Thorburn D (145 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. More than 100 widespread myths about drug and alcohol abuse are enumerated and then dispelled in this book about the reality of addiction. Questions such as Does proper parenting and involvement prevent alcoholism? and Do alcoholics lack willpower? are addressed, and a myriad of addiction-related falsities that the general public and even medical professionals have considered true are identified and refuted. Specific attention is paid to defining and understanding alcohol addiction, including guidelines on identifying symptoms of alcoholism in social settings and detailed information on the biological difference between the disease in its early and late stages.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. More than 100 widespread myths about drug and alcohol abuse are enumerated and then dispelled in this book about the reality of addiction. Questions such as Does proper parenting and involvement prevent alcoholism? and Do alcoholics lack willpower? are addressed, and a myriad of addiction-related falsities that the general public and even medical professionals have considered true are identified and refuted. Specific attention is paid to defining and understanding alcohol addiction, including guidelines on identifying symptoms of alcoholism in social settings and detailed information on the biological difference between the disease in its early and late stages.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. More than 100 widespread myths about drug and alcohol abuse are enumerated and then dispelled in this book about the reality of addiction. Questions such as Does proper parenting and involvement prevent alcoholism? and Do alcoholics lack willpower? are addressed, and a myriad of addiction-related falsities that the general public and even medical professionals have considered true are identified and refuted. Specific attention is paid to defining and understanding alcohol addiction, including guidelines on identifying symptoms of alcoholism in social settings and detailed information on the biological difference between the disease in its early and late stages.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. More than 100 widespread myths about drug and alcohol abuse are enumerated and then dispelled in this book about the reality of addiction. Questions such as Does proper parenting and involvement prevent alcoholism? and Do alcoholics lack willpower? are addressed, and a myriad of addiction-related falsities that the general public and even medical professionals have considered true are identified and refuted. Specific attention is paid to defining and understanding alcohol addiction, including guidelines on identifying symptoms of alcoholism in social settings and detailed information on the biological difference between the disease in its early and late stages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Included. John Updike and the Cold War: Drawing the Iron Curtain, Miller, D. Quentin, U Missouri Press, 2001, 192p, Review Copy slip laid in, hc w/dj, bumped/scuffed dj, bumped/scuffed boards, clean/tanning text, solid binding, heavily warped boards, rolled spine + John Updike: A Collection of Critical Essays, Thorburn and Eiland (eds.), Prentice Hall, 1979, 222p, ex-library hc no dj, w/library marks/stamps, usual xlib abuse, clean text---9.00 for both.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. 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,750grams, ISBN:9780262600637.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Booklet, stiff color wraps. Mild wear to corners, mild handling wear, minor underlining on one page only, otherwise unmarked. 1st ptg. 32 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. 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. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780262101011.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover, 11 3/4 by 8 1/4 inches, 32 pages, illustrated. Covers have slight wear, at corners. Pages are clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bright and crisp copy with clean pages. Signed by all the authors and the editor except for Neil Thorburn on the ffep. Glenn H. Seymour also signed it above their names. Dust jacket is slightly rubbed at the top of the spine. Otherwise it is bright and crisp. Signed by Author(s). …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. This is a first edition of Regiments of the Scottish Division: Histories, Tartans and Music. It was produced by the British Army as a pictorial history and published in 1973. It is a 34-page, softcover book, packed with photographs (most in color) and covers all of the regiments in the Scottish Division. It's priced the way it is because it was subjected to a spill of some kind. Some of the pages have discoloration at the corners or edges. All have a little wave at the top. But the text and images are all clean and clear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. VG/none, used, 16th edition, 1st printing, green colored cloth binding with gilt text on upper, 284pp plus index to rear. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to exterior, corners lightly bumped, cloth at head and tsail of the spine is rubbed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Green cloth with gold lettering, 5 X 6 1/2 inches, 284 pages + ads. Light edge rubbing, near fine.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 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:0300016905.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. Thorburn, Archibald; Giles, G D (illustrator).

Condition: New. Thorburn, Archibald; Giles, G D (illustrator).

7pp, 2 b/w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

8pp, 1 figs, plus 2 full-page b/w pls, Printed Card Cover, VGC.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 8vo, i-ix, 298 pp, title page vignette and 8 uncoloured plates by Thorburn and Whymper. Original decorated cloth lightly darkened on the spine, neat gift inscription dated 1903 pasted onto the rear of the front free end paper but a very good copy. A chapter on Snipe and Woodcock in Ireland was written by eminent Irish ornithologist Richard J Ussher. Archibald Thorburn , Charles Whymper (illustrator). …

Condition: very_good.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published in the Fur and Feather series, edited by Alfred E.T. Watson. Contains sections on natural history (by the Rev. H.A. MacPherson), shooting (by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles), coursing (by Charles Richardson), hunting (by J.S. Gibbons & G.H. Longman) and cookery (by Col. Kenney Herbert). 12mo. 263 pages. Decorative cloth boards. Black endpapers. 8 full-page black and white plates, including frontispiece. Uncut pages. Boards lightly soiled and rubbed; corners bumped; spine darkened and ends crushed. Pages clean throughout. Binding firm. G.D. Giles, Archibald Thorburn & C. Whymper (illustrator). …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's original Half green Leather over light blue cloth boards with gilt vignette of a Hare to the front cover.Top edge of the book is in gilt and with gilt title lettering to spine.There is one former owner's neat bookplate to the front pastedown.Illustrated by GD Giles,A Thorburn and C Whymper.An excellent study of the art of Hare Shooting,Hare Coursing,Hare Hunting and includes Chapter on the cooking of Hare.I love eating Jugged Hare and have had it several times at 'Rules' Famous Game Restaurant in Covent Garden.A nice addition to this fur and feather series,8vo 263pp First Edition [1896]. GD Giles,A Thorburn and C Whymper (illustrator).…