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119 pages. Features: Studying British Columbia - A Recent Burgeoning; The Indians of the Northwest Coast; Discovering Totem Poles; Cook at Nootka - The Engraved Record; Preserving a Precious Heritage - The Totem Pole; An Interview with Bill Reid; Fort St. James; The Royal Engineers in British Columbia; The Restoration of Historic Barkerville; The Architecture of Samuel Maclure and Francis Mawson Rattenbury; The Restoration of British Columbia's Parliament Buildings; British Columbia Painters; A Chinese Herbalist in British Columbia; Artifacts of British Columbia Technology; Domestic Interiors; Two B.C. Samplers - Susan Irving and Mary Irving; Early Banks, Coins and Stamps of British Columbia; Restoring Victoria; Conserving Vancouver; Heraldic Stained Glass in Vancouver; Mission Churches; Maritime Legacy; The Crystal Glass Company - British Columbia's First Glass Factory; Chinese Decorative Art in British Columbia; and more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
39 pages. Features: My holiday ended in a red jail - Milorad Cop went to see his son in Prague and was accused of spying; Marie St. Laurent at the Florida Message Centre helps Canadians down south; Skiing for Eight - On a Budget: Fun-filled weekends are a way of life for the Moore Family (son Tim went on to great success with AMJ Campbell Van Lines); Arlene Phillips Braves the Heights - goes atop buildings with her high-steel worker father Joey Phillips, one of the hereditary chiefs of the Caughnawaga Indian reservation near Montreal; I live for work and love says Melina Mercouri - the star of Never on Sunday; Seat of Trouble - comic; Great colour photos with story about NHL goalies Gump Worsely and Jacques Plante; The Rockefellers Change with the Times - the fourth generation of the family has a different approach to wealth - inclues 8 interesting black and white photos; The Fleet Nobody Wanted - British Columbia's government-owned ferry service (B.C. Ferries); Nipper by Doug Wright. Many great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
47 pages. Features: Prince Philip - Royal Patron of Science; Do-it-Yourself Broadway Musicals - twice a year a part-time Hamilton group stages a glamorous and glittering show - the Hamilton Theatre, Inc.; Winnipeg girl who belongs to Paris - Elaine Kennedy Gombault; Grasstronaut - an old space suit relieves a circulatory ailment and a man once bedridden can now walk again - John Pastor of Santa Monica; Raymond Massey Triumphs as a Doctor; Strong Arm Men - a wrist-wrestling contest held in Quebec produces two champions - O'Neil Corriveau and Andre Desbiens; A New Way with Glass - Artist Eric Wesselow creates stained glass with depth and dimension; Campaigning for Laughs - a cross-section of candidates tells about politics' lighter side - stories and pictures from eight political figures; Warren Spahn shows us baseball's $80,000 screwball; Britain brightens up - improving the appearance of buildings; Nipper by Doug Wright. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
32 pages. Features: The C.N.R. gambles on passenger service - article with photos; Rita Tushingham - article and colour photos - filming of "The Trap"; Blair Richardson - The Hard-Punching Bible-Belter - article with photos of Canada's middleweight boxing champion; First Came the Vikings; When Our Parliament Buildings Burned - on a winter night fifty years ago a dreadful fire broke out - article with photos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Christmas at Fort Pitt; Hobby for Booklovers - the Canadiana book collection of D'Alton C. Coleman; The House That Mac Built - the log buildings erected by the North West Company in the north and west originated in French Canada - interesting photo-illustrated article on early building styles; Redcoats at Fort Garry - nearly a century ago, 300 foot soldiers, with artillery and engineers, came from England to Red River, brought by the HBC to stand on guard for Canada; The Cowichan Sweater - photo-illustrated article; Mining in the North; Sled Journey - photo study; Peter Rindisbacher - Red River Artist; Chief Factor Dr. John McLoughlin's Letters, 1844-46; Arctic fur show - photos of Eskimo ladies wearing fur fashions; Atmospheric Defence - how HBC 'brass-pounders' heled guard our northern approaches during WWII - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Veteran of Two Wars - the good ship 'Nascopie'; Vintage back cover two-colour (orange and black) ad for the HBC's Imperial Mixture of tinned pipe tobacco. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
28 pages. Features: Photos of the grim terrain in Tunisia - craggy heights and perilous ridges; Photos of lighter moments in Tunisia; Mules solve Mountain Problems in Tunisia; Unconventional Pictures of Three Famous Generals in Tunisia - General Montgomery, General Alexander, and Lieut.-General George Patton seated on a hillside watching his men advancing to attack; The House of Lords Roll of Honour - photos of thirteen legislators lost in action; The Commons Roll of Honour - photos of nine legislators lost in action; Photo of the first launching of land bombers at sea from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier "Hornet"; Photos related to Doolittle's famous raid on Tokyo; R.A.F. Bombers lay waste to 100 acres of factory buildings in Stettin - five aerial photos; The Great Struggle in Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; The British Assault on Longstop Hill and Bou Arada Bastions - six photos; Centerfold illustration of a British 3 inch mortar in action in Tunisia giving close support to infantry; Photos of George Edward Kruger-Gray, Commander J.W. Linton, Rear-Admiral Philip John Mack and Viktor Lutze; Nice large illustration of Britain's All-Wooden Mosquito Bomber - includes partial cutaway view; Photos of construction of oil pipeline from Texas to New York via Norris City, Illinois; Photo of Roosevelt with Mexican President Camacho; Photos of General Sikorski, Acting Wing Commander Hugh Malcolm and Sir Basil Brooke; Four *Amazing* large aerial photos show the fate of Italy's last two heavy cruisers, "Trieste" and Gorizia"; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
27.4" x 18.5" Vintage Canadian Airlines International advertising poster for their service to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Great colour illustration by artist Jorge Veloso features black man with cigarette and coffee playing acoustic guitar in coffee shop with high-rise office buildings and business people in background. Illustration measures 17.6" x 17.8". Average wear. Slight bit of loss to lower left corner. Pin holes at each corner and halfway down each side. Background colour may have originally been brown but appears to have mostly faded to pale green. A lovely memento of Canadian Airlines and its Sao Paulo service. Will be shipped in a sturdy mailing tube. Similar posters for other Canadian Airlines destinations available. Poster
Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Includes many street names. Principal buildings, steam roads and horse roads indicated. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An attractive vintage copy. Book
244 pages. "To celebrate the centennial of its founding in 1907, the Historical Society presents this new index to cover all issues from 1953 to the end of 2006... Contains all articles listed by the author's last name and by title. Also includes names of all people mentioned in articles and photo captions, listed by their last name. Contains most place-names, including cities, towns, villages, forts, lakes, rivers, and some mountains, passes, hills, trails, buildings and other structures. Names of businesses and organizations have been indexed where relevant" - from Foreword. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. A high-quality copy. Book
A magazine for collectors and others interested in times past and in articles of daily use and adornment devised by the forefathers. Features: The Daguerreotype; Boston's Carvers and Joiners - Part II - Post-Revolutionary; Earliest Signed Picture by T. [Thomas] Chambers; French Landmarks [Buildings] - Along the Mississippi; Flower Prints and Flower Printmakers of the Eighteenth Century; Kenmore - In Fredericksburg, VA; and more. Many pages of nostalgic ads from a broad assortment of prominent dealers. Profusely illustrated with excellent black and white photos. pp. 241-312. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with above-average wear. Covers loosening. A worthy reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original cromolithograph color map. Repaired. A good copy. Oblong atlas folio. (50 x 60 cm). In Ottoman script. [MAP of the BOSPHORUS] Bogaziçi; Kavaklar: Rumeli Kavagi, Belgrad, Hisarlar. Shows Asian and European shores, topography with detailed place names in its Bosphorus part of Anadolu and Rumeli Kavagi of Istanbul. At east, Belgrad; at northeast, Black Sea. No information on mapmaker. Hegira:: 1327 = Gregorian: 1911. Scale: 1/25.000. Rare.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original chromolithograph folded map mounted on cloth. A good copy. Oblong atlas folio. (47 x 60 cm). In Ottoman script. Scale: 1/200.000. Shows Vathy, Arkioi, Leipsoi, Nekaria, Patmos, Kos, and Fournoi Islands in Greek archipelago with Smyrna shores at east. A decorative and rare map.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map. Folded. Atlas folio. (82 x 57 cm). In Ottoman script. Scale: 1/400000. A clean copy. Including Azerbaijan, Dagestan, Mahaçkala, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Darband, et alli. A fine map of Caucasus and shores of Caspian Sea. Extremely rare.
Top of book is bumped otherwise minor shelfwear to extremities. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears along top edge. Dustjacket has shelfwear and rubbing. ; Winchester Studies, 4.III: the Anglo-Saxon Minsters of Winchester; 1.26 x 11.02 x 8.82 Inches; 300 pages; Property and Piety comprises an edition and translation, with extensive commentary, of thirty-three Anglo-Saxon and Norman documents relating to the topography and minsters of early medieval Winchester. These texts record the physical effects on the city of the foundation and expansion of the three neighbouring minsters, and also of the removal of the New Minster to Hyde in about 1110. They record political, religious, and cultural aspects of the tenth-century reform of Benedictine monasticism, of which Winchester was a leading centre. The splendid New Minster refoundation charter, composed by Bishop AEthelwold and granted by King Edgar in 966, is here translated for the first time. A full examination is also made of the old minster confirmation charter, probably fabricated in the reign of AEthelred. The volume also includes all Anglo-Saxon grants of land within Winchester and a reappraisal of the evidence for the beneficial hidation of the surrounding estate of Chilcomb. This volume is part of a three-book study in the Winchester Studies series of the Anglo-Saxon Minsters of Winchester, including 4.i, The Anglo-Saxon Minsters by Martin Biddle and Birthe Kjolbye-Biddle, and 4.ii, The Cult of St Swithun by Michael Lapidge.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, endpapers very lightly spotted; attractively bound in contemporary green half morocco, straight-grain cloth boards ruled in gilt, back gilt extra with five raised bands, second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges, covers very lightly age-scuffed else a most attractive copy. Scarce, especially in this condition. Anderson, p.183.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map. Folded. Chipped and slightly tears on extremities. Slightly stained and yellowing on paper. Oblong atlas folio. (50 x 60 cm). In Ottoman script. [MAP of the BOSPHORUS / CONSTANTINOPLE] Kavaklar: Rumeli Kavagi, Hisarlar. Shows the Bosphorus, and its Kavaklar and Hisarlar shores. Mapmaker is not described. Scale: 1/25.000. Mubde-i tul: Hagia Sophia. This is one the serie of the Bonn projection maps which are the first map series in modern techniques in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. This is one the serie of the Bonn projection maps which are the first map series in modern techniques in Turkey and the Ottoman Empire. In order to produce these maps covering Turkish territory, Reconnaissance Branch was incorporated into The Mapping Commission. The maps were produced in the datum based on the latitude and longitude of Ayasofya Mosque in equal area Bonn Projection. The field works for the 123 sheets covering the country were conducted by 76 staff. The production was completed in 18 years starting from east west. Field works continued without stopping except in years 1914 and 1920. This map series called also reconnaissance maps contributed a lot to producing 1:25.000 scale maps. Hegira: 1328 = Gregorian: 1911. A good copy. Very scarce.
This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original dark red cloth with a gilt emblem on the front cover and title to the spine. Spine sunned. Completely clean inside and out. Introduction by Ralph Adams Cram. 98 black & white photographs. 11" high X 8" wide, iv, + 98 plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
200 pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. "Profusely illustrated with both original and archival maps, drawings and photographs this important study reflects the highest standards of scholarship and research throughout its pages" - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
"For the first time, Nanaimo's historic treasures are documented in a single, comprehensive survey." - page 7. 90 pages. Index by street address. Glossary of architectural terms. Biographical sketches of architects. Black and white reproductions of photos accompany text describing noteworthy structures from downtown/old city, Harewood, Newcastle, Northend, Southend, and Chase River. Some structures documented here have already been torn down. Valuable documentation of Nanaimo's architectural heritage. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Very Good German Original color map. Folded. A stamp of S. H. Weiss, Constantinople. Elephant folio. (82 x 65 cm). In German. Scale: 1/864.000. [MAP] Karte von Bulgarien mit Ostrumelien und Tu?rk. Thrakien.; Mit kartographischen und statistischen Beilagen zum Versta?ndnis der orientalischen Krise. Showing Bulgaria, Balkans, and Eastern Roumeli, and Turkish / Ottoman Thrace. A rare map. OCLC: 43528174.
Minor shelfwear. Minor bumping to 1 corner. Faint foxing. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 1.18 x 10.79 x 8.5 Inches; 360 pages; Roman architecture is extraordinarily rich, both in terms of the techniques and materials used and in the variety of buildings constructed, many of which are still visible today. Roman Buildings places emphasis on the technical aspects of that architecture, following the process of building through each stage, from quarry to standing wall, from tree to roof timbers. The author examines the different techniques involved in building in brick and in stone and wood, and how these materials were obtained or manufactured. He also discusses interior decoration and looks at the practical aspects of water supply, heating and roads. Each type of building required special tools and these are described, using both surviving examples and modern parallels. The Romans constructed many spectacular feats of engineering, producing magnificent monuments such as the Pantheon and Pont du Gard. This book looks at these large-scale public buildings but also at more modest homes and shops. The result is a thorough and systematic examination of Roman building, with over 750 illustrations, including the author's own drawings. Roman Buildings contains a foreword by Professor Michael Fulford.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small tears to very well rubbed edges. 502pp. A vast number of black & white photographs plus some drawings covering the fifty years of Soviet architecture since 1917, some one to a page, usually more. Covers four periods - 1917 to 1932, 1933 to 1941, 1941 to 1954 and 1955 to 1967. Main descriptive text in Russian over 58 pages.. Introduction also in English and French. All pictures with Russian, French and English captions. Publisher uncertain. Extremely scarce. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map on cloth. Oblong eephant folio. (64 x 573 cm). Toponyms in Ottoman script. [MAP of BALKANS] Filibe [Plovdiv]. A very detailed map. Shows Plovdiv and mountains, rivers around it. Extremely rare.
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece, 91 plates on 64 and numerous illustrations in the text,neat signature on front free endpaper; original printed wrappers, a remarkably bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WORK IN PEVSNER'S MONUMENTAL SERIES. Published as Penguin BE1, this unassuming volume marked the beginning of the most popular architectural survey of the twentieth century. VERY SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE DUSTWRAPPER (not issued until 1954). Buildings of England 1; Cherry PC1, PJ1.
Very Good Turkish Original typewritten letter written in response to questions about some interior decorations and curtains during the construction of a Republican Turkish school, signed 'Professor Egli'. 30x23 cm. In Turkish (Modern). 1 p. Chipped and damaged right side. Otherwise a good paper. Written to 'Zeki Bey' on December 21, 1933. An architectural environment of the Early Republic Period (1923-1950) has an effective language explicitly revealing political and cultural aspects of the Republic. Under such conditions, architects coming from German-speaking countries contributed quite significantly to the establishment of the International Architectural Style of Turkey in the '30s. Throughout the 1930s when the Building of School Political Sciences constituting the subject of the study was constructed, the International Architectural Style conveyed to Turkey by means of architects coming from Germany-speaking countries had a growing impact in the country. Ernst Egli, one of those architects, was one of the pioneers of this "modern" style with his numerous designs, and his educator and manager identity. Egli, son of Johann Jakob Egli, (1840-1918) carried out significant works in the field of educational buildings which he dealt with cautiously and fastidiously and explicitly regarded as a symbol of prestige. Primarily educational buildings together with National Education Ministry Construction Office management, Istanbul Fine Arts Academy Architecture Branch management, and teaching, design, and application of important public buildings in Ankara are among the said studies. (An important building for the representation of modernization project: Swiss architect Ernst Arnold Egli and Ankara Political Sciences School, Leyla Alpagut.).