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Unpaginated. From the 'My First Colour Library' series. Glazed boards. Front cover shows Pandas in their zoo home. Spine leans to the left. Small puncture to outside of hinge at top of rear board. Book
268 pages including index. A detailed and authoritative study of constitutional development in Newfoundland from the introduction of responsible government to federation with Canada. Should become the definitive history of Newfoundland. Large attractive brilliant gilt lettering upon black background on spine. Green cloth boards each have small bump at top corner. Former owner's name and details neatly upon front endpaper else unmarked. Price clipped dust jacket is lightly to moderately worn and may be faded along spine. Book
236 pages including index. Seeks to prove that man can - and should - drink with pleasure and without fear! Average wear. Minor lean to spine. Book
155 pages. Volume 40 Number 7 - a special issue of the ATA Magazine. Unmarked. Average wear. Sunning to covers and spine. Address label upon back cover. Book
112 pages including bibliography and index. Catalogues Mackintosh's architectural projects, and shows the extent of his achievements in terms of completed buildings, interiors, alterations, unexecuted designs and competition entries both successful and unpremiated. Each scheme is illustrated with photographs and, where possible, original drawings, and accompanied by a description including notes on its present condition and the whereabouts of original documents. In the case of both the Glasgow School of Art and Hill House, Helensburth ten plates have now been added in colour. Over 170 illustrations. Some moisture exposure to top few inches of contents near head of spine has caused minimal staining and minor rippling. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Glossy colour illustrated covers. Book
304 pages including index. Helps you gather up your dreams and run away with them. Reveals how to: choose a destination; negotiate leave from your job; take care of your finances; take care of those you leave behind; pack for a year of travel; travel as a grown-up, not a teenaged backpacker; return to real life when your year is up, and more. Interviews with 10 other runaways prove that taking a year off is possible for almost everyone, at every stage of life. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket protected by attractive clear Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Gift quality. Book
563 pages including index. An attempt to meet the undoubted need for an up-to-date account of the theory of the subject. Binding open at half-title page. Back hinge open. Damage to top half inch of spine. Average wear. Ink stamps upon front endpaper. Minor quantity of markings to text. Book
327 pages. Includes a historical sketch of the origin and progress of Free Masonry and a collection of Masonic songs, Funeral Service, etc. Contents include: On Opening and Closing Lodges; Entered Apprentice's Degree; Fellow-Craft's Degree; Master Mason's Degree; Mark Master's Degree; Past Master's Degree; Most Excellent Master's Degree; Royal Arch Degree; Royal Master's Degree; Select Master's Degree; Order of High Priesthood; Constitution of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons for the United States of America; List of Grand Lodges and Grand Chapters in the United States. Gorgeous gilt illustration upon decorated front board. Bright gilt lettering upon spine. Includes numerous attractive and intriguing black and white diagrams. Light wear to greenish-blue cloth boards. Front fixed endpaper bears small bookplate with name peeled off. Prior owner's details written upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Half inch opening to central portion of back hinge. Excellent attractive copy of this most revealing work. Book
719 pages including index. Describes and analyses the economics of transport in Canada whether by rail, highway, inland and coastal waterways, the high seas, air or pipeline. Written to be of interest to employees of railways, steamship companies, airlines, and pipelines, to operators of motor vehicles, to shippers, consignees, and other businessmen, to professional economists and to citizens generally. Students writing upon front endpaper. Minimal markings to text which remains bright and clean. Moderate wear and bumping to blue boards. Silver lettering upon front board and spine. Book
127 pages including index. Boards faded but sound. Chip from top front corner of dust jacket and one inch scratch along middle of spine. Tony Curtis's highly successful series 'Antiques on a Budget' appeared in Ideal Home Magazine. This volume contains the first twelve articles plus beautiful colour pages and extra illustrations. Book
267 p. Pelican paperback. AMERICANA BX 10
192 pages including index and an appendix listing contemporary personalities in Japan and Japanese-Occupied Asia. "The present study falls into two sections which are complementary. The first deals with machinery and methods and endeavours to give as full and detailed a survey as is possible of the various government organs directing and controlling political warfare, the structure of the Japanese press, the organisation of Japanese broadcasting, the functioning of censorship, and the extent to which education, science, literature, the arts and the cinema are being employed for purposes of propaganda, both in the Japanese homeland and in the wider area of the conquered empire... The second part deals... with the aims and policies of Japanese propaganda, and attempts to give an outline of the way in which the machinery, sketched in the first part, is being operated." - from introduction. Prior owner's name and pencil erasure atop front endpaper else unmarked. Minor adhesive residue upon back endpaper, possibly from bookplate or pocket removal. Evidence of small sticker removal at base of front board. No library markings per se. Above average wear and soiling to red cloth boards. Spine sunned but its gilt lettering remains legible. Bit of foxing to endpapers. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
302 pages including index. Black and white illustrations. Tells the stories of North American animals that have been taken prisoner out of necessity and of the scientists who are struggling to save them. Moderate quantity of markings to text. Lean to spine. 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
52 pages of poetry including black and white sketches. Circa 1935. "This volume of verse has grown out of a deep human sympathy with life as lived each day in and around the small walled city of Changli (North China) and neighboring districts. Each poem imparts an experience of the writer, who has resided in North China for twelve years. As we read her poems they live for us, who know and love China." - from the foreward. Blue patterned cloth-covered boards show moderate wear and sunning at spine. Pages unmarked and moderately yellowed. Gilt title upon front board. Book
273 pages including bibliography. "This book represents the first ray of hope in conquering breast cancer. It could very well save your life or the life of a loved one." - Dr. Gayle Black, Clinical Nutritionist, President of Eating Smart Compay. Prior owner's name upon front flyleaf else unmarked. Average wear. Minor twist to spine. Good working copy. Book
178 pages. At the behest of the Federal Minister of Finance (Mitchell Sharp), this volume presents the results of an investigation into the Cape Breton Coal Problem plus recommended policies which might be appropriate to the situation. Confirms the steadily increasing amount of subsidy required to support the Cape Breton coal industry and stresses the urgency of adopting and implementing new policies. Contains illustrations, maps and graphs. Prior owner's signature and date upon title page. Minimal marginalia and underlining in blue ball point pen. Average wear overall with top of spine open. Book
136 pages including index. Explores, in the figure of St. Catherine of Siena, the growing awareness of common sisterhood with all women of the church. Reflects upon the necessary qualities for apostolic religious women to realize the power of their sisterhood. Book in lovely clean, unmarked condition with faintest wear. Dust jacket price-clipped and sunned at spine and top. Nice copy. Book
96 pages. Bilingual, English/French. A montage of images - images found in the arts and crafts of Canada that reflect aspects of the games and pastimes which have long held the interest of Canadians. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Complementary bookplate upon front endpaper. Envelope affixed to back endpaper. No library markings. Some fading to brown cloth boards. Unmarked. Moderate wear and lean to spine. Book
128 pages. From an enthusiastic start in 1984, this West Vancouver institution has developed to march in step with the best independent schools anywhere. Starting with nothing, a determined group of parents have created a valuable capital plant. There are more than 600 students from kindergarten to Grade 12, and the first five graduating classes are beginning to bring great honour to the school as they pursue scholarship and professional standing far afield. Collingwood students have earned provincial and national recognition in academics, the arts, athletics and increasingly, service and citizenship pursuits. For faculty members, Collingwood on the personal resume has become increasingly respected... This is a celebration, the story of dedication, volunteerism and committment. We hope it will serve as an inspiration to groups of parents everywhere that education can be just as good as they make it." - from the Preface. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy. Book
59 pages. Oblong approx 10.5" x 8.25". Normal ex-library markings. Pocket removed from front endpaper. Colour pictorial boards. Corners heavily bumped and are beginning to open, as at ends of spine. Binding remains solid. Contents lightly worn and soiled. Each page of text is paired with a full page black and white photo of a wild animal. The warm story of a young moose and its parents in the wild. Ex-Library
301 pages including index and black and white photographic illustrations plus at least one colour plate. Recounts the years during which the bank toughed out the worst depression the world had ever seen, helped to fight a global war, saw Canada emerge as an industrial nation and world power and saw credit become universal with the advent of credit cards. Also covers the merger with the Imperial Bank of Canada. Bright red boards and spine emblazoned with gilt lettering and bank logos. Please note: Table of Contents and Foreword have been bound upside down. Very clean, unmarked and minimally worn. Appears unread. Excellent copy. Book
64 pages. Boards heavily worn but not so badly soiled. Spine leans to the right and shows major wear at top and bottom. Former owner's name printed on front endpaper. 2" tear to page 3. Average wear and soiling inside. Binding loose but still holding together. The King makes a deal with Ben the boy for ownership of a dog. Book
447 pages. A rough but usable copy of this excellent reader. Binding intact but spine heavily twisted. Various other defects. Book
168 pages. Features: The second of two articles on legal liability of teachers and school boards when school children suffer accidents; Some thoughts on the teacher and her personality in the classroom; and much more. A nostalgic look back at the British Columbia teaching profession in the late 1950s. Two inch crease to front cover. Original owner's mailing address typed onto back cover. Soiling along spine. Average wear. Moderate "old book" odour. Book