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Blois, Lecesne, 1856. In-8 broché, 39 pages. Des rousseurs sur la couverture, essentiellement au 2ème plat, pages non coupées, corps de l'ouvrage en bon état.
116 pages. Glossary. Wonderfully illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Printed on glossy stock. Contents include: Non-Infectious Diseases; Infectious Diseases - Root and Butt Rots, Dwarf Mistletoes, Stem Diseases - Sap Rots, Needle Blights and Casts of Coniferous Trees, Foliage Diseases of Broadleaved Trees, etc. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding tender but intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
Broch?. 278 + 16 pages.
IMPRIMERIE B. BIBERON & FILS. 1946. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Coiffe en tête abîmée. Intérieur frais. 141 pages - Coiffe en pied abimée.
213 pages. "A riveting and humorous account of one woman's reflective journey as she moves from the segregated American South in the 1940s to the Clayoquot Sound blockades in the 1990s. Betty's willingness to act on the injustices she is confronted with is a true inspiration to us all." - Vicki Husband (from back cover.) Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
Paperback with minor shelfwear, stained front cover. Previous owner's name on title; contents otherwise clean, sound, bright. TPW Used
Hardcover petit in-8, 327 + 297 pages, reliure demi-veau à coins, dos à nerfs décoré. Bel exemplaire. [HA109-6]
367 pages. The 14 chapters include: Canadian Woods - General; Commercial Timbers of Canada; The Structure of Wood; The Mechanical and Physical Properties of Wood; The Seasoning of Lumber; Decay and Stains in Wood; Preservative Treatment of Wood; Secondary Wood-Using Industries; Veneers, Plywoods, and Wood Adhesives; Glued, Laminated Construction; Shipping Containers; Timber Fastenings; Pulp, Paper and Related Products. Black and white illustrations. Moderate wear to book. Binding intact. Prior owner's name inside front board else unmarked. Decent working copy of this excellent reference. Book
X [ads], 363-464 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos. Features: Colour reproductions of paintings by F.H. Brigden and Charles W. Simpson; Northern Rivers; Unto the Hills; Green Gold - Canada's wealth of forests, including many photos of 1930s logging techniques/technology; Colonization in Quebec - article with many photos; Roof of the World - a photo-illustrated journey to the fascinating Indian city of Simla, by B.G. Radley; Where B.C. Ends - Stewart B.C. and the Portland Canal - article with many great photos; New Books; Glorious nostalgic Canadian ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
Pages 267-316 plus fourteen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Canada's Pulp and Paper Industry - article with dozens of excellent photos; Wild Rice in Canada - many wonderful photos; The Dukhobors; Indian Life in Mexico; Apple Marketing; and more. Some of the best ads include: Canadian Apples, The Empress Hotel, and an Imperial Oil ad on back cover which features photo of a very rustic northern scene with drums of fuel and mountains of firewood. Average wear and soiling. Small name stamp inside front cover. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 225-309 plus twenty-seven pages of marvelous vintage ads. Features: The People of Canada; Canada's Forests - dozens of wonderful photos of forests and early logging scenes/practices; Canada's Debt to the Indians; Across Canada by Air - article with many fantastic photos of Canada's early days of passenger aviation; Big Ben and the Clock Tower, Westminster; Itinerary of His Majesty King George VI and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth; and more. Some of the best ads include: McLaughlin-Buick; National Steel Car Corporation of Malton, Ontario; Columbia Icefield (Canadian National); Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie; Northern Electric; Canadian Colonial Airlines. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
Pages 249-293 plus seventeen pages of nice vintage ads. Features: An Introduction to Canadian Architecture - major article with dozens of photos; Britain's Trees and Forests; Lawren Harris; PICAO into ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization; and more. Some of the ads include: 1947 Mercury 114 car; The Monarch 8 car; Canadian Pacific - great one-page color ad for their train travel and Empress Hotel. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 155-200 plus sixteen pages of nice ads. Features: Reforestation in Ontario - major article with many wonderful archival photos, including horrific scenes of erosion and drifting sand; The Prospector; England's Rural Craftsmen; Paddlewheels on the St. John River; Alexander Henry; and more. Moderate wear. Binding intact. Small name stamp on ad on verso of first leaf. Large chunk missing from upper corner of back cover. A sound vintage copy. Book
Splendid cover illustration of planes in spotlights by W. Gord. Wallace. 40 pages. Features: Nice Fairchild ad with photos of their Wasp, 21 and 41 models; Great photo ad for Canadian Vickers Limited showing their Vedette; Canadian Pacific Express photo ad shows packages beinng loaded into plane from a truck - super vintage ad for Canada's first air express service; Photo ad for Armstrong-Siddeley's Jaguar 455 H.P. air-cooled static radial engine; Great article with five photos discusses Industrial Photography in aviation - with aerial photos of American Falls at Niagara, Industrial Hamilton, General Motors of Canada's Oshawa Plant, and Ontario Hospital at Hamilton; The National Aeronautic Association of the United States - article by Senator Hiram Bingham; Saskatoon Aero Club - article with two photos including R. Randall, C. Yule, R. Schwinghammer, Dr. L. McConnell, T. Sigsworth, J.F. Bythell, S. McClelland and R. Mayson; News from the flying clubs; Expansion announced by Canadian Vickers, Limited; Photo of the inauguration of Canadian Pacific Express bi-weekly air service; Formation of the Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company; New metal Gipsy Moth passes strict government tests - article with photos; Helioplane developed by John E. Hess of New Westminster, B.C. - article; Great full-page photo ad for the Gipsy Moth by De Havilland; Short-wave wireless transmitter devised by R.N. Johnston and Charles Ward, two young engineers of the Ontario Forestry Branch; Ad for Montreal's Continental School of Flying with photo of Capt. J.H. St. Martein; Principles of Aeroplane Construction - article; Super vintage full-page photo ad for the rotary "Snow King" plow by J.S. Innes Limited; Full-page ad for the Wright Whirlwind engine; Nice full-page ad for the Woods Manufacturing Company of Ottawa shows their flying suits; Ad for the Monocoupe inside back cover; Rambler ad on back cover promotes their all-metal lighte aeroplanes. Average wear. Binding intact. One-inch opening to top of coverfold. A sound vintage copy of this excellent early issue. Book
Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Large Roy. 8vo. (26 x 19 cm). 40 p., 146 full page photogravures. Canada's hour.
287 pages. Index. Black and white photos. Detailed diagrams. Features "Canada Tru-Lay steel wire rope for every purpose". Contents include: Flattened Strand; Wire Rope Slings; Wire Rope Fittings; Care and Maintenance; Splicing of Wire Rope; Excavating and Contracting Ropes; Industrial Ropes for Material Handling; Ropes for Mining; Logging Ropes; Marine Ropes; Gas and Oil Well ropes; Elevator Ropes; Engineering data; Glossary. Diagrams of the High Lead, North Bend/Tight Skyline, Skidder, Slack Line, and Tyler Systems of log transport. Great series of photos demonstrating how to splice a very thick wire rope. Decorated black imitation leather covers. Prior owner's detaills inside front cover. Binding somewhat tender but intact. Average soiling and wear. A worthy copy of this nostalgic, interesting and informative volume. Book
xxxii, 336 pages. Footnotes. Index. Twenty pages of black and white reproductions of photos. "In this far-ranging study, Ian Radforth charts the course of the transition of Ontario's twentieth-century logging industry and the response of its workers to the changes - from the rough-and-ready days of the primitive camp bunkhouse to the development of a highly mechanized and closely managed industry." - half-title page and back cover. Prior owner's name atop first leaf. Moderate quantity of markings to contents. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this fascinating history. Book
Comité des Forêts. 1927. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur bon état. Paginé de 216 à 260. Illustré de quelques photos en noir et blanc. Bois et forêts des particuliers. Traité théorique et pratique des taillis, Mathey.
INSTITUT COOPERATIF DE L'ECOLE MODERNE. 1976. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Intérieur frais. 36 pages richement illustrées de photos et dessins en noir et blanc.
8vo., Third Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text, free endpapers faintly browned; green cloth, gilt back, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Detailed account by an acknowledged master, covering every species planted commercially in Britain. This is the considerably expanded version of the original edition published in 1944. With wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook.
4to [26 x 20 cm]; xii, 312 pp, 130 plates from photos including frontis, 10 other full-page illustrations from drwgs, tables, index. original cloth, gilt lettering, uncut, rear corner bumped, short tear at spine, a very good uncut copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A thorough work, this being the first major study of galls effecting trees and plants.
8vo., First Edition, with 150 full-page illustrations (depicting many hundreds of figures) in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Hadfield is notable for the comprehensive nature and detail of his illustrations.
8vo., with a coloured frontispiece, 23 coloured plates, 32 monochrome plates and numerous illustrations in the text, some occasional light spotting, pencilled signature on front free endpaper, pictorial cloth gilt, gilt back, bevelled edges, back faded, hinges weak but sound else a good, clean copy.
176 pages. Endpapers decorated with colour maps. Designed to tell the story of what British Columbia was and is. Tells stories of romance and adventure; of exploration and settlement; of the search for riches in furs, in gold, in fisheries, farming and forestry. Tells the story of development; of the building of a character and a homogeneous province; of a God-fearing pioneering people dedicated to progress, strengthened by their contest with a great land at first reluctant to yield its full resources. Contents: agriculture; historical background; committees; education; energy and power; fisheries; forestry and logging; government; mining; programme; recreation. Illustrated with a multitude of interesting old black and white photographs as well as some modern colour photos. Attractive colour-illustrated boards. Book
