Burgess, AnthonyMareMagnum
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Book is in excellent condition with very little edge wear, age-toned paper; very clean copy. Small tears on first page. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Binding glue is 65 years old: book should not be expected to hold together under normal use. Marked "First Printing" Nov. 1966 on publisher's page.
149 pages. "A summer of adventure and discovery begins for Barbara Loren, nearly fifteen, when the steamer Camosun docks at Lalooma, British Columbia. Barbara soon forgets her homesickness for Toronto, as she is swept into a new world of sun and sea, of towering forests and great mountains, and, best of all, of fascinating, friendly people." - from dust jacket. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic frontis. Dust jacket rough but now protected by archival-grade brodart cover. Book shows only light wear and is unmarked. Binding sound. Book
Features include: An Amateur's Experiments; Beginners' Handbook: Using Names and Terms Correctly; Epidendrum moyobambae - Collectors' Items; Effects of Growing Orchids Under Full Sun with Circulating Air; A New Lead from an Eight Month Old Herbarium Specimen of Thunia alba; Ten Easy and Delightful Orchids for the Amateurm Collection and Merits and Demerits in Cypripediums. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book
371 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "... Chronicles the internment of the only Japanese American combat soldier captures during the pacific campaign of World War II." - from back cover. Prior owner's address label inside front cover. Moderate wear. Minor lean to spine. A sound copy. Book
230 pages. An abridged version of The Omnipotent Child II. Focussed solely on remedial parenting of the child already in adaptive growth difficulties. "An absolute blockbuster of a book... makes more sense of child rearing than anything printed in the last fifty years." - The Vancouver Sun. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
180 pages including index. A decade-by-decade history of 20th century British Columbia as recorded on the front (and inside) pages of our newspapers. This instant history is sometimes told eloquently, and sometimes matter-of-factly, but it is a living record of our society. Author spent 34 years with the Vancouver Sun. Black and white illustrations. Lightest wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy in glossy illustrated covers. Book
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. 231 pages, chapter sections include: Sewers, Cedar river , water, syste, regrades, ship canal, engineer, port commission, strathcona, park, Seattle times, sun, j.D. Ross, reginald thomson,
Londres 1790, In-16 demi basane blonde à coins, dos lisse orné de filets et fleurons dorés, piéce de titre rouge. XXXIV + 142 pages. Bon exemplaire.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 7 1/4"w x 10 1/4"h. Many color photos.
40 pages. Features: Shipping urchin roe from Aristazabal to the cities of Japan; Nini Ginivisian recalls her wonderful trip by freighter; The day the Sun Diamond struck the Erawan off West Point Grey; Go-ahead for new transportation authority in Greater Vancouver; Fraser Port's new berth decicated; CN and Illinois Central plan merger; Another record year for the Port of Vancouver; Kyle Washington appointed President of Seaspan; Cover photo of diver Rick Corless seaching red sea urchins; Average wear. A sound copy. Book
40 pages. Features: Deltaport and Duke Point prepare for opening; Wreck of the S.S. Cowichan discovered; Mystery of the Dog Watch; Nautical Inspector Alan Shard; The Oriental Express; The Sun Princess; Truckspotting at the Nordel Weigh Scales; and more. Few markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Includes piano music and lyrics for these songs: Hymn to the Sun; Scheherazade; A Song of India; Coq D'Or; Gypsy Song; Capriccio Espagnol; Dance of the Tumblers; Fandango; Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
82 pages. Features: Ancestral Trust - The English in the Eastern Roman Empire; Dining with Angels - Cuisine of the Eastern Roman Empire; The Anti-Empire - a brief history of Armenia; The Changing Tale of Armenian Clothing; Kingdom in the Sun II - The Other Norman Conquest; Fighting Cardinals - Henry Beaufort & Guiliano Cesarini; The Work of the Sofer - reproducing the holy texts of Jerusalem; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
154 pages. Features: Who really painted the famous portrait of Guido Riccio in Siana?; The marvelous Chateau d'Anet; Vittorio Gassman on the act of acting; How the Viennese really see their capital; Vienna's great art collections celebrate the five senses; Zegna from A to Z - the finest men's fashions start with fine wool and an attitude; Normandie's Sun Rises Again - the magnificent art deco lacquer mural from the old luxury liner; Elizabeth Gage's jewels; Interpol investigates Budapest art theft; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
82 pages. Features: A Kingdom in the Sun - The Other Norman Conquest; The Story of Henry, Eldest Son of Henry II of England; The Captive King - Richard the Lionheart; Gibraltar - a Medieval Military Base; Beware of Pretenders at Bosworth; Pilgrims at the Shrine of Saint Richard of Chichester; Table Etiquette in Medieval Society; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
90 pages. Contents: Major interview with John Phillip Law (with photos); 'The Love Machine' (photos); The American Way West - article on the difference between 'old' and 'new' westerns; 'Red Sun' (photos); Major article on the career of Ronald Colman - with photos (part 2 of 2); Cinema of Illusion - part 2 of this article; 'Never Give an Inch' (photos); 'The Boy Friend' (photos); 'Mary, Queen of Scots' (photos); Photos on and off the set of 'Made'; 'Antony and Cleopatra' (photos); John Garfield Pin-up photo. Ads include: 'Song of Norway' (inside front cover); 'Mary, Queen of Scots'; 'The Brothers Karamazov; 'Such Good Friends'; 'The Last Picture Show'; 'Zee & Co.'; 'Punishment Park'; 'The Boy Friend'; 'Antony and Cleopatra'; 'Embassy' (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
48 pages. Includes the following songs: Beware, Brother, Beware; Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?); Choo Choo Ch' Boogie; Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying; Early In the Mornin'; Five Guys Named Moe; Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby); Let the Good Times Rol; Push Ka Pee Shee Pie; Reet, Petite and Gone; Safe, Sane and Single; Saturday Night Fish Fry. Usual library markings. Average wear. A worthy copy. Book
206 pages. Undated. (circa 1920s?) Very well-travelled copy of this charming collection of British Columbia stories. Gift greeting upon illustrated front cover, which is missing a few chips. A well-read rodent has removed part of the lower corner of the first 30 pages. Text is unaffected. Prior owner's name atop copyright page, else unmarked. Book
128 pages. "The absolute biggest hits of modern folk music. Complete original sheet music editions including many rare photos" - from front cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Songs include: Ace in the Hole; An American Folk Trilogy; At Seventeen; Ballin' The Jack; Break it to Me Gently; Brown Eyed Girl; Call it Stormy Monday; (The) Cat Came Back; Cook With Honey; Danny Boy; (At the) End of a Rainbow; Everybody's Talkin'; (The) First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Five Hundred Miles; Gotta Travel On; Green, Green; Here Comes the Sun; Hey Lolly, Lolly; (The) House of the Rising Sun; I Can See Clearly Now; I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing; I'd Really Love to See You Tonight; Just a Little Bit of Rain; La Bamba; Lemon Tree; Michael; Midnight Special; On and On; Red Wing; Saturday Night; Scarborough Fair; Seventh Son; Sloop John B; Suzanne; (There Was A) Tall Oak Tree; There But for Fortune; Turn Around; Until It's Time For You To Go; (A) Worried Man; Where Have All the Flowers Gone?; We'll Sing in the Sunshine; You Better Move On. Book
208 pages including notes. Documents the near-demolition of British Columbia by the NDP during the 1990s. "A must for the thoughtful, and a stimulus for the forgetful." - Trevor Lautens, Vancouver Sun. Moderate wear. Gift greetings atop opening page else unmarked. A sound copy. Lest we forget. Book
100 pages. Features: The former chief of French Intelligence in the U.S. reveals the fantastic story of Soviet espionage that penetrated De Gaulle's official family - 'Martel', the key Russian agent, repercussions that caught Kim Philby, J.F.K.'s secret letter to De Gaulle; German students storm the cities in the name of Red Rudi (Dutschke); End of the 'Wahine' in Wellington Harbor; The Emergence of James Earl Ray alias Eric Starvo Galt; Refugees on a bridge to nowhere - Vietnam; Gardiners Island - its haunted legacy - America's offshore fiefdom with piracy in its past; Super Shots from Big T - golfer Tom Weiskopf; Under the gaze of the charmer - Warren Beatty, footloose at the top; "Fog that foils an old disease - TB" - Dr. Sol R. Rosenthal; and more. Colour Ford Torino ad inside front cover; Nice 2-page colour ad for four Chevrolet models - Chevy II, Chevrolet, Camaro, Chevelle; nice 2-page GM colour car ad. Moderate wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Systems analysis of urban transportation; Neutrinos from the sun; Porphyria and King George III; Milk; Liquid Metals; Computer Analysis of Protein Evolution; High-Temperature Plastics; Urban Monkeys. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
82 pages. Features: Photo of a girlish Diana Ross on title page; Zeffirelli's 'brother Sun sister Moon' - photos; Photo-illustrated interview with Franco Zeffirelli; 'Lady Sings the Blues' - 5 pages of awesome photos; A Man's World - concluding portion of an analysis of the films of William Wellman, with photos; 'Last Tango in Paris' - 4 pages of photos; Reviews; 'Sounder' - photos; 'Cries and Whispers' - photos; '1776' - photos; 'Two-Lane Blacktop' - photos; Pin-up of the Past - Jack Buchanan; 'Bluebeard' - photos; Full-page ad for 'Last Tango in Paris'. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
64 pages. Selected from the season's most popular song successes. Includes sheet music and guitar chords for the following songs: In the Chapel in the Moonlight; Empty Saddles; The Glory of Love; The One Rose; Timber; It's the Gypsy in Me; The Scene Changes; Sweet Misery of Love; Now or Never; Nobody to Love; A High Hat, A Piccolo and a Cane; A Treat for the Eyes; One Hamburger for Madame; Jingle Bells (I'm in Love); My Midnight Star; Just Say Aloha; I'm Sailing a Dream boat; The Old Country Doctor; Strings that Plead for You; Here Comes the Girl; You will Never be Too Old to Love; Hail, Men of Adventure, Hail; Honey, Please don't turn your back on me; I've Waited a Lifetime; Swing Me a Lullaby; Me and the Sun; Thanks a Lot. Also includes several photos of famous song writers. Average wear. Three-inch opening along bottom of cover-fold. A quality copy of this nostalgic compilation. Book
90 pages. Contents: Major interview with Francois Truffaut (including photos); 'Young Winston' (photos); Slaughterhouse 25 or Cannes \'72 (article with photos); "Images" (photos); Queen of Mexico - article on the films of Dolores Del Rio, with photos; Spirit of the West - concluding a major profiling article on Alan Ladd; 'Jeremiah Johnson' (photos); Reviews; 'Chato's Land' (photos); "The Pied Piper" (photos); Pin-up photo of Joan Bennett; "The Red Tent' (Photos); 'Junior Bonner' (photos); "They Paid with Bullets" (photos); and more. Ads include: 'Chato's Land' (inside front cover) and 'Red Sun'; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
