Hacquebard, P.A.; Barss, M.S.MareMagnum
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63 pages. Black and white plates. Presents the results of an examination of a narrow coal seam on the South Nahanni River area. Library and date stamp upon front cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
96 pages. Features: Cover illustration by William Winter depicts nervous invitation at youth dance; Movie censorship by province (brief article); Young business man Stephen William Garber; Finance Minister Fleming making enemies with his tight pursestrings; Fort William's censorious mayor Catherine Seppala - Lady Chatterley's Lover; Editorial says "If we burn Lady Chatterley, why not the Bobbsey Twins?"; The Grey Cup - and football - "are for the birds" says Frank Fredrickson; One-page colour ad for Orient & Pacific ocean liners; My Part in the Stratford Adventure - Tyrone Guthrie is the great director who guided the beginnings of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival; A Plan to Protect Our Savings Against Inflation, by H. Scott Gordon of Carleton University; Monty vs. Ike - a new report on the war's most successful and turbulent military partnership - article with photos from the memoirs of Viscount Alanbrooke; The Fraser River - six hundred miles of savage force; How I Sell Pretty Nearly Everything - Clifford V. French manages a Steinberg's supermarket in Dorval; The Mystery of the "Mice From the Sky" - Sally Carrighar studied lemmings for an arctic winter; The 'Secret Society" that saves marriages - the one thousand unpaid counselors of Britain's National Marriage Guidance Council; How to Lie Your Way to the Grey Cup - article on how CFL coaches lie about the health of their teams; I Watched the Titanic Rescue - Sir James Bisset was second officer of the Carpathia and recalls the rescue dash through icebergs and the grief of the survivors - article with photos; Canadian Club colour-photo ad features treasure divers Art McKee and Jim Thorne; Nice colour-photo one-page ad for Philips Sterio Hi-Fi (model F882); Colour-photo ad for Tooke shirts shows curling scene; Molson's Canadian one-page colour-photo ad features the tall clear bottles they used before converting to stubbies; One-page colour ad for the 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air 2-door sedan (red); One-page ad for "Canada's Own" Electrohome range of products; Zenith TV ad; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features couple in flower garden; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 336 pages. Many color photos and illustrations.
352 pages. Colour photography throughout. Text in English. Features: Orchids; Kolkata's many modes of transport; Durga Puja captures the spirit of Kolkata; The Coffee House of Kolkata; Temple of Goddess Kali on the banks of the Hooghly in Kolkata; Kolkata's Writer's Building; Bengal sweets; The quiet environs of Dakshineswar; Salaam Kolkata; Beyond Maach and Mishti; Alpona - decorative floor art; College Street in Kolkata; The Dalhousie SquareSantiniketan; River Tons rafting; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
182 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Revisits the Battle of the River Plate to reach some intriguing conclusions. Here is one of the most familiar tales in the annals of Naval warfare, brought to life with contemporary photos and original track charts. It is an enigma that will long continue to fascinate students and historians alike." - from dust jacket. Minimal markings to contents. Moderate wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
Milano, 1938, stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 829/834 con 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.
vi, 671 pages. Map endpapers. Hundreds of black and white reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with moderate wear to illustrated saffron cloth-covered boards. Binding intact. A sound copy of this precious northern Alberta local history and genealogical reference. WETHERELL 6-30, KROTKI [2e] 448. Book
pp. xii, 305. Map upon front endpaper. Numerous black and white photographic plates. " A masterly account of the first solo flight made from Great Britain to Canada via Greenland. Recounts author's mishaps, his crash at Iceland, his second attempt, his Greenland adventures, and his ultimate success. Also includes much that is extremely interesting about Mr. Grierson's record flight from India to Great Britain and his experiences of winter aviation in Europe. Tells of an intrepid piece of pioneering courageously carried out, but which history has, perhaps, been made." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Some spotting and soiling to edges. Small chips, tears and yellowing to dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book
Book shows light wear to covers 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. 131 pages with b&w photos, maps. Book concerns the history of Fraser Port from 1858 -- 1985.
36 pages. Features: 5 Year Updates and photos of athlete Debbie van Kiekebelt, Vancouver mother Marjorie Courvoisier, Thalidomide victim Gigi Cole, Chief Robert Smallboy, Len and Agnes Fisher and Jacques About; How You Rewrote O Canada 1,200 times; Niagara River Rafting - article with colour photos; Nice full-page colour ad for the Ford Torino; Colour photo centerfold ad for Player's cigarettes - beach scene; Wonderful two-page colour photo fashion feature on halter tops; Montreal Expos Pitching Coach Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish and his Canadian pitching prospect Denis McSween; Doug Wright's Family; Colour photo Nescafe ad features image of Winnegago camper prize; Mexican Recipes; Colour ad for International pickup trucks; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
170 pages. Features: Marc Rosen and Arlene Dahl's Hudson River Classic; George Washington's Mount Vernon home restored; Ingenious addition to New York's Whitney Museum; Restoration of a merchant's house in old Kyoto; Eccentric charm in Newport; 17th century Spanish still lifes; Buzz Yudell and Tina Beebe transform a tiny L.A. home; Peter Preller creates a perfect fit for fashion designer Jil Sander; Two barns converted by Carlos Brillembourg with Jonathan Lanman; Improvisation on an upstate New York home; D.C.'s Jade Garden; Great impressionist collections in the Palm Springs home of Ambassador and Mrs. Walter Annenberg; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned and frayed with minor loss at edges.
12 pages approximately 8" x 8" folded in half to make effectively 24 pages measuring approx. 8" x 4". Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white photos. Proposes fourteen days of activities/destinations for tourists to the Vancouver area. These include: Stanley Park and Marine Drive, English Bay Beach, Indian River Park, Grouse Mountain Resort, Grand Canyon Park and Capilano Canyon, B.C. Electric Observation Car and Crystal Pool, Bowen Island, Union Steamship Northern Trip, New Westminster and Cheakamus Canyon, Horseshoe Bay and the C.N.R. Triangle Tour, Vancouver Golf Courses, Hollyburn Ridge, West Vancouver, Squamish and Howe Sound, Lynn Canyon, Harrison Hot Springs, The Cariboo Road, and Vancouver Island Includes a great 3-panel aerial illustration of the lower mainland by H.E. White, looking inland from the southwest (there was no YVR in those days). Moderate wear. Unmarked. A high-quality example of this magnificent early Vancouver tourism booklet, undoubtedly highlighted by the colour illustration of a young lady in period swimwear on the beach at English Bay. Absolute magic! Book
120 pages. Features: Cover painting of Okanagan apple harvest by James Hill; Great macho colour ad for GWG workwear inside front cover features hardy men building pipeline; Don't damn the U.S. for facing up to segregation; Let's stop leaving our future to old men; We're not so smart about the U.S.; Nice one-page colour Canadian Pacific ad features the luxurious new Empress of England; Nostalgic one-page colour ad for the GE pushbutton range (yellow); Your stake in teh U.S. Election between Eisenhower and Stevenson; The Next Ten Years of TV - amazing article foretells remote control, recorded programs (i.e. VHS), and TV in cars; Our Hidden Canadian Art Treasure - a new National Gallery promises to give breathing space to it - article with six pages of colour illustrations; They're Building a Vest-Pocket Empire on the Fraser - the Duke of Westminster bought agricultural Annacis Island in the Fraser River and plans to turn it into an industrial colossus - article with great photos, including aerial photo of the island before work started on industrial sites; From the Notebook of Dr. Hans Selye - this famous Canadian doctor, whose theories on stress inspired a new approach to medicine, looks at our ills, worries, hopes and failures and offers fascinating findings; The Killing Ground - complete novelette; Photo-illustrated article on young Canadian actress Jacqueline Ellis; The spectacular farewell of Wellington Axminster; The Black Day the Quebec Bridge Fell - on August 29, 1907, 75 people were killed when the world's biggest cantilever bridge collapsed while under construction - photo-illustrated article; Bill Dawe transports 740 mink 4,000 miles from Vancouver to Newfoundland in pursuit of cheap whalemeat - photo-illustrated article; Nice colour ad for the Omega Sapphette ladies' watch; Attractive lady featured in one-page colour ad for Philips TVs with 'Focalite' tuning eye; One-page colour ad for Massey-Harris-Ferguson features painting of pastoral farm scene with Holsteins in the field and farmer driving seed drill back to barn; Nice one-page Hammond Chord Organ ad; Nice one-page photo ad for the Schick '25' electric razor features red-headed man in suit and tie; Rexall centerfold ad features dozens of sale items at 1950s prices; One-page ad for GE's Ultra-Vision TVs; Vintage Allied Van Lines ad; Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) recruiting ad for women; Nice colour ad for O'Keefe's Ale features man hanging from end of train swinging yellow lantern; One-page ad for Birks Silversmiths advertises their Birks Sterling; Colour Wiser's Whisky ad features elegant couple; Champion Spark Plug ad features inset photo of Alick S. Dick, Managing Director of the Standard Motor Company; Colour-photo one-page ad for Canadian Club features condor catching in Peru's Andes; Dr. Heinz Unger recalls a birthday feast during the Russian Famine; Crane heating ad features illustration of men sitting around comfortable pot-bellied stove in country store; Sidney Katz' system of writing; Funky one-page colour ad for Simmons Hide-a-Beds features lady in orange dress on green hide-a-bed; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Fiction: Chicago Stopover; Challenge to Romance; Reprieve; Murder Haunts the Ship; Make Way for Uncle Freem!; The Secret. Articles: The Great Landlord Racket; Uneasy Ireland; USA - Peacemaker Among the Powers; Whoop-and Holler Opera; There's Money in the River - cargo on the Mississippi; What Shall I Wear?; Time Bomb in Asia - Ralph A. Conniston looks at troubled Japan; Luck Guides the Puck -ice hockey goalies need plenty of luck and skill; First Lady of France - Mme. de Gaulle. Ads: Nice color GE Radio ad features Frances Langford; International Harvester Trucks/Tractors/Equipment; Mercury cars; Fantastic color two-page Schlitz beer ad features puckered lady; Dodge Trucks; Great 2-page color ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Douglas DC-6; Hudson cars; Packard cars; The Cessna 140; Clark's Teaberry Gun; Lucky Strike (back cover). Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
in-8, 529 pp., cartes, tableaux, index, cartonnage souple illustré. Bel exemplaire (quelques cachets). [NV-40]
104 pages. Features: Fishing supplement; Dornoch; Fishing Kenya's Pemba Valley Channel; Fishing the River Traun in Austria... one day; Gus Roebuck and his antique shop in Lanark; Stewart Harris - Bagpipemaker; Journeying into Moidart and the lands of Clanranald; Parrot Fashion; Does the wind hold the key to Scotland's power needs?; Visit to Helensburgh; Rugby player Doddie Weir; Kinfauns Castle banquet; Dr. Steven Johre; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Contains Acts relating to: Affidavits, Declarations, and Affirmations; Bills of Sale; Births Deaths and Marriages; Execution Creditors; Executive Council; Fences; Game; Graving Dock; Insolvency; Lands; Lieutenant-Governor and his Deputies; Members' Indemnity; Municipalities; New Westminster; Independence of Parliament; Partition; Police Constables; Quesnelle River Ditch Company; Sheriffs and Appointment of Registrars of the Supreme Court; Supply; Property Taxes; Telephone Company (Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Co.); Tolls (Cariboo Waggon Road); Victoria City; Waverly Hydraulic Mining Company. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Book
Contains Acts relating to: Act Interpretation, Regulation of Coal Mines, Prospecting for Coal Mines, Coroners, County Courts, Assize and Nisi Prius, Superior Courts, Creditor's Relief, Attachment of Debts, Sumas Dyking, Evidence, Ferries in Municipalities, Game, Island Railway - Graving Dock and Railway Lands, Jurors and Juries, Justices of the Peace, Crown Lands, Married Woman's Property, Minerals, Prospecting for Minerals, Municipalities, Salt Spring Island, Provincial Officers, Quesnelle Lake Dam, Columbia and Kootenay Railway, Fraser River Railway, New Westminster Railway, South Wellington Railway, Sleighs (on Cariboo Trunk Road), Stipendiary Magistrates, Supply, Victoria City Official Map, Victoria Transfer Company, Voters, Eagle Pass Wagon Road, Yale Fire Brigade, Extention of Yates Street in Victoria. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Ex-Library
Pages 1445-1476. Many great black and white photos. Features: The Battle of Tsushima (conclusion); Survey Ships at Work; Scotland's Premier Shipping Centre - along the banks of the River Clyde from Glasgow to Greenock are situated some of the biggest shipbuilding yards in the world; Menace of Fire at Sea - stricter regulations and preventative devices have almost eliminated the risk of serious fire in a modern vessel; Marine Measurements - the principles on which the various tonnages and other standards of capacity or water displacement are based are clearly outlined in this review of the subject; H.M. Coastguard Service; Raising the "Maine" from the bottom of Havana Harbour, Cuba, on February 15, 1898 (first part); Moderate wear. Unmarked. Three-hole punched. A sound copy. Book
168 pages. Index. Bibliography. Handsome colour illustrated boards. "...Extends back to the earliest days when Norsemen landed the first domestic animals on the North American continent at Nova Scotia... The story of the big historic spreads: Bar U, Oxley, Matador, Empire Valley, Douglas Lake, Hitchcock, Chilco, Gang, '76', McIntyre, Bow River Horse Ranche, 100 Mile, and many more throughout the 'northwest territories' and what is now British Columbia." Contains about 300 photos, many from private collections. Light wear. Pages yellowed with age. Binding tight. A nice copy of this entertaining and informative work. Book
58 pages. Containing new and old favorites that will live forever. Songs include: After To-Morrow; Back in the Saddle Again; Be Honest With Me; God Must Have Loved America; Good Old-Fashioned Hoe-Down; Home on the Range; I'll Wait for You; Little Pardner; Oh My Darling Clemintine; Old Macdonald Had a Farm; Old November Moon; Ole Peaceful River; Paradise in the Moonlight; Reuben and Rachael; Silver Threads Among the Gold; Tears on My Pillow; That Little Kid Sister of Mine; There Ain't No Use in Cryin' Now; The Merry-Go-Roundup; Under Fiesta Stars; Your Heart Belongs to Me. Taped repair to table of contents. Please note: front cover and last page missing i.e. last page of The Merry-Go-Roundup is missing. Above-average wear but still a worthy working copy of this great nostalgic collection. Book
255 pages. Primarily "a photographic record of many of the major camps, sawmills, pulp mills and other logging camp concerns that developed, flourished, faded, discontinued, were dismantled, taken over or amalgamated on this island since its pioneer days... Also includes unique stories, reminiscences, trials and tribulations concerning life in the forest industry, plus contributions from loggers' wives, families and later generations... will be of interest to photographers, loggers and laymen alike." - from dust jacket. Black and white photos abound. Map endpapers. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival Brodart cover. A quality copy of this superb compilation of Vancouver Island logging history. Book
34 pages. Feature: Traditional Arts of the Indians of Western Oregon. Generously illustrated with wonderful archival black and white photos. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
176 pages. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos and detailed diagrams. Fold-out Ethnological Map of the Northwest Coast at back in excellent condition. Printed upon glossy stock. Deals with the material culture, social and political organization, religion and art of the Indians of the Pacific coast and Fraser River. Illustrated brown publisher's cloth. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's details atop front free endpaper. A sound copy of this informative work. Bibliographical Reference: Edwards & Lort 1499. Book
