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27, [1]pp., final leaf stained, stitched as issued, uncut.
32 p. Illustrated with photographs. Tall 8vo. Softcover. Original yellow printed wraps. Very good. First Edition. Scarce. PA GER-ENG PAMP BX2/BAG 34 x2
128 pages. Lovely colour photography throughout. Includes: accurate descriptions of equipment and ingredients, step-by-step instructions; safety tips; recipes for over 60 soaps, advice on wrapping and decorating, plus much more." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
86 pages. Index. Topics include: The Founding of Fort Langley; Fort Rupert, Its Coal and its Spar Trade; Miners and Managers - The Organization of Coal Production on Vancouver Island by the Hudson's Bay Company, 1848-1862; James Douglas - The Gold Governor in the Context of His Times. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
38p. 8vo. Original printed wraps. One of a series of lectures in a systematic course. ECON/BUS BOX 1
First edition, xxii, 240pp., library stamp on title and places in the text, early ownership signature on upper blank margin of leaf following the title, 3 folding tables at end (last defective), old water-staining of the tables and last 2 leaves, first and last few leaves chipped at margins, disbound. One of the significant works of it's era advocating free trade for Ireland, written in the form of a sequence of letters to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Buckinghamshire. However, "its doctrines being regarded as seditious it was ordered to be burnt by the common hangman." - DNB. Bradshaw, 2109; Wagner, 348; Kress, B203; Goldsmith, 11826.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous wood-engraved illustrations (a number full-page), wanting front free endpaper and map; original pictorial brown cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and yellow, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, hinges cracked (but binding wholly sound), case a little shaken else a bright, clean working copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Very scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked light blue boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper front edge and traces of storage. 158pp.
2 Parts, illustrs., throughout, orig. printed boards, 366 lots.
2 Vols., large 8vo, illustrs., throughout, orig. printed boards, price lists loosely inserted, 366 lots.
In 8, pp. XI + 358 + (2). Lieve mancanza alla sovracc. Ex libris al controp. ant. e timbro al fr. T. tl. edit. con sovracc. First edition.
76 pages. Features: Full-page photo of the national congress of Chambers of Commerce in Montreal, August 1903 - with article by Ernest H. Cooper; The Threshing of the Grain - article by W.H. Belford with wonderful photos; Canadian Celebrity - Hon. Clifford Sifton; Two Lost British Columbia Towns - Douglas and Seymour; Roman, Greek, English and American Conceptions of Liberty; The British Embassy at Washington - article with photo; The War of 1812 - tenth instalment; The Pensionnaires, by Albert R. Carman - continued; Beneath the Dog's Fang - a Story of the Jacobites; Kingdom's "Break-in-Two", by J.W. Fuller; Current Events Abroad, by John A. Ewan; Woman's Sphere - edited by M. MacLean Helliwell; People and Affairs; Wonderful reproduction of a curling photo taken in 1872 on the Don River; List of contents of Volume XXI of this publication, May through October 1903. Many pages of amazing nostalgic Canadian ads, including photos ads for several private schools. Average wear. Unmarked. Front cover and backstrip missing. Back hinge taped in place. A worthy reference copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Magazine
188 pages including index and suggested reading list. Recounts the story of labour from the mid-19th century to the present day. A masterful overview that encoumpasses all regions of the country, the book paints a vivid portrait of labour's varied past, covering the birth of craft unionism before the turn of the century, the growth of industrial unionism prior to World War I, the setbacks of the interwar years, and the post-World War II breakthrough that gave unions a permanent, if still constrained, place in the nation's economy. Significant ink underlining and highlighting. Average wear overall and moderate yellowing to pages. Binding intact. Book
351 pages. Contains reports from 1868 through 1894. A wonderful highlight of this volume is the black and white photographic plates of the bank branches in the following locations: Head Office; Ayr; Blenheim; Brandon; Carman; Claresholm; Cobalt; Collingwood; Dawson; Dundas; Dunnville; Edmonton; Fernie; Galt; Guelph; Halifax; Hamilton; Innisfail; Kamloops; London, England; London, Ontario; Middleton; Moosejaw; Nanaimo; Nelson; New York; Orangeville; Ottawa. Narrow opening along front hinge. Back hinge starting. Unmarked. Average wear to partially dulled dark green boards adorned with clearly legible gilt lettering. Overall a quality copy of this rare and informative momento. Book
523p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
First Edition, xvi, 406pp., frontis., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. Consists of a classified and annotated selection of works, from the invention of printing to the present day, indicating the way in which the book trade has evolved.
324pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition
A book that attempts "to throw some light on what the business man is really like." With Index. Previous owner's (Eric George Hatfield Moody) bookplate on front pastedown.
64 p. Numerous illustrations. 4to. Original printed wraps. Artifacts exhibited at the Landis Valley Farm Museum, 1972 to 1973, showing the blacksmith's art and skill.
101 pages including references and select bibliography. An objective appraisal of the position and role of the Black worker in South Africa. Discusses employment and earning patterns, details educational and training facilities available to the Black worker as well as the health, safety and security provided him, as well as industrial relations as they affect the Black worker, including the question of Black trade unions in South Africa. Provides a better understanding of the roots and symptoms of the problems concerning the Black worker by two academicians who have many years of research into labour and other economic problems of South Africa in particular and Africa in general. Book unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket with average wear and rubbing. Number '50' written upon front panel of dust jacket. Book
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European V. Among the Eskimos (part II); Manitoba Maple Sugar - for centuries the Manitoba Maple has been furnishing syrup and sugar to the Indians and white men - article with photos; Athabasca Tar Sands - Great photo study of the sands before a profitable oil extraction method had been devised; Liar River Voyage; "Parthia" of the Pacific - the first vessel to fly the C.P.R. house flag saw service in the Yukon gold rush and the Aleutian campaign, and still plies the water of the Pacific - article with photos; St. Lawrence Seaway - Photo Study III; Moose Fort Journals, 1783-5 - the latest volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Naturalists on the Back River (part 1 of 2); Footnotes on the Franklin Search - I - Halkett's Air Boat; Fur Trade Gossip Sheet; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Enter the European - II - Into Brazil - Half of South America; Photo study of an air flight between Fort McMurray and Fort Good Hope; North Shore Naturalist - Comte Henri de Puyjalon; The Tsimshian; The Radford and Street Murders - famous crime at York Factory over forty years ago; Little P.G.E. (Railway) Goes Somewhere - travel article by Florence and Francis Jaques; The Fur Trade Party - conflict between 'wintering partners' eighty years ago; Northern Wildflowers; The Bells of the Turrets Twain - the bells of St. Boniface were heard across Canada on the occasion of the present Queen's coronation; Calling the 'Columbia' - article on the floating hospital-chapel-theatre serving the people of B.C.'s rugged coast; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
81 pages. Nicely illustrated. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
pp. xv, 335 + Illustrations. Mildly XLib. Small 8vo. Softcover. First Bison paperback printing. Very good. W7
56 pages. Features: In the spirit of the Voyageurs - Two moderns paddle an old fur-trade route; The great gopher war - building a prairie tradition on pest control; The architect and the lady - The Rattenbury affair; Portraits of a first family of New France; Volunteers on guard for thee in the 18th century; Steamboat follies - the pleasures and perils of crossing Lake Simcoe. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book