Foreword by Walker A (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Minor edge wear on back cover.

Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong spine and with crisp bright text throughout. We note some brief marking to only the opening pages. An excellent reading copy.

First edition Fine and bright blue boards in near fine pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Beautifully illustrated and dramatic with color photographs. Tiniest dot to bottom edge which bothers none of the text.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Lightly rubbed blue covers, plain white spine, sound binding, clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 03218051052. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Clean and tight, with a little rippling to the covers but not the text. There are no signs of any prior use. Fast shipping, careful packing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 90 pages.

Blue Gilt Lettered Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Dj. First Edition. "Sidney Farber" signature in ink on inside front cover. On endppr is an inscription in German from the author, dated August 193: "An einem tienen Freund mit Grusse des Verfasser." Ink signature of Sidney Farber top of enddpr; Sidney Farber is regarded as father of modern chemotherapy and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard bears his name. xi, 352 pp with illustrations. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition. First Edition. 376 pp., 300 illustrations 124 in full color. A remainder mark to the top edge, otherwise fine. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL October 10, 1998-January 10, 1999, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston MA February 14-May 9, 1999 and The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC June 6-September 6, 1999. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good in glossy wraps. 8vo.,371 pp. Later print. chronological chapters follow Zora Neale Hurston's family, upbringing, education, influences, and major works, placing these experiences within the context of American history.

Cloth with Gilt Title to Spine. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Well illustrated heavy book which will require additional postal charges for overseas customers. No markings except previous owner's decorative initial on the front free end-paper. Very clean and probably not read. Illustrations in colour and black and white. Martin Knoweldon (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xv, 182 p.

Paper. 2nd Printing. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ALICE WALKER WHO WROTE THE FOREWORD HAS SIGNED ON THE TITLE PG. First collection of 12 short stories by an African American writer most known for her plays. There is a faint about 1" small damp stain to the bottom of the front edge which has caused a very thin sliver stain to the edge of the title pg. Walker's signature is untouched. Although the stain more or less disappears from the rest of the book there is faint rippling to the very bottom of the book. About vg. Book.…

Condition: Near Fine. First edition of the second volume (hardback). Oblong folio (29cm by 37cm), 128pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. There is some minor spotting of the endpapers, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by Robert Taylor on the half-title page. ISBN 071539889X.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing in $11.95-priced dust jacket SIGNED by Tommy Walker with non-personalized inscription ("with best wishes") direct to title page, brown cloth boards in excellent shape, binding tight pages bright, no markings, NOT ex-lib, jacket & page block toned with light rubbing & slight loss to top spine region, book slightly cocked, else Fine signed First Edition copy, quite scarce as such (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 272pp indexed & illus. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardback in fair condition no jacket. Pages are tanned and foxed. Brown cloth board cover. One of the great classics of coarse fishing. Chapters on all the main coarse angler's fishes. .

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introducing the Toda people and their homeland. 2. The Toda landscape. 3. The Toda clans: their hamlets and other sacred places. 4. Toda dress and embroidery. 5. Journey to Nhyoollnn. 6. The traditional Toda relationship with honey. 7. Konawsh: structure and occupancy. 8. Sacred peaks. 9. Sacred waters. 10. A journey to the afterworld. 11. Flowers in my Toda garden. 12. Cornerstone plants of the Todas. 13. Balsams of the Nilgiris. Epilogue. Appendices. Index. The Toda people of the Nilgiris District in south India are one of the oldest indigenous groups in South Asia; they are also reportedly among the most studied and written-about in the region. While the field was dominated by Western scholars in the beginning, Indian researchers and writers began contributing to Toda studies from the early twentieth century. The Toda Landscape: Explorations in Cultural Ecology represents a major breakthrough in Toda studies. From his interactions with the Todas from 1990 onwards, the author, Tarun Chhabra, has collected and analysed ethnographic data that had eluded even the greatest of Western ethnographers. Through his first-hand narrative accounts of important Toda rituals, ceremonies and routines, all accompanied by visual documentation in the form of photographs and maps, he provides new data that will significantly aid the preservation of Toda traditional culture. The Toda Landscape highlights previously unknown aspects of Toda cultural heritage: Their sacred geography-sacred waters, sacred hills, and sacred trees and rocks. Some sacred institutions, which have their own distinct, hitherto undocumented, rituals and the intricacies of their traditional attire and embroidery motifs. The entire domain of Toda ethnobotany. The complex interweaving of myth and reality in Toda lives, evidenced in the routes Toda spirits are said to follow to their afterworld. With its detailed descriptions of sparsely documented aspects of Toda life, all complemented with stunning photographs, The Toda Landscape is an invaluable addition to the field of social anthropology and cultural studies. Its focus on ethnobotany and the flora and fauna of the Nilgiris region will also greatly help students and scholars of environmental studies and botany. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. "This first reprinting of 'West Wind ' is issued on the 50th Anniversary of the original printing, which was executed by Johnck & Seeger of San Francisco in 1934", "The first printing was limited to 100 copies only", and " The edition in hand has been limited to 999 copies only" stated. Fine hardback in near fine, if not fine dust jacket. Fold-out map fine. Dust jacket has a1/2 inch closed tear to top edge of rear panel and 1/2 inch closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.…

Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good in like dust jacket. First printing. Good in like dust jacket. DJ a little worn. Name neatly penned to free front endpaper. Minor foxing to outermost leaves. 247pp.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. .VOLUME 1, & Volume 1 was the only volume published, HBDJ, stated 1st edition, January 1961, Orange cloth Lettered IN Blue , NF/VG, DJ with Picture in Red of Jesse James light Soil, Rub, wear & 3 small Chips on Spine DJ, Tiny Tears Extremities DJ, Interior Nice Tight Clean, Scuff Marks Along Spine DJ, 283 pgs.…