Edmund vale (337 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover in Good condition. Clean, Strong binding and unmarked pages. No underlining or notes in the margins. Minor scuffing of the covers. No Dust Jacket. Previous owners names and notes first page. CAREFULLY PACKED in a sturdy BOX. All USA orders ship with tracking number and email confirmation. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order or Paypal. Because of the expensive cost of international shipping, INTERNATIONAL buyers MUST contact me first to arrange a shipping quote to your country. Ruth Vale and Others (illustrateur).…

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HARDCOVER. Etat : Very Good. None. First Edition. We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any book priced at $10 or more, please just ask! British first edition, first printing. Published in 1960. Book has no jacket. Covers are in Near Fine condition. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Octavo, hardcover, beige pictorial boards, no dj. Ex school library with light corner wear, else VG. A guide to English cathedrals for the younger set including chapters on history and architecture, nicely supplemented by coloured illustrations and black and white photos. 80 pp. with index. Junior Heritage books. Pamphlet on Wells Cathedral laid in. Mansbridge, John (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Etat : Good. 1933. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with heavy sunning to spine and edges.…

Etat : Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xii+236pp, b/w frontis, 48pp b/w plates, folding map, index, spine letterig dulled, edges bumped, a solid reading copy. Publishers County Books series. The history & topography of Shropshire. 550 grams.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. First Edition, Cassell, London, 1960. Tight, clean binding. Jacket has several chips out and is now protected in a clear, removable cover.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. What is a witch-and why has the figure inspired fear, fascination, persecution, and fascination across thousands of years?Witch Studies is an expansive investigation into the history, folklore, religion, psychology, and cultural evolution of one of humanity's most enduring supernatural figures. Moving far beyond the familiar image of broomsticks, cauldrons, and pointed hats, this book examines how societies have constructed the idea of the witch and why accusations of hidden supernatural power have appeared in so many different cultures.Beginning in the ancient world, Witch Studies traces traditions of curses, harmful magic, divination, necromancy, magical tablets, amulets, sorcery, and forbidden ritual through Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. It follows these ideas into medieval Christianity, where older fears of magical harm became increasingly connected to Satan, demonic pacts, heresy, familiars, and the terrifying concept of an organized conspiracy of witches operating against Christian society.The book then enters the world of European folklore, where witchcraft was often far more personal. Witches were blamed for sick livestock, failed crops, infertility, spoiled milk, storms, mysterious illness, bad luck, and sudden death. Ordinary arguments between neighbors could acquire supernatural meaning, transforming resentment, jealousy, poverty, and social tension into accusations of curses and magical revenge.From there, Witch Studies investigates the great European witch persecutions of the fifteenth through eighteenth centuries, examining the legal systems, interrogation methods, torture, confessions, denunciations, mass trials, executions, and religious fears that allowed accusations to spread. Major outbreaks in Germany, Scotland, Switzerland, France, Scandinavia, and elsewhere reveal why witch hunting became extraordinarily destructive in some regions while remaining limited in others.A detailed examination of the Salem witch trials places the famous events of 1692 within the wider history of colonial American witch belief, exploring Puritan theology, the afflicted girls, spectral evidence, confessions, executions, community divisions, and the eventual collapse of the prosecutions.But who were the people actually accused of witchcraft? Witch Studies looks beyond the stereotype to examine gender, age, widowhood, poverty, inheritance disputes, healing traditions, social reputation, religious difference, and neighborhood conflict. It also considers the evidence for actual folk-magical practitioners while addressing the popular but historically problematic theory that the European witch trials represented the destruction of a surviving underground pagan religion.The investigation then expands beyond Europe, comparing beliefs in harmful supernatural practitioners across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Oceania, and the Americas. Rather than assuming that every culture possesses the same concept of the witch, the book examines how different societies understand sorcery, inherited supernatural power, spirit manipulation, possession, curses, magical attack, and the supernatural causes of illness and misfortune. It also explores how colonialism and missionary activity transformed indigenous traditions by translating unfamiliar religious concepts into European categories of witchcraft and demonology.The final chapters follow the witch into literature and modern popular culture-from Shakespeare's Weird Sisters and fairy-tale hags to the Wicked Witch, occult horror, teenage witches, fantasy spellcasters, games, television, and the modern witch as an empowered outsider. An accusation that once carried the possibility of execution has become one of the most recognizable supernatural identities in the world. This item is printed on deman Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. good condition.

paperback. Etat : Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Reprint. DJ is price-clipped at bottom; light coverwear to edges, corners and spine tips.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good+. Reprint. Jacket is price-clipped and shows light edgewear and rubbing.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 300 pages.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Dragons, dragon evolution, dragon biology, dragon anatomy, dragon flight, fire-breathing, prehistoric reptiles, speculative evolution, paleontology, biomechanics, and real-world zoology all collide in this science-driven exploration of one of humanity's most enduring creatures.What would happen if we stopped treating dragons as creatures of myth and started treating them as animals?This book takes dragons seriously-perhaps more seriously than anyone reasonably should-and asks the questions biology demands. Could a dragon actually evolve? How large could one become? Could a vertebrate really grow six limbs? What would it take for a reptilian predator to achieve powered flight? Could fire-breathing evolve from chemical defense? And what would an entire world shaped by dragons look like?Using real evolutionary biology, zoology, paleontology, biomechanics, physiology, ecology, and comparative anatomy, this book reconstructs dragons from the ground up.Follow the hypothetical dragon lineage from small proto-dragons climbing through ancient forests to giant soaring predators dominating open skies. Examine the evolution of wings, pneumatic skeletons, air sacs, massive flight muscles, claws, scales, horns, osteoderms, sensory systems, predatory intelligence, reproduction, nesting, and dragon metabolism.Then things get stranger.Could developmental mutations and changes in Hox gene regulation create the classic six-limbed dragon? Could specialized glands manufacture combustible chemicals? Could a dragon evolve a biological ignition system? Could giant marine dragons return to the oceans and reach whale-like dimensions? Could serpentine Eastern dragons, wyrms, wyverns, drakes, and sea dragons represent completely different evolutionary branches?Every major dragon trait is tested against real biology.Some turn out to be surprisingly plausible.Others require evolution to work considerably harder.The result is not a fantasy bestiary but a speculative natural history of dragons: a scientifically grounded attempt to determine what these creatures would actually look like, how they would fly, hunt, digest food, reproduce, communicate, compete, migrate, evolve, and eventually appear in the fossil record.Discover why giant flying dragons would need enormous wings but surprisingly lightweight bodies. Learn why terrestrial dragons could become far heavier than aerial ones. Explore how dragon prey might evolve defenses against attacks from above, how different habitats could produce forest dragons, desert dragons, polar dragons, cave dragons, mountain dragons, and coastal dragons, and why most dragon species would probably be far smaller than the spectacular giants of legend.Along the way, real animals provide the evidence.Pterosaurs reveal the limits of giant vertebrate flight. Dinosaurs demonstrate how enormous active archosaurs could become. Crocodilians show the possibilities of armor and powerful jaws. Birds reveal what highly efficient archosaur lungs, advanced cognition, and complex social behavior can achieve. Snakes demonstrate repeated limb reduction. Electric eels, bombardier beetles, venomous reptiles, gliding lizards, marine reptiles, whales, and countless other organisms provide pieces of the biological puzzle.The question is never whether magic could make dragons possible.The question is how far evolution could get without it.For readers fascinated by dragons, dinosaurs, speculative zoology, evolution, paleontology, cryptozoology, creature design, fantasy biology, prehistoric life, natural history, and scientifically plausible monsters, this book offers a detailed journey into the biology behind the beast.Dragons may belong to mythology.But biology gets surprisingly close. This item is printed on Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Revised Edition. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket; Edgewear. DJ is worn and torn at edges. DJ is missing piece at top edge of spine. Title page has top edge cut off. Black mark at bottom edge of pages ; B&W Illustrations; 276 pages. Illustrated by Ruth Vale (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Hard Cover. Book Condition: fair with tanning to page edges. . Dust Jacket Condition: sunfaded. 276 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Good, hardcover. Generally clean, bright and tight. Some marks and light even age tanning but otherwise in good condition. Some fading to boards. No dustjacket, blue cloth boards with brown lettering to covr and spine. 275 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Book has water damage affecting all pages, no dust jacket, some shelf wear. Otherwise it is an attractive copy, the book has tight binding, readable pages, good reading copy.

Etat : Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket.

Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), 213 pp. Ex-libris, with usual stamps and rear envelope; otherwise, the binding is square and tight, with few signs of wear. Literature, Fiction, Animals Stories, Dog Stories, Historic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction, Dog Heroes, War.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. 1st Edition. A hardcover non-fiction in good condition. Contains illustrated maps and black and white illustrations. Pages are spotless and intact, with no markings. The hardcover is well-preserved. The dust jacket shows signs of tear around the corners and the ends of the spine.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First US Edition. Taped on Front of Dj; yellowed, price clipped.

Etat : Good. 1949. First Edition. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Green illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and rear folded map. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is darkened. …

Etat : Good. 1966. First Edition. 128 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

Etat : Good. 1931. First Edition. 232 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Etat : Good. 1959. First Thus. 245 pages. Photographic & white jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

hardcover. Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Etat : New.

Etat : Good. 1966. First Edition. 128 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white photographs and line illustrations by Ruth Vale. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. faded cover hinge parting. Book.