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ill., br. A un anno di distanza dalla storica impresa, esce il libro sul giro d'Italia in kayak di Fabrizio Trivella. Tutte le tappe, le difficoltà e la meraviglia di un viaggio affascinante e divertente lungo lo Stivale dalla Liguria al Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Un resoconto ricco di informazioni di quei 100 giorni in kayak, in 176 pagine con foto a colori.
In-8° (cm. 21,2x15), pp. 205, (19) + 69 FOTO in tavole f.t. b.n. + (ripiegate in tasca f.t.) 6 tabelle, 1 CARTA FLUVIALE a 3 col. in 3 fogli + 1 tavola ripieg. a col. dei SEGNALI FLUVIALI. Cartone editoriale illustrato in binaco e nero, usura a una cerniera presso la cugia unferire, ma eccellemte es. Fiumi e laghi svizzeri, e francesi: Loire, Rhone, Ardèche; dati e consigli su associazioni, climi, frontiere, pericoli, difficoltà per uomini e donne ecc. Le incredibili prestazioni su acque calme o turbinose della mitica canoa (tipo "Klepper") a intelaiatura di legno e scafo in stoffa, con timone metallico a oomando di pedaliera, rapidamente smontabile e rimontabile. Un kayak del genere, munito di vela e derive laterali, traversò l'Atlantico almeno due volte negli anni '30.
6 pages. Lovely color cover artwork. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Mm 145x210 Collana "Guide". Edizione a cura di Maurizio Pansini. Brossura editoriale di 170 pagine. Esemplare in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
27 pages. Features: Iroquois cultural history carved in stone; Arts Safety; Interview with Ron Noganosh - Will the Canoe Ever Look the Same?; Back to School for Native Artists and Artisans; Photo of Joe Jacobs receiving Order of Canada; Visual Cadence - Rebecca Belmore at Club Saw; and more. Average wear. Bit of writing on page 23, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Articles include: Taiga - the earth's green mantle; South Moresby by kayak; Madawaska - a land ethic in the making; Bay du Nord; Alaska 1002; special report on 50 books important to conservation. Magazine
Pages 83-119 pages plus thirteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The Richilieu, Historic Water-Way of Eastern Canada; Some Wild Animals of Canada, Part II; Agriculture in Alberta; Canot du Maitre or Montreal Canoe; and more. Nice one-page RCAF recruiting ad. Colour-photo BOAC ad inside back cover shows lobster and liquor being served on-board. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
120 pages. Cover illustration of young lady with umbrella and chicks by Elsie Deane. Features: Stylish colour Palmolive ad inside front cover; La Chasse-Galerie - the flying canoe of voyageurs and shantymen, by J.E. Le Rossignol; Nomads of the Sea - story by Beryl Gray; Women in Fascist Italy - article with photos by Lilian Gibson, teacher of English to Il Duce, Benito Musolini; The Challenge of Youth - article by Judge H.S. Mott of the Juvenile Court, Toronto, with photo portrait of the judge; The Female of the Species - story by sapper; The Land of the Rose, by Jean Graham; Music, Art and Drama News of the Month; Camberley's Bride - story by Leslie Gordon Barnard; Miss Helen Sparling, self trained in the world of finance, answers the question "Can Women Be Successful in Business?"; Jean Whitlock writes about the evolution of furniture in the wake of architectural and societal developments; What Easter means to women across Canada - with photos; Mary Louise Orr writes about the various forms of luggage available to travellers; Nice 1-page black and white ad for Plymouth cars; Essex automobile ad; Plans for a large English brick home; Nice colour illustrated ad for Johnson's Wax; Colour ad for Congoleum Rugs; Cute ad for Berry Brothers "Liquid Granite" floor varnish; The Canadian H.W. Gossard Co. ad for women's underclothing; Wonderful colour full-page ad for Hupmobile - the new Century Six and Eight; Gene Tunney golf photo in ad for Nujol; Nice colour full-page ad for Oriental Plush auto interiors - available in McLaughlin-Buick enclosed cars; Anna Pavlowa photos in Cutex ad; C.W. Stokes suggests the creation of a Bureau of Complaints; Dodge Brothers Six ad; Lovely 1-page black and white photo ad for Mercury women's hosiery and lingerie; 1-page Royal York Hotel ad; Willys Knight ad for the 70-B model automobile; Nice colour 1-page ad for Brookfield Butter; Wow! - Great colour centerfold ad for Red Seal Certified Cedar Chests!; 1-page colour photo ad for Puffed Wheat features infant photo of Richard Murphy on sled; Beautiful colour 1-page ad for Studebaker in yellow; Nice black and white one-page ad for Ford Motor Company; Lovely 1-page colour ad for Barrymore Rugs in desert motif; Woodwards "Gripe Water" ad; full-page 2-colour Knechtel furniture ad; Adorable Easter doll clothing cutouts by Grace G. Drayton; Nice colour ad for Crane plumbing fixtures insdie back cover; Colour ad for Parker Duofold pens on back cover. Few short openings to coverfold and cover edges. Address label and faint erasure atop front cover. Coffee stains to back cover and last page. Please Note: page 24-25 have been removed and are not present. They appear to have contained advertising content. Overall, a sound copy of this charming vintage issue. Book
Broché. 40 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. Previous owner's label and inscription. 10 1/8"w x 9 1/4"h. Foreword by Bill Reid. "Hilary Stewart explains, through her vivid descriptions and detailed drawings, the tools and techniques used, as well as the superbly crafted objects nd their uses--all in the context of daily and ceremonial life." 550 drawings and 50 photographs.
Appears to be a 1970s or 1980s replica of the pre-WWII original. Features sexy young beauty holding parasol in canoe. She is wearing only short shorts and a skimpy red top which is pulled down to reveal her right breast. Periphery features illustrations of the many products offered by the Great Eastern Dispensary Ltd. Approximately 30" x 20". Crimped metal strips protect top and bottom edges. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A charming memento of 1930s Shanghai and a classy addition to the wall of any Asian man cave. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Poster
Volume usurato dal tempo: stanco ai margini e agli angoli; presenti strappi al piatto posteriore; copertina totalmente distaccata dal corpo, brunita, così come il dorso. Presente piccola nota a matita al piatto posteriore. Dorso molto usurato, con parti mancanti. Pagine brunite, molto allentate, con ampio margine. Presenti tavole ripiegate, una delle quali totalmente distaccata dal corpo. Numero pagine 96. USATO
brossura Un navigatore solitario scivola silenziosamente lungo le coste di Corfù e delle piccole isole Diapontia all'interno di un mezzo anacronistico, lento, faticoso ed invisibile: il kayak. Sotto la forma del diario giornaliero, l'autore invita a esplorare angoli di incontaminata bellezza e a interrogarsi sulle trasformazioni portate dallo sfruttamento turistico.
Milano, De Vecchi, 1995, 8vo (cm. 23,5 x 17) brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 199 completamente illustrato da figure e fotografie. In ottimo stato.
pp. 443, lii [Publisher's Appendix] + Portrait Frontis and full page plates, maps and a large folding map on tissue paper. Inked ownership of Clifton Wright, Oct. 6, 1888 from his father. Floral endpapers. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Front board decorated with a design in gold and black of the Mississippi River and rear board decorated with the source of the river in Minnesota. Gilt lettered and decorated spine. Beveled edges. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Binding slightly soiled. Hardbound. AMERICANA BOX 4.
Sensational vintage compilation of thirty-five 1930s lumberjack songs from the Pacific Northwest. Elmore Vincent was known as "The Northwest Shanty Boy" and the front cover art features his image superimposed over a scene of tall timber being brought down by hand, as chainsaws were but a dream at that time. 64 pages. Includes lyrics, guitar chords and piano sheet music for these songs: A Lumber Lad's Love, Ballad of the Lumberjack, Billy the River Driver, Canaday-I-O, Come With Me In My Little Canoe, Darling Janet, Down in That Lonely Valley, Drinking Song, Fair Charlotte, Grizzly Hogan, Lonesome Lumberjack, Lumberjack Memories, Moose Meat, Smart Johnny the Logger, Song of the Lumberjack, Strawberry Lane, The Death of George Phalen, The Flying Cloud, The Gambling Lumberjack and the Jim Creek Girl, The Good Old Times, The Great Fit, The Green River Girl, "The Jam at Gerry's Rock", The Lakes of Pontchartrain, Three Leaves of Shamrock, The Little Brown Bulls, The Lumberjack and the Pretty Girl, The Lumberjack's Alphabet, The Lumberjack's Bible, The Lumberjack in Town [as sung on Seattle's "Skid Road" by Syd Johnson], The Sandy Stream Song, The Stranger and the Maiden Fair, The Two Sisters, Who Feeds Us Beans, and Yodeling Lumberjack. Most songs have several verses or more. Unmarked with above-average wear. Binding intact. A rare and wonderful musical memento of the glory days of Northwest lumberjacking. Book
Broché. 231 pages. Rousseurs.
8vo [21 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 322, [ii, ads] pp, frontis, many illustrations including full-page, 5 maps. original pictorial cloth with gilt picture of author in small boat, gilt lettering on spine, spine label removed, internal hinges cracked but firm, bookplate on endpaper, light marginal stain on few leaves, else interior quite good and clean. A picture of 'Excellent account of people, social conditions, economics and political life but is of special significance on natural history' (Bruns - Angling Books of the Americas 164). Not in Sabin or Howes. His sneak-box was a small duck hunters' boat that looked like a row-boat. The author had also written 'Voyage of the Paper Canoe.' A classic American travel.
8vo [21 x 14.5 cm]; xii, 322, [ii, ads] pp, frontis, illustrations including full-page, 5 maps. original pictorial cloth with gilt picture of author in small boat, gilt lettering on spine, internal hinge cracked but firm, spine ends slightly frayed, colored map of Mississippi from other source (c. 1915) on endpaper, near fine, clean copy. A picture 'Excellent account of people, social conditions, economics and political life but is of special significance on natural history' (Bruns - Angling Books of the Americas 164). Not in Sabin or Howes. His sneak-box was a small duck hunters' boat that looked like a row-boat. The author had also written 'Voyage of the Paper Canoe.' A classic American travel.
Signed, dated and generically inscribed by author/subject upon half-title page. 245 pages. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece photo of author/subject in travel attire. Anderson "recounts his nearly half a century in the Canadian north. By snowshoe and dog team, by canoe, sailboat and steamer, he travelled throughout the woodlands and the Arctic regions of Canada - with numerous side trips to the west coast of Greenland. Includes many a fabulous anecdote - tales of courage and privation, humour in the bivouac and excitement on the trail. Discusses the fur trade and its history, interspersing his narrative with reflections which provide sharp insight to this theme." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings atop half-title page. Light wear to book. Binding intact. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Book
Mm 145x215 Prima edizione. Brossura editoriale, 198 pagine con numerose figure in nero nel testo. Ottima copia mai letta. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
ill., br. Scogliere selvagge, insenature cristalline, falesie calcaree e foci di fiumi imperdibili. Circumnavigare la Sardegna in kayak è il modo migliore per innamorarsi dell'isola cuore del Mediterraneo, che lungo le coste e su alcuni laghi e torrenti dell'interno offre ecosistemi e ambienti ancora intatti da vivere in tutte le stagioni al ritmo della pagaia. Questa è la prima guida sul settore kayak dedicata alla Sardegna, che in 12 itinerari spettacolari consente al kayaker esperto e sempre attento di conoscere il litorale dell'isola in tutta la sua interezza. Si caratterizza per la veste grafica ricca di immagini, una sezione tecnica con mappe dettagliate e l'indicazione della logistica, della fruibilità e delle condizioni meteo per ogni itinerario.
Undated and unpaginated. Copyright by Murrays Sales & Service Co, London. A lovely old children's book in glossy illustrated boards. Front board shows two boys in a canoe. Sticker patch to right of title. Pages have yellowed and there are pencil marks on some of the activity pages. Book
Features: Highway to Canoe Country - one of Ontario's newest roads leads to the well-established town of Atikokan and Steeprock Mine in Northwestern Ontario; Five Ways to 'Do' the Rockies; The Woodcarvers of Port Joli - Route 2 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence; Twin Brothers, Twin Trucks - The Robertson brothers, Dave and Phil, from near Niagara Falls and their 1948 1/2-ton pickup trucks customized with early truck caps for storage and sleeping, all for less than $50.00!; Those Road Maps, by Lillian Allison. Two-inch opening at bottom of cover fold. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition in every respect with very light scuffing of covers only. Spine is solid and square, binding is tight, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Catalog of the exhibition from 6/'84 -- 10/'85 . 69 pages. We are an actual bookstore of 20 years that treats its stock like books, not widgets. All shipments are packed individually in protective wrapping.