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32 pages. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
114 pages. Glossary. Index. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Signatures of author and cover artists upon title page. "...Intended to inform the average reader through stories gleaned from old-time whalers and their descendants, and to provide a quick reference for serious researchers." - from back cover. "Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
128 pages. Features: A Tale of Two Carvers - The Rain Wall Screen of the Whale House, Klukwan, Alaska; Native Views - Influences of Modern Culture Aboard Artrain USA; "The Greatest Individual Hunter of Material in the North" - Collecting in Alaska, Canada and Chukotka with Captain Joseph-Fidele Bernard; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Three Volumes. Engraved title pages in all three volumes. 49 full page plates. Offsetting from plates. Foxed. Early pencil manuscript ownership of William Slovis? Port Carbon, PA on rear paste downs. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather bindings. Volume 2 & 3 have original leather labels. Bindings rubbed. Hardbound. Very Good. This work established new standards for the study of natural history in 19th century America. The illustrations are especially noteworthy. Maryland born John Davidson Godman (1794-1830) was a medical doctor, who may have been the first American to make a living by writing about natural history. S&S/AI 24696. First Edition. SCARCE. PAIMP 10
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. 96 page trade size auction catalog with many b&w photos and prints, some full page. Art from Suglik, Clyde River, Coral Harbour, Wakeham Bay, Eskimo Point, Cape Dorset, Povungnituk, Spence Bay, Port Harrison, Great Whale River, Repulse Bay, Belcher Islands, Lake Harbour, Frobisher Bay, Rankin Inlet, Clyde River, Baker Lake, Gjoa Haven, Arctic Bay, Cape Dorset,Povungnituk, Spence Bay, Port Harrison, et al. 415 items listed for sale, many b&w photos, some full page, approx. 30 artists listed, about 180 carvers.
56 pages. Features: Canadian Furniture; Papier-mache from England's Midlands; Asia Minor Prayer Rugs; Local History Relived at the Murray House; Interview with Ceramic Historian Henry Sandon; Whale Bones and Crinolines - a bustling age of costume; Gardiner's Ceramic Museum Opens; Royal Silhouettes; Reflections on Mercury Glass; and more. Bits of writing on one ad, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
Book is in excellent condition with uncreased covers and spine, appears unread, slight indication of shelf war 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. 58 pages, b&w and color photos.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; olive cloth, gilt back, covers midly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Comprehensive account of whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania
30 pages. Features: A Collector's House - the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Gooderham in Forest Hill Village, Toronto; Cap Rouge Pottery; Galerie Hosmer-Pillow-Vaughan Gallery; Robert Whale of Brant; Coin Banks; Coaching and Toastmaster Glasses; Easy Guide to Duncan Phyfe Recognition; Four-Poster Beds - short article; Louis Quinze - short article. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Milano, 1929, 8vo stralcio con copertina posticcia muta, pp. 907/912 con 8 illustrazioni fotografiche. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
Includes music and lyrics for the following songs: The Band Played Waltzing Matilda; No Man's Land; Leaving Nancy; Since Nancy Died; Now I'm Easy; The Song of the Whale; Leaving in the Morning; Glasgow Lullaby; Shining River; Sandy is a Soldier; Life-Boat Men of Hoy; Belle of Broughton; No Use for Him; Mary and Me; Front Row Cowboy; The Wee China Pig; Big Mansion House on the Hill; The Aussie Bar-B-Que Song; She'll Be Right; The War Correspondent; Love Song of a Simple Man; My Youngest Song Came Home Today; Song Notes. Interesting black and white illustrations. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Puerto Rico's Natural Treasure; Rowing across the Pacific; The Cordage Revolution; Whale Rescue Expedition to Newfoundland; Adrian "Ace" Williams, 1899-1984; The Lost City of Nueva Cadiz; Western Samaria - Method and Discovery. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Carl Hoffman - Archival Notes; Encounters with the Killer Whale - studies of Orcinus orca behavior in the wild; Mosquito Shore (Honduras) Settlement Expedition - haunted by 18th-century colonist; Sending Fungi into Deep Space - aids study of space effect on living cells; Anyemaqen Shan Trek - birds and snow leopard survey; Six Weeks Down Under; First People of the Pacific Northwest - Fraser Canyon's earliest settlers placed at 9.000 years B.P.; China's New Frontier - oil discovered in Karamay, northwest China; Excerts from the Explorer's Journal of January-April 1932. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: First Down Quebec's Whale River; Landsat - an aid to Exploration; Mysteries of the Pena Colorada; The Karo Batak of Sumatra Revisited; Aztec Warfare, Sacrifice and Cannibalism; Youth Activity Essay Contest; Sir Edmund P. Hillary - Honorary President. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's address stamp inside. 9 3/8"w x 6 7/8"h. Includes artwork by Ken Mowatt, Neil Sterritt, Walter Harris, Vernon Stephens, Art Sterritt, and Earl Muldoe.
52 pages. Provides general tips on how to watch whales safely from various types of boats without disturbing them. Chapters include: Guidelines, Distinguishing Whale Groups, Identifying Species from what can be seen out of the water, Comparison of various whale species observed from the surface, Rorquals, Gray Whales, Right Whales, Sperm Whales, Oceanic Dolphins, Porpoises, Narwhal and Beluga. Abundantly illustrated. Book
pp. xii, 305. Map upon front endpaper. Numerous black and white photographic plates. " A masterly account of the first solo flight made from Great Britain to Canada via Greenland. Recounts author's mishaps, his crash at Iceland, his second attempt, his Greenland adventures, and his ultimate success. Also includes much that is extremely interesting about Mr. Grierson's record flight from India to Great Britain and his experiences of winter aviation in Europe. Tells of an intrepid piece of pioneering courageously carried out, but which history has, perhaps, been made." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Some spotting and soiling to edges. Small chips, tears and yellowing to dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book
30 pages. Features: Human Bloodhounds of Outback Australia; First Canadian Open All-Around Skeet Championships; White Fury - Beluga whales in Hudson's Bay (part 1 of 2); Spoon Slow for Walleyes; Smoke Jumpers; Feeding the Ducks; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound 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. With full page drawing, and complete inforamation page, including history on the following: Sowerby's Beaked Whale, Sperm whale, Cuvier's Beaked,whale, Long-Finned Pilot whale, Striped Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin Common Dolphin, Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin, White BeakedDolphin, Harbour Porpoise, Narwhal, Beluga, Bowhead, Right, Gray, Fin, Sei & Minke whales.
74 pages plus appendices. Examines the impacts of human activity on killer whales in Johnstone Strait. Assesses the importance of Johnstone Strait and Robson Bight to killer whales. Recommends management options that will ensure the continued presence of killer whales in these areas. Light wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
64 pages. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Text in English and Inuktitut. Undated but appears to be circa 1979. Unmarked with average wear. An informative snapshot of the native people of this region several decades ago. Book
Un volume de format in 8° de 256 pp.; belles illustrations en noir ou en couleurs de Henri Dimpre. Reliure de l'éditeur en pleine toile; décor estampé; jaquette Rhodoïd. Ex-dono manuscrit sur une garde; sinon état de neuf.
74 pages. Features: Julian Assange/Wikileaks Cover Photo; British Columbia - a rudderless ship of state - Gordon Campbell and Carole James depart; Christopher Hitchens in conversation with Noah Richler; Peter MacKay and Maxime Bernier - Why hasn't Stephen Harper slapped them down?; New federal sex registry legislation - will it help?; Mark Tijssen processes meat for his friends; Murder of Lori Dupont in Windsor; The Hutterite-firm advantage - pay no wages; Feature Article - Julian Assange - a man of many secrets; West Bank sees nearly double-digit growth; Sarkozy vs. the Press; Public sex on the rise in England; MuchMusic seeks to reinvent itself; John Taft of RBC helps rewrite U.S. finance law; Mike Holmes - profile; Dolphin and Whale stranding - due to severe to profound hearing loss?; Marjorie Anne Heinrichs 1956-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. Magazine
Features: Article - is JFK our best hedge against depression?; The Life of Alexander Graham Bell - part I - "I Came to Canada to Die" - great photos; How I captured the Red Hood Gang - Det. Insp. Joseph Bedard as told to Ken Johnstone; The Harsh wonderland that was St. Lawrence Main, by Mordecai Richler; Canadian football beats the American Game; John Vickers - what makes a Tenor boom; A doctor's case for state medicine - Harry Paikin, M.D.; Holiday weekend in Paris; The Prudhommes' drive-in daydream - Prudhomme's Garden Centre Motor Hotel; Let's bring back child labour - Eileen Morris; The battle in Britain to ban the bomb; Holiday weekend in Paris; A Canadian nurse's jungle vigil with leprosy - Helen Mackenzie in Portuguese Guinea. Nice colour Black Label beer inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Please note: the top quarer of page 5 has been clipped ane removed - apparently this was an ad form - contents unaffected. Cartoon clipped from page 40 - text unaffected. Small ad clipped from page 42 - text unaffected. Large clipping from page 44 seems to have removed a small part of the A.G. Bell article. Nice colour Molson Canadian ad on page 45. Great colour Coke ad on back cover shows man being sprayed in the head by a garden hose. Lower half of page 49 is clipped and not included - this has removed part of the football article and part of the Prudhomme article. Average wear. Book
Cover Painting by Stuart. Features: Eveready Flashlight ad inside front cover; Editorial regarding the crisis of Canada's large quantity of unsold wheat; Waterman's Ink-Vue Pen ad; Roadhouse Blues, by Benge Atlee; Gold in Saskatchewan, by Leslie Roberts - Lake Athabaska's gold fields - article with photos; Place, by Tayler Sutton; Whale Coming Up! - Whaling in the North Pacific isn't what it used to be, but it still provides both peril and profit for the hardy - article with photos; Three cents an hour - women are working at that wage in Canada, under conditions that would be a disgrace to any civilized society; Hobby House, by Eleanor De Lamater; They Call Him Summertime Santa - J.D. O'Connell is Canada's most unique philanthropist; Arctic Doctor - Dr. James A. "Fred" Urquhart, of Aklavik, is Canada's most northerly doctor - his territory, an area of 900,000 square miles!; Canadians in England (Lord Beaverbrook, Gladstone Murray, Sir Campbell Stuart, Bonar Law, Lord Greenwood, Peter Donovan), by Beverley Baxter; Marriage Isn't a Place, by Margaret Lee Runbeck; Sahara Lighthouses - short article on the beacons which lead desert travellers; Siam falling under the domination of Japan - short article; Fire Bombs - an accurate prediction that in the next war they will be used by the thousand to destroy cities; Canadian Pacific ad featuring the Empress of Britain; Nice ad for Wrigley's Spearmint Gum; Those First Meals, by M. Frances Hucks at the Chatelaine Institute; Wonderfully artistic two-colour ad for Heinz Tomato Soup inside back cover; Red Indian/Marathon "Blue" colour ad on back cover for the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers detached but present. Address label atop front cover which bears a six inch opening to its lower corner. A worthy copy of this lovely vintage issue. Book