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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.
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
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Stories from the small village of Strines in the valley of the River Goyt near New Mills. No 13 in the series New Mills History Notes. Extremely scarce. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. All books are plastic wrapped and shipped in professional strong card PandaRoll mailers to protect them in transit.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
In-8° Formato album pp. 96 completamente di foto a colori. leg. edit. con sovrac. ill. Ottimo stato.
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.
Book shows very light shelf wear only to cover corners. Creaseless covers and spine, square, solid binding, text/interior is clean, neat and free of marking of any kind. 340 pages in oversize format with maps, b&w photos, drawings, ; Gerry Andrews, former Surveyor General and Boundaries Commissioner for British Columbia, writes of his time as a young schoolmaster to the Metis people at Kelly Lake, the way they lived, a Kelly Lake Metis genealogy, and the changes he witnessed on numerous travels through the area in later years. Subjects include the John Bennett tragedy, Archival material, Cree commentary and vocabulary and Geographics.including: the John Bennett tragedy, Archival material, Cree commentary and vocabulary and Geographics.
in-12, 254 pages, frontispice, illustrations h.t. n/b, broche, couverture illustree. Bon etat. [SC-2]
Book shows shelf wear only, with some scuffing and fading to covers. Binding is solid, text/interior is occasionally marked with yellow highlighter. Unpaginated, about 200 pages, all photos and captions, often several per page, of and about the Cariboo gold rush. In business 21 years, we provide excellent customer service and ship in padded, individually wrapped packages.
82 pages. Index. Many archival black and white illustrations. "...The Provincial Government has issued ferry charters or installed ferries of its own at over 140 sites. At one time or another on the Fraser, the Province's longest river, no fewer than 35 ferry crossing locations have been established between Croydon near its headwaters and Ladner near its mouth." - from Introduction. Somewhat yellowed with age. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
86p., illus. Newbery Honor Hardcover Good condition
70 pages. Features: 'Kingsbridge' EM layout; A Lima dmu into a 116 unit; Building a HR 'River'; Survey of Motors and Mechanisms; An SR 2-BIL unit; Plans, News and Reviews. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
PARIS, L'Ancre d'Or - 1947 - In-8 °, Relié dos cuir, couverture cionservée - 253 pages - nombreuses illustrations - Ex. neuf.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Plastic comb binding. 5 3/4"w x 8 1/2"h. 221 pages, plus index. First edition, limited # 690/1000. Black and white photos and illustrations.
194p., illus. The story of the New Orleans, first steamboat on the western rivers, maiden voyage in 1811 from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. Hardcover Very good condition good
704 p. Minutes of actions taken at legal meeting of the inhabitants of Brookline from 1686 - 1838. Hardcover Good condition, 3/4 leather binding rehinged with cloth tape
704 p. Minutes of actions taken at legal meeting of the inhabitants of Brookline from 1686 - 1838. Hardcover Very good condition
203p., illus. American financier's childhood memoirs of the Hudson River Valley and Phillips Exeter Academy Hardcover Good condition; Jacket sections laid-in.
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
xxii, 638, 6 (ads) pages. Fold-out map. Occasional black and white illustrations. "It has been my object in this work to give as clear an account as I was able of tracts of country previously unexplored, with their river systems, natural productions, and capabilities; and to bring before my countrymen, and all others interested in the cause of humanity, the misery entailed by the slave-trade in its inland phases - a subject on which I and my companions are the first who have had any opportunities of forming a judgement." - from Preface. "There must be something in the appearance of white men frightfully repulsive to the unsophisticated natives of Africa; for, on entering villages previously unvisited by Europeans, if we met a child... he would take to his heels in an agony of terror, such as we might feel if we met a live Egyptian mummy at the door of the British Museum." - from page 199. Fold-out map measures 24" wide by 17" high and is entitled "The River Shire, The Lakes Nyassa & Shirwa, The Lower Courses of the Rivers Zambesi & Rovuma" - based on the Astronomical observations and sketches of Dr. Livingstone, Constructed by John Arrowsmith, 1865. The routes of Dr. Livingstone and the Officers of the expedition are indicated in red. Map bears one inch opening along left side. Book has been recased in red buckram with new beige endpapers. Binding sound. Average wear. Unmarked. Lettering upon spine rubbed but legible. A quality copy. Book
338 pages. Marbled edges and endpapaers. Leather backstrip and corners. Fold-out map bears a five-inch opening. Above-average external wear. Back hinge starting. Openings along central portion of backstrip along boards. Usual library markings. A worthy copy. Book
456 pages. Fold-out map present at title page. Foxing throughout. Binding open at title page. Bit of pencil writing to front endpaper. Back hinge open. Above-average wear and soiling. Book
48 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Canadian fish inside front cover; News digest topics include - dark influences at work, the anti-Russian case, An Alternative Pact, A policy of wreckage, One's own business, the plight of German churches, 90% heroic, and the problem of Palestine; Baseball's Centenary? - argument over whether or not baseball's centenary actually occured in June - article with photos of Honus Wagner, Eddie Collins, Joe Vosmik, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, Grover Cleveland, George Sisler, Walter Johnson, and others; Vernight Stop - photo-illustrated article of a trip to Wake Island; A Penny In Her Shoe (short story); The Genuine Tabard (short story); The Perdu (short story); Fairyland of the Boy-King Peter II of Yugoslavia - photo-illustrated article on his picturesque nation; If I Die Before I Wake (mystery); Half-page photo ad for the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) which offers 'a thousand thrilling things to see'; Hollywood news, with photos of Frank Lloyd, Cecil B. De Mille, N.S. Van Dyke, Arthur Nornblow Jr., Lubitsch, Anatole Litvak, Eugene Forde, Edward H. Griffith and William Wellman; Photo and bried write-up on Ellen Drew; Woodbury soap ad features photo of Miss Nadine Beardmore; Dare to Smile - article for ladies; Pond's cold cream ad features photos of Mrs. Robert W. Armstorng of Toronto, and Blanche Brewer of Clarksdale, Mississippi; Small photo ad for Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby, Ontario shows girls on horseback with school in background; Sayings from around the world; Back cover colour Coke ad features man in white double-breasted suite with lady, and inset black and white photo of soda jerk; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
40 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of snowy Quebec church scene; Colour Canada Dry ad; How Much Was Exploded by the Atomic Bomb?; Photo of tractor train pulling into Yellowknife from Lower Hay River; Jergens Lotion ad with photo of beautiful Marie McDonald; The Prime Minister Sweepstakes; Knocking at the Door (short story); British Columbia (B.C.) Counts Her Trees - a general plan is required for the perpetuation of the province's timber stands - photo-illustrated article with aerial photo of Ladysmith fire, July 7, 1945; Laurie is so Optimistic (short story); Home Aides; Advances in Science; Buffalo Farmer Ed Butters of Michigan - photo-illustrated article on man who purchased a 250-animal herd in South Dakota and moved it east; Nearest My Heart (shrot story); Nice one-page colour ad for the 1946 Pontiac (maroon four-door Silver Streak); Photo ad for Woodbury soap features three photos of newlyweds Mabel Lucille Holland and ex-RCAF officer Thomas Mitchell Mills, both of Montreal; Charming colour Fry's Cocoa ad with kids running home from school; Photo of Gypsy Rose Lee in Arrid ad; The New Fashioned Woman; Back cover colour Frigidaire fridge ad shows trio admiring large cut of meat; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
60 pages. Features: Classic black and white photo ad inside front cover for the Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada encourages readers not to stare at female war-effort workers wearing pants; News digest topics include conscription as 'total' war, why a plebescite?, an embarassing pledge, and more; Fleischmann's Yeast one-page ad shows hungry Europeans contrasted with well-fed Canadians; Hitler's Shadow over South America - article by Otto Strasser; Britain's Propaganda Agent No. 1 - Big Ben - photo-illustrated article on big bells and their importance; Hang on to Your Hat (short story); The River Brethren (short story); Assignment in Monte Carlo (short story); Canada Gets Scrappy with Scrap - scrap metal is used to support the war effort; Lisbon - Capital of Intrigue - fascinating photo-illustrated article on counter-espionage work in Portugal; Incurable (short story); India - war-related photos at home and abroad, including the Maharaja of Jodhpur, the Maharaja of Gwalior, the Maharaja of Patiala, and Begum Shah Nawaz; Vintage half-page ad by this publication offers bicycle 'Make-a-Lite Generator' to children who sell subscriptions; Appraisal of the best screen voices - article with photos of Conrad Veidt, Merle Oberon, and others; Pepsodent ad features photos of twins Lucille and Lorayne Usack; Woodbury ads feature photos of Bette de Lesseps of Toronto and actress Laraine Day; Article from the Kitchen suggests savings to 'help lick Hitler'; Fashion illustrations; Article on Canadian women; Photo of kissing children submitted by Mrs. J.B. Foster of Sexsmith, Alberta; Hollywood Patterns ad inside back cover lists the 600 outlets nationwide where their products are solf; Back cover Victory Bonds ad for the National War Finance Committee shows man looking in the mirror; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
