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Please note: this is a paperback copy. 966 pages including glossary, bibliography and index. Colour and black and white illustrations. "There has been an acute need for a publication on the identification, distribution, biology and economic importance of the freshwater fishes of Canada. This book provides facts and figures on all species occurring in Canadian fresh waters." - from back of half-title page. Unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this exceptional reference. Book
Toronto,1970. In 4°carré,pp.160n. Con 65 Tavv. a colori,40 Carte colorate e oltre 100 Illustrazioni n.t.Tela editoriale e sovraccoperta figurata a colori.
48 pages. Illustrated primarily in colour upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Ex-library book with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and unmarked in any way. Many b&w photos, maps, 288 pages.
127 pages. Large oblong coffee-table-sized book, 11.5" x 14.5". What a beautiful book! The two-page photo of Florencia Bay, B.C. will hold you spellbound. "In his words, as in his photographs, Darwin shares a profound view of the landscape. From the ethereal water of Rushing River, scrambling over layers of Canadian Shield, to a wintery wall of trees in British Columbia's Manning Provincial Park, this book is a unique combination of colour, light, and meaning." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
Features: Boat High with Hyrofoils - article with great photos - "New Sea Wings Lift Boat, Motor and All Out of Water - Gives Smoother and Faster Riding"; What Kind of Boat do You Want to Buy?.. Now What Kind of Motor?; What's Ahead in Boating?; Photo illustrating why government-approved life preservers need by used; List of items required by government regulation to be taken on power driven pleasure boats; Should I Bother Painting? - add years of life to your boat; Nice photo ad for the Canadian Canoe Company of Peterborough, Ontario; Trout do come Big in July - Silver Springs Lodge, South River, Ontario; Do You Like Bugs?; Sedge Night in British Columbia, by H. Mortimer Batten of Kamloops, B.C.; How to Get Those Bass?; Two Ways to Hunt Woodchuck; Handmade Canadian Free Rifle Design; The Hungarian Vizsla - article with photo of "Elza Von Schloss Loosdorf" owned by Stephen Brunyanski of St. Catherines, Ontario; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Stralcio in 4° dall'ebdomadario "Le Tour du Monde", 48 pp., 43 xilografie n.t. Estratto dalla rivista settimanale "Le tour du monde" edita a Parigi negl'anni 1860 e seguenti illustra il viaggio di F. Whymper in Canada e in Alaska.. Assolutamente inedito, ricchissimo iconograficamente di magnifiche silografie, di non facile reperibilità, senza legatura, in bello stato.
Fascicolo in 4° piccolo, brossura muta, 48 pp., 43 xilografie n.t. Estratto dalla rivista settimanale "Le tour du monde" edita a Parigi negl'anni 1860 e seguenti illustra il viaggio di F. Whymper in Canada e in Alaska. Lieve brunitura della carta. In bello stato.
127 pages. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. School stamps inside each board. Still a worthy working copy. Book
256 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Documents the ongoing battle for control of Canada's richest business. "Based upon dozens of interviews with all the major players, including an exclusive one-on-one with Paul Martin, this is a rich story of outsized personalities and egos, brilliant and stupid strategies, and an epic power struggle pitting business against government and corporate Canada against ordinary Canadians." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket in archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 165 pages, plus index. Black and white photos.
(Codice MG/4956) In 8° (24,5 cm) 17 pp. Brossura editoriale, traccia di etichetta. Ottimo stato. Non comune. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 63 plates and folding map on japon; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With small blind stamp on title. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR'S SISTER WITH HER LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. AN ELEGANT COPY OF A SCARCE AND IMPORTANT RECORD.
pp. (4), 352. 12 mo. Pages almost brittle. Original full leather binding; spine taped. Manuscript ownership of Thomas Allan, Fullarton. The publisher of this edition, William Colwell, describes himself on the title page as: "General Dealer in Books, Stationery, Magazines, Newspapers, Wall Paper, Window Blinds, Wrapping Paper, Toys, and Fancy Goods." W140 Rear
Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
151 pages. Black and white illustrations. Green hardcover library binding is bright with light wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
Book is in excellent condition in grey heavy weave cloth with silver lettering on cover and spine. One corner lightly bumped is only flaw. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners otherwise, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light wear, edge wear at corners and top, bottom spine. 197 pages with a great many photos in b&w, often large format, map endpapers, contents features about 100 families, occasional persons, alphebetized by author, with one or two pages of their bio; including:Frederick John Coulthard, Dinsmores of Mud Bay, Robert Fallowfield, John and Ann Gillis, Thomas Hembrough, Abraham and Nancy Huck, Dan Johnson, David and Katherine Kitzel, John Loney, Jane Mallett, William McBride, Milton family, William Morgan, James Edward Murphy, John and Anna Paris, Peschkes of Hazelmere, Parr Family, Thomas and Sarah routley, William smith, John and Agnes Starr, H.T. Thrift, Edmund and frances Wade, Weaver Family, Noah, V. Wichersham, etc. Signed by author on the title page.
viii, 280 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Covering three generations of hockey heroes, this is a fascinating history of the sport, and of its royal family." - dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper, otherwise book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this important hockey history. Book
262 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Tells the engaging story of the working lives of Frank and Walter Shanly, two well-connected nineteenth-century Canadian civil engineers and businessmen who worked on many of the significant projects of the age. An important contribution to our understanding of the professionalization of civil engineering, and to the modernization of business practices in nineteenth-century Canada. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket in nice Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 104 pages with b&w photos, chapters include: Foundation of the industry ( McLaughlin and Tudhope compared), The First World War, The (Interwar Years: General Motors and Ford, the Smaller Corporations, Exports and Tariffs, The Industry since 1945 (From the Royal Commission to the Auto Pact)
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 112 pages. Many color photos.
Festschrift issued on the retirement of Gilbert Norwood from the Classics Department,University of Toronto, containing essays such as : The Gods of Homer [G.M.A.Grube] The Seal of Theognis [Leonard Woodbury] Pelias and his Pallid Wits.Pindar [W.B.Stanford] Salamis Symphony: The Persae of Aeschylus [S.M.Adams] The Inner Conflict in the Persae. [L.J.D.Richardson] Notes on Oedipus at Colonus [Ivan M.Linforth] Medea-Interpretations [R.A.Browne] The Spartan Invasion of Attica in 431 B. C. [W.B.Wallace] Mystery of the Choreutes [Kathleen Freeman] Why was Socrates tried? [E.A.Hvelock] Problem in the method of hypothesis in Phaedo [M.D.C.Tait] Epicurus and Menander; [Norman W.DeWitt] Cairensis of Menander by Infra Red [ J.M.Edmonds] Clement of Alexandria's Attitude toward Greek Philosophy; [J.T.Muckle] Lucretius on the Roman Theatre [Lily Rodd Taylor] Dates in the Autumn of 63BC [ O.J.Todd] The Restoration of the Virgilian Farm [H>Bennett] . Vergil Georgics [ Robert J.Getty] Horace's Ninth Satire in its Setting [E.T.Salmon] Elegaic Themes in Horace's Odes [W.Leonard Grant] Thought sequence in the ode [H.L.Tracy] Interpretation of Seneca em 46.1 [W.H.Alexander] "And Passing Rich. " [Gilbert Bagnani] Tacitus Agricola 36.3 [L.A.MacKay] The Prophet in Israel and in Greece [T.H.Robinson] Metaphor,ancient and Modern [ H.J.Rose] On an Underestimated Feature of Language [ Joshua Whatmough] Helens in Goethe's Faust [ Barker Fairley] Milton's Pastoral Monodies [ A.S.P.Woodhouse] Includes bibliography of Norwood's published writings Issued as a "supplementary volume" of The Phoenix, Journal of the Classical Association of Canada, 278 pages. 8vo. Book
408 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Stories and history of the British Columbia Coast from Raincoast Chronicles, Issues 11-15. Few very small chips from top edge of back panel of dust jacket (now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover) which otherwise bears light wear. Lovely copy. Book
271 pages. "Raincoast Chronicles is essentially a no-bullshit book that opens up the past of those of us living along the West Coast of Canada in a way that no other magazine has ever succeeded. No glossy tourist nonsense. No political monkeying with the facts of life. Sweat and grease and silver and salmon. Lovely yellowing old photographs. Steam engines. Diesels. Oars. Easthopes. Rigging. Donkeys." - from the Foreward. Book unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. Binding sound. Dust jacket bears above-average wear but is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
76 pages with fascinating archival black and white photographic reproductions. Covers Horseshoe Valley, Lund, Lost Villages of Vancouver Island, Minstrel Island, 84 years in Bella Coola, Whaling stations of the Queen Charlottes, and more. Average wear and a few spots of soiling to front cover which features impressive photo of five men standing in a massive native canoe. Book
