Buerge, David; Stuart R. Grover, (ed.)MareMagnum
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Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 119 pages with occasional b&w photos. Contents include: Inland steamers, the Squak, the Duamish River, Foreign trade, Crescent Mfg, Co. , Canneries, Mukilteo, Coal, Black Diamond, Mining camps, Salmon Bay, Snoqualmie Lumber Co. ,Puget Sound Lumber Co. Charles Barstow Wright, Green River Crossing, Chinese labor, Mill Street, Brothels, Die Tribune, etc.
Some pencil notes on front endpaper; otherwise clean and unmarked; tight binding. 216 pages. Black and white illustrations.
294p., illus. Hardcover Good condition, bookplate on endpaper, spine darkened
Pages 180-262 plus 16 pages of ads. This is a particularly excellent issue jammed full of fascinating accounts. Features: Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss and snow for nearly a week; Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny - he avenged the killing of his employer, an English officer; The Trade Guilds of Constantinople - article with truly amazing photos; The Yaqui Luck-Piece; My Brumby Hunt; When Everything Happened to Me - hauling timber in the 1870s; Salving (Salvaging) Fifty Million Pounds' Worth of Shipping - fantastic photo-illustrated article on some of the 500 ships saved by the Admiralty Salvage Section in WWI; The Sun Dance - photo-illustrated account of a trip to Alberta, Canada to witness the Sun Dance, an annual festival of the Indians; My Dashes fro Freedom - Lieut. E.H. Garland's account of how he escaped from 12 German prison camps in WWI - article with illustrations and photos of the Holzminden Tunnel; ; In Search of Gold - John A. Jordan in East Africa; Our Disastrous Cattle Drive - tale of an horrific Australian cattle drive; Fascinating photo of a "Tramps' Hotel" in the fashion of a jail - they are required to break a quantity of rock for use in road construction before they can leave; The Kaiser's Girls - a tale of 'amazing political intrique and cold-blooded devilry' from German-occupied Russia; The Serpent Garden of Butantan, near Sao Paulo, Brazil - photo-illustrated article; My 'Roo (Kangaroo) Hunt with the 'Flying Gang' - hunting on the banks of the Murray River; With the Ortolan Trappers - photo-illustrated article on how these birds were caught; and more. Half-page photo ad for the Granliden Hotel of Lake Sunapee, N.H.; Lovely illustrated one-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines - "Shooting the Rapids of the Historic St. Lawrence in 1819"; Uncommon ad for "Tobacco Redeemer" by Newell Pharmacal inside back cover claims to help smokers kick the habit in 48 to 72 hours. Covers detached as one, but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book
xvii, 388 pages. Fold-out map at title page. Black and white illustrations. "An account of the Red River Expedition and other travels and adventures in western Canada." - subtitle. First published in 1872. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy. Peel (2) 342. Book
108 pages. Many absolutely classic songs from the mid 1980s including: Air; And She Was; The Big Country; The Book I Read; Burning Down the House; Don't Worry About the Government; Give Me Back My Name; Heaven; Houses in Motion; Life During Wartime; The Listening Wind; Love Goes Building on Fire; Making Flippy Floppy; Once in a Lifetime; Psycho Killer; Pulled Up; Road to Nowhere; Slippery People; Stop Making Sense (AKA Girlfriend is Better); Take Me To the River; This Must Be The Place. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Nice copy. Be moved again by these unforgettable songs from the 80's. Book
64 pages. Undated. Circa 1955. "This story is written about the people of Cecil Lake as I knew them; as I met them on the old trails, worked with them; and grew up with them in this new country... Author came to Cecil Lake from Saskatchewan in 1928 when he was seventeen. He spent eight years on the Nelson Trail between Fort St. John and Fort Nelson, two of them with Henry McLeod, who contracted for the Hudson's Bay Co. He has spent most of the summers ho-boing around on horseback all the way from the foothills of the Upper Halfway, down over the old Dunvegan Trail to Fairview, and on the the old town of Peace River." - from page 3. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
Features: The Present Railway Situation in the United States; B.F. Bush becomes president of the Denver & Rio Grand (with photo of Bush); Railway Mileage in 1911; Interstate Commerce Commission Decisions; Coast Shipbuilding Companies Rushed With Work - feature article with photo of submarine F.3 immediately after launching, apparently at the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.; Representative of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Line inspects the northwest for business opportunities which will open with the Panama Canal; Economy of the [Seattle] Municipal Plan (part 3); Free Ships and Revised Navigation Laws - discussion of the rehabilitation of the merchant marine; Free [Panama Canal] Tolls To American Ships Would Solve Problem; What Is The Merchant's Exchange of Seattle? - an explanatory article by R.C. Hill, whose photo accompanies the article; Seattle People Honor Captain "Buck" Bailey; Port Commission Plan for Grays Harbor; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Bogue Plans for Tacoma Harbor Are Extensive - article with map; Tacoma Will Be Ready When Panama Canal Opened - brief article includes nice birdseye view illustration of the harbor and environs showing present developments and developments under way; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
xix, 398 pages. Dozens of marvelous black and white photos. Map of route. Author traveled down the Mackenzie River and back. Describes the country, travel conditions and people she encountered. Average wear to forest green cloth-covered boards adorned with colour map and gilt lettering. Unmarked. Narrow openings along hinges. A worthy vintage copy. Bibliographic References: Arctic Bibliography 2657, Peel (2e) 2105, Wetherell 4-27. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps, title and following leaves lightly browned; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at edges and lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. One of the earliest published accounts of the action: also covers the release of the Spee prisoners by COSSACK from ALTMARK. Includes ROH and awards. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Law 0104; inexplicably, not recorded by Enser.
337 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "In this series of narrative letters, Clyde and Myrle Campbell tell of their day-to-day experiences with vibrancy and zest. They were bouyed by their successes, frustrated by their failures, and graphically described each difficult step of 'proving up' their homestead." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Spine leaning. Front free endpaper removed. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
Pages 449-512. Features: In Peril Among the Riffs - How Sir Malcolm Campbell and Flight-Lieut. Don nearly lost their lives in North Africa - article with photos; With the Seal Hunters - photo-illustrated article on the heroic and arduous labours of the gallant fishermen for seals amongst the ice-floes of the coast of Labrador; Famous Figures in Football - G. (Geoffrey) N. Foster and Dr. R. Cove-Smith - article with photo; Sixty Years of Soccer - article with photos of William McCracken, Fanny Walden, G.O. Smith, Victor Watson, and Clifford Bastin; The Secret of Druid's Cross (mystery story); Why Keep a Log Book?; Field Hockey Tactics - article with photos; Making Morris Motors - photo-illustrated article on the manufacture of Morris cars; The Poacher's Wirelss (fiction); The Reversed Watermark (fiction); The Hooghly River - the World's Worst (article); The Story of Stamp Collecting. No table of contents. Covers loose but present. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
SL, Glass House Graphics, février 2000. Une revue de format in 8° de 16 pp.; sur beau papier glacé; une bd américaine illustrée en couleurs. Comme neuve. Peu courant. Erotique.
In 8° grande (22,5x14,5 cm); (6), 413, (5) pp. Brossura editoriale,piatto anteriore, posteriore e dorso, contenuta entro bellissima ed elegante legatira in mezza-pelle chiara con titolo e fregi in oro e a secco ai tasselli. Dorso a 5 nervi. Piatti foderati con carta marmorizzata. Ottimo esemplare ancora in barbe. Prima edizione di questo non comune studio critico del celebre storico ed erudito modenese, Marchese Cesare Campori. Contiene: I Longobardi nel modenese e singolarmente di S. Anselmo; Leodoino Vescovo di Modena; Guido Vescovo di Modena; Memorie del Vescovo Eriberto; La Croce della pietra; Osservazioni sul buon tempo antico di Modena; Cenni sulle origini della famiglia Guidelli de' Conti Guidi di Modena; Di un inventario dei possessi del Monastero di S. Domenico di Modena nel 1450; Degli Statuti della Mirandola e di S. Martino in Rio; Cesare Montecuccoli; Intorno ai documenti inediti della Storia Modenese e su quelli specialmente dell'Archivio nazionale; La Cronica di Leonello Beleardi; Alcune notizie sugli Statuti di Correggio; Intorno le tragedie di Antonio Cavallerino poeta modenese del secolo XVI; Memorie modenesi estratte da tre Croniche inedite; Una pagina della storia di Modena desunta dalla Cronica di Bartolomeo Lodi; Di alcune differenze per ragioni di confini tosco-modenesi composte dal duca di Savoia Emanuele Filiberto; Alfonso Montecuccoli; Ernesto Montecuccoli; Cristina di Svezia e gli Estensi; Corrispondenza diplomatica tra il duca Rinaldo d'Este e il suo Ministro a Vienna conte Orazio Guicciardi; Amalia d'Este e il marchese di Villeneuve; Geminiano Poletti; Luigi Poletti; Giuseppe Obici. Ottimo esemplare, in brossura editoriale entro bella legatura artigianale.
Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 104 pages with b&w photos, color cover, and chapters on Plymouth, Dartington Hall, Wildlife of Devon, Exeter, North Devon coastline, Tamar river, Chagford
135 pages. Proceedings of the Wolf Symposium held in Edmonton, Alberta, 12-14 May, 1981. Includes submissions such as: A Perspective on the taxonomy of wolves in North America; Status and Management of wolves in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec; Historical and Present status of wolves in the NWT; Status and management of wolves in the Yukon Terrritory; Historical and present perspectives on wolf management in Alaska; Population dynamics of wolves; Social influence on reproduction in wolves; Considerations in wolf management related to genetic variability and adaptive change; An alternative view of genetic considerations in the management of the wolf and other large vertebrates; Wolf Howling in Algonquin Park; Wolf management and harvest patterns on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska; Wolf-related caribou mortality on a calving ground in North-central Canada; Wolf predation of livestock in Western Canada; Wolf predation of cattle on the Simonette River Pastures in west-central Alberta; Problem wolf management in B.C.; A method to aid in discrimination of traces from wolves and dogs. The two appendices include a summary of the status of wolves in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador. Minimal markings. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
48 pages. Songs include: Story; Lazybones; Georgia on My Mind; Lazy River; Rockin' Chair; Judy; The Army of Hippocrates; Daybreak; Sing it way Down Low; Old Man Harlem; Thanksgivin'; After Twelve O'Clock; Moon Country; Down T' Uncle Bill's; Ballad in Blue; Mr. Bluebird; My Introduction to Love; New Orleans; Come Easy, Go Easy, Love; Poor Old Joe. Writing on front cover. Few markings to contents. Somewhat above-average external wear. Spine taped. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous compilation. Book
586 pages. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Black leatherette boards with gilt lettering and illustration. Illustrated endpapers. "This book is intended both to accurately document the past and to be a forum for Bowness families' stories. We hope it will challenge your assumptions, confirm what you already know and brying you new insights into our past." - from page vi. Bowness is a Bow River community in northwest Calgary. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. A superb copy. Book
P., Librairie des champs-Elysees, 1943. In-8 carré, broché, 173 pages, illustrations dans le texte, avec une copie de page volante en couleurs de Jean Bernard.
81 Pages. Features: William Maclure; The Vincennes Bridge Over the Wabash River; The Importance of a Single Vote; The Old Sullivan Home in Madison; Childhood Memories of Vevay; Indiana's First Newspaper; An Autobiography - George S. Cottman; John Brown and Sons in Kansas Territory; and more. Prior owner's name atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards. 8 3/4"w x 11"h. Approx. 400 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 48 pages. Many b&w photos. Wear and chips to cover. Large format: 9"w x 12"h.
126 pages. Fiction: Problem Mother; The Face of Death; First Baby; The Forbidden Island; Kiowa Moon (part 2 of 7); The Golden Shadow (conclusion). Articles: How an Amblance Chaser Works - other people's accidents make him money; If a President Collapses - proposed solutions to the problem of what to do if/when a President falls ill; The Face of America - The Golden Triangle - large color photo of the Monongahela meeting the Allegheny River; We are on the Spot in Spain - Franco's dictatorship rests on a powder keg; Premature Births Can Be Prevented - Releasin is used to delay labor - with photo of Mrs. Lorraine Yarsinsky and her triplets; Everybody Laughs at Me - Victor Borge - par 6 of 7 - his feud with Rudy Vallee, and the day he was arrested as a spy; We Flew Operation Sharkbait - Col. Charles F. Blair, Jr., USAF Res. recounts the harrowing tension-filled hoursin a jet fighter that spanned the Atlantic on a hush-hush test flight - the first Great Circle Route flight to Europe in a Thunderstreak Interceptor; Fishing at its Fanciest - article and great color photos from Palm Beach; My Ware with the Army - W.H. Von Rosenstiel got no mail for three months so went over his colonel's head - with astounding results; Should your child be a Librarian? Ads: Winston cigarettes (taste good); Pream coffee; Amana fridges (very nostalgic); Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing - with color photos of Dr. Joyce Brothers and Hal March of the $64,000 Question; 'Eggs Belong in Breakfast'; Presto appliances; Nice 1-page color ad for Boeing's 707; Ford cars - two-page color photo; Westinghouse washer - the famous 'sand test'; Tareyton; Pontiac cars - nice yellow Super Chief two-door hardtop; Baldwin Organs; GMC Air Suspension Tractors - two color pages; Union Pacific Railroad Vacations; RCA TV Service; Underwood Typewriters (golden gloves); Allis-Chalmers - 2-page ad showing their cement plant; USS United States Steel with illustration of futuristic bridge; GMAC color photo ad with old ladies telling young mom what to do; Nice two-page Borg-Warner ad in 'believe-it-or-not' format; Nice one-page color Pepsi adshows young painting couple; Magnavox High Fidelity TVs; MacGregor baseball gloves - featuring Red Schoendienst; GM two-page photo ad features Amanda, Ohio, home of GM supplier Mid-West Fabricating - with photos of Stanton Johns, Francis and Helen Crago, Dick Young, and L.E. Conrad; Evinrude outboard motors - nice color-photo ad; Ponderosa Pine Windows; Anchor Fence; IBM Selectric Typewriters; Santa Fe Super Chief; Briggs & Stratton engines; Nice Viceroy cigarette ad features bowler Don Carter; Chrysler 4-door hardtop Windsor - color photo; Betty Crocker Li'l Angel Food Cake Mix ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
86 pages. Articles: How the Reds Snatched Henry Wallace; The World's Biggest Store - Macy's in New York - article with nice photos; Nancy and Me - the famous Nancy comic strip; A Princess Sells Her Sarong - Malia Sunario Wiranata Kusuma of Java (Indonesia); The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 17 - conclusion); Has Polio Met Its Match in Darvisul?; The Human Female. Photo of Johnny Sain with Phil Masi, Tommy Holmes and Mike McCormick of the Boston Braves. Fiction: Marriage 1948 (part 1 of 5); The Wedding Present; She's a Big Girl Now; The Glass Cornet; Second Man on the Ticket (conclusion); Duffy Takes a Hand. Ads include: Dodge cars; Pan American Airlines; Ethyl; Florsheim Shoes; Vitalis - featuring Ben Hogan; De Beers (with small marking at bottom); Philco phonographs; 1949 Ford cars; Coke ad shows a table of four on a train being served by black man; Otto Graham's Football book and Pennsylvania footballs; B.V.D. clothing; Mallory Hats; Revere cameras and projectors; Texaco (polo theme); Bell Telephone (long distance operator); Great Northern Railway; Dan River; Dixon's Enduro pencil sharpener; Winthrop shoes; Plymouth cars; Botany 500 fashions; Hamm's beer; South Wind car warmers; Lucky Strike cigarettes (back cover). Covers pulling from staples. Sunning to right edge of front cover. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Ancient Egypt and its people. Well illustrated. 192 pages. Great Ages of Man Series.
