Duddridge, Lew (Lewis) (Signed)MareMagnum
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Signed and inscribed by author atop title page. viii, 502pp. Two colour photos. "I have a concern. Was the death of 18,000 Canadian aircrew (in WWII) in vain? Who will carry the torch when we who were there are gone? My position on 'who cares now' may touch a tender spot in some, but my airforce friends did not die in vain. We must be reminded of the horrors of a major war; there is a better way." - from back cover. Light wear. A quality copy. Book
Signed and generically inscribed by Chris Harris upon title page. x, 262 pages. Gloriously illustrated with colour photography. In 1984 Harris "moved to the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region of British Columbia where, for over three decades, people had been campaigning to protect this, the largest, most biodiverse contiguous wilderness complex in the termperate world, now called the Chilcotin Ark. This book is a portrait of the men and women who fought for it, and of a planetary refuge in a time of global change. In stories and pictures, Chris Harris brings us home to this intact region of the planet, reprieved from the human rush to dominate it." - dust jacket. This is a hardcover copy with dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy. Gift quality. Book
298 pages. "The forest soil has been the object of scientific study for a relatively short time. In the Pacific Northwest, one of the principal forest growing areas of the world, the evaluation of the soil as a factor in the production of forest resources has an even shorter history, but a great deal of progress has been made. This volume represents an attempt to synthesize the results of these studies and thereby add direction to future work as well as provide current guidelines for management. Chapters include: Geology of the Douglas-Fir Region; The Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges of Northern California; The Oregon and Washington Coast Ranges; The Willamette Valley; The Cascade Range in Oregon and Southern Oregon; The Olympic Mountains Province; Northern Cascade Mountains; Surficial Geology of the Puget Sound Lowlands; The San Juan Islands; Bedrock Geology of Vancouver; Suricial Geology of Vancouver Island; Geologic Look at Soils of the Douglas-Fir Region; Geology Glossary; Climate; Vegetation; Physical Properties and Physical Behavior of Forest Soils; Minerals, Chemical Properties and Fertility of Forest Soils; Organic Matter of Forest Soils; Forest Soils Biology; Soil Formation, Classification and Morphology; Forest Soil Survey; The Cycling of Elements Within Forests; Forest Soil Productivity Relationships; Soil, Vegetation and Watershed Management; Forest Chemicals in Watershed Management; Some Engineering Aspects of Forest Soils; Soil Management in Douglas-fir Nurseries; Forest Fertilization Practices. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Prior owner's name printed upon fore-edge else unmarked. Average wear and above-average rubbing to card covers. Small openings at base of spine. Good working copy. Book
234 pages. For many millenia before their first known contact with the white man in 1905, the Nez Perce or Sahaptin peoples roamed over an extensive region of the inland Pacific Northwest. Their approximate territory included a vast portion of Northern Idaho, and portions of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Represents an overview of some of the essential dimensions of their tribal culture and history. Black and white illustrations. Extensively referenced. Clean and unmarked. Light wear. Bright gilt lettering and decoration upon dark maroon boards and spine. Very nice copy. Book
316 pages. Bibliography. Black and white plates, maps and line drawings. Heavily worn with usual library markings. Binding intact. Title page removed. Book
Features: Daniel Denison Streeter, FN 1913; Amos Burg, FN 1931; U.S. Caving Team Attains Record Depth; Searching for Aloe plants in Africa; Kansas City Museum - Osage culture exhibits; The Dog that helped win the West - Scannon, the Newfoundland dog who accompanied Lewis and Clark; Bimini Marine-Archeology Expedition - underwater formations considered artificial; Rowing across the Atlantic - Curtis and Kathleen Saville in their Excalibur; Exploration under the Arctic Ice - submarine surveyors of the polar region; First U.S. Atlantic Route Flight - William M. Masland was the navigator on the Pan American Sikorsky S-42 that made the first route survey across the Atlantic Ocean in 1937. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Through Clouded Eyes - Gas Masks and the Canadian Corps in the First World War; The Making of Public History - a comparative study of Skansen Open Air Museum, Sweden, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, and the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Nova Scotia; La question de l'interculturalite en archeologie - l'exemple d'une region du Subarctique oriental; Making a House a Home - company housing in Cape Breton Island; Newfoundland outport furniture - identifying the Irish Regional Links. Exhibit Reviews: Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840; Clothing in Two Acts; Musee des Arts decoratifs de Montreal, Le plaisir de l'objet - nouveau regard sur les arts decoratifs du XXe siecle. Media Reviews: CBC and BBC - Dawn of the Eye; Our Secret Century - Archival Films from the Darker Side of the American Dream. Fifteen book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
395 pages. Index. Reference notes. Many excellent archival black and white photograhic plates. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. "The history of the Alberni Inlet, the beautiful waterway that reaches from Barkley Sound on the west coast to the center of Vancouver Island." - from back cover. Unmarked with very light wear. A highly-informative work. Book
234 pages. Footnotes. Maps. "The history behind today's headlines about confrontations between governments, companies, woodlot owners, workers and conservationists in the forest industry - a penetrating look at the exploitation and management of Maritime forest resources over the last century." - from back cover. Prior owner's name stamped on bottom and fore-edges, and half-title page, otherwise unmarked with light wear. A sound copy. Book
Paris, Balland, 1969. In-4, cartonnage pleine toile orange, (25 x 31,5 cm), bien complet de sa jaquette illustrée, 172 pp plus pages d'index et de table des matières. Importante iconographie dans et hors-texte.
44 pages. Text in English. Features: Leica R4s mod 2; Against the light - Manfred Gorgen - winter landscapes and details; Specialist for ice hockey - Hansjorg Roth; 24 hours in the Ruhrgebiet - 72 photographers document a region; Ora et labora - Armin Fischer's thesis on a convent; Exposure measurement; Perfect black and white from colour negative; It is you're safe light okay?; A raincoat for your Leica; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
188 pages plus index. "The centennial history of an immigrant family, telling how it settled into the Canada of the 1880s and the way it was able to contribute to the development of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. An entrancing account, written with humor and insight, about a very full century in Canada's important Okanagan region." - from back cover. Prior owner's details inside front cover. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
84 pages. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos on glossy stock. "Traces the evolution of the Lardeau-Duncan River valleys through the remembrances of the inhabitants, representing both newer and older generations of settlers." - from Preface. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative reference. Book
220 pages. Index. Addresses these topics: Slope movement processes and characteristics; An office/field technique for recognizing landslide-prone terrain; Measure to manage unstable terrain during forestry activities; Road deactivation and revegegation of unstable terrain. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
63 pages including bibliography and black and white illustrations. Text provides a commentary on the cultural and political forces which shape both the process of urbanization and its influence on the utilization of resources. A massive 40"x58" wall map (stored in sleeve) plays a mutually supportive role by providing background information, documenting the dynamic urbanization process, and presenting an analysis of relevant material. Together they provide an interesting collection of information concerning urban growth and its impact in the Strait of Georgia Region. Moderate wear to book. Map in excellent condition. Nice copy of this excellent and now historical reference. Book
316 pages. "By providing only a glimpse of northern people's own statments and the problems of uranium mining, this book proves that the real 'outside agitators' are the mining companies." - from introduction. "We as a society have failed the Wollaston Lake community in the basic human right to information and to health. We are multiplying comparable self-destructive behaviors all over the world. Please read on because the story of Wollaston Lake is our own story, the story of our land, our food and our brothers and sisters." - from Foreward by Rosalie Bertell, Ph.D. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Mild lean to spine. Very good copy. Book
243 pages. Index. Black and white reproductions of photos. Maps. Author arrived at Fort Vermilion, Alberta in 1898 and lived there for nearly nine years. This account of her life there describes interactions between the settlers, missionaries, and traders with the resident Metis, Cree, and Beaver peoples. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: What the Canadian Public thinks of us depends largely on what we tell them; Nighthawks in NORAD cup finals; Canadians in William Tell air weapons meet; The Piton Kings - mountaineering soldier students in the Rockies; Pakistain Aidlift - ATC airlift to another disaster region; Brown Gnats Migrate Anew - Dutch NF-5 ferry flights to Holland; Sea Reserves on Winter Cruises; Cyprus sitrep on Canadian Contingent; B.C. Centennial Dash; Renovations at Lahr; The Military Credit Union - where it's at. Sound copy. Magazine
461 pages. Celebrates five years of storytelling, 2011-2015. Provides "a reflection of our origins, the vastness of our experience, and the legacy of strong, resourceful people who have made Lake of the Woods their home." - back cover. Many nice black and white reproductions of photos. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Book
Articles: Toronto Harbour and the Defence of the Great Lakes Region, 1783-1870; Dodging in the Bight, a good place for a Whale - Environmental Factors Affecting Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Whaling in Davis Strait; Reassessing the Dreadnought Crisis of 1909 and the Origins of the Royal Canadian Navy; The Last Murmansk Convoys, 11 March - 30 May, 1945; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
20 pages. Undated. Possibly circa 1970s. A transcript from research conducted for the CBC radio series entitled "People in Landscape." "Isaac Nelson, Arthur Swenson, Engman Iverson discuss fishing in the Fraser River delta prior to World War I, the contribution of a number of ethnic groups to the fishing industry, the operation of the canneries in the region." - from title page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Black and white illustrations. Nice copy. Book
256 pages. Index. Oblong 11.4" x 8.9". Illustrated in colour and black and white. "A beautiful and thorough book which examines the value and impact of Hamilton's Red Hill Creek Valley." - The Spectator. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Newspaper review laid-in. A quality copy. Book
413 pages. References. Index. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. "Records the events of the past, treating each area of the park separately." - from dust jacket. Each Clean and bright with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Quality copy of this handsome work. Book
44 pages. Footnotes. Black and white reproductions of photos. "This publication participates not only in local history but in a national and international conversation about the heritage of the Modern. We hope this publication will stimulate public appreciation of what remains in Victoria and on southern Vancouver Island from the postwar period - here considered the span 1945-75. It is also intended to double as a primer on modernism in architecture and design." - Foreword. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
New New English In original bdg. with original dust wrapper. DJ. Oblong large 8vo. / Small 4to. (29 x 22 cm). Color and b/w ills. In English and Turkish. 1000 copies were printed. 0018 / 1000. 171 p. Carian civilisation Southwest Anatolia.= Güneybati Anadolu Karya Uygarligi. Translation: Nese Olcaytu. Photography: George Simpson.
