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Vannes, Lib. Lafolye et J. de Lamarzelle - 1933 - In-8 - Broché - Illustrations NB dans le texte et HT - XXIII & 403 pages - Etat neuf
8106Vannes, Lib. Lafolye et J. de Lamarzelle - 1933 - In-8 - Broché - Illustrations NB dans le texte et HT - XXIII & 403 pages - Etat neuf
87pp. 21 x 28 cm. Paperback Very good condition
Book is in excellent condition, in white cloth boards. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for "Christmas 1987" on title page. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 199 pages on glossy paper.
59677aafNew-York, Alfred. A. Knopf, 1966, in-8vo, 302 p., ill., + photogr. plates, small legacy-stamp Dr. Guggisberg, orig. cloth, with DJ, tear in the back-cover jacket no loss, very good copy.
reprint of the 1961 ed. Soft Cover. Fine , as new. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 302 pp.illustrated by drawings
128 pages. Features: A Tale of Two Carvers - The Rain Wall Screen of the Whale House, Klukwan, Alaska; Native Views - Influences of Modern Culture Aboard Artrain USA; "The Greatest Individual Hunter of Material in the North" - Collecting in Alaska, Canada and Chukotka with Captain Joseph-Fidele Bernard; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
104 pages. Features: Inuguat, Iinrut, Uyat-Llu - Yup'ik Dolls, Amulets and Human Figures; Nushagak Baskets - A case study in Fusion; Shishmaref - Whalebone Carving in an Inupiaq Village; Alaska Native Doll Makers; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
32 pages. Index. Index of advertisers. Report of President, Captain Jas. W. Watt; Photos of five guild officials; Pen Picture of a typical American Sailor - an article by Meyer Berger from a New York paper; Port of Vancouver, B.C.; Steamboat Round the Bend, by H.L. Sacret - working on the Mackenzie River; Forty Years Ago on the B.C. Coast; Captain Oliver Williams - Coast Superintendant; Great photo of Union Bay coaling berths; Steam is Far From Finished; Jemmy Jones, Mariner Extraordinary. Union Steamships link the Coast Communities of British Columbia; Norwegian Honour for British Crew - the SS. Chelohsin; Captain Thomas Rippon - Respected Brother Passes; Vancouver Built - SS. Alaska, Hull No. 1 of the Coughlan Yards of False Creek; Whence Came the McMillans - a man goes overboard in October 1900; Captain Ernie Landheim Joins Pilots; Great photo of the large (Searle?) Grain Elevator on Fraser River, New Westminster; There Was Money in Privateering - The Harmsworth Cup; Shipmasters who became Shipowners; Yo Ho and a Bottle of Rum; Obituaries. Average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy. An informative and engaging read. Book
Features: Freedom's Sting - Brown Brothers' burden - Philippine Independence (Jim Marshall); The Golden Spoon - Gold mining for live in Alaska (Corey Ford); A Little Code - Life and letters of an outfielder (Kyle Chrichton); Cross Purposes - Love will find a way (Elisabeth Sanxay Holding); All the Answers, by James Aswell; The Loudest Radical - Zioncheck makes himself audible (George Creel); The Prodical Nurse, Part II - In search of excitement (Teresa Hyde Phillips); Under Pressure, Part VIII - Blackadder's Design (George Agnew Chamberlain); Late Winner - Wilmer Allison, white hope for the Davis Cup (John R. Tunis); Texas Roundup - High, wide and handsome centennial (Owen P. White); The Human Touch - No reason why heroes shouldn't look after their own interests (James B. Connolly); The Cook Gets the Last Word - Kitchen rangers (Betty Thornley Suart); Keep up with the world - Fosterized facts (Freling Foster). Super colour centerfold featuring the Terraplane. Lovely colour Chevrolet ad inside back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Includes the following issues from 1992: February, March, April, May, June, August, September, November, December. Features include: Holiday Diving on Fiji's Matagi Island; Skookumchuck Narrows; Heron Island, Australia; Slides from Prints; Bahamas - 500 years since Columbus; Bella Bella - in Remote B.C.; Red Sea; Fate of the Falconer; The sprightly Seasprint; Floriday Keys; Bonaire; RCMP's Regina; Whidbey Island; Sea Stars; Diving the Capilano; Shoot Like a Pro; The Straits of Mackinac; MCD Strobes; Raratonga; Sherkston Quarry; Georgian Bay Wreck Dive; Luxury Diving abour Truk Agressor; Sipadan Island; Lost Cities of Micronesia; Artificial Reefs of Porteau Cove, B.C.; The Manatee; Fraser River Wreck Dive; Guanaja; Cabo San Lucas; Lake Dive; Underwater Video; The Green Sea Urchin; Scotia Cape; Cayman Connection; 'City of Vienna' in Halifax; Alaska - an exotic dive; The Cunner; Queen Charlotte Islands; Gulf Islands - B.C.'s Playground; Calabogie; Cozumel; Behind the Dolphin Smile; Ucluelet, Vancouver Island; Nova Scotia Wreck Challenge; Canada's Ice Diving; Belize Resort; Alberta's Project Habakuk; Dodd Narrows - current-swept passage in B.C.; Bristleworm. Moderate wear. Clean. Quality copies. Book
Features: Solar Eclipse of 1980 - scientists race totality; Devils, Quolis, Dunnarts and Thylacines - a survey of Tasmanian mammals; Journey into Northern China - impressions of a scientist; A Geologist in Alaska - John C. reed on 45 years in the boondocks; Nebraska Miocene Giant Turtle - complete skeleton reveals new species; Niger - Tenere Expedition - geographical and archeological observations; Transglobe Expedition Now in Antarctica - British explorers circling globe on polar axis; Exploring Canada's Ellice River - observing Arctic tundra flora and fauna; New support for Archeological Discovery; Malaysia-Singapore Waterway Border - United Nations Law of the Sea problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: South Nahanni River Valley Expedition - a canoe-and-climb journey in Canada's Northwest Territories; Exploration of Today's World; Martin and Osa Johnson - exploration was their way of life; Arnold Hauerslev-Haverlee - an unorthodox explorer; Continued Exploration of Venus; Medical Detective in Africa - solution of an explosive medical mystery in Mali; Meteorites and Man-made Satellites - when they fall to earth; Observing Marine Mammals in Alaska - students gain field experience; Goal - to Penetrate Tibet - a hazardous 19th century attempt - Mr. T.T. Cooper. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
14 pages. Contents: Vest-Casaque Walking Suit - cover illustration; Manners upon the Road - of Beams and Motes; New York Fashions - furs, pprices, sable, mink, black marten, or Alaska sable, seal sets and sacques, ermine and grebe, astrakhan sets and cloaks, fur trimmings, children's furs, fur turbans, gentlemen's furs, vest-casaques; Personal; Wroghtu guipure edgings and rosettes; Embroidered Tidy; Tapestry Lambrequin; Pen-Wiper simulating a poppy; Miss Drake's Enterprise; Burns's First Love; The Snake-Charmers; Sayings and Doings; Useful Recipes; Full-page illustration - "Nutting"; lamp mat in application and Byzantine embroidery; crochet and netted spool basket; crochet edging for children's clothing; point lace and tatted insertion; tidy in point lace and satin stitch embroidery; humor. Average wear. Missing pages 761-762. Cover-fold almost completely open. Book
11" x 8.5" x 0.75". "Contains articles prepared exclusively for the Loggers Handbook together with the official proceedings of the 63rd session of the Pacific Logging Congress and the condensed reports of its six regional conferences prepared by their respective secretaries." - from title page. Articles include: Archie W. Rafter; Moving Logs in British Columbia Waters; Renewing Productivity on Forest Brush Lands; Natural and Man-Caused Slash in Headwater Streams; Precision Logging - Management of the Future Forest; A History of Railroad Logging; Effects of Logging on Small Streams in the Thorne Bay Area of Southeast Alaska; The Tango; Forestry in Austria; Logging Engineering; Intensive Management of Coastal Douglas Fir; and more. Also includes many great contemporary logging equipment advertisements. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Nice copy with illustrated boards and endpapers. Book
56 pages. Cover: Staff Sargeant Lawrie Bell. Contents: Presidency: The Lull Before the Congress Storm - Harry S. Truman; Defense: The Soft 'Upper Belly' - Alaska "America's soft upper belly"; Love: It's Wonderful!; Crime: War on the Reuthers - U.A.W. (United Automobile Workers)'s Walter and Victor Reuther; Foreign Policy - 1949 and 1950; Russia: New Cast But the Same Old Show; France: Again a Crisis - Vote of Confidence in National Assembly; Indonesia: Birth of a Union; Jamaica: (William Alexander Clarke) Bustamante Blues; Middle East: The Israel-Jordan Talks; The Soviet View of the Future; Canadian Affairs: Fight Over Films - National Film Board; Medicine: Important Records - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) Family Pedigree Help Chart Disease; Religion: Year of Pardon - Catholic Church, Pope Pius XII Marks "the year of the great return and the great pardon"; Business: The Experts Predict a Prosperous Year for 1950, a Continued Rise, With Moderate Decline Later; The Outlook for Industry in Perspective, Top Business Executives Give Their View; Bounceback of '49 - A Year-End Review; Science: (Albert) Einstein's Long-Awaited Field Theory; Basketball: (Bob) Cousy and the Crusaders; The Bullet-Biter - Leo Durocher; and Perspective: On Dissenting From Dissenters. Color Budweiser ad on back cover. Binding sound. Small mailing label bottom right front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Sandy Shumway - Miniaturist of the Month; English History in Miniature; America's First Ladies (1886-1900); Cinema Palaces; Judy Beals' - artisan update; Joan and Bill Helton - a happy harmony of talents; Portraiture in Miniature - Pauline Chamness and Dorothy Hoskins interpret the Alaskan frontier with their work; Len and Kathy Schiada - Capturing the design of the Victorian era; Marilyn Taylor's Crafty Concoctions; DIY - A Country Christmas; Joann's Nook for Santa; Mary's Menus - Holiday Favorites; Begin your tinsmithing technique in miniature with this kitchen scoop; Growing Landscapes - a flexible foundation landscaping design for your miniature yard; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: First Annual Report of American Express Companies; John F. Stevens Retires From Hill Lines; B.F. Bush Succeeds George Gould as president of the Missouri Pacific Railway (with photo of Mr. Bush); Causes for Trade Depression; Development of Alaska Fisheries; Hearing Regarding Pacific Coast Rate Cases; Larger Terminal Yards Planned for Tacoma; The Railroads and the Panama Canal; Sixty-Seven Steamships in Canadian Pacific's Great Fleet - article with nice illustration; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Three Sailors of the British Steamer Benedick convicted of mutiny by Edinburgh court; Captain David Baird to take charge of the Victoria and Vancouver Stevedore Co.'s Vancouver Branch - with photo of Mr. Baird; Suspension of Capt. Alfred Croskey Reduced; Tacoma News; Captain Fred Warner to command the famous steamer Corwin (brief article with photo); Nice illustrated one-page ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West", which connects Seattle to San Francisco; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Vulcan Iron Works of Seattle features an aerial view of their plant; Willamette Iron & Steel Works ad features nice photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and pumping water in the air; Canadian-Pacific Railway Steamships ad features schedule for their connections between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver; and more. 40 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
Pages 267-290. Features: Progress on the Alaska Railroad; Report on the AFL-CIO Convention; Gov. Rockefeller Thanks Lodge 886; Robert Hewitt Passes at 83; O.P. Channell Jr. Named to R.E.D.; Presenting Case on H.R. 13300; Christmas Dinner in Early Canada; List of Approved Attorneys; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Features: Last of the Moss Liners; P.S.N.C. Liner "Reina del Pacifico" of 1931; Flags and Funnels - a motley crew; Ferry Scene - Harwich Circuit; Tractor Tugs for Cory; The Mersey Sound; Capt. Enrique Pedro Montemayor and the "Libertad"; Model Steamer Club of Glasgow; Greek Passenger Shipping in 1978-79 - Part II; Voyage to Alaska. Book
Features: The fashion industry has you under heel; The RCMP - Why the mounties have red faces - their image has been slipping; Onward to Alaska - up the Alaska Highway to the Yukon; The Road to Murder - Part 3 of 3 of the story of the murders of Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee on a road near Almonte; Stop killing Canada - letters from Canadians about their environment; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note that page 19 is missing - it appears to have been a story about a New York Met baseball player. Nice colour International pickup ad on back cover. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-4 and 11-14 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Kidnapping of John S. Labatt; many international stories; Saanich will hold 65th annual fair in September; Cameron Lake photo; Photo of Father Bernard R. Hubbard mountain climbing in Alaska; Editorial page; Large ad for Standard Furniture Co.; Razing of main classroom structure of Corrig College in Victoria; Vacation page; photo of Dr. William Beebe and his steel diving ball; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear and soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
This listing consists of pages 1-6 and 13-18 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Lindbergh kidnapping news; Federal by-election results; Optimistic B.C. mining stats; Nome Alaska razed by fire; Editorial page; Ada Mackenzie medalist in Canadian golf; Business page; Cartoon page; two pages of classified ads; David Spencer Limited ads; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear. Above-average soiling, especially to back page. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
Articles: The North Pacific Campaign in Perspective; The Origins of British Whaling - Pre-1750 English and Scottish Involvement in the Northern Whale Fishery; We Have Missed Another Great Opportunity - G.G. McGeer, Alaska, and the Politics of Failed Advocacy; plus numerous book reviews. Three book reviews circled in Table of Contents else clean with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Articles: The Impact of German Technology on the Royal Canadian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic, 19442-1943; The Seamen's Union, the National Maritime Board and Firemen - Labour management in the British Mercantile Marine; The Defence of Alaska Must Remain a Primary Concern of the United States - Canada and the North Pacific, May-June 1942; Management of the Port of Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies, during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; Government and Port Administration in Japan in the aftermath of the Port and Harbour Law of 1950; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book