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8vo [24 x 16 cm]; [ii], 76, [i, ads] pp, frontis, 12 illustrations from photos, all but one full-page. original cloth-backed boards, gilt spine title lettering, bookplate of William Whitman, small cover stain, edges lightly rubbed, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A list of Fiji word is included at end together with the names of the crew members, Endicott being the third mate, who describes the events of 1829. A good introduction by Jenkins. This the third book of the Marine Research Society.
8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
ALBIN MICHEL. 1950. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 396 + 405 pages- nombreux dessins et photos en noir et blanc dans et hors texte + 1 plan dépliant en noir et blanc en fin d'ouvrage: Polynésie orientale française Dessins de Doré A.- Photos de l'auteur
Book shows very light scuffing to covers with slight curl to one front corner. No other flaws: square, solid, straight, well bound. No marking of any kind to text/interior save inscription on title page by author. Map of camps of the Phoenix logging company 1920 -- 1939
298p., illus. With 2 maps, 90 illus. (color plates & drawings), & photographs mostly by the author. Hardcover Good condition; top & bottom of spine worn, frt. hinge cracked
272 pages. "A fascinating book - really one of a kind - and the best adventure story of a family struggling on the western frontier that I have ever read." - Andy Russell. Maps. Clean and unmarked. Light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Nice copy. Book
270 pages. "Documents the men and the ships of a little-known period in west coast history. Pays funny and fascinating tribute to the unsung heroes of an inglorious history." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket in Archival-quality Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
38 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Herschel Island - discovered by Captain John Franklin in 1826; The San Juan Island Pig War; Fort Victoria 1854-1857 (Part III) - Esquimalt emerges as a major outpost of British Naval Power in the Pacific; Prior House 1910-1960; First Winter in the West - Fort Macleod is constructed; Place Names of New Iceland. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
269 pages. Reference notes and index. Abundantly illustrated. "Packed with astounding revelations, brilliantly written, and richly illustrated... the most entertaining book on the West Coast since Raincost Chronicles." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name atop map front endpaper. Gift greetings upon title page. No other markings. Light wear overall. Nice copy. Book
170 pages. Colour frontis. Black and white plates. "This is a fascinating book, a beautiful book, a magnificent memorial to the pioneer period with which it deals." - From dust jacket. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound working copy. Wallace p.119. Book
128 pages plus 32 pages of colour photos. "A story of tragedy in yesterday's history and a camera record of the splendor available under today's environment for living." - from dust jacket. An historical novel about the life and times of Maquinna, chief of the Nootka Indians. Average wear to book which is missing front free endpaper and title page. Prior owner's name upon first leaf else unmarked. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. A sound copy. Book
160 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Presents a choice collection of over 120 captivating black-and-white historic photographs of boats, ships and people along the coast of British Columbia from the late 1850s to the 1940s." - from dust jacket. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy of this wonderful compilation. Book
82 pages. Features: B-23 The Reluctant Dragon; Swept-Wing Furies; The New Luftwaffe; Mexican Mosquito; South Pacific Warbirds. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
102 pages. Features: Build a Momentum Circuit; Structures for Outdoor Railroads - Part 6; Kitbash an 0-6-0 Switcher; Modifying a Delton Boxcar for the Denver, South Park & Pacific; A Report on the 1995 National Gauge-One Steamup; Two Cincinnati Railways; The Columbine City & Dogpatch Railroad; Build a Work Train - Part 2; Slow Those Runaway Trains; Small Cars for Small Railroads - Part 1. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
138 pages. Features: Create more realistic models; Nothing fancy; Modify your Bachmann sid-dump ore cars; The Bourg Le Reine Railroad; A tale of two cabooses; Building the Colorado & Pacific; Steam on the garden pike; Lowering Aristo-Craft's streamlined passenger cars; Garden railway design & construction. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
138 pages. Features: Crewchester; Thunderer; Rewiring Aristo-Craft's Pacific; The Gopher Canyon Line; Build Your Own Resistance Solderer; A journey through an English country garden; Build a little caboose; hiding an ugly fence with gulapata. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
102 pages. Features: Mick Spilsbury's Garden Railway; California's garden railways; Richard E. Cooper's Garden Railroad; Roadbed for Cold Climates; The Story of a Journey; The Table Saw - Part 7; Jack Verducci's Crystal Springs Railroad & Lumber Co.; Acoma No. 5; A visit to the South Pacific Coast Railway; Second Generation Garden Railraoding - Part 5; The Clear Water Filtration System; Getting started in Garden Railroading. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
82 pages. Features: 2-page Van Heusen ad inside front cover; nice Pernod ad; Freaky Fables; Glenfiddich 'halo' ad; 2-page Cathay Pacific ad; Cross pen ad - auction scene; 2-page ad for Pure New Wool; 2-page ad for the Renault 11 Turbo; The Famous Grouse whisky ad; Alfa Romeo ad for the Alfa 33; 2-page Mercedes-Benz ad featuring the 190s; Faconnable ad; John Player Special - Blackjack ad; WH Smith 2-page ad; Bold 2-page ad for Jamaica tourism; Rothmans ad inside back cover; Back cover ad warns of the dangers of smoking - features venus flytrap; and much more. Average wear. Covers loosening but still attached. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
Features: John W. Barriger III, 1899-1976; Derailment and accident photos; Steam's last chance - Pennsylvania Railroad gambles - and loses - on the steam-powered T1-class for passenger power after World War II; "Fireboy, know something? We don't fit through that bridge"; How to build a DL109 - great photos; Rio Grande's Monarch Branch Revisited - an exercise in the use of the 26-C automatic brake valve, F-3 retainers, and COBRA brake shoes; Colur centerfold of the Katy Pacific 401 (Lima 1920) in 1945; The Iris G, et al - much of Canadian Pacific's history has been written upon the water, perhaps most poignantly by this tug, its train-on-a-barge, and their ancestors; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
191 pages. Archival black and white photos abound. "On every page the tides of the past ebb and flow with memorable sea scenes and waterfront action for old hands to remember and young ones to view with wonder... rescues, salvages, historic events and unforgettable personalities." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked in sound binding. Above-average wear to still presentable dust jacket. Decent copy. Book
281 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. Explains the far-ranging factors bearing on the Nootka stage: European War, the Russian presence in the northern Pacific, the onset of Spain's waning fortunes, America's thrust west, the British East India and South Sea trading monopolies, and the steady advance of coastal charting by explorers like George Vancouver. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A sound copy. Book
154 pages. Features: A Wiltshire home reflecting a passion for India; Treasure-trove of a Victorian house decorated with a designer's eye for colour; The transformation of a formerly 'horrible' house in Herefordshire; Sybil Kapoor's lunch party with Pacific Rim pizzazz; Taps add style to your bathroom; Creative ways with ribbons; and much more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
32 pages. Features: Meet Vancouver Port's New Harbour Master, Chris Badger; Pacific Elevator's New Shiploader; A Snowy Day on the Fraser - A Tale of Three Terminals; Tanker Hijacked off Singapore; Nanaimo Airport Agreement Signed; New Intermodal Terminal Opens in Chicago; Ulsan's New Port; Moldovan's New Terminal; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Some European Anticipations of American Clock Features: The Story of the American Wood Works Clock Industry, 1790-1841; Dials Crafted of Natural Wood, Hamilton Sherwood Wristwatches; Lukens' Tower Clock; Chinqua-Penn Revisited; The Ives Clock Display at the 1988 Pacific Northwest Regional; M. Cyprien's Perpetual Calendar Clock; A Pharaoh's Ransom - Watch Keys of Gold and People Good as Gold; and more. Erasure to front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
42 pages. Features include: Station Scenes on the Aberfoyle Junction Railway - Southern Ontario 1950's Era O Scale layout; Canadian Classic - The Electrical Railways of Sir Adam Beck; Canadian Passenger Equipment - Modelling Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) "The Canadian" Passenger Car Part II; One Winter's Eve - Modelling removeable open loads; Canadian Rolling Stock - Modelling a Canadian Pacific (CP) International of Maine Division PS-1 Box Car; Canadian National RS-3 in O Scale - Modelling a Canadian National (CN) RS-3 No. 3016; and Canadian National Railways (CNR) Steel-Frame Single-Sheathed Box Cars (circa 1920). Binding sound. Unmarked. A worthy copy. Book
