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Pages 113-335. Numerous black and white plates. "Contains articles on works in the collections of the Canadian Centre for Architecture... Sheds new light on the careers of the designer and publisher Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau (1520-86), and architects Louis-Pierre Baltard (1764-1846), Jean-Baptiste Rondelet (1743-1829), Ernest Cormier (1885-1980), Lloyd Wright (1890-1978), Le Corbusier (1887-1965), and the photographer Alexander Henderson (1831-1913)." - from title page. Text in English and French. Bits of soiling to back cover otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
305 pages. Index. "Intended not merely as a textbook of illumination engineering, nor as a textbook on the physics of light and radiation, but rather as an exposition... from the engineering point of view, of that knowledge of light and radiation which every educated man should possess, the engineer as well as the physician or the user of light." - from Preface. Requires no special knowledge of mathematics or engineering. Front free endpaper removed. Relatively few library markings. Maroon textured boards. Gilt lettering upon spine. Average wear. Binding intact. Solid working copy. Book
239 pages including index. The implications of radioactivity in regard to water supply and waste water disposal are covered in full detail, as are the problems of disposing of radioactive solid wastes and radioactive gases. The first half is fundamental in nature, explaining the problems which have to be understood when dealing with radioactive material. The second half deals specifically with the treatment and disposal of liquid, solid and gaseous radioactive wastes, and it includes valuable information on the results of laboratory work, and on the experience gained in operating treatment plants in different parts of the world. Book very clean with light wear. Gift plate upon title page. Prior owner's rubber stamp upon front endpaper (2x) else unmarked. Dust jacket price-clipped and bears some small tears and shows moderate edge-wear. Very nice copy. Book
166 pages. Author's trademark signature upon title page. "Canadians are taxed to the hilt, bored to distraction by the Constitution ad nagged to death over Quebec's possible separation. Yet through it all we have emerged as a most unique country.... Editorial Cartoonist Adrian Raeside takes a sideways look at the good, the bad and the bizarre that make Canada Canada." - from back cover. Lives up to author's high and hilarious standard. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Light to moderate wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Book
95 pages. Contents very clean except for gift inscription on front flyleaf and price sticker inside front board. Lovely colour illustrations. Moderate wear and light soiling to purple boards. A delightful book. We believe this book to be suitable for grade 4 or higher reading levels. Book
8vo., Second Edition, with plates and maps, small neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1993.
Features: Puget Sound Branch a Good Investment for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's; Rumors of Graft in Puget Sound Extension; New Station at Kelso Opened; Robert Dollar's Views; What a Big Terminal Plant Means to a Port - by R.F. Ayers, President Pacific Terminals Company (with photo of Mr. Ayers); Ten Reasons Why There Should Be Free Tolls (through the Panama Canal); The Panama Canal and the West Indies; Coaling Light Vessels at Sea Hazardous Work - article with photo of light vessel stationed on Swiftsure Bank; Anti-Rolling Tanks Death to Seasickness - article with two diagrams illustrating tank arrangements; Jury Decides for Underwriters; Water Grades a Large Factor in Commerce; Repairs, Drydocking and Other Work; Photo of steel stern frame made by the Scullin-Gallagher Iron & Steel Company; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: B.F. Bush on Evil Results to Accrue from Diversion of Capital from Railway Enterprises; Japanese Trainmaster kills self after Emperor is delayed; Tell the Truth, Mr. (Gifford) Pinchot! - fallout from a December 16th article about Alaska; Charles F. Speare discusses the alliance between the Northern Pacific and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroads; Southern Pacific and Pacific Mail (article from the Wall Street Journal); Cash Shortage in Western Canada; Captain N.E. Cousins has been in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Lines Co. since 1878 - article with photo; Get Ready for the Opening of the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 2) - major article with map; Cunard and Anchor Lines Amalgamate - article with list of the vessels, and their tonnage, of each company; Protest the Carriage of Navy Coal in Foreign Bottoms - George F. Thorndyke of the Globe Navigation Company speaks out; Edvard Jansen to take over from Ida Wilson Lewis, "The Grace Darling of America", tending the Lime Rock light station; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Illustration of the central winch on Dredge New Orleans; Portland News Notes; Schedule for Canadian-Pacific Railways Steamships connecting Seattle with Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
Features: Steam 150 at Shildon; Some Impressions of George Stephenson; Stone from Somerset Quarries; Midland Locomotive Performance - 1; The Mawddwy Railway; Broad Gauge Farewell at Paddington; Touring with the Wirral; Great photos from Shildon; The Cadeby Light Railway; Rhaetian Miscellany; The Last Years of the LNER - 3; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: The LNER B1 4-6-0s in Retrospect; Beyer-Garratt Locomotives in South Africa; Past, Present and Future at Yieldingtree; Two Miles a Minute - by steam - LNWR 2-2-2 No. 3020 Cornwall; Light Railway Timetables 1968; Around Britain's Light Railways; End of Steam to Buxton; End of BR's Observation Cars; and more. Moderate wear. Writing on front cover and throughout contents. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: Bricklayers Arms and the Southern Region Light Pacifics; Rival Routes to Bristol - Part 1; Two Irish Idylls - Evening Train from Enniskillen; Diesel over Dingle Bay; The "Left Bank" Electrics of Paris - Part One; Orphans of a Brighton Storm - a little-known and somewhat unsavoury episode in L.B. & S.C. locomotive history a century ago; An Early Railway Photograph; Progress in Preservation; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Bottom inch of cover fold open. Magazine
Pages 186-238. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Features: East Coast Carriage Workings; The Robinson 2-8-0s - part 2; French signalling practice - part 1; Steam memories; A 200th anniversary round-up; Simplon route centenary; Welcome to the Dart Yalley Railway; An Invitation to alight; Cambridge University Railway Society photographic competition; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Oblong format book shows light shelf wear to covers only, with a slight curl to the front cover. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, previous owner's name on half title page. 87 pages with full page b&w photos on the themes of Time, Symbol, Organization of the picture, Abstraction and ambiguity of space, Surrealism, Sequences, Light, View of the city, View of humanity, illustrated by the works of Cartier-Bresson, Kevin Keegan, Lewis Baltz, Walker Evans, Homer Sykes, Nathan Lyons, Paul Strand Robert Frank, Alfred Seieglitz, Paul Trevor, William Klein, et. al.
343 pages including references and glossary. Light soiling to fore-edge. Several tears and chips missing from dust jacket. An informative and up-to-date analysis of nuclear weapons, the devastating consequences of nuclear war, and the social, political, and technological dimensions of the nuclear arms race. Argues that the Reagan administration is basing its policies and plans, largely secret, on the assumption that nuclear wars can be fought and won, and that Amnerican society , as the winner, will survive. Book
262 pages including index. Here is a powerful new approach to selling residential real estate. Shows how to write a sales contract every time you show property! Author's signature and inscription upon front endpaper. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
235 pages including references. "The best case for renewing rather than destroying Canadian federalism..." - Peter C. Newman. Light wear. Average quantity of pencil markings. Discard stamp upon half title page. Binding sound. Book
224 pages including index and references. Doris Grant, for 30 years a respected writer on nutrition, presents the facts on the destruction of nutritional values in modern food processing, the results of our addiction to sugar, the vast constellation of chemical additives inescapably present in processed foods, the medical research on their dire effects - and a recipe for survival, pointing the way to healthful, life-enhancing eating. Some sticker remnant upon front panel of dust jacket. Book as new. Very light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
389 pages including index. The official companion to "How to Lower your Fat Thermostat". Healthy foods and invigorating exercise are an unbeatable combination. Weight loss will come naturally as a result of this healthy lifestyle. You'll love it! Unmarked. Light wear. Book
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, preliminaries and title lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked with regimental crest in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, backstrip a little dulled else a good, firm copy. Sold from an institution with stamp on endpapers, title and occasional plates. Sutcliffe,p.95; White, p.154.
First edition, 4to, [10], iv, 255, [1]pp., 11 plates, some occasional light spotting, orig. publishers red cloth, gilt, spine faded, uncut, t.e.g.
288 pages including bibliography. The only book that shows you how to have a first hand experience of your Inner Child - actually feeling its emotions and recapturing its sense of wonder - by writing and drawing with your non-dominant hand. Gift greetings upon front flyleaf else unmarked. Light wear. Solid binding. Nice clean copy. Book
405 pages including index. In a wry, absorbing and often sureal narrative, she relates the horrors that led to her disillusionment with the "worker's paradise." Creates an extraordinary portrait of the world's most populous nation. Book is clean, unmarked and shows negligible wear. Dust jacket shows light soiling and wear. Very nice copy. Book
261 pages including index and black and white illustrations. A fascinating account of the revolutionary changes in a Sichuan village during the past 40 years. Author was born in Shanghai of missionary parents and grew up in China before the Communist revolution. Light wear. Usual library markings else unmarked. Nice copy. Book
324 pages. While the book's primary focus is the 1989-1990 season, Part One examines, in depth, the period of 1945 to 1988, during which Soviet hockey grew from an insignificant pastime to the highest level of international competition. Players from opposing teams, owners, critics and hockey power brokers are all heard from, and media reactions to the Soviet players are examined, as are the players' reactions to the media and other aspects of life in North America. Includes black and white photos. Book in fine condition except front endpaper removed. Unmarked. Minimal wear. Light rubbing to dust jacket. Book
Large 8vo, [6], 227, [1]pp., cont. full calf, contrasting leather spine lbels, lightly rubbed.
