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170 pages. Colour frontis. Black and white plates. "This is a fascinating book, a beautiful book, a magnificent memorial to the pioneer period with which it deals." - From dust jacket. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper else unmarked. Average wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound working copy. Wallace p.119. Book
160 pages including footnotes, bibliography and index. Numerous black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. "Tells the story of Anticosti and its people from the discovery by Jacques Cartier to the present day." - dust jacket. Book unmarked with average wear. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
Features: Orca, The Sociable Whale - Life among British Columbia's Most Intelligent and Awesome Predators; A Cuban Odyssey - Foot-loose in the Shadow of Fidel, An Underground Traveller's Report; Cosmic Crucibles - Scientists Probe the Workings of the huge Nebulas; Christopher Pratt and Mary Pratt - The First Couple of Contemporary Art; Bone Age Man - Canadian Find Sparks One of the Hottest Archeological Debates of the Century. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: How to Forge a Ring; New Mexico's Catron Country; Casting with Water-Soluble Wax; Mexican Wulfenite Discovery; Beads and Bear Claws; Ben Mayo - Space Age Silversmith; Make a Bead Punch; Seashell Roses; The Precious Plumes of Graveyard Point; Rack'em Up; Pt. Mugu Coquina; Working with Opals. Above-average wear. Date stamp and company stamp to front cover. Magazine
281 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. Explains the far-ranging factors bearing on the Nootka stage: European War, the Russian presence in the northern Pacific, the onset of Spain's waning fortunes, America's thrust west, the British East India and South Sea trading monopolies, and the steady advance of coastal charting by explorers like George Vancouver. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A sound copy. Book
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
688 p. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Old glue on rear board. XLib. Includes articles on: The Value of Ancient Mexican Manuscripts; Native Plants of New Mexico; Chinese Architecture; Ferns of North America; Radio-telegraphy; Physiology of Sleep; Astronomy; Etc.
469 p. Woodcut diagrams. Original cloth binding. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: the Senses; Colors; Gravity; Indians of British and Russian America; American Migration; Vitality; Shells; Barometer; Indian Pottery (Rau); Etc. Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872. **
959 p. Woodcut diagrams and illustrations. Slight loss on last page of index. Original cloth binding. The articles include studies of : Astronomy; Geology; Meteorology; Physics; Mineralogy; Biology; Zoology; Anthropology; Ethnology; and a nice group of papers relating to various Indian sites. **
pp. 1004 + Eight lithographed Plates. Foxed. Aged. Original full cloth binding, worn. Hardbound. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BOX 66 Basement
959 p. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botan y; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans; etc.
473 p. Woodcut diagrams. Original cloth binding, head of spine chipped. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; James A. Garfield; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: Cuvier; Oersted; Hodgkinson; Mechanical Theory of Heat; meteorites; Vibratory Movement of Matter; Barome ters; Anthropological Society of Paris; Drilling Stone Without Metal; Agricultural Flint Implements in Southern Illinois; Etc. There was a large printing of this report in 1869 and, because demand was strong, a printing of 2000 copies in 1872. This book is from that later printing. SM7
Book shows only very slight use/very light shelfwear only. Interior/text is clean and unmarked in any way. 251 pages. Graphs, charts, tables, maps.
8vo., First Edition, with a folding map as frontispiece, 13 plates, a folding map, and 4 maps in the text; original Society binding of blue cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing a sailing vessel blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright clean copy. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. CXX 120. Includes documents from English, Portuguese and Spanish archives, and from printed sources, relating to the Atlantic voyages out of Bristol between 1480 and 1508-9, including the voyages of John and Bastian Cabot. Bridges & Hair, p.287.
Ed. Lucien Mazenod - 1947 - Coll. "La Galerie des Hommes Célèbres" - Fort in-4 - Broché - Couverture rempliée - , composé pour cet ouvrage en frontispice - Nombreuses illustrations NB et en couleurs HT, certaines doubles pages - Cartes et index - 367 pages
43 pages. Nicely illustrated juvenile literature. "An adventure that will inspire young and old alike: Livingstone's determination to reach his goal, his humility and love for the African people and his storng faith in God." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
20 page board book. Copyright date 1974. Average soiling and wear to outer boards. No markings. Contents clean and bright. A picture story book with no words providing discovery, surprise and fun for pre-reading children from 3-6 years. Book
222 pages. Wonderful adventure tales for young readers. Front hinge partially open. Writing upon front free endpaper. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
568 pages. Black and white illustrations. Facsimile reprint of the 1894 first edition as published by William Briggs. "The most comprehensive early history of the province." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. A worthy reading copy. Book
124 pages. Archival black and white photos. Contents include: discovery, fur trade, mission, settlement, ranch development, Okanagan School, mail and transportation, boats and railroads, town development, commercial and social. Average wear. A sound copy of this informative work. Book
264 pages including index. The first full account of a scientific discovery that may change the world, told by a skeptical secular reporter who became part of the story. Clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
131 pages. Index. Recommended Reading List. Footnotes. Thirty colour photos. "Reveals much of Captain Vancouver's personality, life abourd his ships, the techniques of mapping, and his views of the native peoples he encountered. Historical engravings and maps richly illustrate the land and events." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound working copy of this fascinating and informative work. Book
Signed and briefly inscribed by author upon half-title page. 287 pages. List of sources, footnotes, index. Map endpapers. Illustrated in black and white. "Jean de Fuca, Francis Drake, James Cook, George Vancouver and the race for the fabled Northwest Passage. A sea venture tied up with piracy, political loyalty and betrayal, all bound up in a web of international intrigue, [this book] is an indispensable contribution to the history of discover on the Northwest Coast." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
228 pages. Take a journey of discovery in search of the essence of Saskatchewan. Collected here, as recorded by those who have lived in the landscape and by obervant visitors who have passed through it, are the vivid recollections of aboriginal people,excerpts from fur-trade diaries, accounts of Mounties, explorers, and settlers, stories of protest politics, booze, dust, the Depression, war, and the environment. Captures the heart and soul, the people and places of Saskatchewan. Only the faintest traces of wear. Unmarked. Glossy illustrated covers. Book
354 pages including index. An extraordinary, true Arctic drama of man against nature - and man against man. A work of non-fiction narrative that reads like a novel - a raw, vivid, harrowing adventure, brilliantly told. Excellent giftable copy. Book