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59 + xix + 444 + 40 + 9 + 5 + 54pp., bound in one physical volume, solid modern hardcover binding (marbled boards, spine in green cloth), 2 stamps on title page, text and interior are clean and bright, texts are in Italian and some in Latin, good condition, weight: 1.6kg., [On the beatification of Galileo Nicolini (1882-1897), an Italian novice of the Passionists, containing several parts: Informatio super dubio, Tabella testium, Summarium super dubio, Litterae postulatoriae, Animadversiones r.p. promotoris generalis fidei super dubio, Summarium ex officio & Responsio ad animadversiones], R107356
Ouvrage sur la marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696), ses relations et la société de son temps publié d'après les écrits de l'époque par le baron Charles-Athanase WALCKENAER (1771-1852), philosophe, naturaliste, géographe, historien, romancier et homme politique, conservateur des cartes et plans à la Bibliothèque royale de Paris, membre-fondateur de la Société de géographie, et biographe à qui on doit "la naturalisation en France d'un genre emprunté aux Allemands et aux Anglais, et qui consiste à encadrer la biographie d'un personnage dans les événements auxquels il a pu être mêlé de près ou de loin." Genre qu'il "a perfectionné", étant "toujours piquant, palpitant d'intérêt, instructif" (Pierre Larousse); en 5 parties en 5 volumes: 1/ "Durant la Régence et la Fronde", 2/ "Durant le ministère du cardinal Mazarin et la jeunesse de Louis XIV", 3/ "Durant les premières conquêtes de Louis XIV" (avec mention de 2nde édition "revue et corrigée"), 4/ "Durant la guerre de Louis XIV contre la Hollande", 5/ "Durant la seconde conquête de la Franche-Comté par Louis XIV et la première coalition des puissances contre la France"; notes et références et "Notes et éclaircissements" en fin des 2è, 3è, 4è et 5è volumes. Exemplaire bien complet des 5 volumes (dont 4 en 1ère édition) publiés par Charles-Athanase WALCKENAER (un 6e, couvrant la période 1676-1680, par Joseph-Adolphe Aubenas, viendra en 1865 compléter la 2nde édition), reliés. Français
2 tomes (ouvrage complet): CXL,314 + 556 p., (Edition accompagnée de notes, de la Vie du saint, de Documents contemporains, ornée d'un portrait et de 3 cartes), 22cm., br.orig. (dos restaurés), qqs.rousseurs dans le texte, bon exemplaire
308 pages. Undated. Circa 1980s or 1990s. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Begins with the family about to emigrate to Canada from Far Sawrey... In Ottawa he is forty-two and a Medical Radiobiologist-Epidemiologist with appreciable practical and academic experience in the field of human radiation effects." - from preface. Light wear externally. Contents clean, crisp and unmarked. Nice tight square copy. Book
349 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Map endpapers. Signed by author upon back of front free endpaper. In 1947 the author re-trekked and re-lived the 'Gold Trails of '98' made famous by Robert W. Service - with only a clarinet, a typewriter and a dime. Sllight lean to spine. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this wonderfully high-spirited tale. Book
176 pages. Index. Reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Signed by author upon title page. Oblong 8.5" x 11". An engaging account of the history of coastal British Columbia logging and the part the author played in it over his long career. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A handsome copy. Book
Honours the nearly fifteen hundred BMO employees, of whom eighty-four did not return, who served in the armed forces and allied services in WWII. Contents include: one-page black and white photo-portrait plus write-up of each of those killed in action; Service records of other enlistments; Women of our Staff in the Armed Services and Allied Services; Officers who were loaned to the Government; Honours. Approximately 250 pages. Average wear. Binding somewhat tender but intact. Prior owner's name and small address label inside front board. Light foxing to contents. Slipcase not included. A sound copy of this important piece of Canadian military history. [Cooke p.153] Book
116 pages. Index. Beautifully illustrated in colour and black and white. Author fondly recalls how he acquired his collection of paintings by E.J. Hughes. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high quality copy. Book
512 pages. Illustrated in black and white. "Tells the story of the almost 5,000 Saskatchewan men and women who gave their lives for Canada in WWII, in Korea and on peacetime operations since the war. Details are provided on each casualty's military service, on their families, and on the geographic features in Saskatchewan's north that have been named in their honour. Includes photos of approximately a third of the casualties." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
177 pages. Signed by Robert Bateman upon half-title page. "Offers an entirely new selection of more than ninety paintings, including some of his most recent works, carefully reproduced in accurate full color. The artist's commentaries throughout the book demonstrated his skills as a naturalist and give the reader a fascinating and personal insight into how a Bateman painting is created." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
50 pages. Features: Should Husbands and Wives Take Separate Holidays?; New Hope for High Blood Pressure - the Rice Diet; Dr. Harold Taylor - photo-illustrated article on the young President of Sarah Lawrence College; Little Audrey - great photo-illustrated article on actress Audrey Totter; Do You Want to Run a Resort?; Rides That Thrill - and Sometimes Kill - a look at amusement park rides; Movie reviews - including 11 photos; Dinah Shore's favourite laugh; Why a Golf Ball has Dimples. Stories: Forty Words; Animal Crackers for Breakfast. Condensed Book: The Border Lord (part 2 of 2). Ads: Colour Carling's ad insdie front cover urges forest fire prevention; Nice photo ad for movie 'Dear Ruth'; Lysol - for feminine hygeine(?); Colgate dental cream; Vaseline Hair Tonic; Johnson Sea-Horse Outboard Motors; O'Keefe's colour ad on back cover features map of Alberta. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound and pleasing vintage copy. Book
138 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Biography of Nan Bourgon wonderfully intertwined with the history of British Columbia's Bulkley Valley. Prior owner's name discreetly atop title page, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Hale and Barman #98. Book
338 pages. Many black and white photos. Author provided geotechnical consulting engineering in over forty countries. This book relates his everyday experiences in the form of 71 case histories of landslides, rock slides, transportation geotechnology and geotechnical engineering in surface mining. Each example illustrates at least one important lesson. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this valuable reference. Book
Pages 295-324. Features: Old Homes Renewed - article with lovely photos of stately homes; The Battleship "New Hampshire" - article with excellent photos, including one-page portrait of Capt. Cameron McR. Winslow; Hannah Dustin - A Medley of Song; Two Summers in Arcadia; Obituaries for Hon. Albert B. Woodworth, Hon. Albert B. Woodworth, Maj. Obed G. Dort, Rev. Silvanus Hayward, and Rev. Homer T. Fuller; Poems; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
68 pages. Colour cover photo of Canada's triumphant 100m Olympic world-record setting gold medal sprinter Ben Johnson.. prior to being stripped of his medal and record. Features: Ottawa offers compensation to Japanese-Canadians for their wartime humiliation; Ed Broadbent's Long Quest for Power; Marshal Inquiry testimony ends; Behind the boardroom doors of the Edper Group; Feature article on Ben Johnson - King of Seoul - with great colour photos; South Korea - Emerging Giant; Colour-photo one-page ad for Saga fox fur coats; Radon gas dangers; Vintage one-page ad for Zenith laptop computers; Special Report on Margaret Atwood's Triumph - article with colour photos; and more. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this memorable issue. Book
688 pages. An historical narrative, with original documents relating to the profession, including some brief biographies. - subtitle. Gilt lettering legible upon backstrip and embossed front board. Above-average but not excessive wear. Usual library markings. Hinges open. A worthy reference copy. Book
254 pages. A record of men and women who have atttained prominence in civil, military, naval, religious, business or educational fields. Nice vintage ads for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (featuring photo of Brandywine Falls), David Neon Ltd. (featuring photo of owner, Victor David), and Ceperley-Rounsefell & Co. (with photo of their office, presumably at 846 W. Hastings). Mildly faded redish-textured boards adorned with moderately rubbed gilt lettering. Prior owner's name inside front board. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful B.C. reference. Book
416 pages. Footnotes, Bibliography and Index. Reproductions of photos in black and white. "Not only an account of the shoals and reefs of Davis' life up to 1960 but a highly literate history of the social and cultural milieu of his times. Indispensable to anyone interested in music." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
227 pages. Black and white frontis illustration of King Charles II. Number 250 of only three hundred copies printed on Fine Paper. Author's signature beneath copy number on verso of half-title page. "We have been said to take our pleasures sadly. Well, here is a sovereign who took his pleasures anything but sadly." - From the Foreward. Corners bumped. Edges with average wear. Spine leaning. Pasted label upon spine is damaged but not beyond repair. Attractive blue and silver patterned boards. Book
Pages 211-242. Features: New Hampshire Industries and Their Builders - The Rockwell Clough Company - article with one-page photo portrait of W. Rockwell Clough; The City of Geneva and John Calvin, 1509-1909; Pembroke Academy; Obituaries for Hon. John Noble, Mary E. Blair, Ellen Porter Champion, Mrs. James W. Henderson, Adelaide Cilley Waldron, M'Clure, David, Thomas S. Ellis, and Michael M. Stevens; Poems; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the Grand Trunk Railway System features the tourist route through Canada, with illustration of Hotel Wawa, Lake of Bays, "Highlands of Ontario"; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 27 January - 18 March 1990, and travelling to other galleries. "Highlights the Canadian subject matter of Frances Anne Hopkins"- page 9.. 112 pages. Chronology. Selected Bibliography. Includes excellent contextual essay by Robert Stacey. Text in English and French. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Please note: extensive high-lighting and some writing to contents. Average wear. Minor soiling inside front cover. Binding sound. A worthy reference copy of this excellent reference. Book
294 pages. "The hero of the piece, so to speak, is that ideal which few of my readers will wish to disavow - the ideal which the old apologists for empire used to call 'the white man's burden' and which now is conceived as the deliberate transformation of conquests, formerly achieved for purposes of gain, into a commonwealth." - from Preface. Two prior owner names atop front free endpaper. Spine slant. Somewhat above-average external wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
317 pages. Signed and inscribed by Deane Finlayson and author upon front free endpaper. "The story of a journey of one man's life, tracing his roots and then the starting and raising of his family, but mostly leaving an indelible mark on all who have met him." - from dust jacket. Mr. Finlayson was instrumental in Nanaimo history with prominent activity related to Woodgrove Mall, Piper's Lagoon, and Neck Point. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new Brodart cover. A beautiful copy. Book
218 pages. "The inspiring story of how Chemainus, BC came to be known as the town of murals and the man, Karl Schutz, behind the vision." - from dust jacket. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated throughout with colour photos and illustrations. Signed and inscribed by both author and Karl Schutz upon verso of front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy. Gift quality. Book
Single book divided into two parts of 211 and 134 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon dedication page. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Documents the author's intereting life, work and travels. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this interesting autobiography which includes additional genealogical information about the Dewey family. Book