Spalding, D.J.MareMagnum
124 résultats
52 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos, charts, tables, map. Extensive reference list. Contents include: Historical review of pinniped food studies in British Columbia waters; Methods and materials; General habitat description; Distribution, numbers and migratory behaviour; Feeding habits; Effect of seal and sea lion predation upon British Columbia's commercial fishery. Stiff, protective library boards over original card covers. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
Broch?. 542 pages. 22x35 cm.
78 pages. Articles: Bread within waters - using atomic science to banish world hunger; Carelessness - the child killer (part 2 of 2); How to get Whistled at - Ann Delafield makes women more soothing to the eye; Rifle-Arm Sammy - Sammy Baugh of the Redskins; The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins - the Yalta agreement and the president's last days; Guy Lombardo's Tempo VI which holds the world's single-engine speedboat mark of 118.2 mph - photo with write-up. Fiction: Pardon my Symptoms; The Girl Who Was Nobody's Daughter; He Had No Reservations; The Shanahan Strad; The One-Eyed Poacher and the Long Night; Second Man on the Ticket (part 3 of 4). Ads include: Studebaker; Westclox; Zenith radios; Pontiac cars; Monarch packaged foods; RCA Victor radio-phonographs; Pabst beer features colour photo of Mr. and Mrs. Lauritz Melchior; Good Year (centerfold); Plymouth cars; Hickok belts; Lord Calvert full-page color-photo ad features movie producer Jesse L. Lasky; Nice full-page color Blatz beer ad features Don Ameche; U.S. Army (featuring Uncle Sam; Rainfair; Spring Mills; Back cover Camel ad features precision flyer Betty Skelton. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
Mm 210x300 Volume nella sua brossura originale, 140 pagine riccamente illustrato con disegni e figure in nero. Qualche tenue fioritura ai tagli, ma copia evidentemente mai letta.
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
Pages 181-220. Features: Stelco ad inside front cover boast of their pollution reduction; Water Pollution and the Role of the canada Centre for Inland Waters; Sand; The Columbia Icefield; Shuswap Log Salvage; Volcanoes of Hawaii; Nice color-photo back cover ad for Air Canada's European service. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
Pages 145-184. Features: The Canadian Northwest - Some Geographical Perspectives; S.S. Manhattan in Arctic Waters; Murray Edmund Watts - Massey Medal 1970; Annual General Meeting; and more. Nice Westinghouse ad inside front cover boats of their Northwest Passage breakthrough; Nice colour-photo ad for Inco shows underground scenes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
"Contains information published for the first time, of navigable distances of lakes and rivers in north-western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Mackenzie Territory; the draught and number of steamers plying on thoses waters. Similar information is given of the inland waters of British Columbia for the first time. In the description of the Transcontinental and Intercolonial railways much new information appears... Original photographs of various localities were procured from the headquarters of the railways and steamboat lines. The book is copiously illustrated." - A. Johnston, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries. "Intended as a sketch of Canada, for the use of representatives, delegates and members of the XIIth Congress of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, to be held at Philadelphia. Contains information relating to Canada, important lines of communication on this continent, and ocean going steamers, that will be valuable to travellers engaged in business, tourists, sportsmen, yachtsmen, canoeists, surf bathers, and others who may find the means of satisfying any reasonable desire connected with travel, pastime or recreation." - from Introduction. Prior owner's name upon first blank leaf else unmarked. Average wear with the following exception: Affixed to the last leaf is a 35" x 21.5" fold-out map of the Dominion of Canada which shows national rail lines, resource locations, fog signals, lighthouses, wireless stations, and more. Through use, this leaf and the two which preceed it are loose but present. Two-inch opening at base of back cover and backstrip. Also included is a 21" x 17.5" fold-out map entitled "Chart of Radio-Telegraph Stations on the East Coast". Profusely illustrated with often enthralling black and white photography. Attractive gilt lettering upon embossed chocolate brown cover. A magnificent survey of Canada's natural resources and transportation infrastructure in the Pre- World War One era. Book
Marseille, Ryôan-ji, 1984. In-8, non paginé, [53 pp], broché, couverture illustrée et à rabat Amusant et curieux ouvrage alternant textes " écrits " par Dubuffet en langage phonétique et illustrations en noir. Sans indication de tirage. Bel exemplaire en parfait état.
Paris, La Table Ronde, 18 novembre 1959. In-12, plein maroquin rouge, dos lisse, auteur, titre et date dorés, décor abstrait mosaïqué en box gris, noir et blanc, tête dorée, couvertures et dos. conservés, sous étui (reliure de DEVAUCHELLE). Edition originale tirée à 115 ex. Un des 100 ex numérotés sur Hollande Van Gelder, deuxième papier après 15 ex sur Japon. Bel exemplaire.
Primera edición, papel couche ecológico; ilustraciones a color con mapas de localización y rutas.
Cartonn?. 32 pages. 22x31 cm.
299 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "In June 1967, jet aircraft and motor torpedo boats of Israel brutally assaulted an American naval vessel, the USS Liberty, in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula... The attack lasted more than two hours - killing 34 Americans and wounding 171 others... Israeli forces machine-gunned her life rafts." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book which bears small address label of prior owner upon front free endpaper else is unmarked. Average wear and two closed tears to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. [Stimely p.19] Book
56 pages. Features: Glass Works Auction #24; After 23 Years, Rochester's Still a Hot Show; Digger McDirt B.I.P. (Bottle Identification Person); "Yellow Pages"; The First "Ball Show"; Mineral Waters From Yankee Country; Medicine Chest - Atwood's Bitters Made Easier; Granny Kath's Kitchen. A nice clean copy with sound binding. Magazine
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 7 plates; laid paper sides with floral border, red buckam back lettered in gilt, red top, pale blue endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
First edition, 8vo (205 x 126 mm), iv, 167, [1]pp., contemporary calf, worn, upper board detached, lacks label.
Seventh edition, xii, [13]-224, [2]pp., orig. boards, uncut.
Second Edition, part I [all published], [ii],[5]-116pp., new endpapers, modern boards, spine printed paper label. First published in 1800, of this second revised edition only the first part was published. Sir George Smith Gibbes (1771-1851) was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 25th June, 1803 and Fellow 25th June, 1804. He settled at Bath, where he practised with distinguished reputation and success for a long series of years. In 1804 he was elected physician to the Bath General hospital; in 1819 was appointed physician extraordinary to Queen Charlotte, and in 1820 received the honour of knighthood.
Inscribed and signed by author and artist upon title page. Reprint of the 2002 first edition. "Features more than 130 great recipes, including Corn and Crab Bisque, White Chocolate Bread Pudding, Smoked DuckSpring Rolls, Sensation Salad, Zydeco Chicken, and Crab Cakes Monica. Thirty-four previously unpublished Wyatt Waters paintings, most created specifically for this book, add beautiful and colorful garnish to the sumptous recipes." - from dust jacket. Oblong 10" x 11". Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A lovely copy of this gorgeous work. A wonderful gift idea. Book
First edition, xxx [i.e.xl],188pp., ( p. xl misnumbered xxx), with half-title, insignificant tape mark to fore-margin of title page, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, spine morocco label lettered in gilt. William Falconer (1744-1824), physician to the Bath hospital, "Despite this abrasive personality Falconer ran a successful spa practice, counting among his patients the duke of Portland, Lord Chancellor Thurlowe, William Pitt, and Horatio Nelson. A cultivated man, Falconer engaged in the activities of the Bath and West of England Society and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society."?Oxford DNB.
5 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with frontispieces and plates; coloured boards, buckram backs (green/green/terracotta/green/green respectively), backstrips lettered in gilt, coloured tops, coloured endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. First published between 1991 and 1995, this elegant edition of the Irish Novels is introduced by leading writers and enhanced by full-page illustrations. The series comprises: The Macdermots of Ballycloran. Introduction by Owen Dudley Edwards. Illustrations by Elisa Trimby (third impression thus, 1998); The Kellys and the O'Kellys. Introduction by Terence De Vere White. Illustrations by Alexy Pendle (first edition thus, 1992); Castle Richmond. Introduction by Max Hastings. Illustrations by Rod Waters (first edition thus, 1994); An Eye for an Eye. Introduction by Maeve Binchy. Illustrations by Elisa Trimby (first edition thus, 1993); The Landleaguers. Introduction by Frank Delaney. Illustrations by Val Biro (second impression thus, 1998). COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE.
