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200 pages. Black and white illustrations. A logger-pilot's interesting recollections of his involvement in the development of Canada's west coast. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Book
207 pages. The first and only complete record of Canadian golf. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos from provincial archives and private collections. Includes a who's who of Canadian Golf, information about historic clubs and courses, anecdotes and golf lore as well as the complete records of the: Canadian Open Championships; Canadian Amateur Championships; Willingdon Cup Matches; Senior Championships of Canada; Canadian Juvenile Championships; Interprovincial Senior and Junior Team Matches; Canadian Ladies Open; and the Canadian Professional Championships. Gift greetings and small Christmas sticker upon front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Light wear to book in attractive brownish-grey cloth boards. Average wear to dust jacket which is missing some chips and is well-worn at edges with a variety of tears. Book
288 pages. "On Gabriola, we are fortunate to have many of the descendants of these early settlers and it is through their forefathers that this Island has been enriched and coloured so that we, who live here today, can be proud of the sound foundations laid down over a hundred years ago." - from Foreward. Prior owner's small address label inside front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Slight lean to spine. A sound reference copy. Book
176 pages. Select Bibliography. Oblong 12" x 9". "Both a stunning visual record of a region of boundless physical treasures, and a fascinating history of the 'gateway to a continent'". - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon black front free endpaper scarcely visible else unmarked. Moderate wear overall. Quality copy of this enchanting work. Book
Features: Saving old town Lunenberg; Preserving a garden of Plaster Delights - Ottawa's Beattie House; The Future of the Past - Ken Osborne; B.C.'s Gulf of Georgia Cannery on Endangered List; Fredericton's Preservation area expands; Fisheries Fiasco - Steveston's Pacific Coast Cannery demolished. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
Features: China - a showcase of consumer emancipation; Essay - Pondering the B.C. Condition - Hard Times in Canada's Lotus Land; Peter C. Newman on B.C.'s high-flying acquisitors - Nelson Skalbania, Jack Poole, Neil B. Cook, Herb Doman, Bob Carter, Peter Thomas, The Doumet Brothers, Jimmy Pattison, Peter Brown, Joe Segal, The Belzbergs, Edgar Kaiser Jr.; Bob Lee; Conservative M.P. Bill Kempling; Teaching hate in Alberta schools? - Jim Keegstra of Eckville, Alberta; Socialism in a tailspin in France; The Politics behind Soviet Spy Charges in France; Kampuchea - Vietnam's latest offensive; Nice multi-panel colour photo B.C. tourism promotional centerfold; Persian Gulf Oil Slick in the War Zone; Security Express robbed in London; James Kay and Dylex; Peter Pocklington's empire unravels; Canada takes on the curling world - LaRocque and Werenich; A close call - a happy end - Space Shuttle Challenger completes its maiden mission; Le Devoir joins the newspaper war; Worst flooding in 25 years in New Orleans - colour photos and article; Krugerrand ad; Canadian foresters and computer firefighting. Average wear. Book
214 pages including colour photographic plates. Foreword by Lee Trevino. Intended to bring greater recognition and appreciation for a vastly undervalued and misunderstood legend. "He's the best ball-striker I ever saw come down the pipe. I didn't see them all, but I don't know how anyone could hit the ball better than Moe Norman." - Lee Trevino. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Nice copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Who Killed Sir Edmund?; Able Baker; A Matter of Time; Last Bus, Last Round; The Short Honest Life of Walker the Talker; The Slow-Porter Torture; Cross-Country Golf; The Unwelcome Return of the Mimsers; "And Then He Heard The Angels Call"; Study in Leadership; Eggy-Sheggy-Ray; Concerning Clothes; Photos of Jayne Mansfield, Martine Carol and Else Hansen - The Norwegian Firebrandand; How to Cheat at Cards; Tyson, Laker and Tribe; Three pages of men's sweater fashions; and more. Pencilled name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
4to. 114, (2) pp. With 24 numbered photographic plates. Original printed wrappers. Notable paper on mediaeval Swedish glass originating from the Middle East. It discusses lustreware of the Fatimid period, as well as glass of the Raqqa, Fustat, Aleppo, Damascus, and Syro-Frankish groups, studying grave finds as well as finds of enamelled and gilt glass in sites including the monastery of Vreta, Lund, Hälsingborg, Barkarby and Birka. The plates show well-preserved glass cups and goblets as well as jewellery and fragments of glass vessels and lustreware. - Lamm studied archaeology at the University of Stockholm. He wrote about the glass excavated at Samarra in 1928 and became a leading scholar on Islamic arts and crafts, notably in glass and carpets. He was on the staff of the Stockholm Museum and taught at Uppsala University. - Uncut copy. - In near-mint condition. OCLC 473515059.
31X31, cart. ed. con una pallina da golf., incastonata al piatto ant., pp. 153, ill. col. n.t., edizione numerata 2000/532, volume in ottimo stato, trascurabili segni del tempo.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured double-page frontispiece by Allan Stewart and numerous illustrations by Rountree in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper verso; cloth, gilt back, pictorial endpapers, covers rubbed at edges, some mild age-staining else a good, sound copy. Includes an extended bibliography of golf books.
Milano, 2004, 4to legatura editoriale cartonato telato con sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 319 con numerosissime illustrazioni a colori n.t.
VIII, 36, 33, (1), 30 SS. In arabischer und lateinischer Schrift. Grüner Leinenband mit Goldprägung. 8vo. Persisches Schauspiel nebst deutscher Übersetzung, herausgegeben durch den Wiener Orientalisten Wahrmund (1827-1913), seit 1885 Direktor der Orientalischen Akademie, wo die Ausgabe auch als Lehrmittel diente. - Einige Bleistiftanmerkungen, insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Zu Wahrmund vgl. Fück 187.
Octavo in off-white buckram with green gilt ornaments & titles; approx. 250 p. ; 21 cm Cannot determine date of publication unless I break the shrinkwrap. Appears to be circa 2000. || Golf. Sports.
382 pages. Bibliography. Extensive footnotes. Black and white illustrations. "Previously ignored, the war between the 'people of the land' and the colonial government remains of utmost significance in today's world of unsettled First Nations' land claims. After the war of 1863 aboriginal land continued to be alienated, and Native jurisdiction eroded, throughout British Columbia - leaving an inequity which remains unresolved almost a century and a half later." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high quality copy. May shock readers who think of area history in terms of only fishing, logging and mining. Book
267 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "... Will revive controversy about one of the most appalling naval tragedies of World War II - a tragedy that had, perhaps, more far-reaching consequences than any other... Tells the story of the passing of the capital ship, as well as the story of the end of Western ascendancy over the Far East." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Jay Hebert, The Golfer's Golfer; The PGA Championship Gets Bigger; Louise Suggs, the LPGA's Lone Eagler; Today's Pros Hit Longer, Putt Better; Slicing - Causes and Cures; Fairway Shots - Don't Be Greedy, by Gary Player; Put Imagination in Your Golf Game; How Clubs and Balls Have Influenced the Golf Swing (part2); The 'Sole' Way to Good Balance; and much more. Black and white photos and illustrations. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. 8.25" x 5.5". A worthy vintage copy. Book
199 pages. Index. Selected references. Black and white illustrations. Includes: plants and animals to look for; the natural history of seashore creatures; introduction to local seaweeds; detailed drawings; maps to provincial and regional parks. Prior owner's details atop title page, otherwise minor soiling and light wear. A quality copy. Book
230 pages including index. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket which bears half-inch tear at bottom edge of back panel and is missing one inch chip from top edge of back panel. Overall a very nice copy. Book
207 pages. Dozens of archival black and white illustrations. "Including a complete record of touraments & winners; who's who in Canadian golf; historic clubs and courses; anecdotes & golf lore." - from dust jacket. Front free endpaper removed. Above-average wear with usual library markings. A worthy reference copy. Book
216 pages. Colour photography throughout. Text in English. Features: The Mundanthurai sanctuaryis Tamil Nadu's haven for wildlife enthusiasts; The Unknown Lucknow; Bharatpur's Keoladeo Ghana Bird Sanctuary; Devil Rays off the coast of the Maldives; Nagpur and Indian aviation achievements; Suits that make the man; Jijoy Chowdhury's evocative images of a winter morning in Kolkata; Kurukshetra is steeped in mythological grandeur; Sakinalu packs a punch for the Telegus; Sri Lanka's capital; Bentota Beach; Sigiriya Rock; Buddhist art; Sri Lankan cuisine; Tea and golf in Nuwara Eliya's green hills; Baila; Sri Lankan writers; Tamilian tales; Geoffrey Bawa's architectural style; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
84 pages. Features: Nicklaus vs. Beman; Warm with Fewer garments (fashion feature); The Odds on Your Ace; Sue Dobson, Most Beautiful Golfer; Golf on Cape Cod; Putters on Parade; Clubs of Future Will Produce Lower Scores; What Starts the Backswing?; Give Your Swing a Dress Rehearsal; On the Green (Putting) by Gary Player; Topping - Causes and Cures; Color U.S. Rubber [golf ball] ad inside front cover features Ken Venturi and Bill Collins; ; and much more. Black and white photos and illustrations. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. 8.25" x 5.5". A worthy vintage copy. Book
76 pages. Please note: Covers not included. Contents: nice ad for International Harvester Industrial Power Equipment; Leg of Gold, by James Francis Dwyer; The Barr Colony, by Captain C. Tweedale; Jury Rig, by Jay Wilson; Who'll Succeed Chamberlain?; The Splendid Prodigal, by Margaret Nyren Hoffman; Let Go of those (Golf) Clubs - Dink Carroll writes about the new 14 club rule; Our Future Population - C.M. Campbell's interesting examination of the population B.C. and Alberta are capable of supporting; Old Ugly Face, Talbot Mundy; An American's Letter to Beverley Baxter, by Archibald Douglas Turnbull; Wonderful colour full-page photo ad for Sweet Caporal cigarettes features two women walking their dog; Plymouth car ad; Ad for Westinghouse appliances, including their 10-tube all-wave Superheterodyne radio; Nice ad for Chrysler cars; Frigidaire refrigerator ad; Great full-page black and white ad for Sisman's Scampers shoes - with patented cork insulators; Nice Dodge truck ad with photos emphasizes they are made of Better Steel; Gifts go Electric - practical suggestions for pleasing a June bride. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Covers not included. Book
Contents: Excellent color photo ad for the Chevelle featuring the SS 396 Sport Coupe; The state of the Vietnam War; Carl Coppolino; Canada Discovers Itself - Feature article; Photo of ensign Laing ejecting from F-4B Phantom over Tonkin Gulf; Expo 67 at Montreal - colour photos; Mace - new police weapon; Nancy Sinatra - photo; Jeepster ad; Blackout on DMSO; Crown Zellerbach; Photo of John Paul Getty and 1960 Cadillac; Photo of Guy De Rothschild and wife at bank; and much more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
46 pages of humorous golf literature from the 1920s, including four black and white illustrations. Stated copyright date of 1921 but no indication of any prior printings. Dust jacket not included. Prior owner's details, dated 1923, atop front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality vintage copy. Book