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Minor quantity of markings. An anthology largely consisting of eyewitness accounts of - and often by - the working men, women, and children of Canada. Lean to spine. Average wear. Good 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
222 pages including index and bibliography. A revision of the author's thesis, Princeton University, 1974. Using data from the 1897 Imperial Russian Census, the author examines two types of migration: that to an already settled, relatively modern area, such as the major cities; and that to a sparsely populated, relatively traditional area, such as the agricultural frontier. Concludes that migration within European Russia and from European Russia to Asiatic Russia supports the model. Book clean and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket bears closed half-inch tear to top of spine, else moderate wear. Very nice copy. 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
172 pages. "Aboriginal heroes are everywhere... Who is Yours?" With these words, the Aboriginal Heroes Contest on which this book is based was introduced to students and teachers across Canada. The heroes theme is an important one. The very concept of heroes invokes special images for nearly everyone - of someone who eximplifies courage, moral strength, or other sterling qualities which somehow allow them to exceed the normal bounds that seem to limit human endeavour. Aided by this book, teachers and parents can communicate to students that everyone has something of the heroic in her or him; that everyone can think deeply and feel deeply about issues of importance; and, as a curricular consideration, that everyone can learn to express those feelings in thoughts and written words. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Glossy colour illustrated covers. Two inch tear to top of front cover at spine. Children's hero stories are grouped by province/territory. Book
A single thick cirlox bound volume in stiff plastic wraps containing collections of two different publications: The Lenkurt Demodulator - 02/65, 01/65, 12/64, 11/64, 10/64, 9/64, 8/64, 2/64, 1/64, 12/63, 11/63, 10/64, 9/63; and RTTY - 3/63, 2/63, 12/62, 11/62, 10/62, 9/62, 8/62, 7/62, 6/62, 5/62, 4/62, 3/62, 1/62, and 2/62. The Lenkurt Demodulator was published monthly by Lenkurt Electric of Vancouver, British Columbia for individuals interested in multi-channel carrier, microwave radio systems and allied electronic products. RYYT was published by RTTY, Inc. of Pasadena, CA and presented news of amateur RTTY. Moderate wear. Solid condition. Each of these volumes was mailed to a Mr. R.J. Prosser, whose name is screen printed atop front cover. We surmise that Mr. Prosser may have been an official with Lenkurt Electric. Spine leaning. An interesting and informative collection with many illustrations throughout. Book
6.25" x 6.25" Red fabric on spine beginning to peel from bottom. Plastic laminate on front cover bubbling significantly. Lots of wear to edges. Surprisingly bright inside. Books in this "Show Baby Plus" series are for children 1-3 years old. Book
Unpaginated. Wonderful detailed drawings throughout. No text. Allows child readers to make up their own story as they go. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear to blue illustrated boards. One inch tear at top of spine. ISBN number partial worn from back board. 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
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
27 pages including 12 detailed colour transparencies plus additional colour illustrations. Copyright 1962. A "Trans-Vision" picture book designed to help the physician answer many questions posed by patients, by providing illustrations for their answers. Contains a minimum of captions and organized in sections so it can be used from the patient's first visit to her postnatal check-up. Enables physicians to answer questions regarding breast enlargement, frequency of urination, constipation, nausea and vomiting, backache, varicose veins, and after delivery, the problems connected with involution. Former owner's name atop title page. Average wear overall. Slight lean to spine of black boards which fold over spiral bound contents. Book
271 pages including bibliography, index and black and white photographic plates. Between 1870 and the depression of the 1930s, more than 80,000 children from the poverty of England were sent to Canada by well-meaning philanthropists to live and work with Canadian farm families. "Superbly readable... one of the finest pieces of Canadian social history ever to be written. It is, in every way, an exceptional book." - Calgary Herald. Address label inside front cover. Well-used copy with lean to spine. Unmarked. Remains a worthy reading copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of Army Nurse at work; Unituq ad inside from cover for American Export Line shows teen girl holding record and caption 'The Japs Were Hard on Jive' - explaining that war meant the shellac needed to make records was hard to import; Fantastic one-page colour photo ad for Rheingold beer features Miss Rheingold 1945, Pat Boyd on a ski hill; We Must Face Europe with Realism; Ad for Fairchild's Packet air cargo aircraft; Photos from the Battle of the Bulge; Plane's-Eye View of the Pacific War - an air voyage reveals what distance means and how brutal is the struggle; Photos of a Pacific beachhead landing; Four Fateful Inauguration Days - The atmosphere of crisis has surrounded Mr. Roosevelt on each historic occasion - article with photos; Backbone of China's Resistance - it is the enduring peasant, who supplies the rice and the soldiers, hates and thwarts the Japanese; Nice one-page color ad by De Beers; Hollywood's latest box office 'name' is Barry Fitzgerald - article with photos; Classy one-page color ad for Benson & Hedges Virginia Rounds cigarettes; Percy Pratt - Poet Laureate of Freeport, Maine's GI's; One page ad for movie 'A Song to Remember' starring Paul Muni and Merle Oberon; Photos and write-up of America's State Department Team - Joseph C. Grew, Edward R. Stettinius Jr., James Clement Dunn, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Archibald MacLeish, Dean Acheson and William L. Clayton; Half-page ad for Admiral fridges features two classy dames; Nice ad for Rameses "the aristocrat of cigarettes"; Soldier Souvenirs - mementos from Germany; Nostalgic one-page color ad for Florida Oranges/Orange Juice; Meals for the Family of One; A Lift from Lighting; Teen-age daughters; Two pages of lovely fashion photos featuring ladies' attire for the outdoor play season; Half-page color ad for Marlboro cigarettes features very fashionably-dressed lady; GIs bring daily news to the Pacific; Nostalgic color ad on back cover for Decca records states they insist their vocalists pronounce every word carefully, and that dance records must be thoroughly danceable - without fancy overtures or interruptions. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage wartime issue. Book
216 pages including index. Beginning with the creation of Canada's first national park in Banff in 1885, the author provides a sympathetic story of the historical tension between conservation and profit which has marked Canada's national parks policy. Traces this motif from the era of MacDonald and Van Horne, through that of Mackenzie King to the initiatives of Trudeau and Chretien. One inch tear to bottom of front cover at spine. Covers show significant wear but contents clean and unmarked. Book
295 pages including index and a profusion of detailed black and white photographic plates. Provides a summary of the embryology and microscopic anatomy of the oral tissues. Moderate lean to spine. Pencil underlining. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Water exposure has had minor impact to contents. Attractive glossy lettering upon green boards. 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
160 pages including illustrations in colour and black and white. Hand-numbered copy 1045 of a limited edition. "This limited edition is presented for the enjoyment of all our members and we trust it will serve as a suitable commemorative on the occasion of the celebration of the Union Club of British Columbia's Centennial. We are deeply indebted to Paul L. Bissley, who authored this history. No living member is more qualified to reveal to us the story of our Club during its first hundred years. We hope this memento will provide many happy moments for us all and serve to remind us of the tremendous endeavours of our early members in the establishing of the Union Club of British Columbia." - R.J. Taylor, President. Gilt lettering and decorations upon spine and front board. Moderate wear and soiling to navy blue boards. Contents unmarked. Slight lean to spine. Book
129 pages plus index. Former owner's bookplate inside front board. Attractive forest green boards. spine leans slightly to right. A reference work intended for readers requiring a compact, easy-to-read compendium of information on the area's ecology, its spectacular mammals and birds, their habitats, social organization, and migratory patterns. Includes many dozens of photographs, some in colour, plus hundreds of beautifully informative drawings. Part one deals with the general geography of the Rocky Mountain region and the behaviour and ecology of each major family or group of mammals and birds in the region. Part two, the Natural History Folios, gives a succinct textual summary and an extensive visual representation of each major species of Rocky mountain mammal, with emphasis upon photography. Book
416 pages including bibliography and index. Acknowledges that the province on the far left of the map has always been a pretty strange place, but it also tells a serious story of touchy race relations, heroic men and women, and the kind of romance that makes sensible people want to write books. It's a new kind of history - intensely personal, impeccably researched, intentionally provocative, unexpectedly spiritual, and laugh-out-loud funny - that encourages us to question received wisdom and ponder the elusiveness of history. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear and slight lean to spine. Dust jacket with closed tear to top of back panel and moderate edgewear with one or two chips missing. Solid copy. Book
16 pages. Twenty-five popular pieces for young players. Above average wear. Some markings. Missing back cover. Masking tape down spine. 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
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
324 pages plus index. Recounts the achievements of 24 Canadian airmen in WW II. Relies upon over six years of research into squadron operational diaries, combat reports, decoration citations, log books and other offical documents. Black and white illustrations. Date stamp upon half-title page. Some soiling to front cover. Moderate wear. One inch opening to base of front cover at spine. An excellent reference. Book
In-8 (cm. 22.40), cartonato editoriale, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, pp. 162, (6). Prima edizione. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
329 pages. "I suppose there is really never any justification for yet another autobiography, particularly when the writer would be among the first to acknowledge his inability to commit himself adequately to paper or, so obviously, lacks the talent of setting down even in something like chronological order the relatively uneventful happenings of a life-time spent in the humdrum business of banking." - from author's preface. Includes black and white photographs. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Minor lean to spine. Solid copy. Book