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Ceylon, The director Colombo Muséum, London Dulau & Co 1935. In-4 carré pleine reliure verte éditeur avec titre en noir sur le plat et le dos. XXXVII + 373 pages. Une carte dépliante en couleur. 55 figures dans le texte et 38 planches hors texte. Très bon état
pp. xxvii, 578. Illustrated. Damp staining on bottom margins. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding. Front board decorated with two cows. Bottom edge damp stained. Hardbound. Good. A remarkable review of the dairy industry and techniques in post-WWI America. AG BX 1
Excellent book with sharp corners to the covers, no marking of any kind to text/interior, 246 pages with charts, graphs, etc.
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 276 pages, b&w illustrations, photos, charts, tables. Book is from reference section of library and shows very little wear/use with sharp corners and very square and clean text block.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 372pp. A study which covers evolution, fossils, organic nature, animals, science and Darwin. An almost 100 years old book in amazing condition.
Hardcover without dust jacket; very good condition. Collected Essays, Volume VII. Spine sunned and edges lightly worn, small scores to front cover and small abrasion to rear. Endpapers and page block are foxed; bookplate on front pastedown and signature of previous owner penned to half-title page. Contents are clean and clear, spine is tight. AD Used
8vo, 272 pages, illustrated in black and white and colour, bibliography, small closed tear to dust jacket. eng
Paris, Larose 1943 - 1944, 2 volumes In-4 brochés, 209 pages en pagination suivie sur les deux volumes. Avec un index général. 150 figures dans le texte. Tome 1 : Familles des bovidés (Buffles, antilopes, gazelles). Tome II : Tragulides, giraffides, suides (phacochère, potamochère, hylochère) Hippopotamides (hippopotame), Perisssodactyles (rhinocéros), Proboscidiens (éléphant), Hyraciens (damans). Bon état.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 320 pages. Many color photos. Clear, concise information on the morphology, behavior, and ecology of each species, focusing on the lemurs. Small indentation and bump on corner of cover; edge wear and small tear on dust jacket.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 240 pages.
72 pages. Features: Conversations with Quebec's Revolutionaries, by Peter Gzowski; One Man's Intimate Picture of the FLQ; The Savage Legacy of Columbia's Civil War; The Life and Times of Wheeler-Dealer Ralph Farris - nice photos; The Wild Trade in new and used animals, by Robert Thomas Allen; The Gold-Braid Mind is Destroying our Navy - so says James Plomer; What Jack McClelland has done to book publishing in Canada; Portrait of a great modern shrine - Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal; Artistic full-page ad for TCA (Trans-Canada Airlines); Funky full-page colour photo ad for Martini & Rossi shows man and woman with dog at ice machine; Colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows rows of empty bottles on picnic table with smiling couple at far end. Somewhat above-average wear. Coverfold partially open and tender. A worthy vintage copy. Book
Features: Cover facial photos of Gratien Gelinas; Emotion, by June Callwood; What went wrong with Canada, by Peter C. Newman; The last days of the French in Algeria - article with photos by Peter Stollery; The savage fight for life above the timberline - Jean George describes how animals outsmart the mountains; Bernard 'boom boom' Geoffrion - the highest scoring baritone in history!; Vandalism - the kids' crime that no one really understands; Minute by minute on the day of birth - with photos; Colour photo tennis Coke ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
80 pages. Features: Cover illustration of cherubic little girl holding basket of flowers; Nice colour ad for Dominion Linoleum Rugs inside front cover; Full-page ad for the new 1924 High Speed Blue Chimney New Perfection oil stove; Nice illustrated full-page ad for Pratt & Lambert Varnish Products; *MAGNIFICENT* full-page colour ad for Ford Closed Cars, featuring woman driving a black model with two children, sailboat in hand, disembarking in a lovely park; Business Article - "Consideration of Canada's Immigration is Arousing Business Men's Attention", by J. Herbert Hodgins; Small ad for the "Oshawa" medal clad garage manufactured by The Pedlar People of Oshawa; Full-page colour ad for Congoleum Gold Seal Art-Rugs; Half-page ad for Weed brand auto bumpers and tire chains; International Harvester Motor Truck Ad; Artistic full-page ad for Oneida Community Plate silverware; The Rich Cinderella - story by Arthur Stringer; The Hired Man - story by Lawrence Perry; Mr. T.A. Low - Business Man in Politics - Canada's Minister of Trade and Commerce; A Friend of the Family - story by Rudyard Kipling; Animals I Remember, by W.A. Fraser; The Ardent Bigamist, by Somerset Maugham; Session Meanders to its Close - J.K. Munro on Canadian Parliamentary happenings; The Road Runner - story by Ben Ames Williams; Full-page ad for Palmolive Shaving Cream; Winston Churchill headed "Straight for the Dust-bin" of Politics - so says George Bernard Shaw; Drinking is a national disability in Great Britain; Full page ad for Swift's Premium Cooked Ham; Taxation is Shifting - Lord Weir claims English professions are underpaid; Full-page ad for Firestone "Gum-Dipped Balloons" (low-pressure tires); S.S. Chester on why "Baccarat is a French Menace"; Lovely colour photo ad for Royal Yeast Cakes; Fantastic colour full-page ad for Harvey Hosiery, made by Hosiers Limited of Woodstock, Ontario; Wonderful full-page colour ad for Harvey Tailored Underwear, made by Harvey Knitting Co. of Woodstock, Ontario; Lovely full-page colour ad by the H.J. Heinz Company illustrates the Heinz Pier at Atlantic City; Aeroplanes Can't Be Omnipotent - Archibald Hurd argues that Capital Ships must be maintained to bring food, at least; J.A. Stevenson writes about hope for U.S. Political Upeaval; Puritanism is Termed a Blight - article by Harvey O'Higgins and Dr. E.H. Reede; Full-page ad for Post Toasties "Double Thick" Corn Flakes; There is no Saturation Point - Henry Ford discusses the development of products to meet consumer demand; Radio may cease to be free - article from the Independent; Westinghouse Electric Range ad; Ileana Sets Her Cap for Wales - Godmother of the Balkans would make daughter co-ruler of the British Empire; Salvation in Empire Trade? - how can free trade Britain prosper when her Dominions are largely protectionist?; Three-quarter page ad promotes Vancouver, British Columbia to tourists and businessmen; Will World Commit Hari-Kari? - Sir Oliver Lodge considers our scientific ability to build weapons of destruction, and our lack of morals to handle them; Lovely full-page ad for Canadian Pacific Steamship and its Great Lakes services; Nice half-page ad for The New Hupmobile; Nice half-page Coca-Cola ad; Half-page ad for Nash cars; Nostalgic half-page ad for Coleman camp stoves; Elegant ad for Luxite Hosiery; Bride Club Problem II - "By 'Tax' Sadie Solves Problems of Forgetfulness and Untidiness"; *Beautiful* full-page ad by W. Clark Limited (maker of canned foods) features young boy carrying a basket of cans of Clark's various offerings; Lovely full-page colour ad for Simmons beds, mattresses adn springs; Art and Decoration for Town and Country Homes - Porch for Charm and Comfort, by Katherine M Caldwell; Nice colour ad for Quaker Puffed Wheat inside back cover features illustration of boy by Norman Rockwell; Nice colour ad on back cover for Fuller Brush Company. Covers not quite free from staples. Average wear and soiling. Small faint ink stamp atop front cov Book
Features: Our scramble to keep India's atom peaceful; Former Canadian diplomat, Arnold Smith, is newly elected first secretary-general of the Commonwealth - with photos; To Hell and Back - an anonymous writer's tale of alcoholism and drug addiction; The real meaning of dreams, by Ben Rose; Sweet Song of Success - Features story on Ian and Sylvia, with photos; Quebec's new Power Elite - Claude Morin, Arthur Tremblay, Guy Fregault, Louis-Phillips Pigeon, and Jean Deschamps; Sunday Driver - Commercial Artist and Canadian Racing Driver of the Year, Al Pease races his MGB; Is the Canada Council Squandering Your Money?; Talking with insects and animals (like dolphins) to learn how to talk to other worlds; Tai Chi - a new health kick, a thousand years old; Gerald Stevens on Canadiana. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The sweaty fight for a single seat - the current federal election campaign; The merciful aftermath of the Moroccan oil tragedy - almost ten thousand men, women and children, paralyzed by poisoned cooking oil in 1959 are walking and working again - a Canadian medical team helped in the most devastating medical story of our time in Meknes, Morocco; The case for taking children away from their parents - Dr. Karl Bernhardt; Jeanine Beaubien - the woman who stages plays in 5 languages in Montreal's Powderhouse; How to spot a home-grown (Canadian) image; How Zoo Animals get their kicks - with photos; Ralph Allen's 'Lost Art of Fishing for Fun'; Nice colour photo full-page Pepsi ad; Toronto and Montreal should be provinces, by Donald C. Rowat; The Medical Care (Medicare) War - Ralph Allen reports from Saskatchewan. Moisture stains to upper corner of all pages. Average wear. Address labe. Binding intact. Book
68 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Cellophane inside front cover; Great two-colour full-page ad for International Trucks - Chicago Century of Progress Theme; Nice full-page ad for Investors Syndicate featuring photo of Roy A. Hunter of B.C.; Nice 2-page Mobiloil photo ad features large photo of four cars; Chipso Laundry Detergent ad; Heritage, by Albert M. Treynor; The Cinema Murder, by Phillips Oppenheim; The Oriental Threat - regarding oriental immigration "... In British Columbia the proportion is catastrophic, being one Asiatic to every twelve whites." - with photos, by Charles E. Hope and W.K. Earle; Garden Jungle, by C.R. K. Allen; Ace of Our Judges - Chief Justice Lyman Poore Duff, by M. Grattan O'Leary; Invitation, by Will R. Bird; Critic on the Hearth, by Arthur T. Munyan; Pud, by W.A. Fraser; Tides o' Fundy, by H.V. Chambers; By Express - stories of shipping animals long distances; There's Money in Stamps - Paul Montgomery writes about valuable early Canadian postage stamps - illustrated; Love Letters in a Jar, by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Nice colour Campbell Soup ad; My Hate of Jig-Saw Puzzles, by Edgar March; Every Russian to Bear Arms - Women and Children are Being Trained to Take Part in Soviet's Next War; Article titled "Inventions Are Badly Needed"; Nice two-color full-page ad for the New Chevrolet Sixes; Article on how motion pictures have almost displaced theatre in North America; Australia Sells its Steamships - claims operation a failure; Canada Needs Air Museum; Lovely Prudential Insurance ad features girl on roller skates on sidewalk rolling, arms open, to her dad; Nice ad for the Northern Electric Gurney Range; Lovely ad promotes golfing at Jasper Park by taking Canadian National; Cereals - article by Helen G. Campbell; Investing in Bank Stocks; Fantastic two-colour full-page ad for General Motors Trucks features a dumptruck being loaded by a large clamshell bucket; Nice ad for Dominions Tires; Excellent back cover colour photo ad for Winchester cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
76 pages. Features: Jasper cartoon cover illustration; Great full-page colour ad for the 1956 Pontiac models; Nice colour-photo full-page ad for the 1956 Dodge, featuring the Mayfair V-8 4-door sedan; Dr. Wilder Graves Penfield - feature article with photos; How long will Clifford Williams stay in jail? - young Canadian from troubled background is jailed for 28-years for his first offense; A Gold Cup for Fair Lady - short story; Former Adjutant-General of the Canadian Army, Major-General W.H.S. Macklin, speaks out against the astronomical sums being spent on the DEW (distant early warning) Line - he argues it can never protect Canada; Political Quebec - part IV of Bruce Hutchison's "The Unknown Country"; Animals Can Talk; The Campus That Covers a Province - The University of Alberta and its many interesting programs; Nice colour full-page ad for the new 1956 Chrysler (featuring Windsor 4-door sedan with 215 HP engine); Nice 2-colour full-page ad for Philips televisions; Nostalgic 3/4 page colour ad for McBrine luggage; Colour full-page ad for Chevrolet featuring the Bel Air Convertible; Full-page black and white photo ad for milk in Pure-Pak containers, including photos of Etril and Melvin Snyder, owners of Ontario's famous Maple Lane Dairy Ltd.; Nice colour full-page ad for Oldsmobile featuring the 1956 Super 88 Holiday Seday; Colour photo Coke ad on back cover shows sweethearts drinking with straws. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Paris, France Loisirs, 1985. Un volume cartonné de format in 8° de 248 pp.; cahier photographique au centre. Manque jaquette, tampons ex-libris., bon état sinon.
Staple-bound paperback. Spine is slightly tanned; very minor wear to corners. Content is clear throughout. With plates, figures and a map. Eighteenth Annual Report for 1967. TS Used
Staple-bound paperback. Spine is slightly tanned; pages are clean and content is clear. With photograph frontispiece, two further plates, and map. Seventeenth Annual Report for 1965-66. TS Used
Staple-bound paperback. Covers are partially tanned, with minimal signs of wear; pages are clean and content is clear. With photograph frontispiece, two maps, a graph and a plan. Sixteenth Annual Report for 1963-64. TS Used
224 p. + 3 plates, one plate loose. Text woodcuts of horses. Age stain. 16mo. 175 mm. Original full cloth binding, faded and worn. Hardbound. Good. In OCLC only the British Library is shown as holding this very scarce treatise. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! HORSE BX 1
Bella incisione probabilmente del 1833 tratta dalla monumentale opera di storia naturale di Buffon, carta spessa. L'incisione rappresenta gli organi interni della lontra. In buone condizioni, fioriture. Usure al margine sinistro. TECNICA: Incisione DIMENSIONI FOGLIO: cm 22x13,5 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 16x10 EPOCA: 1833. Nice engraving of 1833 probably, taken from the monumental work of natural history by Buffon, wide paper. The engraving represents the organs of an otter. In good conditions, foxings. Wearings in the left edge. TECHNIQUE: Engraving LEAF SIZE: cm 22x13,5 PRINT'S SIZE: cm 16x10 PERIOD: 1833
Hardcover in jacket, both slightly bumped at spine head. Pages are clean and sound; text is clear throughout. TS Used
