Author: Henry Sotheran LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Sotheran's Price Current of Literature
Author: Henry Sotheran LtdThe Open Shelf
Author: When There Were Birds
Author: Roy AdkinsPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 140871356X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century 'A marvellously original slice of social history' Daily Mail 'The facts and folklore of birdlife are dissected in admirable detail in this handsome book' Sunday Times 'Roy and Lesley Adkins are masters of their craft' BBC Countryfile Magazine No other group of animals has had such a complex and lengthy relationship with humankind as birds. They have been kept in cages as pets, taught to speak and displayed as trophies. More practically, they have been used to tell the time, predict the weather, foretell marriages, provide unlikely cures for ailments, convey messages and warn of poisonous gases. When There Were Birds is a social history of Britain that charts the complex connections between people and birds, set against a background of changes in the landscape and evolving tastes, beliefs and behaviours. It draws together many disparate, forgotten strands to present a story that is an intriguing and unexpectedly significant part of our heritage.
General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1290
Book Description
Bulletin of the New York Public Library
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Includes its Report, 1896-19 .
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
Book Auction Records
Author: Frank KarslakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
List of Works in the New York Public Library on Sport in General and on Shooting in Particular
Author: New York Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically: P-Z, Supplement and bibliography
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 2238
Book Description
Micrographic reproduction of the 13 volume Oxford English dictionary published in 1933.
A History of Tasmania, from Its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time
Author: James FentonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tasmania
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
James Fenton (1820-1901) was born in Ireland and emigrated to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen's Land) with his family in 1833. He became a pioneer settler in an area on the Forth River and published this history of the island in 1884. The book begins with the discovery of the island in 1642 and concludes with the deaths of some significant public figures in the colony in 1884. The establishment of the colony on the island, and the involvement of convicts in its building, is documented. A chapter on the native aborigines gives a fascinating insight into the attitudes of the colonising people, and a detailed account of the removal of the native Tasmanians to Flinders Island, in an effort to separate them from the colonists. The book also contains portraits of some aboriginal people, as well as a glossary of their language.