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Mm 120x190 Collana "il Cammeo" - Volume in copertina rigida originale privo della sovraccoperta, 265 pagine con 9 figure in nero fuori testo. Buona-ottima copia, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
Written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this company. Traces its tenuous beginnings, growing pains and ultimate success as a truly co-operative approach to insurance and one of the few organizations of its type to survive... and thrive. Author played an active role in the company for 25 years. Includes company photo album with some pictures in colour. Book
401p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
120 pages. Four pages of black and white reproductions of photos. Songs include: A Minor Ballad; Bitter Green; Black Day in July; Boss Man; Canadian Railroad Trilogy; Cold Hands from New York; Crossroads; Did She Mention My Name; Does Your Mother Know; Don't Beat Me Down; Early Mornin' Rain; Go Go Round; Go My Way; Home from the Forest; If You Got It; I'll Be Alright; I'm Not Sayin'; I Want to Hear it From You; Last Time I Saw Her; The Long River; Long Way Back Home; Magnificent Outpouring; May I; Mountains and Marian; Peaceful Waters; The Pony Man; Pussywillows Cat-Tails; Ribbon of Darkness; Rich Man Spiritual; Rosanna; Sixteen Miles (to Seven Lakes); Softly; Something Very Special; Song for a Winter's Night; Steel Rail Blues; (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me; Walls; The Way I Feel; Wherefore and Why. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Short openings at each end of spine. A quality working copy of this wonderful vintage compilation. Book
142 pages. Index. Includes Many dozens of recipes plus a brief company history. Undated but appears to be circa 1970. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; navy cloth, red cloth back lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Signed copies are very scarce.
146 pages including index. Explains what to plant and when; how much time, land and money to invest; how to take advantage of your region's unique growing conditions; how to prepare the soil; and much more. Unmarked copy with average wear but considerable dampstaining to covers and pages. Covers faded. Binding still intact. Book
Guadalcanal and Florida I.s with a portion of Malaita I. The South coast of Florida I. and North coast of Guadalcanal including Savo I are from Surveys by Commander R.W. Glennie and the Officers of H.M. Surveying Ship "Sealark", 1910-12, the remainder of the work is from various rough and imperfect sketch surveys of earlier date. West coast of Malaita I and Alite Reef, adjusted to positions determined by Lieut. Com. R.L. Hancock & the Officers of H.M.S. "Sealark", 1914. London Published at the Admiralty, 6th Nov. 1893, under the Superintendence of Captain W.J.L. Wharton, Hydrographer. Large corrections 10 th Jan. 1930. Interesting map of Guadacanal in which the capital Honiara is missing because it will be constructed only afet the second world war. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Guadalcanal - Solomon Islands - Pacific Ocean. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 658x983 mm
Price sticker to DJ. Former property of US navy with markings to all edges and endpapers ; Maps in endpapers and one fold-out map of the island, which is the largest land mass between the Hawaiian Islands and the Phillippines. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 262 pages
In-8 gr., cartonato editoriale, pp. 149, con numerose fotografie in b/n e carte geografiche nel testo. Ben conservato.
G (no dj, stapled paper covers with small tear top of spine, a good sound tight copy with light foxing first and last pages and light browning some page edges, few small neat annotations, neat signature reverse of front cover F. R. Williams, US Navy Air Base, Agana, Guam, 31 Aug 1945. ) octavo 140pp. Second edition. Restricted document for the use of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps of the United States of America. Guide to the Pacific Islands with maps and background information on people, customs, food, climate, wild life etc.
14 pages. Intended as an introduction to the cetaceans from the Nanaimo area. Provides black and white illustrations of various whales plus blowing and diving characteristics of some of the large whales. Minor sunning to covers. Rubber stamp upon front cover. Average wear. Book
32 pages. Colour photography throughout. An excellent concise introduction to this fascinating topic. Average wear and soiling. Book
136 pages. The place is Shanghai, the year 1937. The author is seventeen, the little girl of A Time of Cicadas all but forgotten. Absorbed in her own life, with its new problems and new opportunities, she is totally unprepared for the outbreak of war with Japan. She falls in love and, desparately ignoring the coming of war in the Pacific, gets married. She and her husband plan to move to Canada but before they can escape the Japanese overrun the country and occupy Shanghai. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
315 pages. Many black and white photographic plates. Color frontis photo of author and her family. "Here is an account of a very special breed of mean - and of the women who work beside them - in the gigantic lumbering industry in the Pacific Northwest." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to color-illustrated and price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high quality copy of this wonderful work. Book
Two maps, Haapai Group Northem & Southern portion Surveyed by Captain A. Mostyn Field, Assisted by Lieutenants F.C. Pasco, A. Waugh, G.E. Nares, A.W. Lowis, C.R. Brewis, and M.r F. Payne, Boats. H.M. Surveying Ship Penguin, 1898. London Published at the Admiralty, 9th Mar. 1900, under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral Sir W.J.L. Wharton, Hydrographer. Small corrections: 1929. Folded editorially. Autore: Admiralty Charts. Luogo: Pacific Ocean - Haspai Group. Anno: '900. Tecnica: incisione. Dimensioni: 655x991 + 653x990 mm
156 pages including bibliography. A love story between the author and her home, Hammerstone tells the story of Hornby Island - from its molten birth in the South Pacific, to the present. In a carefully woven, eloquent narrative, Fletcher writes of a special island in the Gulf of Georgia on the West Coast of Canada. The story starts nearly 3050 million years ago. It has not ended. "...talk about a fascinating overview of how our West Coast came into being. The findings in Fletcher's deeply researched work are nothing short of mind boggling as she weaves us through the gigantic warps of geologic time." - Bob Fortune, CBC. Small 'discard' rubber stamp atop half-title page else clean , bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
8 pages. Average wear. Ukulele chords added in pencil. A sound vintage copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/4"w x 9 3/4"h. 234 pages. Many b&w photographs. 200 rare and dramatic photographs of life and work in the Pacific Northwest between 1880 and 1950.
Profusely illustrated; 4to; 132 pages
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Two corners a bit worn. Former owner's name and brief notes on front free endpaper. ; Travelling to the Islands in 1916 took longer but was no less rewarding upon arrival. An upretentious look at Hawaii over a century ago. Top edge gilt ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 181 pages
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 304pp. Lonely Planet guide to Hawaii with thirty-five themed itineraries for you to enjoy.
Binding cracked in spots. Small bookseller's sticker to front free endpaper; Published just after the appropriation of the Islands by the US and illustrated with 104 plates and five maps ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 356 pages
Light wear and darkening to boards. Front hinge not tight ; Real headhunters and cannibals enliven this account of an expedition intended to record the lives and cultures of the 'uncivilized' peoples of the region. Map in front endpaper.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 416 pages