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Very Good English In modern cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [iv], 182 p., 24 folding b/w plates. Turkey in wheat crisis 1932. Bugday krizinde Türkiye. 2056 Numarali Bugday Kanununun tatbikati ve neticeleri.
Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear 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 except for previous owner's name on half title page. 579 pages; sections include: Origins of domestication: environmental background; Patterns of exploitation, Methods of investigation: cereals in ancient Egypt, pollen grains of Gramineae and Cerealia from Shandiar and Zawi chemi, Domestication and exploitation of animals: Animal husbandry: the evidence from ethnography, Metrical destinction betwee sheep and goat metacarpals, Regional and local evidence for domestication: early domestic animals in India and Pakistan, early cultivated plants in India and Pakistan, Carnivore remains from the excavation of the Jericho Tell, early animal domestication and cereal cultivation in China, Studies of particular taxonomic groups, Human nutrition etc.
Etablissement Céral 1936. In-12 plein cartonnage illustré. 70 pages de recettes élaborées par l'un des plus grands cuisiniers de l'époque. Peu courant.
xiv, 335 pages. Index. Color photos. "Here at last the legendary Madame Benoit opens the door to the kitchen in her own home, at Noirmouton, her sheep farm near Sutton in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. She tells of her own cultural heritage, in which food has played such a large part, enriched by her own studies and travel. A practical and valuable cook book with fascinating sections on Herbs and Spices, Beverages, Soups, Salads, Breads, Cereals (including her granola recipes), Egg and Cheese dishes, Fish, Meat, and Poultry, Vegetables, and much more." - dust jacket. Prior owner's details handwritten inside front board, otherwise book tight and unmarked with average wear. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this lovely and nostalgic Canadian cookbook. Book
"Des 13 septembre & [Lettres patentes données à Fontainebleau le] 2 novembre 1774. Regiftrées en Parlement le 19 Décembre fuivant": l'important arrêt du contrôleur général des finances de Louis XVI Anne-Robert-Jacques TURGOT (1727-1781) libéralisant le commerce des grains; gravure en bandeau. Français
Paris, Huzard, 1809, volumi 2, in-8, bella legatura in mezza pelle coeva, titolo e fregi oro ai dorsi. pp. 435, 438. (Uno degli angoli è smussato, asportato un lembo di margine all'occhietto del primo volume).
120 pages. Features: Cover illustration of International Farmall tractor harvesting grain; Lovely colour ad for Nash cars inside front cover; Color photo of golfer Sam Snead in one-page B.F. Goodrich tire ad; Half-page color ad for Titleist "Acushnet" golf balls; Nice two-page color ad for Mobilgas features large winged horse; Lovely half-page color ad for Hydrox cookies; Great two-page color ad for Chevrolet cars, featuring their PowerGlide transmissions; The Ordeal of Judge Harold Raymond Medina - he is hard on Reds; The Wrath of Tugboat Annie (story); Edmonton, Alberta - feature article with many photos, including youthful premier Ernest Manning; Ditchdigger's Daughter (story); Getting ripped off by phoney weigh scales; Photo-illustrated article on simultaneous translators at the U.N.; James (Big Jim) Morton - "I Was the King of the Thieves" - part 2; Appointment with Treachery (story); Super color-photo illustrated article on circus highwire performer the Great Alanza; The Magnificent Faker (story); Funny Way to Got To School - Calvert School in Baltimore; Bonus Rookie (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup includes an Aunt Jemima-like lady cooking at fire; Lovely one-page color ad for the (yellow) Oldsmobile "88" Holiday Coupe; Murder is the Pay-Off (story); Nice one-page color-photo ad for G.E. fridges with the new Alnico Magnetic Door; Nice one-page color ad for De Soto cars; One-page color cartoon-style ad for Post cereals features baseball scene; Pall Mall cigarette ad; Nice one-page color ad for Ford cars; Sultry one-page ad for movie "Born to Be Bad" starring Joan Fontaine; Nostalgic two-page color ad for Kraft mayo and salad dressings; Nice one-page color ad for Frigidaire electric ranges; One-page color ad for the Studebaker Champion; One-page color ad for Hudson cars; One-page ad for RCA Victor televisions; One-page photo ad for Prest-O-Lite batteries features lady golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias; Wonderful color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes inside back cover features Gene Tierney and tobacco farmer Charlie P. Murphy of Mebane, N.C.; Attractive back cover Coke ad features large pop machine surrounded by a crowd of happy Coke drinkers. Somewhat above-average but not excessive wear. Light pink discoloration to part of top and bottom edge of most pages - text unaffected. Small piece missing from front cover at top of coverfold. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
68 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Cellophane inside front cover; Great two-colour full-page ad for International Trucks - Chicago Century of Progress Theme; Nice full-page ad for Investors Syndicate featuring photo of Roy A. Hunter of B.C.; Nice 2-page Mobiloil photo ad features large photo of four cars; Chipso Laundry Detergent ad; Heritage, by Albert M. Treynor; The Cinema Murder, by Phillips Oppenheim; The Oriental Threat - regarding oriental immigration "... In British Columbia the proportion is catastrophic, being one Asiatic to every twelve whites." - with photos, by Charles E. Hope and W.K. Earle; Garden Jungle, by C.R. K. Allen; Ace of Our Judges - Chief Justice Lyman Poore Duff, by M. Grattan O'Leary; Invitation, by Will R. Bird; Critic on the Hearth, by Arthur T. Munyan; Pud, by W.A. Fraser; Tides o' Fundy, by H.V. Chambers; By Express - stories of shipping animals long distances; There's Money in Stamps - Paul Montgomery writes about valuable early Canadian postage stamps - illustrated; Love Letters in a Jar, by Louis Arthur Cunningham; Nice colour Campbell Soup ad; My Hate of Jig-Saw Puzzles, by Edgar March; Every Russian to Bear Arms - Women and Children are Being Trained to Take Part in Soviet's Next War; Article titled "Inventions Are Badly Needed"; Nice two-color full-page ad for the New Chevrolet Sixes; Article on how motion pictures have almost displaced theatre in North America; Australia Sells its Steamships - claims operation a failure; Canada Needs Air Museum; Lovely Prudential Insurance ad features girl on roller skates on sidewalk rolling, arms open, to her dad; Nice ad for the Northern Electric Gurney Range; Lovely ad promotes golfing at Jasper Park by taking Canadian National; Cereals - article by Helen G. Campbell; Investing in Bank Stocks; Fantastic two-colour full-page ad for General Motors Trucks features a dumptruck being loaded by a large clamshell bucket; Nice ad for Dominions Tires; Excellent back cover colour photo ad for Winchester cigarettes. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book