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Pages 309 - 403. Features: The Wabash and Erie Canal at Lafayette; High Points in the Life of Dr. John Shaw Billings; Post Roads in Southern Indiana;; Did Republicans "Colonize" Indiana in 1879?; A Survivor of "The Charge of the Light Brigade"; Henry Clay at Richmond in 1842; The Discovery and Identification of an Original Copy of the Constitution of 1816; Some Letters of Jesse D. Bright to William H. English; and more. Two closed openings to top of front cover. Prior owner's ink stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Approx. 140 pages. Black and white illustrations and reproductions of archival photos. "This 60th Anniversary book is not just about HMCS Discovery. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the unit, established on Deadman's Island in Stanley Park, our focus is on the people who have worked and served on this island. Besides the members of the HMCS Discovery, there have been many others who have called Deadman's Island their home. This book includes the extended naval family and others who have used this Island in Vancouver." - Foreword. Faint cup ring on front cover. Prior owner's name atop title page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. 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
360 p. incl. illus., 5 pl. front. (fold. map) 16 cm. Hardcover Good condition, marginal staining in early leaves
Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1859-1861. 7 volumes in-12, demi-percaline grise, dos lisse, auteur titre et tomaison en lettres dorées, (reliure époque). T. 1. XXXII-(préface)-475 pp. T. 2. 479 pp. T. 3. 512 pp. T. 4. 466 pp. T. 5. 482[1]. T. 6. 550 pp. T. 7. 606 pp. Pour chaque tome : 3 ff-(1 f blanc, faux-titre et titre). Eugène Louis Hatin, né à Auxerre le 8 septembre 1809 et mort à Paris le 16 septembre 1893, est un historien, journaliste et bibliographe français. Son travail considérable de l’Histoire politique et littéraire de la presse en France a été considéré comme n’ayant guère d’équivalent à l’étranger. Sa Bibliographie de la presse est un recueil précieux abondant en renseignements curieux. Sept volumes sur 8. Le tome 7 s'arrête à La Presse sous L'Empire. (Le Publiciste - Journal des Débats - Journal de Paris - Le Spectateur du Nord). Edition originale. Bons exemplaires rares.
Paris, Didier & Cie, Libraires-éditeurs, 1864. 4 vol. In-8 de (4)-XI- 546 pp. ; (4)-579 pp. ; (4)-553 pp. et (4)-576 pp., demi chagrin rouge, dos à 4 nerfs, auteur, titre et tomason en lettres dorées, signet (reliure époque). " François Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois (1639-1691) fut l'un des artisans du rayonnement de la France de Louis XIV. Il cumula le secrétariat à la Guerre, la surintendance des Postes, des Bâtiments, des Arts et Manufactures et généralisa le port de l'uniforme, créa la milice, fonda des écoles d'artillerie et l'hôtel des Invalides. Contient la correspondance de Louvois avec Louis XIV, Turenne, Condé, Vauban." Nouvelle édition conforme à celle de 1862. Bel exemplaire parfaitement relié.
96 pages. Flexible boards covered by suede leather. Includes eleven shortened stories from "Stories of New France". The other six - "The Discovery of America," "The Story of Breboeuf," "The Story of Michillimackinac," "The Last Siege of Quebec," "The Story of Brock," and "The Story of Tecumseh" - were specially written for these pages. - from Preface. Title in gilt upon front board. Upper two inches of backstrip missing with openings two inches below. Leather detached from front board. Back fixed endpaper detached from back board. Front board loose but present. Frontis secured by tape. Prior owner's details, dated 1909, atop title page. 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
Two Volumes. I: pp. (54), 132, 90, 256, 22 + Two folding maps "Caspar Vopell's Erdglobus von 1542" - Western & Southern Hemisphere; II: pp. (8), 328, 9 + One folding map: "Sir Walter Ralegh's Karte von Guayana um 1595." Tall 8vo. 276 mm. Attractive full white linen cloth bindings, decorated and lettered in red, blue, black, and gilt. Bindings slightly soiled but still nice. The text includes: Neumayer, G. Einleitung. Ruge, S. Die entdeckungsgeschichte der Neuen welyt. Gelcich, E. Die instrumente. der nautik zur zeit grossen lander-entdecking. Baasch, E. Geschichte der handelsbeziehungen zwischen Hamburg und Amerika. Michow, H. Caspar Volpell; Schumacher, H.A. Die unternehmungen der Augsburger Welser in Venezuela, und Juan de Castellanos. Friedrichsen, L. Sir Walter Ralegh's karte von Guyana; Etc. Hardbound. Very good. W152
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
Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot frères, Fils & Cie, 1871. In-12, VI (préface)-368 pp. Demi-basane bleu-nuit, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre chagrin rouge. (reliure époque). " Intéressant témoignage sur la Commune, vue du côté Versaillais. Ouvrage publié anonymement, puis sous le nom du major H. de Sarrepont, pseudonyme du lieutenant-colonel Eugène Hennebert ". Classique ouvrage de militaire qui débute par un court chapitre sur la capitale, toujours résistante aux lois. Les « glorieux faits d'armes » de l'armée s'opposent aux « violations des lois de la guerre (!) » par les communeux qui rassemblent « toute l'écume de l'Europe ». Les pétroleurs se joignent aux pétroleuses pour former « une armée de huit mille furies !!! » Enfin, pour couronner le tout, « le talent de nos généraux » est si évident que « les Prussiens... ne nous refusent point des félicitations méritées »." (Le Quillec, 4170) (Fiche CLIO). Bon exemplaire.
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
Approximately 75 pages. "Brings together for the first time thirty-eight stunning, original Canadian maps - many of them national treasures - and the fascinating stories of the explorers and cartographers who made them. From Gastaldi's woodcut map of 1556 in which monsters roam the sea, through Champlain's 1612 collage map of Canada's bounty, to Sanson's foundation map of 1656 - the first to show all five Great Lakes - this superb 'atlas' takes the modern navigator on a voyage of rediscovery to Canada's beginnings, beginnings not only in strength and adventure but also in humanity and art. Charts a compelling route to the nation's past." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear to navy cloth boards. Price clipped dust jacket bears two closed tears and average wear. Overall a nice copy of this spectacular work. Book
195 pages. Circa 1982. Chapters include: The First Inhabitants, The Parkland Beckons, Glidehurst District, The Search for Oil, Discovery, Atlantic No. 3, Birth of a Model Town, The Formative Years, Churches - A Part of the Plan, Schools, Recreational Facilities, Early Memories, Clubs and Organizations, Sports - a way of life, Special Celebrations, Devon in the Eighties, By Our Own Account. Many black and white photos. Front board nicely decorated with gilt. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
385 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Chapter titles include: Mineral Country; Mandy Mine; The Discovery; The Engineers; Construction; Early Businesses; Townsite; Civic Affairs; Social, Ethnic and Service Groups; Churches; Recreation and Arts; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Excellent copy. Hackett (2) 330. Book
354 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "The true-life story of the man behind the great Canadian diamond discovery." - subtitle. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An excellent copy. Book
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with traces of handling. 311pp. This book tells the stories of some of the explorers who vied with each other to be the first to reach the North Pole, sometimes losing their lives and for whom it was the most important thing of all. To quote Robert Edwin Peary - 'a few toes aren't much to give to achieve the Pole'. Plates and maps.
Features: Bradford Washburn - 50 years on ice - an outstanding mountaineering career; Searching the Denmark Strait - why do the Whales congregate there?; The Owls of Lavrion - Silver mines of ancient Greece; "Mummy" Dearest - clues to ancient maladies - autopsy of a 2,200 year-old man; Hang-Gliding on K-2 - an emergency descent of 7,600m; The Rara Expedition - collecting fish of a high Himalayan Lake; Hominid Discovery in the Awash Valley - Ethiopian site yields significant fossils; Continental Coytes - most adaptable of modern carnivores; Rabbits of the Paramos - their range in the Venezuelan Andes; Biography Briefs of 50-year members. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Fiery Vesuvius; The Peregrine Falcon's Return; Marine Chart Revisions Urged; In the Wake of Typhoon Pamela - survey of the effect on the Guan Reefs; Offshore Migration of Land Birds - Weather Fronts assist long-distance fliights; Meteors; Underwater Archeology - Photogrammetry of artifacts near Bimini; Native Iron in Western Greenland - discovery and interpreation; Semiotics; St. Lucia Expedition - to collect and photograph wildlife. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Solar Eclipse of 1980 - scientists race totality; Devils, Quolis, Dunnarts and Thylacines - a survey of Tasmanian mammals; Journey into Northern China - impressions of a scientist; A Geologist in Alaska - John C. reed on 45 years in the boondocks; Nebraska Miocene Giant Turtle - complete skeleton reveals new species; Niger - Tenere Expedition - geographical and archeological observations; Transglobe Expedition Now in Antarctica - British explorers circling globe on polar axis; Exploring Canada's Ellice River - observing Arctic tundra flora and fauna; New support for Archeological Discovery; Malaysia-Singapore Waterway Border - United Nations Law of the Sea problems. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Hunting White Butterflies - searching for evolutionary clues from Columbia to Cape Horn; George Borup (1885-1912) - athlete, explorer, writer - the "Tenderfoot" with Peary; In Search of Lanka - looking for Lanka in Central India, not Sri Lanka; Mount Kaijende Cave Expedition - a major discovery climaxed this venture in Papua New Guinea; The Preservation of Borobudur - a 15-year international project in Central Java. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Puerto Rico's Natural Treasure; Rowing across the Pacific; The Cordage Revolution; Whale Rescue Expedition to Newfoundland; Adrian "Ace" Williams, 1899-1984; The Lost City of Nueva Cadiz; Western Samaria - Method and Discovery. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
grand in-8, 80 pp., 4 planches, broche. Bon état (rousseurs). [SO-8]
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
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
