Kerr, Aubrey [Signed]MareMagnum
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Signed and inscribed by author upon title. 312 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. Map endpapers. "Imperial Leduc No. 1, depicted on the dust jacket, was the most important economic event in Alberta's oil history. This book is the most gripping narrative yet to come from Kerr's pen. Forty-five years in the making, the subject has been researched from the ground down and reflects the author's first-hand involvement with this landmark discovery and the ensuing development." - dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy. Gift quality. Book
327 pages. Index. "In this ambitious and extravagant volume is realized, for the first time, a totally unique presentation of over 500 years of Canadian history.... Presents countless little-known and rarely seen photographs, illustrations, paintings, engravings and maps collected by Dr. Lamb during his tenure as Dominion Archivist and National Librarian of Canada." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean, unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket. A quality copy. Book
Features: Malevolent Mountain - The Western Hemisphere's Highest Peak Challenges Canada's Himilaya-Bound Mountaineers; The Quiet Famine - Biologists Protest and Bureaucrats Ponder as Hunger Decimates Canada's Seabird Colonies; Reflections in an Orbiting Eye - Canada from Space, Beauty and Science in the Images of Landsat; Leduc - A Legacy of Eclectic Excellence from a Quebecois Painter Undiscovered in his own time; Caribbean Backwaters - Riding the Ebb Tides of Colonialism in the Turks and Caicos. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Conservation Priorities - Preservation in an Age of Need; The Mid-Victorian Gothic Revival Church - Fort Massey Church, A David Stirling Original; Blue Shield Summit in Canada; Protecting heritage interiors in Vancouver; The Bonavista Peninsula Heritage Inventory; 'No Oil in Alberta' - the 50th Anniversary of the Leduc discovery; Montreal's Early Care Providers. Bilingual English/French. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Book
82 pages. Features: The Luttrell Psalter - a treasure of the medieval world; Debacle at Manzikert, 1071 - Prelude to the Crusades; Disaster at Hattin, 1187 - Beginning of the End; Legend of the Fall, 1389 - the Battle of Kosovo; Bawds, Pimps and Procurers - Prostitution in England; Christopher Columbus - A New Age of Discovery; Eastern Promise - Scandinavians in Eastern Europe; Relics of Medieval Ireland; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Signed and inscribed by both authors upon title page. vi, 176 pages. Black and white illustrations. "A literary conjuring of the spirit of place; a collection of writings as rich and varried as the islands which has provided their inspiration. From Hardwicke in the north to Savary in the south, the islands jam the passage of the Northern Georgia Strait, creating a dynamic environment of turbulent waters and beckoning shores. In this anthology, brimming with humour, drama and tragedy, over 30 writers and artists bring us memoirs and tales of the Disccovery Islands." - back cover. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
2009Q-1572933240Discovery House Publishers 2009-07-31. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Discovery House Publishers paperback
332p., map Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends worn
Two volumes. pp. 784; 380. The second volume contains the drawings and illustrations for the patents. Foxed. Original full black cloth binding. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement
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
2012DADAX1603209301TI Inc. Books 2012-07-03. paperback. New. 8.00x0.50x11.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. TI Inc. Books paperback
1203961875 - 1877 Années 1875, 1876 et 1877 - Revue hebdomadaire illustrée - In-4, demi basane verte; dos lise avec titre, années et filets dorés - p. 1 à 416 puis p. 1 à 432 (Numérotation reprenant au N° 53 du 1er Juillet 1876) - Très nombreuses illustrations (gravures) en N&B in et hors texte - Relié sans les couvertures d'origines
3516Montréal, Éditions Albert Lévesque, 1934. Collection « Albums historiques ». In-8 (23.1 cm) 160 pages, illustré de vignettes, bandeaux et culs-de-lampe et de 11 planches à pleine page précédées à l'introduction d'un fac-similé d'un poème illustré par Albert Ferland : « Jacques Cartier, le Héros du Fleuve ». Reliure de luxe de l'éditeur de pleine basane brune marbrée. Dos lisse avec titre et filets dorés, plat supérieur orné de jeux « déco », de triple filets dorés, avec au centre, « Jacques Cartier » doré. Légèrement frotté aux extrémités. Bel état.
199757129World Scientific Pub Co Inc 1997-03-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover ex-library book in very nice condition text is unmarked and pages are tight. Usual library markings and mylar cover over dust jacket. World Scientific Pub Co Inc hardcover
2014x-0309285968National Academies Press 2014. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 195 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. National Academies Press paperback
1396387234.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
69390aafParis, Hachette, 1880, gr. in-4to, 436 p., rich. ill., reliure demi-cuir, usée.
69395aafParis, Hachette, 1867, gr. in-4to, 434 p., rich. ill., reliure demi-cuir.
8vo., with 10 wood-engravings; patterned boards, burgundy buckram back lettered in gilt, burgundy top, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
8vo., with plates and endpaper maps; original blue pictorial cloth, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Scott's own account of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904 was first published in 1905. This is a nice copy of the reissue of the first one-volume edition of 1929. Scarce, especially in this condition. Spence, 1072 (recording the first one-volume edition).
359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map. Foxed. 12mo. Disbound. AFRICA/6
pp. xvi, 598, (4)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus two portrait frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page woodcuts. Age stained. 8vo. Original full black embossed cloth binding, gold lettered. Worn and stained. AFRICA/2 = 2nd c. spine torn, lacks first fly leaf.
878 p.+ Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Artifacts Collected from the Hupa Reservation; Customs of the Dakotas; Atnatanas of Alaska; Indians of the Quinaielt Agency; Charm Stones or Plummets; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; An thropology; and Ethnology. Really important documents of the native Americans. Scarce.
620 p. + 103 Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Chipped at head. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Japanese Wood-Cutting and Woodcut Printing; Prehistoric Anthropology; Relation of Biology to Geological Investigation; the Shofar; Scientific Taxidermy for Museums; Comparative Oology of North American Birds; Etc. The article on taxidermy is especially significant, and its ramifications can still be seen today in the major American natural history museums. SM 8
496 p. Woodcut illustrations. Original cloth binding, spine gone. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; A. D. Bache; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: Aurora Borealis, or Polar Light; Sense of Feeling; Electrico-Physiology; Lake Neuchatel; Gravity; Birds; etc. Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872.
