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Carta geografica meteorologica originale raffigurante le isoterme degli Stati Uniti e Canada nei 12 mesi dell'anno 1897. Inserita nell'opera "Bartholomew's Physical Atlas - Volume III. Atlas of Meteorology. A Series of over Four Hundred Maps. Prepared by J.G. Bartholomew ... A.J. Herbertson ... Alexr. Buchan. Under the Patronage of the Royal Geographical Society. Prepared at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute".
New York, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1925. 4to.; 286 pp. y 10 láminas y mapas, aparte. Encuadernación original en media tela. Más de la mitad del libro hace referencia al Suroeste de los Estados Unidos, Arizona y Nuevo México, con interesantes datos de carácter etnográfico.
168 pages including index. "This book is to provide a manual of physical education activities for the teachers in the elementary schools of Canada and to develop a programme that is educationally sound, practical and graded. If Physical Education is to maintain its proper place in the schools of our country it must be considered as contributing not only to the physical health of the child, but also to his educational and social well-being." - from preface. Detailed descriptions and diagrams of games. Sound binding. Unmarked except for school stamps to endpaper. A quality vintage copy. Book
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription inside. 136 pages. Many color photos.
120 pages. Select bibliography. Dozens of great black and white archival photos. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
222 pages including index. Identifies a continuing dilemma for Canadian women: they struggle with conflicting loyalties - to their independence on the one hand, and to partisanship on the other. Moderate quantity of highlighting. Some pages dog-eared. Prior owner's name atop half-title page. Book
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 112pp. Indian battles, buffalos, settlements, canals, scouts, mining, coal and much more in the early days when the Europeans moved into Canada's Alberta province from the 18th century onwards. Scarce in the UK.
44 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Gold! - Part 1 - Gold throughout the ages; Massacre at Seven Oaks - the battle became a massacre when a Metis shot the governor; The Black Donald Mines - John Moore slipped on a rock and made the largest and richest graphite discovery in Canadian history; On the Klondike Trail - some struck it rich but many more experienced only hardship; A Brief History of Matches; The Saga of the Steam Threshing Machine on the Canadian Prairies; Writing-On-Stone in the Milk River Valley - a replica of the NWMP fort recalls the border patrols of the past; British Columbia's First Visitors from Outer Space; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
148pp.+ 6pp.ills.hors texte, br.orig.ill., 20cm., bel état
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. 11 7/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Slight edge wear. 130 paintings reproduced in full-color plates, as well as lithographs and color sketches.
178 pages. Signed by Robert Bateman upon title page. "This is the first book to be devoted to Robert Bateman's work. The eighty-two colour plates offer a breathtaking opportunity for the reader to enjoy the tremendous scope of the paintings..." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
177 pages. Signed by Robert Bateman upon half-title page. "Offers an entirely new selection of more than ninety paintings, including some of his most recent works, carefully reproduced in accurate full color. The artist's commentaries throughout the book demonstrated his skills as a naturalist and give the reader a fascinating and personal insight into how a Bateman painting is created." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
23,7x16,2 cm; (2), 182 pp. Brossura editoriale. Prima edizione di questo interessante studio sulle figure dei Primi Ministri in Canada e Iralnda. Intonso. Copia in buone condizioni.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 128 pages. 9 "w x 11 3/4"h. Many color photos of sculptures. Text in French.
Paris, Librairie Dalloz, 1967, in-8, br. edit., pp. 1021, [3]. Institut de droit comparé de l'université de Paris, “Les Système de droit contemporains”, XXI. Ottime condizioni.
(Codice EC/3614) In 8° 137 pp. Brossura editoriale, etichetta. Intonso. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
442 pages. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this, the Teacher's Edition of Mathpower Nine - Western Edition Book
576 pages. "Reflects both the history of, and new developments in, Canadian health care ethics. A collection of readings covering issues such as pluralism and multiculturalism, resource allocation and rationing, consent, research involving human subjects, genetics, abortion, assisted reproductive technologies, and euthanasia and assisted suicide." - from back cover. Above-average wear. Markings and highlighting on only a few pages. Binding intact. Decent working copy. Book
con una carta n.t. e 12 tavole a colori f.t. Ex libris.
38p. Illustrated with photographs. Signed by the author. 8vo. Original pictorial wraps. First e=Edition. LOC W17
x, 116 pages. Illustrated in black and white. References. Reprint of the 1966 first edition. Chapters include: What is a Wild Horse?; First Horses Arrive in Eastern Canada; The American Mustang; Horses and Indians of the Prairies; Wild Horses of British Columbia; Recollections; Wild Horse Personalities; Canada's Wild Horses Today; Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A sound reference copy of this informative and uncommon work. Book
Mary Ann Shadd Cary (October 9, 1823 - June 5, 1893) was an American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, journalist, publisher, teacher, and lawyer. She was the first black woman publisher in Canada - she edited The Provincial Freeman, established in 1853. Published weekly in southern Ontario, it advocated equality, integration and self-education for black people in Canada and the United States, She was also the first black woman to attend law school in the US. 230p.illus+24p. bibliography and index. Text neat and complete, but marred by some stains along edge of pages Book
Signed and dated, without inscription, by both authors upon title page. pp. 233, [25]. Footnotes, bibliography and index. Black and white diagrams and reproductions of archival photos. "Shadd was the first black woman on the North American continent to found and edit a weekly newspaper, publishing The Provincial Freeman in Windsor, Toronto, and Chatham during the 1850s... Her story is not simply that of a black and a woman, but of a unique and exciting human being whose life should be a stimulation and a challenge to all people everywhere." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this significant biography. Book
An acount of the life of Josiah Henson, born a slave in Maryland, in 1789 who eventually escaped to Canada. He was involved in assisting other Blacks to leave through the Underground Railroad, establshed the Dawn Settlement and a school in Kent County, Ontario, served in the local Militia, and became respected Methodist MInister. Harriet Beecher Stowe herself stated that " A last instance parallel with that of Uncle Tom is to be found in the published memoirs of the venerable Josiah Henson..now pastor of the missionary settlement at Dawn, in Canada" [The building that was his home during much of his time in the area, from 1841 until his death in 1883 is now the"Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site, Dresden Kent County, Ontario "] 215p. frontis. illus.bibliography . Book
180 pages including colour illustrations. From their ice-shrouded graves, three 19th-century seamen reveal the chilling fate of a doomed Arctic expedition. "This is a superb account... the haunting pictures of free British spirits who believed in themselves even unto death are worth all the words." - Machester Evening News. Moderate lean to spine. Very light wear overall. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book