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90 pages. Portrays first the sea and the shorelines, and their monuments of Indian coastal civilization. He then moves up the rivers, among the wildlife and into the mountain fastnesses. Finally, through the small villages and upcountry townships, he comes back again to the sea and the cities, suggesting their charm and grandeur against the unrivalled splendour of the Pacific coastal range. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Gift label stapled to front endpaper. Moderate wear to book and dust jacket. Gorgeous colour photography which will give you pause to marvel and reflect. Book
512 pages. The third of seven reports which cover the survey and demarcation of the international boundary between Alaska and Canada and between the United States and Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, excepting that part of the boundary through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, which was surveyed and reported upon by the International Waterways Commission. Compiled in accordance with the provisions of Article III of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, signed at Washington, April 11, 1908. Printed on high quality coated paper. Includes four colour fold-out maps, all of which are in excellent condition. Dozens of fascinating black and white photographs. Detailed Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, and Indeces. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Binding tight. Bright gilt lettering upon green spine. Lettering upon front board significantly faded. Top and bottom corners of the last 60 pages bear minor moisture-induced undulations. Very nice copy. Please note: Sketches of the triangulation and precise traverse were printed under separate cover which is not included. Book
8vo., Second Impression, with endpaper maps; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.55 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition thus; salmon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
80 pages. Features: I was a daughter of the Gold Rush - the exciting story of Klondy Nelson; The Face of America - Song of Old (photo); Rebirth of the Ohio River; This is My Story - Arthur Godfrey (part 8 of 8); Exiles of the Wasteland - Red Shaw and Lou Kley run an isolated Utah railroad outpost for the Southern Pacific Railroad; What Happened to These Children - fascinating explanation of the 700-year-old mystery of the Pied Piper of Hamelin; Cities of the world (#15) - Guatemala City; How to Handle $100,000,000 - The Philadelphia Board of City Trusts. Fiction: A Candle of the Lord; The Lady Hated Jazz; The Warmhearted Polar Bear; Kiss Me, Sergeant; The case of the Mission Poison (part 3 of 8); The Burning Hills (conclusion). Above-average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Long tear to back cover with related puncture/tear to last few pages. Unmarked. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy of this great issue. Magazine
In-16 (cm. 17.90), legatura in piena pelle, titolo al dorso ed iniziali al piatto anteriore impresse in oro, pp. (12), 290, (2bi.), con alcune illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo. Texte en français. Traduit de l'anglais par Fernande Dauriac. Ex libris e segnatura al risguardo anteriore. Dorso e tagli sbiaditi. Macchie ai risguardi; peraltro, volume in buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
48 pages. Features: Nice Orient & Pacific (Cruise) Lines ad inside front cover shows one of their boats at see with guests swimming and playing sports on deck; Nice colour Oldsmobile ad; Inflation can kill our nation; The two ordeals of Kikik - an Eskimo is forced to kill a man and then survive a frigid ordeal to try to save five children, only to be charged for murder by the white man's law - article with many photos; Can you loaf your way to a better figure?; How to Endure a Father (Robert Thomas Allen); Flora Lewis kept house behind the iron curtain - article with photos; The gay and gusty world of the college press - article with photos; Excellent centerfold ad for the new Ford Galaxie - wedding theme; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Coffee drop at top of front cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration of John F. Kennedy inside front cover as promotion for his book "Why England Slept"; Nice photo of a 2-seat Defiant; Incidents in Britain's air battle; Her majesty visits the homeless; Photos of Winston Churchill in Scotland; Text of Broadcast by Lord Lloyd entitled "War Effort of the Colonial Empire" - illustrated; Illustration of Italian armoured unit trapped in British artillery fire, by Montague B. Black; Photos of Greece at war with Italy; Map of Greece - the stepping-stone to the east; Centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows Beauforts swooping to torpedoe German supply ships on 23 October in Dutch waters; Life afloat - our sailors at sea; Great photo of England's newest class of aircraft carrier - 1,300 tons larger than the Ark Royal; Photo of a next of Skua dive-bombers on the deck of a British aircraft carrier; Before and after photos of the vessel S.S. Empress of Britain, the flagship of the Canadian Pacific fleet which was sunk on 26th October - 598 survived of a total of 643 on board; The Bondage of Czechoslovakia - text of broadcast message by Dr. Edward Benes, with photos; With the forces in the desert war; A Commentary on the war this week; Germany gets bomb for bomb - photos; Photo of a very long trainload of American tanks arriving at Camp Borden, Canada. Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: The Weaker Sex - Anna Ullman at Hazelton, B.C.; British Columbia's Greatest Marine Disaster - the foundering of the Canadian Pacific liner Princess Sophia in Lynn Canal in 1818 took 343 lives; The Case of the Stolen Church - St. Peter's Anglican of Windermere, B.C.; The B.C. Boomtown Phenomenon - most of them have now disappeared altogether; Coalmont-Blakeburn - Coal Dust Twins; The Copper Hoard of the Pewabic - the steamship Pewabic carried more than a hundred persons to a watery grave in Lake Huron; North to the Klondike - David Doig of Victoria headed north to service gold miners; Brief bio and photo of polio-stricken author Harold Fryer; Brother XII (Twelve) - a B.C. Character (one-page article); and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; [ii], 75 pp, includes the original illustrations. original cloth (hardcover), gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean condition, unused, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A fine quality reproduction of the original first edition of 1869, with the detailed 16-page introduction by author, providing a good historical perspective, and descriptions of over 1,000 items relating to Hawaii.
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
Gilt spine lettering faded. Light wear to spine ends; Maps in endpapers show the trek of author Humphrey, who meandered through the region and recorded his observations. Green decorative boards with gilt lettering and pictorial design; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 306 pages
108 pages including index. Tells the story of the salmon'e epic journey far out into the Pacific Ocean and back. Brings together science and mythology in a fascinating story that reveals secrets of the Adam's River sockeye that are only now coming to light. Includes many colour and black and white photographs plus 16 original drawings by Tom Moore. Usual library markings. Average wear. Book
22-page booklet published on the occasion of the sixty-seventh anniversary of Vancouver's incorporation as a city, and celebrated with a dinner at the Stanley Park Pavilion, Monday, April 20th, 1953. This copy includes the hand-written name of Mrs. W.H. McLeod on page 3 where she is formally invited to the dinner. Contents include a (written) survey of Vancouver, 1885, statements by the hosts of the evening, photo of sculptor Sydney March (who created the panel as shown on the cover of this booklet), list of 195 names and addresses of surviving pioneers from the time of the city's incorporation (103 attended), and more. Printed upon glossy stock with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this engaging piece of Vancouver history. Book
(Codice MG/4296) In 16° 96 pp. Introduzione di David Lloyd George. Versione italiana di Pietro Santamaria. "Perchè l'Australia combatte" e altri 7 bellicosi discorsi. Brossura editoriale. Buono stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
ill., br. La storia sconvolgente di come l'Europa concepì l'idea di trasformare un continente, l'Australia, in un immane campo di concentramento. Pullulante di personaggi che fanno pensare a Dickens e a Dostoevskij, questa sinistra epopea, dopo essere stata a lungo rimossa, ha trovato in Robert Hughes il suo cantore.
292 pages including index. and black and white photographic plates. Reconstructs a fascinating account of America's first great amphibious operation of World War II - its drive northward through the Pacific to capture the Marshall and Mariana Islands from the Japanese. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Spine leaning. Usual library markings. Book
8vo. with plates; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a very good clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.146.
12mo [19 x 12 cm]; 2 volumes, xviii, 441; xiv, 426, [vi], 8 [ads dated July 1855] pp. original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, spine ends chipped and frayed, joint split and repaired, interior with few light stains in margins, good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of the Australian colonies including Melbourne, the people, immigrants, productions, conditions, nature, crime, society, digging for gold, convicts, climate, travelling through area, Sydney, smaller towns, etc.
287 pages including index. A straight-forward, comprehensive, reliable how-to and reference guide to the preparation and cooking of every species of fish and shellfish commercially available in Canada. Step-by-step colour photos show how to bone, fillet and skin fish; shuck oysters, clams, mussels and abalone; crack lobster and crab; clean shrimp, prawns and squid. Includes 170 recipes plus attractive water colours and descriptions of most Atlantic, Pacific and freshwater species on the market. Front free endpaper removed. Usual library markings. Only light to moderate wear. Book
8vo. First Edition with plates; red cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser p.139
8vo., First Edition, with plates and front endpaper map; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Personal account of the Pacific war from 1943 to 1945 by a British naval officer attached to the US Pacific Fleet. Enser, p.459; Law 0608.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Personal account of the Pacific war from 1943 to 1945 by a British naval officer attached to the US Pacific Fleet. Enser, p.459; Law 0608.
