Steele, Edgar J.MareMagnum
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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
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
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).
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.
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
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
2 volumes in-8, cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette imprimée, xx, 1032 p. (pagination continue), tableau généalogique dépliant et planches de fac-similés hors texte. L'édition de référence. La première partie contient des études sur Boisguilbert par : A. Sauvy, J. Spengler, J. Bast, L. Salleron, J. Féry, A. Kubota, J. Molinier et S. McDonald ; suivis d'une biographie, correspondance de Boisguilbert et bibliographie par Jacqueline Hecht. La seconde renferme les oeuvres de Boisguilbert, manuscrits inédits et édition critique des oeuvres imprimées. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf, relié.
In-8, broché, couverture de papier vert olive moderne, x, 416 p., rousseurs et brunissures soutenues. Édition originale. "Réflexions politiques, économiques, religieuses, morales et sociales. Sur le Mariage (loi sur le divorce). (...) Sur l'économie et le commerce: inutilité du luxe (...); projet de mettre à la disposition des indigents, pour la culture du blé, quelques terres inemployées. Projets pour le développement de l'agriculture et du commerce" (INED, 1309). Contient également une "diatribe" (p. 204 et s.) contre les martinistes et les illuminés. (Monglond, III, 299. Tourneux, I, 42). Exemplaire de travail.
248 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated in black and white with one photographic plate. "The siege of Paris in the autumn and winter of 1870-1 was the last full-scale siege of a European capital, the first occasion of the indiscriminate bombardment of a civilian population, the source of immense suffering and hardship, and the origin of a division in the French nation which has still not been healed." - from Preface. Hard cover library binding with usual library markings. Moderate wear. Sound working copy. Book
Gift inscription from author to scholar Fergus Millar on ffep. Slight creasing to front wrap. ; The aim of this study is to analyse the population of Naples during a given period and to examine the bilingualism which existed. ; Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, 102; 236 pages; Signed by Author
3 volumes in-8, reliure éditeur, XII, 638 p., 645 p. et VI, 655 p. Intégralité du rapport d'enquête sur l''état moral et matériel' des populations agricoles de la France, suite à la mission dont l'auteur avait été chargé par l'Académie des sciences morales et politiques. Reprint. Epuisé. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf.
48 pages. The result of a study of mountain slopes and their potential for providing for human settlement. It grew out of a belief that mountain slopes could be developed into an exhilarating and satisfying environment in which to live, as well as from the recognition of a need to relieve population pressures on agricultural flatlands through the development of mountainous areas. Applies in particular to British Columbia, Canada. Illustrated. Contents include: Climate; Mountain Hazards; Human Attitudes to Physical Setting; Financing Transportation and Pedestrian Movement; Landscaping and Design; Slope Designation, Platform Creation and Construction; Mount Ekos - Sketch of a Prototype. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Book
