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244 pages including index. Designed to be helpful alike to the student-teacher, to the teacher who is returning diffidently to the classroom after an absence of some years, and to the teacher who wishes to savour in leisure some of the advice given him in the full and fleeting days of his/her professional training. Stated first printing. Minor spine lean to the right. Gilt lettering on boards and spine is faded but still legible. Hinges intact. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
63 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Chapters include: the neck or cervical spine; common causes of neck pain; exercises; when to apply the exercises; general instructions. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy of this helpful work. Book
46 pages. The Rescue Rangers are confronted by fierce mechanical dogs. Please note: major damage to spine. Otherwise, average wear. Minimal markings. Remains a useable reading copy. Book
211 pages including index. Well worn but unmarked book. Spine moderately twisted. Lower corner clipped from back cover and back two pages. Covers the following: How to achieve excitement and momentum in a choir program and keep it; how to get money from the budget committee, choral outreach, developing a good repertoire; planning the worship service, taped accompaniment - friend or foe, making a musical happen, what pastors wish choir directors knew, and much more. Book
608 pages including bibliography. Tissue-protected black and white frontis. All edges bright gilt. Date written atop half-title page. Outer portion of hinges gone. Inner portion of hinges intact. Top inch of spine missing. Several pieces of invisible tape secure coverings of spine and boards. Decent reading copy. Book
144 pages including index. A detailed and well-illustrated explanation of the technical terms and rules of blazon and of the science of Armory. Explains how individual coats of arms properly interpreted can be a valuable source of historical knowledge. Chapters include: heralds and heraldry; tinctures, partitions, ordinaries and sub-ordinaries; common charges; the rules of blazon; differencing and marshalling of arms; crests, crowns and coronets; the description of the achievement, and some famous arms; ecclesiastical heraldry; arms of heiresses, and hatchements; the seal; the badge; banners of arms, standards and flags. Average wear. Usual library markings else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Book
120 pages. Chapters include: The 'Gene-Rich' and the 'Gene-Poor'; Genetic Erosion; Genetic Conservation; The Green Revolution; The Seed Revolution; The New Seedsmen; The Implications fo Restrictive Varietal Legislation; Biases in Corporate Breeding; Learing from the Corporate Experience. An early work on this vital and increasingly contentious issue. Well-worn. Unmarked. One inch opening between top of front cover and spine. Book
Approx 1.25" thick. Title on illustrated dust jacket reads "New Cambridge Picture Bible." circa 1965 as this is the date of gift inscription inside front board. Blue boards with bright gilt lettering on spine. Small openings to dust jacket. Book
352 pages. Top and bottom two inches of spine are taped in place. Well used, but not abused. The only reference source you'll need for complete season-by-season statistics and personal data - on every active NHL player. Every active player's entire career... beginning with his first year of amateur hockey and including his 1981-82 pro hockey stats. From games played and goals scored to place of birth and education. Every fact worth repeating is included and there's more.... complete statistics for players in the IHL, CHL, WHL, AHL, college and junior leagues; a special secion on recently retired NHL players; Complete data on drafts, trades, outstanding achievements and awards. Used professionally by coaches, players, announcers and sportswriters... a must for the can't-get-enough hockey fan. Book
158 pages. Features: Nurturing boatbuilding stock for the future - the Boatbuilder's Garden (Forest); The People's Timber; Vic Carpenter - a superior craftsman - Part I; Pungy boats of the Chesapeake - graceful schooners; The Elements of Seamanship - Part V; The Bar Harbor 31s - two views of the Herreshoff Bar Harbor 31s; ACE Speedboat; The Lobsterboats of Grand Manan; Understanding a Novi boat; Building Martha's Tender; EDITH JANE - search for the real Mackinaw boat; A Whitehall Backbone - ingenious solutions; Bandsaws!. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
124 pages. Features: The New York Thirties; Preservation and the Richardson Boat Owner's Association; EMME; Alternatives to the Lumber Yard; Putting Down Roots - your own woodlot; The Backbone - Part III - getting it upright and ready for ribbands; The Restoration of the STANLEY NORMAN - rebuilding a working skipjack between seasons; Marine Batteries - Part II - installing and maintaining battery systems; A Core Sound Sharpie; Seizing Hanks - step-by-step instructions; California's Ancient Canoe - the heritage and rebirth of the tomol; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
144 pages. Features: Alaska Limit Seiners; Bill Grunwald - 26 different boats to order; Caring for deserving tools; The History of Small Yacht Design - Part I - SCHEMER and the skimming dishes; How to build PICCOLO, Part II; How to build a double paddle; LADY JEANNE - a liveaboard Maine lobsterboat; The Biloxi Schooners - the 'white queens' of the early oystering and shrimping trade; Liberated Caulking - burn the mallet; The Backbone - Part IV - the marriage of ballast and keel; Herringbone - a quick and reliable repair stitch; Milling Your Own - using a chainsaw mill to get the lumber you want. Short opening at top of coverfold. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
472 pages. Name atop front cover. Average soiling, yellowing and wear to card covers. Some tearing at foot of spine. A detailed estimate of Canadian energy consumption and production between 1990 and 2010. Chapter titles include: Outlook for oil prices and Canadian economic performance; Natural Gas and Electricity Prices; Energy Demand; Electricity; Natural Gas; Crude Oil and Equivalent; Natural Gas Liquids; Coal; Sources and Uses of Electricity; Environmental Implications; and Conclusions. Book
246 pages. The homeowner who has a new house without improvements or one with an established landscape will find here the information necessary to make the property both beautiful and functional. For the nursery operator and landscape contractor, it will serve as a source of ideas and provide a practical approach for further developing skills in designing and constructing residential landscapes. Minimal markings to text. Former owner's address label upon front cover. Average wear. Two inch opening to back cover at foot of spine. Small tear to top of spine. Book
Unpaginated board book. Heavy wear. Spine missing. Lots of soiling and some children's writing. Text on page two is separating from the board. Two large chips missing from front board which shows an apple and birds in a nest. Appears to Brimax Book #1601 as this number is printed on the lower left corner of the front board. Appears to be circa 1995. Book
103 pages. An absorbing account of rapid industrialization, nationalism, oil diplomacy, and Communist encroachment in the Middle East - nerve-center of the modern struggle for world power. Some water staining. Chips and tears to dust jacket. Minor lean to spine. Binding solid. Book
214 pages. Packed with information and topics too numerous to mention including: Some Reason for Stern Wheel Boats; Anthony Casorso; Alfred E. Stocks; The Junction Ranch; and many more. Binding intact. Pencil scribbling on back of back flyleaf else unmarked. Average wear. Quarter inch tears at each end of spine. Book
Unpaginaged board book. Substantial wear and soiling. Child's name inside front board. Your 6 or 7 year old will love the wacky riddles! Top of spine loosening. Sticker patch on front board. Book
Front endpaper removed. Unpaginated. Contains Rollerskating song music and lyrics. Damp stain affects all pages near upper spine. Jamie and his little sister Andrea found rollerskates in the old trunk in the basement. Jamie decided to use them. This is his story. Author is celebrated Canadian children's entertainer. Book
160 pages. Author's inscription and signature upon half title page. Presents colour and black and white photographs of remarkable scope and diversity ranging from mood shots to landscapes; from portraiture to sports; from architecture to humour. The total effect is a matchless profile of the whole panorama of life that is Calgary. Book shows minimal wear and remains attractive with bright gilt lettering upon front board and spine. Minor warp to front board. Some soiling and a variety of tears to dust jacket. Book
254 pages. Covers the history of our forests, their relationship to other forests of the world, the kind of trees that make up their present composition and their biological responses to different environments. Generously illustrated with large attractive colour photography. Some lean to spine. Average wear. Gift greetings and donation inscription upon front endpaper. Solid copy in chocolate brown boards. Book
104 pages including glossary and index. Sunning to spine and small nicks to each end of spine. Moderate wear overall. Numerous excellent black and white illustrations. Provides identification of some common lamellibranch or bivalve molluscs living in the intertidal zone along the British Columbia coast. These creatures live in deep and shallow water, salt, brackish, and fresh water, lying loosely on the surface, attached to the surface or burrowing in mud, sand, wood, clay, or stone. Several groups, among which are the scallops, are able to swim. Covers the following families and species: Glycymeridae, anonidae, mytilidae, pectinidae, ostreidae, tellinidae, semelidae, solenidae, mactridae, cardiidae, gariidae, veneridae, ungulinidae, lyonsiidae, erycinidae, myidae, hiatellidae, pholadidae, teredinidae. Book
219 pages including index. "Mr. Quinn cultivates the garden of controversy with great glee: He is deliberately and delightfully outrageous." - William Safire. Proves that the English language is not dying - it's thriving. "A good-natured, wonderfully witty, and well-informed little tirade" - Detroit News. Well-worn. Spine sunned. Contents unmarked and yellowed. Book
342 pages. Includes numerous interesting black and white photos. In this first-hand, first-person story, Larry Robinson tells what it's like to be Larry Robinson - to share in the glory of the Montreal Canadiens, to win six Stanley Cups as part of the celebrated franchise, to hold the NHL record for most playoff games played, to leave Canada for the endless summer of California and a new career as a Los Angeles King. Average wear. Unmarked. Some yellowing to pages. Reading crease along spine. Book
354 pages including index. A study of the relations between men's ideas about the universe and the institutions of law and government. Binding loose but intact. Hinges intact. Moderate quantity of markings. Tears to spine. Useful reading copy. Book