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VHS video tape in case. "A plea - particularly to prospective parents and adoption agencies in developed countries - to fully understand the complicated process of international adoption." - from case. Running Time: 1 hour. Above-average wear. Usual library markings Book
359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, torn with an old repair. XLib. Damp stained. Age stained. 12mo. Original half leather marbled boards. Joints tender. Black library tape on lower spine. First American Edition. AFRICA/2
359p. + Plus engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map. Foxed. 12mo. Disbound. AFRICA/6
359p. + Plus wood engraved half title, full page engravings and a folding map, on light paper. an old repair. Foxed. 16mo. 160 mm. Original Harper's printed cloth binding (with the date 1834 on the front cover), stained and worn, with old spine repairs. Good. AFRICA/6.
in-8 carré (22 cm), 108 pages, abondante iconographie, broché. Excellent etat - VG+++ [SO-9]
Book is in excellent condition, as new except for tiny bit of wear on corners, and previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Case is in excellent condition also, showing no wear or use.
282 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Two fold-out maps. "The author has selected Brandon, a typical Assinniboine basin city, to illustrate civic development on the prairies." - from Preface. Prior owner's name and date upon front free endpaper. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy of this informative work. Peel (2nd Edn) 3990. Book
in-8°, 315 pages, ill. in-t. n., broche, couverture illustree plast. Bel exemplaire. [CA28-4]
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
36 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Paul Kane's Western Art; Fort Victoria 1843-1858 (Part I); Mapping the Border; Bulldog Kelly's Buried Loot; The Lost Rocker Mine. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Paris,Chez LE MERCIER. DESAINT & SAILLANT, BOUDET, DURAND, VINCENT, LE PRIEUR, 1759. 2 tomes en 1 volume in-8 (17,5x12). Plein veau moucheté de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre, tranches marbrées, signet, (reliure époque). TOME I : IV (1 f. bl, page de titre, avertissement , cul de lampe), 489 pages- 1 f. table des abbréviations. TOME II : page de titre, 339 pages, [3] -APPROBATION et PRIVILEGE GENERAL. Texte sur deux colonnes. Illustré de 2 planches dépliantes hors texte : Mappemonde ou description du globe terrestre par Sr. Robert géographe ordinaire du roi avec Privilege de 1748 et carte de L'Europe divisée suivant ses principaux Etats. Par le Sr. Robert geog. ord. du roi. Avec privilege 1748. Bel exemplaire SANS ROUSSEURS.
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
308 pages. Index. Dozens of black and white illustrations, few in colour. Illustrated endpapers. "Provides a textbook for prospectors on conventional surface prospecting and includes enough information on advanced prospecting to provide a sound introduction to these growing topics." - from Preface. Author was a long-time field geologist. Binding firm. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Book
8vo., First US Edition, with 9 plates on 8, and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. Published simultaneously with the UK edition. This is the first dedicated publication of Lashly's complete diary. Lashly was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing 'Teddy' Evans; the harrowing story of their return is vividly portrayed in Cherry-Garrard's 'The Worst Journey in the World'. Uncommon in this condition. Spence 686 (recording the far scarcer UK edition).
8vo., Third Impression, with 9 plates on 8, and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Published four months after the first edition. This is the first dedicated publication of Lashly's complete diary. Lashly was awarded the Albert Medal for rescuing 'Teddy' Evans; the harrowing story of their return is vividly portrayed in Cherry-Garrard's 'The Worst Journey in the World'. The UK edition is considerably scarcer than its American (Taplinger) counterpart, especially in the dustwrapper. Spence 686.
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
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.
pp. xvi, 615, (2)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus two portrait frontis. Illustrated with numerous full page woodcuts. Very slight age stained. 8vo. Original full black embossed cloth binding, gold lettered. Nice copy. AFRICA/2
xxii, 638, 6 (ads) pages. Fold-out map. Occasional black and white illustrations. "It has been my object in this work to give as clear an account as I was able of tracts of country previously unexplored, with their river systems, natural productions, and capabilities; and to bring before my countrymen, and all others interested in the cause of humanity, the misery entailed by the slave-trade in its inland phases - a subject on which I and my companions are the first who have had any opportunities of forming a judgement." - from Preface. "There must be something in the appearance of white men frightfully repulsive to the unsophisticated natives of Africa; for, on entering villages previously unvisited by Europeans, if we met a child... he would take to his heels in an agony of terror, such as we might feel if we met a live Egyptian mummy at the door of the British Museum." - from page 199. Fold-out map measures 24" wide by 17" high and is entitled "The River Shire, The Lakes Nyassa & Shirwa, The Lower Courses of the Rivers Zambesi & Rovuma" - based on the Astronomical observations and sketches of Dr. Livingstone, Constructed by John Arrowsmith, 1865. The routes of Dr. Livingstone and the Officers of the expedition are indicated in red. Map bears one inch opening along left side. Book has been recased in red buckram with new beige endpapers. Binding sound. Average wear. Unmarked. Lettering upon spine rubbed but legible. A quality copy. Book
144 pages. Features: Food specialist Cynthia Wine travels the country; Equipage for the well-groomed horse and owner; French vase discovery; Jeremy Ferguson cruises the Yangtze, the Thames and the Nile; Harold Babcock enlarges a Georgian floorplan; Robin Vaile's private retreat; The woodland cabin of Jerome and Mayta Markson; Lingerie; Architect Jack Diamond; The Rooftop Grove of Susan Watson; and much more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
332p., map Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends worn
xx, [13]-509 p. front., 27 pl., 2 fold. maps 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends worn
395 pages including index and black and white illustrations. An authentic recording of the history of the Peace River Country. Chapters include: Discovery by the Fur Traders; Alexander Mackenzie; The Tramp of Armed Men; The Forks and Peace River Town; Dunvegan; Fort St. John; Missionaries; Steamboats; The Athabasca Trail; Klondikers; Lesser Slave Lake; Grand Prairie and the Edson Trail; and more. Gift Greetings, Easter Seal and small bookseller's sticker upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Average soiling and wear. Binding intact. Decent copy. 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
in-8°, 505 pages, fig. in-texte, notes, index, broche, couverture illustree pelliculee. Rares ann. sinon très bel exemplaire. Bel exemplaire. [CA31-4] Un exposé sur les enjeux scientifiques qui se posent en ce troisième millénaire.
