelly -- pt. II. The material world -- 2. The plage and public health -- The plague strikes Orvieto / Elisabeth Carpentier -- Medical reputations and the Black Death / Nancy G. Siraisi -- Sexuality and medicine in the Middle Ages / Danielle Jacquart and Claude Thomasett -- 3. The economy of city and countryside -- Landed property and trade in medieval Siena / Giuliano Pinto -- The preconditions for luxury consumption / Richard A. Goldthwaite -- Women's work in Renaissance Tuscany / Judith C. Brown -- 4. Urban needs and opportunities -- The Italian urban experience / Marvin B. Becker -- Social mobility in Florence / David Herlihy -- The urban territory of a Florentine merchant, 1400 / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- pt. III. Political forms -- 5. Renaissance Venice and Florence emerge -- Guild republicianism in Trecento Florence / John M. Najemy -- The Venetian aristocracy takes control / Frederic C. Lane -- 6. Forms of government in Renaissance Italy -- Communes and despots in late-medieval Italy / P.J. Jones -- The rise of the Medici / Dale Kent -- 7. Machiavelli's world -- The prince : political science or political satire? / Garrett Mattingly -- Machiavelli's advice to princes / Quentin Skinner Pt. IV. Humanism -- The beginnings of humanism / Ronald G. Witt -- Petrarch and the discovery of human nature / Hans Baron -- 9. Humanism serves the state -- In defense of civic humanism / Hans Baron -- The significance of civic humanism / Albert Rabil, Jr -- The moral philosophy of a Venetian humanist, Giovanni Caldiera / Margaret L. King -- 10. Schools of humanism -- Humanism and scholasticism in the Italian Renaissance / Paul Oskar Kristeller -- Antiquity versus modernity / Charles Trinkaus -- pt. V. Urban society and culture -- Maternity, widowhood, and dowry in Florence / Christiane Klapisch-Zuber -- Wives and husbands in late medieval Venice / Stanley Chonjnacki -- 12. Conspicuous consumption -- The building of Renaissance Florence / Richard A. Goldwaite -- Sumptuary law and social relations in Renaissance Italy / Diane Owen Hughes -- 13. Spirituality and ritual -- Ritual behavior in Renaissance Florence / Richard Trexler -- Art and pageantry in Renaissance Venice / Edward Muir -- 14. The end of the Renaissance? -- Changing assumptions in later Renaissance culture / William J. Bouwsma -- Clerics and laymen in Italian literature / Carlo Dionisotti ; FINE. Book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 114 pages. Articles: Rampageous Reuther - an intimate appraisal of the United Auto Workers' (UAW) Walter Reuther; Heels Among the Heroes - there are too many Peck's bad boys in our occupation forces - article with nice photos of Americans serving in Germany; Stop, Look and Live! - Detroit's successful campaign to reduce auto casualties; Lady Killers - Lady Roller Derby participants - article with great color photos of Gerry Murray, Evalyn Karran and others; Circus Opera - Elephants trumpet and horses galumph when Salmaggi stages Aida; Lethal Lullaby - facts to know if you take sleeping pills; Big Tin God - the saga of Simon Patino of Bolivia and his vast Gold and Tin mining empire; Interesting back page editorial on Britain's Palestine problem. Fiction: The Hard Way Home; A Sense of Echelon; Clock Without Hands; What a Man Wants; Love is Kind of Fragile; Trouble on the Autobahn. Ads include: Studebaker trucks; Listerine; Ethyl; Shell agricultural research; Admiral phonographs; Philco phonographs - with Bing Crosby photo; Life Savers; Buick (nice 2-page photo Ford cars; Anso film; Camel cigarettes with photo of hospital intern and caption "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette; Gillette razor ad features caricature of footbal player Steve Van-Buren ad); Rare full-page color ad for Wurlitzer Juke Boxes; GE light bulbs - with photo of George Burns and Gracie Allen; Clicquot Club sparkling water; Good Year (color centerfold); Garod radios; Mission Orange beverage; Carole Landis is featured for Dupont; Spertt Portable Sunlamps - with color photos; Dodge cars; Schlitz beer; "The Best Years of Our Lives" movie starring Fredric March and Myrna Loy; RCA Victor phonographs; Oregon tourism - with photos; Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover shows farmer holding huge golden leaf. Somewhat above-average external wear. Cover pulling from one staple. A worthy vintage copy. Darling, Gilbert; Pachner, William; Beall, C.C.; Peskin-, David; Forsberg, Howard; Karger, George; Collins, John; Siebel, Frederick; Baumgartner, Warren (illustrator).…