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The Hague, Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 1950. 4to.mayor; 204 pp., más 106 ilustraciones fotográficas en láminas fuera de texto, más un gran mapa plegado conteniendo "The spheres of operation of the Royal Dutch / Shell Group of Companies". Enc. original en tela roja estampada.
Book is brand new and in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 336 pages with graphic endpapers, heavily illustrated throughout with large prints of paintings, sculpture, drawings, sketches, etc. Sections include: revolution by night ( Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernest) The color of my dreams (Joan Miro, Andre Masson) Behind the screen (surrealism and film) Spaces of the unconscious, The surrealist object, Myths, maps, magic, The lure of the Pacific Northwest (Wolfgang Paalen's film, Kwakwaka'wakw headdress & Andre Breton, Anatomies of desire, etc.
Slight tanning/soiling to yellow boards. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 515 pages
Boards with light wear to extremities; The world's second largest island, at the time of writing was administered by thirty Army officers ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 287 pages
2 vol., illus. 25th in the author's Christmas Books series. Folded map in rear pocket of Vol. 2. Limited ed. of 750 copies. Hardcover Very good condition; bookplate in slipcase
This is "a book of many things; a collage of men, women, events, accidents and incidents spinning about the life of the first Chief Pilot of Canadian Pacific Air Lines - Sheldon Luck, a member of Canada's Aviation Hall of fame." - Introduction. "Sheldon doesn't get into an airplane, he puts it on." - Frank Tannock, former B.C. Forest Service fire-fighting official. pp. vii, 297. Bibliography. Map. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating life story in Canadian aviation. Book
423 pages. Index. "Continues the intent of the original edition of 1974, to present a broad view of the major American fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean. It has been intended as a guide - a guide only to the history of the fisheries, assembly of gear, fishing methods, the handling of the catch at sea and ashore and the processing of fishery products." - from page vii. Moderate wear. Discrete library markings. A sound copy. Book
Folds out to a very informative illustrated 9" x 8" booklet of 12 pages printed in blue and red. Unmarked with light wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
28 page booklet, 6.5" x 4.75". Includes black and white photos of many of Canadian Pacific's hotels across Canada, supplemented with rates, amenities and key features. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this Canadian Pacific memento. Book
220 pages. Index. Addresses these topics: Slope movement processes and characteristics; An office/field technique for recognizing landslide-prone terrain; Measure to manage unstable terrain during forestry activities; Road deactivation and revegegation of unstable terrain. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
96 pages. Gazetteer. Maps and abundant colour illustrations and photos throughout. Bit of liquid paper atop front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
126 pages. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. Reproductions of historic maps and timetables. Oblong 11" x 8.5". "Details the history and aircraft of CP Air."- from Introduction. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative reference. Book
80 pages. Features: The Mid-Canada Development Conference; The Old Trail from Fort Carlton to the Prince Albert settlement; Lonely grave on Ellesmere Island - Ove Braskerud; Discovering the Pacific. Wonderful color photo back page ad for CBC's "The National" with photos of Lloyd Robertson and George Finstad. Average wear. Binding intact. Trifling scribble on first page. A worthy reference copy. Book
215 pages. Index. Wonderfully illustrated in colour and black and white. "A grand, detailed book that will be a standard for years to come." - James A. Michener. "The history, development and redevelopment of the Aleut kayak" - from back cover. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
[11], 12-274 pages. Glossary, bibliography, index. Fourteen monotone maps and illustrations. "This study is confined to piratical and other foreign incursions on the Pacific coast from Panama north, beginning in 1575 or 1576 and continuing for the next 167 years." - Preface. Above-average external wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Contents clean. A worthy reading copy. Book
58 pages. Containing new and old favorites that will live forever. Songs include: After To-Morrow; Back in the Saddle Again; Be Honest With Me; God Must Have Loved America; Good Old-Fashioned Hoe-Down; Home on the Range; I'll Wait for You; Little Pardner; Oh My Darling Clemintine; Old Macdonald Had a Farm; Old November Moon; Ole Peaceful River; Paradise in the Moonlight; Reuben and Rachael; Silver Threads Among the Gold; Tears on My Pillow; That Little Kid Sister of Mine; There Ain't No Use in Cryin' Now; The Merry-Go-Roundup; Under Fiesta Stars; Your Heart Belongs to Me. Taped repair to table of contents. Please note: front cover and last page missing i.e. last page of The Merry-Go-Roundup is missing. Above-average wear but still a worthy working copy of this great nostalgic collection. Book
211 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Over 30,000 whales were killed in the Pacific Northwest between 1905 and 1972, and the business of capturing and processing them created its own mythology. Here are tales of the monsters that almost got away, of whales that rammed the ships trying to capture them, and of the whalers themselves, who lived always on the edge of danger, risking life and limb in the pursuit of the biggest animals in the world... A very personal history of whaling on the west coast." - from dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Dust jacket in archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
356 pages. Index. Colour frontisplate. Black and white illustrations in text. Prior owner's name and date atop illustrated front free endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
152 pages. Index. Appendices include lists of personnel and vessels. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Takes a close look at a bygone west coast tradition - and finds in uit the stuff of legend." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Very light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A handsome copy of this wonderful reference. Book
232 pages including index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Frances Barkley's "Reminiscences," published here for the first time, contain her descriptions of their life at sea, and visits to South America, India, China, and what is now known as Alaska and British Columbia. Author has added a wealth of interesting detail on the Barkleys and the world of their time. Offers an intriguing view of the eighteenth century and of a high-spirited woman in British Columbia's past. Dab of liquid paper atop first page. Prior owner's name and blind stamp upon half-title page. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
58 pages. Features: Steam news photos; A Look at the CNO&TP (The Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company; The Soviet Search for Super-Power - the Fabulous AA20-1 of 1935 was the world's only engine with 7 coupled axles on a rigid frame; The Magma Arizona Railroad; Photo of Britain's Biggest, British Railways 2-10-0 No. 92135; and more. Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
145 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A particularly readable account, rich in anecdote, of how medicine came to the magnificently beautiful but isolated places of upcoast British Columbia." - from dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else book clean and unmarked. Dust jacket sunned at spine and now protected in archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound working copy. Book
34 pages. "Prepared in response to requests from schools and from ship's personnel for information on, and pictures of, the multitude of local marine zooplankton. A simple key and brief descriptions have been prepared to assist in their identification. Directions are included for collecting zooplankton, together with a list of books written for the public about the sea and its creatures." - from page 1. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative work. Book
208 pages including index and black and white illustrations. "From much accumulated data we have woven a non-fiction historical book which it is hoped will fill a practical need in the literature of the Pacific Coast and the Hawaiian Islands, and may interest readers in Canada, the United States, Hawaii and Great Britain... Extracts of Vancouver's original 1798 charts were photographed and are included, while in some instances these are compared with modern maps." - from foreward. Decorated front board. Average wear. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
166 pages. "This wonderful collection of 150 historical photos presents a fascinating, revealing and nostalgic record of the people engaged in all aspects of the B.C. commercial fishery, ashore and afloat, from the 1870s to the boom years of the 1950s... The story of fishing is told both in photographs and in a brief text that evoke the excitement and working life of the early days." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Light pencil markings to contents. A sound reference copy. Book
