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In-8° pp. XI-127 con ill. n.t. legatura in tela recente con tass. al dorso. Conservata la bross. anteriore illustrata con timbro che è stato ripetuto sul frontespizio.
in-8°, pp. 142 con una carta del Québec ripiegata più volte f.t. Bross. edit. con guasti al dorso e tracce del tempo e d'uso. Timbro di biblioteca all'interno. Rare bruniture del tempo presenti nelle ultime pagine.
Pianta di cm 21,5 x 27,5 alla battuta, più ampi margini, incisa in rame da Violante Vanni, da un disegno di Giuseppe Pazzi. La carta mostra la città di Portobello ed i territori sino all'Isola di Bonaventura a sud ed i Faraglioni di Duarte a nord. Leggerissima gora all'angolo inf. sinistro, per il resto ottimo esemplare, assai fresco.
In-8 p. (mm. 208x122), 4 opere in 1 vol., mz. pelle coeva con ang., ricca decoraz. e tit. oro su due tasselli al dorso, con tavv. f.t. inc. in rame. Vi sono contenute le seguenti opere: 1) Regnault E. - "Histoire des Antilles et des Colonies Françaises, Espagnoles, Anglaises, Danoises et Suédoises", Saint-Domingue, Cuba et Porto-Rico, Jamaique, Dominique, Antigua, Trinité, Grenade, Saint-Christophe, Tabago, Sainte-Lucie, Saint-Vincent, Barbade, Saint-Thomas, Saint-Barthelemy, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Marie Galande, Désirade, pp. (4),160, con 1 cartina geografica delle Antille e 4 tavv.<br> 2) Regnault E. et Labaume J. - "Suite des Etats-Unis", depuis 1812 jusqu'a nos jours, pp. 164, con 8 tavv.<br> 3) Lacroix F. - "Possessions Anglaises dans l'Amerique du Nord", Canada, Nouveau-Brunswick, Nouvelle-Ecosse, Acadie, pp. 158, con 16 tavv.<br> 4) Denys F. - "Les Californies". L'Orégon, et les possessions russes en Amerique. Les Iles Noutka et de la Reine-Charlotte, pp. 108.<br> Fioriture e/o arross., ma complessivamente esempl. ben conservato.
Paris, Ancienne Librairie Germer Baillière et Cie., Félix Alcan Éditeur, 1891. 4to.; VIII-441 pp., y un diagrama aparte. Encuadernación en media piel, de la época. Excelente traducción, realizada por Henry de Varigny, el paladín francés del darwinismo, de la obra del gran biologo evolucionista, fundador de la por el denominada psicologia comparativa, que postulaba la similitud de los procesos cognitivos entre humanos y otros animales. Íntimo amigo y colaborador de Darwin, se le deben los términos Neo-Darwinismo y Antropomorfismo.
3 volumi, cm. 18, brossura editoriale, pag. XII, 272 (2) più 4 tavole a colori e 1 carta geografica rip. f.t.; da pag. 25 a 285 più 2 tavole (su 3: manca la prima, ritratto di Washington); 375 più carta geografica ripiegata e 4 tavole. Purtroppo per un errore di rilegatura all'origine mancano le prime 24 pagine ed 1 tavola del secondo volume. Interessantissima relazione geografica ma anche su usi e costumi delle popolazioni canadesi e degli stati americani confinanti. Collana "Raccolta de' viaggi più interessanti eseguiti nelle varie parti del mondo, tanto per terra quanto per mare, dopo quelli del celebre Cook...". Ottimo esemplare.
88 pages. A rare surviving copy of this vintage Canadian gardening periodical. Contents include: The Pansy; Roses for the Garden; The Scree - What is it?; Some Further Notes on the Iris; The Lily Pool - a new idea in pool construction; Youth in the Garden - building cold frames for pocket money; Glass substitutes in gardening; Some of our garden pests; and more. Many interesting contemporary ads plus a major Annual Directory of the Trade in Canada for 1934, including retailers, wholesalers, nurserymen, seedsmen, allied trades and buyers' guide. Back cover features ads by Empire Garden Nurseries, Sidney Roofing and Paper Col, Layritz Nurseries Ltd., and H.M. Eddie & Sons Ltd of Sardis, BC. Minimal pencil markings. Somewhat above-average external soiling and wear. Book
Circa early 1990s. An update to "Vast Profits for the 1990s". Clean and bright. Excellent set. Book
"This elegantly designed book pays well-deserved homage to the life and work of B.C. Binning, a man who helped steer Vancouver's artistic community more boldly towards the mainstream and an international future." - dust jacket. 179 pages. Chronology, footnotes, selected bibliography and index. Generously illustrated in colour and black and white. Printed upon glossy stock. Large handwritten gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Short opening to front fold of dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
Unpaginated. "Filled with the faces of some of Canada's most outstanding women - joyous, defiant, searching, serene, and each one beautiful in her own way." - from front flap. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
22 pages. Features: Make Your Own Ice Chisel - article with photos and diagram; Dr. The Muley is a Home-Body - Drive him out of his range and he'll work hard at coming right back again; Boring Shotgun Barrels; Springer Spaniels in the Field in 1956 - article with photo ofAndrew Dunn with Ludlovian Duskie and Dunoon Drum, H.S. and Mrs. Routley with Breckonhill Bluebell and Rivington Kay, John and Mrs. Blanock with Jonkit Jill, Tixover Monkey and Brackenbank Spey, plus Tixover Monkey owned by John Blanock of Detroit; Your own Bum-Chum (portable seat); .244 Remington Varmint (gun); Funning for Ruffled Grouse; Photo of Helen Kupari of Sudbury - Outdoors Girl of Canada; Dr. MacGregor's Christmas; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
107 pages. "To all my oilfield friends and even those that are not... this book is written so that families, descendants, relatives, friends, historians, a few companies, wealthy people and politicians understand a little of what kind of people it took to build an industry in Canada under conditions not seen in too many places." - from Dedication page. Black and white illustrations from photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this interesting, informative and entertaining work. Book
Features: The Well-Trained Retriever is the Hunter's Best Friend; Atlantic Salmon Problem; Ontario ESOX for Expo Bound Fishermen; Hunting through the Ice; Ancient Fishing Hints and Tips; The Timpline; The Big One That Didn't Get Away; A Long Hard Look at Conservation in New Brunswick; Kokanee; How to Fillet Panfish; Pike on a Fly; Nice Honda Generator ad inside back cover;Travelall ad on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
96 pages. Index. Black and white photos. "Selected from the thousands of interesting recipes, entered in our recent Jewel Shortening Recipe Contest." - subtitle. Printed upon glossy stock. Text in red and black. Bit of writing atop title page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Driver O1018.1 Book
336 pages. Index. Black and white photos. "The strength of the book lies in the sophisticated technological orientation of the authors... a coherent narrative explains clearly to the lay reader the intricacies of the technologies discussed." - Graham Taylor, Dalhousie University. Book and dust jacket clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
184 pages. A curriculum resource guide. Designed to provide additional information to existing grade ten social studies texts focusing on the development of western Canada. Presents sixteen lessons which touch on: Pre-contact trading; The Beginning of the Fur Trade; Marriage Customs of the Fur Trade; Women between two cultures; The family of mixed ancestry; The emergence of Metis identity; The lives of Metis; Two profiles of George Simpson; Extension of the fur trade to the west coast; The transfer of Rupert's Land; The impact of railway; Unrest in Saskatchewan 1880-1885; Aftermath of Metis resistance; and more. Summary of resources. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy of this informative reference. Book
40 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Features: The Gold Pool of the Similkameen; Historic Houses - Part II; The Death of Nigger Dan; The Collector's Page; The Lost Patrol; 10,000 Lost Coins; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Glass Flowers of the Plains - use of trade beads by the Plains Indiansduring the 19th century - article with photos; The Collector's Page; Writing - On - Stone in the borderland of south-eastern Alberta; The Big Horn Country; The Legend Makers (II); The Vanishing Ghost Towns - The Slocan area of B.C. where the remnants of the old mining era may still be seen; Back cover photo of Sandon, British Columbia in 1898. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
34 pages. Features: Flyrod Roughnecks; Canada's Trap Champs; Waterfowl Flyways; The Business for Bucks; 1956-57 Hunting, Trapping Laws; 1956-57 Migratory Bird Regulations; Dancing Dynamite (The Smallmouth Bass); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
198 pages including bibliography. Subject came to Canada from England in 1908. From his early days as a junior engineer in England, through his work as one of the founders and then president of the Dominion Construction Company, Charles Bentall was devoted to serving his adopted city of Vancouver through his business endeavours and his church and community activities. When he died in 1974 at the age of 92, he left behind a successful company with an unequalled reputation for reliability, service and workmanship. Published to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Dominion Construction Company. The story of a rare man who was truly successful in life, by any measure. Business card of Donald Graham of the Bentall Group paper clipped to front free endpaper. Clean, bright and unmarked. Tight and square. Excellent copy in giftable condition. Book
108 pages. Most text in English plus some in French. Features: De la ville au desert - espaces publics et prives dans la France du XVlle siecle; Household Artifacts - Codes of Property and Propriety; Humphrey Carver - Looking Back; Leonard Marsh and Vancouver Modern; Constructing the Domestic; House of the Future or House of the Past - Populist Visions from the USA; L'Architecture du stylisme - Alison et Peter Smithson, Reyner Banham et L'Appliance House; Creating Domestic Space in 1950s Canada; In the Beginning Was Nature - Space and the Modern Child; On Childhood, Houses and Gender. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
403 pages. Glossary, bibliography and index. "Over 700 photos of carefully selected pieces illustrate the remarkable variety and richness of Canada's country furniture heritage, including previously undocumented styles produced by such vital ethnic minorities as the Hutterites, Mennonites, and Doukhobors. The reader will also find some of the finest examples of carved, cut-out, and painted furniture from individual makers across Canada." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
36 pages. Features: Shagotyohgwisaks - E.M. Chadwick and Canadian Heraldry; Frederic Gregory Forsyth, Vicomte de Fronsac - A Man in Search of a Kingdom; Book News; International Outlook; Lucien Godbout - un heraldiste Quebecois; L'Eglise et l'heraldique Lucien Godbout ptre; A. Scott Carter, R.C.A.; Types of Legitimate Arms Granted in Canada. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
217 pages including extensive list of sources and index. Black and white illustrations. Author's signature upon title page. "Drawing upon a rich mix of letters, memoirs, interviews and her own consummate storytelling skills, author Lynne Bowen has crafted a fascinating tale of the colourful characters who settled in one of the world's most naturally abundant regions." - from dust jacket. One square inch discolouration upon back free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with very light evidence of handling. Excellent copy. Gift quality. Book
