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VHS video tape 28 minutes in length. "An epic ski mountaineering journey to the sleeping volcanic giants of the Pacific Northwest: Mounts Shasta, South Sister, Bachelor, Hood, Adams, St. Helens, and Garabaldi Park, British Columbia." - from cover. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
pp. 103-218. Black and white illustrations. Features: Photo of the IMPERATOR NICOLAI I, a 111-gun steam-sail battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy; Very informative article on the H.M.S. Hood, including fantastic two-sided four-panel foldout photo feature of No. 1 in the fitting out basin; Japan's Torpedo Cruisers - article with three-panel foldout diagrams of the Torpedo Cruiser Kitakami (1941); CVA - 41 - The Conversion of the U.S.S. Midway; and much more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
pp. 323. 8vo. 190 mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial binding decorated in yellow, red, black and white. Binding with the monogram of the artist/designer George H. Wood on cover. Hardbound. Very good. The binding is extremely well-preserved and bright. NW65
Romanzo. Traduzione Marco Guarnaschelli
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photograpgs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
238 pages. Index. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of author and her daughter. "The story of Dora Hood's experiences as owner and proprietor of Dora Hood's Book Room in Toronto from 1928 to 1954. Mrs. Hood writes glowingly about book collectors for she was convinced that, by and large, they are among the most delightful people one can meet." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket protected in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Tape marks on endpapers from former dust jacket cover. A sound copy of this precious account of used book selling in Canada prior to the internet. Bibliographic reference: Amtmann H-1081. Book
pp. xv, 192 + Portrait Frontis and full page plates. Slightly foxed. Sm. 4to. Original full purple cloth binding. Hardbound. Second impression. ENGLAND 2
408 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon verso of front free endpaper. Written by an historian and journalist of wide experience; after many years of diligent research into Oshawa's colorful past, this book is a noteworthy contribution to Canadiana which was produced to give literary significance to the celebrations of Canada's Centennial Year. Includes many archival black and white photographic plates. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear to book which remains tight and square. Light wear and several nicks to dust jacket which features a colour photograph of Colonel R.S. McLaughlin at the wheel of a vintage automobile which most likely bears his name as manufacturer. Bonus: includes two historic Oshawa bookmarks dated 1974 and 1964 respectively. This lovely copy will make an excellent gift. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Good account of the career of a well-loved ship. Law 0985; not recorded by Enser.
Poetry and prose expressing the magnificence, dignity, pathos and humour of the teeming life which in two thousand years the river Thames has gathered to its banks and upon its waters. 272pp. Dust jacket has edgewear and chips. Inscription by previous owner, Diana Menuhin, on front free endpaper.
168 pages. Features: Why are farmers joining labor unions?; How we feed our champion carlots - Karl Hoffman north of Ida Grove, IA; 4-H is our best salesman abroad - large Austrian presence; Surface drainage can double yields - Ashtabula, OH; Peas and wheat and politics - Elvon Hampton of Idaho's Palouse; Farmer recipes for home-cured ham; Titan of trees - the redwood; Brooder pens for calves at the Intermountain Institute Farm, Weiser, ID; 75 million acres get a new lease on life - killing mesquite in the southwest range country; It pays to know your soil; How to start a dairy herd; Mrs. Ruth S. Wedgworth farms on a large scale in the Florida Everglaes; and more. Bit of writing on ad on page 3, otherwise clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
200 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
164 pages. Text in French. First published in 1947, this copy is a 1953 reprint of the 1950 revised edition. Printed upon glossy stock. Many colour and black and white photos. Above-average wear. Prior owner's details in pencil atop title page. Coupons removed. A worthy vintage copy of this pleasing French-Canadian cookbook. DRIVER Q306.2. Book
30 pages. Index. Colour photos. Undated but appears to be circa 1950s. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
4to., with illustrated and printed titles, and 8 coloured plates, small neat personal name stamp on front free endpaper; original green cloth, upper board framed and lettered in black with mounted coloured illustrations (repeated from text), gilt back, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright copy of an edition first published in 1921.
46 pages. Features: early day mail lines in Texas; Bits of Historical Information; a desperate hand-to-hand battle; John L. Goforth - a plow pioneer of Parker; six-shooters in the old southwest; a journey through Texas in 1856; taking the law to the Rio Grande; Baileys and Polleys among Earliest Texans; Noah Smithwick recorded Texas history; "I'll know what you're talking about"; Rangers' desperate battle with the Indians; John B. Hood - the man of courage; old Rockport Road - laid out by a preacher. Clean and unmarked. Undated - circa 1990? Book
64 pages. Features: Spruce for Tomorrow's Paper - Can the Pulp and Paper Industry of the Northeast Survive? - with good photos; The Oldest Cultivated Trees in the World - Cypress Arches of Chapultepec Park, or the Bosque de Chapultepec, on the outskirts of Mexico City - with photos; Redwood Burls - by Emanuel Fritz - article with photos; The Forest and the Great Stone Face, by Allen Hollis; The Barred Door - by W.N. Craigie; Uncle Sam's First Timber Sale - near the quaint village of Nemo, South Dakota - with nice photos; Canada and the Migratory Bird Treaty; Don's Christmas Adventure - a story by Erle Kauffman; Shapshots of European Forests - In a Fir Forest of France - article with photos by John D. Guthrie; A Plea for the Forests - by Hon. John Q. Tilson; Planting Woodland Gardens - by J. Farnworth Anderson; A Man and a Mountain - Lije Coalman and Mount Hood, by Ethel Romig Fuller; Wasting Fortunes fo Make Fortunes - Guy Elliott Mitchell explains how vast quantities of Natural Gas are wasted in the search for oil - great photos including an an amazing shot of a forest of derricks in California; A Tale of a Bunny the Woodchuck - by C.H. McDonald; Nice two-color ad for the Pacific Pumper manufactured by Pacific Marine Supply Company of Seattle; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Canoeing the Hood River in Northwestern Canada; The Bronze Yaks of Centrral Asia; Cyprus; Peruvian Grave Robber's Gold; Rafting Sumatra's Alas River; The Ships of Nansen and Peary; Stratigraphy. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
16 pages. Contents: Summer Hood with Cape - front and back views; Manners Upon the Road; A "New Departure"; New York Fashions - summer mantles, fans, gloves, summer shoes; Personal; knitted and crochet insertion for linterie; medallions for album covers, port-folions, etc.; curtain bands; alphabet for marking lingerie; coffee-warmer; netted cover for circular stand; An African Harem; Gold-Fish; Sayings and Doings; Cambric Garden Hat; Swiss muslin fichu-collar with frills; Swiss muslin fichu-collar with ribbon trimming; Rest; Fischer's Method of Bleaching Straw; Dutch Marriages; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Ladies' straw hats; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' breakfast and dress caps - with ten illustrations; Unnatural Protectors; New York Fashions - travelers' articles, stationery; Personal; bag for washing clothes; crochet bathing slipper; squares for setting together covers; crochet bib; mignardise and crochet blouse; Oriental Thrift; Dutch Funerals; Hannay - continued; crochet shawl worn as a summer hood; Precious Stones; My First Dinner-Party; Hoops, hoop-sticks, balls, bats, skipping ropes, etc.; The Giants' Wedding - with illustration; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Cover for can; square shawl worn as a hood; Small-talk about pastry; Manners Upon the Road; New York Fashions - spring bonnets, faille ribbons, flame-tinted roses, style of trimming, colored English crape, new veils, round hats, spring suits from Paris; Personal; shade for night lamp; work-bag with chenille embroidery; work-bag with chenille embroidery; evening and bridal slippers with bows; Mrs. Grey's Two Dreams, by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Sayings and Doings; Nice full-page illustration "Low and High Necked Waists"; Bridal and Evening Dresses; Paris Fashions; An Ocean Picnic; Buckwheat Cakes and Buckwheat; Evening Toilette; Useful recipes; London's Heart, by B.L. Farjeon - continued; Furniture and Dress; humor. Average wear. Book
14 pages. Contents: Dresses for Young Girls - front page illustration;Behavior in Public; Manners upon the Road - of sail and ballast; New York Fashions - upholstery, curtains, furniture; Personal; Embroidered Foot-Muff; Crochet Insertions; Cravat Bow of Point Lace, Velvet, and Satin Ribbon; Black gros grain dress with Algerine hood; Life in Rome; Blance Treguier; Sayings and Doings; LAce Barbes worn as head-dresses; bow for the hair of velvet and gros grain ribbon; black figured lace blouse waist; poplin walking dress; Swiss muslin dress with tunic; Swiss muslin dress with ruffles; walking dress for elderly lady; Swiss muslin dress with tunic; The Cryptogram - continued; humor. Average wear. Missing pages 301-302. Book
16 pages. Contents: Skin diseases caused by bad soaps; Cloaks and overcoats for girls and boys from 3 to 14 years old; The Wondering Heir; Manners Upon the Road - of the seasons; New York Fashions - double vests, new drapery, plain redingotes, black camel's-hair polonaises, polish jackets, mantelets, basques, embroidery, waistcoats, pompadour brocades, garlands, fanciful stockings; Personal; Cord and crochet passementerie border; tatted and crochet collars; knitted and crochet white worsted fanchon Tatted and crochet edging; knitted knee protectors; embroidered work-table; braid, cord, and soutache borders; knitted hood; The Bitter End - continued; Sayings and Doings; Knitted and crochet white worsted cape with hood; Swiss muslin and lace frill with Jabot; crape and lace frill with Jabot; Swiss muslin fichu; Paris Fashions; Better Late Than Never; English Gossip; Useful Recipes; Tatted edging for linterie; embroidered work-bag; toilette box with silk and cane cover; tapestry design for slippers; gros grain cravat bow; An Algerian Wedding; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: frame-work worsted square shawl worn as a hood; All-Souls Day; Gossip; New York Fashions - crocheted and knitted garments; embroidery, guipure and point lace work; personal; Knitted Fanchon; knitted and crochet cap to wear under the bonnet; knitted lace for trimming mantelets, etc.; crochet stitches; Hannah - continued; Flowering Sunday; Sayings and doings; hood for girl from 8 to 10 years old; hood for girl from 10 to 12 years old; cashmere hood; tricot beaver hood; cashmere hood; cloth hood; flannel hood; ladies' winter wrappings; Nice large illustation of ladies' mantles and paletots; Octavia Hadleigh's Story; Paris Modes; The Value of Fiction; knitted loop stitch; crochet stitches; knitted foundation for shawls, scarfs, etc.; crochet border; crochet stitch; crochet border for goods, capes, jackets, etc.; crochet stitch for jacket with short sleeves; Spray-Work; humor. Average wear. Book
16 pages. Contents: Lady's Evening Dress; Manners Upon the Road - of stoves and fires; New York Fashions - double-breasted jacket and worth over-skirt, crinoline, silk suits and over-skirts, elegant black costumes, reception dresses, the Josephine coiffure, evening bonnets, opera cloaks, colored jabots, lingerie, fancy jewelry; Personal; crochet guipure edging for lingerie; Russia-leather chatelaine belts; tortoise-shell comb and hair-pins; knitted shawl worn as a hood; Been-Porridge Hot; Sayings and Doings; Ladies' Fall and Winter Suits; Paris Gossip; To the Bitter End - continued; English Gossip; Full-page illustration for the month of October; The Three Emperors at Berlin; humor. Average wear. Small clipping from page 705. Book
