Walpole norman c (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. our photos, binding is solid, light shelf rub on boards, text is free of markings, no previous owner name, we ship quickly with tracking, international shipping will require additional postage.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (United States Army, Saudi Arabia) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Light wear to boards.; Green buckram boards. Numerous fold-outs.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1965. Published 1965. Green cloth lettered in gilt, 519 pages. Some shelfwear and some minor soil and spotting to the covers, internally better with good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages with a name on the front free endpaper, no other markings. One of a series of handbooks prepared by the Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of American University for the intended use of military and other personnel who need basic, unbiased facts about social, economic, political and military institutions and practices of various countries. . Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Zustand: good. Third Edition. First Printing. 24 cm, 389, illus., large ink stamp inside boards.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Slight wear to covers, otherwise very good indeed.

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (23 x 14.5 cm). pp.x+371+[1]. Publisher's original dark green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. 8 figures comprising mostly maps and 17 tables. Slight dulling and shelfwear to cloth, contents clean and unmarked, generally a very good copy. First edition, first printing, of this comprehensive study prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of the American University and used by the American government to navigate the politics and customs of Saudi Arabia, with an attempt to sketch the general characteristics of the Kingdom. "It is the purpose of this Area Handbook for Saudi Arabia to delineate the basic political, social and economic elements of contemporary Saudi society in order to give the general reader an understanding of the interplay of the complex factors of continuity and change operating in this society. IT has been the intent of the authors to describe the Saudi society as objectively as possible and to avoid as fully as possible the kinds of value judgement which color so much reportage on the country" (preface).…

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (23 x 15 cm). pp.x+371. Original yellow card covers printed in black. 8 figures comprising mostly maps and 17 tables. "Library MFSS" stamped to upper cover, manuscript notation "REF Copy 1 of 2" to upper cover and title. Some light toning and wrinkling to covers, red cross to lower spine, internally clean and fresh, a very good copy. First edition, first printing, of this comprehensive study prepared by Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of the American University and used by the American government to navigate the politics and customs of Saudi Arabia, with an attempt to sketch the general characteristics of the Kingdom. "It is the purpose of this Area Handbook for Saudi Arabia to delineate the basic political, social and economic elements of contemporary Saudi society in order to give the general reader an understanding of the interplay of the complex factors of continuity and change operating in this society. IT has been the intent of the authors to describe the Saudi society as objectively as possible and to avoid as fully as possible the kinds of value judgement which color so much reportage on the country" (preface).…

Special Operation Research Office / The American University, Washington, June 1960. Heller Original-Karton, XI, 954 Seiten, gr.8° (23 x 15 x 5 cm). Text in ENGLISCHER Sprache. Einband mit kleineren Gebrauchsspuren, ein wenig nachgedunkelt und leicht berieben, Rücken leicht angeplatzt sowie mit etlichen Lesefalten, Ecken leicht verbogen, 1 Stempel auf dem vorderen Deckel, Papier andeutungsweise gebräunt, Buchblock sauber (also ohne Unterstreichungen & Randglossen). Vom Einband abgesehen sehr schönes Exemplar. Zustand: wie beschrieben. GEWICHT (mit Verpackung): > 1 Kg. - Achtung! Hinweis: Gewichtsbedingt gelten womöglich höhere Portosätze als die automatisch angezeigten. Wir behalten uns vor, das faktische Porto zu berechnen. PLEASE NOTICE: Maybe the shipping costs are more expensive than here automatically marked. Changes reserved due to the de facto shipping.…

The signatures feature with no other text on a single page, on one side of a 15 x 18 cm leaf of thickish cream paper removed from an album. In fair condition, aged, and dusty, with slight pinkish-red staining on edges, and not near any of the signatures. The signatories are: 'Hugh Walpole', 'Dunsany' [Lord Dunsany], 'Alec Waugh/', 'V S Pritchett', 'Lionel Hale.', 'Norman Collins', 'Philip Jordan' [Philip Furneaux Jordan (1902-1951), journalist and author], 'A. G. Macdonell.', 'Ivor Brown', 'J. B. Priestley', 'C. S. Forester'. The two largest signatures are those of Walpole, at top left, and J. B. Priestley, the second from last, at foot. In contrast with Walpole's signature, Alec Waugh's beneath it is microscopic. On the reverse are the large bold signatures of the baritone 'H. Lane Wilson' and the soprano 'Pauline Donalda'. …