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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 225 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.57 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Interesting account of New Zealand, well illustrated with many colour and monochrome photos. This edition published in 1980. Chapters include: The Spirit of New Zealand Wanganui City The Meat Industry Southern New Zealand Science and Technology The Billion Dollar Clip The Soil of Kentucky, The Sun of California and the Rain of Ireland New Zealand Enterprise The Future of New Zealand Directory of Contributors Malcolm Sheffield established Sheffield House Publications in the late 1970s. Under this brand, from 1979, he produced a series of books entitled 'This is New Zealand.' Their purpose was to promote New Zealand exporters, businesses, lifestyle, landscape, arts etc. Sometime they also featured other countries such as the USA, Australia, and Singapore. The firms involved with each publication recieved the finished book to give out to clients, particularly foreign clients, as a means of promoting New Zealand achievements and potential. No dust jacket. Heavy. 192 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Dust cover has a small nick on top edge. No notes or highlighting. Name in front. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> In the Western world the concepts and philosophy fundamental to Oriental medicine are rarely considered by those who aim to adopt the methods and offer therapy based upon the described tech niques. There is a common misconception that the methods, centuries old, are easily mastered, and can be practised effectively either by reading a text or attending a weekend seminar. My own introduction to Oriental medi cine occurred in Malaysia and came from a Buddhist monk who was in his tenth year of training; yet he would not be con sidered safe to practise either massage or acupressure until he had completed a further five years of study. Sent to study the Western medical approach, he was amazed at the inability of the qualified persons he met to read their patients by using hair texture, skin feel, tongue colour or pulse variation, to name but a few of his tools.…

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Very Good. Condition Notes: Errata slip pasted in at the title page; Paperback; Measures 9½" x 6½" (0.5 kg); pp 71; Index; First in this, paperback, edition. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Black & White Drawings; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #172236 ||. Mary M.Hurrell (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Pages 245-292. Individual photos of fourteen of "Our Missionaries 1930"; Antonio and the Doctor - Dr. Strangway at Chissamba Hospital in Africa; The Maritime Home for Girls, Truro, Nova Scotia - article with photo; Little Chiyoko San and a Christian kindergarten in her home in Shizuoka, Japan; Travel letter from Effie A. Jamieson; The President's Journal - with photo looking over Foochow and photo of sampans; on the Upper Yangtsze; The Gyproc House - The Nurses' Home at Gypsumville, Manitoba; and much more, plus several nostalgic ads for The Bank of Toronto, The Hwaiking Shops, The T.Eaton Co., Sterling Trusts Corporation, and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this diminutive yet highly informative issue. Reading it will provide an excellent snapshot of the wonderful worldwide works of the Woman's Missionary Society in 1930.…

Rare complete set of 9 volumes. Tutankhamen's tomb series 1-9. Griffith Institute, Oxford, 1963-1990. First edition. In-4. Vol. I: viii & 22 pages. Vol. II: xiii & 29 pages, 12 plates. Vol. III: viii & 40 pages, 20 plates. Vol. IV: ix & 75 pages, 28 plates. Vol. V: vii & 29 pages, 23 plates. Vol. VI: 15 pages, 12 plates. Vol. VII: viii & 54 pages, 24 plates. Vol. VIII: xi & 118 pages, 78 plates. Vol. IX: xii & 66 pages, 38 plates. A fine set. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This set ships from Europe, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (BPF). Relevant subjects: Egypt: New Kingdom, Amarna, Pyramids, Tombs, Temples & Towns. …