Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, 1996 iii, 9 pp. + 28 maps. Note: The CD is missing from the rear envelope. This atlas shows the geographical distribution of catches (by weight) in the Pacific Ocean for 1962-1993 of the main commercial tuna species (albacore, bigeye, northern and southern bluefin, skipjack and yellowfin), billfishes (black marlin, blue marlin, striped marlin), and swordfish. (The missing CD contained the complete set of compiled data used to produc... (more information)

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Karachi, India: Oxford University Press, 1999. xx, 359 pp. Illustrations, appendices, index. During a long career in the Pakistani military, the author of the partly historical, partly autobiographical study became well-acquainted with the five political leaders who form its focus: General Mohammad Ayub Khan, Nawab Amir Mohammad Khan of Kalabagh, General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and General Mohammad Ziaul (Zia) Haq. The author also addresses the problems experienced by Sindh during thi... (more information)

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New York: Peter Lang, 1990. xiv, 254 pp. Maps, appendix, endnotes, bibliography, index. A pioneering study in historical geography of seventeen "paper counties" (counties which were authorized by the state's legislature but which were never actually organized) in frontier Illinois. CONDITION: Light overall wear to paper-covered boards. Light bumps to upper corners with associated minor splitting to paper covers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Firenze, Italy: Casa Editrice Felice Le Monnier, 1968. Limited edition (No. 1787). 1330 pp. Footnotes, indexes. Text in Italian. The text of each Canto of Dante Alighieri's (1265-1321) "Paradiso" is printed with a critical article (by various authors). Light sunning to paper-covered boards. Very minor chip to base of spine, and very small bumps to edges of boards. Light stain to head of spine. Binding is cracked before title page and at rear hinge, but is still tight. Light darkening to pages due ... (more information)

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Dragvoll, Norway: Linguistics Department, University of Trondheim, 1985. 61 pp. Bibliography. In stapled card covers (apparently restapled after being disbound). Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 30 x 20 cm. ... (more information)

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Cairo (al-Qahirah), Egypt: American University in Cairo Press, 1988 vii, 127 pp. Bibliography, summary in Arabic. CONDITION: Moderately overall rubbing to card covers; text clean and free of all marks; spine lightly sunned.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 23 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Berkeley, CA: University of Califonia Press, 1949. viii, 255 pp. Bibliographical endnotes, index. A scholarly study of the bitter partisan strife in the late Roman Republic, in particular the final twenty years of free Roman institutions, 70 to 50 BC. CONDITION: An ex-library copy (several neat library stamps and marks) in very good condition. Originally held in the library of the now-defunct West Baden College (West Baden, Indiana). Text clean and free of all marks. Moderately light overall shelving wear t... (more information)

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Berlin; Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter, 1929. 66 pp. Text in German. CONDITION: Former owner's name and date in pen on first free endpaper. Author's name printed in pen on blank spine. Light overall wear. Text clean and free of all marks.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 25 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Helsinki, Finland: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1989. Only published in paperback. 332 pp. 1 map, appendix, bibliography. In this work, the author studies the passive in Ob-Ugrian languages (i.e., Ostyak--also called Khanty, Vogul, and Mansi) spoken in western Siberia from the point of view of functional grammar. CONTENTS: 1) Introduction. 2) The passive: General theory and a division of intransitive sentences. 3) Previous works on the Ob-Ugrian passive. 4) Some remarks on the syntactic structure of the Ob-U... (more information)

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Tampere, Finland: Finnpublishers Oy, 1985. xxv, 448 pp. Figures, bibliographical notes, list of contributors. Includes 30 contributions (all in English). This scarce book is an outgrowth of papers originally presented at an international conference on the pathologies of urbanization processes held at Kazimierz, Poland, in 1983. CONTENTS: The papers are organized into the following sections: Pathology in methodological perspective. Intersecting crises: urban, economic, and social. Classical perspectives on u... (more information)

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Paris: Honoré Champion, 1996. 444 pp. Annexes, bibliography, index. Text in French. Small bumps to lower corners of boards and bottom of spine. Several minor bumps to edges of boards.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 16 x 23 cm. ... (more information)

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Monticello, IL: Council of Planning Librarians, 1975 71 pp. Contains approximately 1100+ references. CONDITION: An ex-library copy (call number on front cover; library stamps inside front cover; pocket inside rear cover). Text clean and neat. Stapled booklet. Light sunning/aging to card covers, with light handling wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 28 x 22 cm. ... (more information)

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Andover, MA: Phillips Academy, 1958. xx, 360 pp. Maps, illustrations, appendices, bibliography. Former owner's stamp to top of front cover. Some minor creasing to paper cover along spine. Discoloration from sunning along spine and top edges of covers. Bump to bottom front corner of spine. Handletterd, abbreviated title on top of spine. Light browning to paper from age. Sewn binding. Oversized.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 18 x 25 cm. ... (more information)

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Budapest: Departamento de Español de la Universidad Eotvos Lorand, 1982 Scarce. 650 pp. Bibliographical notes. Contributions in Spanish and Portugues. 50 papers presented at conference held in Budapest, August 17-20, 1981. Covers age toned along edges. Light age toning to paper. OVERSIZED.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 24 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Oxford: Lexington Books, 2003 x, 315 pp. Maps, notes, bibliography, index. A scholarly study of the origins of four rural communities in Mozambique and how their development was truncated by local labor demands during both colonial and post-colonial times. The author is a specialist in rural sociology with many years of experience in Mozambique. CONDITION: Minor handling wear only (virtually like new).. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 24 x 16 cm. ... (more information)

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Monticello, IL: Council of Planning Librarians, 1972 23 pp. Contains approximately 219 references. CONDITION: An ex-library copy (call number and stamp on front cover; library stamp inside front cover; pocket inside rear cover). Text clean and neat. Stapled booklet. Light sunning/aging to card covers, with light handling wear.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 28 x 22 cm. ... (more information)

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Chicago, IL: Argonaut Publishers, 1965. xvi, 136 pp. Bibliography, illustrations, maps, footnotes, index. A reprint (with a new introduction by Dr. Abraham Silverstein) of the original edition published in 1911. CONDITION: Light overall handling wear. Some sunning to top edges (primarily to top edge of front board near spine, where dustjacket is chipped). Dustjacket moderately worn and chipped. Text clean and free of all marks.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 24 x 17 cm. ... (more information)

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1973. Still in publisher's original shrinkwrap. vi, 250 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical references, index. Translated into English from the original German: Philosophische Untersuchungen. Ship's fast!. Third Edition. Paperback. Fine (Like New). 21 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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New York: Columbia University Press for the Linguistic Society of America, 1935. 41 pp. Footnotes. An original, authorized reprint of this article from the "International Journal of American Linguistics," Vol. 8, Nos. 3-4 (August 1935), pp. 131-171. This article includes a short introductory section entitled "The linguistic position of Nanwathnahanan, an Arapaho Dialect." It is followed by an extended section (comprising the bulk of the article) entitled "Summary of phonetic shifts,... (more information)

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Chicago, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1890. A modern reprint (ca. 1970s?) of the second, revised edition published in 1890 (first edition 1887). 176 pp. Endnotes, index. Text in Latin. Terence's subtle comedy "Phormio" was originally produced in 161 BC. Some marginal annotations throughout text. Moderate overall handling wear.. Reprint. Paperback. Fair. 22 x 14 cm. ... (more information)

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