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American Irrigation Engineering. ADVANCE COPY [see below]. American Society of Civil Engineers. Instituted 1852. Transactions, Vol. XXIV.. 1891

American Irrigation Engineering. ADVANCE COPY [see below]. American Society of Civil Engineers. Instituted 1852. Transactions, Vol. XXIV.. 1891

by Wilson, Herman M.

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1891
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not stated: American Society of Civil Engineers [unpublished], 1891. Original Wraps. 56p., tentative text with only one page showing corrections (in pencil, grammatical errors only), coverless signatures sewn with tough thread in good shape, the usual govt or quasi-govt publication in 9x6 inch self-wraps. Front cover (i.e., first page) bears an old ownership in pen & ink, dust-soil, handling… Read more about this item
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The American Dowser; broken run commencing with Volume 14 No. 1 February 1974 to Volume 35 No. 1, Winter 1995. In hand are v14n1, 2, 3, 4, v17n1, 2, 4, v18n2, 3, 4, 4 (the sole duplicate), v19n1 (handcorrected from

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Danville VT: The American Society of Dowsers, Inc, as shown. Magazine. Average length, 50 to 72 pages. The lot from a single source partly by subscription, partly scrounging, all in very good condition: exterior damage confined to staple-holes next covers' fore-edge margin, tiny smudges, mild damp-ripple to back cover of a singleton, and a few trivial adhesion scars. Within,… Read more about this item
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Golden Shower Greeks

Golden Shower Greeks

by Love, F. W. [pseudonym of Frederick W. LaCava]

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1981
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San Diego: Greenleaf Classics, 1981. Paperback. 150p., VG inked on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Adonis Classics AC258. LaCava who was a Hoosier lawyer for 26 years.
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Threats to the World's Freshwater Resources

Threats to the World's Freshwater Resources

by Gleick, P.H. [Peter H.], A. Singh, and H. Shi

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2002
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Oakland: Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security / In cooperation with United Nations, 2002. Paperback. 59p., softbound, 8.5x11 inch staple-fastened wraps decorated with colorized aerial photography; illustrated with numerous eye-catching line maps & still photos, tables & charts presswork on glazed alkaline paperstock, a handsome production. The individual pix are reproduced vignette-size and suffer from under-captioning… Read more about this item
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Directions for Restoring the Apparently Drowned - For Saving Drowning Persons by Swimming to Their Relief - and for the Treatment of Frostbites. As practiced in the United States life-saving service

Directions for Restoring the Apparently Drowned - For Saving Drowning Persons by Swimming to Their Relief - and for the Treatment of Frostbites. As practiced in the United States life-saving service

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1909
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Washington DC: GPO, 1909. Pamphlet. 11p., illustrated with modern diagrammatic depictions and one interesting old woodcut. Softbound, a stapled pamphlet in 9x6 inch plain printed tomato-bisque wraps, an oddly attractive item in nearly-new condition. Tincture of opium, to be used in combination with lime-water and linseed oil, must have been easier to obtain in 1909.
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Federal Irrigation Projects, Bureau of Reclamation. The Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia Pennsylvania U.S.A., June 1 to December 1 1926

Federal Irrigation Projects, Bureau of Reclamation. The Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Philadelphia Pennsylvania U.S.A., June 1 to December 1 1926

by Walter, R.F., chief engineer, Bureau of Reclamation

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1926
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Washington DC: GPO / U.S. Department of the Interior, 1926. Pamphlet. ii, 50p., illustrated in b&w photography fuzzily reproduced, generally a photo on every page starting from p.10. Softbound, 9x6 inch pamphlet staple-fastened. A GPO item with both covers printed in colors, rather unusual, perhaps a boost for this little-known Exposition. Item has suffered damp-damage, to covers, not to… Read more about this item
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The American Society of Dowsers. Membership List

The American Society of Dowsers. Membership List

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1978
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Danville, VT: The American Society of Dowsers, Inc, 1978. Pamphlet. 5.5x8.5 inch staplebound booklet; slight foxing along spine, minor toning, else very good. Membership list "for private circulation only.
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The American Society of Dowsers. Treasurer's Report [and] Notice of the Annual Meeting of the Members of the American Society of Dowsers, Inc

The American Society of Dowsers. Treasurer's Report [and] Notice of the Annual Meeting of the Members of the American Society of Dowsers, Inc

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1980
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Danville, VT: The American Society of Dowsers, Inc, 1980. Ephemera. [1p], [3p.], respectively, 5.5x8.5 inch letters; trifold for mailing, else very good.
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Australian Caves, Cliffs, and Waterfalls

Australian Caves, Cliffs, and Waterfalls

by Barrett, Charles

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1944
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Melbourne: Georgian House, 1944. Hardcover. 126p., illustrated profusely with full- and half-page reproductions from photography on semi-glazed stock amidst a running text (presswork on semi-glazed alkaline stuff). Hardbound in 9x7 inch plain printed papered boards with a cloth backstrip titled black, a nice design in worn condition: boards are toned and dusty, corner-tips show card, front cover is bent… Read more about this item
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Water Rights and Irrigation Practices in Lahj: A Study of the Application of Customary and Shari'ah Law in South-West Arabia

Water Rights and Irrigation Practices in Lahj: A Study of the Application of Customary and Shari'ah Law in South-West Arabia

by Maktari, A.M.A.

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1971
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Hardcover. vii, 202p., very good hardcover in dust jacket. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, No. 21.
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Filoli

Filoli

by Gallager, Timmy, compiler. Victor Thompson, drawings

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1997
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San Francisco: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1997. Spiral_bound. iv, 82p., illustrated with b&w period photographs, presswork on nice alkaline paperstock copyshop-bound with a green plastic "comb" spine, a very good copy: completely sound, clean and unmarked.
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The Process of Marbling Paper

The Process of Marbling Paper

by Kantrowitz, Morris S. and Ernest W. Spencer (GPO staffers)

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1953
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Washington DC: GPO, 1953. Pamphlet. 10p., printed double-column on matte stock and provided with left-margin punch-holes for ready-reference storage. No illustrations. Softbound as a stapled pamphlet in 11x8.5 inch plain printed grey wraps, mild external dust-soil, faint edgewear, entirely clean and unmarked within. B-1, bindery series. Introductory comment: "As might be expected, much traditional secrecy is still maintained in… Read more about this item
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Urban wilds, gardeners' stories of the struggle for land and justice. Second edition

Urban wilds, gardeners' stories of the struggle for land and justice. Second edition

by Woelfle-Erskine, Cleo, ed

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2002
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Paperback
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9780972707206
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Oakland, CA: Water/Under/Ground Publications, 2002. Paperback. 122p., 8.5x11 inches; illus., photos., wraps lightly shelf worn, else very good. An amazingly detailed production, showing how-to's for numerous situations whether planting, watering, conditioning dirt, composting, on and on.
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Pure water now: it's time for action

Pure water now: it's time for action

by Muehling, Eldon C.

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1994
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[Lincoln, NE]: D&L Publications, 1994. Pamphlet. 42p., wraps, one page creased else very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches. Promotional piece for water distillation equipment made by Pure Water, Inc.
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California Tomorrow; Vol. 17, No. 3 (Summer 1982) California 2000, The Next Frontier

California Tomorrow; Vol. 17, No. 3 (Summer 1982) California 2000, The Next Frontier

by Mills, Stephanie, ed., Isabel Wade, Cheryl Brandt, Alfred Heller, Samuel E. Wood, et al.

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1982
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San Francisco: California Tomorrow, 1982. Magazine. 80p., 7x10 inches; photos and illustrations, wraps slightly soiled, else in very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps.
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Anthropological Reconnaissance in Central Laos: A Survey of Local Communities in a Hydropower Project Area

Anthropological Reconnaissance in Central Laos: A Survey of Local Communities in a Hydropower Project Area

by Ovesen, Jan

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1993
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9789150609677
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Uppsala, Sweden: Department of Cultural Anthropology, Uppsala University, 1993. viii, 80p., wraps, 6.5 x 9.5 inches, wraps lightly worn, spine sunned else very good condition. Uppsala Research Reports in Cultural Anthropology, No. 13.
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The California Drought and outdoor water conservation!

The California Drought and outdoor water conservation!

by Sayuri, J.

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2013
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[Los Angeles]: Save Our Water, 2013. Pamphlet. [6]p. including covers, stapled wraps, 4.25x5.5 inches, very good zine format comic book by the Asian American artist.
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Water in Nepal

Water in Nepal

by Gyawali, Dipak

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2001
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Hardcover
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9789993313113
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Kathmandu: Himal Books, 2001. Hardcover. xiv, 280p., illustrated with line maps in color, diagrams (also color) and tables; hardbound in laminated boards, a very good, clean, sound, unmarked copy. FYI, the arts of book design, presswork and binding are at a high level in that small country.
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Enclosing Water: Nature and Political Economy in a Mediterranean Valley, 1796-1916

Enclosing Water: Nature and Political Economy in a Mediterranean Valley, 1796-1916

by Barca, Stefania

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2010
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9781874267560
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Cambridge: White Horse Press, 2010. xii, 180 pages with illustrations and maps, very good hardcover. Focuses on the Liri Valley in Italy.
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Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building

Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building

by Conca, Ken

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2006
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9780262532730
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Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. xvi, 466 pages with illustrations, very good paperback. "Water is a key component of critical ecosystems, a marketable commodity, a foundation of local communities and cultures, and a powerful means of social control. It has become a source of contentious politics and social controversy on a global scale, and the management of water conflicts… Read more about this item
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