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189 pages including index and illustrations. Chapters include: Drawing Materials; Object Drawing - Beginning; Perspective; Light and Shade; Drawing Outdoors; Figures and Animals; Drawing from Memory; Some Other Media; Bias. Pencil illustration upon back of front free endpaper else unmarked. Average wear. Solid copy in blue boards. Book
176 pages including bibliography and index. Describes the symbols and system of Blissymbolics and discusses how to teach Blissymbolics. The emphasis is on practice rather than theory. The symbol learner and the setting in which symbols are learned and used also receive considerable attention in the book. Moderate wear to book which is clean and unmarked. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
293 pages including index. A comprehensive text covering all aspects of the nurse's role as health teacher, with specific strategies for teaching different tyupes of learners in a variety of health-care settings. Moderate quantity of yellow high-lighting else unmarked. Light wear. Book
8 page board book. The Bear Family; Mama, Papa and their cubs Posy, Ted and Baby Bear, search for the perfect house in which to live. Young children everywhere will delight inthis engaging story with a happy ending. Brightly coloured illustrations, easy to understand text and the fascinating 'see-through' effect will absorb a child's interest completely. From a series of similar books. Light wear. Unmarked. Circa 1990? Book
218 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Inspired by John Aubrey's "Brief Lives", the seventeenth century classic of intimate biography, this volume is a delightful and provocative collection of sketches of famous Canadians (and those who deserve to be.) Book is clean and unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Light wear to maroon dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
95 pages. Includes 130 bright glossy colour photographs which present a comprehensive and systematic picture of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses. Contains some explanatory text. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Book
128 pages. "The personal history that is unfolded in the following pages is a unique account, a dramatic story of a man of courage and conviction under the most trying of circumstances. No attempt has been made to idealize the events contained herein nor to ascribe perfection to the central figure... There are certain elements in this history that one may classify as super-natural. The reader is left to decide for him/herself whether to accept these as miraculous or coincidental. Includes black and white illustrations. Clean and unmarked. Light wear. Quarter inch opening at bottom of spine. Very nice copy. Book
198 pages including index. If all democrats acted intelligently, this is the future which everybody now under the age of fifty could enjoy. Projects a computer world where people are free to move to places offering the lifestyles they prefer, and where the range of individual choice is huge. The interfering bureaucratic national governments of the 1980s are almost dead. Small self-ruling communities buy such services as crime prevention or environmental protection from entrepreneurial performance-contractors, or can choose participatory government by referendum. Author has been deputy editor of The Economist since 1965. Book unmarked with very light wear and small stain to bottom corner of back board. Dust jacket moderately worn. Book
128 pages including thirty-two magnificent pages of vintage Toronto ads at back. Black and white photographic plates. List of Officers. Roll of Honour. Music and words to the regimental march "Highland Laddie". Presents the origin and history of this regiment, and a short account of the Highland regiments from time to time stationed in Canada. Printed upon coated paper. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding taped at front hinge and title page. A worthy reference copy of this important Canadian military history. Dornbusch 62, Cooke [3] p.132. Book
148 pages including index. A true story of courage and heartbreak which has many parallels in today's development of the Athabasca tar sands. A tribute to Ells and Ball, the forces behind Abasand, an unsuccessful 1930s attempt to develop the oil riches of northern Alberta. Abundantly illustrated with archival black and white photography. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Sunning and average wear to illustrated dust jacket. Overall a nice copy. Book
225 pages including index. This graceful narrative, moving from one part of Toronto to another, paints a portrait of the city, its recent history, its urban planning, and its economic growth. Unmarked. Very light wear. Clean. Excellent copy. Book
163 pages. Copyright date 1988. Former owner's rubber stamp upon front flyleaf. Moderate wear. Light soiling. Combining twelve pieces developed since the mid-Seventies, this volume challenges feminist cultural experience and imagination. Brossard's reflections on writing and the emergence and survival of lesbian identity are hard-hitting and incisive. "...I too have read and loved these texts. Their extraordinary texture and the zany peregrinations of the words have brought me pleasure, insight and joy; they offered me warm complicity." - Louise H. Forsyth, Professor, University of Western Ontario. Book
346 pages including index and black and white photos. The first inside book of rock music, as viewed by a brilliant young ex-philosopher, ex-dropout, ex-prizefights+concert critic, ex-rock lyricist and extraordinary. A kaleidoscope of the rock experience. Glossy illustrated covers with minimal wear. Small slight crease to lower front corner of front cover. Contents unmarked with light yellowing at edges. An excellent copy. Book
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
224 pages including index and many lovely black and white archival photographs. A celebration of the contemporary abundance of American seafood in all its myriad forms. From the sail-finned Arctic char - once declared the most delicious fish in the world by France's prestigious Cordon Bleu society - to the snook and snappers of the Florida keys. Describes over 100 varieties of fin- and shellfish. Book in excellent condition with gift greetings upon half-title page, else unmarked. Very light wear. Dust jacket shows average wear with several tears. Book
Features: The Role of the Expert; Charlecote Park - The Warwickshire Seat of the Lucy Family; Watches with Unusual Dials; Treasures of Islamic Pottery - A Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition; Robert Adam - Perfectionist - a Furniture Pilgrimmage to Osterley; The English Silver Butter Knife - fresh light on its introduction and origin; The Brothers Jorden - an Important Find of a Royal Profile Miniature Group; Royal Gift of William III; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
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
171 pages including notes and index. Paints an arresting portrait of the radical Arab states and movements - including their institutions, motives, ideologies, activities, and policies. Explains more than just the phenomenon of radicalism in the Arab world; also illuminates the complex nature of Arab politics in general. Confronts the underlying question of what constitutes radicalism, and offers insight into the causes of terrorism and the motives behind states or groups that resort to terrorist tactics. Unmarked but for small ink stamp atop half-title page. Light wear. Solid copy. Book
385-480, [102] ads, pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Printed upon glossy stock. The many pages of ads include an abundance of nostalgic illustrations. Features: Barracks Group and Hospital of the U.S. Army School of Military Aeronautics at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Joseph N. Bradford, Architect; The Debt of Landscape Art to a Museum of Trees; Modern Industrial Plants, Part I; Housing for Women War Workers; Henry Hering's Sculpture for the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; Portfolio of Current Architecture; The Work of Olmsted Brothers - Part I; The Character of Renaissance Architecture; The Expressiveness of Light; The Architect's Library - war books of the French Cathedrals - Part IV; Notes and Comments. Average external wear. Library stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Two small binding holes near spine. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
112 pages. With step-by-step instruction on landscape and seascape painting including: The Beginner's Basic Materials; Paints and Brushes; Drawing Boards and Easels; Kit for Painting Outdoors; Techniques for using all the Major Media - Watercolour, Oils, Acrylic, Couache, Pastels, as well as Sketching in Colour and Black and White. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
102 pages. A sumptuously presented selection of the art collection displayed in The Regent in Hong Kong. This is a collection carefully acquired not only for its aesthetic beauty but also for the elements of oriental symbolism that are represented. Includes fine examples of skilfully executed screens, lacquerware and embroidery. There are specimens of Chinese export wallpaper, and several nineteenth-century China Trade oil paintings. These became popular as artistic records of the cultural and trading contacts of their period and are now collector's items. The selection of maps traces the pattern of adventure and romantic trade and travel over the centuries. Finally, a group of contemporary works pleasantly relate the collection to modern artistic trends. All illustrations in vivid colour photography. Attractive maroon cloth boards bear imprint of Chinese characters upon front board and gilt roman lettering upon spine. Illustrated slipcase shows light edgewear and several nicks. Book and slipcase bear the aroma of moth balls. Book
159 pages including index. Filled with practical exercises to awaken your own capacity to experience two distinct forms of astral projection. First comes the section on etheric projection. Then comes a section on astral plane projection where you learn to transport your mind onto the astral plane and remain there for long periods of extraordinary meditation. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
192 pages. Features: Reports on Argentina, Suez, France and Australia; Box Office is Not Enough, by Agnes De Mille; I Shall Vote for Eisenhower, by Robert Cutler; Why the Democrats should win, by Gerald W. Johnson; The Burning of the Waters (story) by James Still; Children of Light (poem) by Robert Huff; A Growth of Moderation, by Sumner H. Slichter; Country Auction (poem) by George F. Dell; Too Much Man (story) by Wolf Mankowitz; The Pendulum of Taste, by John Carter; The Long Night, by Lowell D. Blanton; Person-to-Person, by Leland Hazard; Courtesy on Wheels, by Mary Ellen Chase; The Shakespeare Boom?, by Alfred Harbage; Wolf Mankowitz, by John Metcalf; The Arab World - A Culture in Tradition - essays, stories, and verse by writers in the Arab World - a 72 page feature. Nice colour ad for Dewar's "White Label" and Ancestor scotch whisky inside front cover; Colour ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon inside back cover. Colour photo ad for Grace Line Caribbean Cruises on back cover. Nice colour full-page ad by the European Travel Commission on page 20. Average wear. Binding sound. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
169 pages including index of place names, selected references and notes. Provides a spellbinding tour of the world where the harassed settlers from Earth fight to overcome seemingly impossible odds and to carve out a new life for themselves and the future. Brings out every detail of the world and history of Pern in fascinating graphics and lucent text. Book clean, bright and unmarked with faintest wear. Very light wear to dust jacket which bears one inch tear to bottom of back panel. Lovely copy. Please note that this may be a book club edition, although we can find no writing to this effect. Book
Demonstrates actual child care techniques. Simply follow the program day by day as you and your baby develop. It's like having a team of experts in your home and on call 24 hours a day! Contents: Going Home; Sensory Responses; Mom's Postpartum Body; Exercise; Postpartum Blues; The New Dad; Bonding with Baby; Relationships; Sex after Baby; Newborn Nutrition; Crying; Comfort; Bathing; Sleeping; Diapers; Calling for Help; Preventing Burnout. Light wear. Nice solid copy in attractive case. Book