Stranges, Frank E.MareMagnum
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1966117 pages. Many interesting black and white photos. Bookshop stamp on title page. "Cash 50" written at top of front cover in black magic marker. If UFOs are patrolling our skies, the people of the United States have a right to know, providing national security is not violated. To date, the evidence has been quite conclusive that unknown craft have been reported sighted, contacted and photographed by a number of nations. Still, the conspiracy of silence prevails. Book
1964218 pages. A lovely old elementary school text. Single school stamp on front flyleaf. Binding solid. Medium soiling and wear. A book to promote attitudes of co-operation and understanding in the minds of its young readers. Designed to meet the needs of the grade 3 pupil in his/her social development. Develops an appreciation for the interdependence of peoples, both at home and around the world. Book
1976229 pages plus index. Copyright date 1976. Former owner's rubber stamp upon title page. Small price sticker remnant on back cover. First few pages beginning to loosen from binding. The 28 chapters include: starvation in the midst of plenty, intestinal disorders, fasting and eliminative diets, colds are not mysterious, religious considerations, natural skin culture, how disease becomes chronic, and much more. Book
1931400 pages including 69 black and white reproductions from photographs and numerous maps. Gilt-edged top. Former owner's rubber stamp upon verso of half title page and upon front side of black and white photographic frontis of General Pershing. Small bookseller's sticker inside back board. "My primary purpose in writing this story of the American Expeditionary Forces in France is to render what I conceive to be an important service to my country. In that adventure there were many lessons useful to the American People, should they ever again be called to arms, and I felt it a duty to record them as I saw them." - from the Foreward. Book
1988124 pages including glossary and bibliography. Copyright date 1988. Rubber stamp upon front endpaper. Some soiling upon back endpaper. Major water staining (primarily to back side) and average wear to dust jacket. Title is an Ojibwe word meaning "looking back." Includes photographs spanning 1865 to 1988. Shows the cultural changes endured by the Michigan tribes. Includes five legends by Simon Otto which are very old and have been handed down for generations by storytellers of the Michigan tribes. Book
1988163 pages. Copyright date 1988. Former owner's rubber stamp upon front flyleaf. Moderate wear. Light soiling. Combining twelve pieces developed since the mid-Seventies, this volume challenges feminist cultural experience and imagination. Brossard's reflections on writing and the emergence and survival of lesbian identity are hard-hitting and incisive. "...I too have read and loved these texts. Their extraordinary texture and the zany peregrinations of the words have brought me pleasure, insight and joy; they offered me warm complicity." - Louise H. Forsyth, Professor, University of Western Ontario. Book
197596 pages. Provides collectors of British North America stamps with an accurate listing covering all major shades and varieties, with true retail market-value prices quoted for stamps in fine condition. Book
197351 pages. Some sticker residue atop front cover. Intended for the medium and new collector who is often faced with the problem of distinguishing one stamp from another, and to determine if his stamp has a constant plate variety or not. Will help you determine if you have a variety or another peculiarity. With large, clear black and white illustrations Book
197332 pages. Limited Edition. Author's signature inside front cover of this, number 4203 of the first printing. The story of the first stamp album and perhaps the only one now remaining, assembled by Samuel Lord Jr., first at the age of 15. He was born in 1823, entered the ministry in 1848, retired in 1889, and at the age of 70 went to California in 1893 where he passed away in 1912. Book
1984148 pages. Author's inscription and signature upon title page. Bookseller's rubber stamp inside front cover. Recaptures the bittersweet depression days in fifty short stories. The scene is a rural farm in the 1930s where the Hanneman family, with grace, good humour and affection, struggle to make ends meet. Author grew up during those years in the Ottawa River Valley as the youngest child in a warm, close-knit farm family. Some of the characters are real, some are not. While some stories are based on actual events, other come "mind-the-time" exchanges at family gatherings or from her mother's remembrances. Book
196866 pages. From the Collier-Macmillan Reading Program. Preprimer 3. Canadian Edition. School stamp upon title page and black marker marks on back cover. A charming primary level reader. Book
1972253 pages including index. Front endpaper removed. Extra-strong library binding/blue decorated boards. Light wear and soiling. Only library marking is discard stamp to title page. Marginalia on page 96. Book
1930Features: photo of interesting "new ears" for anti-aircraft gunners; a 4000 year food experiment - nutritional equilibrium in over-populated China; Editorials - spend for prosperity - Daniel Guggenheim - International affairs; Instrument flying to combat fog; Elevated highway to speed traffic in New York; X-ray fingers feel out the atomic structure of matter; A fact-finding laboratory; Archeology enters the stamp world; What is a quantum?; Feeding the crew of a battleship; More about pluto - further observations confirm its right to rank as a planet; Oil from below the ocean floor - oil derrick and pier are constructed in perilous waters; Factory wastes turned to profits; Scattered light and the Raman effect; An atom of Lutecium - its atomic structure is plotted for the first time; A murder, and the story the pistols told; When crude oil crosses the seas; Traveling home for phone linemen - a railroad train refitted as living, eating ,recreation quarters; Aviation in 1930, a summary. Back cover features colour advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes. An attractive woman is reclined beneath the caption "20,679 physicians say Luckies are less irritating." Cord front wheel drive automobile advertisement inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Magazine
1982256 pages. An extremely comprehensive illustrated listing of everything the model railroader could ever want. Spine leans to left. Light sticker adhesive upon front cover. Craft seller's rubber stamp in appropriate spot upon back cover. Bit of writing in pen in top corner on backside of front cover, else no other marks noticed. Book
197628 pages. Features: Some orchids in the 50th state; Two Orchidists in Waianae - Beatrice Krauss and Louise Wulff and Two in Wahiawa Beatrice Krauss and Louise Wulff; and more. Small date stamp upon front cover. Attractive copy with light wear. Book
1914190 pages including index. The only grammatical forms which the student need know before beginning this book are the terminations of the first, second, and third declensions of the regular noun; the regular adjective of the first and second declension; the regular verb, active, passive and deponent, together with the irregular verbs esse, ire, and ferre. School stamp upon each endpaper. Lots of writing upon back endpaper. Average quantity of marginalia and underlining. Boards and pages well but not excessively worn. Book
1994417 pages including index. Reflects the most current medical thinking in the field of first aid, to ensure a consistent approach among pre-hospital care workers and a smooth transition of care through each stage of the emergency setting. A substantial and practical reference. Solid copy with light wear and moderate soiling. No marks to contents. Bit of writing upon botton edge. Rubber stamp upon title page. Book
1994213 pages including index. Describes over 60 of the most popular attractions Korea has to offer. Includes over 160 spectacular color photos and 20 informative maps. Provides everything you need to plan a wonderful vacation in Korea. Price clipped from flap of back cover. Minimal traces of wear. Tiny rubber date stamp upon bottom edge of textblock. Book
1982350 pages including index. Book is divided into four major sections, the introductory section consisting of general information about the prints and collecting, the value guide for Old Prints, the value guide for Collector Prints and the last section, an informational and value guide for Federal Duck Stamp Prints, Wild Turkey Stamp Prints, and other stamp prints. Represents a prodigious effort by author and is born of his intense interest in prints and print collecting. He was a dealer for many years prior to his writing career. This work was, when published, the most comprehensive guide for print collectors and destined to become the standard reference for collectors of these prints. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
199256 pages. "...the stamps of Canada are a unique form of communication. They are themselves national icons, which embody in their design, and their ubiquitousness, a representation of the country's experience that enhances everyone's understanding and pride. The philatelists know it, and I think, whenever those of us who are not stamp collectors stop to think about it, we know it too." - Patrick Watson, from front flap of dust jacket. Small faint erasure to decorated front endpaper, else unmarked. Light wear to book and dust jacket. Sorry but no actual stamps included. A very attractive volume none-the-less. Book
1995220 pages plus index. The essential companion for every chiropractic patient who wants to successfully manage their physical recovery and obtain maximum insurance settlement. Author, an Attorney, reveals his step-by-step strategies for negotiating with insurance companies. Now anyone can successfully handle their own auto accident claim and obtain a successful settlement. Rubber stamp inside front cover else unmarked. Light wear. Solid copy. Book
1990198 pages. Author's nice inscription, rubber stamp and signature upon front flyleaf. Rather than a travelogue, this is an attempt to see events in China through author's own eyes and to interpret some of its history through personal experience... "The story of someone who has had a love affair with China." - from back cover. A very personal account of author's involvement with the three modern eras of Chinese history: the last days of the Ching dynasty, the republican years, and the years since the Communist Revolution. Author was born in Hong Kong in 1909. Includes black and white illustrations plus a special slip laid in which depicts the actual size of a shoe worn by women with bound feet. Minimal wear. No markings. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Book
1975128 pages including index. Sections include: art nouveau clocks; bracket clocks; bee hive clocks; calendar clocks; carriage clocks; china clocks; clock sets; cottage clocks; cuckoo clocks; empire clocks etc.; frame clocks; grandfather clocks; mantal clocks; novelty clocks; ogee clocks; pequegnat clocks; schoolroom clocks; sharp gothic clocks; ships clocks; steeple clocks; vienna regulators; wall clocks; and more. Most clocks shown were offered for sale during the past seven years, but the values given are those current at the time of printing. Prior owner's rubber stamp and date handwritten upon front flyleaf, else unmarked. Average wear. Book
1983223 pages. Small rubber stamp upon title page else unmarked. Very light wear. Continues the story of Doctor Morris and Doctor Janet Gibson so happily begun in 'One Man's Medicine'. Lovely copy. Book
1991Moderate wear. Prior owner's name and rubber stamp upon front endpaper else unmarked. Book