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A few marks and highlights. 80 pages. Many b&w photos.
Veduta generale della baia: 1. Forte di Santa Cruz - 2. Palude - 3. Faro - 4. Forte S. Joao - 5. Punta Pan di zucchero - 6. Monte Gobbo - 7. Monte Gavea - 8. Picco Tijaca - 9. Picco del Pappagallo - 10. Arsenale di Marina - 11. Nictheroy. Testo al retro
68 pages. References. Tables. Graph. Map. Colour photo of bloom of Noctiluca scintillans in Dixon Entrance. Chapters include: Shellfish Poisoning; Assay Procedure; Chemistry of P.S.P.; History; Specific Occurences in British Columbia; Ecology; Forecasting; Detoxification; Control Measures; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. Bit of price sticker remnant upon front cover. A sound copy of this excellent reference. Book
(Collana : I grandi successi stranieri) Romanzo tradotto dal testo originale ungherese.
Mm 145x205 Brossura editoriale di 107 pagine. Ottimo stato. Spedizione entro 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
24 pages. Contents: Battle over control of the nation's electrical power - with photo of TVA Director David E. Lilienthal; Photo of Walter Runciman, President of the British Board of Trade; Photo of Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina; Conflict between General Motors and the United Automotive Workers of America - with photo of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.; Terrible Ohio River Flood; Rise of Militarism in Japan - with photo of Osami Nagano; Photo of Trotzky (Trotsky) who, from Mexico, claims the Moscow trial against him is "A giant frame-up"; Terror in Lisbon; Spanish Havoc - with photo of rebels praying; "Mirror Writing" - reversed writing; Old Turk exhibits his third set of natural teeth while Edmonton youth develops his fourth set!; Photo of Wendell Wilkie; Women in the News - Miss Mary Anderson; "Jane Bull"; Movie World - with photo of Martha Raye; Photo of Mrs. Molly TicklePitcher of Turnit Top Ridge, TN; Two-page article on Benito Mussolini - with photos; Photo of 'Little Corporal' J. Toussaint Bernard; Vintage ads; and more. Average wear. Most of back page missing. Yellowed with age. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect. New. Flawless. Hard to believe considering publication date, but true. Contents include: native people, the Lillooets, miners of the Gold Rush; pioneer farmers; the drainage of the valley for a road to Vancouver. A great many black and white photos, 348 pages including index, bibliography.
Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf 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 except for previous owners name at half title page. 348 pages, maps, b&w photos.
20p. Illustrated with maps and charts. XLib. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial wraps. XLib stamp on front cover. PA PAMPH 20_3 BX7
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
unpublished young mao, in italian, pp.25o, br, good
292 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. "The story of hardy people who dared to follow a dream. While trapping in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Beaverlodge, Alberta, Alex Monkman came upon a low pass the Indians had been using for hundreds of years. He recognized it as a potential shortcut fo the Pacific coast for the people of the Peace River Country in northeastern British Columbia... The Monkman Pass Highway Association was formed in 1936... The ingenuity, courage and endurance of the people who worked on the Pass is a story that begged to be told and this book is dedicated to them." - from back cover. Prior owner's details and blind stamp upon first page, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Slight edge wear to dust jacket and slight bump to corner. 10"w x 12 1/4"h. 192 pages. Exhibition catalog. "Many color photographs. Included are more than two hundred objects organized into sections that focus on sculptural forms, basketry, and beadwork spanning the pre-contact era to the middle of the twentieth century."
Unpaginated. Average wear. Lengthy handwritten note and autograph upon first blank leaf else unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
Il foglio (cm. 50 x 38,5) deriva dal volume del Meyer (“L’arte di restituire a Roma la tralasciata navigazione del suo Tevere”) ma - come nel volume - include la dicitura dello stampatore (Tinassi). Vistoso restauro al centro della pagina. This leaf, printed on both sides, derives from the notorius Meyer’s work: “L’arte di restituire a Roma la tralasciata navigazione del suo Tevere” (Roma, Camera apostolica, 1683). As like in the volume, the etching includes the printer’s note (Tinassi). Restoration at center of the leaf.
36" x 25.5". Indicates 25 foot contours, water bodies, roads, rail lines, structures, etc. Light wear. Book
54 pages. Features: France Guards Her Coasts - great photos; Japanese Battle of the Snow - The Annual Snow Fight of the boys of Sapporo High School on Hokkaido - super photos; The Last of the Punt-Gunners - William Richardson concocts his own ammunition; Moving House - The Dowley Family of Charleston floats their home three miles down the Kanawha River; But It's All the Same Beatrice Lillie - photos of her in many costumes, with article; The Panda's Stolen My Rocking-Horse (humorous photo sequence); Diary of the War - No. 22, The Twentieth Week; The Story of New Zealand (1840-1940); No. 3 in the Series - "How I Would Run the War" - How I Would Pay for the War; Cartoon - Arrival of Spring, 1940; The History of Weapons, No. 5 - The Rifle; The History of 1943-1960. Many wonderfully nostalgic ads including a lovely Bird's Custard two-colour ad on back cover. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely vintage copy. Magazine
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, Large Paper, with engraved pictorial titles, printed titles, 53 fine sepia aquatint plates, 21 woodcut illustrations in the text and 2 full-page maps, mild dust-soiling at blank margins, some offsetting from plates to facing pages; attractively bound in early twentieth century crushed brown half morocco, brown cloth boards, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in gilt, a bright, firm copy. With half-titles, and errata leaf at end of each volume. The aquatint titles and plates are engraved by C. Apostool after Ireland. LARGE PAPER COPIES ARE SCARCE. Abbey: Scenery 430; Anderson, p. 38; Upcott CXLIII.
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.
64 pages. Undated. Circa 1955. "This story is written about the people of Cecil Lake as I knew them; as I met them on the old trails, worked with them; and grew up with them in this new country... Author came to Cecil Lake from Saskatchewan in 1928 when he was seventeen. He spent eight years on the Nelson Trail between Fort St. John and Fort Nelson, two of them with Henry McLeod, who contracted for the Hudson's Bay Co. He has spent most of the summers ho-boing around on horseback all the way from the foothills of the Upper Halfway, down over the old Dunvegan Trail to Fairview, and on the the old town of Peace River." - from page 3. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
92 pages including index. Small dab of liquid paper upon half-title page. A readable account of the origins and mission of an Anglican parish founded in 1866 in the Cowichan Valley region, of wich the present city of Duncan is now the centre, on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The work traces the many links past and present between the parish and its people and the communities in the region, including Salt Spring Island, as well as with the extensive native community. There is a full description of the historic cemetery, still in operation, as well as biographical sketches of some of the many interesting former parishioners who lie buried in it. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover and dust jacket. Previous owner's sticker on rear endpaper. 256 pages. Narrative and photographs of the beginning and growth of Jewish communities in British Columbia, Canada.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 136 p., color ills. Piri Reis'in kalemi ve Türk kartograflarinin çizgileriyle Nil Nehri ve Kahire. (XVI-XVII. yüzyillarda Kuzey Afrika kiyilari). The Nile and Cairo with drawings of Turkish cartographer and Piri Reis. (North African shores in 16th and 17th centuries). OTTOMANIA Cartography Map Atlas Maghrib North Africa Nile Piri Reis Ottoman culture Navigation Egypt Cairo 17th 16th century.
99 pages. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. Black and white illustrations. "Subject was born in 1910 in Vancouver. His family established a homestead in Horseshoe Valley. He worked in a variety of interesting trades and spent many decades living in Powell River, British Columbia." - paraphrased from page 2. Prior owner's name atop title page. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
xv, 271 pages. Footnotes, glossary, bibliography, chronology, biographical list of names. "The first historical text on the Doukhobors to include an extensive selection of carefully annotated archival photos and original historical maps. A valuable new addition to the study of the Doukhobors which will be regarded as the definitive reference for years to come." - dust jacket. Former library copy with above-average wear, usual markings and taped hinges. Scattered underlining and marginalia to contents. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Book
