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In-16 (cm. 18.50), brossura, pp. 128. Texte en français. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
Catalogue for sale held at Bonhams Wednesday 8th July 1998. Quality illustrations. 55 pages. Some creases on covers, small tear to edge of back cover.
138 pages including references. Author's signature and warm inscription to his friend, Harry Walker, upon title page. Signed letter, dated 1976, from author to Harry Walker, laid in. Presents hitherto unknown material and personalities in B.C.'s 19th century period from 1859 to 1900. Presents a broader picture than the distorted view many have of the Movement's place in our history. Review stapled to table of contents. Moisure exposure has produced some waviness to pages and covers. Average wear. Some markings. Author was one of the main founders of The Greater Victoria Association on Alcoholism in 1966. A special copy. Book
Unpaginated. "His morality encompasses everything from aggressive criticism of corruption and hypocrisy to praise of new nations and of beautiful women." - Timothy Dunn in The Peace Bulletin. Recital handout laid in. Gift greetings upon front flyleaf else unmarked with moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
109 pages. Covers over 100 subjects related to reflexes plus 16 graphs showing location of same. Illustrated in black and white. Fold-out illustrated chart laid inside back cover. Former price upon front flyleaf, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Printed in 1963 or later. Solid copy. Book
150 pages. A series of lectures presented at Huron Anglican Theological College by leading spokespeople of many denominations. Introductory letter from Rev. J.G. Morden, Principal of the College, is laid in. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
43 pages. Features include: Norad Tracks Scuds; Strange Encounter - Vic Johnson; Cocky Trainees; The Other Enemy; Aerial Buffoonery; Spouses on Patrol; Bomb Site Revisited; Reunion in Italy; Flight into History - Buffalo No. 464; Lucky - the North Star was the workhorse of the RCAF; 417 Colors Laid Up; Convention '91; Burma Bombers; Helicopter for the Future - NOTAR system; Operation Preserve; Nighthawks stand down. Features include: Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Address label upon back cover. Nice copy. Book
169 pages including index, fold-out map and numerous black and white photographic plates. Traces a broad spectrum of the social history of Nanaimo's first hundred years. s include: The Foundations are Laid; A Community in Embryo (1854-1862); The Isolated Port (1862-1886); Into the Twentieth Century (1886-1950); Moderate to average wear. Unmarked. Remains a nice copy. 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
170 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Copyright 1973. Assorted defects to spine. Maroon boards well-worn. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Many marginal notes, apparently written by someone quite familiar with this topic. Various clippings laid or taped in. Book
Features: Paul Ditisheim - After Fifty Years; Merci Monsieur LePaute; The Verge Escapement; The Rockford Watch Company Ltd. Advertising Program; November 1909-November 1910; Modern Precision Pendulum Clocks; Nathan Fellowes Dupuis; John Joseph Merlin's Skeleton Clock; The Ansonia Rubber Company; The Frugal Clocksmith Part IV; Explaining Formula II; and more. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
24 Page exhibition catalogue. "Mangold is an artist who appreciates the elegance and tact of using limited means. That minority which enjoys dispassion and a sly wit will continue to admire his work... The quirkiness in his 'minimalism' links him to many Post Modernists. His careful intelligence, however, can teach some of the faster brushes a lesson in subtlety and restraint." - Mark Stevens. Prior owner's large distinctive signature inside front cover. (she obviously missed the point! :-) Includes a pleasing selection of plates in colour in black and white, as well as a six-page insert re: artist laid in by prior owner. Light wear. Moderate rubbing and soiling to covers. Book
Fine Portuguese Original imitation brown leather bdg. Gilded titles in Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese on the front board. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, and modern and old (Ottoman) Turkish (with Arabic letters). 238, 192, [2] p. pp. 192 facsimile in Ottoman script, and Arabic translation; pp. 1-238 translations into Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish with Latin alphabet. The first Ottoman travel account and ocean voyage into Brazil. This book has Spanish and Portuguese translations of this voyage as well as modern Turkish with facsimile of original text printed in 1871 [AH 1288] in Ottoman script. Ottoman qadi (judge) Abdurrahman Effendy's voyage to Brazil. First Edition, thus in this edition including multiple translations.
256 pages including selected bibliography. Inscribed and signed by author. Includes laid in copy of newsclipping re: this book and hand-written humourous comment by author. The fascinating story of a people alienated by unique historical experience from the main stream of North American development; the story of a people dispersed by harsh geography and economic necessity to hundreds of isolated communities along thousands of miles of inhospitiable coasts; the story of the horrendous problems associated with the planning and development of even minimal social services in the face of such harsh demographic realities; the story of hardship and suffering, of deprivation and of exploitation, of endurance and of survivial; but , withal, the story of steady advance towards the shimmering goal of social justice that so often seemed, except to the hardiest optimist, to be a will-o'-the-wisp that could never be grasped. Unmarked. Light wear. A special copy. Book
212 pages. Essays on the economics of housing in Canada and on the effects of rent control in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, France and Sweden. "If this account seems to boil down to a catalogue of iniquities to be laid at the door of rent control, that is no mere coincidence, but inevitable..." - Professor F.A. Hayek, Nobel Laureate. Minor lean to spine. Average wear. Few markings to contents. Binding aging but remains intact. Book
232 pages. Features: Reviving Vivendi; Calling WorldCom's Woes; American Steel on the Verge of Extinction; Most Powerful Black Executives in America; WorldCom's Fall is Hardly the End of the Telecom debacle; Jamie Dimon and Bank One; Infotech vs. homeland insecurity; Can EMC restore its glory?; Big Gap at FDA; The Inside Story of Level 3; Honda Goes its Own Way; It Takes Seven Years to Build an Aircraft Carrier, the world' most complicated manufactured product. Address label clipped from front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
170 pages. Black and white photos. "Author was assigned to the Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit during the Korean war. It was his responsibility to move huge vans and personnel to locations near the Front where there was some form of running water, so he could provide weary troops with the luxury of a shower and clean clothing. The process of locating these sites was in itself an adventure." - from back cover. Bookmark custom-made for this book and bearing author's hand-printed name is laid inside front cover. In his retirement, Mr. Ringma served as a highly popular Reform Party MP and Opposition Whip in the Canadian House of Commons. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Excellent copy. Book
46 pages. Features: early day mail lines in Texas; Bits of Historical Information; a desperate hand-to-hand battle; John L. Goforth - a plow pioneer of Parker; six-shooters in the old southwest; a journey through Texas in 1856; taking the law to the Rio Grande; Baileys and Polleys among Earliest Texans; Noah Smithwick recorded Texas history; "I'll know what you're talking about"; Rangers' desperate battle with the Indians; John B. Hood - the man of courage; old Rockport Road - laid out by a preacher. Clean and unmarked. Undated - circa 1990? Book
Features: From the Pages of History; Understanding the Verge Fusee Watch; Seth Thomas/Eli Terry Inside-Outside Escapement, Offset Pendulum Pillar and Scroll Clock; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: "Willard & Nolen" Ornamental Painters; The Verge Fusee Watch - Part II; The Chronoscope; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Gros Grain Dress with High Waist; Bliss of Ignorance; New York Fashions - Velveteens, Trimming Velvets, Cashmere, Crinoline and Balmorals, Sashes and Cravat Bows, Laces Frills and Linen Collars, Jewelry, Gloves; Embroidered Silk Tobacco Pouch; Embroidered Silk Work or Key Basket; Embroidered Cover for Bible, Prayer-book, etc.; Fall Bonnets; Gros Grain Dress with High Waist; How to Talk; Bound to John Company - continued; Paris Fashions; Walking Dresses; Muslin Blouse; Muslin Blouse Waist; Sayings and Doings; Debenham's Vow - continued; Full-page humorous illustration of family scene called "Laid up in Ordinary"; Humor; and more. Beige staining to all pages. Average wear. Book
Unpaginated. "The story of Ontario's Barge Boards, also called Verge Boards and by the unversed, Gingerbread. A treasury of a fascinating aspect in our rich architectural heritage. Combines the best of scholarship, photography and delightful popular appeal to provide one of the most original books ever produced on a subject that is truly one of Canada's indigenous art forms." - from dust jacket and title page. Book clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Modest wear to illustrated dust jacket. An indispensable work for those interested in Ontario's rural architectural heritage. Book
Features: Railroad News Photos; Steam News Photos; Passengers for the Graham County; In Canada in '67 - Trains vs. Cars and jets - Turbotrain/Go Train; These 567's speak any language - a passport for dieseldom's most famous power plant - in gauges from 36" to 5'6" - EMD; Can Mr. Barriger Save Miss Katy? - one man's fight to save the sickest railroad west of the Mississippi; G.I. in Civvies - locomotives have been subject to the draft since the time of Lincoln; The most uncommon Garratts of all - in Europe - nice photos; Rio Grande laid rails to Wet Mountain Valley Twice - long article, photos and table; The Pennsy 6100; and more. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Verge Watch Movements in Wood Cases; A Tompion Watch dug up on the South Downs in 1977; The Suspended Foliot and New Light on early Pendulum Clocks; Mudge Milestones, Watch Dates; A.H.S. Tour - 1980 - Holland; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Circa 1940. 22 pages Victory Guide contains advice for: Emergencies; Alarms; Blackouts; Air Raids; Bombs; Fires; Gas Attacks; First Aid; Nine Vital Points; Morale; Insignia of Civilian Defenders; Safety First; Car Conservation. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Laid in is an 8.5"x11" sheet announcing "Proclamation of Rules and Regulations for TEST BLACKOUT NIGHT March 7, 1941 at 10:40 P.M in Seattle, WA. Sheet contains detailed instructions which conclude with the name (not signature) of Mayor John E. Carroll. Second sheet is 8.5" x 14" and bears the title "City of Seattle - Department of Lighting: Time Table relative to enforcement of public proclamation #12 - effective from sunrise to sunset", dated 10-27-42. Balance of sheet contains sunrise and sunset times for every day of the year. Book