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Features: Big Improvements by Northern Pacific During 1912; Through Service Seattle to Texas; O.-W. R. & N. Enter Vancouver; Will Carl Gray Succeed L.W. Hill? - article with photo of Gray; Dangers Attending Hauling Explosives; New H-H-1 Locomotive Design; Seattle's Greatest Opportunity; Bush Terminal Company to Build on Harbor Land - article with photo of Model Loft buildings at the New York Bush Terminal, similar to those to be built on Harbor Island; Portland's Proposed Harbor Front Development and the Commission of Public Docks - major article; South and Central American Trade; Great Prospects for Vancouver, B.C.; The Official Statement of the [Seattle] Port Commission re: improvements and facilities; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 4) - major article which includes official map of Grand Trunk Pacific Railway showing proposed extension to Vancouver and Seattle, plus map of new thoroughfare donated to Seattle by Great Northern Railway with franchise for Interbay-Ballard Route; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Impressive - major article with map showing City section of harbor plans; Casualties to Pacific Coast Shipping for Year 1911 - Four full pages of fine print document the voluminous incidents of the year including the vessel and damage it sustained; Photo of Strathalbyn's bow after collision; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Big Company to use Panama Canal - International Mercantile Marine; and more. 44 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
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; plum cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of lady in purple top feeding pigeons; Frigidaire fridge one-page ad; Colour-photo one-page ad for Singer sewing machines shows lady re-upholstering her chair; News digest includes these topics - The Coming Rowell Report, Democracy on Challenge, The Memories of 1867, United States Congress Keeps 150th Birthday, The Roosevelt Moral, Twenty Years of Fascism; Fisher Body one-page ad with elegant photo of member of the Class of '39; The Marvels of Mexico's Treasure House - interesting photo-illustrated article on Diomed Wray's visit to the land south of the Rio Grande; There's Lots of Time (short story); Bad Luck on the Baron (short story); As the Sun Dial Says (short story); Thomas Cook, Founder of the world-famous travel agency - nice photo-illustrated article; Not in Our Stars (short story); Perfect Service (short story); For Offshore Sailors Only - nautical article with photo of "The Wasp" (88' cabin cruiser), sea-fleas, and Georgian Bay sailboats; Nice two-page 1939 Chevrolet ad features black four-door; Palmolive ad features photo of Phyllis Carter of 2159 Tupper Street, Montreal; Half-page Canadian Pacific features their Jasper and Alaska destinations; Movie news and photos; Lux ad features photos of Claudette Colbert and Andrea Leeds; Miss Peggy Hunter of Toronto is featured in a Woodbury soap ad; Fashion illustrations; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features Alphonse and Gaston comic; Canadian National half-page photo ad features their Jasper destination; Willys Overland ad features photo of Canadian aviatrix Mary Spearing; Are You House Dreaming? - considerations for a new home; Crane kitchen fixtures half-page ad features great colour photo of 1930s kitchen; Pond's ad features The Lady Alexandra Haig, The Lady Grenfell and Lady Morris; Beauty article; Cooking article with recipes; New York World's Fair (brief article); World Quotes; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
76 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of the King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth; Fisher Body one-page ad features a McLaughlin-Buick; Wonderful colour one-page ad for Frigidaire fridges; News digest includes these headings - 'The Wild Geese', 'Politicians and Newspapers', 'Totalitarian Swapping', 'First Families', 'A Modern Napoleon', 'Mr. Bennett's Farewell', 'Dictatorship as a Refuge', 'Canada's Lesson from Europe', 'Dominion Unity', and 'Democracy's Frontier'; *Gorgeous* one-page colour ad for a dark blue 1939 Nash 4-Door Sedan; Canada's King and Queen Come Home - photo-illustrated article on their Canadian visit; The Iron Key (short story); Crime Comes to South Street (short story); All Our To-Morrows (short story); Historical Rhymes of Canada; Mr. Mayland Takes a Single (short story); Not in our Stars (short story); Strictly "Off the Record" - nice photo-illustrated article on Canadian figure skating with photos of Mary Rose Thacker of the Winnipeg Winter Club, Norah McCarthy, Canadiand Ladies' Junior Champion of 1938, and her 1939 Canadian Pair Champion partner Ralph McCreath, of the Toronto Skating Club; Nice one-page ad for the 1939 Pontiac; One-page Kodak ad with photos of six of their cameras, complete with prices and basic specs; The province of Saskatchewan is high-lighted in a one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada; Banff and Alaska are featured in Canadian Pacific travel ad; Movie news with photos of Herbert Stothart, Bob Wright, Chet Forrest, pianist Stokowski, and Deanna Durbin; Fashion Illustrations; Canadian National ad features Jasper; Kellogg's All-Bran ad features "Fair Enough!" comic by C.A. Vought; Are You House Dreaming? - article on house design suggestions; Spring Magic - beauty article; Pond's ad features photos of The Lady Ursula Stewart and The Lady Bourke; Another Pond's ad features photo of Lady Harmsworth; Eating for Efficiency and Health; vintage Magic Baking Powder one-page ad features the New York World's Fair; Fabric Fundamentals; World Quotes; Nice colour Coke ad inside back cover features young man in tie and jacket drinking, with small inset colour photo of Coke cooler; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Hardcover petit in-4, 93 pages abdt ill. en noir et en couleurs, cartonnage illustre. LIVRE NEUF. [FL-13]
8vo [25 x 18.5 cm]; vi, 160 pp, color plates from Rowan's paintings, many other illustrations including full-page from drawings, photos, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine and clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The biography of Australia's finest botanical and wildlife artist, who contributed to many publications and whose paintings are most desirable. She collaborated with Baron von Mueller and Alice Lounsberry on three of her US botanical works. She travelled widely especially in Pacific area, Ceylon, etc.
208 pages. Index. Footnotes. "A unique collection of over 320 original maps of explorers and navigators from four centuries of voyages and overland treks of exploration and discovery to the northwest coast, plus native maps, and a host of others selected for their interest and historical significance." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent example of this wonderful work. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 220 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous scaled line drawings in the text; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes, as usual, complete fleet lists with individual career records.
90 pages. Articles: How to Beat the Communists - by UAW (United Auto Workers') chief Walter Reuther; Walter Winchell - Aan American Phenomenon - a study of the fastest talker on the airwaves; Our Lights are Going Out - electrical power shortage; John N. Garner's Story (part 2) - the former Vice-President tells of his most serious disagreement with Mr. Roosevelt; Hot-Sun Hockey - The Pacific Coast goes for hockey in a big way - article with color photos including the Fresno Falcons playing the Los Angeles Monarchs; Boys at Work - this school reforms tough kids. Fiction: Jason Hazard's Swim; The Female Circumstance; Cupid Up the Bayou!; The Farmer's Face; The Mysterious Way; Interruptions, Interruptions. Nostalgic ads include: Old Thompson Whiskey; Packard cars; GMC trucks (nice!); Nash cars; Oldsmobile two-page color ad; Dodge Trucks; Lord Calver liquor ad featuring one-page color photo portrait of Richard C. Kettles, Jr. and his boxer Worlord; Chrysler color centerfold features cowboy scene; Chevrolet trucks; Botany 500; Samson card tables; Kleenex (featuring Little Lulu); Wow! - two-page color ad for Roma Wines features large image of Jane Russell; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features rodeo star Jerry Ambler, fisher Dorothy Allan Newstead, polo star Cecil Smith and table-tennis star Mary Reilly. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Berlin, Safari Verlag, 1952. 4to.; 338 pp., con 87 ilustraciones fotográficas entre el texto. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
34 pages. Features: Quick Reference 1960-61 Hunting Regulations and Game Management Maps; Mailbag; Dr. James Hatter and his Game Outlook; Nice one-page Old Vienna ad features large photo of hunter with deer and B.C. deer hunting statistics; One-page Crown Zellerbach ad with illustration of hunter says "Hunting Not Prohibited Here"; 2/3-page ad for the "Cariboo Dayliner" rail service offered by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway; One-page ad for Harkley & Haywood Sporting Goods Ltd. features fireamrs and accessories; Trout Fishing For Sport and a Delightful Recreation; Clay Chips - includes photos of Harvey Mackie, Colin Peacock, George Walker, R. Weatherhead, Rudy Wiley, Arnie Homewood, Henry Remple, Verne Greensword, Col. N.C. Sherman, Arnie Homewood, Aldon Hanson, Cy Bourne, Ken Bodwell, Tom Held, Russ Young and Jack Pratt; One-page ad by the Department of Recreation and Conservation gives tips for hunting on private lands; Back cover Pilsener beer ad; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
194 pages. References. "Identifies and describes the avifauna, and their pertinent habitats, in and around Pacific Rim National Park to provide for the needs of the visitors who are interested in the birds, the Park, and for those of the birds, themselves." - from Introduction. Black and white illustrations. Average wear. Usual library markings. Decent working copy. Book
740 pages. Index, references glossary. Colour photographic plates. Black and white line drawings. "...Includes the fishes found in salt water off the Canadian (Pacific) coast." - from page 9. Includes gazetteer. Contents clean, tight and unmarked. Average external wear. Partial lean to spine. Sound working copy. Book
740 pages. "Analytical keys allow the identification of all recorded kinds of fishes. Species accounts contain new illustrations, and expanded information on life history, distribution, and role in the economy. A gazeteer and new glossary are included as well as specially prepared colour photographs of all Pacific salmons and selected other species." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. A worthy reading copy. Book
222 pages including index and glossary. Fold-out map at page 15. Black and white photographic plates. "This book is the outcome of forty years residence amongst the Haidas, and is an accurate description of what I have seen and heard in the villages and homes. Through my knowledge of their language I have been enabled to get all my information regarding their customs, traditions and social organization direct from the principal chiefs, men who at that time were from sixty to eighty years old." - from Preface. Chapters include: Queen Charlotte Islands; Early History; The Haidas; Haida Customs; Births, Marriages, Divorce, Death and Burial Ceremonies; Tools, Ornaments and Ceremonial Masks; Industries and Medicines; The Sa-ag-ga or Shaman; The Haida Pantheon; Haida Legends; The Haida Traditions of Creation; Chief Edenshaw; The Natural History of the Islands; Geology of the Islands and Natural Resources. Appendix lists cranial measurements. Average wear. Binding intact. Red cloth-covered boards. Black lettering and decoration legible upon spine. Prior owner's stamp to bottom edge, front fixed and free endpapers, and title page. Faint bookseller's stamp to back fixed endpaper. A sound copy. Edwards & Lort 1668, Thibault 2,231. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
In-16°, pp. 324, (11) di catalogo editoriale, copert. edit. Volume 169 ne "I libri pocket". Gli errori dei giapponesi che portarono alla loro sconfitta, le più grandi battaglie navali da Pearl Harbor a Okinawa.
DESCRIZIONE: Mondadori Milano 1972 I^ Ed., br. ed. ca, con sovracc. ill. col., pp. 222 in 16°. Quattro battaglie - Libro rigoroso e ben fatto. CONDIZIONI: Buone sovracc. leggermente scolorita. PESO / WEIGHT: 300 gr. without package
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; 286 pp, frontis, illus from photos, bibliog. original quarter cloth, boards, dj (short tears), fine in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A gripping adventure through the rain forests of Borneo with descriptions of the native peoples, their customs, culture and way of life. 'One of the most fascinating travel books in recent years' (Redmond O'Hanlon).
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Libro in ottime condizioni. Non comune
8vo., First Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. With dustwrapper panels mounted on front paste-down and rear free endpaper. Lion Six was the US Navy contruction unit that built the largest of all advance bases at Guam. SCARCE.
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
279 pages. A superb combination of generous writing style and practical angling advice. Prior owner's details whited out upon half-title page else unmarked. Crease to front cover. Average wear externally. Contents tight and square. Solid copy. Book
