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(Codice LS/0402) In 16° 283 pp. Buona legatura d'epoca, mezza tela verde, con angoli. Tassello e titolo oro, natrino segnapagina. Ottimo. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
DJ spine ends chipped. ; Illustrated by Putnam Brinley. SIGNED by Gordon Brinley on title page ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 286 pages
Binding not tight; Author Brinley and his wife journey by auto from Connecticut to Quebec; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 200 pages
Spine lettering faded. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on title page; Author Brinley and his wife journey by auto from Connecticut to Quebec; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 200 pages
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 549 pages.
This is a fine softcover copy with a fine slipcase with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and French. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Canada from September 26 to November 6, 2015, at Presentation House Gallery. Limited Edition of 700 copies.llustrated throughout in black & white with photographs. 8" high X 10" wide, unpaginated. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
"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
144 pages. Abundantly illustrated. Chapters include: Time to Tel; Lower Mainland; Interior; Island; Diversified Companies; Telecom Canada; Pioneers; Above and Beyond. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. 152 pages. Slight pencil marking. Photo of contents available. Full green cloth boards with gilt lettering are clean and sharp.
198 pages. "In ten short years we have seen Canada transformed in the eyes of the world from an essentially English-speaking country to a French-speaking country." - from back cover. Author graduated from the Royal Canadian Naval College in 1948. Average wear. Top corner of front cover clipped. Title page removed. Discard stamp on first page. Three prior owner's address labels within book. A worthy working copy. Book
350 pages including index and 150 photographs. Signed and inscribed by author upon verson of half-title page. The first narrative of this popular game in British Columbia. Veteran Vancouver Sun writer Arv Olson traces a century of the game from its grassroots at Jericho Beach and Victoria, through the good and the bad times of growth, depression, wars and important tournaments. Un unprecedented reference book of tournaments, competitors and courses in British Columbia. Moderate wear to book which has bump to lower corner of front board. Some moisture-induced rippling to bottom edge of text. Dust jacket shows moderate wear with half-inch tear to base of front panel at fore-edge. Light moisture stain to base of dust jacket back panel. Book
189 pages including index. No matter where you live, be it a city high-rise or a brand-new subdivision, the book is overflowing with ideas on how to make life better for Canada's wildlife. While your efforts may not be complex, costly, or require a team of wildlife biologists to carry out, they're every bit as important to the bears, butterflies, bobcats, bees, and bats with whom we share this planet. Chapters include: Create a backyard habitat; Community action for wildlife; Plant for Wildlife; Build for Wildlife; Conserve Special Species and Habitats; Deal with Problems; Beyond Your Backyard. Unmarked. Light wear. Only defect is that some of the spiral binding rings have torn through the back cover. Remains a lovely copy. Book
Multiple paginations, 1.25" thick. Illustrated in colour. Bilingual English/French text. Binding tight. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to illustrated card covers. A sound copy of this very informative and authoritative reference. (ISBN number stated in book, 066000569 appears to be invalid. Book
Large 8vo, 24.8cm. Pp. iv,97, 1 fold. map, 1 sketch map, 10 photos, 3 figs., notes, bibl. Orig. printed stiff wrs.
227 pages including black and white plates. Takes readers back to a time of danger and violence as well as action and adventure. Sequel to the popular Pirates and Outlaws of Canada. Continues the colourful survey of violence in Canada from the time of the earliest pioneers to the years preceeding World War II. Book unmarked and showing minimal wear. Glossy attractive dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
296 pages including black and white illustrations. Intended primarily as a text for students in Money and Banking in the senior courses of commercial high schools in Canada. Chapters include: Rise of Money; Canada's Monetary System; Credit and Credit Instruments; Monetary Standards; Rise of Banking; The Banking Business; Branch Banking in Canada; Deposit Accounts and Reserves of Canadian Banks; Loans and Investments of Canadian Banks; Supervision of the Canadian Banking System; Crises and the Canadian Banks; History of the Canadian Banking System; Stock Exchanges; Domestic and Foreign Exchange; Inflation of Currency; The English Banking System; The French Banking System; The Banking System of the United States; Other Banking Systems of the World; The Central Bank of Canada. Very light wear. Contents clean and bright. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper. Bookseller's stamp upon back endpaper. No other markings. Binding like new. Light blue cloth boards. Splendid copy of this excellent reference. Book
(Codice VN/0362) In 16° 198 pp. Brossura editoriale, come nuovo. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
62 pages. Presents thirty-one ballads penned by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany's Oflag VII/B during WWII "...in the belief that they may be of some interest to the folks in Canada, and that our friends at home may get some inkling of the things we do and the things we think about behind the old barbed wire." - page 3. Ominous cover art depicts large Nazi boot treading on silhouette of POW behind barbed wire. Reproduction of the author's POW photo on page 6. Photo of the Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B on page 30 includes Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B on page 62. Dedicated to the men of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, and the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Laid-in is an undated WWII news clipping entitled Poem Found on Body of Unknown Soldier. Prior owner's name stroked out atop first leaf. Average wear. Binding sound. A sombre WWII memento. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Signed by Richard Thomas Wright on the title page. 176 pages. Many b&w photos.
150 pages. One of a series of music texts intended for elementary aged children. Sections include: French Folk Songs; Folk Songs from Many Countries; Halloween; Songs from Sunny Countries; Christmas; Fun Things; Sea Songs; and more. Average wear. Innocuous light staining to front cover. School stamps and some writing. Book
326 pages. References. Index. "This is it! After years of research... bestselling author Will Ferguson has come up with the most sophisticated system ever devised for evaluating Canadian leadership." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Nice copy. Book
177 pages. "The story of the United Church as part of the heritage of our country." - from back cover. Prior owner's name clipped from front flyleaf. Lean to spine. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Worthy reference copy. Book
249 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Few black and white illustrations. "Introduces a new kind of military history that will transform existing views of the Canadian Army's experience during the Second World War... Examines the behaviour of soldiers under the extreme stress of war and the medical and military attempts to manage this behaviour." - from dust jacket. Pertinent news clippings laid in at back. Average wear. Usual library markings. Remainder mark to bottom edge. A sound working copy. Book
128 pages. Stories include: Clambake, The Engineer, The Cowboy Hat, Elmer Saves the Day, and many more. Ink stamp atop title page else unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sound working copy. Book
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 203 pages.