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| ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA Encyclopedia Britannica; Or, a Dictionary of the Arts and Sciences, . compiled upon a new plan, in which the different Sciences and Arts are digested into distinct Treatises or Systems; and the various Technical Terms are explained as they occur in the order of the Alphabet. In 3 volumes. Edinburgh, n.d. facsimile edition of the 1771 edition. 3 volumes, 954pp, printed in double coloumn; reproducing 160 copper plates by Adam Bell, plus some folding tables; in hardback imit. leather bindings, with lettering pieces; one tail-band split, some foxing throughout, otherwise in good, sturdy condition. GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 US$ 124.58 | JP¥ 11006] Book number: 020011D Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| CULLINAN, B.E. & PERSON, D G., The Continuum Encyclopaedia of Children's Literature 0. With about 1,200 biographical entires on authors and illustrators and 97 topical entries, this is the most comprehensive work of its kind. It covers nearlky one and a half centuries of the history of children's and young adult's literature from many cultures and five continents. The authors, including library and University professionals, have created a user-friendly work capable to cover the needs of of a considerable sphere of users, writers, scholars, librarians, book sellers, teachers, parents and children alike. xviii, 863pp. Bound. GBP 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 144.25 US$ 215.93 | JP¥ 19077] Book number: 016990 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| CULLINAN, B.E. & PERSON, D G., The Continuum Encyclopaedia of Children's Literature 0. With about 1,200 biographical entires on authors and illustrators and 97 topical entries, this is the most comprehensive work of its kind. It covers nearlky one and a half centuries of the history of children's and young adult's literature from many cultures and five continents. The authors, including library and University professionals, have created a user-friendly work capable to cover the needs of of a considerable sphere of users, writers, scholars, librarians, book sellers, teachers, parents and children alike. xviii, 863pp. Bound. GBP 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 144.25 US$ 215.93 | JP¥ 19077] Book number: 020410 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| KNUVELDER, G.P.M., Handboek Tot de Geschiedenis de Nederlandse Letterkunde. Delen 1 En 2 . vijfde geheel herziene druk. 's-Hertogenbosch, Malmberg, 1970-'71, VII, 534,629pp. good hardback copies in very reasonable dust jackets, trexts sl. discoloured. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 | JP¥ 2201] Book number: F0074 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| CRAMPE AND PERRINS Handbook of Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa Volume 9 . Oxford University Press 1994. 493pp, hardback, 32 colour plates. Buntings and New World Warblers. Descriptions of 61 species, with each breeding species, described in full as to habitat, distribution, mortality, poplation (with maps), food, social behaviour, breeding, weights, plummage and structure. Colour plates of eggs and of the full range of plumage, with distant flight views. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: M260A Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| CRAMPE AND PERRINS Handbook of Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa Volume 9 . Oxford University Press 1994. 910pp, hardback, 56 colour plates. Crows to Finches. Description of 73 species, with each breeding species, described in full as to habitat, distribution, mortality, population (with maps), food, social behaviour, breeding, weights, plumage and structure. Colour plates of eggs and of the full range of plumage, with distant flight views. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.75 US$ 41.53 | JP¥ 3669] Book number: M260B Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| WATSON, V., The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English 0. A wide-ranging and authoritative survey of children's books from pre-Norman times to the present. The guide covers works written for children not only in the UK and USA, but also Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Africa. There are substantial entires on tops such as fantasy, fairy-tales, alphabet books, chapbooks, hornbooks and battledores, gift books, nursery rhymes, playground rhymes, riddles and jokes. Entries from Harry Potter to Beatrix Potter. 630pp. 150 b/w. Bound. [£35.00 until April 2002]. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 | JP¥ 6603] Book number: 020503 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. | ||
| WINTLE, JUSTIN, Makers of Modern Culture. A Biographical Dictionary . Comprising over 500 entries on figures prominent in the humanities and public life, whether Dali or Disney, Wittgenstein or Warhol, this volume is an invaluable reference point for anyone involved in the 20th. Century. Edited by J. Wintle. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1981. 605pp. Bound in beige publ. cloth. D. w. d. w. frayed around upper edges. Good condition o/w. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 002634 Click here to order or inquire at Thornton's Bookshop. |
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