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119 pages. Black and white illustrations. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Mm 190x260 3 volumi nella loro copertina in tela editoriale con titoli e fregi sul piatto e al dorso in buone condizioni. Vol. I " Razze Popoli Culture Europa" di XII - 826 pagine con 18 tavole a colori fuori testo, 45 carte geografiche in nero e a colori e 741 figure nel testo. Vol. II " Africa Asia " di VIII - 735 pagine con illustrazioni a colori e tavole in bianco e nero fuori testo, cartine in nero nel testo. Vol. III. " Oceania America" di VIII - 613 pagine con tavole in bianco e nero e illustrazioni a colori fuori testo, cartine in nero nel testo. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Mm 190x260 Terza edizione riveduta e aggiornata. 4 volumi nella loro copertina editoriale in tela, titoli e fregi al piatto e al dorso, sovraccoperta originale per ciascun volume con leggere tracce del tempo.. Vol. I, " Razze Popoli e Culture " di xii-723 pagine con 16 tavole a colori ed 1 in b/n fuori testo e 495 ill. nel testo comprese 38 carte geografiche in b/n e colore. Vol. II, " Europa Asia " di viii-656 pagine con 6 Tavole a colori fuori testo e 565 ill. nel testo comprese 39 carte geografiche in b/n e colore. Vol. III " Africa " di 722 pagine. con 10 tavole a colore fuori testo e 563 ill. nel testo comprese 21 carte geografiche in b/n e a colori. Vol. IV, " Oceania America Indice Generale " di 815 pagine con 12 tavole a colori fuori testo e 542 ill. nel testo comprese 33 cartine in b/n e colore. Tutta l'opera è in buone-ottime condizioni, poco o nulla consultata. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 190x260 Quarta edizione riveduta e aggiornata. 4 volumi nella loro copertina editoriale in tutta tela, titoli in oro al dorso, acetato protettivo per ciascun volume. Vol. I, " Razze, Popoli e Culture " di xii-780 pagine con 16 tavole a colori ed 1 in b/n fuori testo e 495 ill. nel testo comprese 38 carte geografiche in b/n e colore. Vol. II, " Europa Asia " di vi-794 pagine con 14 Tavole a colori fuori testo e 619 ill. nel testo comprese 42 carte geografiche in b/n e colore. Vol. III " Africa " di vi-776 pagine. con 9 tavole a colore fuori testo e 608 ill. nel testo comprese 21 carte geografiche in b/n e a colori. Vol. IV, " Oceania - America " di vi-895 pagine con 12 tavole a colori fuori testo e 542 ill. nel testo comprese 42 cartine in b/n e colore. Tutta l'opera è in buone-ottime condizioni, poco o nulla consultata. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1999Q-1840464240Icon Books 1999-03-03. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Icon Books hardcover
19217194Paris, Desclée, De Brouwer &Cie, Auguste Picard, 1921. In-4 de VII-438p., demi-basane fauve, dos lisse, étiquette de titre marron (dos légèrement passé). Nom de propriétaire à l'encre sur la page de titre. Bel exemplaire.
40 pages. Features: BNP Airways Limited - The Gentleman's Airline; Pioneer Profile - Harry McKeown; Hurry-Up and Wait - Minstrel Air and Edward Emery Carder; The Totem Flying Boat; Regatta 1914 in Kelowna; Northern Airborne Technology; Kelowna Flightcraft; AOG Air Support; Telco One to Kelowna/Return; The Fairchild F11 Husky. Light wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: Eel fishing in the Richelieu at the twin towns of St. Jean and Iberville; Writing on Stone - Milk River, Southern Alberta; East Coast Totem Pole - John L. Bradford of Hunt's Point, Nova Scotia; Lillooet's Ice Cave - a freak of nature discovered near Lillooet, B.C. by Martin Chernault; Protecting Our Heritage - the work of Ducks Unlimited; The "Tent" that's Permanent - the Shakespearean Festival Theatre at Stratford, Ontario. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-4, 9-12, and 17-20 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Examination of the Cariboo Gold Quartz property at Cow Mountain; Tourist travel to B.C. shows largest increase in years; J.R. Matson wins Totem Pole Golf Trophy at Jasper; Province tightens collections under taxation of income; Unusual photo of the Great Taseko Valley; Protests to Japan over torture case; B.C. payrolls last year approximately $100 million; Editorial page; list of public and high school textbooks; social page; large school supplies ad by David Spencer Limited; Entertainment page; Travel page; Business page; pages of classified ads; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
66 pages. Features: The Nation's Crossroads - stand at Chicago's 21st St. Tower and you'll see trains from Canada, the Gulf, and both coasts - great article and photos; Asa Packer's Railroad - Coal means so much to the Lehigh Valley Railroad that even its crack passenger train is known as the Black Diamond - long article with full-page map and many photos; The Hiawatha Story - How the first engine to carry the Indian totem came to be, as recalled by a C.H. Bilty, a Milwaukee Road man who helped create it; Photo Section; The Atlantic & Danville (A&D) - photos, map and article; Early Days in Oregon - at the turn of the century the Union Pacific had its eye on a group of little roads which held the key to the Puget Sound gateway - map, photos and article; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Cover holding by one staple, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 41-82 Illustrated in colour and black and white. Features: European Masters from Canadian Collections; East is West - thoughts on the meaning and unity of contemporary art; Abstracts at Home; Concours Artistique de la province de Quebec; A Heritage in Decay - the totem art of the Haidas; The Flight from Meaning in Painting; Community Arts for Vancouver; Recent Acquisitions; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
55 pages. Bibliography. Illustrations on both sides of back cover. A supplement to thirteen telecourse lectures on topics including: Who are the Northwest Indians?; Living in an Indian Village; Not by Fish Alone; The Greateste Woodcarvers of America; The Women Spin and Weave; Living Together; The One-Sided Family; Warring with Wealth; Seeing the Supernatural; Spirits - True and False; Totem Poles and Their Legends; and more. Author was a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. Book
16 pages. Features: Funding for the Kinsmen Club's new health unit; Doukhobor women denounce Stefan Sorokin and the Fraternal Council in preference to John Lebedoff; E.C. (Terry) Whitelock - His paintings of Napoleonic era uniforms win world respect - nice photo with article; Renovating the Nelson Canadian Legion; Palm Dairy gets rid of milk bottles in favour of Pure-Pak cartons; Kootenay Cadets - with photos of Mike Molloy, Harry James, Vic Young, and others; Continuing sabotage by Doukhobor radicals; Should Nelson sell the North Shore Power Line?; Dozens of wonderful local vintage ads, our favourite being the Gala Opening of Totem Burger. Average wear. Yellowed with age. Moisture markings. Bit of writing on front cover. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Newspaper
257 pages. Black and white photographic plates, including tissue-protected frontis. Gilt lettering legible upon red spine and front board. Title page loose but present. Prior owner's name atop front endpaper. Back hinge repaired with tape. Two inch chip missing from back free endpaper. Front hinge going. Binding opening at dedication page. Above-average but not excessive wear. Nice reading copy. Book
26 pages. Features: The Town that Hit the Jackpot - Nickie Rubuliak and the residents of Smoky Lake, Alberta who defeated Imperial Tobacco's Casino Contest; The Mob - Part 5 - A foothold in Ontario; Dignity in Decay - Totem Poles along the British Columbia coast; Four-page feature on mothers having *two* sons playing hockey in the NHL; Glenn Martin of the Pine River Cheese and Butter Company near Goderich, Ontario; Funny Doug Wright's Family comic strip. Average wear. Unmarked. Short closed tear to back coveer. A quality copy. Book
Stories: Kultis Jim's Totem Pole (A droll story from Alaska, showing how a 'simple' Indian got the better of a bunch of astute business men and incidentally landed them in a most embarassing situation); My Adventures on Lundy; Trial by Ordeal; The Far East's Wild West; Murder Valley; Tough!; Illicit Ivory; The Shadow; Flood on the Alto Paraguay; The Soda-Siphon Bulb; The Timber Thieves; The Hunting of Wild Toby; Nigerian Ju-Ju; Queensland's First Hunt-Club. Average wear. Book
Features: The Terrible Swede - a writer returns from a year in the South Seas; Search in Saigon - a mystery by Lawrence Morgan; Queen of the Windjammers - The Lawhill; Terror Strikes Karunga; Trapped in the Ice - Eskimo Transportation; Sentence of Death - the adventures of French Foreign Legionnaire John Seymore Townsend; Birdin' on the Furneaux; 10' a week for paradise Skokholm - I Know an Island, Part II; Beloved Elephant; War Breaks out on Friday - the Moro Naba of French Sudan; World's Tallest Totem Pole - Victoria, British Columbia; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Kwakiutl Totem Pole Carver Mungo Martin; The Cheerful Eskimo - photo-portraits by Richard Harrington; Ballet of the Brushlands - courtship dance of the sharptail grouse; Bankers from Portugal - Photo-illustrated article on Portuguese activity on the banks off Newfoundland; Changing the Arctic Maps - II - Dr. J. Lewis Robinson discusses the mainland the the islands south of of 75 degrees North Latitude; Mackenzie River Sketch Book; Border Chieftain - Dr. John McLoughlin, of Oregon fame, spent almost 20 years fur trading along the present Minnesota-Ontario border; The Wolf and the Caribou; Land of the Ojibway; Nice photo inside back cover shows Fort Garry Coffee being cooked on a rock; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
17001148031700 Rouen, chez Jean B. Besongne, ruë Ecuïere, au Soleil Roïal, avec Privilège du Roy - M.DCC. (1700) - In-12 (17 x 9,8 x 4,4 cm), plein veau marbré de l'époque; dos à 5 nerfs avec caissons dorés richement décorés et pièce de titre - 614 pp. - Sans illustrations
48 pages. Features: Brief piece on North Vancouver sprinter Harry Jerome; Non-Profits should pay taxes; Bruce Bairnsfather and his friend, Old Bill; Studebaker Lark car ad; The Scandal of our lost art treasures - while our museums were buying Chinese and Greek antiquities foreign collectors practically swept this country bare of irreplaceable native relics and pioneer art - article with colour photos of impressive U.S. collections of northwest coast native art; John Diefenbaker shows his souvenirs of John A. MacDonald; The Day Canada Was Born - interesting photo-illustrated article about July 1, 1867; The Unknown Years of Stephen Leacock - photo-illustrated article; The Languid and Lovely St. John River; Canada House in London - Everybody's Home Away From Home; How I Came to Burn Sir John A. - Bruce Hutchison convesses to a youthful sin; CNR passenger train ad; Canadian Army recruiting ad features their work in the Gaza Strip; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover shows kids under sprinkler; and more. Scratching/tearing to upper corner of front cover and first few pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
239 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Wonderful black and white photography throughout, plus a generous assortment of vintage local ads at back. Prior owner's neatly written details inside front board, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear to handsomely decorated faux navy blue leather exterior. Binding intact. A quality copy of this lovely UBC memento. Book
104 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue. Features: Amazing cover illustration of a huge amphibious truck; Doctors face death trailing living poisons of mystery diseases; Radio pen writes in letters of fire on far-away screen - with photo of its inventor Allen B. DuMont; One-page photo-illustrated article on the preservation of vanishing totem poles in the Pacific Northwest; Photo of C.R. Klein of Santa Monica, California and his 268 HP motor; Girl fights octopus for underwater movie taken by inventor Leon F. Douglass; America's oldest road roaller found; Crackup of mighty glacier caught for first time by sound camera; Three American chinchilla farms produce most costly furs - with illustration of M.F. Chapman; Flies down radio beam through a mile of fog; How to check up on time and the seasons; Accidents still produce great inventions; Huge truck for land or water carries shipload of cargo. Ads: Fantastic one-page orange and black ad for The A.C. Gilbert Company, maker of Erector toys for boys, featuring the New Erector Sensational No. 7 Set; Nice Midwest Radio Corp. ad inside back cover features their 16-Tube All-Wave Radio, with inset photo of Wilbur Long, Jr. of Newberry, South Carolina; Outstanding back cover color-photo ad for Camel cigarettes features world billiard champion Erich Hagenlocher performing before attentive crowd. Modest wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
223 pages. Index. Printed upon glossy stock. Loaded with great black and white photos. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Graduation program laid-in. A sound vintage copy. Book
88 pages. Features: One-page photo-ad for the International Travelall; 1962 Zenith TV ad; The Anxious Years of an Undergraduate - asking students and staff at the University of Toronto; The Harmony and Discord of the campus marriage of John and Charlotte Swan; To Oblivion and Back with a New Record - Ontario housewife Bette Singer swam down 307 feet to set a record - article with colour photos; Neutrals - what are they against? What makes a Prodigy? - Blair Milton astonishes professors at McGill U.; Allergies - the fast-growing threat to public health; A Lifetime in Hiding from the light of day - Morris Gerlovin is acutely allergic to the sun; How to tell the English from the French in Canada; The Turkish Incident that Changed Canada's Destiny - the Chanak Incident of 1922; Four Ways to Make a Million - Rex Heslop, William Wilder, Peter Colwell Bawden and Geoffrey Stirling; Nice colour full-page ad for Labatt's 50 ale; Nice colour-photo centrefold for the 1962 Buick Electra 2-Door Sport Coupe (pale green); 2/3 page cartoon by Roy Peterson shows busy native totem pole carver being confronted by forest conservation officer; Epitaph for Dag Hammarskjold; The case for adding more NHL hockey teams; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features young square dancing couple. Please note: missing page 9-10, and 69-72, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference 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