Lai, David ChuenyanMareMagnum
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191 pages including index, bibliography and reference notes. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Author contends that in order to understand Chinatown today we must know about its past and the impact of Chinese traditional culture upon it. Explores the myths associated with Chinatown and explains their intent and purpose. In so doing he answers many questions that have long puzzled outsiders: How was Fan Tan Alley created? Are there still underground passages in Chinatown? Who is the God of Tam Kung? What are the tongs? Do the gambling dens still exist? What do the terra cotta animals on the Chinatown Gate represent? Illustrated with over 100 photographs, illustrations and maps. Author is a professor of geography at the University of Victoria and has been the Chairman of the Chinatown Redevelopment Committee since 1979. He was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 1983 in recognition of his distinguished service in the Chinese community. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
122 pages including notes, index and black and white photographic plates. Author has researched records and photos of over 120 celebrative Chinese arches built in British Columbia between 1869 and 1946. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
Lai, Benny I segreti del Vaticano. Da Pio XII a papa Wojtyla. , Laterza 1984-03-23, Libro usato in buone condizioni. Pagine ingiallite lievemente. Copertina flessibile cartonata con segni d'uso ai margini. Buono (Good) . <br> <br> Copertina flessibile <br> 195<br> 8842024058
pp. xi, 258, (4)[Publisher's catalogue]. Decorated title page. Early pencil ownership of E. A. Wells. Inked ownership. Foxed. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding decorated in black and red. Small loss at top of spine. Worn at extremities. ART 4
Paperback Like New. Pls. allow a minimum of 20 - 25 business days delivery ti me as this is a newly released book ship from publishers directly .
54 pages including list of references. One in a series of publications written in non-technical terms for the lay reader. Covers the following birds: black oyster catcher, killdeer and semipalmated blovers, black-bellied and golden plovers, surf bird, black and ruddy turnstones, wilson snipe, hudsonian and long-billed curlews, upland plover, spotted sandpiper, wandering tattler, greater and lesser yellow legs, dowitcher and knot, aleutian sandpiper, white-rumped and sharp-tailed sandpipers, sanderling and pectoral sandpipers, re-backed and Baird sandpipers, "Peeps", buff-breasted sandpiper, marbled and hudsonian godwits, avocet and willet, wilson phalarope, read and northern phalaropes. Book
101 pages including index and glossary. Intended to provide a source of information for the lay person dealing particularly with marine snails, univalves or gastropods which reside between high and low tide on the coast of British Columbia. Covers: The following famillies: acmaeidae, haliotidae, fissurellidae, trochidae, turbinidae, littorinidae, fossaridae, cerithiidae, hipponicaidae, calyptraeidae, naticidae, lamellariidae, trichotropidae, tritonidae, pyramidellidae, eulimaidae, buccinidae, nassariidae, muricidae, purpuridae, columbellidae, olividae, marginellidae, acteonidae, scaphandridae, bullidae, siphonariidae. With many excellent black and white illustrations. Book
ill., br. Viene presentata, in occasione della mostra presso la Cantina Antichi Poderi di Jerzu, una significativa antologia della produzione artistica dell'artista sarda legata alla tematica dell'arte sacra: presepi, via crucis, ceramiche, tele, etc. Un testo di Micol Forti, curatore della Collezione di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea dei Musei Vaticani ci apre a un mondo ancora tutto da esplorare. Un libro, pubblicato in lingua italiana e in lingua inglese, che non mancherà di suscitare interesse fra gli amanti di questa grande artista italiana.
Book is in very good condition with faded spine, light scuffing, very slight wear to corners. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Dust jacket has edge wear, now wrapped in protective cover.
Edgar Snow La lunga rivoluzione. , Einaudi 1973, Edgar Snow La lunga rivoluzione. , Einaudi 1973, Collana Saggi 506, 272p. Buone condizioni Molto buono (Very Good) . <br> <br> <br> 272<br>
ill., br. Sul punto di raggiungere il traguardo degli ottant'anni, al culmine di una vita operosissima ma apparentemente incostante, tra lavoro solitario e azioni collettive ai margini del sistema dell'arte, Maria Lai si è imbattuta in un progetto che le era profondamente congeniale: celebrare la civiltà mediterranea dell'olio in un piccolo museo etnografico del territorio laziale, il nascente Museo dell'olio della Sabina nel borgo medievale di Castelnuovo di Farfa. In quel progetto gran parte delle sue ricerche ha trovato compimento, le sue inquietudini intellettuali una sintesi, i suoi temi poetici una valenza universale. E persino la sua vocazione più profonda all'esercizio di una paideia che, nel corso della sua esistenza, aveva declinato nelle forme più varie e originali, dalla fiaba alle performances condivise, al gioco, ha potuto raggiungervi la più libera espressione.
Mm 140x195 Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta originale, 240 pagine. Copia in discrete condizioni, presenta carte gialle, la sovraccoperta ha il dorso sbiadito e mostra normali segni d'uso e del tempo. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Copyright date 1967. In the early years of the twentieth century, a clergyman named Barr barnstormed throughout England, seeking settlers for a coloy he proposed to establish in Canada's North West Territories. The areas set aside for settlement lay north of the modern city of North Battleford, Saskatchemwan, which had been the territorial capital, and straddled the boundary of the present provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Rev. Mr. Barr was an extraordinary character; to this day no one has determined whether he was a misguided idealist or an out-and-out rogue. Certainly he did not stay to face the consequences of the poor organization of the journey of his settlers, or the breakdown of the arrangements for the coloony. It was another clergyman, the much-loved Bishop Lloyd, who saw the colonists to their new homes. Against this historical background, the author has constructed a fictional account of the journey made by an English family from Manchester to the Barr Colony, and of its first year in its new home. Contains historical references. Former owner's name and information upon front endpaper. Dust jacket is moderately worn but for wrinkling and tearing to the top half inch along the spine. Book
156 pages. Lots of great photos of Cream, Blind Faith, Delaney & Bonnie, and Derek and the Dominoes. Fantastic two-page 'History of Eric Clapton' traces his history in great detail from 1963 through 1977, listing dozens of fellow performers, tour details, etc. Includes sheet music for voice and piano with guitar chords for forty-two songs including: After Midnight;; Crossroads; I Shot the Sheriff; Lay Down Sally; Layla; Let it Rain; Little Wing; Only You Know and I Know; Strange Brew; Sunshine of Your Love; White Room; Wonderful Tonight; and so many more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Minor bit of writing on table of contents otherwise unmarked. A sound working copy of this awesome Eric Clapton compilation. Book
Brossura editoriale in cartoncino semirigido lucido, dalla copertina illustrata dal ritratto dell' Autore. Buonissimo lo stato di conservazione generale, pagine perfettamente tenute, leggermente scurite dal tempo edalla luce, come i tagli, con alcune fotografie in bianco e nero, nel testo. Numero pagine 51. USATO
40 pages. This engaging story for children starts near the pulp mill at Powel River, B.C., the unlikely spot where two mother Canada geese make their nests and lay their eggs. Some of the goslings are hatched in an incubator, then end up at a stump ranch where they decide that Crocus the Chinese weed-eating gander is their mother. Unmarked but for gift greetings upon front flyleaf. Light wear to attractively illustrated glossy covers. Book
82 pages. Contents: Interview with Peter Buckley; 'Savage Messiah' (photos); The Karlovy Vary Film Festival; 'The War Between Men and Women' (photos); Interview with Melville Shavelson; 'Ten Days Wonder' (photos); Casualties of Sound - Part 1 of this article; Fellini's 'Roma' (photos); 'Ben' (with rat photos); 'Pussycat, Pussycat I Love You' (photos); Nude photo of Me Me Lay in 'Au Pair Girls'; 'Deliverance' (photos); Pin-up photo of Virginia Bruce; 'Fat City' (photos); 16mm; and more. Ad for 'The Burglars'; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Pages 338-420 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: By Water in the Desert - an African witch doctor puts a curse on three white men; "Highclimbing" in the Tall Timbers - photo-illustrated article on high-climbers (high-riggers) of the Pacific Northwest which provides a vivid account of their work and its perils; Kwis-Kwis The Killer - British Columbia police sergeant Letherdale brings to book a most cunning and dangerous murderer in the vicinity of Queen Charlotte Sound; "Within the Law" - an unscrupulous Winnipeg estate agent tries to bring off an extra-smart deal; An African No Man's Land - the first crossing by white men of a queer region in the heart of the Belgian Congo - with photos; My Grandfather's Watch - after a watch is stolen in India, a servant suggests an unusual - and successful - method of retrieving it; Shark Catching Extraordinary - a local fisherman devises a novel method to take care of a shark which is threatening swimmers at a New Zealand resort; Through Spain in Disguise (part II) - Count and Countess Malmignati travel through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars; The Guru's Message - Journalist Colonel Charles Harrison Gibbons lay at death's door near the Khyber Pass but was relieved by a friend from a thousand miles away who was somehow contacted by an old native priest; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" (part IV) - the adventures of six young men sailing from Shanghai to Copenhagen; "On Construction" - the adventures of trying to build a new railway through the wilds of Africa; Experiences with the Alligators of Cambridge Gulf in Australia, with illustration of a Carl Jacobs alligator trap and photo of a massive 'gator caught at Wyndham; A Night with Lions - the appalling experience of corporal Fairweather of the B.S.A. Police on the banks of the Zambezi; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
30p. 8vo. Original full blue grey printed wraps. Very nice copy. Sir Robert Laird Borden (1854-1937). As prime minister, Borden headed a Conservative government until 1917 and a Union (coalition) government until his resignation in 1920. He is remembered for his leadership in carrying Canada through World War I and, subsequently, in defining the new status of the self-governing dominions in the British Empire. Largely through his efforts the dominions were given separate representation in the League of Nations, and the Canadian Parliament ratified the treaties that resulted from the Versailles peace conference of 1919. WWI 13
Paperback. Used
286 pages. Index. Joseph Stalin's prison camps - a survivor's account of the victims he knew. Author was the founder and General Secretary of the Communist Part in Palestine. He, along with thousands of other patriotic Russians, found himself summarily arrested and imprisoned. He spent 21 years in a dozen now notorious prison and labor camps.... Berger is believed to be the highest ranking political figure to emerge alive from Stalin's camps. Because of his steadfast refusal to speak anything but the truth under interrogation, he was repeatedly subjected to both mental and physical torture. More than once he lay close to death. But with indomitable will, he has survived to bear witness to the suffering of innocent people and to point the way toward a saner world." - from dust jacket. Book
Benet editions du Marais 1966, In-8 broché sous jaquette illustrée, 186 pages. Dessins de Jean BOURON, carte dépliante. Préface de Lous CHAIGNE. Bon état.
48 pages. Colour and black and white photos of the band. Songs include: Super Trouper; The Winner Takes It All; On And On And On; Andante, Andante; Me and I; Happy New Year; Our Last Summer; The Piper; Lay All Your Love on Me; The Way Old Friends Do. Moderate external wear. Covers nearly loose from staples. Faint inkstamp to title page otherwise unmarked. A great ABBA memento from the days when they ruled pop music. Book
