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1999239 pages. Index, bibliography, footnotes, chronology. Many black and white reproductions of photos. "Offers readers a chance to share factual and fascinating accounts of people who, for centuries, have ventured into these awe-inspiring central Arizona mountains." - back cover. Gift greetings atop title page, otherwise clean with light wear. Binding tight. A nice copy. Book
2000144 pages. Ffeatures: Fashion Dolls in the Kendall Collection; Tour Europe with a Doll Itinerary - the dolls in the mountain - a spectacular collection in Salzburg; The Ponytail Barbie Doll - a work in progress; Vogue's 1950s Ginny - the path to perfection, Part 1; Dolls of the Century, the 1970s; Dolls rule the runway at this fashion show; Beauty, Talent and Temper - Madra Lord; Dawn Returns!; Win two signed Alexandra Fairchild Ford Dolls!; Amazing fashion makeovers; HSN's Doll Artist Anniversary features six doll artists. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
1979162 pages. Price sticker on back cover. Sticker remnant atop front cover. From the windswept Canadian prairies to the University of Saskatchewan, from McGill University to the Philippines and Mt. Banahaw - the mountain that becomes her mountain for a very special reason..... Ruth Klaasen weaves a story of joy and romance, boldness and humility, hardship and sickness, birth and death. The story of how a loving heavenly Father worked in the life of one person, one couple, one family - in a culture foreign to their own - so that he could work through them. Book
198084 pages. Features: Hunting the little lawns; Faceting; Gold mine garbage; Montana; "Flint Factories" of Southern Illinois; Thar's gold in Mogollon; Silver in the Black Range; Treasure hunting in Puerto Rico; Gold treasures in them flea markets; Collectables near Salome, Arizona; Beachcombing; Vermont Gold Rush; Hunting 'Hunted out' spots; The Hunt in Northampton. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
1996152 pages. "Upon its first appearance in 1967, this best-selling "secret government report" sparked immediate debate among journalists and scholars with its disturbingly convincing claim: a condition of "permanent peace" at the end of the Cold War would threaten our nation's economic and social stability." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. A sound working copy. Book
1971159 pages including black and white photographic plates. An excellent copy of this journal. Norman Luxton made history crossing the Pacific in the Indian dugout canoe Tilikum, went on to found the Banff newspaper, Crag and Canyon, and devoted the rest of his life to developing Banff as a mountain playground and to assisting the Indians. Contents very clean and square. Brown boards show light wear. Dust jacket has half-inch tear to top edge of front panel and very light edge wear. Book
199196 pages. Signed and inscribed by Roy Minter upon title page. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Mr. MacBride lived a life of adventure in Canada's Yukon. Average wear. A worthy copy. Book
200352 pages. Index. Reference list. Colour map stored in pocked inside back cover. Printed upon glossy stock. Black and white reproductions of photos. A modernized version of the original 1903 report on the massive rock slide on Turtle Mountain, near Frank, Alberta, in 1903. Book
2000290 pages. Features: Special Section on Hotels Around the World - Sossusvlei Mountain Lodge in Nabibia, The Milestone in London, Pansukian on the island of Siargao, Alvear Palace in Buenos Aires, UXU Ranch in Wyoming, Hotel de Russie in Rome, The Carenage Bay on Canouan Island, Spring Cottage by the Thames, andLa Posada de Santa Fe in New Mexico; Robert Redford's Manhattan penthouse; Lakeside in Palm Beach; Modern oceanfront home on Maui; European mood in Mexico City; An 1853 spring house in Texas updated for today; French modernism in L.A.; Winfield House - the American Ambassador's residence in London. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
2003232 pages. Features: Serene life for Dennis Quaid amid the rolling hills of Montana; Susan and Jerry Lauren's Folk Art Collection in New York; National Gallery Director Earl A. Powell III in Virginia; Les Jolies Eaux - new life for Princess Margaret's Mustique retreat; Star Jones gets her dream apartment in New York; A Southern California residence embraces the elements; Susan Sullivan and Connell Cowan find calm near Santa Barbara; The ever-evolving MicroMultiple House puts a twist on the concept of unbuilt houses; The Wyndham Martineau Bay Resort & Spa on Vieques; Jaquelin T. Robertson; Eureka Springs - the Victorian era lives on; Luis Barragan's San Cristobal in Mexico; Karl Springer - his exotic furniture; San Francisco design centrer; Villa Serbelloni on Lake Como; Properties for sale around the world. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
199264 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: Photos and details of glass powder horns; The Magic of Metamorphic Trade Cards - Part II - Beyond Patent Medicines - fantastic vintage ads; Hair Raising Stories - Circassian Hair Oil and Restorative - A.L. Scoville & Co.; Bryan's Top Shelf - his tall and short bottles; Embalming Bottles - informative and wonderfully illustrated article by Adrienne S. Escoe; Jar Talk in Fredericksburg, Texas; Dr. Pepper's Mountain Herbs; "Dr. Pepper's Phos-Ferrates"; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits; Auction Directory; The Label Space - The Bunker Hill Monument is popular on labels - Bunker Hill Pickles; Up-Dates; "Nyal" - a Poison Bottle story by Ben and Mirriam Glassman. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1979178 pages. Features: King of Power - as late as 1908 there were more steam-powered than gasoline-powered cars; Rolls Royce in US; Avanti - the Avanti's life span as a Studebaker product lasted only little more than a year; Da Vinci - a single da Vinci was made by James Scripps Booth in the period 1915-1920; Dodge Brothers - production facilities continued to introduce changes without slowing the assembly line; Petit Jean Mountain - Big show near Morrilton, AR; Meet Menno Duerksen; Cover Car - 1925 Doble E-9 Phaeton; and more. Average wear. Minor staining/waviness from moisture exposure. A sound copy. Magazine
1988Features: The Passion of Diane Fossey - one woman's lonely battle to save the mountain gorilla; Where the Earth Shows its Bones - Majesty and malaise in Gros Morne National Park; Spirit of Sail - Learning the art of a high-canvas life; Equine Justice - Toronto Police Force's mounted unit serves, protects and mucks out the stalls; Redesigning Life - Biotechnologists transform animals and creat novel life forms. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1999Features: Kingdom in the Clouds - Kangchenjunga was once thought to be the world's highest mountain; Swimming into the Past - The St. Lawrence River as underwater playground and history teacher; Missing Angela - HIV is sweeping through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside; Wagner's Wonderland - a city-encircled wetland is a refugium for creatures great and small, and an army of volunteers is working hard to keep it that way; Remains of the Day - Giganotosaurus carolinii is the largest theropod known to science, but as a team of Argentinean and Canadian paleontologists recently discovered, in the world of dinosaurs, there's always a bigger bone to pick. Clean with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1964Features: Experiments with Grit Sawing - the Hard Way; A Ring for a large Stone; Olivine Nodules on the Kona Coast, Hawaii; Apache Agate and Tears; A Scepter fit for a Queen; A Conversation Piece; Thomsonite at Black Mountain, near Hinkley, California; Gem Cutter's Handbook; Australia's Yowah Nuts; Gude Crystal Models; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1981Features: The Volcanoes of Garibaldi; Antediluvian Companions - photos; Sea Otters - Their Return to Canada; A Marginal Foothold - photos by Arthur W. Holbrook; Sunrise on the Pond; The Grand Canyon of the Stikine - where only mountain goats seem at ease. Few library markings. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
198066 pages. Features: Gold coin cache found!; How to photograph your finds; find emperor Ed's gold and silver bars; THing Colorado with the Wietricks; Montana sapphires. Average wear. Book
198070 pages. Features: Traumatic tumbler tells all; The high risk road to treasure; how to pick a treasure-hunting buddy; The pearls of Concho - it's true, there is a pearl rush in Texas; Safe in doses large or small - a Rhode Island dump yields bottles; Don't give up - there's treasure to be found; Placer mining in the Arizona desert; Coler Gulch gold; Getting more out of treasure hunting; A few words about geodes; if you like variety in your diggin's try New Hampshire; Some Kansas ghost towns; Warm spring treasure - a Montana TH'ing spot; Quartz and Feldspar crystals north of Mohave California; Relic hunting Louisiana. Average wear. Book
1974454 pages. Index. Dozens of colour illustrations. "Designed primarily for the use of the visitor to Jasper, Banff and Waterton Lakes National Parks, Alberta, to help/him her to recognize and know a little better the commoner and more spectacular wild flowers within their boundaries, mainly in the alpine and subalpine zones; and, because a great many of the flowers described and illustrated are also common in the alpine country to the south and west of these parks, it will also be useful there." - from introduction. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound working copy. Book
1986350 pages including index and black and white illustrations. "A history of independent, courageous people who dared to be first, who dared to meet the challenges of a wilderness, who dared to leave their comfortable surrounds in "civilized" Britain and Europe and who dared to be leaders in a new land and in a new mountain and marine-oriented Municipality. This is the story of those people." - Don Lanskail, Mayor. Gift greetings upon dedication page and small erasure atop front endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy in attractive glossy boards. Book
1978Features: Mike Beach's little S.E.5a; By Handley Page to India 1918/19; French Mountain airmen; Lockheed Starfire; Cranwell C.L.A.4; Hair-raising Whitley flight; Radar War; Austin A.F.B.1; D.H. Humming Bird; Double Eagle-transatlantic balloon. Light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
1983Unaginated. If you want to find out the real reason Q*bert decided to hop around on the mountain of cubes, it's in this book. For ages 6-10. Glossy colour boards. Moderate wear. Former owner's name inside front cover. Book
199478 pages. Documents over 40 hiking trails in the mid-island area. A wonderful reference including detailed descriptions and maps. Former owner's notes on back page. Moderate wear and light soiling. Author's signature upon title page. Book
196790 pages including index and bibliography. "Includes those plants which seem to be most easily available, most easily recognized, and most difficult to confuse with poisonous plants. Selected from as wide a geographic range as possible." - from Introduction. Includes species from beaches, alpine meadows and the northern tundra. Covers: bracken fern, sword fen, ostrich fern, the junipers, lodgepole pine, western yellow pine, june berry , alpine and red bearberry, kinnikinik, orgeon grape, crowberry, salal, labrador tea, bob cranberry, choke cherry, gooseberry and currant, wild rose, blackberries, raspberries, thimbleberry, salmonberry, cloudberry, elderberry, buffalo berry, blueberry, huckleberry, bilberry, whortleberry, cranberry, mountain bilberry, evergreen huckleberry, red huckleberry, mountain cranberry, squashberry, couch-grass, wild onion, milkweed, orach, balsam root, plus over 30 more edible plants from the B.C. landscape. Includes dozens of black and white detailed illustrations. Average wear. Unmarked.. A sound vintage copy of this handy and possibly life-saving reference. Book
200244 pages. Topics include: Performance Improvement; Mountain Pine Beetles; The Canadian Eco-Lumber Co-op; The Science-Policy Interface; Forestry in Bulgaria; Forest Health Should Drive Management; America's Private Forests; Wildwood's Future; The Macktush Creek watershed. Clean, bright and unmarked. Lovely copy. Book
