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96 pages. Index. Colour photography. "Presents a fresh approach to rock gardening - a botanical art practised as early as the 15th century by Zen monks, and, later, by ambitious Victorians hoping to capture the essence of the flowering mountainsides of Europe." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
160 pages including many black and white photographic plates. Shows how a luxurious garden can be created without constant labour. Covers garden design, hedges, rock gardens, the growing of annuals and perennials for cutting, roses, trees and shrubs, and a great variety of other useful subjects. A book for those who enjoy being in their garden rather than working in it. Price-clipped dust jacket. Light wear overall. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
322 pages. Profiles about five hundred of the prominent actors, writers, directors and producers of Canadian origin. Also introduces singers, composers (rock, opera, country/western), dancers, choreographers, authors and other members of the lively arts who have made such a huge contributoin to the North American and world entertainment scene. Will leave you shaking your head and saying "Gee, I didn't know he/she was Canadian!" Unmarked. Minimal wear to book. Wrinkle on back panel of dust jacket which also has several very small tears and very light edge wear. Book
Unpaginated. With a push, Jane sends her pig off on a wild cart ride. The cart is stopped by a rock and the pig flies into the mud - and "moving" is a part of it all. Part of a series. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
47 pages. Covers: blue grouse; spruce grouse; franklin grouse; ruffed grouse; willow ptarmigan; rock ptarmigan; white-tailed ptarmigan; sharp-tailed grouse; sage hen; european grey partridge; chukar partridge; bob-white quail; California quail; mountain quail; ring-necked pheasant; band-tailed pigeon; mourning dove. Top corner clipped from title page. Ink stamp atop page 25 else unmarked. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
270 pages. Index. Many archival black and white illustrations. "An account of pioneering White Rock, British Columbia and surrounding district." - from front cover. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
72 pages. Index. "Siting, planning and constructing a rock garden is quite a challenge, but with the help of this book and its clear, step-by-step instructions, you can be sure of success." - from dust jacket. Abundantly illustrated throughout with colour photography. Very light wear. Price-clipped dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
121 pages. Average wear. Modest external soiling. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
48 pages. Features include: Dockwalk - Rock Bay, Brown's Bay, Menzies Bay, Campbell River; 10th Anniversary Focus - W.C. Fuels; The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System - Part 2 - VHF Digital and Selective Calling; Arctic Kapvic - From the Mackenzie Delta to the Central Coast; Modular Persuasion; Book Review - Seamen, Ships & Cargo. Average wear. Usual library markings. Book
VHS videotape with case. Features: Nat Bailey's First White Spot; English Bay Joe; Ripple Rock Blast; The Legend of Dog Leg Creek; The Ogopogo Legend; Point Ellis House in Victoria; The Legend of Klee Wyck; The Legendary Mutiny - lasted 3 weeks; The Chinese Community in BC; Fred 'Cyclone' Taylor; Billy Miner; Jock MacGregor - Canada's most decorated soldier of WWI. Length not stated, probably around 30 minutes. Circa 1990s? Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Cowboy Carvings by Chris Hammack; Canadian Exhibition a Great Success; Art Ritchie and Dan Jones ride Carousel Horse to Success; Carve a Santa Figure; Tangents - caged carving; Murray Martin; Realistic Rock Bases for Bird Carvings; Try your hand at Feather Carving; The Wood Bee Carver's Took Kit - Drawer Six - The Wharncliffe Blade; Whittle a Pretzel; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Features: War Babies - Trauma haunts the lives of children growing up on the Gaza Strip... Can a caring science heal their souls?; Roses from Rock - Against all common sense, a Flin Flon mine has become Canada's top greehnouse, producing a bounty of valuable plants in a place where the sun never shines; The Haunting Powers of God's Dog - the coyote... why does this mythical marauder trigger the beast in us?; The Body Electric - scars, tattoos, and piercings are actually as old a practice as the human race; Lessons from the Loneliest Lab - Scientists grinding their way to the North Pole do ice-breaking work on the Arctic's withering wonderland. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
Features: Corner of the Road - Peru's 'Shining Path' stirs up hope - and trouble - for the destitute descendants of the Inca Empire; Blooming Legacy - Steeped in mystery, the Butchart Gardens flourishes in modern-day British Columbbia; The Ambassador of Baraboo - for Canadian George Archibald, saving the world's cranes is 'of universal interest to mankind'; Playin' Mas - Caribana, Canada's largest annual street party, transforms Toronto the good into Toronto the fun; Superfish - Biotechnology spawns 'tailor-made' stock for Canada's aquaculture industry; Out of the Rock - Printmaker David Blackwood chronicles the lives of Newfoundland's not-so-ancient mariners. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Earthly Treasure - Join a harrowing and humbling raft trip through B.C.'s Kitlope rainforest - cradle of native culture and a global ecological gem; Designer of Do's and Don'ts - pictogram pioneer Paul Arthur gives orders to the planet - without using a single word; Last Call? - are we silencing the loon's classic cry?; The Reel Thing - could the modern evils of TV and rock 'n' roll kill the vintage art of Celtic fiddling? - not in Cape Breton; Doctored by DNA - scientists are on the edge of engineering cures fro the deadliest diseases of our time. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Life and Death of the Sea Tuskers - The Sea Cow Fishery on these islands is totally annihilated; Victorian Canada - A Photographic portfolio selected by Edward Cavell; Classic Revival - Greece battles to save the Sacred Rock of the Western World; Earth's Great Dyings - Scientists seek clues to the mystery of mass extinctions. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
63 pages. Features: Some New Flowers for 1982; Early Spring in the Algarve; Spring Bulb Flowers will shine; My Garden - Harold Piercey; Speaking Flowers - Stuart Dickens McHugh; Some Winter Gems - Lynn Stratmann; America's Glass Flower Museum; January in your Garden; Bulbs for the Rock Garden; Cloth Leaves for Winter Decoration; Flowers and Gardens of Mughal, India; Eucalyptus - Grow your own foliage from seed; Hellebores; Some Woolly-Leaved Plants; Make your own Strelitzia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Features: Jewelry Maker's Handbook, Part 3; Indian Style Channel Jewelry; Modified Triad Cut; A Mission in Miniature; Horn-Hacking Hobby; New Mexico's Rockhound State Park; Gold Rock Ranch. Above-average wear but remains a sound reference copy. Date stamp to front cover. Book
98 pages. Marion, Ohio - The Haunted City; Western Pacific's F-7 Revival; Cookin' with Gas - Union Pacific's Gas Turbines were an interesting experiment; Early Rock - 1st Generation diesel locos of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Diesel hydraulics - tried and failed; The Diesel comes to California's Cajon Area; The Maybrook, NY Yards - a spooky place; The story of steam 1920-1950 and why it came to an end; Amtrak's new Superliners; Oregon Live Steam; Old Stations gain new lives. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
62 pages. Features: All about waxes; Make a Filigree Bracelet; North Carolina Spodumene Field Trip; Utah Septarian Nodules Field Trip; Testing Turquoise; Silver Picking in Seattle; The Glass Menagerie; Jade Blade; Modifying Your Carving Units; Rockhound Cleanup. Average wear. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Good working copy. Book
Features: What is a Lapidary Shop?; Field Trip - First-Time Fairburns; Gemstone Table tops; Make a little Finger Ring; Ornamental Stones for the Lapidary; Silverware Revolution; Field Trip - Bisti Badlands; Rainbow 'round your neck; The Lure of Gold; Field Trip - Strawberry Onyx; Wax Masters for Castings; Gold - Doubling up Pays Dividends; Field Trip - Rainbow Basin. Covers torn and in rough condition. Contents sound. Magazine
Features: Fiddlers of the Marsh; Diamond Rock - Gibraltar of the Caribbean; Internal Waves - The Wake of Sea Monsters; Oyster Reefs - Valuable to More than Oysters; Hospital for Marine Mammals; Flamingo Tongues; Biological Sources of Energy from the Sea; Lighthouse Hostels; Black Bottlenosed Dolphin. Sound copy. Book
Features: Railroad news photos; Last train from Leadville; In 4 - 8 - 4s, if not in finances, Rock Island Excelled; Passing Through Europe - 2; and more. Few chips from lower right corner of front cover and few early pages. Book
70 pages. Features: Sunken treasure in the great lakes; how to extend a detector's life; searching for sapphires; gold rush in Australia; Kyanite crystals and other fine mineral specimens near Yuma, AZ; Selecting proper rock first step for lapidarist; Ancient Pennsylvania lumber camps a bonanza; Rollercoaster treasures; and more. Above-average wear. Book
62 pages. Features: The Beaverhead Stage stop; Gold finding for the weekend; Good slabbin' means good cabbin' - suggestions for cutting gem rocks; Those Prolific Pops - bottle variety; The Modern Treasure Hunters; The Lost Ferry Boat Treasure - Lake Erie still holds 120 railway cars; History carved in rock - Louisiana rock formations; Are you a successful treasure hunter?; Dig yourself a whet stone; Boy scouts and treasure hunting - Fort Cureton relics; Learn your own soil conditions; Hawaii calls. Somewhat above average wear. Book
144 pages. Features: Mieth & Hagel; Harry Benson; William Giles; Alexander Lowry; George Provost; Nick Johnson; J. John Priola; Matthew Lennert; Sheila Rock; Nathan McCreery; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
