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Smith, Mary Larratt
Young Mr. Mister Smith in Upper Canada
Toronto: University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 215 pages. Index. Footnotes. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. "This lively account of a dashing young man about town provides a firsthand description of society in early Victorian Toronto. Young Mr. Smith's diaries and letters from 1839-1858 have been edited by his granddaughter and deftly interwoven with her own background comments." - from dust jacket. Clean tight and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. University of Toronto Press / Glenbow-Alberta Institute Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 721H1288 ISBN : 0802023762 9780802023766
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Multiple Contributors
The Saturday Evening Post February Feb. 1979 - Norman Rockwell Memorial Issue
USA: The Saturday Evening Post Co. 1979. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 144 pages. Features: Tribute to Norman Rockwell; General Alexander M. Haig Jr.; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. The Saturday Evening Post Co. Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 336H1313
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William D Dannenmaier (Signed)
We Were Innocents: An Infantryman in Korea
USA: University of Illinois Press 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated by author upon title page. 230 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Provides Dannenmaier's narrative account of his combat experiences including a vivid re-creation of the bloody battle for Outpost Harry which he describes as 'trivial and insignificant - except to the men who fought it.' Describes the frustration of men on the front lines who never saw their commanding superiors the exhaustion of soldiers whose long-promised leaves never materialized the transitory friendships and shared horrors that left indelible memories. A tribute to the Americans who served in a conflict that has only recently begun to gain a place in official public memory." - from dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy. University of Illinois Press Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 553H1386 ISBN : 0252024494 9780252024498
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Skvorecky, Josef; Schonberg, Michael (Translator)
All the Bright Young Men and Women: A Personal History of the Czech Cinema Take One Film Book Series
Canada: Peter Martin Associates Limited / New York Zeotrope 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 280 pages. Index. Almost 200 reproductions of great black and white photos many never before seen in the West. Text in English. "An absorbing picture of the swift flowering of a major art in a most difficult environment a marvellous narrative - informative funny strange sad and enchanting." - from dust jacket. Small address label upon front free endpaper. Unmarked. Binding intact. Pages moderately tanned with age. Average wear to book. Above-average wear to price-clipped dust jacket. A sound reference copy of this informative and engaging reference. Peter Martin Associates Limited / New York Zeotrope Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 464H1305 ISBN : 0887781101 9780887781100
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McNair, Sherry (Signed)
Soldiers All!
Canada: Turner-Warwick Publications Inc. 1994. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 331 pages. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Author presents WWII stories of Hong Kong Sicily Italy and Northwest Europe related by her father two uncles and cousins. "The resulting manuscript tells a story which began on the plains of the Canadian West and went out to the battlefields of WWII." - from dust jacket. Spine leaning. Average wear. A sound copy. Turner-Warwick Publications Inc. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 553H1609 ISBN : 091989948x 9780919899483
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Lanhan, Marie
The Crystal Set The BBC and Ali: Peace World War II and the Aftermath
Canada: T.M.P. 2014. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 414 pages. Few black and white illustrations. Author relates her time in post WWII Europe and her experiences with its survivors who had relocated to Canada. Ink stamps to top edge otherwise clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. An excellent copy. T.M.P. Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 863H1437 ISBN : 1500453994 9781500453992
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Beaglehole, JC J C
The Life of Captain James Cook
London: The Hakluyt Society / A. and C. Black Ltd. 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii 760 pages. Fifty-one illustrations four in colour. Five maps. Bibliography. Index. "A deeply revealing study of the growth of a complex character stubborn and passionate yet patient and judicious seen in his actions as an unrivalled navigator and explorer and as a commander of men." - from dust jacket. Previous to this work the author spent many years editing Cook's copious journals a monument of scholarship in four massive volumes. Book clean bright tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. The Hakluyt Society / A. and C. Black, Ltd. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 431H1289 ISBN : 0713613823 9780713613827
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Long, Philip S (Signed)
Dreams Dust and Depression
Calgary AB Canada: Cypress Publishing Ltd. 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 1972 First Edition. 228 pages. "This unusual book of history brings back the hopes and fears of the hungry and penniless during the Great Depression. Ride with the truck drivers in the building of the Fort Peck Dam and follow the action and danger that came with every precipitous curve." - from dust jacket. Evidence of small sticker removed from inside front board. Bookseller's ink stamp upon copyright page. Light wear to book. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in Mylar. A quality copy. Cypress Publishing Ltd. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 151H1820
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Bhagavan Sri Ramana; Greenblatt, Joan; Greenblatt, Matthew
Bhagavan Sri Ramana: A Pictorial Biography - A Birth Centenary Offering
India: Sri Ramanasramam 1995. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 108 xi-xiv pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs. "I know no other man whose mere presence has thus enabled me to make the personality drop down into the abyss of nothingness where it belongs." - Duncan Greenlees. Gift greetings signed by Ramana fill front free endpaper. As the subject of this book passed away in 1950 it is unclear to us exactly which Ramana signed this copy. Sri Ramanasramam Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 106H1969
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Author Not Stated
Forever a Beacon: In Honor Honour of Shinjo Ito Founder of Shinnyo-en
Japan: Shinnyo-en 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Lavishly-produced sixty-page book profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photography. Bilingual Japanese-English text. "This book pays tribute to the existence of Shinnyo Kyoshu-sama and is an opportunity for all of us who have been touched by his great being to rejoice and give thanks for having been able to encounter the eternal founder of the Shinnyo teaching." - from page 4. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely copy. Shinnyo-en Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 247H2129
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Patterson, Edward; Cox, Doug; Pryce, Elizabeth
Wagon Train Over the Monashee
Penticton BC Canada: Skookum Publications 1988. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 92 pages. Map. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival black and white photos. "Returns the reader to an era in Canadian history when raising training trading and selling and the general use of horses were in their last decades of necessity and popularity. The Patterson herds were not animals raised in the neatly fenced paddocks of today. Range bred horses were left in the mountains until maturity then corralled castrated and branded. This story deals with these wild horses and the lifestyle of those men who worked with them and depended upon them." - from Introduction. Patterson's family was droughted out of Alberta and travelled by covered wagon to British Columbia to make a new start. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this adventurous depression-era history. Skookum Publications Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 713H2005 ISBN : 0919773060 9780919773066
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Fleming, Donald M [Donald Methuen]
So Very Near - The Political Memoirs of the Honourable Donald M. Fleming: Complete in Two 2 Volumes The Rising Years and The Summit Years
Toronto: McCelland and Stewart 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 580 755 pages. Index and black and white photographic plates in each volume. "An unflinching and utterly frank insider's account of the triumph and tragedy of the Diefenbaker years" - from dust jacket. Fleming was Diefenbaker's "indispensable" Minister of Finance. Here he describes in searching detail the cut and thrust of government in the forties fifties and sixties illuminating the careers of King St. Laurent Pearson Kennedy and the Chief himself. Those interested in the demise of the Avro Arrow CF-105 will be particularly interested in Fleming's recollection of what led to that fateful decision - and its aftermath. Dedication bookplate upon front free endpaper of each volume otherwise books clean and unmarked with light wear. Light wear to dust jackets now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality set. Spadoni & Donnelly 3613 & 3614. McCelland and Stewart Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 344H1968 ISBN : 0771031556 9780771031557
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Iskander, Amir; Selim, Hassan (Translator)
Saddam Hussein: The Fighter The Thinker and the Man
Kuala Lumpur: Golden Books Centre Sdn. Bhd. 1991. Book. Good. Paperback. Malaysian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 429 pages. Numerous colour photographic plates and black and white reproductions of photos. Text in English. "Describes the stages of militant intellectual and political life of one of the most distinguished existing leaders of the Arabian world and of the Third World. Tends to find and tell the truth to those who look for it far from fanaticism resentments and prejudices." - from back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Golden Books Centre Sdn. Bhd. Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 151H1917 ISBN : 9679959554 9789679959550
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Gross, Sir Darwin
From Heaven to the Prairie: When You Know You Know!: The Story of the 972nd Living ECK Master
USA: IWP Publishing 1980. Book. Illus. by Duncan Patricia. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 289 pages. Black and white photographic plates. "Follow in the footsteps of the young man from Denhoff North Dakota as he matures serves in the U.S. Army becomes a musician an electronics engineer then a chela student of ECKANKAR under the guidance of his predecessor Sri Paul Twitchell the 971st Living ECK Master." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. IWP Publishing Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 516H1777 ISBN : 0914766309 9780914766308
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Foggo, Cheryl
Pourin' Pouring Down Rain
Canada: Detselig 1990. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 119 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Family tree. "Combines personal experience with a search for ancestral origins sharing her feelings on growing up Black in a White society and highlighting the history of a family whose strongest desire was to be allowed to fully embrace their humanity." - from back cover. Author's first book. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A nice copy. Detselig Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 465H1811 ISBN : 1550590103 9781550590104
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Vanyo, Frank (Signed)
Scenes from a Life : The Stories of Frank Vanyo
Canada: Your Nickel's Worth Publishing 2003. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Authors. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon title page. 130 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Conveys the author's life of harsh realities "from his prairie childhood of the '20s to being an itinerant worker riding the rails in the Dirty Thirties from riding the range and mining ore in B.C. to serving in the tank corps in Italy from knee-bolting in a sawmill to bulldozing roads." - back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Your Nickel's Worth Publishing Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 465H1810 ISBN : 1894431022 9781894431026
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Sittler, Darryl; McFarlane, Brian
Darryl Sittler at Centre
Canada: Collier Macmillan 1979. Book. Illus. by Sybal Philip; Hancey Terry; Lipa Jim. Fair. Paperback. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 119 pages. Illustrated with diagrams and reproductions of black and white photos. Indended for younger readers Sittler tells the story of how he got into hockey then presents the fundamentals of the game in chapters titled: Suiting Up Warming Up; Learning the Game; How to Score Goals; Attacking and Defending; Those Darn Goalies; Talking Things Over; and It's a Team Game. Small blemish where label removed from upper corner of half-title page otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A pleasing memento of one of the all-time most popular Toronto Maple Leafs. Great colour cover photo shows Sittler celebrating after scoring the winning goal of the 1976 Canada Cup tournament. Collier Macmillan Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 216H1822 ISBN : 0029767903 9780029767900
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Orr, Bobby; Mulvoy, Mark
Bobby Orr: My Game
USA: Little Brown & Company/New York Graphic Society 1974. Book. Illus. by Kluetmeier Heinz. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 237 pages. Generously illustrated with reproductions of colour and black and white photos. Part one includes interviews with Bobby Orr's parents friends and coaches who discuss his early years in Parry Sound Ontario. Part two contains exercises and drillls taught at the Bobby Orr- Mike Walton Hockey Camp in Orillia Ontario. Book clean bright and unmarked with light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy of this excellent Bobby Orr collectible. Little, Brown & Company/New York Graphic Society Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 521H2030 ISBN : 0316664901 9780316664905
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Kestenberg, Leo; Beidler, Franz W; Maxwell, Philip A (Translator/Editor)
Leo Kestenberg - Franz W. Beidler: Complete Correspondence 1933-1956
Canada: Online Press 2013. Book. Fine. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 329 pages. Index. Signed and inscribed by Maxwell upon title page. "This correspondence most of it written during the Third Reich tells the story of Richard Wagner's grandson Franz W. Beidler and Leo Kestenberg probably the most effective progressive and grandiose arts administrator in the history of Germany. Both men foiled Hitler's plans for their demise at first by the act of leaving Germany shortly after Hitler took power in 1933." - from back cover. Online Press Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 465H1742 ISBN : 0992061814 9780992061814
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Stachura, Peter D
Gregor Strasser and the Rise of Nazism
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1983. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv 178 pages. Extensive footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Gregor Strasser was the most influential and substantial leader after Hitler in the pre-1933 National Socialist Party. This work offers a comprehensive and scholarly assessment of Strasser's significant and ultimately tragic career based largely upon previously unpublished German archival material. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Pencil markings to contents. Binding intact. Includes facsimile dust jacket in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy reading copy of this informative work. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 541H1750 ISBN : 0049430270 9780049430273
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Smith, Gene
The Horns of the Moon: A Short Biography of Adolf Hitler
New York: Charterhouse 1975. Book. Illus. by Hann Thomas. Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 209 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Renders a man and an age in a way that will help a younger generation of readers understand if not excuse the man and the world that let him seize power. For older readers here is a short but illuminating life of Hitler - the most profound sense of the word a useful book." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Charterhouse Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 465H1814 ISBN : 0883270277 9780883270271
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Samuels, Charles
The Magnificent Rube: The Life and Gaudy Times of Tex Rickard
New York: McGraw Hill Book Company Inc. 1957. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 301 pages. Bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. Rickard was a "sports promoter and big-time gambler - America at its lusty best. None of this country's other spectacular showmen from Barnum to Mike Todd contributed so much to our explosive history." - from dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket now in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 465H2111
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Kay, John; Einarson, John
Magic Carpet Ride: The Autobiography of John Kay and Steppenwolf
Canada: Quarry Press 1994. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 372 pages. Discography. Many wonderful black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Revered by bikers and hippies Vietnam vets and heavy metal freaks new country fans and two generations of rockers John Kay is the singer of the definitive rock 'n' roll anthem of our age 'Born to Be Wild' the theme song of the 1960s cult movie Easy Rider - and the songwriter of the psychedelic hit Magic Carpet Ride." - from back cover. "It has been a long tough road for John Kay truly a magic carpet ride from political oppression in Eastern Europe to freedom success conflict and personal triumph in North America. John has proven time and again that he is a survivor. This book is the record of John Kay's ride to freedom. Ride with him." - from Introduction. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Quarry Press Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 863H2135 ISBN : 1550821083 9781550821086
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Moon, B; Fraser, B; Frayne, T; Nash, C Knowlton; Hutton, E; Porter, M; Collins, R; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 19 December Dec. 1959 - The Mighty Siftons / Terry Sawchuk
Toronto: Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers 1959. Book. Illus. by Arbuckle Franklin; Whalley Peter. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 56 pages. Features: Cover illustration by Franklin Arbuckle of Christmas rush on the Toronto subway; Terence Robertson says "Kick South Africa Out of the Commonwealth"; How to Get On Television - a tour of Canada's casting offices including coverage and photos of Sandra O'Neill who won headlines for 'the longest legs on TV'; The Many Mighty Siftons - proud and clannish for six generations they've done more to shape Canada than any other family; The Awful Ups and Downs of Terry Sawchuk - for the 'greatest goalie of all' life on and off the ice is one crisis after another; Why Don't We Send Our Surplus Food to the Starving by Knowlton Nash; Portrait of Ontario's Highway 400 - "it was one of the better ideas of a man named Hitler"; Holiday Weekend in London; When Mother Was a War Worker - a look back at the women who worked in Canada's WWII munitions industries - article with great photo of Dozens of women standing on wings of 40th Lancaster bomber they'd helped build at Victory Aircraft in Maltonk Ontario; Molson's Canadian one-page colour-photo ad shows the clear tall bottles they used before converting to brown stubbies; Great vintage colour-photo ad for Remington Rand shows their room-sized Univac computer and Titan rocket taking off; Half-page Bright's Wines ad for their Mazel Tov product; and more. Back cover missing. Nibbling to bottom corner of front cover and first couple of pages otherwise unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Maclean Hunter / Key Publishers Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 201H2455
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Scarborough, William E; Gieger, John
Wings Magazine Vol. 5 No. 2 April Apr. 1975 - Catalina P-Boat Cover Photo / Daredevil Ormer Locklear
USA: Sentry Magazines Inc. 1975. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 54 pages. Features: P-Boat - Part I of the Consolidated PBY Catalina Story -development and production -article with many excellent illustrations and photos; Colour centerfold illustration of the Consolidated PBY-2 Patrol Wing Four/Patrol Squadron 17; The Macchi Castoldi Fighters - excellent photo-illustrated article; Daredevil - Ormer Locklear - article with excellent photos. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy of this excellent issue. Sentry Magazines Inc. Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 651H2504
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Hutton, Eric; Hutchison, Bruce; Frayne, Trent; Stapley, Ray; Mowat, Farley; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 6 June 1959: Sylvia Murphy / Ernest Thompson Seton
Toronto: Maclean-Hunter 1959. Book. Illus. by Woods Rex. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 72 pages. Features: Cover illustration of schoolyard scene at Peesane Saskatchewan; Nice colour ad for GWG menswear inside front cover; Farley Mowat says "Let's apply for admission as the 51st state; Is "Car Craziness" a Menace to our Teenagers; An Artist Comes Home - Roloff Beny; Ernest Thompson Seton - The Backwoods Genius with the Magic Pen; Will the whole Continent Go Hollywood; Joan Callwood calls on the Russian Ambassador Dr. and Mrs. Amasasp Aroutunian; Why Sylvia Murphy turns her back on the big-time; A Mechanic Responds to people who call him a crook; Colour-photo one-page ad for Red Cap ale; Ed Sullivan inset photo in Kodak colour centrefold movie camera ad; RCAF recruiting ad; Mercedes-Benz ad 220 S Sedan; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad features icy glass; and more. Please note: missing page 47-48 last part of Russian ambassador article and page 55-56 last part of Mowat article otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Maclean-Hunter Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 201H2442
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Varkaris, Jane; Connell, James E
Early Canadian Timekeepers
Erin Ontario Canada: The Boston Mills Press 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 272 pages. Index. Footnotes. Bibliography. Printed upon glossy stock. "This remarkable work is essential reading for anyone interested in early Canadian timepieces and their makers. Two of Canada's foremost horological experts take an authoritative look at pre-1900 clocks and watches and the artisans who made them either commercially or as one-of-a-kind timepieces. Lavishly illustrated with black and white photography this book surveys the making and selling of clocks and watches in Canada by over 125 persons from the days of New France to the beginning of the 20th century. The stories of the men and woment behind these exceptional creations are documented here for the first time. Based on over twenty years of research this is the most definitive up-to-date book available on early Canadian timekeepers." - from dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Light wear to handsome price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy of this superlative reference. The Boston Mills Press Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 843H2331 ISBN : 1550460730 9781550460735
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Hodgins, Reta Blakely
Merville BC / British Columbia And Its Early Settlers 1919-1985
Merville BC: Merville Community Association 1985. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii 261 pages. Many black and white reproductions of archival photos. "This book attempts to chronicle the history of the original Merville settlers who arrived between 1919 and 1925." - from page vii. Includes dozens of brief personal and family biographies. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this very informative genealogical resource. Bibliographic Reference: Hale & Barman 414. Merville Community Association Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 218H2151
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Zeiss, Erich; Zeis, Friedrich
Hof- Und Universitatsmechanikus Dr. H. c. Carl Zeiss Der Grunder Der Optischen Werkstatte Zu Jena
Germany: Sippenverbandes Der Familien Zeiss 1966. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 55 pages. Text in German. Black and white photographic plates. Appears to be a biography of the man behind the Carl Zeiss brand of optical products which remain respected until today. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Sippenverbandes Der Familien Zeiss Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 863H2416
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Fraser, B; Porter, M; gardner, R; Allen, RT; Clare, J; et al R T
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 1 March Mar. 1958: Inside Story of Maple Leaf Gardens / Vancouver's Hastings Street / James Bannerman
Toronto: Maclean-Hunter 1958. Book. Illus. by Woods Rex; Simpkins; Macpherson Duncan. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 52 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of sailors and photo booth; Nice colour ad for the 1958 De Soto with push-button transmission; Where we really stand with the U.S.A.; Exactly Who is CBC Personality James Bannerman; Vancouver's Hastings Street - great colour-photo-illustrated article; Why I Don't Like Speeches; Maple Leaf Gardens - Conn Smythe's Wondrous Pleasure Dome; RCAF recruiting ad; Canadian Pacifid Airlines ad; Colour Coke ad on back cover features ice skating young people at Rockefeller Center; and more. Please note: missing page 9-10 page 25-28 fiction by Harris otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Maclean-Hunter Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 201H2443
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Multiple Contributors
Newsweek June 17 1968: Robert F. Kennedy RFK 1925-1968 / Attempted Murder of Andy Warhol By Radical Feminist
USA: Newsweek Inc. 1968. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Features: Cover photo of RFK; Where is he now - G. Gerard David Schine once worked closely with Joe McCarthy; Article and photos on the passing of RFK sadly entitled "Once Again"; Bobby's Last Longest Day - article with colour photos; Sirhan Sirhan "There Just Hasn't Been a Nicer Boy"; James Early Ray arrested in London; Vietnam war coverage; Submarine 'Scorpion' and her 99-man crew declared "presumed lost"; "Sweet Assasin" Valerie Solanas attempts to kill Andy Warhol - article with photos; Nice colour-photo two-page ad for WTOP-TV features Sir Patrick Dean and Lady Dean in the Embassy of Great Britain in Washington; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy of this informative but painful issue. Newsweek Inc. Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 651H2506
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Moon, Barbara; Stein, DL; Krantz, Judith; Singer, Bette; Hannon, LF; Johnstone, Ken; Katz, Sidney; Katz, Paul; Petrin, Lea; et a
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 21 October Oct. 1961 - Musical Prodigy Blair Milton
Toronto: Maclean-Hunter 1961. Book. Illus. by Peterson Roy. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 88 pages. Features: One-page photo-ad for the International Travelall; 1962 Zenith TV ad; The Anxious Years of an Undergraduate - asking students and staff at the University of Toronto; The Harmony and Discord of the campus marriage of John and Charlotte Swan; To Oblivion and Back with a New Record - Ontario housewife Bette Singer swam down 307 feet to set a record - article with colour photos; Neutrals - what are they against What makes a Prodigy - Blair Milton astonishes professors at McGill U.; Allergies - the fast-growing threat to public health; A Lifetime in Hiding from the light of day - Morris Gerlovin is acutely allergic to the sun; How to tell the English from the French in Canada; The Turkish Incident that Changed Canada's Destiny - the Chanak Incident of 1922; Four Ways to Make a Million - Rex Heslop William Wilder Peter Colwell Bawden and Geoffrey Stirling; Nice colour full-page ad for Labatt's 50 ale; Nice colour-photo centrefold for the 1962 Buick Electra 2-Door Sport Coupe pale green; 2/3 page cartoon by Roy Peterson shows busy native totem pole carver being confronted by forest conservation officer; Epitaph for Dag Hammarskjold; The case for adding more NHL hockey teams; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features young square dancing couple. Please note: missing page 9-10 and 69-72 otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Maclean-Hunter Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 201H2440
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Espejo, Beatriz
Dr. Atl: El Paisaje Como Pasion
Mexico: Fondo Editorial De La Plastica Mexicana 1994. Book. Illus. by Dr. Atl / Gerardo Murillo Cornado. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 127 pages. Text in Spanish. Presents the life and work of Mexican artist and writer Gerardo Murillo Cornado 1875-1964. Generously illustrated in color and black and white. Oblong 24cm x 34cm. Printed on glossy stock. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Fondo Editorial De La Plastica Mexicana Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 546H2383 ISBN : 9686658246 9789686658248
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Corley-Smith, Peter (Signed)
10000 Hours - Reminiscences of a Helicopter Bush Pilot
British Columbia: Sono Nis Press 1985. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page. 245 pages. "The warm fascinating and humorous story of one man's career as a helicopter bush pilot in the Canadian North. From Northern Ontario to the Arctic Barrens to the misty fjords of the British Columbia coast here is a flying adventure that is irresistible and enjoyable. Essential reading for those interested in the Canadian North and aviation history." - from dust jacket. Book unmarked with light wear. Several prominent coffee stains to fore-edge. Above-average wear to dust jacket which bears large coffee stain to back panel. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Aside from the coffee stains a sound signed copy. Sono Nis Press Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 151H2156 ISBN : 0919203647 9780919203648
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Neville, Robert; Hutton, Eric; Clare, J; Newman, Peter C; Hutchison, B; Tyrwhitt, Janice; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine 20 July 1959: Strange Millionaire - Sir William Macdonald
Toronto: Maclean-Hunter 1959. Book. Illus. by McNally Ed; Winter William; Norris; Whalley. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 84 pages. Features: Farewell to Sir Thomas Beecham; Colourful one-page ad for Libby's juices; Crocus got its Seaway - by W.O. Mitchell; George Hees - Ottawa's Biggest Surprise Package; The Strange and Savage World of Hollywood by Bruce Hutchison; Sir William Macdonald - the strangest millionaire who ever drew breath; Does your face reveal your character; Two-page colour-photo ad for Kodak movie cameras; One-page photo ad for Esther Williams swimming pools; Two-color half-page ad for film "Say One For Me"; Photo of Mickey Mantle in small Bantron ad; Canadian Club ad with colour photos features Gilbert Winfield in Sherwood Forest; What the New Pope Means for Canada; Back cover ad for Crane plumbing fixtures features designer Henry Dreyfuss; and more. Please note: missing page 7-8 13-17 39-40 and 69-74 otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Maclean-Hunter Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 201H2441
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Jones, Terry
Wayne Gretzky : An Oiler Forever
Edmonton AB Canada: Edmonton Sun 1999. Book. Illus. by Mah Perry; Bartlett Gary; Braid Tom; Taylor Robert; Riedlhuber Dan; Tychnowicz Walter; and More. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 210 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Handsome glossy colour-photo-illustrated boards. Excellent colour photography throughout supports considerable text - this is not just a photo book. Begins with Gretzky's final game then reflects upon a variety of momentous events in the Great One's career. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. A magnificent Gretzky memento produced in Edmonton the city of his biggest triumphs. A perfect gift for your special Oiler fan. Edmonton Sun Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 154G1959 ISBN : 0968452612 9780968452615
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Nevo, Denise (Signed); Berger, Mira
We Remember: Testimonies of Twenty-Four Members of Kibbutz Megiddo Who Survived The Holocaust
New York: Shengold Publishers Inc. 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 336 pages. Glossary. Signed and inscribed by Denise Nevo upon front free endpaper otherwise clean bright and unmarked with light wear. "Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy. Shengold Publishers, Inc. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 322G1983 ISBN : 0884001768 9780884001768
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Yuan, Yen; Freeman, Mansfield (Translator)
Preservation of Learning - With an Introduction on His Life and Thought - Monumenta Serica Monograph XVI
Los Angeles: Monumenta Serica at the University of California 1972. Book. Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 215 pages. Index. Glossary. List of referenced books. Contents include: Biography of Yen Yuan; Yen Yuan's Thought; English translation of Yen Yuan's 'Preservation of Learning'. Frequent neat ink and pencil marginalia. Moderate wear to dust jacket which is sunned at spine and now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Monumenta Serica at the University of California Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 622G2215
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Allan, Ted; Cobb, David; Gormely, Sheila; Grescoe, Paul; Benoit, Jehane;
The Canadian Magazine July 5 1975 - Norman Bethune Cover Illustration
Toronto: Southstar 1975. Magazine. Illus. by Wright Doug. Good. Paperback. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 28 pages. Features: Norman Bethune - The Sinner Who Became a Saint - article with many illustration in colour and black and white; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Benson & Hedges cigarettes features fishermen holding their catch; Plain Jayne - Actress Jayne Eastwood - with great full-page colour photo; Scotiabank centerfold ad; Joseph Sedgwick - Master of Advocacy - article with full-page colour-photo portrait of this great Canadian lawyer; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Crown brand corn syrup; The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Mailman - How Ottawa cut Tom Howard's Olympic Chances in Half; Nice full-page colour-photo ad for Cavalier cigarettes features tennis scene; Full-page ad for Chiclets gun contest; Meat Recipes; Doug Wright's Family comic. Minor doodling near top of front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Southstar Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 316G2183
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Weekes, Mary; King, W Cornwallis; Janzen, H (Foreword)
Trader King as Told to Mary Weekes; The Thrilling Story of Forty years' Service in the North-West Territories Related By One of the Last of the Old Time Wintering Partners of the Hudson's Bay Company
Canada: School Aids and Text Book Publishing 1949. Book. Illus. by Shackleton K. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 184 pages. Map. Frontis illustration of subject. Reproductions of black and white photos. "Chief Trader King who died in 1940 was one of the most fearless and colourful traders of the Canadian North. From the day he landed at York Factory in 1862 until his retirement from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1903 his life was filled with stirring adventure in a vast country where only skilled boatmen could make their way over the water routes from one post to the next and where only expert huntsmen and the most rugged individuals could survive." - from Foreword. Moderate age-toning to contents. Binding intact. Bit of writing in marker atop front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average external wear and soiling. A sound copy. Peel 2 4182. School Aids and Text Book Publishing Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 322G2292
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Trotter, LJ L J
The Bayard of India: A Life of General Sir James Outram - Everyman's Library 396
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 240 pages. Index. "In all those qualities which mark the born leader of men James Outram had very few rivals among the best and greatest of the soldier statesmen who rose to fame in the service of the old East India Company." - from Preface. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding sound. Moderage age-toning to contents. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in mylar. A sound copy. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 322G2273
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Waldron, Ben D; Burneson, Emily
Corregidor from Paradise to Hell: True Narrative by Ben Waldron Prisoner-Of-War SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
USA: Pine Hill Press 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author to the son of Francisco B. Caingcoy who saw action on Bataan with the 14th Eng. 2nd Btn and was captured on 9 April 1942 by the Japanese started the Death and escaped. 240 pages. Black and white illustrations. Winner of the Book of the Year award by the American Bookdealers Exchange. "A true narrative by Sergeant Waldron who risked his life in keeping a day by day diary for three and a half years as a Prisoner of War under the Japanese. A true saga of the first five months of World War Two in the Philippines and life as a Prisoner of War." - from dust jacket. Average wear bo book. Above-average wear to dust jacket. Pine Hill Press Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 661A0349 ISBN : 0962238104 9780962238109
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Rud, Jeff
Long Shot: Steve Nash's Journey to the NBA
Canada: Polestar 1996. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160 pages. Black and white photos. A wonderful early biography of the best athlete Vancouver Island has ever produced! Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this amazing story. Polestar Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 462G2579 ISBN : 189609516x 9781896095165
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Felt, Margaret Elley
Gyppo Logger
USA: The Caxton Printers Ltd. 1963. Book. Illus. by Pasquarella Gus photography. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 315 pages. Many black and white photographic plates. Color frontis photo of author and her family. "Here is an account of a very special breed of mean - and of the women who work beside them - in the gigantic lumbering industry in the Pacific Northwest." - from dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to color-illustrated and price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A high quality copy of this wonderful work. The Caxton Printers, Ltd. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 464G2585
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Herman, Ted (Signed)
There is a Tomorrow
Canada: Ted Herman Self-Published 2003. Book. Fair. Paperback. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 121 pages. Signed and inscribed by author upon first page. An outline of his life and those of his family and friends. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of wonderful black and white archival photos. Above-average external wear with small taped repar to bottom of backstrip. Ted Herman (Self-Published) Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 529G2649
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine August 23 1948 - Betty Grable Cover Illustration
Canada: Time-Life International 1948. Magazine. Illus. by Schoenbaum Emmett; Woods Rex. Very Good. Paperback. Canadian Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48 pages. Features: Nice color tennis-themed Coke ad inside front cover; Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina jumps from third floor of Russian Consulate in Manhattan - story with photo; One-page two-color ad for A.V. Roe Canada Limited; Coverage of the House Un-American Activities Committee with photos of Silverman Ullman Miller and Lee; Photo of "Negroes at the Polls" in South Carolina; Photo of massive crowd at Akron's Soap Box Derby finish line; Photo of German women building Berlin Airport using shovels; Documents on the Tito-Stalin conflict become available; Is Chiang Kai-Shek on the way out; The Maharaja's family visits Manhattan - story and family photo; Vision of a Trans-Canada Highway; Feature article on Betty Grable includes many photos; Nice one-page two-color ad for Fargo Trucks; Horseman Harrison Hoyt and Demon Hanover; Industrial Designer/Soap wrapper designer Raymond Loewy - brief article with photo; Charming color ad for B-A products inside back cover depicts rural scenes; Back cover ad for O'Keefe's Brewing Company features transportion workers in painting by Rex Woods. Moderate wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Time-Life International Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 662G2705
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Green, David; Hodgson, ME; Sismey, Eric; Louis, Mrs B; Ross, DA; Et al M E D A
Okanagan Historical Society 33rd Thirty-Third Report November 1 1969 - Includes Early Enderby History
Canada: Okanagan Historical Society 1969. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 196 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Features: Dr. William John Knox 1878-1967 - beloved Doctor of the Okanagan; Chief Jack Alec; Pierre Louis - Okanagan Chief; Joseph B. Weeks 1877-1969; Enderby and District - from Wilderness to 1914; William Thomas John Bulman 1913-1969; Nigel Robert Cathcart Pooley; Louis Casorso; Harvey Boone; Scouting in Vernon - the first 20 years; Frederick Thomas Marriage; Lake View Hotel - First in Kelowna; Maggie Smith of Kelowna 1875-1959; First Okanagan School; Aircraft CF-AOM of Vernon; Mrs. C.G. Bennett; Reverend John Christie Goodfellow; Grace Worth 1900-1910; Hedley; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this highly informative work. Okanagan Historical Society Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 321G2766
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Gzowski, Peter
The Game of Our Lives - Signed By Wayne Gretzky
Canada: McClelland & Stewart 1981. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 278 pages. Signed and inscribed by "Wayne" Wayne Gretzky upon front free endpaper. This copy includes the uncommon variant dust jacket which features front panel colour photo of Wayne Gretzky tying his skates. "Chronicles the anatomy of the upstart Edmonton Oilers during the 1980-81 NHL season as they gained power and confidence fueled by the dazzling skills of Wayne Gretzky and buoyed by the astonishing realization that they might win the Stanley Cup." - from dust jacket. Above-average wear to book and dust jacket. Dust jacket now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. An uncommon Gretzky collectible from the early Oiler days when he took the NHL by storm. McClelland & Stewart Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 154G2983 ISBN : 0771037414 9780771037412
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Andrews, John
Not Like Dad: One Man's Story of Recover from Incest
Canada: MacMillan 1994. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 220 pages. Bibliography. "John Andrews's personal account of recovery from childhood sexual abuse at the hands of his father and brother is both powerful and inspiring. This book will serve as a beacon of hope for other men survivors of sexual trauma." - from back cover. Average wear. Prior owner's name atop first page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this important work. MacMillan Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 441G2915 ISBN : 0771590288 9780771590283
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Mitchell, David; Graydon, Shari: Editors
British Columbia's Business Leaders of the Century
Vancouver B.C.: Business in Vancouver 1999. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 146 pages. Presents fifty brief but informative photo-illustrated biographies of British Columbia's business leaders of the day. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this very informative and engaging compilation which provides an easily digestible overview of the business drivers of the province. Business in Vancouver Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 664G2892
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