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Very Good Turkish In contemporary red cloth bdg. Ex-library stamps on imprint. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [vii], 159 p., 18 and 192 numerous b/w plates., and plans. Bursa'da Ulucami. In this work, Baykal introduced this magnificent temple with all his detail and cultural richness. Introducing the inscriptions and calligraphic plates of this mosque, which is a "Museum of Calligraphy", adds a distinct value to the work. Preface of this work dated March, 17, 1948. A comprehensive only study on 'Ulucamii' (The Great Mosque) in Bursa city. First Edition. Sixteen copies in OCLC: 23699098.
199 pages. Footnotes. Blbliography. Oblong 11" x 8.5". Profusely illustrated with reproductions of marvelous archival black and white photos and trade literature. "Most prairie settlers had to purchase materials for their homes and farm buildings. This work describes the massive lumber industry that grew to supply this vast market and the influence the industry exerted over farm building design during the formative years of 1880 through 1920." - from back cover. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Light external wear. A quality copy of this fascinating work. Book
Oversize, 258p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: Discovery - Gold Town in the Atlin District of B.C.; The Collector's Page; Edward Dossetter's Queen Charlottes - he was a photographer who travelled the northwest coast in the late 1870s; The 1913 Liberty Nickel; Billy Ballou - The Forgotten Expressman; Canadiana - spitoons/cuspidors; The Cliff Dweller; Letters from the North-West - Part II - A.R. Dyre was a young North West Mounted Police Constable from 1882 to 1885; Our Vanishing Heritage - false front buildings; Gagnon and His Flying Machine - was he the first to make a vertical free (helicopter) flight in 1907?. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. 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
87 pages. Features: Historic houses; The Dialect called Bungi; Early Manitoba Furniture; Seven Oaks House; Legislative Buildings; The Magnificent Adventure - The first printing press and publications west of Toronto in 1940 - James Evans; Log Construction at Red River; The Crockery Trade; Lower Fort Garry; St. Andrews on the Red; Story of Transportation; Ukrainians in the Manitoba Mosaic; Upper Fort Garry; Sir Thomas Button; St. Boniface Museum; Manitoba Glass Works; Local Museums preserve history; Manitoba Art; Portageto Winnipeg; Indian Trade Silver; Museum of Man and Nature; The Metis and the Buffalo. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Nova Scotia, 1828; Notable Nova Scotians; You paint me a ship; Goldsmiths and silversmiths; Potters; Halifax Restorations; Furniture of Nova Scotia; Louisbourg - the emerging touchstone; Choice 18th century accents; Halifax - city in midpassage; Nova Scotia Museum; Places to remember; Textile Arts; Folk art in Cape Breton; A Pencil Sketch; Early Buildings; Heritage in Printing; Glass; Artists and their pictures. Average wear. Faint phone number in pencil on front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: New Brunswick Heritage; Biographical Studies in New Brunswick; New Brunswick Indian Crafts; Acadian Village - Preservation of a Heritage (bilingual); Early Silversmiths; Two New Brunswick Furniture Craftsmen - Thomas Nisbet and Alexander Lawrence; New Brunswick Before History; Architecture in New Brunswick - an Historical Survey; Of Ships and Shipbuilders; Heritage Under the Sea; Some Historic Buildings; The Acadian Museum of the University of Moncton (bilingual); Kings Landing; Stone Church - St. John's; George Neilson Smith - The Artist in New Brunswick; The Best of Pine and Maple; The Town of St. Andrews; A New Brunswick Contribution to Canadian Potting - Courtenay Bay Pottery; Capturing Canada's Past - The J.C. Webster Collection; The Creek and the Corner - a History of Woodstock, N.B.; New Brunswich Artists - a rapid glance at 18th, 19th and 20th century painting; Museums and Historic Sites. Date hand-written on front cover. Details blacked out on address label atop back cover. Average wear. Moisture exposure has resulted in gentle undulations to most pages, otherwise a sound copy of this very informative issue. Magazine
pp. [9], 94-144. Features: Painters in Water Colour - A Silver Jubilee Exhibition; Academies by any other Name - Some Provoking Observations; Creative Craftsmanship in Jewellery; Georgian Bay Legacy; Aleksandre Bercovitch, 1893-1951; Jack Shadbolt Explores a World of Roots and Seeds; reflections on Canadian Ballet, 1950; architectural Competitions - Can They Help Us to Obtain Better Public Buildings?; The Water Colours of Fred Amess; and more. Writing on several pages. Pastedown illustration missing from front cover. Average wear. A sound reference copy of this informative issue. Book
Features: The Buildings of Moose Factory - Preserving historic Hudson's Bay Co. Buildings at James Bay; Signposts for Collectors Part IV - Collecting Canadian Furniture; An Apprenticeship Piece - a pillar and block table made in Halifax in 1848; Hooked and Poked - the hand-crafted mats of Newfoundland and Labrador; The John R. Park Homestead - a monument to a Massachusetts Yankee in Upper Canada; The Glorious Red Ensign; Royal Visit to Montreal, 1860 - Memorabilia of the Prince of Wales' visit to Canada East; Four Centuries of Embroidery - needlework by Stuart gentlewoman highlights a collection. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
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
86 pages. Features/Articles: Canada's international problems; Our new national currency museum in Ottawa; Log drive - a great Canadian tradition - great photos; Hunting dinosaurs in Alberta's great bonebed; The Acadians who had a problem in France; Salmon revival in Lake Ontario; Atlantic Salmon once teemed in Lake Ontario; How to Raise Sawllowtail Butterflies; Protein-rich wild rice - our only native cereal; Architectural Heirloom - The East Block of Ottawa's Parliament Buildings; Beautiful Barkley Sound - paradise for divers. Above-average wear. Covers almost loose. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
36 Pages plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Mining in Nova Scotia; The British on San Juan Island; Pictures of the Provinces - XIX; Industry Comes Back to New Brunswick; England's Old Timbered Buildings; RCAF recruiting ad; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
170 pages. Archival black and white photos. Includes: The British Indian Department and the Frontier in North America, 1755-1830; The B.C. Mills Prefabricated System - The Emergence of Ready-made Buildings in Western Canada. Prior owner's small inkstamped name inside front cover else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 20pp. Attractive little booklet with colour and black & white ptotographs of Canterbury with history and description. Undated ca 1975.
95 pages. Recommended reading list. "A comprehensive illustrated guide to a national treasure, the freize in the centre of the foyer of Canada's Parliament buildings." - from dust jacket. Includes the origins of the project and a sketch of the artist, Eleanor Milne's, life. "An illuminating souvenir of one of Ottawa's most original works of art." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Original sales receipt taped inside back free endpaper. Light wear to dust jacket. A nice copy. Book
8 pages, cover illustration, plan. eng
Ex reference library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. Slight finger marking to a few pages, small piece missing from upper corner of half-title page and rubbing to spine ends. No creasing to covers or to spine. All edges gilt. Covers and spine embossed with gilt and green. Rubbing/scratching to rear board. 405-556pp.
8vo, 184 pages with 36 illustrations in colour and over 250 in black and white. eng
pp. [70]. Illustrated with photographs. Numerous local advertisements. Slight age staining. Sm. 4to. Original yellow printed wraps, very slightly worn. Front cover decorated with a Revolutionary soldier in blue and green with early penciled ownership. Illustrated advertisement of the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Company on rear cover. Excellent local historical ephemera. Nice copy. Quite scarce. PA PAMPH 19_18 BX1
34 pages, illustrated, plan. eng
40 pages, illustrated. eng
40 pages, illustrated. eng
4 pages. eng
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. Thirty-six plates with descriptions on facing pages plus text on 31pp. A study of drawings made by Mackintosh on his travels around Britain and Europe from 1891 to 1914. These drawings are from the Hunterian collection.