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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 158 pages.
351 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. "Originally published during the Great Depression, the sixty stories included here are valuable documents of Coast Salish oral traditions dealing with a wide range of subject matter from known sources, almost all of whom were well-versed in English." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
48 pages. So many of us walk along the seashore unaware that we are surrounded by millions of small creatures hidden in the sand, under rocks or in masses of seaweed. The activities offered in this booklet will hopefully serve as guidelines for your exploration of the countless wonders along the seashore. The fragility of the environment makes it imperative that we develop the children's awareness of ecological factors and stress the importance of conservation. Many black and white illustrations and line drawings. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Book
269 pages. Index. Blbliography. Glossary. Gloriously illustrated with color photos. Printed on glossy stock. "Takes readers on a personally conducted tour of fascinating sites the author has excavated over the last thirty-three years." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this wonderful work. Book
83 pages. Features include: Search where others don't; the latest in cabochon equipment; unique detector in Pennsylvania; white sand of Pensacola; Colorado's ghost towns; Aerial photos; a gold recovery system; Florence, Oregon; Front cover rumbled. Contents in nice shape. Book
61 pages. " Whereas in her earlier book of poems (A SILENT GREEN SKY) the author was full of delight for the natural world , the West Coast surroundings of sea, sand, forest, now she uses these as artifacts in the background. Her concern is with the lostness of human beings in a technicolour world which fails to mask the grinning skull." Dorothy Livesay Book
Features: Fossilized limestone of Solnhofen, Germany; Gem Fields of Hector Hills, California; Easter in Gems and Minerals; Caraniba Emerald Mine in Brazil; Sand Pictures in Bottles; Comparison Specimens for the Identification of Petrified Wood; Minerals of Southern San Benito County, California; Gem Cutter's Handbook - Gemstone Spheres; How to reverse a motor; Gude Crystal Models; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Middle page loose but present. Book
Features: In the Footsteps of Alexander Mackenzie - the Mackenzie - Grease Trail; Blossoms on the bough - a close look at the flowers of deciduous trees; Guilty until proven innocent - carcinogens in the environment; Ginseng - article by Gerry Kenney; Coastal Sand Dunes of Prince Edward Island; On the North Shore - where the piping plover soars. Few library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Appointment with Halley's Comet late in 1985; An unexpected flower show amidst the sand flats of a high arctic island; Terra Nova National Park - a naturalist's-eye view; Tree Rings tell us much more than just the age of trees; Salt enlivens the avian diet; Images of Ellesmere. Few library markings. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Berried Anemone; NESS - National Environmental Satellite Service; Three Critical Aspects of Underwater Photography; The Mussel's Secret Formula; Semisubmersible Ships; Fish and Food Poisoning; Growing Crops on Sand Dunes; Rare Albino Turtle; Voices in the Deep; The Unlikely flower gardens. Sound copy. Book
Features: Dry Tortugas - Products of Time; Budding Anemone; The Awesome Basking Shark; Fighting oil-platform fires at sea; Sand bars - when the waters ebb; beachfront roulette; the lowly blue bloods. Sound copy. Book
Features: Diving in an octopus's garden; Asteroid impacts, seafloor sediments, and extinction of the dinosaurs; the Sheepfold; Red Tide - A recurrent marine phenomenon; Megamouth - new species of shark; Why Cadiz must be saved; Anastasia and the reefs of sand. Sound copy. Book
98 pages. Features: Five Years of Legal Flying with Auto Gas; Sand Casting; Ross Grady's Kittyhawk Mk.III; Midget Mustang 1944; the Whitehead No. 21. Sound copy. Book
173 pages. Index. "The romance of gleaming sand, rugged stones, and shady trees in your own garden" - subtitle. "The standard manual for both gardening beginners and trained landscape artists with indispensable information on Japanese gardening techniques, numerous ideas to help you create your own Japanese garden, 193 photos and 102 line drawings." - from dust jacket. Former library copy with usual markings. Book
237 pages. Index. "Offers a keener appreciation of one of our most widespread and overlooked resources. Indeed, we may never look at a desert dune or a river bank in quite the same way again." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy of this wonderful reference. Book
64 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Contents include: The Brant Connection; The Hotel Days; The Canal; Life at the Beach; Landmarks; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Lovely copy. Book
PARIS, Ed. d'Art E. Pelletan - 1920 - In-4, 17 x 24 cm - Broché, couverture grise rempliée illustrée d'une vignette.- 368 pages. Orné de 38 gravures sur bois de Jean PERRIER - Tirage limité Ex. 183 sur Vergé du Marais - On ajoute un portrait d'E. FROMENTIN - Très bon exemplaire "La présente édition ... rappelle les lieux fréquentés par Fromentin, tels on les connaît par les "Lettres de Jeunesse" de l'artiste accompagnées du dévot commentaire de M. Pierre Blanchon". Ouvrage dédié à George SAND.
Prefaced by Alberto Moravia GUIDA EDITORI BANCO DI NAPOLI INTERNATIONAL 1985 242 PP. FONDO DI MAGAZZINO: LIEVI SBUCCIATURE AL DORSO E AI MARGINI LATERALI DELLA CUSTODIA ILLUSTRATA, VOLUME INTONSO, PERFETTO. Parole e frasi comuni Agata Amalfi Anacapri ancient artist beast beauty become Blue Grotto boys built called Campanella Campania Capri cave caverns century charm Christian church colour confessor convent Crapolla death devil discovered divine Don Pasquale dreamearth evil eyes familiar favour friends Galli gods Greece Greek green hand heard heart Hellenic honour human Isca Ischia island islet Italian Italy John of Procida kind legend leisure Leucothea limestone lived long ago look marble Massa matter mediaevalmind Mithra modern monks mother Naples natives nature Neapolitan Nerano never nowadays once Parthenope perhaps persons Posilipo priests regions religious remains rocks Roman Saint Pantaleone Saint Teresa San Costanzo seems shape shoresignore Siren land Sister Serafina soon Sorrentine peninsula Sorrento spirit spot stone strange Suetonius summer Tacitus temple things thought thousand Tiberius true truth village waves wine wonder word
in-8, 315 pp., reliure demi-maroquin havane à coins, dos à nerfs décorés, plats marbrés, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés.— Un des 23 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil numéroté (n° 15) - Tres bel exemplaire, tres frais. [CL-7]
Book is in excellent, as-new condition with sraight, tight, solid binding, sharp corners, creaseless covers. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 51 pages with maps, charts, b&w photos, lots of very specific and descriptive detail regarding the system.
181 pages. Index. Maps. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Firsthand accounts of pioneering in the area which, in 1879, became the Municipality of Delta, British Columbia." - subtitle. Unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
Paris, Sand, 1991. Petit in-4, (20 x 28,5 cm), couverture noire à rabats illustrée en couleurs, 319 pp. Nombreuses illustrations en noir dans et hors-texte. BEL EX.
2 vols., 8vo., First UK Edition, with over 600 photographs; cloth, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes detailed statistics and much eye-witness description. The author served with the regiment throughout the war
2 vols., 8vo., First UK Edition, with over 600 photographs; cloth, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes detailed statistics and much eye-witness description. The author served with the regiment throughout the war
Verona, Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerche sul "Viaggio in Italia", 1994, voll. 3, in-8, br. edit., pp. LVI, 1520, (8). Con ill. in b.n. f.t., facsimili, bibliografia delle opere di Annarosa Poli. (Collezione "Dimensioni del Viaggio/Dimensions du Voyage" diretta da E. Kanceff, n. 3).