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Fantastic vintage 6-panel fold-out brochure measuring 24" x 9.5" when open. Undated but appears to be from the early 1900s. Pre-dates the Swartz Bay Ferry terminal. Great photo of the quaint Pierce-Arrow tour vehicle - a stretched car holding upwards of 16 passengers. Several ads for local businesses. Includes large map of the tour route/southern Vancouver Island. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A delightful early Victoria collectible! Book
48 pages. Features: Rave Reviews for Ed Koch; Quebecois Flock to the beaches of the south coast of Maine; Fairy-Tale Wedding of Charles, the Prince of Wales, to Diana Spencer - nice photos; Abolhassan Bani-Sadr; VIA Rail drops 15 Runs; World Record Swim for Alex Baumann; Strikes at Algoma Steel and Stelco; Straight-speaking Laura Sabia; B.C. Hatchery Accident results in many blind fish; Saskatoon aims to become a prairie Tivoli Gardens; Shorts - Fashion; Stopping the Suicide Cycle; Rock Music - with picture of Michael Anthony of Van Halen and Loverboy. Unmarked. Above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
257 pages including index and bibliography. "A lively and provocative presentation of great places and ideas that underlie them. I know of no book that looks as sympathetically and knowingly at gardens and garden design." - William L. Porter, Professor of Architecture, MIT. Includes over 500 sketches, axonometric drawings, and photographs which explore the special qualities of places and the acts that can transform them into gardens. Gift greetings upon half-title page else unmarked. Light wear to book. Moderate wear to jacket. Solid copy. Book
Features: Cover Artist - Shuji Wako; Saga Goryu; Chiko School; Ichiyo School; Ikenobo School; Ikenobo School; Shinto - Japan's Spirit of Endless Renewal; Ohara Iemoto & Iemoto Designate; Rysei-Ha; Sogetsu School; Koryu Shohtohkai; Soami School; Ohara School; Japanese Gardens in England and elsewhere; Past, Present and Future - some thoughts. Average wear. Cup ring on front cover. A sound copy. Book
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: The Galapagos Islands One Hundred Years after Darwin; Wings of the Storm - gulls and cormorants in the north Atlantic; Kentucky Blue-Grass; Feathered New Yorkers; Puddlestone Gardens; Conservation - court decisions hep migratory birds; Progress in Roadside Legislation - the signboard debate; Covering Nature's Nakedness - a sacred duty - planting seedlings in Michigan; The Mourning Dove; Planets and Planetoids. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Deputy Marshal Johnson Breaks a Long Silence - Boone Marlow Killed; The Vigilante Years - Colonel George Hunter; Bathhouse John Coughlin's Colorado Come-Down - amusement park and zoological gardens in Colorado; Me - An Old-Timer? - Hosstail's 'Small Talk'; Ma-Si... Alias Apache Kid; Artillery has never been given its due in the winning of the west; "Tell the Boys I Died Game" - Fleming Parker; The Spinnin' Horse and the Montana Kid - Leonard Stroud; Indian Georgie - Most famous guide and scout of the Panamint Tribe; Wild Old Days!. A quality copy. Book
237 pages. Index, bibliography and list of illustrations. Lavishly illustrated with colour photography and black and white illustrations. "Follows in the footsteps of those who designed and constructed the great gardens of Europe and those who over the centuries have found pleasure in them. Through new and previously unpublished photos, this beautiful volume re-creates the atmosphere the owners and their guests must have felt as they walked through the gardens, and captures the fleeting, ephemeral moment that is a garden." - from dust jacket. English translation of the French first edition, "De folie en folies". Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Slight lean to spine. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Lovely copy of this beautiful work. Book
26 pages. Features: Photo of Nanaimo's "Queen Victoria"; Great assortment of local ads; Getting Wired II - Second of a two-part series on communicating using computers in the Nanaimo area, with photo of Mayor Gary Korpan at the keyboard; Gardens of Earthly Delights - Bringing our backyards to Life, by Alison Watt, with photo of local naturalist Bill Merilees; Short photo-illustrated article on the Hogle House which sits atop Nanaimo's Nob Hill; Is Prostitution a Problem in Nanaimo?, view from the left by Jean Blackburn and view from the right by Larry Hume; Nice full-page colour ad for Cameron Island, Phase II inside back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Few small openings to/chips from front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
250 pages including index. "A sumptuous tour of 19 American and English gardens from small to majestic with detailed watercolor plans and 400 gorgeous full-color photographs." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket in protective brodart cover. Excellent copy. Book
In-12, broché, couverture papier moderne, 12,186, (2) p., qqs mouill. claires et rouss. "Morale sociale. Calcul sur la vie humaine... L'esclavage, le célibat et le luxe sont condamnés. Éloge de l'agriculture…" (Cf. longue analyse in INED, n° 540). Avocat, l'auteur devint président à la Cour impériale de Paris, et l'un des rédacteurs du code criminel. (Colon, 'Siècle des Lumières', 58:517). Bon exemplaire, intérieur frais, grand de marges.
In-8, broché, couverture papier moderne, tranches rouges, 35 p., rousseurs. Edition originale. Goudard expose son projet de nouveau tarif conçu autour de la réduction des droits d'entrée sur les matières premières, afin de réduire le prix de produits manufacturés, de favoriser la consommation intérieure et les exportations. Suivi du "Projet de décret" qui fut adopté en l'état. (Goldsmiths, 'Online catalogue', n° 14941.21. Stourm, p. 169).
Grand in-4, broché, couverture renforcée, (4), 317 p., non coupé. Document officiel publié par le ministère de l'Agriculture et du Commerce. Rapports des présidents d'enquête. Questionnaire général. Procès-verbaux des séances. Dépositions orales. Bordereaux des questionnaires répondus par écrit. Très nombreuses statistiques. Très bon état intérieur.
In-8, demi-maroquin brun, dos à nerfs filetés et soulignés de filets à froid, titre doré, daté en pied (rel. Petit), xi, 498 p. Edition originale et unique de cet ouvrage traduit par le colonel Jean-Baptiste-François Baille. Importante étude, appuyée sur de nombreuses statistiques : l'Angleterre agricole, industrielle et commerciale. Les productions, la population, coût de la vie, fiscalité, émigration, empire colonial, énergie, les femmes dans l'industrie, etc., etc. Appendice statistique. Index. Bel exemplaire, très frais, très bien relié à l'époque par Petit.
In-12, demi-chagrin rouge de l'époque, dos à 4 faux-nerfs filetés or, orné d'un riche décor de compartiments aux petits fers, filets et roulettes dorés, vii, 411 p. Edition originale de ce rapport d'enquête réalisée à la demande de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques sur la condition des "classes rurales". L'enquête avait été commissionnée en réponse à la grave crise des subsistances qui venait de secouer la France. Races de bétail - Produits et machines agricoles - Produits forestiers - Les ouvriers européens - Liberté commerciale - Dénombrement de la population - etc. Economiste et homme politique, Léonce de Lavergne avait été élu à l'Académie en 1855. (Say &Chailley, II, p. 120). Bel exemplaire.
In-4, demi-chagrin brun de l'époque, dos à nerfs, titre doré (mors frottés), viii, 336 p., tableaux, plans, gravures dans le texte. Edition originale illustrée de 44 cartogrammes, 13 graphiques et 8 similigravures. "Le remarquable travail que M. Edmond MICHEL a entrepris sur la situation économique de notre pays est le fruit de plusieurs années, d'observation et de pratique, qui ont permis à l'auteur de dégager les règles générales qui régissent à l'heure actuelle la fortune privée en France" (Revue de l'enregistrement et des impôts, 1961).
In-8, pleine toile, titre doré, (4), 206 p. Edition originale et unique, tiré à petit nombre, de cette étude très documentée sur le département de la Côte d'Or. Nombreuses statistiques. Bibliographie. Conseiller général de la Côte-d'Or, l'auteur collabora à divers périodiques. Il devint en 1919 l'un des fondateurs de l'Union nationale des Paysans de France et de la Confédération Générale Agricole. Envoi autographe signé à "M. Richard, chef de bureau du Cabinet du Président du Conseil...". Bon exemplaire, frais.
In-8, broché, couverture papier bleu fort (rel. moderne), (4), iv, 91 p. Première et unique traduction française de 'Saggio sopra il commercio generale delle nazioni d'Europa'. Historien et économiste, Saverio Scròfani (Modica 1756 - Palerme 1835) était un adepte convaincu des Physiocrates dont on retrouve les doctrines dans cet essai, particulièrement en matière de liberté du commerce des grains. Alors professeur d'agriculture à Venise et surintendant de l'agriculture et le commerce avec le Levant., l’auteur passa à Paris, puis à Naples où il devint directeur de la statistique (1814-22), poste dont il fut démis pour ses opinions libérales. Tableaux statistiques. (Coquelin & Guillaumin, II, 601. Goldsmiths-Kress, n°18239.17). Larges auréoles et traces de mouillures. Accrocs et manques de papier aux 3 premiers feuillets sans perte de texte.
Two Parts: pp. 185; 187-362. Profusely illustrated with lovely full page color photographs. Two Hundred and Sixty-Four plates. Some age staining especially on fly leaves. Folio. Original full cloth bindings, worn with some loss at extremities. Stamped label "Compliments of James J. Walker, Senator 12th District". Penciled ownership of Richard Parsons. ** James J. Walker (1881-1946) was the New York City politician known as Jimmy Walker. He entered politics after graduating from New York Law School, becoming a member of the Assembly (1909) and then of the State Senate (1914). Backed by Gov. Alfred E. Smith and Tammany Hall, he was elected mayor of New York, and served from 1925 to 1932. A popular figure known for his charm and wit but particularly for his enthusiastic participation in the high life typical of the era, he made improvements in sanitation, hospitals, and subways. He resigned in 1932 after being charged with corruption. Hardbound. Excellent twentieth century study of New York State wild flowers, with an interesting association to a colorful politician. PLANTS W129
IIè et IIIè tomes, soit la seconde partie complète en 2 volumes de ce "Spectacle de la nature", vaste entreprise de vulgarisation scientifique marquée par les croyances religieuses de son auteur, publiée sous formes d' "entretiens" par l'abbé naturaliste Antoine PLUCHE (1688-1761) en 1732-1750 (8 tomes en 9 volumes); ici, "Ce qui regarde les dehors & l'intérieur de la terre" en 26 "entretiens" sur les jardins, fleurs, arbres, dispositions des parterres, potagers, greffes, arbres fruitiers (orangerie, oliviers), fruits, légumes, labourage, blé et autres semences, vigne, vin, bois, etc (1er volume) et sur les pâturages, rivières, fontaines, montagnes, mer, air, fossiles, carrières, mines (2è volume), illustrés de 67 planches dépliantes (fleurs, plans de parterres, arbres, pressoirs, plantes de pâturages, poissons, animaux de montagnes, vaisseau à voiles, coupes de vaisseaux, galères, barque de pêcheur, animaux et plantes marins, taille des diamants, fossiles, etc (souvent plusieurs vignettes par planches) avec commentaires in fine; suivis du "L'Usage du spectacle de la nature"; index. Exemplaire bien complet des 69 planches gravées par LE BAS (dont 2 frontispices d'après BOUCHER). Français
37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of A. Squire, showing a knight on horseback, and with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131
37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of . Squire; with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131
Six Volumes. Profusely illustrated. 4to. Original full cloth bindings. Spines worn. The author/editor, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) was the most important American botanist and horticulturist of his time. He graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) in 1882. At Cornell University he was professor of horticulture (1888-1903) and dean of the Agricultural college and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station (1903-1913). Through numerous writings, and as chairman of President Theodore Roosevelt's Commission on Country Life (1908), he worked for the improvement of rural life. Bailey was influential in establishing horticulture as a respected science. He wrote many standard works on botany and horticulture. This is his most widely known work. Nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W134
Two Parts: pp. 185; 187-362. Profusely illustrated with lovely full page color photographs. Two Hundred and Sixty-Four plates. Folio. Original full cloth bindings, gold lettered spine. Hardbound. Excellent set. PLANTS. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W129
Two Volumes. Illustrated with numerous photographs and figures. Small 4to. Original full green cloth bindings, lettered and decorated in gold. Hardbound. Arthur George Tansley (1871-1955), English botanist, a pioneer in the science of plant ecology. He coordinated a large project to map the vegetation of the British Isles. In this work Tansley showed how vegetation is affected by soil, climate, the presence of wild and domesticated animals, previous land management, and contemporary human activities. He also reviewed all known accounts of British flora and then linked the two themes, thereby demonstrating which factors are important in influencing the various types of vegetation. Very nice set. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W132
102 pages. Features: Painted Illustions - Decorative Wall Painting in Saint John, New Brunswick; The Fascinating World of Historical Costume Design; Louisbourg Gaming; Artifacts of the Saphire - a glimpse of life on board a 17th century English warship; Furnishing Louisbourg; The Orderly Gardens of 18th century Louisbourg; Fashions and Fabrics at 18th century Louisbourg; The Durell service - Chinese export porcelain with a Louisbourg connection; Art History at Beausejour; A colonial merchant's life-style in 18th century Canso; P.E.I.'s Confederation Chamber; An invitation to Fanning Bank, P.E.I.'s gracious Government House; The Temperance Wars - a chronicle of booze and temperance in Newfoundland; Part II (2) of Traditional Crafts in Nova Scotia Today; Quilts from the New Brunswick Museum; The Mystery of Robert Field; Nova Scotia's smaller museums. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
