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170 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Copyright 1973. Assorted defects to spine. Maroon boards well-worn. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Many marginal notes, apparently written by someone quite familiar with this topic. Various clippings laid or taped in. Book
167 pages. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Excellent condition with silver lettering upon spine and front board. Book
18 page board book. Undated. Perhaps 1995? Ten little Indians paddle their canoe. Look inside and you will see what all these Indians will do! Well worn copy of this charming work. Child's name on page two else unmarked. Yellow cloth loosening from base of spine. Top right corner of last two boards well worn. Book
10 page board book with wonderful functioning pop-ups. Here you'll find astonishing new theories about the ridiculous insect life that appears to inhabit a romote moon of Saturn. Some damage to spine else average wear. Unmarked. Book
184 pages. These works may be considered an introduction to the author's comprehensive and more voluminous books. Well-worn. Covers loosening from textblock. Some lean to spine. Prior owner's name atop title page else unmarked. Remains a worthy reading copy. Book
448 pages including index. A compilation of the most up-to-date information on child sexual abuse. Prior owner's name clipped from front endpaper. Unmarked. Average wear. Bright silver lettering upon spine and front board. Solid binding. Book
Former owner's name in ink on front endpaper. Spine leans slightly to the right. Minor bumping and edge wear. Robin Hood gets the King's gold... again! Book
128 pages. Faded at spine. Did you know that: diving birds are an excellent sign of salmon? Steeply shelving areas often hold big chinooks? Trolling slowly and using thin diameter line produces fish? You should fish fast for hook-nosed coho? For the first time, author shares the results of his underwater TV research. Book
81 pages plus large section of black and white plates and index. Contains brief descriptions of the native forest tree species of the province, accompanied by illustrations of their leaves, fruits, winter twigs, and in some cases of the flowers where considered useful. Some damage at each end of spine. Binding a little fragile but remains an excellent reference. Book
Undated. Provides the meaning of over 140 opposites words made clear to all young readers through bright colourful pictures full of humourous details. Average wear. Contents unmarked. Two inch tear to outside of back hinge at base of spine, else average wear to yellow laminated boards. 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
366 pages. Recollections of a Victorian, from early childhood to the day he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Author's signature upon title page. Binding fragile with two loose leaves and major lean to spine. Includes some black and white illustrations. Book
423 pages including index and abundant black and white illustrations. Intended as a text for the study of circuit fundamentals. Although not designed as a laboratory manual, most of the circuits covered could be inexpensively "breadboarded" for experimtents. The circuits chosen for discussion form the building blocks for electronic systems. Includes many appendices plus the following chapters: Basic concepts and definitions; Power-supply circuits; Amplifier principles; Small signal amplifier circuits; Amplifier performance; amplifiers with feedback; Power amplifier fundamentals; Output transformerless Power amplifiers; Continuous wave oscillator circuits; Oscillators with tank circuits; Radio and home entertainment circuits; Relaxation oscillators, waveshaping and special amplifier circuits; Digital circuits; Power-control and switching circuits; Test and measurement circuits; Television circuits. Contents bright and unmarked. Moderate wear and bumping to blue boards. Spine leaning to left. Book
255 pages. Whether they came from Britain or Europe, these newcomers all wove new vigour and spirit into the Canadian cultural, economica and social fabric. And they all vividly remember their first hours, days and momths in a new country. This book is about their memories: sad, happy, sometimes incredible and always moving. The often felt frustrated and homesick and were at times resourceful or bewildered, weak or determined. But always they felt like immigrants in a strange land. Book clean, unmarked and very lightly worn. Some yellowing at edges. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket in excellent condition but for scratch in lower corner of back panel. Very nice copy. Book
215 Pages with index. Sticker patches on front and spine of dust jacket. Price sticker on back of dust jacket. One closed 1/2" tear to dust jacket. Replete with black and white historical plates, this book is the author's highly personal account of his adopted province. Book
357 pages including index and bibliography. Draws upon newly discovered archival sources and previously untapped documents of the Paris foundling home in order to depict the actual conditions of abandoned children and to reveal the bureaucratic and political response. Illuminates in detail the family life of nineteenth-century French poor. Average wear. Moderate lean to spine. Average quantity of highlighting else unmarked. Some reading creases along spine. Book
416 pages. Written in German. A large work abundantly studded with attractive black and white plates. Contents yellowed. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Attractively decorated boards and spine. Solid copy. Book
382 pages including index. Relates marketing to society. The carefully edited readings view the most important influences of the marketing system in the United States and describe the problems, solutions, and future directions of marketing. Average wear. Unmarked. Half-inch tear to top of front cover at spine. Solid working copy. Book
193 pages. Examines the adaptation of agricultural species to climate through flowering responses. Intended primarily for agronomists and the advanced student of agricultural science but will enlighten the interested general reader as well. Book clean, bright and unmarked but for small signature atop title page. Minor lean to spine. Bright green boards. Brilliant gilt lettering upon spine. Several closed tears to dust jacket with several chips missing. Nice copy overall. Book
233 pages. "An English treatise dealing rather fully with the subject of Neuralgia." - from Preface. Occasional markings to contents. Hinges and binding intact. Above average wear to boards and spine. Library markings consist only of shadow of former spine label and prior owner's rubber stamp upon front endpaper. 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
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
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
316 pages. "By providing only a glimpse of northern people's own statments and the problems of uranium mining, this book proves that the real 'outside agitators' are the mining companies." - from introduction. "We as a society have failed the Wollaston Lake community in the basic human right to information and to health. We are multiplying comparable self-destructive behaviors all over the world. Please read on because the story of Wollaston Lake is our own story, the story of our land, our food and our brothers and sisters." - from Foreward by Rosalie Bertell, Ph.D. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Mild lean to spine. Very good copy. 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