Jc Pitt (13 results)

Condition: Good. Volume 14. 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. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9027708592.…

Condition: Very Good. 1978. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1978. hardcover. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good. . . . .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. xvi, 262 pp., (2). Printed wraps. Light edge-wear, soiling, small chip to laminate at top edge of front wrap. Very Good.

1st ed. XVI, 262 S. Very fine copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 8°, original cloth-binding with dust-jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 262 pp.

Dordrecht, Reidel, 1981. (X) 210 pp. Cloth + dustjascket. (WOS, 16) *dustjacket slightly discoloured, otherwise good condition* Contributors: E.J. Green, R.J. Wolfson, A. Rosenberg a.o.

262pp. cream paperback.

Condition: New. This book is about is more than a subdiscipline within the field of economics------it is about a new field named public choice political economy that gradually evolved during the 1970s and 1980s at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia.

XIII, 224 S. OPp. Bibliotheksex. m. Rsign. Einbd. verblichen. St. verso Tit. (Boston studies in the philosophy of science 98) Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; xv, 343 p., incl. front., illus., plates, ports. 20 cm. LCCN 20011644 OCLC 3247460 LC F327 .M44 ; blue cloth with lettering in black ; no dustjacket ; tear at top of spinAfter searching for more than a year for stories of heroes, deeds of daring, of interesting adventuresand worth-while happenings in the history of our state, I came to feel that Alabama's history is so filled with glorious deeds, magnificent sacrifices, thrills and heart-throbs, that the children of the state should be told what truly great men and women their forebears were." ; Contents : Jean Ortis / De Soto's Arrival in Alabama -- A Very Impolite Guest, The Battle of Mauvilla Bienville -- The First White Settlement -- The Expedition That Failed, French Massacred at Natchez Settlement -- The Girls Who Came to an Unknown Land, The First Wives for the Colonists , Twelve Ugly Ducklings, Girls of the Chest -- The Emperor of Coweta, How the French Made Friends with the Indians -- Game Losers, Conditions During Early Settlement -- A Russian Princess, An Early Romance at Wetumpka -- His Mother, An Indian's Courage -- Princess Mary, James Oglethorpe Comes to Alabama -- Stung Arm, An Indian Princess Befriends the French -- Lachlan McGillivray, English Traders Come Among the Indians -- Alexander McGillivray, A Man Whose Power Affected the Nation -- The Heroine of Little River, How the Tensaw Settlers were Saved -- The Camp Angel, British Refugees Wander Through Ahibama, Courage Wins Reward, Paro Saves the Wanderers -- A Real Hero, A Negro Saves the Lives of the Immigrants -- Little Tempey Ellis, Tiny White Girl Rescued by "Old Milly" -- Isaac Heaton's Dogs, Fort Sinquefield in the Greek War -- A Brave Indian, Talladega Fort Saved by General Jackson -- The Canoe Fight, Sam Dale, Jere Austill and James Smith Stage a Great Fight -- Kindness That Came Back, The Fort Mims Massacre -- The Red Eagle, A Reproduction of Alexander Meek's Poem of the Creek War -- Nannawyah, Indians are Warned of Their Removal to the West -- The Stranger Within Our Gates, Aaron Burr's Capture --The Yazoo Fraud, Early Settlers Come into Alabama --The One-Man Senate, Alabama Becomes a Territory, then a State -- The Vine and Olive Company, French Refugees Settle Dcmopolis -- The Man Who Could Make Cow-Bells, St. Stephen's Prosperous Days -- John Hunt's Town, The Founding of Huntsville -- Andrew Dexter's Tract, The Beginning of Montgomery -- Cedar Creek Furnace, The Beginning of Iron-Making in Alabama -- A Vice-President of the United States, Wm. Rufus King, the Founder of Selma -- A Captain of Industry, Daniel Pratt, the Founder of Prattville -- La Fayette's Visit, A French General, the Friend of Amerioa -- Francis Scott Key's Mission to Alabama, Trouble with the Indians -- The First Railroad in Alabama, Experiences of Early Railroad Builders Osceola, The Leader of the Creeks and the Seminoles -- William C. Travis, Leader in the War for Texas Independence -- Billy Goold, The Man Who Found Fortunes for Others -- Jefferson Davis, Memories Recalled by Mrs. Mary Phelan Watt -- Supplies for Southern Soldiers, The Ordnance Department of the Confederacy -- The Boy Artilleryman, John Pelham -- Emma Sansom, The Girl Who Showed General Forrest "The Lost Ford"-- A Story of Real Strategem, General Streight Surrenders to General Forrest -- Fighting Joe Wheeler, Hero of Two Wars -- The Flagship Tennessee, A Naval Battle in Mobile Bay -- A King -of the High Seas, Raphael Semmes, Commander of the "Alabama" -- The David and Goliath of the Sea, The First Torpedo Boat -- A Boy Hero, Thomas Jones Shows His Courage -- Ku Klux Klan, Reconstruction Days in Alabama -- What One Boy Made of Himself, How James Pugh Became "The Patrick Henry of Alabama" -- The Birth of Birmingham, How John T. Milner Laid the Foundation for the Great Town , Difficulties of the Young Engineer, The Trick that Didn't Work, The Greatness of the Resources of "The Pittsburg of the South" etc ; scarce ; G. Book.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. A four volume set of Country Life's Romance of Nature; colourfully illustrated volumes concerning British wildlife. A four volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding. 6 colour plates to volume I. 3 colour plates and 3 photogravure plates to volume II. 1 colour plates and 5 photogravure plates to volume III. 1 colour plates and 5 photogravure plates to volume IV. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. A comprehensive four volume study from the Country Life magazine of the wildlife of the British Isles, with colour illustrations and photogravure plates of many birds and animals. Country Life is a British magazine which reports on rural life, pursuits and communities. This set is edited by Frances Pitt (1888-1964), a British naturalist, author and a pioneer of wildlife photography. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fairly smart, with fading and shelf wear to the spines and extremities. Cloth to rear joint of Vol I is splitting to the head of the spine; cloth is lifting. Cloth to the front joint of Vol IV has split, and there are marks to the rear board of this volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good. J. C. Harrison; Scott Langley; Roland Green; et al. (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Lovely four-volume set on British wildlife from Country Life magazine, delightfully illustrated throughout, including with colour and photogravure plates. Complete in four volumes.In publisher's original cloth binding.Each volume contains a colour frontispiece, illustrated title page and five further colour and photogravure plates, alongside a number of in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.Undated, dated from copies held by the British Library.Lovely natural study of British wildlife edited by Frances Pitt, naturalist, author and pioneer of wildlife photography. Published by Country Life magazine, the long-running publication on rural life and pursuits, launched in 1897 and still in print today. These detailled volumes include chapters from a number of notable subject experts on topics such as birds, mammals and insects. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with slight bumping and rubbing and a few marks. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean with just the odd spot, concentrated more towards the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. J. C. Harrison; Scott Langley; Roland Green; Lionel Edwards; A. Thorburn (illustrator). book. …