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273 pages including bibliography. "This book represents the first ray of hope in conquering breast cancer. It could very well save your life or the life of a loved one." - Dr. Gayle Black, Clinical Nutritionist, President of Eating Smart Compay. Prior owner's name upon front flyleaf else unmarked. Average wear. Minor twist to spine. Good working copy. Book
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
228 pages including index. Explores the origins and applications of Weyerhauser's corporate values and suggests how they will guide the company's future. Richly illustrated with photographs from the Weyerhauser archives. Will empower those who work for, buy from, regulate, or own stock in Weyerhauser with a deep understanding of this value-guided company. Faintest wear to edge of dust jacket. Slight lean to spine. Book and dust jacket very fresh in appearance. Slight erasure mark upon front endpaper. Giftable. Book
193 pages. The timeless investment secrets of the Swiss bankers..."Useful arguments... refreshing and worth considering." - The New York Times. 12 major axioms and 18 minor axioms that can help you succeed in investing - Swiss-style. Bookseller's inkstamp upon front flyleaf else clean and unmarked. Average wear. Spine leaning. Good working 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
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
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
Please note: Front cover missing. Features include: The Haunted Mine - Author's experiences at a Canadian gold-mine; The Rest-Cure - A sea captain's story of a voyage across the Atlantic with a party of cowboys; Norfleet's Quest - Frank Norfleet, a Texas confidence victim, pursued the pertetrators for three years before achieving vengeance; The Living Death - An eccentric chemist marries an Aztec royal descendant to ferret out the secrets of the ancient Aztec dyes; The Sky Riders - Canada's RCMP, the world's first 'flying policemen'; The Lawra Lion - a lion adventure on the Gold Coast; The Forbidden Path - A remarkable experience which befell two British officers in the Himilayan foothills; A Matter of Witchcraft - A strange story from New Guinea; The Australian Stockman - the drover of Australia's outback; Tears to spine with chips missing. Contents in good condition. Magazine
Features include: They Servant The Elephant - written by a man who spent half a lifetime in the forests of Southern India; The Rowboat Mystery - A decidedly awkward problem confronted the detective department of the Seattle (U.S.A.) police; The Smoke Jumpers - the latest development by the U.S. authorities against forest fires; Unlucky Launch - an amusing account involving a shipyard; The Money-Maker - An amusing confidence trick tale from the files of a Gold Coast District Officer; The "Lion-Men of Ussure (Part 1) - Tanganyikans are suspected of posing as murderous lion-men; The Accessory - rifles suddenly disappear from a battalion in India; Jim Darling's Last Shot - a store clerk catches 'gold fever'; Patrolling the Arctic - Adventures of the hardy members of the R.C.M.P. in the vast wastes of Canada's north; Forests Afloat - Benson Log Rafts; Wolf-Hunting in Finland. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear. Faint pencilled name atop back cover. Tears to spine. Magazine
Features Include: The Fruit Ranch Riddle - An interesting murder investigation at the Morrisey fruit ranch near Selah, Washington, USA; Interviewing an Eruption - Filming a volcano in the Belgian Congo; The "Lion-Men" of Ussure (Part 2) - The amazing story of Tanganyikans posing as "lion-men"; Exploring the "Great Diagonal" - an ambitious attempt to open the interior of Brazil; Stowaway to Spitzbergen; "Book-Keeper Wanted" - a colourful story from Western Australia; The Blind Malik - A Quaint Tale from Waziristan; The Dingo - An amusing story from the outback; The Bull-Gang - a young Englishman finds his way into a dirty pulp mill job in Canada; Ship's Guard; Ramaswamy's Pal - from 'the queer side of things' . Average to above-average wear. Some staining and prior owner's name upon back cover. Chips from spine. Decent copy. Magazine
Features include: How They Saved the "Ningpo" - A rare occasion when the tables were turned on Chinese sea pirates in 1945; Before the Fact - A missionary's puzzling story from primitive Africa; Seeking Sheba's "Lost" City - Author describes his adventures in Arabia and his accidental discovery of a practicable route to the mysterious city - abandoned for centuries; Over the Iron Curtain - Two R.A.F. officers endeavour to rescue a young Italian from Budapest in December 1945. The "WAFF" goes recruiting - Some amusing aspects of recruiting young tribesmen in West Africa; Wild Boars and Cattle Thieves - An adventure on a lonely island off the California coast; Zombies - a Haitian story; Island of Ships - Rouad, off the Syrian coast. Front cover detached but in good condition. Back cover almost detached. Most of spine missing. Contents in good condition. Name in pencil atop back cover. Magazine
Features include: Hopper No. 47 - Tragic happenings to an apprentice pilot in Home waters; Mra Toons "Lemon" - A former Revenue Officer's account of an encounter with an astute Oriental who planned to make a fortune by smuggling opium into Burma; Chinchilla Ranching - Describes a new industry; Water Divining in India; South American Excursion - a colourful account of a motor-car trip into the interior of Venezuela; Marijuana - describes the perilous experiences in which a particularly sinister form of "dope" involved the narrator; By Pony to Ladakh - An account of a trip through a little-known region of the borders of mysterious Tibet; Hunting the "Bearded Wonder" - Author sets out to track down a sinister Malayan terrorist leader. Black and white illustrations throughout. Above-average wear externally. Chips missing from spine. Contents in good condition. Unmarked. Magazine
Cover shows smiling cowboy on rearing horse. Features: Wise Old Man - Adventures of author while conducting scientific research in remote Amazonia; A Sailor on Horseback - The American adventures of a former British Merchant Seaman, first as a lumberjack and then as a cowboy on a 'dude-ranch'; He Knew Too Much - A grim story of dope-running on the Egyptian border; Lunch-Time Tiger - Author is called upon to deal with a tiger which was terrifying the inhabitants of a Pathan village; The Castaways of the 'Dundonald' - reprint of one of the most remarkable shipwreck stories on record - describes how a British ship was driven ashore on a barren islet in the remote Southern Pacific, where for many weary months the survivors endured many privations in a desperate struggle for existence; A Taste of Freedom - Three firemen jump ship in a South American port... but fate was against them, and they were almost glad to get back; Ghost-Town Memories - Tourist visit the Western U.S. abandoned mining-camps of long ago; Across the Kalahari Desert - The author traversed the trackless Kalahari in a motor-car by way of a dried-up river bed. Black and white illustrations. Chipping to spine. Above-average wear. Magazine
Features include: Sunken Treasure - In 1799 the British frigate Lutine sand off the Dutch coast and in 1933 a new method of salvage was attempted; A Burmese Houdini; Tiger's Teeth - An English Adventure; The Major's Panther - Amateur big-game hunters get lucky; #20,000 - the eventful life of a banker; On the Trail in Wonderland - Travels through Navajo Indian country; Three Queer Mysteries from Malaya; Our Trip to the Buffalo Country - An Australian Journey; Looking Down the Devil's Throat - A trip to Iguassu Falls in Brazil; The Naga Head-Hunters of Assam; Where Water Burns - An Alberta Story; Passed with Honours - by Lieut.-Col. M.C.A. Henniker. Illustrated in black and white. Somewhat above average wear. Openings at each spine end. One inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Magazine
Features include: Five Hundred Miles to Freedom - the story of nine survivors of the Japanese capture of Rabaul; The Land Sharks - Would-be settlers in Canada fall victim to wonderful stories from plausible strangers of how to 'get rich quick'; Man-Eater - A former member of the Burma Frontier Service describes the eventful career of a tiger; Vale of the Gods - a curious blend of immemorial ritual and popular merrymaking in the Northern Punjab; The Ju-Ju Doctor - The facts of an amazing occurence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - Author gets the scare of his live on an East Indian Island; The Sea-Dayaks of Borneo - Author finds the fromer head-hunters to be charming hosts; Section Man - A glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - A puzzling American murder case. Exterior heavily worn with chips missing from spine and front cover partially detached. Contents good. Pencilled name upon back cover. Magazine
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
Features include: The Donkey - A humble donkey co-operates to bring about the discomfiture of sundry Arab thieves; It Pays to Advertise - The Amazing result of the nefarious activities of a rascally 'wild-cat' company promoter and an unscrupulous newspaper reporter in Canada; Mr. Zaru - story from a ship; Into the Unknown - exploratino work in Tanganyika; Farm Life in South Africa - intended for aspiring British immigrants to South Africa; Through the Iron Curtain - an ambitious motor-cycle voyage through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey; Beyond the Barrier - Extraordinary incidents related by a famous stage magician, Jasper Maskelyne; A Matter of Boundaries - an amusing tale of a tribal land-dispute in Nigeria; The Little Gold Disc - A veteran seafarer's account of a remarkable experience on the China Coast; The Tiger That Thought; The Red Lacquer Pagoda; The Ship That Became a House; Guarding New Zealand's Forests - Illustrated in black and white. Chips from and tears to base of spine else average wear. Two inch opening at top of back cover. Magazine
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