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First edition, [4], 52pp., disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
242 pages with index. Spine is leaning. Water stains to top inside inch of front cover and first 20 pages. The first cookbook of its kind - meatless recipes created with an eye for giving active people the competitive edge. The 150 recipes are written with the beginner book in mind. Nutritional breakdowns are provided with separate information fo rmen and women. Book
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
435 pages. For twelve arduous but captivating years, Raymond de Coccola was, for all intents and purposes, a Barren Land Eskimo. An unforgettable portrait of adventure, of murder, of sexual mores. It is Father Raymond's touching first-person revelation of birth and of death, of patience and of fatalism; and it is a staggering account of his people's tragedy and loss. It is also a story of survival and hope. Bookplate upon front flyleaf. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Reading creases along spine. Includes a large assortment of excellent black and white plates. Book
Unpaginated. Quite attractive in colour glossy boards lightly worn and soiled. It appears that a child has ripped the title page up halfway along its joint with the spine. The tear then goes on a diagonal for two inches into the page. This has been mended with invisible tape. Sir Squirrel holds the party of the year! Book
Undated. Circa 1980? Spine missing. All pop-ups working enough to please a child except number two which may be missing a piece. Assorted damage and imperfections but book is still charming with its unusual 'full-page' motion design. Book
256 pages including index. Over 50 black and white illustrations. Author's intent was to suggest that Science is more than a body of doctrine - an illumination of life. Chapter titles include: Introductory; The Vegetable Kingdom and the Members Thereof; The Manufacture of Food-Materials by the Green Plant; The Absorption of Radiant Energy by the Green Leaf; The Mobilization of Food-Materials; The Use of the Food-Materials for Construction and Power Production; The Environment of the Land Plant; Variation and Heredity; The Plant Commonwealth and its Government. Prior owner's name and date upon front endpaper else unmarked. Partial lean to spine. Average wear to navy cloth boards adorned with bright gilt lettering. Faintly visible staining to front board. Nice copy. Book
10 page board book created specially for very young children. Babies and toddlers will enjoy the beautiful illustrations scenes taken from some of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Pre-schoolers as well as school-age children will learn from imaginative adult readers how Shakespeare understood man's changing roles through life depicted in this famous speech. Well worn with some chipping to base of spine. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
4" Piece of orange adhesive across spine suggests this is an ex-library book, but there are no other marks. 1" tear to bottom of front cover at spine. This book is well-travelled. A collection of poems celebrating the joys of mudpuddles, imaginary friends, the first day of school, and other events in the lives of children. Book
68 pages. Student publication with the following features: Dorothy's Disappointment; Life in Cuba; Principal's Page; Learning by Doing; Brain and Backbone; Staff Page; Editorial Page; Student Council; Spring Fever; An Appreciation; School News; Exchanges; Athletics; Ruthless Rimes; Jokes. Many nice ads for local businesses. Pencilled name atop first page. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
258 pages. "On the adbication of Nicholas II Russia's new rulers found themselves confronted by a host of problems, two of which were particularly urgent. What was to be the new government's relationship to its rival in power, the Petrograd Soviet, and what was to be its position on the war and on the aims for which Russia was fighting? To a large degree the answer to the first question depended on the Provisional Government's response to the second. This in turn depended on a third: how did the Tsar's successors conceive of Russia's role and place in Europe? Expressed in the terms of 1917, should the nation still struggle for Constantinople and the reassertion of Russian preponderance in the Balkans? Or should the Russian people fight now only in defense of the revolution and for the democratic principles it proclaimed?" - from Abstract. A dissertation presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Average wear. Green boards with gilt lettering upon spine. Binding intact. Book
386 pages including index. "Professor Johnson's well-documented synthesis covers the period from the trading Indians of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries through the late 1800s when the County of Ontario began to assume its modern-day profile. With fluid chronological organization he presents the elements, circumstances and events which contributed to our history of that era." - John A. Howden, Warden, County of Ontario, 1973. Book clean, bright, minimally worn and unmarked with the following exceptions: Prior owner's name and telephone number upon front endpaper. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Two drops of green paint in very top left corner of maroon front board. Dust jacket Brodart-protected and in very nice condition but for some wear at top of spine, one inch tear to top edge of front panel at spine and some rubbing to edges of back panel. Very nice copy. Book
175 pages including index. "These pages deal with the practical application of the theory given by Professor A.E. Conrady and are the result of the writer's experience in teaching optical computation and design extending over many years." Moderate quantity of markings. Damage to spine. Both hinges open. Text block in decent condition. Worthy reading copy. Book
Very faint musty smell. Gilt titles upon front board and spine with some wear but still quite legible. Written as a gift from author to the Alumnae Association of the School. Contains the text of original documents bearing on the establishment of the School and shows how the nursing needs of Winnipeg were met as the demand arose. Complete with a variety of archival black and white photographic reproductions. Book
Unpaginated. Large black and white photographs throughout. Gendarme was to be a Police Horse, but he was big and awkward and slow to learn, and it seemed he would never be a trooper's mount. His trainer called him "Ugly Duckling", but he liked Gendarme's calm, quiet nature and patiently began to train the horse. The true story of how Gendarme learned the ways of a Police Horse. Average wear. Blue boards moderately bumped. Dust jacket well-worn with three inch tear at top of front panel near spine and some smallish chunks missing. Despite this, the brightly illustrated dust jacket has the potential to be quite attractive, given some tlc and the addition of a glossy protective sleeve. Book
Library sticker to spine and FEP. Stamps to inside cover, FEP and title page. Text and illustrations are clean, tight and bright. Some wear to DJ. Ex - Library, Usual Stamps
56 pages including footnotes and advertisements. Includes several pertinent cartoons from Vancouver newspapers of the early 1900s. "In the course of preliminary research (of the Komagata Maru incident in 1914) I discovered a true Canadian hero, William Hopkinson, an immigration inspector in Vancouver, who conducted undercover operations among Indian immigrants. It was his intelligence briefings and advice that helped stiffen the backbone of the government in dealing with the shipload of illegals. In preparation for C-FAR's rally in Vancouver to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Hopkinson's assassination by a Sikh extremist, I asked Robert Jarvis to research the Vancouver archives on Hopkinson and the events surrounding the Komagata Maru. His investigations let to this booklet. He quickly found that the strong opposition - by politicians and labour - to the Komagata Maru could be traced back to the activitiess of the Asiatic Exclusion Leage, formed some eight years before. What Mr. Jarvis has found is a long ignored and misreported chapter in Canadian history." - Paul Fromm, from Introduction. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
322 pages including references and index. An exploration into the acquisition and use of knowledge for human purposes. Elaborates upon the theme that rational knowledge cast into the form of internally consistent, logically constructed and closed models of science constitutes a useful, but by no means sufficient, tool for dealing with matters of human design for a human world. Minor lean to spine. Considerable ink pen underlining to first half of contents. Some marginalia in reference section. Average wear. Binding solid. Book
Circa 1961. Provides the serviceman with a fast and convenient reference to information on operations, maintenance and repairs, as well as descriptions of the major units and their functions in relation to other components of the tractor. Covers: Cooling System; Electrical; Engine; Engine Clutch; Transmission and Bevel Gear (14 and 18 series) Transmission (15 and 20 series); Steering Clutches and Brakes; Sprocket and Sprocket Drive; Tracks and Track Frame. About average wear to covers but contents surprisingly clean and bright. Numbers written on spine and front cover (probably serial numbers). Approx. 5/8" thick. Book
All the various answers to backache in the late 1970s. 192 pages. Index. Cream cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Dust jacket worn at corners and rubbed. Book has bumped corners and base of spine; previous owners signature on front free endpaper. Browning to lower edge of covers.
510 pages. "...to admire him, was it not to admire one of the greatest scholars of the day, and thus share in the honour which his name conferred upon his race? All these circumstances combined to give this century one of its greatest statesmen, and England one of her greatest sons." - from Preface. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Decorated front board features large, bright and ornate gilt lettering. Gilt lettering upon spine worn but legible. Above average but not excessive wear to blue/green boards. Front free endpaper removed. School llibrary stamps atop title page. Writing inside each board. Front hinge open. No markings externally. A warmly sympathetic review of the live of William Ewart Gladstone. Book
480 pages including index. Asks "Can we create and implement useful ideas fast enough to solve the very problems - environmental, social, and technological - we've created?" Pinpoints the ingenuity gap as the critical problem we face today. "Reading the meditations that his travels around the world prompt in him (the author) is addictive." - National Post. Underlining and marginalia throughout. Extensive handwritten notes on pages following index. Reading crease and moderate lean to spine. Average wear. Book
117 pages plus intriguing section of contemporary advertisements for such implements as threshing machines, Grindstones, spark plugs, etc. A reference book composed of extracts from a manuscript notebook compiled for use in the field. "These notes, collected over many years from many different sources, will help all those who work with farm machinery and equipment, whether they are farmers, engineers or students." - from dust jacket. Discusses improvisations in implement operation. Illustrated with 25 diagrams and including 20 tables. Yellowing to endpapers and unmarked contents. Average wear to green cloth boards featuring bright gilt lettering upon spine. Book
96 pages. Provides anyone contemplating this type of construction with an idea of what is involved. Benefits are two-fold: a readily available, low-cost building material; improvements to stands of timber by removing low-quality trees. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Chapters include: The Cordwood Wall; The tall timber operation; Preparing the site; The total cordwood concept; Floor plan and elevations; Constructing the wall; Windows, doors and dividing walls; Roofing; Pyramid power; Cutting glass; Plumbing, Electricity and Heating; Patching and Chinking; If we had to to it all again; Designs; Photo Album; and more. Spine partially loosened from contents but remains attached. Moderate to average wear. Four words of marginalia upon page 49 else unmarked. Two minor coffee stains to front cover. Book
182 pages. Includes many black and white illustrations. A practical study of ocean passage-making, using a cruise across the Atlantic as a case history. Far more than just another cruising story, includes plans, preparations... the nitty gritty details of gear, supplies, preparations, and boat handling. It's also a great cruising yarn. Small tear to top corner of dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with minor lean to spine. Book