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Photos with the following captions: Lines that all lead to the Hindenburg Line; Wreckage and Waste from Ypres to Cambrai; Freed by British Bravery from the Terrible Turk; 'Tanks' Advance into action & Tow Back a Prize; On the Edge of Great Events among the Alps; Rare and Ready Courage to the Rescue of a Comrade; 'Graft' and Bribery in Russia (story); Clearing the Crescent off the Permanent Way; Weather Difficulties defied by daring and work; Unmasking Spies in London (story); 'Ghost' that Fails to Frighten our Flying Men; Happiness in Hospital in Barge and Burrow; Art's Spirit Shining Amid the Murk of War; The Terriers of the Pack - some of the remarkable doings of the "M.L." Craft (story); Last Moments of the Torpedoed Transport Medie; From London's Roads to Flanders' Muddy Fields; The Royal Highlanders of Canada (story). Above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
96 pages. Features: Deeper into Lebanon - Reagan administration acts to strengthen and justify the Marines' position - article with color photos, including the 'New Jersey' in the Panama Canal; Congress and Reagan duck deficit problem; Robert McNamara urges less reliance on nuclear weapons; RCA VCR ad; Bobby Kennedy faces heroin charge; Aftermath of downing of flight KAL flight 007; Begin replaced by Shamir in Israel; Tensions between German peace activists and U.S. Troops; Poland's farmers reap nothing but problems; China - Burnout of a Revolution - feature article with photos; Ad for Xerox 16/8 Professional Computer; Alberta Auto dealer Murray F. Koch is featured in an ad; One-page color-photo ad for the Lada Signet; Osborne Computer Corporation goes bankrupt; Apple cuts the price of its Lisa computer; Brigadier General Pete Dawkins goes to Wall St.; Jesuits pick Kolvenbach to lead them; The Demise of the Cable Directory; Passing of Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Balthazar Johannes Vorster, James Wechsler, Felix Bloch and William Fellner; One-page feature article on Linda Rondstadt with color photo; Color photo of Gary Coleman with Mr. T. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Old-Time Line Camp Christmas; Lost Tres Amigos Diggings in Baja California; The West of Gary Cooper; Rough Justice - astonishing incidents; Wealth of the Santa Clara - silver and lead; Horror at Midnight - a little cabin becomes a butcher shop in Siloam Springs, Arkansas; Top Man of the Fearless Thirteen - Burt Mossman; Bill Fairweather's Luck - he struck it rich in Alder Gulch; Bachelor Miners - great photos of various cabin styles; When Charles A. Siringo was Marked for Death; The Virginian, by Owen Wister; Letters from the 'Bloody First' - the bleak life of an enlisted man in the 1860s; Just Baling Wire - photos of various uses!. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
120 pages. A tribute to those, past and present, who have encouraged the quest for leadership in business. A collection of memories by some of those who have helped lay the foundation of Western Business School. Clean and bright with very light wear. Small erasure atop front endpaper else unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
46 pages. Features: Mayoral ads for Joy Leach and Larry Iwaskow; Moving on from the Mill - Port Alberni's work-force heads into the 90s; Big Changes - a new Nanaimo City Plan will lead downtown and the waterfront into the next century - with large photo of Victoria Crescent; Photo of the Gordon St. area and the old Malaspina Hotel; Photo of Gino Sedola on the Visiting Vessel Pier; Ian le Cheminant and the Victorian restoration of the Thomson residence on Milton St. - article with construction photo; Phantoms of the Island, by Linda Putnam - discusses Kanaka Pete (Peter Kakua); Super aerial photo of downtown Nanaimo with Cameron Island under construction; Dozens of ads for local small businesses; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
545 pages including index. Chapters include: Commercial Explosives; Blasting Supplies and Accessories; Blasting with Safety Fuse; Blasting Electrically; Blasting with Detonating Cord; Loading Explosives; Blasting in Underground Mines; Blasting in Coal Mines; Tunnelling Operations; Surface Blasting Operations; Blasting Ditches, Stumps, Boulders, Gravel Pits, Fills, etc.; Seismic Prospecting; Use of Explosives for Special Purposes; Transportation, Distribution and Storage; Accident Prevention; Electric Blasting Caps - Average Resistances; Copper Lead Wire - Resistance and Capacity; Maximum Number of Electric Blasting Caps for Series-in-Parallel Circuits; Properties of C-I-L High Explosives; Properties of C-I-L Blasting Agents; Approximate Average Weight per Cartridge; Approximate Average Weight of Explosives per foot in Column Loads; Properties of C-I-L Permitted Explosives. Properties of C-I-L Blasting Agents; Loading Densities. Appendices include: Blasting Check-up Form; Calculations for a Large Electrical Blast; Average Weight of Various Materials; Abstract Revised British Table of Distances. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
72 pages. Features: The Killing of Antoine Fiant - Nate, Clay & George Kinsley, Metis; Old LeMoigne's Lead Mine - John LeMoigne, Rhyolite, Nevada; They Didn't All Die with their Boots On - Bill Tilghman, Cole Younger, William Milton Breakenridge; Grass-Grown Streets in Sierra Nevada - Part III; Jose (Maria) Polancio - Killed by Indians; Loopholes and Nooses - George Webster; William S. "Bill" Hart; Legend of Howards Well; Victoria's Gayest Rogue - John Charles Butts, Victoria BC; Free "Homes" in the Pecos Valley - Bill Morgan, James Carper; Spanning the Monster Deschutes - Joseph H. Sherar - . Above-Average wear. Pen marks and highlighting. Sound working copy. Book
330 pages including index and extensive notes. The raw facts and record of direct testimony presented make this a disturbing book. "Shows how institutions and practices, once established, lead to a state of mind in which no alternative seems feasible. What then to do about men whom the prison authorities feel they cannot handle in any way except isolation?... Jackson's book is remarkable in that it presents a model for reform." - The Honourable Thomas R. Berger. Unmarked with light wear and soiling. Contents were exposed to moisture and have become mildly wavy. Remains a solid working copy. Book
xviii, 323 pages. Index. Many nostalgic black and white plates. "The object of this book is to gather together the known facts about lead and present them with a commingling of practical information and romantic sidelights to capture and hold those good folk who like facts well enough but prefer them to be not too dreary and long-faced." - Introduction. The twenty-three chapters include: Mining and Smelting, Characteristics, In Paint, In Building Construction; Babbitts and Solders; The Printer's Metal; In the Chemical Industries, Lead in Ammunition, In Musical Instruments, A Drier of Oils, Lead in Glass, Pottery and Enamels, Lead in Rubber, Lead from Radium, and more. Bit of writing atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Light foxing. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. One-inch opening in cloth between top of front board and backstrip. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating vintage reference. An interesting gift idea for anyone involved in lead-related mining or manufacturing. Book
Ed. E.P.A. - 1988 - In-4 à l'italienne - Reliure toile éditeur sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs - Gardes illustrées - Avant-propos de Roy Selwyn-Smith - Texte de Kenry Kurtz - Photographies de Serge Nivelle - Traduction de l'anglais par Anne Zorn - Très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs dans le texte et HT, certaines PP - Bel exemplaire
79 pages. Circa 1971. Includes the following classic songs: I Feel the Earth Move; So Far Away; It's Too Late; Home Again; Beautiful; Way Over Yonder; You've Got a Friend; Where You Lead; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow; Smackwater Jack; Tapestry; (you make me feel like) A Natural Woman. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. One of the best songbooks of all time. Book
4to, 29.6cm. Pp. xii,[2],200, 1 double-page chromolith. map, 15 (some double-page) chromolith. pls. of plans and sections, 10 figs., index. Orig. cloth. Very good.
66 pages. Features: Orbital photography; From chaos to cabinets; Getting involved brings rewards; Focus on junior high; Part-time travelogues lead to full-time audiovisual production; Improve sales with better filing; Converting is cheaper than building - abandoned service stations provide inexpensive studio locations; Tax talk. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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
30 pages plus huge 64 page 1983 Plate Fair section. Features: Connoisseur Figures - The $1,000 lead soldier; Raymond Kursar - Profile; Inuit art and sculpture - a growing collectible; Huge special feature on the Collector Platemakers Association of Canada 1983 Plate Fair; Expert Opinion; Glossary; The Portland Vase; Happenings; Showcase. and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
38 pages. Features: Foreign buyers dominate bidding for Dodge furniture; Records crash as old masters are sold; 10,000 GBP clock stolen - 8 day English Fusee bracket clock, signed 'Thomas Hughes, London'; Fine porcelain pieces stolen from home in Regents Park, London; Police seek information about miniatures - in possession of Scotland Yard; 'Finders keepers' - a saying that could lead to jail; Reappraising Satsuma; Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - the artist who loved cats, Paris - and life; Roman Glass - take a clear look at the past for future profit; Regency Furniture; Book review of "Refurbishing Antiques" by Rosemary Ratcliffe; Antique market opens at Bromley; Auction news; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Reprint of "Recollections of Old Milestown" by S. Gordon; Sky of Brass, Earth of Iron - reprinted from the book 'Western Vision' by David Lavender; World's Greatest Slaughter! - the appalling slaughter of the American buffalo; Buffalo Comeback - the Canadian Government preserves a portion of Canada's once mighty buffalo population; Circuses and Contests; Before the days of Libel - when a newspaperman could say anything he durned please; Renegade Battalion - they deserted Fort Brown to join the Mexican Army only to be killed when the Americans stormed Monterrey in 1846; Travesty Town - the story of old Millerton; When Panic Took Over! - smallpox epidemic at New Tacoma, Washington Territory, 1881; Apache Gold - Buck Adams; Conquering the Rockies with a camera - William H. Jackson; Pioneer Mother - escaping the Indians; Old Cornucopia, Oregon and its gold mine; 'Bet-a-million' Gates - Magician - he turned barbed wire into a lead pipe cinch!; Death at Christmas - Frank Rochas; Lost Camp - from 'Homestead Years' by Lloyd I. Sudlow; Pawnee Bill - "Little Giant of Oklahoma'; Some men need it lonely - Archer B. Gilfillan, sheepherder; His eccentric highness - Joshua Norton, 'Emperor of the United States'; friend to no man - Ben Cravens used partners to commit crime... but didn't need their help to spend the proceeds; the courthouse went by train - moving a Nebraska courthouse by rail; Hellgate to Tonopah - early Nevada memories; Luckiest Cuss in the Klondike - Clarence J. Berry. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
Features: Belling the Lead Steer; A Color-Blind Island; Kidnapped!; The Battle of the Mining Camps; J.B. Okie of Lost Cabin; Bear Island's Mysterious Gold; The Chinese Woman of the Nineties; A Downright Crooked Railroad; Little Bighorn Monument; A Lively Week at Tubac; Cattle Trails of the Old West; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
204 pages. Features: Gas-colled nuclear power reactors; the decay of the proton; the beta-lactam antibiotics; archaebacteria; the allocation of resources by linear programming; the regulation of temperature in the honeybee swarm; the formation of the earth from planetesimals; lead and silver in the ancient Aegean; and more. Nostalgic colour photo ads. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. A very 'sixties' publication complete with cover photo of young girl wearing coonskin cap. Authentic "off the record" arrangements. Songs include: A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You; Black is Black; Born Free; Day Tripper; Eleanor Rigby; Hungry; Kicks; Last Train to Clarksville; Michelle; Nineteen Days; 96 Tears; Penny Lane; Pipeline; Rain; Secret Agent Man; She; Strawberry Fields Forever; Taxman; Tijuana Taxi; Time Won't Let Me; Ups and Downs; (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet. Average wear. Minimal markings. Binding intact. A sound and copy of this uncommon compilation of great 60's hits. Very nostalgic. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-8 and 13-20 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Photo of Japanese, British and U.S. diplomates in England attemtping to replace the old London Naval Treaty; Chuckwalla wrecked on west coast of Vancouver Island; Mayor Leeming will run again; Manchukuo disregarding protests against proposed oil monopoly in state; America wants to lead in removal of barriers against international trade - warns against extreme nationalism; Government passes first market plan under B.C. Statute to protect tree fruit growers; Burnett's Gin ad; Piggly Wiggly ad; Editorial page; nice illustrated ad for Rogers and Majestic "Mystery-Tube" radios; City and District News bits; Social pages; Travel page; Sports page with head photo of Aurel Joliat in story about the 1934-35 Les Canadiens hockey team; Business page; Cartoon page. two pages of classified ads; large fashion ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear. Above-average soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
PARIS, Ed. Vacoas - Sans date - 25 Planches(dont & carte de l'auvergne) sous portefeuille fermé par cordons, 47 x 33 cm - 43 pages de texte - Tirage à 500 exemplaires sur papiers vergé ivoire et vert - Très propre
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 120 pages with three or four full color photos per page with description technical data. Map at back. Contents include: Grampians flora, and of the Black Range State park, Mount Arapiles, Tooan State park Deep lead flora and fauna reserve, all of the Victorian National Parks Assoc. Previous owner's name at inside cover.
43 pages. "The basic skills of trapping, preparation of pelts and marketing are outlined. When followed in principle, these methods will lead to better utilization of your trapping time, greater fur yields, finer quality pelts and higher prices for your product. The Conibear trap is highly recommended for the harvesting of aquatic and some small fur bearing animals." - from Foreward. Abundantly illustratrated with helpful detailed diagrams. Undated. Circa 1970s. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy of this excellent reference. Book
369 pages. Index. "A firsthand account of the desperate efforts to save Jews following Hitler's occupation of Austria in 1938 and to defeat all limitations to Jewish immigration with the proclamation of Israel's independence in 1948. It is the story of the galland band of dedicated men and women of the Haganah, who under the enigmatic name of the "Mossad" set up a world-wide organization to rescue their fellow Jews from doom and lead them towards life in the Land of Israel." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Average wear. Sound copy. Book