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London, George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1930. 4to.; 5 hs., LXXXV pp. para la Introducción, 447 pp. y una lámina. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
Leipzig, Bibliographisches Institut, 1935. 4to. mayor; 314 pp. Con 137 ilustraciones fotográficas en láminas. Encuadernación original en tela estampada. La interesante visión de una España todavía "en Fiestas", en la que se recogen aspectos lúdicos que van desde las dehesas de Salamanca, el bronco serrano de Candelario o el folklore charro de Villares de la Reina, a las grandes Ferias de Andalucía, con especial atención a la Romería del Rocío, pasando por múltiples aspectos de los Toros, hasta llegar a la Feria de San Isidro en Madrid y con acercamientos finales al Pais Vasco y a Galicia. Todo ello con curiosísimas fotografías del propio autor de interés etnográfico. Christensen fue un célebre aviador de Hamburgo, héroe de la Guerra Europea y piloto de pruebas de la Dornier después, que en 1930 volaría a Nueva York con el mayor aparato de sus días: un hidro Dornier DoX. Durante la WWII fue el Oficial al Mando en la ocupada Holanda hasta el final de la misma.
New York, The Hispanic Society of America, 1938 ["Poetry Series"]. 4to.; X pp., 2 hs., 267 pp. Excelente impresión. Encuadernación original en tela estampada. Contiene, íntegra, la traducción al inglés del Poema del Cid, y la serie "Rebuznos".
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. 4to.; XIX pp., 389 pp., 1 h. Con 18 ilustraciones fotográficas en láminas dobles, aparte, y un mapa. Enc. original en tela.
Madrid, Imprenta de Langa y Compañía, 1944. 4to. menor; 168 pp. y seis láminas, tres de ellas plegadas. Edición limitada y numerada de 510 ejemplares. Cubiertas originales.
Rimpler; consigliere aulico, professore ordinario di oftalmojatria e direttore della Clinica Oftalmojatria di Gottinga - Seconda edizione italiana sulla quinta edizione tedesca, ampliata e corretta - Prefazione alla prima edizione, 1884- Prefazione alla quinta edizione, 1891 1 23x15 cm., legatura in mezza pelle, piatti marmorizzati, piccoli angoli, fregi e titoli in oro sul dorso, pp. XIV, 615 (1), 171 figure nel testo e 2 tavole su cartoncino a colori con 12 figure, fuori testo, seconda edizione italiana, brunitura su un centinaio di pagine e su poche altre piccole fioriture, s.d. , piccoli graffi alla legatura, buon esemplare.
In-8 p. (mm. 202x138), brossur orig., pp. 16. “L’occhio sano - Presbiopia - Miopia - Fotofobia - Diversità degli occhi - Occhi operati da cateratta - Listino prezzi”. Buon esemplare.
London, Robert Hale Limited, 1953. 4to.; X pp., 310 pp., con 31 ilustraciones en láminas aparte. Ejemplar con envío autógrafo de Sitwell a Reynaldo dos Santos. Encuadernación original en tela. Artículos publicados en el "Sunday Times", algunos de ellos referidos a España.
138 pages including references. Author's signature and warm inscription to his friend, Harry Walker, upon title page. Signed letter, dated 1976, from author to Harry Walker, laid in. Presents hitherto unknown material and personalities in B.C.'s 19th century period from 1859 to 1900. Presents a broader picture than the distorted view many have of the Movement's place in our history. Review stapled to table of contents. Moisure exposure has produced some waviness to pages and covers. Average wear. Some markings. Author was one of the main founders of The Greater Victoria Association on Alcoholism in 1966. A special copy. Book
164 pages including index, references and colour photography. Presents the current state of soil taxonomy in Canada. The history and rationale of soil classification in Canada are outlined briefly to point out the changes in concepts and the current point of view on soil taxonomy. This is followed by chapters that define soil, soil horizons, and other basic terms, and explain how to key out the classification of a soil. A chapter is devoted to each of the nine soil orders and the great groups and subgroups within each order. Average wear. Unmarked. Excellent reference. Book
110 pages. "Devoted to the development of musicianship through the ear and the voice... Prepares the way for instrumental training as well as for intelligent and more enjoyable music listening." - from Preface. Prior owner's name and date atop title page, otherwise unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy working copy. Book
297 pages including bibliography and index. "...into the heart of the vast Pacific the tale shall lead us, where men and ships are dwarfed to veriest specks which crawl laboriously a little space and then are lost to view." - from Introduction. Subjects include: the Straits of Anian; How the Russians crossed Siberia; Vitus Bering; James Cook; John Meares; George Vancouver; Quadra; and more. With 12 illustrations and 7 maps. Binding intact. Soiled but not overly so. Moderate lean to spine. Decorated biege boards. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Remains a decent copy. Book
178 pages. "... the author has not pulled any punches in his condemnation of Jean Chretien's record. But he reserves a special contempt for Chretien's cabinet and Liberal caucus, who could have stopped Chretien in his tracks at any time, but ttook the dishonourable path of clinging to their comfortable offices and fat pensions and vaporous celebrity." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked but for gift greetings on page iii. Negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
Unpaginated. Approximately 100 pages. A comfortable and enjoyable look at the Royal City. Average wear to clean and unmarked book. Binding sound. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. Souvenir bookmark laid inside front board. Book
251 pages including index. The story of why, from a very personal point of view, the Maritimes look the way they do, and how to find some of the best experiences these three provinces have to offer. Some wear to illustrated covers but pages clean and square. Book
158 pages including notes and bibliography. A study of the task and art of aging. Providesa lucid look at what older people feel and think, and probes their relationships with society, work, family, religion, and themselves. Also offers important orientation to research on the human life cycle and aging. Average wear. Some markings. Good working copy. Book
303 pages including index. Provides a comprehensive analysis of the child and youth care field in Canada. Presents an analysis that spans a variety of program areas. Proposes that similarities across practice settings are greater than the differences, and suggests that adopting an inclusive, generic view of the field presents opportunities for development and growth in a time of diminishing resources and support for services. Somewhat above-average wear. Underlining and some writing to contents. Binding sound. Worthy working copy. Book
144 pages including index. Make your gardening - and your garden - more fun, more organized, easier, and more attractive, with 40 projects that are both practical and delightful to view. Colour photography throughout. Minimal wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
84 pages. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos. Features: The German View of the Dieppe Raid; The Royal Air Force and the Raid on Dieppe, 19 August 1942; Dieppe - la fabrication d'un mythe; German Second World War Art in the Collection of the Canadian War Museum; The Canadian Home Front in the First and Second World Wars - The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History; Dieppe From the Other Side - German Newspaper Accounts of the Raid; C.P. Stacey and the Use of Oral Testimony in the Dieppe Narratives; A Journey to Dieppe to Discover Jimmie Burnett; and more. Above-average wear. Ink stamp to first page. A worty reference copy. Magazine
158 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon front flyleaf. Author's first book. Discusses Indians without pain, built or embarrassment. Refuses to take a tragic view of Indian life. His view is unrepentantly comic and his stories are extremely funny. Unmarked. Average wear. Minor lean to spine. Book
224 pages including index. "Henry Cabot Lodge took on some of the most difficult and challenging responsibilities ever borne by a single citizen in U.S. history." - Herbert Brownell. Usual library markings. Average wear. good working copy. Book
340 pages including index and list of sources. Minimal yellow highlighting. Contains 150 illustrations. A comprehensive overview of all the native groups of Canada - Indian, Metis and Inuit. Incorporating anthropology, ethnology and history, describes the traditional ways of peoples of the plains, the woodlands, the Arctic, the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast - from phehistoric times to the present. Book
44 pages. Features include: Back to the basics - the ultralight; First kill in the six year air war; Battle of Britain - a woman's view; Leaping Squadron Leader; Not just the Arrow; Those were the Days; Escape from the SPs; Return to the Rock; The Arrow rises from the Wreckage; From AC2 to Lieutenant-Governor; Tac Hel not glamorous; McKnight Defends Budget Cuts; Canada's next space mission; Air Command Pipes and Drums - Over 40; Stranraer Down and Out. Light to moderate wear. Address label upon back cover else clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
182 pages. Features: Honor Roll of visionary architects and interior designers; The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland update England's storied Alnwick Castle; A 1960s hillside home in Bel-Air is reconfigured - foot for 007; Splendor in Manhattan - a dramatic setting for antiques and art high above New York's Ritz-Carleton; An informal family retreat in the Hamptons; View home in San Francisco; Carving a modern home from old on an island near Sicily; New York penthouse by Mojo; Couple's new home in Washington by Robert S. Brown and Todd Davis; Special Motoring Section - automobiles are changing with the times, ahead of the curve at Renault, celebrating 40 years of the Porsche 911, Daryl Hannah's El Camino runs on biodiesel - an ethanol-thinned vegetable oil. Light wear. Unmarked. A nice copy. Magazine
Features: Special Uses for Beautiful Handkerchiefs; Fine Machine Sewing - machine fagoting; A Treasure in Textiles - tone-on-tone embroidered pillow; Smocking - lesson 5 by Mollie Jane Taylor; Pocket Watch - details that make a difference; The art of Peppering - free motion machine embroidery; coat and bonnet - pull-out pattern and instructions; a view from the Biltmore - fashions for spring; Valentine Remembrances - heart-felt gifts; Simply Serging - heirloom techniques; Collars for Spring - lace, scallops and ribbons; Smock Plate; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
