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In -12°, pp. (2), 240, con 5 tavole, legatura in pelle con titolo e nervi al dorso. Frontespizio restaurato e non completamente leggibile; le tavole sono fortemente rifilate. Seconda parte di un colorito resoconto di viaggio ed esplorazione nella regione dei grandi laghi, al confine tra Stati Uniti e Canada, stampato all’origine nel 1703. Chiude l’opera un ameno “Petit dictionnaire de la langue des sauvages”.
72 pages. Features: Great Volvo photo ad shows six Volvos stacked on top of another!; Two-page Mutual Life shows photos of dozens of their top sales agents from across Canada; Colour photo Canadian Club ad shows Mr. and Mrs. Tony Parkinson firing darts at elephants in Kenya; Alden Nowlan's Canada; What Went Wrong for the Class of '71? - feature article by Barbara Frum with statements from six university valedictorians from across Canada; Three men from three generations talk to Adrienne Clarkson on love, sex, adultery and what marriage is all about; The Guess Who - Canada's richest and raunchiest rock band - article with large photo of band on stage; The radicalization of Robert Lemieux - lawyer for the FLQ; The West is Ready to Revolt - John Barr and Owen Anderson state their case for separatism; The Table Talk of Marshall McLuhan - article by Peter C. Newman with nice photo of McLuhan; It's No Longer Possible to be an Indian - Chief John Henry describes the impact of white man's ways; Paris Smiles Again; Nice full-page CBC Radio/TV colour photo ad shows a group of famous Canadian athletes wearing their gear - including Mel Profit of the Toronto Argonauts and boxer Clyde Gray; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
43 pages. "Exposing the psychological lies which built the foundation of Canada's censorship laws" - subtitle. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book
In 8°, mz. pelle coeva con nervi, nerivi, tit. e fregi in oro e a secco al dorso, tre tomi in unico vol. pp. (4nn)-160; 164; 158; IV-108. Interessante volume accompagnato da 28 tavv. in acciaio f.t. + 1 carta delle Antille più volte pieg. Fiorit. sparse, lieve uniforme arrossatura della carta. xfix
209 pages. Index. Reference list. This, Part II, is devoted exclusively to the crustacean parasites of fishes. Covers Copepoda, Branchiura, Isopoda and Amphipoda. Please note that this is Part II only. Parts I and II are not included. Average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reference copy of this important work. Book
vii, [1], 218 pages. Extensive appendices and reference index. Appendix 'J' laid-in. The title says it all. In this landmark volume intrepid Canadian Chartered Accountant Robert A. Marquis explains, with full supporting documentation, why Canada's federal income tax is illegal. Chapters include: Early History of British North America and Ramifications Today; Property and Civil Rights; Provincial Acts; The Financial Act of 1894; The Estate Duty - Great Britain; Legislative Powers are Exclusive; The Judiciary, Supreme Court and Parliament; Fraud, Deception, and Manipulation; Corporate Taxation; Are we a Democracy?; Conclusions; What Can You do Legally? "As I saw Canada falling apart, I decided that we should look at the source of the problem, and one way of doing it was to produce a book on the true facts of our history." - Introduction. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this fascinating study. Book
158 pages. Written at the primer level. Brings children delightful stories from real life and from the world of make-believe. Minimal markings. Front hinge open. Somewhat above-average wear. A sound copy of this beloved reader. Book
Paris, Hachette, 1866. Grand in 8°, [12] ff (2 ff blancs, page de faux titre, page de titre, frontispice, table des gravures)- 387pp., illustré d'une planche en frontispice, de 2 cartes sur double page et 21 planches h.t., demi-chagrin vert bronze éditeur, dos orné, encadrement dorés entre les nerfs, fleurons dorés, plats de percaline avec triple flets à froid en encadrement, toutes tranches dorées, (belles gouttières). Edition originale de la traduction française de ce récit très vivant d'une expédition à cheval à travers le Canada de 1862 à 1864, en pleine ruée vers l'or (qui dura de 1858 à 1866) par le passage du Nord Ouest, avec la traversée des montagnes rocheuses par la passe de Fraser vers la Colombie britannique et l'île de Vancouver. BEL EXEMPLAIRE SANS ROUSSEURS.
Features: Editorial - our cheap but costly funerals; How Alfred Valdmanis took Newfoundland to the cleaners by taking payoffs for government contracts; What's wrong with subsidies for the arts?; They're selling packaged weather - Paul Denison and Bernard Power and their Weather Engineering Corp. of Canada; Bruce Hutchison rediscovers New Brunswick; They're freezing people to life - by imitating hibernation (with cold) doctors are performing 'impossible' operations and saving accident victims, feeble babies and dying old folk; Nobody can Curl like the Campbells - Sandy Campbell and his 5 boys from Avonlea, Saskatchewan - story with photos; Movies of 1955 - Clyde Gilmour picks the best and worst; nice colour ad for the 1956 Oldsmobiles; Wonderful full-page colour ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover. Address label on front cover. Restapled. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
92 pages. Features: Renault 16TS ad; In Search of a Community - Blacks in Canada; Labor turmoil in U.S.; Black America 1970 - major article with great photos; Mounting uneasiness in Southeast Asia; Color Cadillac ad features a grey 1970 hardtop Sedan deVille; Mideast conflict news; Lieut. General Haim Bar-Lev - how to cope with the Arab armies; Notes from a Soviet Asylum - former Major General Pyotr Grigorenko; Groovy men's color fashion ad for "The Blazer Suit" by Michaels Stern; Education - Young Blacks getting it together - with content on Laura Calhoun, Jennye Guy, Bruce Dalton, Michael Johnson, Chezzie Jordan, and others; Show Business - article with photos of Dick Gregory, Moms Mabley, Redd Foxx and Flip Wilson; Nice color-photo ad for a blue 1970 Olds Cutlass Supreme; What America Would Be Like Without Blacks; Excellent one-page color photo of Dana Chandler Jr. standing beside his painting honouring Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton; Two pages of colour photos of amazing black graffitti art on buildings; Color photos of Malcolm Bailey, Melvin Edwards, Richard Hunt, David Hammons, Sam Gilliam, Daniel Johnson and Joe Overstreet; Environment - Ecology of a Ghetto; Behavior - Black Hangups; Interracial Relationships; Dallas Cowboy running back Calvin Hill; Working in the white man's world; The beginnings of black capitalism; Passing of Joe Pyne, Martin Tananbaum, Major General James Earl Rudder, Oscar Johnson, Vice Admiral Ralph E. Jennings and Jesse M. Donadson; The Black Church - Joseph H. Jackson, Samuel W. Williams; Music - with photos of John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman; Blacks in the Press; and more. Provides a marvelous snapshot of how blacks fit into America in 1970. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Signed and inscribed by Pelletier atop title page. 83 pages. Author was incarcerated in Canadian prisons from 1970-1980. He wrote this book as a "way of letting off steam, of screaming out against society and its hypocrites who prefer to remain blind and ignorant of social realities but who are always willing to spend millions and millions of dollars per year creating parasites and bottom-of-the-barrel losers like myself!" - page 6. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Carta geografica raffigurante i territori di Canada, Nova Scotia e New Brunswick. Interessante la raffigurazione delle province che costituivano l'Upper e Lower Canada. Piccoli fori di tarlo che non compromettono l'ottimo stato di conservazione generale. Attraente coloritura coeva all'acquerello.
74 pages. Features: The Shame of our Local Health Departments; New Bones For Old - new orthopedic techniques and bone banks; The House You'll Warm To; The Truth About Truman; Arequipa, Peru - I Love You!; Let's Feed Mr. and Mrs. Hungry Bird; Face of America #3 - the Statue of Liberty; Nice ads for: Mallory Hats, 1949 Ford Cars (color photo), Underwood Typewriters, Jeep *Fantastic* color photo ad; International Trucks, Oldsmobile Cars - great color centerfold, U.S. Military - recruiting ad, Full-page color ad for Budweiser featuring southern banquet with belles galore, Blatz Beer - great color photo one-page ad featuring bowler Hank Marino, Canada Dry - nice color ad, Coke - nice color one-page ad featuring Coke machine superimposed over a large shipyard and Lucky Strike (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Genève, chez Jean-Leonard Pellet, Imprimeur de la Ville & de l'Académie, 1780, volumi 9 (su 10), in-8, pieno vitello coevo marmorizzato, dorso a 5 nervi con titolo su tassello in pelle rossa e fregi floreali impressi in oro a piccoli ferri negli scomparti, tagli e sguardie marmorizzati, nastrini, pp. XVI, 532; (4), VIII, 558, (3), 560-582; (4), VII, (1), 580 (i.e. 570 perchè la numerazione salta le pp. 289-98); (4), VIII, 454, (3), 456-472; VII, (1), 390, (3), 392-405, (1); (2), VII, (2), 474; XVI, 540, (5), 542-558; (4), VIII, 548; VIII, 382, (3), 384-412. Eleganti vignettine xilografiche ai frontespizi o fregi, anche in forma di testate o finali. Delle tavole a corredo dell'opera presenti solo ritratto inciso in rame da N. De Launay su disegno di N. Cochin all'antiporta del volume 1°, tavole incise da A. Romanet, I. B. Simonet e De Launay su disegno di Moreau Le Jeune ai volumi 3°, 7°, 8° e 9°. Qualche difetto alle coperte, con minime mancanze alle cuffie dei volumi 1°, 3°, 5° e lembo asportato al margine esterno del piatto posteriore dell'8°; diffuse gore, per lo più blande ma più marcate in parte dei volumi, salvo al 9°, che risulta anche leggermente deformato dall' umidità sofferta. Manca il volume 10°.
974 pages. Provides a wonderful overview of Canadian taste and fashion a generation ago. Things have definitely changed! Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Would make an excellent gift for someone born in 1980. Book
850 pages. Provides a broad cross-section of Canadian tastes and fashions three decades ago. Average wear. Binding sound. Please note: large portions of the last 4 pages of the index have been torn out and are not present. Would make a great gift for someone born in 1977! Book
xvi, 221 pages. Footnotes and Selected Bibliography. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos plus many recent colour photos. Published upon the occasion of the 100th anniversary of official relations between Switzerland and Western Canada in 2013. "In the nineteenth century Switzerland was not a wealthy country. Emigration movements on a larger scale began especially during times of crisis in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. One of the main destinations for the Swiss emigrants was the North American continent. Canada played its role as a major destination from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1930's." - Preface. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
72 pages. Intended to 'stir the embers of memory of the men who fought ihn France and Flanders with these famous fighting forces of Manitoba, and to present to the young men of Manitoba who are now in khaki a brief introduction to their regiments." - from Author's Note. Introduces the following regiments: The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, The Winnipeg Grenadiers (M.G.), The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, The Winnipeg Light Infantry. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy. Book
Signed and inscrobed by author upon front free endpaper. xi, [1], 515 pages. Index. Author "relates the journey that brought him from a modest neighbourhood of Montreal to the top echelons of legal power in Ottawa. Then takes readers backstage and leads them through the halls of power by explaining his experiences in the various positions he occupied within the federal administration. Offers a unique perspective on a period of significant change in Canada." - back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. Book
746 pages. Index. Mini-skirts, hot pants, polyester men's wear and psychadellic beddings are but a few of the highlights in this vintage catalogue. Bit of writing on back cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Guaranteed amusement. A great gift for anyone born in 1972! Book
Madrid, Imprenta de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1755. 4to.; 2 hs., 464 pp. Encuadernación en pergamino, de la época. Contiene relaciones sobre India, Filipinas, China (con un extenso informe sobre el Ginseng), México, Misiones del Paraguay, de Chiquitos y de Moxos, además de las extensas e impresionantes "Cartas" del Padre Gabriel Marest sobre su Misión y Viajes en el Canadá, en las Kaskaskias y entre los Illinois en el Mississippi. Destaca su descripción de la región de la Bahía de Hudson y de la Expedición de Iberville en el otoño de 1694.
287 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Detailed diagrams. Features "Canada Tru-Lay steel wire rope for every purpose". Contents include: Flattened Strand; Wire Rope Slings; Wire Rope Fittings; Care and Maintenance; Splicing of Wire Rope; Excavating and Contracting Ropes; Industrial Ropes for Material Handling; Ropes for Mining; Logging Ropes; Marine Ropes; Gas and Oil Well ropes; Elevator Ropes; Engineering data; Glossary. Diagrams of the High Lead, North Bend/Tight Skyline, Skidder, Slack Line, and Tyler Systems of log transport. Great series of photos demonstrating how to splice a very thick wire rope. Decorated black imitation leather covers. Prior owner's detaills inside front cover. Binding somewhat tender but intact. Average soiling and wear. A worthy copy of this nostalgic, interesting and informative volume. Book
40 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows a truck about dump coal at a home; Wings of Hazard - Part 1 of 5 of a serial; Canada's Fighting Forces - Part 1 - In the Air - article with many photos of the R.C.A.F. at work; None but a Woman (fiction); The Case Against Pacifism, by Rev. C.E. Silcox, General Secretary of the Christian Social Council of Canada; Never Say "No" (fiction); Ambitious Hamilton, Ontario Makes the Grade - article with photos; The Pedlar (fiction); Buick ad; Hey Taxi! - a taxi driver's opinions on passengers, other drivers, tipping, and what have you; Hinds hand cream ad featuring "Honey"; Dressing up simple dishes - with recipes; nice colour ad for Pontiac cars; Coke ad on back cover shows aviator drinking a cold one. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
294 pages. Index. Signed by author upon title page. Occasional reproductions of black and white photos in text. "The story of Kathleen's journey through her life in China and Canada... An interesting story of a young English lady who married into a Quaker missionary family and went to China with her husband... Get to know the kindness and loyalty of their many Chinese friends and servants in a country of untold beauty... Experience many civil uprisings, fighting, anti-foreign riots and evacuations leading to her return to Canada and a new life." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book