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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Third Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Royal octavo, [25cm/10.25inches], full gilt-embossed ensign-red cloth, sans dust jacket, pp. 224, indexed Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc.. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

Trieste, Italy: Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani SpA, 2010. No. 2123. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Folio, [34.5cm/13.75inches], full blind-stamped slate-blue cloth with mylar-protectected dust jacket, pp. 313. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... MS Queen Elizabeth (QE) is a cruise ship of the Vista class operated by the Cunard Line. The design is modified from that of previous ships of that class, and slightly larger than Queen Victoria, at 92,000 GT, largely due to a more vertical stern.[1] The ship is able to carry up to 2092 passengers. The ship's name was announced by Cunard on 10 October 2007. Since the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2008 the company has operated three vessels. The naming of the ship as Queen Elizabeth brings about a situation similar to that between 1940 and 1948, when Cunard's original Queen Elizabeth was in service at the same time as the Royal… Read More

New York: Harry M. Abrams, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [29.5cm/11.75 inches], full pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 320. Lavishly illustrated with colour plates, &tc.. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... RMS Queen Mary 2 (also referred to as the QM2) is a transatlantic ocean liner. She is the largest passenger ship built for the British Cunard Line since Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969, the vessel she succeeded as flagship of the line. The new ship was named Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 after the first RMS Queen Mary of 1936. Queen Mary was in turn named after Mary of Teck, consort of King George V. With the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2008, Queen Mary 2 is the only transatlantic ocean liner in line service between Southampton, England and New York City, New York, operating for a part of each year. The ship is also used for cruising, including an annual world cruise. ... Philip… Read More

New York: Orion Books, 1988. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [28.125cm/11.25inches], full gilt-embossed black cloth with mylar-protectected dust jacket, pp.256, indexed . Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates &tc... Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs.

Calgary, Alberta: Glenbow Museum, 1982. First Edition. Paperbound. AS NEW/No. Royal octavo, [25cm/10inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 69, annotated. Fully Illustrated with b-w halftone and colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Porcupine quillwork is an art form unique to North America. Before the introduction of glass beads, quillwork was a major decorative element used by the peoples who resided in the porcupine's natural habitat, which included indigenous peoples of the Subarctic, Northeastern Woodlands, and Northern Plains. The use of quills in designs spans from Maine to Alaska. Quillworking tools were discovered in Alberta, Canada and date back to the 6th century CE

Buenos Aires: Edciones de la flor, 1991. Septima edicion. Paperback. In quite good condition.. Demy folio, [27.5cm/11inches], paperbound w/ pictorial covers, unpaginated. Illustrated with caracatures. The upper righthand corner has been gluedPlease feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. Folio demy, [27.5cm/11inches], rústica w / tapas pictóricas, sin paginar. Ilustrado con caracatures. La esquina superior derecha se ha pegado. En buenas condiciones. Por favor, siéntase libre para investigar, por iniciativa propia y / o instantáneas adicionales.

Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995. First Impression. Paperbound. As New/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [22.5cm/9inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 211, indexed.Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Qumran is an archaeological site in the West Bank managed by Israel's Qumran National Park. It is located on a plateau about 1.5 km (1 mi) from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947–1956, extensive excavations have taken place in Qumran. Nearly 900 scrolls were discovered. Most were written on parchment and some on papyrus. Cisterns, Jewish ritual baths, and cemeteries have been found, along with a dining or assembly room and debris from an upper story alleged by some to have been a scriptorium as well as pottery kilns and a tower. Many scholars believe the location was home to a Jewish sect, probably the Essenes. ... James Hamilton Charlesworth is an American academic who… Read More