Verlag: Random House Value Publishing, 1988
ISBN 10: 0517343460 ISBN 13: 9780517343463
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
Zustand: Good. Avenel 1981 ed. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: New York : The Century Co., 1921
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Book has some heavy wear from age and usage. Pages are very yellowed from age. Inscribed by previous owner on the first page.
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014533287 ISBN 13: 9781014533289
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1015171435 ISBN 13: 9781015171435
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: LEGARE STREET PR Jul 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1019499656 ISBN 13: 9781019499658
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a fascinating exploration of the psychology of skill acquisition, with a focus on the skill of typewriting. It explores the learning process, the factors that influence skill acquisition, and the best methods for developing skills. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the process of learning and mastering new skills.
Verlag: Mindfast Publishing Dez 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1347499253 ISBN 13: 9781347499252
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 115 pages. In Very Good condition with Good plus dust jacket. Gold spine with Black and red text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has light age toning to covers, mild wear to joints, and mild edge and shelf wear. Boards have slight discoloration to edges. Textblock has faint impression of pencil on front endpaper. Shelved under Front Counter. 1373952. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
With a Discussion of the Psychology & Pedagogy of Skill. Gregg, New York 1925. xx, 463, (1) pages. Original cloth. Very fine copy.[#115874].
Verlag: N.p., N.p., 1951
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Vintage script for the 1951 musical play. Copy belonging to cast member Steve Elmore, who was an uncredited understudy or replacement in the role of Sandy, with his name and character's name in manuscript ink and pencil to the title page, and several substantive manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Basis for the 1969 film, made 18 years later, directed by Joshua Logan, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, and Jean Seberg. A gold mining camp is established in the California wilderness with a motley crew of inhabitants, including a young Mexican miner forced to live outside of the town because of his ethnicity. Set in California. Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with book and lyrics credits for ALAN JAY LERNER and music credits for FREDERICK LOEWE. 88 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-7-33. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with one white undated revision page on onionskin stock laid in. Pages Very Good plus, wrapper Very Good, bound with two gold brads.
Verlag: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], Beverly Hills, CA, 1928
Anbieter: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Archive of 94 vintage, double weight photographs from the 1928 film. Inspired by the 1919 nonfiction travel book by Frederick O'Brien, and retaining much of that work's anti-imperialist themes, about an alcoholic doctor who is set adrift by white traders after objecting to their treatment of the Polynesian workers, only to wash ashore on an island where the natives have never seen a white man. MGM's first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack, comprised of music and sound effects, including, most notably, the first time the company's mascot Leo the Lion roared at the film's start, although the film doesn't quite classify as a talkie, as only the single whispered word "hello" appears in the soundtrack. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Set on a Polynesian Island, shot on location in Tahiti, at the time an ambitious endeavor to shoot a Hollywood film on location among native islanders, using many of them as extras in the film. 10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good, with expected light curling and fading, with occasional light creasing or bruising to the photographs. In a custom cloth clamshell box. For buyers with a serious potential interest in purchase, a link to a complete set of watermarked images is available on request. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema.
Verlag: Vicenza, nella Stamperia Turra,, 1780
Anbieter: Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to. 127 + (1 blank)p. including 5 engraved plates, one serving as a frontispiece, and 3 additional plates, and 2 vignettes. Contemporary marbled sheep, gilt. A finely illustrated fête book with 71 sonnets and 2 odes in honour of Frederick the Great. The plates, engraved by Cristoforo Dall Aqua after designs by David Rossi, G.G. Ciesa, and Antonio Pirani, depict a triumphal arch, a heroic portrait of the king, the royal arms of Prussia, designs for the royal coinage and for an equestrian statue, as well as a portrait of the author. Printed on thick paper. Ferrari refers to himself as the king's chamberlain. A fresh copy with wide margins. SEE ILLUSTRATION.
Verlag: The letters to 'Mr. Cameron' dated 21 December and 9 January 1939; both from 35a Woburn Square WC1 London. The card undated early 1939 with London postmark, 1938
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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See his entry in Grove's. Each with his firm signature 'John Goss'. The two letters in fair condition, on aged and creased paper, folded for postage, the first of the two with a short closed tear to one edge. The card in good condition, lightly aged. ONE: TLS to 'Mr. Cameron', 21 December 1938. 1p, 4to. Cameron's letter 'to the convener of the Musician's Group of the Left Book Club' has been passed to him. 'I do not think there are any members of the Group that have sufficient drawing power to make it worth your while bringing them all the way from London.' With regard to 'stars', he advises him to 'write direct to anyone you want. If you write to a number of them you are more than likely to get one or two acceptances. I am sure Mr. A.K. Holland could make you out a list of names and I can add the addresses if you don't know them.' He concludes: 'It is not difficult to get artists to perform for Spain Relief these days, but in most cases I think that such people prefer not to be approached through a third party.' TWO: TLS to 'Mr. Cameron, 9 January 1939. 1p, 4to. 'I shall be very happy indeed to come to Liverpool for your concert on February 15th. I don't flatter myself that this will make any real difference to its success.' He hopes Cameron has 'written to all the famous people you can think of. If you are too shy to do this, get Holland to do it. Musicians will do anything for a critic!' The letter ends: 'I take it you have a first-class accompanist.' THREE: TCS, addressed to 'Miss Cameron, / 28 Queens Road, / HOYLAKE, / Cheshire.' With stamp and smudged postmark. Headed in red ink: 'SPANISH AND CELEBRITY CONCERT. / Central Hall, Liverpool. Tuesday, March 7th.' A follow-up concert to the one of 15 February 1939. He will be happy to come to Liverpool for the concert, and explains, 'I was unable to let you know sooner as an earlier tentative enquiry for the same date elsewhere had to be decided.'.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1661
Anbieter: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, USA
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London, 1678. Later ed. (1st English is 1627) (illustrator). London, 1678. Later ed. (1st English is 1627). From the Library of Sir Frederick Pollock Finch, Sir Henry [1558-1625]. Law, Or a Discourse Thereof, In Four Books. Written in French by Sir Hen. Finch Kt. His Majesties Serjeant at Law. And Done Into English by the Same Author. London: Printed by the assignes of Richard and Edward Atkins Esq, 1678. [vii], 496, 499-506, [16] pp. Complete. First leaf blank. With an index and 2-page publisher advertisement. Octavo (6-1/4" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and blind fillets to spine, gilt rules to board edges. Worn, boards detached along with front free endpaper and leaves A1-3, some small scuffs, nicks and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, wear to spine ends and corners, which are bumped, early annotation (and ownership signature?) to rear free endpaper, its upper right corner lacking. Light toning to interior, light soiling in a few places, light edgewear to detached leaves, leaf A4 loosening at head but secure. Ownership signature of Sir Frederick Pollock ("F. Pollock/ Linc: Inn/ 1898") to verso of initial blank. Item housed in archival box. $750. * Fourth edition in English. Originally published in Law-French in 1613 as Nomotechnia: Un Description del Common Leyes D'Angleterre, "Finch's Law, till the publication of Blackstone's Commentaries, was regarded as the best elementary book to be placed in the hands of the law students. It is one of the few attempts that have been made to reduce the common law into system. [Finch's] definitions were exact, his style concise and nervous, and his illustrations clear and authentic. Most of the valuable parts of Finch are incorporated in Blackstone's Commentaries" (Sweet & Maxwell). The first English-language edition was published in 1627. Holdsworth says the English version was the "pioneer book on the institutes of English law" and a model for several writers. Pollock [1845-1937] was one of the greatest British judges and legal scholars of his day. His treatises on contracts, jurisprudence, the common law and other subjects did much to clarify and systematize English law. Several of these were standard texts that went through several editions. He is also remembered for his collaboration with F.W. Maitland on The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I and his correspondence with Oliver Wende.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1919
Anbieter: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, USA
[Sketch Tour Book] Starr, Frederick SanyÅ Angya TÅkaidÅ Angya å±±é½è¡è æ±æµ é"è¡è. Bunen'dÅ ææ µå, publisher TaishÅ 8 [1919] [Sketch Tour Book] Starr, Frederick. SanyÅ Angya TÅkaidÅ Angya å±±é½è¡è æ±æµ é"è¡è. Tokyo: Bunen'dÅ ææ µå, TaishÅ 8 [1919]. 6th printing (the first printing appeared in 1917). Small 8vo., 18 x 10.5cm, woodblock printed paper over flexible boards. Includes 27 b+w full page woodcuts, many textual ills., 7 photo plates and a total of 11 full page color woodblock plates by Akamatsu Rinsaku 赤æ¾éºä½ (1878-1953), Noda KyÅ«hÅ éç"°ä ç"« (1879-1971), Hata Tsuneharu å ¡ æ'æ¥(1883-? ), Mizushima NihÅ (or Nihofu) æ° å ç¾ä¿å (1884-1958) and Nagai HyÅsai æ° äºç"¢é½ (1882-1945). Those 5 artists had earlier in 1917 collaborated on Bunen'dÅ's ambitious Hanshin MeishÅ Zue éªç¥åæå . Nakazawa Hiromitsu and others were also involved with Starr's work, which is a compilation of travel articles on Central Japan originally done for the Osaka Asahi newspaper. [For more information, refer to Scott Johnson's article in ANDON 37, p. 30] This copy is very good in a rubbed original slipcase, which is illustrated with color woodcut. Unusual in any event, particularly so in such nice condition.