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158pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 32pp.
96 pages. Reproductions of archival lack and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this informative local history. Book
xii, 328 p. illus. 23 cm. Hardcover Ex-library, Very good condition
Romanzo, Storia del Messico
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Wilderness Treasure - travelling along the historic 'Voyageur's Highway' in the Quetico-Superior border region; Protecting the Canadian side of the Quetico-Superior region; 'Home is Some Taffy Hair' - tale from the HBC post at Lake Harbour; People of the Snows - photo portraits; Exploring the Kazan River in 1926 - Thierry Mallet - photo-illustrated article; 3000 Miles by Dog Sled - tale of missionary journey made by late Canon Turner, which was almost the best ever made with dogs north of the Arctic Circle, written from his diaries and letters by his brother Edward; James Bay Cabin - C.S. Maclean and his guide Arthur Smith; Sealing - New Style - photo-illustrated article; Photos of outside and inside of the HBC's new fur sales building in Montreal; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Cover photo of preparations for the March on Washington; Nice one-page ad for the Peugeot 404; Many marvelous color-photo fashion ads; What the (March on Washington) Marchers Really Want - with contributions by Martin Luther King (MLK), Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, Roy Wilkins, James Farmer and James Baldwin - plus many photos of protesters holding signs; An Appraisal of Khrushchev by Harriman; Hubert Humphrey Comes on Strong - article with photo of him with JFK; New Patterns for City Housing - including award-winning designs by Robert Holmes, Robert Wright and Michael Wurmfeld; Five Suggestions to improve our Latin-American Policy; Britain's politically ambitious Lords may now renounce their titles and seek election to the Commons; The Red Cross - a Century of Dedication; Dan River ad features attractive model... in dungeon with torturer...; Lovely Mooresville Mills color centerfold ad; B. Altman & Co. footwear ad; Fascinating article on GE's development of TV in 1928, including photo of Dr. E.F.W. Alexanderson watching the first TV broadcast on the tiny screen of his first set; Nice color-photo ad for Shakespeare Cuban Cigars features Ralph Schuyler Williams, "Mr. Havana Cigar"; Where Does Character Come From?; Photos of wicker furniture; Mice McGregor men's fashion ad on back cover features red shirts and ties. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
8vo., First Edition, with plates and map; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.132.
506 pages. "A wonderful account of the history of Fort Garry" - from dust jacket. Facsimile reprint of the 1871 first edition. Light wear. Binding tight. Moderate quantity of highlighting and pen markings to contents. Prior owner's details inside front board. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
116 pages, signed by both authors on title page, many b&w photos.
104 pages. Signed by author upon Introduction page. Dozens of reproductions of wonderful black and white archival photos. Presents histories of numerous families which settled at Osland, British Columbia. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this superb genealogical reference. Book
362p., illus. Rivers of America series Hardcover Very good condition good
Book is very clean with very light shelf wear to covers, no creases to covers or spine, sharp corners, no marking of any kind to text/interior, solid, tight, straight binding. Signed by author on front endpaper with several illustrations, June, 2007. Fold-out map is intact and undamaged, 314 pages, many illustrations and b&w photos.
Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 129 pages, b&w photos, maps.
40 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photos of Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand. Songs include: Did You Know it Was Me?; In the Mood; Katie; Like Pretty; Look What I've Got; Red Sails in the Sunset; Remembering; River, Stay 'Way From My Door; (The) Way We Were; (The) Way We Were - Instrumental; (The) Way We Were - Finale; Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away). Colour-illustrated covers with Redford and Streisand. Small ink squiggle atop front cover. Faint original music store stamp inside front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
295 pages. 8vo. Black and white photographic plates. 100 Year Red River Chronology. Map endpapers. "Records, accounts, historical studies, data, reports, letters of the section of Manitoba, Canada lying southwest of Winnipeg in the Red River Valley and centered on the town of Roland, Manitoba." - subtitle. "Accompany me as we look around this wide, level stretch of the Red River Valley of Manitoba, and meet the people, see the places, talk with second, third or even fourth generations of the families living here. In some cases we will enter the homes of these people. But wherever we happen to be we will tell you what our district is like, what the people do, and how they first settled here." - Introduction. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this informative and important local history and genealogical reference. HACKETT [2e] 310. Book
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) In modern aesthetic full leather bdg. in Ottoman style. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 184 p., numerous b/w plates. First and only edition of this scarce travelogue which was planned for fifteen days on January 19, 1909, but took about forty days, containing a first-hand travel account of Egypt in 1909, an Islamic country that began to modernize at the beginning of the 20th century, written by an Ottoman intellectual, one year after the Second Constitutional Regime. This rare book contains early descriptions of the Egyptian municipality, the Red Crescent, gardens and parks, urbanism, zoo, and botanic gardens, tramps, bridges, social life, folkloric customs, Mahmil Alays, cemeteries, music and history of art, hotels, Nile and many historical heritages, architecture, etc. Agop [or Agob] Matyosyan was one of the first Armenian printers to apply during the inspections of printing houses that were done in accordance with the Nizam-name-i Cedid (Jareeda-i Mahakim, No. 429 (13 Jamazia al-awwal 1305) in the late Imperial Ottoman period. Hegira: 1327 = Gregorian: 1910. Özege: 14459. OCLC: 476243661 / 16347814.
pp. xvi, 290 + numerous photographs and maps. Top and fore edges foxed. 8vo. Original gold lettered cloth spine over paper covered boards. Original dust jacket, slightly worn. Book Club edition. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! LOC W17
192 pages. "Haig-Brown had a deep emotional involvement in all the things he wrote about... he lived a life very nearly fused with nature." - Al Purdy. "This collection contains some of Haig-Brown's best short stories, some never published." - dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
Cover Painting by William Winter shows a joyous last day of school. Features: Colour photo Studebaker Commander V-8 ad inside front cover; Nice colour ad for George Weston Limited shows bride-to-be with family; Spyglass on Sweden - the Welfare State; If the Russians Attack Canada - article with photos and interesting map of likeliest Canadian targets; Wide Open, Excellency, by Lesley Holmes; How the Stock Crooks Operate, by Fred Bodsworth - how the 'blower boys' peddle worthless stocks via long-distance phone; The Long Ordeal of Mrs. Tak Sook Kyun - the Korean War has taken her home near the Manchrian border, her husband, her baby, and tossed her up like driftwood on the crowded Pusan hills - article by Pierre Berton with sad photos; Banff - a paradise for Sultans and Stenos - article with great colour photos; The Ups and Downs of Alan Young - originally from West Vancouver, he fought his way to the top in radio and movies; What it's Like to Live in the Dark - Larry Bartlett was blinded by a German shell; Boswell of the Brooks - Writer Roderick Haig-Brown milks a cow every day and gets called "Your Worship" - article with photos; The Secret Behind The Fiery Phantom that Sails Bay Chaleur; Nice colour illustrated ad for Allis-Chalmers Rumely, Ltd showing a grader levelling a country road; Attractive colour ad for the Hillman Minx Convertible; Colour illustrated Coke centerfold shows store display and picnic lunch packed and ready to eat; Colour Chevrolet ad featuring a 2-door Bel Air; Nice colour photo ad for Snyder's Fine Furniture; Colour illustrated ad for the Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible; Nice 2-colour ad for the Austin A-40 Devon auto; Nice colour Parker Pen ad inside back cover features endorsement by Mazo De La Roche; Colour Margene ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. A sound copy of this particularly wonderful issue. Magazine
279 pages. A superb combination of generous writing style and practical angling advice. Prior owner's details whited out upon half-title page else unmarked. Crease to front cover. Average wear externally. Contents tight and square. Solid copy. Book
184 pages. Line drawings. Illustrator's inscription and signature inside front board. "This is a story about the Indian tribes in British Columbia who hunted the giant whales of the Pacific." - from dust jacket. Intended for readers aged 12 and up. One of the three names to whom Ms. Weiler inscribed this copy has been obscured by ink. Moderate wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound copy. Book
200 pages. Index. List of further reading. Text accompanied by wonderful colour photography throughout. Honours "a magnificent living river that has been with us for thousands of years, a river to be experienced, treasured and safeguarded for many thousands of years to come." - from dust jacket. Light wear to dust jacket. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
493pp. 23 x 26 cm. Paperback Very good condition Review copy
