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8vo., First Edition, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, boards very lightly faded, backstrip suuned at extreme head and tail else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly faded, lightly rubbed at extremities and chipped (not affecting lettering ) at head and tail of backstrip. Third and final novel of the 'Eustace and Hilda' trilogy, following 'The Shrimp and the Anemone' (1944) and 'The Sixth Heaven' (1946).
Cartonn?. 28 pages. L?g?rement d?fra?chi.
cartone edit. ill.
bross. edit. ill. con bandelle, piccole mancanze, rotture e bruniture in cop., tracce di polvere alle sguardie e minime di umidità alle ultime pagine - seconda edizione riveduta ed ampliata - tabelle in b.n. anche ripiegate, fotografie e illustrazioni in b.n. e a colori nel testo
Publié par Michel d'ARCANGUES, un dictionnaire qui "regroupe plus de 200 résumés biographiques présentant la vie, les voyages et les itinéraires des principaux explorateurs des zones arctiques et antarctiques, depuis l'Antiquité jusqu'à nos jours" (4è de couverture), du duc des Abruzzes à Dimitri Mikhaïlov Zyryan; notices parfois enrichies d'extraits de récits autobiographiques, et avec références bibliographiques; 9 cartes; index des bateaux et autres moyens de transport, des noms, et géographique; importante bibliographie (d'ouvrages en français et en anglais). Français
Reliure toile ?diteur. 130 pages.
bross. edit. ill. con bandelle, lievi segni di piega al dorso, firma d'appartenenza - trad. di Francesco Di Franco - 16 cartine e 48 disegni di Pierre Gutelle e Alain Massot nel testo, 49 fotografie in b.n. fuori testo
in 4°, tela edit. con sovrac. ill.
trad. di Giovanna Agabio in 8° grande, tela edit. con sovrac. ill., cartine alle sguardie, piccola rottura in sovrac.
trad. di Fabio Caddeo cartone edit. con fregi e titoli oro al piatto e al dorso, sovrac. ill. con piccole rotture e mancanze
Broch?. 181 pages. Couverture tach?e.
Paris la Bonne Presse 1940, In-12 broché, 180 pages + photos. Bon état.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. Previous owner's label and inscription. 10 1/8"w x 9 1/4"h. Foreword by Bill Reid. "Hilary Stewart explains, through her vivid descriptions and detailed drawings, the tools and techniques used, as well as the superbly crafted objects nd their uses--all in the context of daily and ceremonial life." 550 drawings and 50 photographs.
bross. edit. ill. con bandelle - trad. di Renato Prinzhofer e Mario Tradico - cartine in b.n. nel testo, tavole fotografiche in b.n. fuori testo
119 pages. Features: Studying British Columbia - A Recent Burgeoning; The Indians of the Northwest Coast; Discovering Totem Poles; Cook at Nootka - The Engraved Record; Preserving a Precious Heritage - The Totem Pole; An Interview with Bill Reid; Fort St. James; The Royal Engineers in British Columbia; The Restoration of Historic Barkerville; The Architecture of Samuel Maclure and Francis Mawson Rattenbury; The Restoration of British Columbia's Parliament Buildings; British Columbia Painters; A Chinese Herbalist in British Columbia; Artifacts of British Columbia Technology; Domestic Interiors; Two B.C. Samplers - Susan Irving and Mary Irving; Early Banks, Coins and Stamps of British Columbia; Restoring Victoria; Conserving Vancouver; Heraldic Stained Glass in Vancouver; Mission Churches; Maritime Legacy; The Crystal Glass Company - British Columbia's First Glass Factory; Chinese Decorative Art in British Columbia; and more. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Features: 1628 - Buckingham at La Rochelle; The Russian Empire Strikes Back; 1944 - Poles Apart - Sosabowski's airborne regiment jumps into the thick of it; 1779 - The Loyalists; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great photo of cable-pulling gang; The progress of the phone in greater Vancouver; New record set by Vancouver installers; Cartridge fuses defend against foreign currents; Providing phone facilities is a co-operative task; New Kerrisdale exchange being equipped; How a switchboard lamp is made; William Buckle and Splicing; Construction/splicing in Vancouver; A Switchboard Plug and Cord Explains its troubles; Where the cables end when they crawl out of the sea; Chilliwack's first telephone agent, John McCutcheon, passes away; Nice photo of Granville and Hastings; Nice photo of Richmond Road and area near Victoria; Operator training - 8 pages with nice photos; Peter Grant helped equip Canada's first common battery office; Nanaimo and New West. offices to be expanded; Preparing the pay cheques; George P. Kelly - installed 80' poles; More trunks in Vancouver; Lightning damage on mainland; Repeaters aid voice currents on long journeys; automatic typewriters - chief repeaterman William Faulkes; New Kerrisdale office; Bar Graph of growth of the B.C. system; Statement of Development: # of phones in operation in towns across the province; Victoria and Vancouver to be united by new route; how the phone bill was paid 20 years ago; Kootenays get service; The service application; High tension hazards; draughting the system; Mr. C.E.S. Fisher; Operator Grant gets a phone in her home; Arithmetic is paramount in traffic man's life; Phone shattered by lightning strike; Kamloops now connected to coast; Despatching yellow cabs from 'seymour 4000'; New Carlton office; plant garage serves many cars; new Langley office; Long Kamloops feature with many photos; Grouse Mountain yields to phone's advance - long article with many photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is loose along back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
Bernard Grasset 1938, In-8 broché, 285 pages, avec illustrations, croquis et cartes et 16 pages hors texte en héliogravure. Bon état
Broch?. 253 pages.
Broch?. 379 pages. D?fra?chi. Rousseurs. Manque ? la couverture.
Broch?. 348 pages. Couverture l?g?rement d?fra?chie.
Broch?. 252 pages. Rousseurs.
Broch?. 198 pages. Manque ? la jaquette.