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Very Good French Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In French and Bulgarian. 119 p. An untrimmed andd uncut copy in original wrappers. Only one copy in OCLC: 219525858 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Germany). Sources bibliographiques sur l'histoire de la Turquie et de la Bulgarie avec une preface en franc?ais.= Bibliografski iztocnici za istorijata na Turcija i Bulgarija: [Auch m. franz. Titel.:]. The first volume in Michov's rare work. The complete work has three volumes and it contains a total of 1585 titles of books and articles. A rare and comprehensive thematic bibliography. First Edition.
pp. 240, 10, 2. 16 mo. Original full cloth binding. Parkhurst was an inventive man who, at a young age, learned short-hand and became a well-known Boston court reporter. He was taken by the idea of spelling reform (as well as other forms of social change) and published, at his own expense this little quasi-magazine. In addition to topics relating to short-hand, spelling, pronounciation, and punctuation - this little magazine dealt with: Universal Suffrage; Economics; Science (especially Astronomy); Population Control; Land Reform; Voting Rights; and much more. Very Scarce. OCLC records only the copies at Georgetown and Rutgers. VERY SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W147/Rt Stk
222 pages including index and bibliography. A revision of the author's thesis, Princeton University, 1974. Using data from the 1897 Imperial Russian Census, the author examines two types of migration: that to an already settled, relatively modern area, such as the major cities; and that to a sparsely populated, relatively traditional area, such as the agricultural frontier. Concludes that migration within European Russia and from European Russia to Asiatic Russia supports the model. Book clean and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket bears closed half-inch tear to top of spine, else moderate wear. Very nice copy. Book
740 pages including index. "The combined impact of the first four editions of this work has been greater than that of any other single publication in the field of wildlife management... This edition will do more than add to this proud history as it is more comprehensive than all of its predecessors combined." - W. Alan Wentz. Contents divided into the following sections: Experimental Design and Treatment of Data; Field and Laboratory Techniques; Population Analysis and Management; Habitat Analysis and Management. Clean, bright and unmarked but for prior owner's name and phone number upon front endpaper. Light wear to illustrated boards. Excellent copy. Book
Vintage state map with counties individually colored. Outer dimensions: 21.75" x 14.5". Unmarked with light wear. Center fold. A quality example. Bonus: includes separate extensive list of counties and towns/cities for each state, indicating (1889) population of each. Book
Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". A fascinating and informative presentation of the population of the world in 1889. Main pie chart breaks illustrates the world's population by country and continent. Smaller pie charts present world population by religion and race. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Please note: This copy lacking its covers. First and last pages loose but present. Features: Canada in the Great War (Part 2) - The stirring record of 'the men behind the guns' - and of our wemen, too - photo illustrated article; The Crushing Horde - fiction from the north; Doctor to the Poor Fish - a free clinic for ailing aquarium pets; Canadian Sprinter Percy Williams (Peerless Percy) - Winner of the 100 and 200 metre Olympic sprints; Down Three Steps (short story); She Lika da Jazz (short story); Did They 'Get' Bulldog Kelly? - a tale of the North West Mounted; Prosperity's Leap From the Bush - The successful Canadian pulp and paper industry - photo-illustrated article; The Winking Satyr (short story); Our Population Problem (Part 4) - a suggestion that our need for people be solved by transplanting British industries; A Little Way Ahead (part 6); Beautiful one-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features waterfall and rainbow; Daily Newspapers Under Fire; Gorgeous one-page colour-illustrated ad for Quaker Puffed Rice features boy and girl at table; Nice one-page colour ad for Canadian National Steamships features their cruises to the Caribbean; Lovely one-page colour ad for Wahl-Eversharp Gold Seal Pens; Teaching Etiquette to Children; Crossword on page 78 has been completed; Jacobean Embroidery. A worthy reference copy. Book
160 pages. Features: Movies Are Getting Redder Than Ever; Let's Give America Back to the Schoolkids - How to Resurrect History - And Freedom; Red Invasion of the Church; Khrushchev and the Flight to Sverdlovsk - Why is One U-2 Spy Plane A Shock to the World but not 35 years of intense world-wife Soviet Espionage?; Christian Herter Must Resign; five Day Picnic; Our "Hard Luck" Presidents; Witchweed - this parasitic Asiatic plants threatens corn-on-the-cob; Your Health - Insomnia?; The Scrupulous Sculptress - Vinnie Ream; Thanks to Mr. Dewey's Decimals; Living Rooms Into Learning Rooms; MEP - A People-to-People Plan - the biggest anti-Communist weapon in the world is the Soviet population; "Very Strange Bedfellows"; The Federal Reserve Board - take out of private hands the right to expand or contract money supply; What Inflation Is; The Children's Crusades - 1960; The Balfour Declaration; The Wolf Peach; The Great Stone facing; South African Sideshow; Typhoid Mary's Secret; Your Psychosomatic Opportunity - empathy, rather than pills, may be the solution; The Sobering Sixties; Dog's Best Friend; The Shadows Before; An Open Letter to Mr. John J. McCloy; The Printed Record of the NCC (National Council of Churches); The Pastry War; Religion and Status Quo. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Follow-up work to "The Workingman's Revolt: The Vancouver Asiatic Exclusion Rally of 1907." "... Jarvis has dug into the historical record, and gone to the original sources... and discovered that things were not as we had been told. The eventual decision by waffling federal authorities to expel the 'Komogata Maru' was a reluctant bow to overwhelming public opinion, that was firmly opposed to changing B.C.'s population." - from introduction. Some black and white ilustrations. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy. Book
177 pages. Proceedings of the conference sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, September 9-11, 1977. Topics include: Ethnic Minorities in Quebec and the Nationality Policy of the Parti Quebecois; Quebec's Ethnic Communities in the Wake of the Pequiste Electoral Victory; The Ukrainian Canadians in Social Transition; The Federal Policy of Multiculturalism and the Ukrainian-Canadian Community; Banquet address by Keith Spicer; Multiculturalism - The Basic Issues; Canada's Options in a Time of Political Crisis and Their Implications for Multiculturalism; The Search for Consensus - Panel Discussion. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
27 Minute VHS videotape in case. "Although Dr. Bill Ricker is in his late eighties now, he still goes into the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo to continue his scientific research. This video follows his remarkable scientific journey from his boyhood in North Bay, Ontario to the present. In eveyr field of science Ricker entered, whether in lake studies, fish population dymanics, salmon biology, or entomology, he excelled, gaining worldwide recognition... His story is fascination to anyone not familiar with fisheries science, as well as an inspiration to anyone who is." - from cover. Light wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
In-8, plein veau de l'époque, dos orné à nerfs, déf. à la coif. sup., xvi, 439 p., (2) f., annotations sur le titre et sur le dernier f. Edition originale. INED, 1984 : "Historique, religieux et démographique. (...) Point de vue physique, national et économique. (...) Le célibat est contraire à la prospérité ; la seule richesse vient de l'agriculture et de l'industrie ; or les ecclésiastiques possèdent le tiers des biens du royaume, et la France est sous-peuplée." La publication de cet écrit qui fit scandale signala l'abbé Gaudin à l'attention du parti révolutionnaire. Fidèle à ses principes, Gaudin se maria.
Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Counties individually colored. Clean and unmarked with light wear. One-inch opening to lower left edge. An attractive vintage copy. Bonus: includes separate list of Wyoming counties and cities/towns, complete with their (1889) populations. Book
2 volumes in-8, demi-veau vert bronze de l'époque, dos lisses ornés de filets et pointillés dorés tranches marbrées, (4), 365 p., et (4), 384 p., carte dépliante en couleurs des Iles Britanniques. Edition originale française, illustrée d’une carte dépliante en couleurs. Important tableau statistique et inventaire détaillé en 15 parties, consacré à la Grande-Bretagne, "pays de merveilles sociales". Alexandre Moreau de Jonnès est l'un des fondateurs de la statistique économique et sociale moderne. Territoire - Population - Agriculture - Mines - Industrie - Richesse publique - Commerce - Navigation - Colonies - Gouvernement et administration - Finances - Forces militaires - Justice - Instruction publique - Londres. Cet ouvrage servit de source à de nombreux travaux économiques en langue française. (Goldsmiths', n°29795). Des rousseurs parfois soutenues. Mors lég. frottés.
In-12, broché, couverture papier bleu moderne, 204 p. (qqs auréoles). Une des trois éditions parues l'année de l'originale, celle-ci à l'adresse de Rotterdam. "Ouvrage écrit pour la correction des abus; il envisage les réformes à apporter. Tous les sujets sont traités: gouvernement, finances, biens du clergé, armée, transports, population…" (M. Blanc, p. 81). Sur cet ouvrage distingué pour son intérêt et son originalité: "mesurer la cohérence d'un point de vue idéologique d’une fraction de la noblesse confrontée aux remises en cause qui pèsent sur sa situation économique et sociale, sur les choix du gouvernement, sur son avenir", cf. Daniel Roche: 'Noblesse et économie morale: le comte de Forges' in: 'Pour la Révolution française: Recueil d'études en hommage à Claude Mazauric', Université de Rouen, 1998, p. 23-30. (Conlon, 'Siècle des Lumières', 64:787. Goldsmiths, Kress library of economic literature, n°9948.3).
135 pages. Proceedings of the Wolf Symposium held in Edmonton, Alberta, 12-14 May, 1981. Includes submissions such as: A Perspective on the taxonomy of wolves in North America; Status and Management of wolves in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec; Historical and Present status of wolves in the NWT; Status and management of wolves in the Yukon Terrritory; Historical and present perspectives on wolf management in Alaska; Population dynamics of wolves; Social influence on reproduction in wolves; Considerations in wolf management related to genetic variability and adaptive change; An alternative view of genetic considerations in the management of the wolf and other large vertebrates; Wolf Howling in Algonquin Park; Wolf management and harvest patterns on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska; Wolf-related caribou mortality on a calving ground in North-central Canada; Wolf predation of livestock in Western Canada; Wolf predation of cattle on the Simonette River Pastures in west-central Alberta; Problem wolf management in B.C.; A method to aid in discrimination of traces from wolves and dogs. The two appendices include a summary of the status of wolves in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador. Minimal markings. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Counties individually colored. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An attractive vintage copy. Bonus: includes separate extensive list of Arizona counties and cities/towns, complete with their (1889) populations. Book
Outer dimensions: 10.75" x 14.5". Counties individually colored. Clean and unmarked with light wear. An attractive vintage copy. Bonus: includes separate extensive list of Florida counties and towns/cities, complete with their populations in 1889. Book
56 pages. Features: The Population Explosion; Christine Pattinson Holds the Canadian women's record for straight-distance gliding - article with photos; Electrohome ad shows fan at football game watching the game on his 'portable' TV; Photos of Inuit merriment at Coral Harbour in the central Canadian Arctic; The Viet Cong Soldiers are Hard to Track Down - and Harder to Kill - article with colour photos - a look at the Vietnam ground war; Beautiful colour photo ad for Heinz baby food, complete with tear-out coupon for one free bottle; Nice colour photo ad for Timex watches; Learning German; Ski Fashion Photo Feature; Two-page colour photo ad for Ronson products; E.P. Taylor's Horse Sale at Windfields Farm in Oshawa - article with photos; Jeweller with a Gem of a Car - Roger Lucas of Montreal owns 'the most beautiful Jaguar-D in the world; Rookie Gilles Marotte Dreams of playing in the N.H.L. for the Boston Bruins - colour photos and article; Nureyev and Fonteyn in Romeo and Juliet - article with three photos; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Book
182 pages including index. Based upon the work of the Medical Research Council Unit for Research on Occupational Aspects of Ageing which was attached to the Department of Psychology at the University of Liverpool between 1959 and 1963. The study of ageing and of comparative function at given ages is of great practical concern and the analyses given here are the product of physical and psychological tests on 540 normal adult subjects from the population of Liverpool and its environs. One of the most useful contributions made by the present study is the compilation of a table of norms of the level of performance which can be expected from people of different ages. Moderate quantity of library markings else unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket shows moderate wear. Book in lightly worn, moderately soiled orange cloth boards. Book
110 pages. Features: Prudential ad inside front cover features fantastic one-page illustration of Lionel Conacher being carried by his Toronto Argonaut teammates after they beat the Edmonton Eskimos to win the Grey Cup in 1921; Four Canadians plan a trip to mountain climb in the Himalayas - Sev Heiberg et al; Editorial discusses propaganda vis-a-vis the Berlin Crisis; Nuclear Researcher Louis Slotin - A Tiny Slip, A Terrible Death; Falconry in the Suburbs - Frank Beebe of Vancouver Island; It's Harder to Be Anybody - novella by Mordechai Richler; For ten days Eva Szulner was den mother to 24 child geniuses from Oak Park Junior High School in East York; Judson Lowther kills his wife Alice and the hired man, Brandon Isaacs, he found her with near Cremona, Alberta; Prime Minister R.B. Bennett was almost as an important event in Canadian history as the Great Depression itself; Japan's Tragic Solution to the Population Crisis - two milliion abortions per year; How Seven Families Really Got Away From it All - a handful of Americans, mostly Quakers, raise their families in Argenta in the Lardeau Valley of B.C.'s West Kootenays; The License to Defraud in Charity's Name - the 6,800 tax-exempt corporations in Canada are scantily investigated; Colour-photo B.O.A.C. one-page ad shows Bhikku (priest) near the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok; Photos of the dust-blow 1930s; One-page black and white photo ad for Trans-Canada Airlines features cute young girl Karen; Howard Green - Vancouver Lawyer and parliamentary veteran; and more. Please note: missing pages 9-12 and 67-70, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
Features: Frank Boucher's Challenge - how we can end the farce of sending fourth-rate teams to the world hockey championships; Nurse Joyce Relyea and her job at the Hospital for Sick Children; Chatham - the good town that's fighting a bad name - its politicians live in fear of nameless terrorists, Ottawa lists it as a 'depressed area', the morals of the children have been thrown into serious question; The Pleasure of Ruins, by photographer Roloff Beny - with great b/w photos, including the Shah and queen of Iran; How the Hedlin family of Winnipeg leaped the language barrier together and learned French; Dr. John Knox, former Danish Ambassador, writes about the Canadian beaver; Robert Thomas Allen on Greece; Volkswagen van ad featuring the entire population of Jiggs, Nevada in one van!. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Photos: The Nizan's jubilee (the ruler of Hyderabad); Hitler on parade in Berlin on the 'Day of Heroes'; Spain's trekking population, and other aspects of the long continued civil war; With the 'Rodney' on the spring cruise; Clear photo of a half-man, half-ape creature discovered in the Atlas mountains on the northern edge of the Sahara by Marcel Homet, a French explorer; Archduke Otto - the Austrian claimant in his Belgian home; Egypt again sends the Mahmal and the Kiswa to Mecca; Britain's 5-year 1.5 billion pound re-armament plan; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Approximately 250 pages. Library binding with usual markings. Pencil markings and highlighting to contents which include: A nine-page summary of Negro history in Nova Scotia from pre-loyalist times; A Brief Summary of Nova Scotia Negro Communities; From Slavery to the Ghetto - The Story of the Negro in the Maritimes; Summary of Information Obtained from the Survey of the Negro Population of Nova Scotia (1963); Survey of the Negro Population of Annapolis County (1963); Survey of Negro Population of Antigonish County (1963); Similar Surveys are included for Cape Breton Island, Colchester County, Cumberland County, Digby County, Guysboro County, Halifax County, Hants County, Kings County, Queens and Lunenberg Counties, Pictou County, Shelburne County, and Yarmouth County. Average wear. Binding tight. A sound working copy of this informative reference. Book
378 pages. "Compulsively readable, incisive in its analysis, and deft in its marshalling of factual evidence... so good, I would recommend it to my own mother." - from dust jacket review. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy. Book
