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Mm 295x395 In folio, brossura originale di 16 pp., compresa la copertina illustrata con 2 tavole a colori, illustrazioni in nero nel testo. Piccole fioriture sparse. Buono stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
pp. x, 669. Index. Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of marvelous archival family photos. Moderate wear to publisher's red cloth which is handsomely lettered and decorated in gold. Blank owner label inside front board, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. A sound copy of this informative local history and irreplaceable genealogical reference. A proud testament to the hardy souls who settled this rural area northwest of Edmonton. Book
Sm. 8vo., with engraved plate and full-page map but WANTING PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE; period boards, uncut, expertly recased with new backstrip to style and printed paper label, a remarkably well-preserved, clean, crisp copy. We have seen another copy of this work annotated to the effect that this may be the first book bearing a Ross imprint.
In-8 p., tela editoriale figurata a colori, pp. XII,321,(3), con alc. ill. fotografiche in b.n. in tavv. f.t. ed in fine, 1 carta geografica più volte ripieg. - “The Amazon River with its northern affluents. Compiled from various sources and corrected from observations by Capt. Thomas W. Whiffen”. Alc. lievi fioriture marginali; firma di appartenenza al frontespizio, ex-libris al risguardo, peraltro ben conservato.
Book is in excellent condition, covers in dark grey with embossed black title print. Book is as-new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, with some upper edge wear, no tears.
Book has light wear to covers with a 1" tear upper back cover, pen mark on front. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 115 pages with occasional drawings & b&w photos. Inscribed by author on title page.
40 pages. Features: New flag for Canada's 98th birthday - article with photos; The Queen Mother - Her Personal Story - part 1 of 4; Jean Seberg's Return to the Top - Burned at the stake on film and in reviews, she begain again in Europe - article with photos; Photo of Miss Patricia Soulliere, "Miss Textile of the Week"; Jerry Marx Survived An Avalanche - article with photos; Fantastic colour photo centerfold ad for the Rambler line of cars; Upsurge in Canada's Track and Field Athletic Performance; Paul Anka and Diana Ayoub, the girl he left behind (and after whom his first hit song is named); Kendo battles on the Fraser River Delta dunes in Steveston - Jim Murray studies the Japanese Martial Art - article with photos; ; Back cover Esso ad with the 'Tiger in your Tank' theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. 320 pages. Fourth grade science textbook from the fifties with wonderful black and white and color illustrations by Guy Brown Wiser.
Book is in excellent condition in black cloth with gilt at spine, handsome map endpapers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 369 pages, heavily illustrated with maps, b&w photos of tools, persons, sites, line drawings.
6 pages. Average wear. Faint store stamp to front cover otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Sheet music
36 pages. Features: The 1910 Tornado at Rosthern, Saskatchewan; The Log of the Privateer Dart, of Saint John, N.B. (part 1); The Haunted Tribe; Massacre at Big Qualicum - discovered by Adam Grant Horne; The Mysterious "Red Paint" Indians of Newfoundland. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
18 pages. Features: Nice C-I-L ammunition ad inside front cover features illustration of Dave Simpson, guide and outfitter, Waterton Park, Alberta; Mailbag; Photo of baby moose "Morris" delivered to the UBC Zoology department for study; Hunting in the Kootenay - article including photo of Alan Fry and Pat McDonald in the Tanglefoot Creek area; Sportsman's Corner; Coverage of the National Retriever Trials includes photos of Ken Kibson with "Rhett of Coldwater", T. Keith Coughlan, H.W. "Mickey" Grant and Frank Cockrall, Arnie Homewood, Bill Holyoaks, Bert Deveril, Mike Cramond and Ernie Sammon, Tom Brown, Jim Holt, and Johnny Ricketts, Jim Feke with his "Fritz Von Viking" and "Mossbank Black Viking", Minister James Fulton and Jim Holt, and Mrs. Susan Feke, Mrs. Jack Smyth and Mrs. Mollie Moss; One-page map of the Nanaimo River with 17 fishing spots indicated; Acrilan - a new sleeping bag material; Clay Chips - includes photos of Eric Price with Joe Cliffe, and Percy Scott of Deep Cove; Boats; Back cover ad includes ad for the Department of Recreation and Conservation entitled "Watch That Muzzle - The 10 Commandments of Safety"; Many additional nostalgic ads. Name and small pen mark on front cover, small pen mark on back cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Book shows minor wear to covers, a bump to the lower front corner. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 185 pages with glossy paper, large, sometimes full page, mostly b&w photos of the artist's work.
40 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Prohibition and the Runners of Rum (Alberta); Phantom (Growler) of the Unuk River Country; Murder at the Mount Sicker Hotel - miner Fred Beach goes on a rampage with his Winchester; The Silk Connection - the silk train roared from Vancouver to New York with her valuable cargo of silk from the Orient; West Kootenay Memories - the village of Procter; Wild Old Days; Billy Newcombe - son of Dr. C.F. Newcombe; Victoria's First Mayor Was a Character - Thomas Harris; The Great Fire at Miramichi, October 7, 1825; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Very Good Hebrew Paperback. Pages are not opened. Large roy. 8vo. (25 x 17 cm). Articles in Hebrew, English and German. 140 p., b/w ills. Kirjath Sepher: Bibliographical Quarterly of the Jewish National and University Library Jerusalem. Vol. XVI. No: 1. April 1939.= Kiryat sefer: rivon bibliyografi shel Bet ha-sefarim ha-leumi veha-universita'i bi-Yerushalayim.
482 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Endpapers decorated with historic local cattle brands. Moderate wear. Writing atop copyright page, otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this very informative local history. Book
Signed, without inscription, by author upon first blank leaf. 238 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. First published in 1946 as "55 Axis." The thirteen chapters include: Defence of Britain; Conquest of Sicily; Fighting Pursuit from Reggio; The Moro River and Ortona Road; The Adriatic Barricade; The Liri Valley Campaign; The Battles of the Gothic Line; The Po Valley Denial; Victory in the Netherlands; The Kiska Connection; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Armorial bookplate upon first blank page. Front cover partially sunned. Binding intact. A sound copy. Cooke p.170 Book
viii, [1], 162 pages. Attractively colour-illustrated maroon boards. Two maps in pocket inside back board. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photos, illustrations, graphs and tables. "Seven of the papers are devoted to discussion of stratigraphy and stratigraphic problems, three are discourses on structural problems, two are concerned with economic geology, and one with the development of hydroelectric power in the Bow River drainage basin. Begins with a brief sketch of the human history of the area being studied." - Preface. Intended to serve as a useful and valued part of every geologist's library. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
100 pages. Songs include: The Pink Panther, Meggie's Theme, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pennywhistle Jig, Crazy World, The Thorn Birds Theme, Pie in the Face Polka, Baby Elephant Walk, Two for the Roadk, Speedy Gonzalez, Theme from "The Molly Maguires", Medley - Days of Wine and Roses/Charade/Moon River; Cameo for Flute. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this most entertaining compilation. Book
This publication "aims to print authentic first hand accounts interpretative of the region and its people; to encourage the collection and preservation of the traditional materials of Alberta; and to help foster a literature indigenous to this part of the Canadian West." - from inside front cover. Contents: The Chinook Yark; Sayings heard in Alberta Ukrainian Homes; Klondikers; A Famous Alberta Yarn - told by Oliver Aldridge, son of Mountaineer Bill Aldridge; Potato Bugs; The Edmonton Overland Route to the Yukon; Duhamel (Battle River Crossing); Ghosts - Gus Erickson of the Westlock district had problems with them; Bob Edward's version of how Medicine Hat got its name; Bob Edwards and I; A Bob Edwards Yarn about the "Eye-Opener" race of 1906; Some Northern Trails; A Famous Alberta Yarn about a Russian settler who made his own harnesses from rawhide; A Fast Runner - fanciful tale of a young Englishman and his sheep roundup; Attention Alberta Writers - information about the Alberta Folklore and Local History Project; Interesting details of "The Outlaw", an Alberta newspaper in 1896. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. The first issue of this wonderful publication. Book
134 pages. Features: Lost - two hundred million pounds of meat; Speed-up hormones for livestock; Less time for chicken chores; Maple-Leaf Clan - The Will and Agnes Barrie family and their Mount Pleasant Farm near Galt, Ontario - article with photos; The King's County Agents - fascinating photo-illustrated article on the handful of Americans helping the ruler of Saudi Arabia make the Garden of Eden bloom again; Green Thumbs Up; Is this America's finest dairy herd? - The Lew Zimmerman farm in the Mahoning Valley, west of Lehighton; Agriculture's future lies with Livestock; and more. Ads: New Idea manure spreader (color photo inside front cover); GE radios; Jergens ad features the John Rich family of Wake Forest, NC; Weed-No-More one-page photo ad for their formulation of 2,4-D; 1949 Ford cars (color); New Holland equpment - with photo of Lloyd Van Deburg and horse-drawn wagon of the Snake River Ranch, Jackson Hole, WY; Firestone ad with photos of champion plowers Lloyd Eipers, Carl Schoger, Graeme Stewart, Paul Steifbold, Robert Erickson and Carl Hagemann; Farmall tractors (color photos); Two-page color-photo Case machinery ad; Blue Bell denim ad with Ward Thorson photo; Life insurance ad features the Spike and Myrtle Bisping family of Clarksburg, West Virginia; One-page ad for the Spiegel catalog; Disston 'one-man' chainsaw; Ford tractors (2 pages); Massey-Harris model 22 tractor; and more. Front cover and first page loose but present. Back cover and last page missing. A rough but worthy reference copy. Magazine
xvi p. 1 l., 268 p. front., plates, ports., fold. maps. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition, end-papers foxed and lightly stained
[iv]-vii, [1], [2]-282 p. 19.5 cm. Memoirs of an Anglican missionary at Fort Vermillion and Dunvegan in the Peace River district of Northern Alberta, 1876-1891. Tight and square. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper. Foxing to fore-edge, less-so on bottom edge. Moderate wear to publisher's fire engine red cloth lettered in black. No dust jacket. A sound copy. Wallace p.80, Peel [2e] 3135, Wetherell 9-26. Book