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1993500206040Dessain et Tolra 1993 1x18x13cm. 1993. Broché.
128 pages. Features: A Tale of Two Carvers - The Rain Wall Screen of the Whale House, Klukwan, Alaska; Native Views - Influences of Modern Culture Aboard Artrain USA; "The Greatest Individual Hunter of Material in the North" - Collecting in Alaska, Canada and Chukotka with Captain Joseph-Fidele Bernard; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
112 pages. Features: From the Kunstkammer to the Museum fur Volkerkunde - The Eventful History of the early North American Indian Collection in Berlin; Honoring the Past - Embracing the Future - Native American Art at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University; The Life and Work of Clitso Dedman, Navajo Woodcarver (1879?-1953); The Vamp and false Vamp Moccasin Decorations in the West - One Example of Eastern Material Culture influencing Western Native Peoples; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Greatest growth of company was during past year; Sound - a non-technical talk on a technical subject; Accidents which a careless workman may cause; Graph of the number of phones in service from 1903 through 1920; Table listing the exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Statement of development - a table listing the number of phones in service per exchange across the province; Photo montage of three of the Agents of lower mainland offices; Proposed central office extensions indicate a busy year; Snow and wind storms seriously damage toll leads on Vancouver Island; Repairing submarine cable near Friday Harbor was trying experience; Preparing to lay a third cable between the mainland and Vancouver Island; Magnets - non-technical talk on a technical subject; Statistical Review of the province's industries; Nice photo montage of 5 lady Vancouver Island company representatives; Planned additions; Start of Export Trade in Bulk Wheat - nice photos; Naming a telephone office; Fourty Years of the Telephone; Photo montage of 4 lady company representatives on southern Vancouver Island; The Gathering of Material for Use of Telephone Men - 5-page illustrated article; Application for increased rates before Railway Board; Shipping railway ties to Egypt; Plant activities; Excellent 10-page article describes the laying of the second submarine cable to Vancouver Island (Point Grey to Nanaimo) - many great photos; Photo montage of four lovely ladies who serve as supervising officials in the traffic department; Railway board accedes to request for rate increase; Repair job on North Vancouver Submarine Cable - photos and map; First Convention of Canadian telephone companies very successful - 10 page article with photos; Convention Delegates tour Capilano Timber Company operations - photo montage; Photo montage of chief operators of mainland two-number offices; new Kerrisdale exchange opens; New P.B.X at Spencers (Department Store); Current phone directory is an improvement; 2 pages of samples of past phone directories; Construction of switchboard cords; laying conduit along Georgia St., Vancouver (2 photos); Emergency reveals bravery of B.C. telephone operators; photos of Port Coquitlam flood; amazing photo of washed out bridge over Capilano River; Pioneer line construction - telegraph line between Toronto and Buffalo, NY in 1846; Good Qualities of Loud Speakers; photo of timber cutting to clear a right-of-way to give service to the Broadview district; photo of underground conduit being laid in downtown Nanaimo, with horses and wagon in picture; What constitutes Central's activities at the Capital City Exchange - 4 pages with photos; Rubber covered wires and cables - 3 page article with photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Backstrip loose along front edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Aside from backstrip, a sound copy. Book
240 pages. Features: Graydon Hall Designer Showcase; Jeanette Hlinka's chic urban sensibility; Four delicious kitchens; Bruce Wilson's tiny Vancouver condo; City dwellers and urban traditional style; Spectrum of yellow colours; Praising Cane - sevin DIY projects for this classic natural material; The modern pantry; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Autumn in the flower garden; indoor plants for autumn; ground floor and basement; the show scene; Honeysuckle; Autumn Flowers; Introducing Unusual Plants; Autumn Hostess - The Countess of Rosse; Flowers of Colonial Williamsburg; Drying plant material with colour; men who arrange flowers; flowers at Syon House; Devon Cottage Craft; Tulips for arrangement; interesting bulbs; Under the spell of Bonsai; Flowers in Araby; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Julia Clements Writes for you; Winter in the Flower Garden; Planted Bowls; The Spirit of Ikebana; Christmas Decorations; Flowers at Cliveden; Flower Arranging in South Africa; Nina de Yarburgh-Bateson - an interview; Painting with Flowers; Winter Leaves; Seven Grasses for the New Year; St. Paul's Crib; Annuals for flower arrangers; The Economy of Dramatic Effect; False Flowers; Miniature Roses; A Diplomat takes to flowers; Winter Hostess; St. Andrew's Eve; Are you a flower club member?; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Have you thought about patio?; the elegance of wrought iron; pests of ornamental plants; Golden wedding; the lady of the rose; flowers through the ages; my garden - the Duchess of Norfolk; The Arundel Floral Carpet; A flower arranger visits Singapore; Cutting material from a very small garden; It's in the pot; summer in the garden; colour it blue; shell scripture; the preservation of roses; the rose as a traditional Chinese brush; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Florapuzzle; Eggs-quisite eggs; Happy Easter; Bird Making; In Your Garden; Craft Potter; Leaving No Stone Unturned; Collecting Books on Flower Arranging; Embroidery with Plant Material; How to make bulb flowers last longer; flowering shrubs; first steps to Ikebana; Flowers through the ages; Phormiums; the abc of flowers; far-away flower holidays; R.H.S. shows in London; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Intarsia - pictures and cabochons; Grooved stones make earrings; Gems of the Ricardo Gem Fields; Carving - Expoxy - and a Circus; A screen of slabs in Polyester; Carnelian and Jasper at Johnson Creek in the Cascades of Washington State; A combination swing arbor saw and lathe; A catalog of gem material values; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. Book
Features: Cover artist - Shigeki Kuroda; Notes on flowering material; Saga Goryu; Ohara School; Ichiyo School; Koryu Shohtohkai; The Genius of Japanese Design; Ikenobo School; Sogetsu School; Ryusei-Ha; Chiko School; Soami School; On Tour in a Japanese Play. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Cover Artist - Fred Harris; Ohara School; Soami School; Ichiyo School; Sogetsu School; Western Art and its Japanese Influence; Involvement with Nature; Ryusei-Ha; Ikenobo School; Chiko School; Koryu Shohtohkai; Saga Goryu; Hiroshi Teshigahara - Headmaster, Sogetsu School; Notes on Flowering Material. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Floral Focus - Hydrangea - a rainy season delight; Guardians of Serenity; The Stone Lanterns of Kyoto; Blending East and West in Your Home - obi, hibachi, wook, paper; Notes on Ikebana Material; Ikebana Portfolio; Hana Kagami - commonly used containers for arrangements. Unmarked with light wear. Beautifully illustrated cover. A nice copy. Book
Features: Floral Focus - Winterberry - a splash of cold weather colour; The Beloved Plant - Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection; Shokei Moji - Voices of Ancient China; Traditions in Chinese Floral Art; Ikebana Portfolio; Hana Kagami - treatment of Ikebana material. Unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
Features: Interpreting Environmental History Through Material Culture; Omar Ramsden and the CNE; "Providential Openings" - the Women Weavers of nineteenth-century Queens County, New Brunswick. Research Reports: George Cove's Solar Energy Device; Researching Alberta's Gas Technology - a case study - The Turner Valley Gas Plant; La pierre de taille des Charentes et les colonies francaises; Exhibit Review - the Bank of Montreal Museum; Conference Review - Material Culture Worlds - a report on 3 conferences; plus 7 book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
Features: Razors, Shaving and Gender Construction - an inquiry into the Material Culture of Shaving; Painting Without Permission - an ethnographic study of hip-hop Graffiti Culture; Centres of "Home-Like Influence" - Residences for Women at the University of Toronto; The Technology and Practice of Electrotherapeutics in Canada, 1840s to 1940s; The Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto; Four book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Architecture of Old Quebec, or The HIstory of a Palimpsest; Material History as Cultural Tradition - A La Ronde, Exmouth, Devon, England; Construction d'un paysage identitaire - Grand-Pre et la collectivite acadienne; Construire une histoire basque au Quebec; "Our Nation's Attic?" - Making American National Identity at the Smithsonian Institution; "Hitler's Car" and the Canadian War Museum - problems of documentation and interpretation; The changing significance of the Warren B. Sheppard Site, Battle Creek, Michigan; David Lowenthal on Public History - an interview; 5 book reviews. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
225 pages. Unmarked. Average wear. Includes useful reference and other material. Solid copy. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-4, and 17-20 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: spectacular destruction of three of the Bedaux Canadian Expedition's caterpillar cars; photo of rock formation in the Whiteshell Forest Reserve where Indians practice pagan rituals - Canada's Stonehenge?; Evidence shows Germany storing up war material; Request for survey of sanitary conditions in Saanich district; Ad for Oak Bay home - $2,625!; Editorial page; Cartoon page (missing two-inch strip along edge with partial loss to 3 cartoon strips; two pages of classified ads; large fashion ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
Articles: The Concept of the Louisbourg Underwater Museum; The Nova Scotia Small Craft Survey; Maritime Museums and Material Culture Studies; Computer Database Applications in Maritime History; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
2019500108868HATIER 2019 96 pages 18 8x25 2x0 8cm. 2019. Broché. 96 pages.
2006500080947Hatier 2006 48 pages 11 8x0 4x17 8cm. 2006. Broché. 48 pages.
2006500224142Hatier 2006 48 pages 11 8x0 4x17 8cm. 2006. Broché. 48 pages.
19268Le Cheylard, Dolmazon, 2008, 1 broché, couverture illustrée. in-4 de de 219-(5) pages, nombreuses photos ;
1975854995New York [u.a.]: Garland. 1975. XI.; 173. 23cm. Zustand: Gut bis Sehr Gut gering gebräunt (Innen); Besitzerstempel; Einband Außen hat geringe Gebrauchsspuren; Sauberes Archivex. mit Klebestreifenrest (Außen); Schutzumschlag fehlt, oder es gibt keinen; Gewebe (Grüner Leinen)
