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Broch?. 125 pages. Cachets.
Carta topografica a stampa, cm. 49,5 x 26: nel 1677, per ordine di papa Innocenzo XI, Meyer e l’abate Innocenzo Boschi perlustrarono le paludi pontine. Boschi era stato incaricato dalla Camera apostolica, Meyer voleva visionare le paludi in vista della bonifica che si era offerto di fare. In 1677, according to an Innocentius XI order, Meyer and the abbot Innocenzo Boschi were appointed to explore the Pontine marshes, in view of a possible reclamation that Meyer offered.
Broch?. 542 pages. 22x35 cm.
8vo. Second Impression; original green cloth upper board blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top blue endpapers hinges tender (but binding entirely sound) joints lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. With 18pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published two months after the first edition. Bright copy of Moore's most famous work. Gilcher A19a
45 pages. Delightful first in a series of books about Timmy a tugboat in British Columbia waters. Well-worn. Red ink spots on front cover have soaked in for several pages. No other marks or writing. Various creases and heavy wear to spine but binding remains intact. Wonderful exposure to nautical life in coastal B.C. Book
Features: Cowboy Culture - Alberta's cowboys still rule the open range; Joy at the Present - after 25 years in Tuscany, a Canadian sculptor Robbie Bell has found a harmony in where he is and where he is from; The Fire Next Time - Nicaragua's most active volcano has erupted more than 20 times; Home Waters - The shoreline of Cape Breton's Bras d'Or Lakes is bold and the water deep; Caribou at the Crossroads - the fate of the Peary Caribou lies in the hands of politicians. Light wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Colour ad for International Harvester LoadStar trucks inside front cover; The Atom Bombers Speak - the crew of the Enola Gay describe their later lives and tell how they feel now about duty, guilt, and the next bomb - with photos; How Carl Goldenberg breaks strikes; The Michelangelos in Montreal - cover photos of the only Michelangelos on this continent; The Great Traffic Ticket Game; A fighting chance for the hard-core jobless; Photos a holiday weekend at the World's Fair; The Soviet's Floating City in our waters - 25,000 Russian fishermen aboard a fleet of 200 ships are scouring the banks of Newfoundland - with photos; We on the Right have no vote, by Basil Dean; Great colour ad for Canada Steamship Lines inside back cover depicts their vessel, the Whitefish Bay, 'sailing' Montreal's Dorchester Blvd. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Medieval Scene; A Little Bit of England - Dorothy and Bill Kitching and their cider cellar; Heather Ramsay - miniatures are her medium; Brooke Tucker's Yellow Rose of Texas; America's First Ladies, 1836-1845; Alan Waters and his miniatures from down under; Angela Peterson's worldly collection; Viola Williams' Portraits in Porcelain; Bobbie Walls - whimsical wicker; Miniatures in Scandinavia - Dee Snyder is your guide; Sally Plunkett - small gauge knitting; Think Spring with a Green Thumb; Ode to the Strawberry; Everyday Utensils from America's Past; Badminton Anyone?; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
589 pages. "Presents a broad overview of the climatic factors pertinent to the Canadian Arctic Islands and their adjacent waters. The emphasis is on the probability estimates of temperature, wind, and precipitation, as well as the duration of critical weather types." - from Abstract. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Worthy reference copy. Book
Cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sims, Commanding U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters. Features: The Far East in the War - from the Autumn of 1916 to the Chino-Japanese Convention (conclusion); The Rapid Expansion of America's Sea-Power. Includes laid-in colour illustration of Sir Edmund Allenby entering Jerusalem, December 1917. Centerfold photos of the U.S. battleship Texas leaving New York Harbour and "Hail Columbia". Staples have disintegrated. Average wear. Quality copy. Book
Articles: Too Few Ships, Too Few Guns, and Not Enough Money - The Mexican Navy, 1846-1848; Computer Simulations of Ancient Voyaging; Arctic Focus - the Royal Canadian Navy in Arctic Waters, 1946-1949; Muster Table for the Royal Navy's Establishment on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812; The Company of Women; plus book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
Features: The General Manager's Special, by Samuel Merwin; What the Man in the Moon Saw, by C.A. Stephens; In Channel Waters - III, by Mary Austin; Lost from the Fleet - V; by George Allan england; His Lone Adventures, by Franklin Welles Calkins; Nostalgic image of a young basketball player in Crowell Publishing ad on page 219; Plan for foot-powered sander; Ways and Means of Getting to College - how girls are doing it now; The Field of Evil Weeds, by Edward W. Frentz; and more. Nice ad for the Willys Overland Six on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Stream-Driver's Revenge, by Charles G.D. Roberts; Lost from the Fleet - VII, by George Allan England; In Channel Waters - IV, by Mary Austin; The Neighbors Said he Would't Amount to Much - Vic Donahey, Governor of Ohio; The Leap for Life, by Russell Gordon Carter; Illustration of Egypt's Makwar Dam on the Blue Nile, the largest dam in the world; Plans for building a tree house; Easter Bonnets - with photos; Little Josephine and her Thousand Buttons, by Frances S.M. Francks; and more. Ad for Proctor and Gamble's White Naptha Soap on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
274 pages. Features: Iggy Pop; John Waters; Giorgio Armani; Martin Amis; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
86 pages. Features: In 1874 the North West Mounted Police set out on a 1,000 - mile to establish Canadian authority in the West; Trek to Manson Creek - When Charles Ace Overfeld, an eastern Pennsylvania boy-turned westerner, signed up for a mining stint at Manson Creek, British Columbia, he thought it was just the opportunity he had been waiting for to get rich quick - instead, it turned out to be his worst nightmare; Slocan Lake's Lost Silver Bullion - according to the legend, a boxcar loaded with silver bullioin, rolllling with the motion of the barge during a storm, smashed through the guard rails and vanished into the dark waters below; The Lost Strongbox of the Mount Royal - Ever since she sank in Kitselas Canyon on July 6, 1907, rumours have persisted that the Mount Royal's safe went to the bottom containing as much as $100,000 in gold. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
105 pages. Index. A handy local cookbook which puts considerable emphasis on the salmon of surrounding waters, but also touches on other local seafoods. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Broch?. 128 pages. 21X30 cm.
176 pages. Index. Bibliography. Black and white illustrations. List of Some Canadian Merchant ships sunk by enemy action during World War II. List of some Newfoundland Sailing Vessels Sunk by U-Boats in World War I and II. "Author served 24 years as a master of various C.N. vessels including the William Carson and the Ambrose Shea. In 1985 he was appointed Assistant Marine Superintendant and then served as Marine Superintendant until his retirement in 1990." - from back cover. Book
32 pages. Unmarked. Average wear. Solid copy. Book
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, very numerous photographs and maps in the text, and pictorial endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. This third volume of the author's MTB trilogy completes the standard reference on these craft. This volume is arranged chronologically and includes decorations, awards, war losses, and short MTB and MBG flotillas in home waters. Many of the photographs are rare and previously unpublished. SCARCE.
Broch?. 129 pages. Format de poche.
Broch?. 85 pages.
Broch?. 226 pages. Couverture d?fra?chie. Petits manques au dos.