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307 pages. Index. 22 colour plates. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
108 pages. Many absolutely classic songs from the mid 1980s including: Air; And She Was; The Big Country; The Book I Read; Burning Down the House; Don't Worry About the Government; Give Me Back My Name; Heaven; Houses in Motion; Life During Wartime; The Listening Wind; Love Goes Building on Fire; Making Flippy Floppy; Once in a Lifetime; Psycho Killer; Pulled Up; Road to Nowhere; Slippery People; Stop Making Sense (AKA Girlfriend is Better); Take Me To the River; This Must Be The Place. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Nice copy. Be moved again by these unforgettable songs from the 80's. Book
44 pages. Great one-page color photo of the band posing on a city street, followed by a nice two-page color-photo montage of head shots of the band members superimposed over a sunset shot of the San Francisco skyline. Songbook for the classic album of the same name and most notable for the smash hit Takin' It To The Streets. Includes sheet music for piano and voice with guitar chords. Other songs include: Carry Me Away, 8th Avenue Shuffle, For Someone Special, It Keeps You Runnin', Losin' End, Rio, Turn It Loose, and Wheels of Fortune. Store stamp inside front cover. Few markings to contents. Binding tender but intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage Doobie collectible from - back in the day when Michael McDonald still had black hair! :-) Book
Fine Turkish Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic script). 151, [1] p., b/w ills. Takdirim. Hatirlavlar. Memoirs of a Crimean Turkish intellectual.
104 pages. Fantastic black and white photos throughout. Autographs and inscriptions inside each board and scattered throughout. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Bonus: Laid-in is a stapled list of mailing addresses for students in this book, perhaps circa 1980s. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 170 pages with b&w photos throughout. Contents include: Early days of the Upper Flathead Lake country, Packing and trail building on the north fork of the Flathead River, 1929 forest fires, Packing in the Idaho Panhandle, Ptarmigan Tunnel story, Bar-X-Six story, Glacier, ID, etc.
Poetry and prose expressing the magnificence, dignity, pathos and humour of the teeming life which in two thousand years the river Thames has gathered to its banks and upon its waters. 272pp. Dust jacket has edgewear and chips. Inscription by previous owner, Diana Menuhin, on front free endpaper.
296p. illus. Rivers of America series Hardcover Very good conditon in good d.j. good
Blue boards with silver graphics on front board and spine. There is black lettering on both. Book is covered in mylar. Corners are slightly frayed. Illustrated with maps. "Survival of a Vision" is a synthesis of the personal experience of George Spence and the records of surveys, proposals and plans for the conservation and use of water in the southern prairie region of Western Canada. 167 pages.
Book is in excellent condition in grey heavy weave cloth with silver lettering on cover and spine. One corner lightly bumped is only flaw. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners otherwise, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light wear, edge wear at corners and top, bottom spine. 197 pages with a great many photos in b&w, often large format, map endpapers, contents features about 100 families, occasional persons, alphebetized by author, with one or two pages of their bio; including:Frederick John Coulthard, Dinsmores of Mud Bay, Robert Fallowfield, John and Ann Gillis, Thomas Hembrough, Abraham and Nancy Huck, Dan Johnson, David and Katherine Kitzel, John Loney, Jane Mallett, William McBride, Milton family, William Morgan, James Edward Murphy, John and Anna Paris, Peschkes of Hazelmere, Parr Family, Thomas and Sarah routley, William smith, John and Agnes Starr, H.T. Thrift, Edmund and frances Wade, Weaver Family, Noah, V. Wichersham, etc. Signed by author on the title page.
In 8, pp. 30 con 4 belle tav. incise f.t. tratte da disegni dell'A. raffiguranti vedute dei paesaggi delle Montagne Rocciose attraversate in treno, 1 carta f.t. rip. del tragitto Denver-Rio Grande e 1 tav. con profilo longitudinale della rete ferroviaria. Br. rifatta. Scrive l'A.: 'La traversata del grande continente americano sara' sempre di una grande attrattiva per il viaggiatore appassionato, per il touriste, sia questi uno scienziato, o semplicemente un dilettante, o un girovago vagabondo in cerca di emozioni'.
Stampa antica ed originale con testo al retro
In 8, pp. 377 + (1b) + (1) + (1b). Strappi e mancanze all'ultima p. Mancanze e bruniture al p. ant. P. post. rifatto. Collana: 'Biblioteca della Societa' Storica Subalpina diretta da Ferdinando Gabotto' [1]. Argomenti: B. Vesme, 'Le origini della feudalita' nel Pinerolese', F. Gabotto, 'L'Abazia ed il Comune di Pinerolo e la riscossa Sabauda in Piemonte', D. Carutti, 'Ricordi di Casa Savoia in Pinerolo', E. Durando, 'Casane e prestatori di danaro in Pinerolo nei secoli XIII e XIV', C. Demo, 'Il Rio Moirano', C. Patrucco, 'Il Settecento. Pagine di Vita Pinerolese'.
12 pages. Bibliography. Thirty black and white illustrations of clubs. Inscribed and signed 'Wilson' atop first page. "Among the notes and photographs which the Provincial Museum acquired with the Newcombe Collection in 1961 was a small bundle marked 'Tsimshian stone batons.' It contained materials which Dr. Newcombe had assembled, with the intention of publishing an article, on a remarkable series of more than 35 carved stone clubs found together in a cache at an old village-site on the Bulkley Canyon near Hazelton in the upper Skeena area in 1898." - from page 1. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Library stamp on front endpaper; no other library markings. Signed by Nard Jones on front endpaper. 268 pages. A novel about the building of Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State.
132 pages. Map endpapers. Majestic colour photography. "The tales and photographs in this book are superb. Both have the feeling of returning, returning to long views, to honour of the land, to honour of the people who see the land. Clear, astonishing work." - Robert Bly. Small faint ink stamp to bottom edge of text, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
147 pages. Detailed index. Bibliography. Maps. Archival black and white illustrations. Includes a new chapter on "Two Generations of Steamboating on British Columbia's Inland Lakes" as told to the author by Otto L. Estabrooks. Light wear and soiling. Unmarked. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
280 pages. Index. Bibliography. Archival black and white photos abound, plus several in colour. Includes maps, timetables and scale drawings. "This is the dramatic story of the CPR's British Columbia sternwheelers and steam tugs through the races, boiling rapids, moonlit cruises, and gold rushes to their passing." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean and unmarked book. Average wear and closed tears to back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound copy of this wonderful piece of B.C. history. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 220 pages. Full blue cloth boards. 8 3/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Map endpapers. Tears on dust jacket.
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
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
52 pages. Features: Cover photo of sulphur storage in B.C.'s Peace River Country; The Day the Yanks Flew Through Hell - treetop bombing of Romania's Ploesti oil refineries by 163 giant B-24 Liberators on August 1, 1943 - article with photos and illustration; Nice colour photo full-page ad for Ogilvie Macaroon Mixes; The 500 Children I Short-Changed - Fred Sloman taught school in Northern Ontario between Capreol and Foleyet for 40 years but feels there were many children he could have helped more than the many he did - article by him, with photos; Nice full-page ad for Lux soap featuring Mitzi Gaynor; Why Film Stars Get Into James - photos of Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney and Lana Turner; My MVD Man Can Lick Your MVD Man - Part 2, by Art Buchwald who recounts his recent three weeks behind the Iron Curtain - with photos; How Much Are You Worth To Your Widow? - Lloyd Lockhart examines Death Duties; Hollywood's Secret of Weight Control, by Jean Manning - with flattering photos of Alexis Smith, Ann Miller and Mrs. James Mason; Patterson's Just Too Good - Tex Coulter Writes of his former Montreal Alouettes star teammate Hal Patterson - with photo and illustration; Science Explodes Some Myths About Your Hair, by John E. Gibson; Nice colour full-page ad for Noxzema skin cream; Walter Murdoch - a man of many hassles; Noise Can Change Your Life - man is on the verge of becoming submerged in a sea of intolerable self-made sound; The Spanish Mick - fiction; The Wolf is Here to Stay! - a northern B.C. article with photos including a shot of Sylvia Woywitka with a huge wolf fur; Can We Justify Spending Millions in the Arctic? - photo illustrated article examines the development of infrastructure in the north; The High Places - Fiction; Debbie Reynolds in Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad; Let Teenagers Run Their Own Parties; Crossword; Rural Route Cartoon by Walter Ball; Food Article by Marjorie Elwood with colour photo of judges Denyse Pesant, Laura Pepper, Helen McKercher, and author; Colour photo full-page ad for Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti and meat balls; Nice colour full-page ad for Red Rose tea. Small piece missing from back cover. Above-average soiling and wear. A worthy vintage copy with lots of interesting content and photos. Book
134 pages. Nice recipes from the Campbell River area. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
197 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Softbound. Near fine. W11
32 unnumbered pages. Oblong 8" x 10.75". Black and white illustrations. Contents: Biographical details of the authors, Notes on the Cosmogony and History of the Squamish Indians, The Beginning of the People of Squamish, Creation of the Squamish People, The Coming of Religion to the Squamish People, The Sea Serpent of Burrard Inlet, The Sea Serpent of Howe Sound, and a tribute to Chief August Jack Khahtsahlano. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this precious Squamish Nation memento. Hale 5738 Book