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839 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Mildly XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics ; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans. The paper on Smithsonian Exchanges is especially valuable. as are the studies about Indians, including: "Aboriginal Works at the Mouth of the Klikitat River, Washington Territory" by T. M. Whitcomb. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
330 pages. Author's second volume of articles on the history of Paris, Ontario and district. Includes such interesting topics as: Street Walkers; Medicinal Quackery; Paris Constabulary 1852-87; Rowdyism; Prohibition; Bad Language 1881-1910; The Grand Valley Railway; and dozens more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a map as frontispiece; green cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title, and photographs,maps and diagrams in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
94 pages. Features: Cover photo of river crossing demonstration by the 16th and 17th Engineer Combat Battalions at Fort Hood in April 1963; Shore power for the USS Enterprise; Hutment Construction in Thailand; Fallout Protection at military installations; The Stalwart - new British cross-country amphibious load carrier; Richard Gridley - First Chief Engineer of the Army; Tracing Sediment Movement with Radioisotopes; Design with Threaded Nails; Inventory of Freeways by Aerial Photography; The Solar Disc; Navy Crane Moment Indicator; Combat Engineers 21 - The Battle for Ipo Dam - water supply of Manila; Wellington's Peninsular Engineers; Geographical Survey of the West, 1871-1879; Nuclear Power Plant Field Tests - field testing for the PM-1, and Atoms for Antarctic Power; Navy Mobile Power Reserve; Salvaging Rigid Pavements in Georgia; Geology Study for Navy Pier Construction; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this very informative issue. Book
First Edition, 4to (255 x 205 mm), [3], 4-24pp., large folding plate, original blue wrappers, stitched as issued, a fine copy. The folding plate is "A Chain and Scale of Levels along Wisbeach River and Channel from Peterborough Bridge down to the Eye at Sea.", taken in 1767 by William Elstobb. Dated on p.23 "Austhorpe, Aug. 22, 1768." Skempton, 1318.
ix, [1], [1], 2-82, [1] pages. Glossary. Two-colour foldout map of The Yangtsze Kiang inside front board. Four-panel foldout map of the Yangtze River, Ichang to Chungking, inside back board. 8.75" x 6.75". Printed upon light tan glossy stock. Black and white sketches in text. Author served with Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. "Intended to provide the would-be visitor to this part of China with the precise information necessary to make the journey up the 'Great River' or 'Ta Kiang', as the Chinese mostly call it, as comfortably as possible." - Foreword. Mentions how changes of the last decade have rendered similar publications outdated. One can scarcely imagine the extent of the changes which have taken place along the river after China's all-world infrastructure development of recent decades. Light wear to chocolate brown patterned string-bound boards lettered in gilt. Yellowed tape remnants inside each board. Small bit of peeling from first foldout map. A high-quality copy of this pleasing vintage guide to travel along China's mighty Yangtsze-Kiang. Book
Author's signature atop half-title page. 100 pages including bibliography. Examines the history of the salmon canning industry on the Skeena River. Profusely illustrated with black and white photography plus two pages of gorgeous colour artwork depicting nostalgic salmon tin labels. Book
Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. [8], 161 pages. Bibliography. Maps. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Rare historic photographs to include Kimsquit and Manitou Canneries, railroad logging at Green Bay and Kimsquit, sport fishing industry on the Dean River, Gildersleve Logging, Kimsquit Reserve." - title page. Local history of this former village of the Nuxalk at the mouth of the Dean River on the northeast side of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound reference copy of this informative work. Book
pp. 14, 236. Many photo illustrations. Map end papers. 4to. Original publisher's cloth binding, corners bumped. Original dust jacket worn with loss. Signed by the author on title page. Well written history of Pennsylvania's beautiful 'Heart River'. PA 21 x2
Milano, 1926, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 1371/1377 con 7 fotografie. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Milano, 1926, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 273/280 con 13 illustrazioni. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
8vo. 32 pages. SUBJECT (S) : United States politics and government 1789-1809; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Madison, James, 1751-1836. OCLC lists 1 copy by this printer worldwide (UConn) . Tears in margins throughout with some text missing on pages 1-2, water stain throughout, owner's name on last page, fair condition. (SPEC-6-12)
64 pages. Features: Collecting Copper Lustre Ceramics; Fine and Rare Furniture Auctions; The Mystery of I Rogers - attributions are a contentious issue among collectors of Worcester porcelain; Rising Prices for Stanhope Forbes and British Impressionists; Home Thoughts From Abroad - Henry Parsons Riviere, ARWS (1811-1888); many attractive ads; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
609 pages. Index. References. "Primarily told through first hand reports written by men to 'The New Canadian', a Japanese-Canadian newspaper, letters which the censors reported to the authorities, and other correspondence of the government authorities who were responsible for them." - from back cover. Extensively documents this most painful of times for Canadians of Japanese ancestry. Clean, tight and unmarked. An important and uncommon reference. Book
60 pages. Ann Sheridan cover photo. Songs include: My Lolita (Lolita Mia); Home on the Range; An Outlaw on the Range; Cowboys and Indians; The Cowboy and the Gal; Git Along Little Dogies; Windy Bill; Gila Town (Heela Town); Old Montana; I'm a Cowboy and How, Boy!; O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy); Little Joe, The Wrangler; Must I Ride a Mustang? (Nay! Nay!); The Cowboy's Lament (Streets of Laredo); Goodbye, Old Paint; The Big Corral; The Cowpuncher; Love is Like a Roundup; Cowboy Boom Song (Based on an old Swedish Folk-song); Rounded up in Glory; Red River Valley. Bit of writing on front cover. Average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The "Goldenburg Coward" - True tale from the headwaters of Spruce River, British Columbia during the gold stampede of summer 1900; Hunting the Long-Haired Chinese Tiger - Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy describes an eventful hunt for this tiger which is larger and more ferocious than the Indian variety; Through Arctic Seas - Part I - The eventful cruise of the Hudson Bay Company's steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life - with photos; Through Spain in Disguise - Part V - The Count and Countess Malmignati, disguised as Arab beggars, sing and dance for a living; Photo of the smallest teapot in the world, fashioned by Mr. T.A. Vickery, of Main Street, Bantry; Rebecca's Vengeance - An odd story of "Black Man's Magic" in the West Indies from 1903; Looking for Trouble - Alexander MacNab experiences disaster while engaged in a Mexican revolution under General Carranza; ; A Near Thing - A British Intelligence agent arouses suspicion while in German territory; Painting Wild Indians - A. Hyatt Verrill describes his experiences after spending years painting the little-known Indians of Central and South America; Cowboys and Raiders - Jesse C. Carson relates his association with Pancho Villa as a rebel 'general'; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Grace Sprange describes two years of disappointment, disillusionment, and disaster attempting to grow oranges - with photos; The Last of the Little "Shanghai" - brief update and photo on this trusty craft which had previously sailed from Shanghai to Copenhagen; Trapped in a Flooded Tunnel - The terrible experience which befell a diver near the Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Dam, near Pretoria, South Africa; "For the Hounour of the Mounted Police of Canada" - Herbert Patrick Lee relates an experience from when he was a recruit at Regina. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
xxiv, 62 pages. Features: First to Sail the Sahara - article (with cover illustration) about the Sheppard family which attempted to windsail across the Sahara Desert - with map and photos; The Bull of Contention - melons of the Bhelwah plantation in north Bihar are being destroyed by a bull antelope which the Hindus consider a sacred nilgai; The Forest Glade Murders - photo-illustrated article from Northern Rhodesia; Captain Mitchell's Last Fight - his schooner spots a U-boat in 1942 (article with photo of the U-boat); The Incredible Snake Man - "Professor" Morrisey deliberately exposed himself to venomous snake bites in Africa; Black Death - a wolf terrorizes farmers and livestock near Kamloops, B.C.; Eggs for the Prisoner - the author was accused of smuggling and imprisoned without food or drink in a cabin of a stifling Pakistani river steamer; March Macabre - horrific ant attacks while obtaining WWII rubber in Ecuador; Britain's Unmapped Outpost - St. Kilda; Trouble at Thirty Fathoms - something goes wrong while welding underwater in a fast-flowing Papua, New Guinea river; Killer Turned Preacher - last instalment of "West to Adventure", the thrilling story of the life of "Jack" Letheby, trapper, prospector and professional gambler; The Squaw's Curse - Marie was the prettiest girl in the Spalumcheen tribe near Kamloops, British Columbia; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
FIRST EDITION of Shelley's longest and most spiritually revolutionary work. xxxii, 270 pp., COMPLETE WITH THE DEDICATION LEAF, THE FLY-TITLE (with a quotation from Pindar in the original Greek), AND THE ERRATA LEAF. This copy is from the COLLECTION OF ROBERT HOE, the greatest of all American book collectors, with his small, finely gilt leather bookplate on front pastedown (his auction catalogue, volume IV, part 2, lot 2917). TEXT CORRECTED (in accordance with the errata leaf) IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Printed on fine wove paper. Large 8vo. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND (surely for Hoe) IN FULL HAVANA MOROCCO HANDSOMELY GILT BY RIVIERE (signed). Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Traces of wear to joints, else FINE AND BRIGHT. For an interesting account of the publication of this volume, see Buxton Forman's Shelley Library, pp. 71-87. An outstanding copy of an important book.
74 pages. Features: Sex and Love of God; I Had Polio; Princess Margaret O'Brien of Hollywood; The House That Dimes Built - How Frank Woolworth parlayed a gift of gab into an American institution; Animals are the Craziest People; They Call Him Mr. Baffle - Leslie L. (Biff) Biffle, Secretary of the Senate; Down in the Arctic - Jack Kastner, Sir Robert Stirling-Hamilton, Ben Custer, Charles Wilcox and Jerome Scalise crash their plane in the Arctic; French Boxer Marcel Cerdan; Interesting back page opinion piece considers China's move to communism. Short Stories: The Loves of Martin; The Man of the House; Three Little Girls Wore Blue; The River; Martha and Her Dream Man; Ringside Maiden (part 5 of 8). Nice ads for: Studebaker Trucks (inside front cover), Zenith Televisions, Good Year Tires, RCA Victor audio products, Hudson cars (nice full-page color), Papst Blue Ribbon - one -page color ad featuring Mr. and Mrs. F. Warren Pershing,Vitalis (featuring Buddy O'Connor, General Motors GM - two-page color, Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring color photo of Mrs. William E. Benjamin II, Spam (in color), Back cover color photo ad for Camel cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
120 pages. Features: Calgary's salute to the RCMP; Yukon River Patrol 1973; VE 3 RCMP; The Year at Depot; The Scarlet Divers; Honouring Major Walsh; New Guidon; plus coverage of numerous Centennial events. Faint ink stamp and small blacked out name upon title page, else unmarked with light wear. Nice bright copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Deputy Commissioner Fitzsimmons Retires; Policing the Green Gold Country - Alert Bay, Vancouver Island; A Mine Washes up; Hugh Keenleyside Dam near Castlegar, B.C.; Patrol Boat Moosomin II; Dangerous Water Skier; Resuce on the Red River; Arctic Honeymoon; Montreal Tragedy; The Plastic Witness; Retired Undefeated - Cst. Martin Parsons; N Division - 1921; Hockey Memories; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: The 19th Olympiad - Sgt. A.G. Rae; The Quality of Mercy - Norman G. B. McLetchie M.D.; Wilfred H. Heffernan; Airlift to Bermuda; Near Tragedy on the St. Lawrence River; Friday the 13th in Saskachewan; Huge Expo-bound logs from Duncan/Chemainus Vancouver Island; Indian Justice; The Changing Division; Hall of Famer - Cst. Raymond Powell, Halifax Sports Hall of Fame; Bonnie and Clyde - Newfoundland Version; New Sydney Sub-Division Building; Kim Mi Sook - a year later; Royal Bank Hold-up - Turner Valley, Alberta; Burnaby's Home; and much more. Prior owner's details stroked out upon page one else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
140 pages. Features: Musical harvest in Hood River Valley, Oregon; Kill that tough brush this winter; Quick build-up for poor soil - ; Carrier-track feed bunks; What's in a name?; Farm Christmas - Roy Tolin and family of Indiana; A county builds its own prosperity - Pike County, MS; The right way to remodel your barn - Oneida County, NY; See what's knocking at our door!; 'Catch' insurance for grasses, legumes; and more. Clean and unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition, 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, no tears. 367 pages with b&w illustrations and maps throughout. Chapters include: Above Oxford, Oxford to Abingdon, Abingdon to Streatley, Streatley to Henley, Henley to Maindenhead, Maidenhead to Windson, Windsor to Hampton Court, Hampton Court to Richmond, Richmond to Battersea, Battersea to London Bridge, London Bridge to Gravesend, Gravesend to the Nore.
