Mayse, SusanMareMagnum
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230 pages including index, bibliography and black and white illustrations. The story of a remarkable man, and a fascinating period in B.C. history. From fragments of recorded history, official documents, and exhaustive interviews with the coal miners who knew Cumberland and knew Ginger Goodwin, she has pieced together an extraordinary tale. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
160 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Presents a choice collection of over 120 captivating black-and-white historic photographs of boats, ships and people along the coast of British Columbia from the late 1850s to the 1940s." - from dust jacket. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
112 pages. Features: Kuthumi; Kryon; Hilarion; Mother Earth; The Group; The Council of Light; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
108 pages. Features: Frank Wright - an artist with a sense of history; Wilderness Landscapes by Mary Sweet; Bernard Chaet - by Margaret Mathews; The Miniature Landscapes of Daniel Chard; The Watercolor Page, by Tom Pressly; Rockwell Kent, by Fridolf Johnson; Using Diagnonal Compositions in watercolor; Introduction to Oil Painting; Light and Shade in Drawing, by Franklin Alexander. Above-average but not excessive wear. 3" x 1.5" peeled area on front cover. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Magazine
Features: Masdevallia caloptera - Collector's item; Greenhouse and artificial light culture of orchids compared; pH measurements in the greenhouse; a revision of the genus Phalaenopsis Blume - III; the "Now" trend in Paphiopedilum; Eulophias in Uganda - the orchids of Uganda. Well-worn. Unmarked. No tears. Book
178 pages. Features: Cover Car - 1927 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton; Buick History - Part II; Early AC Sports Cars; The Corvette SS; Packard Light 8; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
10 pages. Features: CN's new visual redesign programme for passenger trains; Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Company Limited; New CN colours in use; Montreal Street Railway No. 274; Early Locomotives on Vancouver Island, by I.E. Barr; Two Nova Scotia Colliery Lines to Close; Observations. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Small-space garden railroading; The Budley Bumblebahn; The Limestone Light Railway; Beyond the Blue Horizon - Part 5; The Hawk Creek Line; A Visit to Pola; The MIssionary Ridge Railway. Four inch opening at bottom of cover fold, otherwise moderate wear. Book
14 pages. Contents: Vest-Casaque Walking Suit - cover illustration; Manners upon the Road - of Beams and Motes; New York Fashions - furs, pprices, sable, mink, black marten, or Alaska sable, seal sets and sacques, ermine and grebe, astrakhan sets and cloaks, fur trimmings, children's furs, fur turbans, gentlemen's furs, vest-casaques; Personal; Wroghtu guipure edgings and rosettes; Embroidered Tidy; Tapestry Lambrequin; Pen-Wiper simulating a poppy; Miss Drake's Enterprise; Burns's First Love; The Snake-Charmers; Sayings and Doings; Useful Recipes; Full-page illustration - "Nutting"; lamp mat in application and Byzantine embroidery; crochet and netted spool basket; crochet edging for children's clothing; point lace and tatted insertion; tidy in point lace and satin stitch embroidery; humor. Average wear. Missing pages 761-762. Cover-fold almost completely open. Book
68 pages. Features: Rising from the Ashes - The Restoration of St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia; Looking through Light - Putting the Windows Together Again; Landmark Program Fills Need; True Colours - Vancouver's Historic Exterior Colour Palette; Prairie Wooden Grain Elevators Almost Extinct; Fire Suppression Systems Designed for Alberta Elevators; Heritage Canada - its beginnings; Risk Management for your Building can prevent disaster; LeBreton's Legacy - LeBreton Flats in Ottawa; Archaeological Digs at LeBreton Flats; Montreal Architectural Heritage Campaign. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
Features: Tribute to Henri Matisse; Restoration; Antique Cameos and Intaglios; Gold and Silver Pique; Urbino Delft; Tables with Many Purposes; Pin Boxes and other Fairings; English Sealed Wine Bottles; New Light on Worcester Wares; The Antique World of the Mayflower; The Splendours of Brighton Pavillion; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
160 pages. Preface by Yousuf Karsh. In this breathtaking photographic tribute to his adopted country, one of Canada's best-known and to-ranking photographers captures the many faces and moods of this vast land. From the Quaint fishing villages of Atlantic Canada to the quaint fishing villages of Atlantic Canada to the majesty of the Rocky Mountains, Malak offers a unique visual portrait of the people and places that make up this remarkable nation. Along with the glorious colour landscapes that span the geographic diversity of Canada from Ocean to Ocean, some of Malak's most memorable black-and-white portraits from the past focus in on the individuals who inhabit this country. And it is the interplay between people and their surroundings that forms the central theme of this volume. Book in fine unmarked condition but for water damage to lower portion of pages in last half of book. Remains a very handsome copy. Very light edgewear to attractive dust jacket. Book
102 pages. Index. Black and white photos. "A memorable and often humorous account of a small private school and the Victorian family who founded it. Richly evocative of many a past childhood in North Staffordshire the book is full of interest and will enthral both the general reader and those who appreciate local history." - from back cover. Few markings to contents. Light wear. A quality copy. Book
100 pages. Features: The Rhynchostylis; Orchid Collecting in Uganda; African Epiphytic Orchids - An Annotated Guide to the Literature; Cool Orchids in a "Dungeon" - Fluorescent Light Orchid Culture; Angraecum, Neofinetia and Jumellea - Collector's Item; spathoglottis plicata; Indian Orchids - Note on Conservation; Exquisit Orchids from western Ghats (India) II- Rhynchostylis retusa; Honors Given to Noted Orchidist - Emma D. Menninger; Orchids Somehow Survive!; Rapid Vegetative Muliplication of Epidendrum O'brienianum in vitro and in the greehnouse. Light signs of handling. Book
Features: Some Light on Indian Liparis; breeding with the Borneo-typePhalaenopsis violacea; Phalaenopsis violacea of Malaya; Interspecific Hybridization Involving Miltoniastrum and Cebolletae sections in the Genus Oncidium; Notes on Cymbidium Culture; A New species of Aeranthes from Rhodesia - a Genus New to Africa; A Beautiful Red in the Oncidieae. Moderate wear and rubbing. Book
Features: Some Maxillarias of Venezuela; Cattleyopsistonia Leona 'Bette'; Orchid Genera, Illustrated - XLII - Trichoglottis; Greenhouse versus Lights - a comparison - Fluorescent Light Orchid Culture; Phalaenopsis Intermedia - 'Star of Leyte'; Phaius tankervilliae, Ph. woodfordii and Ph. pulchellus - Collector's Item; New and Rare Brazilian Rupicolous Laelias - The Lilacinae; 8th World Orchid Conference; Epipogium - or How to Make the Best of it - European Terrestrial Orchids; An abnormal Orchid from south India. Lovely copy with traces of wear to cover fold and faint rubbing. Book
136 pages including index. How to prevent costly printing mistakes - a solution book for designers, productions artists and desktop publishers. Provides tips on: keeping maroons from turning brown; preserving texture in artworkd after it is scanned; getting vibrant color reproduction on uncoated paper; keeping color tints from shifting page to page; and much more. "A very informative, well-written, easy-to-read and understand book on problems that plague both printers and designers." - Michael H. Bruno, Editor, The International Paper Pocket Pal. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
112 pages. Features: Grandfather, Bolster Your Immune System with Benevolent Magic and Living Prayer!; Release Outgrown Circumstances; The Heart of Mary Magdelene; Beacons of Light against the Tsunami; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
271 pages. Although based on fact, and the reminiscenses of the author, the characters in this book are fictional. "It all began in 1936 when I joined the famous band of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in Winnipeg.... As the band drove into liberated Hilversum, we were overrun by tearful and cheerful Dutch because we had liberated them. Others would follow but we were the first. 'We are not soldiers,' we explained. 'But you have liberated us.' " Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
327 pages. Investigates a wide selection of experiences of growing up. Lays out the structure of children's lives in such settings as the home, the classroom, the church, the street, and the playground - in chort, the communities of childhood. Explains how children arrived at their gender, class, and other identities, and how they came to adopt the values they did. Prior owner's name atop first page else clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy in glossy illustrated covers. Book
56 pages. Features: Disruptions in Space - fabric sculptures of Su Job; Light and Space and Time - interview with Larry Kirkland; Kay Campbell - a study of space and light; Yellow Springs Banner Festival; Blocks of Light - Barbara Tennis's Dreiel weavings; Traditional Chinese wedding collars; Tracy Ruhlin; Ellie Smith; Judith Morrill Hanes; Linda Hutchins; Ann Kowaleski; Candace Hafermann; Joyce McDaniel; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
400 pages including index. Includes over 1000 recipes from all over the world. Includes classic favorites, exotic dishes, quick and easy snacks. Beautifully illustrated with over 400 color photographs. Includes step-by-step photographs. Flags show country of origin. Book unmarked with minimal wear and very light staining to top and bottom edges. Dust jacket has several small tears and is missing a one inch chunk from bottom of back panel but remains attractive. Book
211 pages including index. Black and white archival photographs throughout. Celebrates the achievements and lives of those "ordinary" Vancouverites whose skills and labour are the city's true foundation - and whose vital role is usually ignored in standard history books. Includes more than 100 rare photographs and contributions from more than 50 writers. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
396 pages including index. An overview of fundamental methods and procedures for solving engineering design problems. Includes discussion of and emphasis on performing the essential, though sometimes routine, details of analyzing and implementing design solutions, while stressing flexibility and adaptability. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Crease to front cover. Very nice copy. Book
Features: Thailand; Into the Woods; Award Winner - Phalaenopsis Little Kathleen; Oncidiums; Orchid Genera Illustrated - 146 - Epigeneium. Light rippling to front cover and first few pages denotes limited past moisture exposure, else moderately worn. Book
