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161 pages. Author's prescription to cure the Great Depression, written in the depths thereof. Average to above average wear. Erasure and small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper. Occasional pencil marks to text. Damage to top quarter inch of blue cloth spine. Book
Features include: The Road to Wonderland - Construction of a highway and tunnel through a mountain wilderness in the South Island of New Zealand; Kamal Ram's Come-Back - tale of a stationmaster at Manijan, in northern Assam; Saga of the Snow-Dogs - An account of the Arctic Husky; The Hut-Tax Affair - a tale from Northern Nigeria; All Aboard For Adventure - Part I of a tale of 5 young Americans who set out on a sailboat for tropic seas; The Beneficent Bamboo; Dogsbody - an amusing incident involving a very junior officer aboard a British freighter; The Telephone Mine - Adventures of two South African prospectors in search of King Solomon's Mines; Our Leopard - A Kenyan farmer's story; Down Texas Way - the story of 3 youngsters, a gang of desperate escaped convicts, and a night alarm; Appointment with the Devil - An extraordinary story from Abyssinia; Illustrated in black and white. Covers and spine missing. Contents in decent condition. Magazine
391 pages including index and many black and white photographs. Part aviation history and part adventure tale, this book is an engaging, affectionate, carefully researched history of Canadian Airlines International, a company which, in the best wingwalker tradition, has performed in a series of heart-stopping, life-and-death dramas for more than seventy years. Usual library markings. Moderate lean to spine. Book
146 pages. Founded in 1876, Victoria was not merely British Columbia's first secondary school: it is Canada's oldest public high school west of the Great Lakes. A carefully researched account of Victoria High School's origins and development, emphasis is placed upon the school's social values and attitudes, its colourful personalities, and its close interaction with the community. A wealth of historic photographs and verbal flashbacks offer a nostalgic, evocative picture of a representative Canadian Institution. Book unmarked and lightly worn. Moderate wear and sunning to spine of dust jacket. Very nice copy. Book
162 pages. This incisive analysis of the teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses is the kind of clear-cut thorough-going refutation many Christians have desired. It will be welcomed by those who have been confronted with the doctrines of the Jehovah's Wintesses, realized they were "benders of the truth and weavers of deception," but were at a loss as to just how to make a convincing rebuttal. Author has probed the complexities of the Watchtower thinking and presents a revealing expose that is well-organized and easy to grasp. Places the major tenets of Jehovah's Witnesses under the spotlight of God's Word. A scriptural index adds to the book's utility. Prior owner's name and author's rubber stamp upon half-title page, else unmarked. Well-worn. Binding intact. One inch opening to front cover at base of spine. Book
163 pages including index. Includes black and white illustrations. Chapters include: air, ventilation, heating, lighting, humidity; Water; Disposal of Refuse; Infection and Infectious Diseases; Insects and Parasites; Food; Infants; Personal Hygiene. Issued under the auspices of the Press Committee of the Middlesex Hospital. Prior owner's name and information upon front endpaper. Her name also written upon several additional pages and upon top and fore-edges. Olive-coloured boards well-worn. Spine leaning to right. Book
120 pages including fold-out. Front endpaper decorated with the signatures of several dozen contemporary students of the school! Book is tired but gilt lettering and school crest upon front board remain bright. Spine leaning. Edges foxed. Average wear. Book
148 pages. University College, the successor and heir of King's College, is at once the foundation on which the University of Toronto was erected and a separate and self-contained college with a peculiar history and distinctive characteristics. For a century it has been at the centre of humanistic studies in Canada, and its influence on the cultural development of the country has been continuous and profound. Bright gilt upon bright red cloth front board and spine. Writing upon front endpaper. Some names underlined in lists at back of book. Spine leans to right. Dust jacket well worn. 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
212 pages. Essays on the economics of housing in Canada and on the effects of rent control in the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, France and Sweden. "If this account seems to boil down to a catalogue of iniquities to be laid at the door of rent control, that is no mere coincidence, but inevitable..." - Professor F.A. Hayek, Nobel Laureate. Minor lean to spine. Average wear. Few markings to contents. Binding aging but remains intact. Book
298 pages. "The forest soil has been the object of scientific study for a relatively short time. In the Pacific Northwest, one of the principal forest growing areas of the world, the evaluation of the soil as a factor in the production of forest resources has an even shorter history, but a great deal of progress has been made. This volume represents an attempt to synthesize the results of these studies and thereby add direction to future work as well as provide current guidelines for management. Chapters include: Geology of the Douglas-Fir Region; The Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges of Northern California; The Oregon and Washington Coast Ranges; The Willamette Valley; The Cascade Range in Oregon and Southern Oregon; The Olympic Mountains Province; Northern Cascade Mountains; Surficial Geology of the Puget Sound Lowlands; The San Juan Islands; Bedrock Geology of Vancouver; Suricial Geology of Vancouver Island; Geologic Look at Soils of the Douglas-Fir Region; Geology Glossary; Climate; Vegetation; Physical Properties and Physical Behavior of Forest Soils; Minerals, Chemical Properties and Fertility of Forest Soils; Organic Matter of Forest Soils; Forest Soils Biology; Soil Formation, Classification and Morphology; Forest Soil Survey; The Cycling of Elements Within Forests; Forest Soil Productivity Relationships; Soil, Vegetation and Watershed Management; Forest Chemicals in Watershed Management; Some Engineering Aspects of Forest Soils; Soil Management in Douglas-fir Nurseries; Forest Fertilization Practices. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Prior owner's name printed upon fore-edge else unmarked. Average wear and above-average rubbing to card covers. Small openings at base of spine. Good working copy. Book
55 pages plus advertisements. Undated. May be circa 1900. "Before entering on this practice, it must be strongly urged that no amount of shading or colour can ever convert a bad outline into a good picture; and that not only must a fair amount of proficiency in drawing be acquired before the present course is entered upon, but, even afterwards, correctness of form and accuracy in perspective delineation must be carefully attended to." - from page 5. Includes many plates. Prior owner's details upon front free endpaper. Both hinges gone. Boards and spine almost free of textblock. Above average wear to green boards which remain of decent appearance with bright gilt lettering upon front board. Moderate moisture-induced fading to top of spine and top corner of boards. Book
Unpaginated. This wonderfully illustrated book teaches young children how to count. Bottom three inches of spine missing. Front endpaper loosening from front board. Average bumping and wear. Contents unmarked and lightly soiled. Book
82 pages. "Being a Text-book of Data collected from Investigations in the Research Laboratories and in the Works of Thos. Firth & Sons, LTD., Sheffield." - from title page. Chapters include: The Requisitioning of Stainless Steel; Stainless Steel and its Manufacture; The Working and Treatment of Stainless Steel; The Strength of Stainless Steel as Shewn by Mechanical Tests; The Mechanical Strength of Stainless Steel at High Temperatures; General Physical Properites; Resistance to Rust - Corrosion Resisting Properties; The Effect of Various Reagents upon Stainless Steel; Contact with Other Metals; Stainless Iron. Illustrated. Undated. Circa 1950s? Unmarked. Moderate wear. Bright gilt lettering to front board and spine. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Nice clean copy. 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
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
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
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
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
126 pages. Text in Dutch. Met 180 Afbeeldingen. 2E Herziene Druk. Small bookseller's sticker upon front endpaper else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Above average wear to boards with small tear at base of spine. Front board remains attractive with gilt border, lettering and emblem. Book
Over 618 pages. Includes alphabetical and analytical index plus many full-page illustrations. Bright gilt lettering upon spine. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Nice copy. Book
266 pages including index. The first source to offer a foundation and reference for the sound application of respiratory care in the home. Written for respiratory therapists, students of respiratory therapy, nurses, home care personnel, discharge planners, social workers, as well as physicians, this useful text focuses on the medical and technical rationale behind the selection of respiratory therapy and ancillary equipment and its safe, effective use by patients and caregivers. Prior owner's inkstamp upon each endpaper else contents clean and umarked. Moderate wear to blue boards. Partial lean to spine. Book
152 pages. Records the development of Western Canada from 1882 to 1939 as seen through the eyes of farm journalists who wrote about what they saw and felt during that time. Records how the prairie farmer has been a vital cog in Canada's economic, political and social development. Chapters include: The Sod Busters; Farm Power and Farmer Power; Feeding a War; The Turbulent Twenties; The Dirty Thirties. Abundantly illustrated including numerous wonderful full-size colour reproductions of contemporary magazine covers. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear and slight lean to spine. Dust jacket bears several tears and shows average wear. Lovely copy. Book
310 pages including bibliography and index. Will aid those interested in the practical art of horology. Intended to serve as a course of study, as a means of reference, and as a textbook or working manual to be used in the school, at the bench, or in the library. Completely revised to include new material on automatic watches, shock-proof watches, and other recent developments in watchmaking. Features a handsome set of handsome illustrations in full colour showing exploded views of alarm and self-winding watches. Rubber stamp upon front endpaper else book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some foxing to top edge. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is missing some chips and is partly sunned at top of front panel. Solid copy. Book
124 pages. Recommended by the Minister of Education for use in the schools of Ontario. Originally published in 1933. Colour frontis. Dozens of excellent illustrations. Wonderful Ontario history. Chapters include: Pioneer Co-operation - "Bees"; Amusement and Social Life in the Towns; Pioneer Sports - Curling. Former school reference copy with card pocket inside back cover and writing upon front free endpaper. Spine secured with strip of cloth tape. Back hinge open. Above-average wear. Still a useful copy of this truly delightful and now important work which presents true original Canadian rural culture. Book