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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Offering this 1st edition copy of "Colonial and Commonwealth Coins: A Practical Guide to the Series" by L.V. W. Wright, the founder and first president of the London Numismatic Club. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1959, 1st printing. Black cloth hardcover with original dust jacket, pp. 236, fully illustrated with facsimile reproductions. This book illustrates and describes the various coins issues of eight countries of the Commonwealth as well as those of all the British Colonies, Protectorates, Protected States, and other dependencies which have or have had coinagers of their own. Overall condition is Very Good. Binding is secure, dust jacket with bumping and wear mostly to the edges, and two small tape repairs on the spine, on the underside of the DJ. Cover boards have sharp corners and show very little wear. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. A nice solid copy! [B5]. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good, Sound and Tight. First Edition. Original cloth gilt. Fully illus. with facsimile reproductions. Bright copy with just a little damage to front boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG-VG+. No Jacket. First Edition. 236 pages, book is blue with gold titling on spine, there are some marks on the front cover - small scratches, top and bottom spine edges are very slightly bumped, page edges have slight yellow stains, still very tight and overall condition is VG-VG+. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white figures, plates and tables throughout. ***A fine copy in colour-illustrated glossy laminated boards (as issued). Boards bright and clean. No creases or bumps. Internally also fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***304mm x 214mm. 252 pages including an extensive bibliography to the rear. ***Eastern Jordan is divided environmentally into two sectors: the rocky basalt Harra to the west and the open gravel plains of the Hamad to the east. This is the first in a series of three reports on fieldwork carried out in this region from 1979 to 1991, presenting evidence for the Epipalaeolithic periods and Neolithic hunting stations in the Harra associated with the use of desert 'kites'. This volume also includes an edited summary of work by Uzbek and Russian scholars on hunting traps and animal migration patterns on the Ustiurt plateau in Uzbekistan, which lies between the Aral and the Caspian seas.' ***Contents:: The Epipaleolithic Periods by A.V.G. Betts with a contribution by A. N, Garrard; Dhuweila: Stratigraphy and Construction by A.V.G. Betts; Dhuweila: Chipped Stone by C. McCartney and A.V.G. Betts; Dhuweila: Ground Stone by K. Wright; Dhuweila: Pottery, Miscellaneous Objects and Imported Items by A.V.G. Betts with contributions by D.S. Reese, L. Cooke and C. McClintock; Dhuweila: Rock Carvings; by A.V.G. Betts; The Animal Bones by L. Martin; Dhuweila: Botanical Remains by S. Colledge with a contribution by J. Hather; Dhuweila: area Survey by A.V.G. Betts; Arrow-shaped Structures in the Aralo-Caspian steppe by V. N. Yagodin; Conclusion by A.V.G. Betts with a contribution by W. Lancaster. ***Up until the 1970s very little was known about the prehistory of Eastern Jordan. This was the first in a planned series of monographs covering fieldwork carried out from 1979 to 1991. [Quote taken from the back cover] ***First impression of the true first edition, very hard to find in such fine bright collectable condition. An extremely scholarly monograph, profusely illustrated throughout, of interest to collectors and academics studying archaeology and pre-history of Eastern Jordan and the Middle East. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Card covers. Original volume in the Whitaker's Home Guard series on Remedying and preventing stoppages. Weapons include Vickers machine gun, Browning, Lewis and Thompson. 1st Edition 1942. 40pp., photographs. Hint of foxing and rust to staples, faint mark to front cover, else very good condition and uncommon. …

Zustand: Good. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1750grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover, three bulletins bound together, ex-library; o/w all in very good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Vii, 307 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Gilt Brilliant, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Wear, Small Losses At Corners, 2 3/4" X 1 1//2" Deep V-Chip At Top Of Rear Panel. Interesting Commentaries, Revealing About What Prominent Americans Thought Civilization Was (In 1930). However, The Beard Studies Omit Any Response From Any In The Great Masses Of The World Who Do Not Invent Or Manufacture, Nor Own Or Manage, The Technological Enterprises Which Are The Essence Of Technological Development, Which Is The Primary Concern Of These Respondents; Nor Has Any Study In The Succeeding 90 Years Attempted To Explore The Meaning Of Culture So Except In The Most Superficially Journalistic And Condescending Manner. But What Could Go Wrong? Aren't The Elites, After All, Elite? It Isn't Like Unprincipled Demagogues, Secure With All The Advantages Of Modern Technology, Would Incite Violence Amongst The Vast Majority, With Relatively Ever-Declining Options Ever-Declining Self-Esteem And Relatively Ever-Declining Standards Of Living. Why Bother Talking To Them To See Anything More Than Whether They Agree Or Not? And Who Will Ever Want To Read Ordinary People's Opinions When The Questions They're Asked Are Always Stupidly Closed-Ended And Never Followed Up By Why Etc.. Headpieces And Jacket By E. E. Thurston (illustrator).…

Zustand: Gut. Harrap, London 1959. 236 S. mit zahlr. Abb. Gr.-8°. Ln. mit Schutzumschl. / 6963 Mit Ausnahme von Direkt-Recycling Materialien erfolgt der Versand ohne Einsatz von Kunststoffen. Sprache: Deutsch.