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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 36 pages. Eden Phillpotts (Harrington Hext) 1862-1960 (6 pages) / Sotheby's "Modern First Editions" auction of 14-15 December, 1970 with prices realised (9 pages) / Tauchnitz Of Leipzig list 1601-2 to 1699-1700 / Broadside Press - Black Poetry.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Guy Boothby 1867-1905 (3 pages) published works / German Emblem Books 1531-1888 / Tauchnitz Of Leipzig publications 3202 to 3300 / William Hope Hodgson 1875-1918 / Fr.Wolfe (1860-1913) / Sotheby's prices realised (15 pages worth) at their 27-28 March and 1-2 May auctions.

4 Col. Maps, 15 b/w, 117 Col. Plates, 2 b/w (illustrator). Contents Preface List of Illustrations Introduction Historiography of Mumbai  1 Water Resources and Habitation in and around Mumbai From Early Times to 1 Nineteenth Century 2 Early Schemes for Water Provision and Management 3 Vehar and Tulsi Water Projects  4 Fountains as Water Charities 5 Fountains as Architectural Specimens Conclusion Bibliography Index  The city of Mumbai in India has generated a lot of curiosity among the scholars within India and abroad The multi-dimensional nature of the city and the exuberant continuity in spite of various hurdles have been the strong points of Mumbai Every city expands with the political rules Today the municipal jurisdiction of Mumbai is identified with the term MCGM ie Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai The term Bombay in the British records enveloped the area of seven islands In ancient and medieval times certain localities outside the later British Bombay had got populated The book shows that these areas had the sources of potable water supply and hence they got populated Later the British officials identified many of these areas as having potential of providing water to the entire city These were then considered for the major water schemes Before the major water schemes like Vehar Water Works there were various efforts to conserve and preserve water because the existing water supply as the official records reflect by way of tanks and wells in South Bombay was inadequate to cater to the needs of the people The book states such efforts towards early water management in the city Water charities done by many philanthropists to the city came as a boon especially when there was inflow of population since the nineteenth century The book takes a survey of these water charities The book discusses the development of water till the Tansa Water Works The present volume will interest people at large in particular specialists in water management and conservation historians architects sociologists and anthropologists 170 pp.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Ed. viii; 191 pages. p plates. Original cloth lettered in black.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. pp viii, 191. Frontis and 8 illustrations. Quite scarce prison book sometimes seen at awesome prices. Sound complete copy, spine re-inforced with clear tape otherwise about VG.

B. Gautier. (illustrator). Royan, Victor Billaud, (v. 1885) - In-4 - Broché - petites taches au 1 er plat -26 planches - Propre Livres 124652635268).

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 214. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1924 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 214.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xii), 244 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. SIGNED dedication by the author to the title page 'To Les Colquhoun who was also shanghaied by the AOC Malta and who likewise was commissioned there and who thereafter never looked back | With best wishes Tony Spooner and Ivor Broom | February 1995' + Double sided letter to Les Colquhoun on George Cross Island Association letter headed paper dated 10th February 1995 from the author who at the time was the Vice President | SIGNED 'Tony Spooner'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. B & W Plates 15 Full Page + 2 Double Pages (illustrator). Published by Subscription. Red cloth rubbed, split cloth top & tail of spine, covers soiled generally poor condition. Previous owner's details on front paste down. Browning to end papers. A few spots. Tissue guarded frontis. 204pp. generally clean and tight. Scarce title. Size: 4to.

Paket von 23 Krimis in gutem Zustand z. T. mit leichten Altersspuren, Abgabe des Pakets nur zusammen., 5000 gr. 0.0.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. Book measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. viii,191pp. Bound in original publishers brown cloth, with black lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, with loss on edges, dusty, slightly brittle. Jacket in good condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean copy, in a good dust jacket. Size: 8vo.

Original-Dokument (1 S. 4°, war gefaltet) mit Ort, Datum, eigenhändiger Unterschrift als erster Generalstabsoffizier signiert Div.St.Qu., den 11.11.1944 - betr. Begleitkommando 2. Geb.Div. Schiff BALTENLAND, benennt 3 Offiziere dafür, dazu ausführlich Auftrag des Kommandos auf dem Schiff. ( versenkt am 26.12. 1944 den Dampfer Baltenland (3042 BRT) / loss of steamer Baltenland, torpedoed and sunk by Russian submarine SC-323 on December 27th, 1944, in the Baltic See N of Stolpmunde) (dito : ORIGINAL-DOKUMENT (1 S. 8° quer, Randeinriß) mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift als Oberstleutnant i.G., 2. Geb.-Div./Ib 11.XI.1944 - SONDERAUSWEIS für o.a. Begleitkommando für alle 3 Mann. DAZU angeheftet : ORIGINAL-MARSCHBEFEHL dazu mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift Hauptmann u. stellv. Kommandant. DAZU : SCHIFFSLISTE (1 S. 4°) gleichzeitig Marschbefehl mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift Oberleutnant z. See / Einladekommissar AOK 20 für Mannschaftstransporte Billefjord, 12.XI.1944 Euro 85,-).