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76 pages. Features: Lovely Franklin Arbuckle cover illustration of couple admiring winter view of Peyto Lake at Banff National Park; Nostalgic Canadian Pacific colour ad inside front cover features young lady looking forward to seeing Canada by train; One-page DeSoto ad features a maroon Custom; Pay-Off in Oil - Leduc, Alberta has been stampeded by roughnecks after the recent discovery of oil; Labor War is Civil War - article by Charles Luckman of Lever Brothers Company in the U.S.; Marigold Spring (fiction); E.K. Brown explains his Ontario - rich but repressed, powerful but timid, and disliked but loved by her own; Bell's Sweet Singers - Dr. Leslie Bell conducts the 60 lovely girls of the Ontario College of Education choir - article with nice photos; Divorce - a Racket and a Scandal; Excellent colour-photo Campbell's soup ad features attractive housweife in front of a wall of soup cans; Nice colour Waterman's Taperite pen ad; When the Crowd Roars - Ted Reeve conjours up the biggest thrills of 40 years in sport; Guardian of the Clock (fiction); Flying Railwayman - New head of CPR is W.M. Neal, who rose from office boy to President; Article on mosquitoes by Max Braithwaite; The Faraway Music Company (fiction); Wonderful one-page colour White Rose gas station ad shows vehicles lined up for service; Colour photo Caterpillar ad shows highway excavation in progress, with tarp protecting crawler operator from the cold; Nice back cover Coke ad features young lady with 'come hither' look gazing down from porch. Complete and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
219 pages including bibliography and black and white illustrations. "Rich in information about our past, from European discovery to settlement, the creation of the townsite, incorporation, and the development of the modern town, while preserving its village character." - Jack Collins, Mayor, Qualicum Beach. Clean and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
321 pages including bibliography and index. The history of the pre-Klonkike era, as recorded in the journals, letters, reports, and books of the first Europeans to penetrate the American northwest. Dabs of liquid paper upon title page. Sticker scar on front cover. Average wear. Book
Circa 1990s. Extensively footnoted. Appendices. Many black and white archival illustrations. Fold-out photo inside back cover. "The history of Canada's longest serving Naval Reserve Division from the days of 'yachting gentlemen' to the present day." - from back cover. Prior owner's details atop first page else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Miniature book measuring 2 3/4"w x 3 1/4"h. 124 pages with tiny deck of cards in box attached with ribbon.
240 p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
4to., First Edition, with a coloured portrait frontispiece, and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations by the author; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean in the dustwrapper. First published in 1966. Very scarce, especially in this condition. Spence 1030
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, on Japanese vellum, with a folding map as frontispiece, title-vignette in blue and black, and 12 maps; original blue buckram, ivory buckram back lettered in gilt, uncut, brown silk marker, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1050 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY OUT-OF-SERIES). Sold from an institution with its stamp on front free endpaper, half-title and title. The seventh publication of the Argonaut Press, printed by Walter Lewis at the University Press, Cambridge. The title-vignette is by William Monk.
149 pages. "A summer of adventure and discovery begins for Barbara Loren, nearly fifteen, when the steamer Camosun docks at Lalooma, British Columbia. Barbara soon forgets her homesickness for Toronto, as she is swept into a new world of sun and sea, of towering forests and great mountains, and, best of all, of fascinating, friendly people." - from dust jacket. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic frontis. Dust jacket rough but now protected by archival-grade brodart cover. Book shows only light wear and is unmarked. Binding sound. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 320 pages. Contents include;Philosophy and histiry, Philosophical knowing as an existential process, Reality and consciousness, Anamnesis: the study of history and the struggle for truth, Discovery of reality, Loss of reality, Philosphy of religion
471 pages. Lets the diaries, letters and newspapers of the pioneers tell the story of the region's growth. Told in chronological sequence with chapters added to provide more detailed information on the industries and organizations developed by the people of the region. From first printing of 3,000 copies. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. A beautiful copy. HALE & BARMAN 439. Book
pp. xvi, 351 + Plus portrait frontis and full page photographs. Title page printed in red and black. Map endpapers. Large 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, embossed vignette portrait of Stanley on front cover. Spine slightly worn and faded. AFRICA/3
8vo. original decorated cloth pp. 788 many illustrations and map ex library cover rubbed but ow excellent tight copy of a scarce and fascinating item.
Features/Photos: The Necropolis at Salamis; On guard against terrorism in Cyprus; Underground discovery of water brings prosperity to an arid region of Egypt; Beatles capture America; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Italian Olympics; Frances Gary Powers; King Solomon's Mines - a new discovery; English Electric House; Austin Seven De Luxe; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Features: The Launching of the Oriana; The President's Tour; Theories of Cosmology - Part III of How Scientists Understand the Universe; Epsom College; The Greatest Discovery of Roman Gold Pieces since the Great Find at Arras, Including Unique Medallions of the Emperor Maxentius; Armaments Research Exhibition; Scotland Yard at Work; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
360 p. incl. illus., 5 pl. front. (fold. map) 16 cm. Hardcover Good condition, marginal staining in early leaves
Pages 119- 152 plus sixteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Saskatchewan's Oil and Gas - major article with many excellent photos including Tommy Douglas on the podium; Some Birds of Canada; The Canals of England; The Craft School of Fundy; Voyages of Discovery - British Columbia; Canadair one-page ad with illustration of their Sparrow II guided missile; and more. Faint date stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
MONTREAL, FIDES - 1968 - Coll. "Classiques canadiens" - In-12 - Broché - Illustrations NB - 95 pages - Bon exemplaire
Hardcover in-8, 296 pages, nombreuses illustrations en noir/blanc, nombreux croquis, reliure pleine toile verte illustree d"edition. Bon etat. [NV-37]
pp. (8), 55, (11), 34 + Map. Early publisher's full cloth binding; decorated in blind. This is a fully lithographed facsimile (done in 1848) of the RARE 1698 first edition. This copy is from the estate of Hampton L. Carson (1852-1929), Attorney-General of PA (1903-1907), President of the PA and American Bar Associations, ETC. The book itself is a promotional for Penn's lands by an early settler. The title continues, in part as an account. The Richness of the Soil, the Sweetness of the Situation. The flourishing Condition of the City of Philadelphia with the stately Buildings, and other Improvements there. The strange Creatures, as Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Fowls, with the several sorts of Minerals, Purging Waters, and Stones, lately discovered. The Natives, Aborogines, their Language, Religion, Laws, and Customs; The first Planters, the Dutch, Swedes, and English, with the number of its Inhabitants; As also a Touch upon George Keith's New Religion, in his Second Change since he left the QUAKERS. Sabin 95396; Howes T167. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 18
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Lithographed Edition. First and Only Edition of this first Turkish book exclusively related to America. This very rare work (both in scarce institutional holdings and market rarity) is the first book in Turkish to describe the discovery and conquest of America. Thus, it is an important and early source on America in the Islamic world. "The first treatise [in Turkish] dedicated exclusively to America" (Strauss). It is printed in a format that is specific to the early printing period of the Ottoman Empire and is written in a tâliq script and has the appearance of a manuscript. It has neither a preface nor a proper title. The heading (serlevha) on the first page which is placed in a decorative floral design reads: "First chapter: On the Islands Discovered by the Venetian and Genoese seafarers, and, secondly, on the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus". It also contains the mandatory praise of the ruler, i.e., Sultan Abdülmecid, and indicates that it was "translated and transferred from some selected writings (ba'z-i evrâk-i müntahabe)". The dramatic events of the discovery and of the different conquests by the Spaniards are vividly described in plain and simple language. Though it is not free from clichés adopted from Western sources, the darker aspects of the European expansion are not omitted. Particular interest is devoted to the fauna and flora of the American continent. The modern territorial divisions of the American continent, and briefly, its political history, are dealt with in a special chapter at the end of the book. This chapter comprises information about both North and South America from the Polar Regions (Arazi-i kutbiyye) and "Russian America" (Amerika-i Rusiyye) to the Banda Oriental (Banda) or the Cisplatine Republic (Çisplatin) and the Province of Patagonia (Patakonya Eyaleti). It takes into account the latest developments. The last event referred to is General Soulouque's takeover in Haiti. "[.] ?in Santa Domingo (Sen Domeng), i.e., the island of Haiti, a general from the Negro people appeared in the Frankish year of 1847 and beat the Spaniards and the French. Assuming the title of 'king', he is known today as Faustin I." (p. 54). In fact, General Soulouque (Emperor of Hayti, (1782-1867)) had assumed the title of 'Emperor' in 1849. His reign lasted until 1859. (Source: Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Americana by Johann Strauss). Original wrappers. Occasionally slight stains on some pages and chipped on front cover, otherwise a very good copy. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Turkish with Arabic letters). 56 p. Litho. Only two copies in OCLC: (University of California, Los Angeles & Library of Congress, Karl Süssheim Collection, no. 1717.): 948879228.; TBTK 4412 / 5557.; Özege 1591 / 22639.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 13 full-page illustrations in the text; original pictorial cloth blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt back, gilt top, patterned endpapers, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy in publisher's original pictorial binding. Engaging accounts of over 120 major inventions and discoveries told with characteristic late Victorian aplomb. Scarce, especially in this condition.
128 pages. Features: Is the U.S. Losing Out in the Caribbean?; The Fourth of July - 1908; "Fair Play for America" Committee; The Fair Trae Racket; The Lost Colony of the Confederacy - A bizarre tale of a Colony of defeated Confederates who tried to start over again in South America; A Barber Speaks His Mind - things a customer should know in view of the rising price of haircuts; What Are You Reading These Days? - A critique that throws light on brainwashing techniques of the book and magazine publishers in America; Debatability of Fluoridation; Smith Street, U.S.A. - reprint of a 1939 article on the battle for democracy in the U.S.; Straight Talk; Nostalgia; Stage Fright - a common fear is explained; The Challenge of Underdevelloped Countries; Red Spies Plague America - an army of 300,000 spies steal military and atomic secrets; Underground "Noah's Ark" - man-made salt caverns in Kansas offer protection in the event of enemy attack; A "New" Task for the Church - the American home has become a real mission field; Old Warhorse Still in Harness - how Charlie Younts dealt with retirement; Exit the Aircraft Carrier; How to Prevent a Cold; Vi Murphy Keeps Her Word - courageous reporter goes to jail rather than betray news source; A Discovery That Changed the World - Paper; The Dalton Trumbo Trumpet - he was jailed in 1950 for contempt of Congress, has since written scripts for Exodus and Spartacus, and now receives adulation. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy bearing the address label of noted Madison, WI architect William Kaeser. Book
570 pages including index and numerous archival black and white photographic plates. Author's signature and inscription inside front cover. An extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollections, and oral testimony. Presents a panoramic history of Asian Americans. "...Effortlessly weaves the stories of thousands of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian Americans into a single tale of discovery, endurance, and courage." - San Francisco Chronicle. Average wear. Contents unmarked. Light yellowing at edges. Price sticker remnants upon back cover. Book
