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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full beige cloth boards. Edge wear to dust jacket. Slight discoloration to endpapers. 224 pages. Many illustrations in b&w. Maps, glossary, and chronological table.
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: France on the Prairies; Potlatch in the Park - photo-illustrated article on potlatch held in new Kwakiutl house built in Victoria's Thunderbird Park; Journey for Frances - 2nd instalment of Mrs. George Simpson's canoe journey of 1930 through two of the Great Lakes and on to the post later named Fort Frances; Wings Across Greenland - between 1928 and 1931 Parker D. (Shorty) Cramer made three attempts to fly across the Atlantic by way of northern Quebec and Greenland - photo-illustrated article; Early Northern Surgeons - article concerning some of the earliest predecessors of Dr. John Rae in Rupert's Land; Dr. John Rae and his Franklin Relics - photo-illustrated article; Dr. John Rae of the Arctic - short biography of the great explorer; John Rae's Stone House - photo-illustrated article on the ruins of Rae's winter house of 1846-7 near Repluse Bay; Rae's Arctic Correspondence - a review of the new volume of the Hudson's bay Record Society; Rae on the Eskimos - his opinions on the Arctic natives among whom he lived and travelled between 1846 ande 1854; The Old Shipwreck - mystery ship has lay wrecked on the north shore of Bylot Island for 130 years; Cobalt and Porcupine - how the great silver and gold mines of Northern Ontario were discovered and developed; Early Days at York Fort; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Full-page black and white photos of: Houses of Parliament, London; The Choir in Westminster Abbey; Oxford University; Hawarden Castle, England; Room in which William Shakespeare was born; Ryburgh Abbey, Scotland; Crofters' homes in the Shetland Islands; Donegal Castle, Ireland; The Bourse, or Exchange, Berlin; The Famous Windmill at Potsdam; Augustus Place, Leipsic (Leipsig); Carlsbad, the famous Bohemian watering place; Bruhl Terrace, Dresden; Ruins of the Palaces of the Caesars; Tomb of Juliet, Verona, Italy; The Cathedral at Milan. Moderate staining/soiling. Unmarked. Chips from rust brown covers. Covers loose but present. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: The City of Mexico; City of Bombay, India; Island of St. Helena; Cape Town, Africa; The Royal Palace, Honolulu, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii); Constantinople; Ruins of the City of Capernaum; Royal Palace of Peterhof, near St. Petersburg; The Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Devil's Bridge, Switzerland; Island of Madeira; Salon, Marie de Padilla; Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark; Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden; The Palace of Versailles, France; The Assumption of the Virgin, by Murillo. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. 13" x 10.5" oblong. Wonderful full-page black and white photos of: Bank of England - great street scene; The Bromielaw or Harbor, Glasgow; The Hamburg Warehouses - River Elbe scene; The Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy; A Street Scene in Naples; Hall of Justice - in the Alhambra at Granada in Spain; Port Said; The Acropolis, Baalbek, Syria; Native Street in New Zealand; English Parade, Hong Kong; Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh, New York; The Post Office, Buenos Ayres (Aries); Carmen Church Ruins, Guatemala; St. Martyn's Church, Canterbury, England; Shanes Castle, Ireland. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Cover photo of George Best (Man Utd. and N. Ireland); Bobby Moore writes "Our First Division - The World's Super-League"; b/w photo of David Wagstaffe (Wolves); When the Saints go Marching in! - Southampton are no push-overs so watch out, Europe!; Colour photo of Ralph Coates; Colour photo of Peter Storey (Arsenal); Can the Kings of Scotland be overthrown? - Rangers and Celtic; colour centerfold photo of Leeds United - League Champions; b/w photo of Bernard Lewis (Watford and Wales under 23); A great look ahead to the 1970 World Cup; Colour photos of: Cyril Knowles (Spurs), Jeff Astle (Albion), Pat Jennings (Spurs), Ian Callaghan (Liverpool); Focus on Roy McFarland (Derby County); b/w photo of Gerry Young (Sheffield Wednesday); The shape of soccer in the seventies; Busby babes would have been the toast of Europe - Disaster ruins United's bid for glory; Colour photo of Keith Weller (Millwall) on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Modest wear. A quality copy. Book
New Turkish Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Edition in Turkish. 316 p., ills. Seyyahlarin gözünden Ani. Through the eyes of travelers Ani. "I met Mr. Sezai in Kars when I went there in 1998 to write my novel Snow. Ten he had told me about his preparations for this comprehensive work, Ani Trough the Eyes of Travelers, on which he had been working patiently. Now I am happy for Ani¿s inclusion in World Heritage List and for the publication at last of this comprehensive and nice book which is a product of Sezai Yazici¿s meticulous work". (Orhan Pamuk).
72 pages. Features: Art as Monster - a conversation with Allora & Calzadilla; Jeanne Silverthorne - New Life in the Ruins of the Artist's Studio; Danial Canogar - Media Brainstorms; Diane Landry - The Clutter of All Things; Marc Leuthold - Cosmic Clay; August Ventimiglia - Sculpting the Line; Facing the Void - A Conversation with Toshikatsu Endo; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
48 pages. Features: Little Mosque on the Prairie - CBC sitcom; The Brother from Manaus - Lebanese immigrants in Amazonas; Splendid ruins of Patara; Story of a 250-ton obelisk; A cypress in the Sahara; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Minor moisture exposure to lower corner. A sound copy. Magazine
As New English Paperback. Pbo. Mint. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English, German, and Turkish. [110] p. Color and b/w ills. Sardes. The capital city of the Lydia Kingdom.= Sardes. Die hauptstsdt des königreichs Lydien.= Sardes. Lidya Kralligi'nin baskenti.
8vo., First Edition, neat signature on front free endpaper; yellow cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy min unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel.
Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Very minor bowing to boards. ; Nuova Cultura 195; 8.7 X 8.3 X 1.3 inches; 495 pages
Roloff Beny interprets in photographs the " P Book
Mm 135x190 Quarta edizione - Brossura editoriale con bandelle, 200 pagine. Copia in condizioni di nuovo con ancora la fascetta editoriale. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. 12mo. (16 x 12 cm). In Turkish. 38 p., 4 b/w plts., 1 folding ruined city map. Guide to Hierapolis. Pamukkale (Hierapolis).
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 247 p., ills., 33 plates, 3 folding maps. Pamphylia ve Pisidia kentleri. Vol. 2: Pisidia. Translated by Selma Bulgurlu Gün.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (34 x 24 cm). In Turkish. [xvi], 195 p., 31 plates. Pamphylia ve Pisidia kentleri. Vol. 1: Pamphylia. Translated by Selma Bulgurlu Gün. Stadte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens. Cities of Pamphylians and Pisidians.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (34 x 24 cm). In Turkish. 2 volumes set: ([xvi], 195 p., 31 plates.; 247 p., ills., 33 plates, 3 folding maps). Pamphylia ve Pisidia kentleri. 2 volumes set. Vol. 1: Pamphylia. Vol. 2: Pisidia. Translated by Selma Bulgurlu Gün.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English. [xv], 648 p., ills. Ottoman, Islamic and Islamised monuments in Cyprus. A massive tome that inventories the sites and monuments noted in the title. Color or b/w photos with each entry. Detailed descriptions and documentation of mosques, and other historic structures on the island of Cyprus. Extensive bibliography and well indexed.
pp. xii, 266 + Twenty-two folding maps and plans. Numerous text drawings. Decorated title page. Unopened. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold lettered spine. Gilt pictorial vignette of Romulus and Remus nursing on the she-wolf on front cover. Binding slightly faded. Hardbound. Though XLib, still a very nice 1880 handbook about the then existing ruins and monuments of ancient Rome. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/2
Six extremely rare historical monographs dedicated to specific towns and regions of southern France, bound in one volume. viii, 9-152, 44; 16; 31; 57 (plus 2 lithographed plates); 44; 24 pp. Printed on very good laid and wove papers. Except for one, which was printed in Paris, these were printed on small provincial presses and are thus very desirable. 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards. Some wear to extremities of binding but still very solid. Internally clean but for a little minor foxing. A fascinating and extremely unusual book.
Contents: color Parker pen ad inside front cover; interesting ad for the Curtiss Commando aircraft; Great International Harvester Truck/War Bonds ad; Pullman railcar ad with returning vets bearing swastika emblazoned souvenirs; Colour Cadillac ad; nice color ad for White Trucks - military theme; Does Truman lean left or right? - clues appear in the first 40 days; Are Japs Wanted? - article with interesting poster demanding fair play for America's Japanese; Congressional committee tours Concentration camps; Miami dogs killed after they kill Doretta Zinke; Blockade and bombs hit Japan as prelude to gathering storm - attrition is Allied policy while knockout forces transfer in strength to the Pacific; Great photo of the first Yank post V-E day ship bringing servicemen home; Great map indicating the 'Bomb Strategy Against Japan'; color Seiberling Tire ad; How to Starve out Japan - bomb the rice paddy dikes; Philippines - sobering losses; China - the Japs back up; Dramatic photo of the American Essex-class carrier Franklin (Big Ben) with its crew huddled on the flight deck after it was attacked by a single Japanese bomber with two 500lb bombs; Okinawa - sacrifice - 156 American marines and doughboys died there each day last week; photo of German prisoners with shovels in the massive American Henri Chappelle Cemetery in Belgium; Russia casts its shadow over Asia; Yugoslavs' willful grab at Trieste poses danger for Charter makers; Prince Faisal and other Arabs agree Palestine is an Arab state, despite a half-dozen vociferous Jewish organizations on the conference sidelines; Color Goodyear belt centerfold; Photo of Allied officers in front of Reichstag ruins; Pattern emerges for occupation - Allies command, Germans obey; "Life has no meaning" for Dr. Ley, once leader of the German labor front - article and photo; Nazi U-boat (with 'the Schnorkel') surrenders and is escorted to a Newfoundland port - photo; NBC airs dramatization of F.A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom; Max Schmeling released; Rosenberg's den of Royal Theives holds key to looted art of Europe; interesting ad for a Sperry gunsight "The gunsight that 'things' faster than humans... or Japs!"; Great color Chesterfield cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. A sound copy. Book
Paris, Firmin Didot, Sans date vers 1850 - 21 ème Livraison - 2 Série - In-4 - 2 pages de texte - 1 gravure
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Cr. 8vo. In Ottoman script. 37 p. Ills. First Edition. Roumi: 1330 = Gregorian: 1914. Ozege: 12640. Rare study on Median ruins. Moukaddimah by Riza Tevfik [Bolukbasi]. Medâyin harabeleri. Preface by Riza Tevfik [Bölükbasi].
88 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of Bobby Hull doing Russian dance; Jack Gallagher's new Canada Party; Critique of our school system; The Way We Were at Mount Allison; The Splendid Thompson River; Billy Harris' Mission to Moscow; Paperback Hero - Dan Ross of East Riverside, NB has written 234 successful novels in the past 13 years; The Hatches of Alberta - in praise of Victor and Susan Hatch and their 12 children; What the Ministry of Transport did to Harry Kohne and neighbours in Richmond, BC; Therese Casgrain - enfant terrible at 78; The Joy of Fidelity; Inca Ruins in Legendary Peru; Sensational two-page CBC TV ad entitled "First Choice" features colour illustrations of their dozens of popular TV personalities of the day; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Contest blank clipped from page 81. Missing pages 27-28 which included part of the Thompson River story and (probably) a photo of Billy Harris, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine