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122 pages including index. Dr. Frank Dudley Hart, a world renowned rheumatologist, brings fresh hope for the millions who suffer from arthritis and rheumatism. Few people realize how many types of arthritis there are. Dr. Hart explains the differences in clear, simple terms and describes the treatments that can bring relief from arthritic pain. Dozens of easy practical hints and gadgets are illustrated for coping with arthritis in everyday life, and around the home. Special exercises are demonstrated to ease stiffening joints. Illustrated with over 100 clear and practical photographs, many in color. Average wear. Discard stamp upon half-title page. Book
167 pages including index. Explores Canada's past and present cultural psyche, demonstrates just how far we have advanced since the 1950s, reminds us of what we stand to lose, and suggests a plan of action for the future. "This is an essential book for all who care about our cultural future." - John Metcalf. Clean, bright and unmarked but for rubber stamp inside back cover. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
Moderate wear. Prior owner's name and rubber stamp upon front endpaper else unmarked. Book
624 pages. A composition reader that explores issues of language and culture, domestic cultural diversity, and global cultural diversity with an unprecedented range of readings, authors, and viewpoints. Unmarked. Light wear. Small 'thank-you' rubber stamp upon fore-edge of text. Nice copy. Book
229 pages plus index. Copyright date 1976. Former owner's rubber stamp upon title page. Small price sticker remnant on back cover. First few pages beginning to loosen from binding. The 28 chapters include: starvation in the midst of plenty, intestinal disorders, fasting and eliminative diets, colds are not mysterious, religious considerations, natural skin culture, how disease becomes chronic, and much more. Book
55 pages. Undated. Based upon author's contention that arthritis is a symptom; it is not a disease. Small decorative rubber stamp atop page 1 else unmarked. Moderate wear and rubbing to card covers. Contents clean. Nice working copy. Book
168 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white photography. The complete guide for every new mother or mother-to-be who seeks the knowledge, encouragement, and self-confidence to breastfeed her baby. Author is known and respected internationally as an authorigy on the experiences of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood. Average wear. Midwive's rubber stamp atop half-title page else unmarked. Minor staining to top edge of last few pages. Good working copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Chris van Rooyen Profile; Self-adhesive stamps - new era in SA philately; What makes a stamp collection valuable?; Royal Tours and the Post Office; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
124 pages. Intended to encourage further exploration and discussion of the issues that arise out of the Constitution's guarantees of religious freedom, which are likely to be on society's political agenda for several more decades. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Average wear. Rubber stamp atop title page. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
350 pages including index. Book is divided into four major sections, the introductory section consisting of general information about the prints and collecting, the value guide for Old Prints, the value guide for Collector Prints and the last section, an informational and value guide for Federal Duck Stamp Prints, Wild Turkey Stamp Prints, and other stamp prints. Represents a prodigious effort by author and is born of his intense interest in prints and print collecting. He was a dealer for many years prior to his writing career. This work was, when published, the most comprehensive guide for print collectors and destined to become the standard reference for collectors of these prints. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
128 pages including index. Undated. Text in German. Before and after aerial photographs of German urban areas, with accompanying text. Discard stamp upon front endpaper and front board else clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. Solid copy Undated. Circa 1970? Book
240 pages including index. Through colourful anecdotes, documented reports and personal remembrances, Ian Mahood tells of the birth and eventual death of forest management in British Columbia. Gift greetings and discard stamp upon front endpaper else book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Solid copy. Book
251 pages. For the elementary school librarian, here is a ready-to-go resource crammed with practical new ideas and lively activities to reinforce functional library skills and motivate children to read! Includes over 200 stimulating newsletter articles, library skills puzzles and games, book talks, book circulators, story time readers, and other aids - all complete, keyed to appropriate grade levels, and ready for immediate use in your own library program. Light wear. Prior owner's rubber stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Light wear. Contents clean. Nice copy. Book
96 pages. Provides collectors of British North America stamps with an accurate listing covering all major shades and varieties, with true retail market-value prices quoted for stamps in fine condition. Book
427 pages. Originally published in 1862. Presents a remarkably vivid picture of an aspect of Victorian life that few other writers of the age had dared to examine: the teeming underworld of 19th century London, whose headquarters were established a few yards from what is today Picadilly Circus. Very light wear. Discard stamp upon front endpaper else unmarked. Nice copy. Book
190 pages including index. The only grammatical forms which the student need know before beginning this book are the terminations of the first, second, and third declensions of the regular noun; the regular adjective of the first and second declension; the regular verb, active, passive and deponent, together with the irregular verbs esse, ire, and ferre. School stamp upon each endpaper. Lots of writing upon back endpaper. Average quantity of marginalia and underlining. Boards and pages well but not excessively worn. Book
Features: Ski trails of Banff National Park; Le Royaume du Saguenay; Nova Scotia "Campsite" - the Cabot Trail; Postage Stamp Motoring; Odd items about Canada - The "Coleman" Frog (as big as a dog!), Pount Pelee - south of the northmost part of California!, Ukrainian 'Bush' House of God, near Neepawa and Minnedosa, Farthest east home in Canada; Along the Yukon Trail; photo of Imperial's and probably North America's, first service station, opened in Vancouver in 1908; North to Buffalo Narrows. Illustrated with black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
329 pages. Presents one large and shared experience through the eyes and sensitivities of each of those who are proud of it. Rubber stamp upon front endpaper else unmarked. Fading and minor staining to brown cloth boards. Binding intact. Decent working copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Some orchids in the 50th state; Two Orchidists in Waianae - Beatrice Krauss and Louise Wulff and Two in Wahiawa Beatrice Krauss and Louise Wulff; and more. Small date stamp upon front cover. Attractive copy with light wear. Book
Features: Pat and Noel Thomas; Gay Brown's Never Ending Collection; Chad Smith - All Things Nautical; Ann Barrett collects Seasheels (among other things!); The Atlanta Museum Auction; Don McGinnis - Sign Maker; Claire Young's American Main Street of Yesterday; Raffle Preview; Joann's Miniature Stamp; Lighting made Easy; Building with Bob - Clifton House, Part III; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
72 pages. Features: The De Pinedo Inheritance - Fortune or Fraud? - a reply; Canadian Painters in Philately - Part 2 of 2; "Corrected" airmail special delivery stamp - first day of use; Unique from the Yukon - publicity cover for the Yukon Exposition of 1912; Postmarked Ottawa; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
400 pages including 69 black and white reproductions from photographs and numerous maps. Gilt-edged top. Former owner's rubber stamp upon verso of half title page and upon front side of black and white photographic frontis of General Pershing. Small bookseller's sticker inside back board. "My primary purpose in writing this story of the American Expeditionary Forces in France is to render what I conceive to be an important service to my country. In that adventure there were many lessons useful to the American People, should they ever again be called to arms, and I felt it a duty to record them as I saw them." - from the Foreward. Book
198 pages. Author's nice inscription, rubber stamp and signature upon front flyleaf. Rather than a travelogue, this is an attempt to see events in China through author's own eyes and to interpret some of its history through personal experience... "The story of someone who has had a love affair with China." - from back cover. A very personal account of author's involvement with the three modern eras of Chinese history: the last days of the Ching dynasty, the republican years, and the years since the Communist Revolution. Author was born in Hong Kong in 1909. Includes black and white illustrations plus a special slip laid in which depicts the actual size of a shoe worn by women with bound feet. Minimal wear. No markings. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Book
14 pages. Intended as an introduction to the cetaceans from the Nanaimo area. Provides black and white illustrations of various whales plus blowing and diving characteristics of some of the large whales. Minor sunning to covers. Rubber stamp upon front cover. Average wear. Book
373 pages including index. An extraordinary collection of letters by the writer Gore Vidal once called "one of our most brilliant - certainly most witty - novelists, whose literary reputation continues to grow long after her death." Contents clean and unmarked. Discard stamp upon top edge of text. Slight lean to spine. Very light wear overall. Nice copy. Book
