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AFRICA: Social Problems of Change & Conflict San Francisco:: Chandler,, 1965.. Hardcover; lightly soiled at head of rear cover; otherwise good.. + bibliography. With in-text tables. Sub-Saharan Africa--exploring its emergence from colonial era; social & cultural pluralism; family structures; social stratification; group relations; tribalism; economic aspects of social change; political movements & ideologies. ||| Useful for understanding violent changes on a 12,000,000 square mile continent with some 750,000,000 people. ... (more information)
Offered by Buday Books / Vintage Reading (TM) (New York, United States) |
$18.50
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FISHERMAN'S LUCK & SOME OTHER UNCERTAIN THINGS NY:: Scribner,, 1900.. Hardcover; top edges gilt; spine gilt weak; otherwise good.. With 12 b&w photos. Van Dyke (1852-1933) devoted fisherman, was also a renowned author, Presbyterian clergyman, U.S. Minister to Netherlands (1913-16), & Princeton Univ. Prof (1899-on). ||| His `outdoor essays are in the tradition of Thoreau, Burroughs, & Muir'--DAB. ... (more information)
Offered by Buday Books / Vintage Reading (TM) (New York, United States) |
$15.50
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GRAIN RACE. [First Edn.] NY:: Scribner,, 1933. Hardcover; spine ends lightly worn; otherwise good.. With b&w photos. Day-by-day account of Villiers' 4-masted sailing ship `Parma,' as she carried 5,000 tons of wheat from Australia via Cape Horn to England in 1932, making landfall at Falmouth in 103 days. ||| Delightful narrative of sailing before the mast in the closing days of commercial sailing under canvas. ... (more information)
Offered by Buday Books / Vintage Reading (TM) (New York, United States) |
$29.50
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BEES: Their Vision, Chemical Senses, & Language Ithaca:: Cornell Univ.,, 1952. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; covers scuffed; front cover tips worn.. + appendix + bibliography + index. With in-text b&w photos + drawings. Later prtg. of 1950 first issue. ||| Von Frisch, Zoology Prof at Univ. of Munich, is internationally known for his rigorous scientific investigations--in this instance, of bees. ||| Almost half the book is devoted to how a bee communicates without sound to tell others where it f... (more information)
Offered by Buday Books / Vintage Reading (TM) (New York, United States) |
$14.50
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