Rayner j l (12 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Undated byt circa 2020. 336pp. Glossy, illustrated stiff card covers. 8vo. Card covers are a little rubbed and bumped on extreme edges, else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This volume brings together research on a wide range of swimming organisms, with an emphasis on the biomechanics, physiology and hydrodynamics of swimming. Editor(s): Maddock, L.; Bone, Q.; Rayner, J. M. V. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430. . 2008. Reissue. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Aquatic organisms swim in a variety of ways, from jet propulsion to ciliary action: they swim at a wide range of speeds and span a vast size range, from bacteria to protists, to the largest whales. One of the most fascinating aspects of aquatic locomotion is the remarkable sets of adaptations that have been evolved for different purposes. This volume brings together research on a wide range of swimming organisms, with an emphasis on the biomechanics, physiology and hydrodynamics of swimming in or on water. Several chapters deal with different aspects of fish swimming, from the use of different 'gaits' to the operation of the locomotor muscles. All chapters are by recognized authorities in their different fields, and all are accessible to biologists interested in aquatic locomotion.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO20216519: Non daté. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Livré sans Couverture, Agraffes rouillées, Intérieur frais. Paginé de 94 à 96. Relié par une agraffe. Quelques annotations à 6l'encre et au crayon sur la première page. Texte en anglais sur deux colonnes. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. The Navarre Soc, London, 1926. Hard covers, green boards, gilt titles. Book Condition : Very good. clean unmarked text. Rough cut pages. Fore pages browned Vol Three binding cracked. Spines bumped. Corners turned. Superb Illustrations. Heavy book please contact the bookseller for postal rates. Books will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #FW022285.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. A complete twentieth-century illustrated edition, featuring an extensive range of influential crime stories originally published as The Newgate Calendar. Complete in five volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Each work is illustrated with a frontispice. Volume I is then followed by seven plates; Volume II contains three further plates; Volume III contains five further plates; and Volumes IV and V contain four additional plates each. Collated, complete. An extensive twentieth-century edition of The Newgate Calendar. Originally appearing as a monthly bulletin of executions by the Keeper of London's Newgate Prison, the title was appropriated by a number of publishers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, who released numerous macabre chapbooks on notorious criminals of the time. Edited by J. L. Rayner and G. T. Crook, the present work compiles writings from a range of sources, including the notable, previously compiled collection of Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth. Previous ownership signature to the front free endpaper of Volume I, dated 1927. Externally, generally smart with moderate bumping and rubbing, resulting in notable chips to the spine tail of Volume I and spine head of Volume IV. Further, more minimal, shelf wear and a few small tears to the spine heads and tails of the remaining volumes, and cracking towards the top half of the front joint of Volume V, the board remaining firmly bound. Light marking to a few of the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound, the hinges a little weaker in places and especially to the front hinge of Volume V. Reasonably bright and clean with more significant spotting to the first and last few pages of each work. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Five volumes. Hardcovers without DJs. Black cloth over boards with gold lettering and decoration on spine and front covers. Binding is good and tight on all five volumes. The spine of Volume II is detached along one side but the binding is still intact. Covers are generally clean on all five volumes, with mild signs of wear; rubbing at crown and foot of spines, along outer edges. Deckled pages. Golden top-edges. The Complete Newgate Calendar: Being Captain Charles Johnson's General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers and Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, 1734; Captain Alexander Smith's Compleat History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, Foot-Pads, Shop-Lifts and Cheats, 1719; The Tyburn Chronicle, 1768; The Malefactors' Register, 1796; George Borrow's Celebrated Trials, 1825; The Newgate Calendar, by Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin, 1826; Camden Pelham's Chronicles of Crime, 1841; etc. Privated Printed for the Navarre Society Limited. Title page dated 1926. No date on copyright page. Volume I: 333 pages. Volume II: 327. Volume III: 333 pages. Volume IV: 335 pages. Volume V: 335 pages. Overall nice copies. Be sure to request photos before purchasing. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: If there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed. An attractive and highly illustrated collection of King Penguin Books, sixteen of which are first editions and five of which retain their original dust wrappers. A delightful collection of twenty-one "King Penguin" books, spanning a wide range of topics from natural history to art to sports. Collection comprised of: (1941) British Birds on Lake, River and Stream by Phyllis Barclay-Smith;(1943) Fishes of Britain's Rivers and Lakes by J. R. Norman - first edition;(1943) The Poet's Corner by Sir Max Beerbohm;(1944) English Ballet by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1944) Children as Artists by R. R. Tomlinson - first edition;(1945) The Leaves of Southwell by Nikolaus Pevsner - first edition;(1945) The Bayeux Tapestry by Eric Maclagan;(1945) Poisonous Fungi by John Ramsbottom - first edition;(1946) Flowers of Marsh and Stream by Iolo A. Williams;(1947) Russian Icons by David Talbot Rice - first edition;(1947) English Book Illustration: 1800-1900 by Philip James - first edition;(1947) A Selection of Engravings on Wood by Thomas Bewick by John Rayner - first edition;(1948) British Military Uniforms by James Laver - first edition;(1948) Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer by T. D. Barlow - first edition;(1948) Ballooning by C. H. Gibbs-Smith - first edition;(1948) Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1948) Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1950) Greek Terracottas by T. B. L. Webster - first edition;(1952) A Book of Scripts by Alfred Fairbank;(1953) Medieval Carvings in Exeter Cathedral by C. J. P. Cave - first edition;(1955) The Picture of Cricket by John Arlott - first edition;(1957) Monumental Brasses by James Mann - first edition. Sixteen of twenty-one volumes are first editions. All works are bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper-backed boards. Greek Terracottas, A Book of Scripts, Medieval Carvings, The Picture of Cricket and Monumental Brasses are each accompanied by the original dust wrapper, Greek Terracottas being clipped and all remaining examples being unclipped. The Poet's Corner is illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four further plates; The Leaves of Southwell contains a frontispiece and thirty-two plates; The Bayeux Tapestry contains a frontispiece, eight colour plates, and over eighty further monochrome illustrations; English Book Illustration contains a frontispiece, followed by eight colour and eight monochrome plates; A Selection of Engravings features illustrated endpapers and thirty uninterrupted illustrations to the rear; British Military Uniforms contains twenty-four colour plates; Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer features 111 illustrations; Ballooning contains thirty-two plates in both colour and monochrome; both copies of Edward Gordon Craig contain a frontispiece and forty additional plates in colour and black and white; Greek Terracottas contains fifty-four plates; A Book of Scripts contains sixty-four plates; and Monumental Brasses contains thirty-two colour plates. All remaining works are illustrated with sixteen plates, a number of which are in colour. Further in-text examples can also be found throughout the collection. Collated, complete. All works are bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper-backed boards. Greek Terracottas, A Book of Scripts, Medieval Carvings and Monumental Brasses are each accompanied by the original dust wrapper, Greek Terracottas being clipped and all remaining examples being unclipped. Flowers of Marsh and Stream contains the discreet stationer's bookplate of W. L. Cameron to the front paste down. British Military Uniforms is signed by the previous owner to the front paste down. Monumental Brasses is signed by the previous owner to the front free endpaper. Externally, smart with light shelf wear across all volumes, including tearing and peeling, especially to the spine heads and tails. As can be expected, the boards are also a little marked and faded. Dust wrappers are very smart for their age with only minor edge wear, more so to A Book of Scripts and the spine head of Medieval Carvings, and subtle marking. Internally, firmly bound. A bright and clean collection with only subtle age toning and occasional spotting, heavier to the first and last few pages of each edition. Very Good. John Gould; Sir Max Beerbohm; F. L. Attenborough; Noel Rooke; Albrecht Durer; Rose Ellenby (illustrator). book. …