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Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1853 - In-4 - Broché - 235 pages - 36 superbes planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1853 - In-4 - Broché - 243 pages - 38 superbes planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) rousseurs - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1856 - In-4 - Broché - 245 pages - Environ 40 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1856 - In-4 - Broché - 43 pages - 538 planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and plates; pale blue pebble-grain cloth, gilt back, dark top, upper board lightly age-soiled else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a Folio classic.
44 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos in text. Numerous short articles on topics including: The History of the Adams Lake; The River Driver; Sheep Days on Crowfoot Mountain; Grizzly Attack; The Thomas Brown Pioneer Family; Courting Etiquette; Dr. Walter Scatchard; Homesteading around Shuswap Lake in 1913; History Vignette of Chase; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Mm 115x205 Volume in copertina rigide, sovraccoperta originale con piccoli strappi ai margini, 296 pagine. Prima edizione, in buono stato complessivo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Vigot 1950, In-8 broché, 138 pages + croquis. Trés bon état.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163pp. This issue includes Chalet Books of Elinor Brent-Dyer, Poetry of TS Eliot, Stephen Leacock, Charles Lamb, Lord Dunsany, and Modesty Blaise.
102 pages. Great cover photo of boy writing love letter while sister looks on. Features; Nice GMC pickup truck ad; Nice half-page two-colour ad for the John Deere No. 5 mower; Nice ad for 1952 Ford cars; Foot and Mouth disease discovered at farm of Leonard Wass of McLean, Saskatchewan - a major threat to Canada's billion-dollar livestock industry; Green Leaves Falling (story); The perennial problem of soil losses from erosion; Farewell to the Years (storyy); Frontier Family - The Ardills of Farrell Creek, B.C. - photo-illustrated article; So You're Getting Power - article for farmers being connected to the electrical grid; Line Breeding for Daily Gain - some account of beef cattle improvement work at the U.S. Range Livestock Experiment Station, Miles City, Montana; Runaway Trailer (story) - part II; Caterpillar diesel farm tractor ad features photo of J.B. Francis of Sedley, Saskatchewan; One-page ad for the 1952 Meteor car; Vintage 2/3-page photo-illustrated ad for the new Case DC-4 tractor; Sam Harker of Standoff, Alberta raises sheep; Fantastic vintage one-page multiple-photo ad for Farmhad loaders and power boxes displays their gangly equipment handling big loads; Ben Lodoen of Fox Valley, Saskatchewan and his irrigation improvement; Nice one-page two-colour photo ad for Firestone tractor tires features Lawrence O. Larson; Nice vintage one-page two-colour ad for the Ferguson Twenty 85 tractor; 2/3-page ads for the Cockshutt seed drill and Drive-o-matic Combine; Nice photo ad for the Oliver No. 8 tractor; One-page Dodge car ad - "test the new Oriflow Ride"; Nice one-page photo ad for the Massey-Harris No. 509 one-way disc with roto-lift; Nice ad for Ford tractors; Ad for Dodge 'Job-Rated" trucks; Fordson Major tractor ad; Fargo truck ad; Excellent one-page ad for Ford Trucks features their three V-8 engines; Lovely colour-photo ad inside back cover for Swiss watches; Awesome colour-photo ad on back cover features a variety of Minneapolis-Moline machinery at work on the prairie. Please note: pages 49, 50, 55 and 56 missing. Center page loose but present. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this nice issue. 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. Book presents a collection of Aesop's fables as a dramatic vehicle for presentation. 66 "playlets" written expressly for elementary school classrooms, grades two to five. Plays include: Mouse and the bull, Grasshopper and the owl, Two frogs, Wolf and the lamb, Boy and the nuts, Flea and the ox, Mother lark and her babies, Peacock and juno, Hare and the tortoise, Wind and the sun, Serpent and the eagle, The heron, etc.
Edge wear to blue cover. Front endpaper has been torn out. Dust jacket is tattered. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. 128 pages. Illustrations by Gordon Laite in black, blue, and red.
De Bartolomeis, Francesco Soffiantino - Cordero. Instabili coesistenze. Villafranca Piemonte (Torino) - Manta (Torino), Comune di Villafranca Piemonte-Assessorato alla Cultura-Amici della biblioteca - tipografia Graf-Art (stampa) 1998 italian, in ottavo pp. (40) I ed.: giugno 1998. Catalogo della mostra Villafranca Piemonte (Torino), Ex chiesa Beata Vergine delle Grazie, luglio 1998. VIII piccolo/ (40)/brossura in cartoncino ruvido avorio con titoli in nero e granata. Illustrazioni in b/n nel testo e f.t. e a colori f.t.. Stato buono (copertina con bruniture). Indice: In un'opera tante opere - Uno 'studio' dentro la natura: Giacomo Soffiantino - Scultura-ambiente: Riccardo Cordero - L'arte e il pubblico - Giacomo Soffiantino (bio) - Riccardo Cordero (bio) - Francesco De Bartolomeis (bio).
286 p. 185mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Hardbound. Very good. Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859) was an English author, essayist, and intellectual. Includes essays on: Essays on Shakespeare, Pope, Lamb, Goethe and Schiller. LIT BX 1
156 pages. Includes two contributions by Jack O'Connor: Gambling for Gambrels - a long chance on finding some Arizona quail; The .250/3000 Can Shoot!. Other features include: Great cover art by J.F. Kernan; Leave Some Game for the Future!; A penny proves its worth for a California deer hunter; Scrappy little panfish; The Oakland County Sportsmen's Club and the Detroit Sportsmen's Congress - two successful clubs and how they got that way; Wrong-way buck all but fools Massachusetts hunters; The Annual Alpena Wildcat (Bobcat) Hunt; Color illustration of wildfowl on the Mississippi flyway; Illinois sportsmen overcome ringneck pheasant shortage by raising them; Which rifle to use on Britihs Columbia Bighorn Sheep? - great photo-illustrated article; Choosing and Shooting Your Handgun; Hurricane-happy trout in New Jersey; Raccoon hunting near Grand Rapids, Michigan; Furry Son of Satan - savage king of the North Carolina wilderness - an 8-page, true-to-life biography; Hunting Seasons for 1946-47; Teach Your Pup Obedience; and more. Ads include: Color ad for Remington Express shells inside front cover; How to pick up a porcupine bare-handed!; Photo of T.J. Harman of York PA with his Alaska moose bearing antlers 64 inches wide. Interesting one-page color ad for Hallmark Christmas Cars for Men - with colored game bird designs; One-page Savage ad for the Model 99 and Model 745. One-page Christmas ad for Harrington & Richardson Arms Co. features beautiful lady offering gift guns; Classy one-page color ad for Ballantine Ale; Nice one-page color ad for Goebel Beer; Feather Foam coat ad; Nice two-color ad for Gaines dog food features photo of Elias C. Vail; Lovely color Santa-themed ad for Prince Albert tobacco and Camel cigarettes on back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 204 pages, interview format with forward.
192 pages. Features: The perils of prosperity; A system that makes hog sense; Don't underrate brother rat; Are sheep on the way out?; Push-button chores; Prepackaging moves toward the farm; The Wunder Wagon; They're farming by plane; To beat weeds in grain; Ohio Bride and Groom - Gerald and Beulah Parpster of Ashland County, Ohio - nice photo-illustrated article; Community-service bank - Bendersville National Bank of Adams County, PA; Triumph of the trees; Forecasts to help you fight plant diseases; Irrigated pastures; Photo of Martin Burkholder of Lancaster County, PA who recently sold his land for possibly a record price of $995/acre; and more. Ads: Texaco ad features photos of the England Brothers' farm at Brookshire, TX, including their dehydrator; B.F. Goodrich ad includes photo of Edwin R. Kent of Juniata, Nebraska; Lee jeans; Oldsmobile; Jeep; GM; New Idea equipment; 1949 Frazer Manhattan car; Gorgeous color-photo ad for John Deere tractors; Photo of S.C. Cracraft of Jackson, MO in Hood boot ad; Dodge trucks; Life insurance ad features photos of the Walter Melott family of San Jose, CA; Blue Bell denim; Admiral phonograph; Ford tractors (2 pages); Gibson tractors; Norge fridges; Modess (nice color illustration of lady reclining in chair); Lux ad with Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison; Satina ad with photo of Mrs. P.F. McEwan of Chicago; and more. Heavy external wear with loss to front cover and back cover missing. Bit of writing on front cover. Contents intact. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
Sans lieu - 1935 - In-8 - Broché - couverture illustrée aux 1 & 4 plats - Illustrations en texte - 16 pages
70 pages. Features: Problems of a Park Keeper - Allan Best is curator of Stanley Park's popular zoo; Our California Bighorn Sheep - Can They Survive?, by Robert F. Harrington; Cape Beale, by William J. Betts; Pioneers of British Columbia - The Voageurs; Adventure in Rocks - Ron Purvis; Upper Fraser Sternwheel Days - Part Three; Landmarks of History - Those Cariboo Stampedes; Purchase of 500 acres of California bighorn winter range at Vaseux Lake by the Okanagan Similkameen Parks Society; Mine Tailings into Buttle Lake; and more. Nice ads include: B.C. Tel (inside front cover); Carling Pilsener Beer; McCulloch chainsaws; Snow Cruiser Snowmobiles; Pil'Can Beer; Lucky Beer (on back cover). Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Covers of both volumes have discoloured areas. Wear to extremities. Volume I has tape repair to front free endpaper, soiling to preliminary pages. Index. 337 pages. Volume II has tape repair to gutter of front pastedown. 341 pages. Index. Page edges of both volumes uncut and numerous pages in volume II unopened.
Exhibition catalog for the show of the same name by the publisher's gallery in excellent condition, as new. Lavishly produced with gilt page ends, ribbon bookmark, 131 pages of full color prints throughout. 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 is new also. Some of the artist's featured include: Francisco Goya, Rembrandt, Ernest Lumsden, Barbara Rode Zouzouline, Laurence Hyde, John Koerner, Henry E, Sybil Andrews, Kenojuak Ashevak, Jack Hardman, Ann Kipling, Bob Steele, Ian Baxter, Jack Wise, Joe Plaskett, Alisair Bell, Roy Kiyooka, Rita Letendre, Glenn Lewis, Kate Craig, PlK. Page-Irwin, Ana Wong, Deborah Koenker, Arnold Shives, Lynda Cuddy, Molly Lamb Bobak, J.C. Heywood, Micah Lexier, Aganetha Dyck, Eric Bergman, et al.
Excellent condition: little to no edgewear, no marking of any kind to text/interior covers straight and clean. Contents include Chromosomal aberrations, Banding of chromosomes and karyotyping, Fertilization, parthenogenesis and sex determination, Somatic cell hybridization, Fertility as affected by chromosomes, Laboratory procedures for chromosome studies, etc.
Dedication, signed 'Jan' on front free endpaper. Lower front cover corner bumped. Tear to top back edge of dust jacket.