Search Results: Titles starting with A from KALAMOS BOOKS

Athens: Kauffmann, 1945 Vintage guide to the Acropolis with photographs by Dimitris Harissiades. Issued by Kauffmann, Bookseller & Publisher, 28 Churchill St Athens.,in 1945, a year when Athens was perhaps not much frequented by tourists, and from an address reflecting recent political events. (Later (c.1948-49 ?) an expanded version of this publication, with more illustrations, was issued by C Cacoulides under the title "A Concise Guide to the Acropolis of Athens") 18p. illus & fold out plan + advertising pages. 3rd.ed.. Original Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs Dimitris Harissiades.

Toronto: Evdomadas, 1981 Poster "Sto Politistiko Kentrio tisdKoinotitas, Toronto. Sto Festival lamvanou meros ta synchrotemata ton bouat tis polis mas : Doureios Ippos, Esperides, Kouinta, Lyra, Mykonos". Poster. Near Fine. Poster.

Toronto: Panarcadian Federation of Canada, 1988 Publication celebrating the first PanArcadian Convention and the 29th Panarkadiki Omospondia Kanada held 24-31 July 1988, Tripoli,Arkadias Produced by the Arcadian community in Toronto. Includes sponsorship pages from Greek businesses and organizations. Unpaginated. First Thus.. Softcover. Near Fine.

Mairs, 1993 Fold out large scale map of Greece (Scale 1: 750,000) Place names in German, English and Greek.This map is still useful in general terms, but note the date, it does NOT.therefore, include the new highways. Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: David R Godine, 1985 ". an abecedarian spectrum of Roman history and society . Arranged alaphabetically. each chapter follows some of the Latin words that begin with a particular letter through their various peregrinations. 275p. Spine of the dj.is sunfaded, else fine.. 1st US Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New Castle DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1995 With corrections, additions and an introduction by Nicholas Barker. 7th Ed... Hardcover. New/New.

Jerusalem: Ariel, 1992 A selection of articles on art, literature, music and culture in Israel This issue has a nice article on Sephardic " ketubot" - the lovely illuminated marriage contract documents.. Softcover. Fine.

Jerusalem: Ariel, 1989 A selection of articles on art, literature, music and culture in Israel This issue has an article on Armenians in Jersalem and one on Petra,. Softcover. Fine.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1919 Oxford Classical Texts Series. Recognoverunt Et Adnotatione Critica Instruxerunt Carolus Flamstead Walters & Robertus Seymour Conway = Edited by Charles Flamstead Walters & Robert Seymour Conway,. 386p. . Reprint. Hardcover. New/New.

New York: Signet, 2003 Amy Armstrong doesn't enjoy being sold off to a prosperous farmer like a prized cow at a county fair. But what choice other than marriage has she when he's the only man willing to take in a woman with no dowry and a dependant mother? Certainly no one as beautiful as Amy wants to be plunged into abject poverty. Far from being left with no options, Amy indeed has a way out that she could never have imagined. Even if it is by force. A secret suitor with a secret past has her all to himself in the comfort of his carriage. Now, a simple trip to London is about to be delayed by a passionate man with a team of horses, a whip, and an irreversible mission-a savior who's whisking Amy away on the ride of a lifetime, with a slight detour of the heart.. First Pbk. Pbk. Very Good.

New York,: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976 A Children's classic . Condition Fine (looks unread) Dj has slight chip and a crumpled area (3/4 " 1.5" ) on front , else near fine. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by William Steig.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Don and Betty Minden, 1986 A guide to travelling across the desert - a very detailed and explanatory guide to travelling in desert conditions "Material; for this book was gathered from a number of sources . [from] fellow adventurers who were willing to share their experiences and knowledge of the Kingdom's desert, its people and scenic treasures" It includes a section [pages 167- 225 with information on the essential equipment and survival skills needed for desert travel around the world. xiii, 225p. illustrations, maps [WorldCat lists only 2 copies]. First Edition... Softcover. Fine.

Nicosia: Cyprus Press & Information Office.Nicosia. 1995 (ISBN 0-9963-38-125-1), 2007 Comprehensive book on contemporary Cyprus, packed with facts and statistics. 405p. illus. (col.) maps.tables.. French Wraps. New.

Athens: Greece: Ministry of Press and Mass Media, 1999 Comprehensive official guide to modern Greece [ISSN 1108--4871] issued annually. 530p. illus.tables. Facsimile Edition.. French Wraps. As New.

London: Arrow, 1975 (title page missing). Reprint. Pbk.. Very Good. Ex-Library.

New York: HarperCollins, 2001 Cal Cunninghman has always fantasized about being a novelist. But at twenty-five, he's far from realizing his dream. Newly arrived in Manhattan, he toils as a bookstore stockboy, lives in a dire neighborhood, and never seems to write anything. How curious, then, that Cal should shortly publish a rollicking autobiographical novel that shoots to the top of bestseller lists and sells to the movies for a million dollars.[here is] Cal's first-person account of how he achieved this remarkable feat. A mysterious roommate, a timely bike accident, and the rapacious literary agent Blackie Yaeger all play a role in Cal's success. Deception, blackmail and murder all play a role in Cal's desperate bid to hold onto that success. A wickedly funny psychological thriller that not only casts a knowing eye on the excesses of the current Manhattan publishing world, but touches on deeper themes of literary envy, identity, guilt, and the fatal difference between reality and… Read more

New York: HarperCollins, 2001 "Uncorrected Proof" Cal Cunninghman has always fantasized about being a novelist. But at twenty-five, he's far from realizing his dream. Newly arrived in Manhattan, he toils as a bookstore stockboy, lives in a dire neighborhood, and never seems to write anything. How curious, then, that Cal should shortly publish a rollicking autobiographical novel that shoots to the top of bestseller lists and sells to the movies for a million dollars.[here is] Cal's first-person account of how he achieved this remarkable feat. A mysterious roommate, a timely bike accident, and the rapacious literary agent Blackie Yaeger all play a role in Cal's success. Deception, blackmail and murder all play a role in Cal's desperate bid to hold onto that success. A wickedly funny psychological thriller that not only casts a knowing eye on the excesses of the current Manhattan publishing world, but touches on deeper themes of literary envy, identity, guilt, and the fatal… Read more

Swindon: Child's Play International, 1991 When a magic trick goes disastrously wrong, Matthew and Jessica learn that it sometimes pays to work together.. First Thus.. Soft Cover. New Book from Publisher. GRE J WOO.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980 ". an elegy .and a celebration of Brtrish writers who, in their travel books, memorialized the last age of genuine travel, the period between the two world wars : D.H.Lawrence, Graham Greene, Norman Douglas, Evelyn Waugh, Robert Byron." 246p. Illus.bibliography. index (name of previous owner on half title, else fine). 1st.US Ed... Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good, Slight Chips & Tear.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009 "Constantinople, May 1453. In the dying days of the Byzantine Empire, Isaak Metochites and his family are entrusted with a silver reliquary carved with the figure of a weeping angel and the inscription: Behold the Proof of Chora, Container of the Uncontainable. Four hundred years later, magistrate Kamil Pasha is plagued by thefts of antiquities from mosques and churches and a series of murders in which the bodies bear the same distinctive mark. Sources lead Kamil to a hidden sect descended from Abyssinian slaves living in an abandoned cistern in Istanbul's gritty underworld. The reemergence of the forgotten reliquary sets off a brutal race between those sworn to protect it and those who will stop at nothing to gain its explosive secret.". First Pbk.Ed... Softcover. Near Fine.