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1959Features: Khrushchev at the U.N.; Princess Alexandra's tour; Khrushchev's American Tour; Labour Party Election Posters; The Sacred Bull of Tchoga Zanbil - destroyed in 640 B.C. and now repaired; Cutaway diagram of H.M. Cruiser Tiger; Nylon rifle needs no lubrication; The Royal Grammar School, Guildford; Attractive Spode China colour advertisement; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1959Features: Great Flagstaff of Kew Gardens Carved from a Single Douglas Fir from British Columbia; Lovely colour Humber Super Snipe Ad.; Florida's 'Red Tide' Plague kills fish by the Multi-Million; The Threat of the Aswan Dam to the 4200-year-old Abu Simbel Temples; Auto Feature - The Rolls Royce Phantom V; The 1959 Auto Show (multi-page); Manchester Grammar School; Around the world in 80 hours; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1957262 pages. "The numerous exercises are designed for use either as class work or as homework or, in cases where the students in one classroom are taught in two separate groups as seat work... Contains sufficient material for one night-school year." - from Preface. Unmarked. Binding intact. Average wear. Sound working copy. Book
1997304 pages. "Eases the writing journey by helping you build reading and writing skills while mastering the basics of grammar and mechanics." - from back cover. Cleand and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
1984201 pages. "Intended for secondary schools and the first year of University courses." - from Preface. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Still a worthy reference copy. Book
1990231 pages. "A Japanese textbook for the elementary level, based on posthumous manuscripts by the late Shinobu Suzuki who literally dedicated his life to Japanese education." - from Foreward. Few markings to contents. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1955239 pages. Index. Former school copy with expected markings internally. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Worthy working copy. Book
1944Approximately 200 pages. Prior owner's name atop first blank leaf. Binding intact. Ocassional pencil markings to contents. Above-average but not excessive wear. Worthy working copy. Book
194895 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Binding intact. Unmarked. Covers tanned with age. Book
1949115 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Binding intact. Unmarked. Covers tanned with age. Faint name atop front cover. Book
1950107 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Textblock free from covers which are present. Last page affixed inside back cover. Book
1951113 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Last page affixed inside back cover. Book
1951106 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1952120 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Covers free from textblock but present. Prior owner's name neatly inside front cover. Book
1952111 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1953124 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Prior owner's name neatly atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
1953126 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1954130 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1961282 pages. Text in French. Writing upon front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
1954Features: Nice colour ad for the new 1954 Mercury Meteor inside front cover; Nice full-page colour Chrysler ad; My six weeks with the comrades - story and pictures by John Lofft, who went to a 'peace' rally behind the Iron Curtain with a Communist-front group - a bonus-length feature; How Lethbridge licked the drought with 'The Ditch"; Grammar is a waste of time! - by Dr. Rudolf Flesch; Hamilton - the busiest city in Canada - Yousuf Karsh finds Hamilton brimming over with the same kind of energy that won the Grey Cup for its Tiger Cats - includes amazing full-page colour inside the Lifesavers candy plant; Karsh Portrait (in words and photos) of a Hamilton Steelworker - Paratrooper George Marshall; The Fire that wiped out South Porcupine in 1911 - a Maclean's flashback, with photos, of the bush fire that roared down on an isolated mining settlement; The 3-D courtship of Benny Crambo - by John Bonett; Great colour centerfold of a yellow 1954 Star Chief Pontiac. Somewhat above-average wear with openings at each end of cover fold. Address label on front else unmarked. Minor moisture staining to some fore-edges. Book
1974908 pages. Approximately 10" x 7". "Treats some 694 particles, the nuclei, as it were, of the grammar of Classical Chinese... Copious examples of usage and currency are given and cross-references to concordances and other reference works are supplied, the whole designed to provide for the student of the Chinese language a reference work of a kind that hitherto has not existed." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to clean and unmarked book. Binding sound. Heavy wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A worthy copy of this impressive tome. Book
195748 pages. Features: Column - Grammar is snobbish nonsense; London Letter column explains political fallout of Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal; Blair Fraser recounts what he saw in Gaza refugee camps; Colourful Allied Van Lines ad; Great one-page colour ad for the 1957 Dodge (with push-button transmission); Blair Fraser Reports from the 'seething cauldron' of Israel - article with photos; Mr. Benturian and the Beautiful Palimpsest; What's it like being married to a genius - Canadian Suzanne Cloutier married Peter Ustinov three years ago - article with photos; Frank McMahon's Five Lucky Lives - great photo-illustrated article on the owner of Pacific Petroleums Limited, of Calgary, backer of "The Pajama Game", and founder of Alberta Distillers Ltd.; Photo-illustrated article on Father Bernard Brown of Aklavik; Clyde Gilmour picks the best and worst movies of 1956; Rexall centrefold ad presents dozens of products at 1950s prices; Nice colour ad for Maxwell House coffee; Nice colour ad for the 1957 Monarch car (yellow and white)Richelieu Phaeton Sedan); John Norman Harris describes his most memorable meal; Half-page farewell to Maclean's illustrator Oscar Cahen who was killed in an auto accident on November 26, 1956; Striking Chrysler ad inside back cover features purple 1957 New Yorker; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
192124 page stapled booklet promoting the construction of schools from concrete, primarily for their fire resistance. Approximately half text and half black and white photos of splendid examples of concrete school design including: Durant School, Oakland, CA; Jefferson School, Salt Lake City; Washington High School, Milwaukee; Culver City Grammar School; Morgan Park Public School, Duluth; Public School, Mineville, NY; Lockwood School, Oakland, CA; Emerson School, Oakland, CA; Oklahoma City High School; Central School Building, Lake Charles, LA; East Side High School, Salt Lake City; Technical High School, Oakland, CA; Watsonville, CA High School; Lincoln Public School, Summit, NJ; and more. Architects of these schools include: John J. Donovan; Van Ryn & DeGelleke; Oliver P. Dennis; Kelly & WILLIAMS: Layton, Smith & Forsyyth; W.J. Jennings; and more. Back cover suggests a printing date of 1921. Our research suggests this may be a reprint. Attractive cover photo of the precast concrete stone entrance of the Healdsburg, CA High School, William H. Weeks, Architect. Average wear. Center page loose but present. Tiny tick mark on front cover otherwise unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1969128 pages. Index. "The orthography or spelling system used in this grammar is known as the Standard Orthography (SO) and is based upon the system outlined in Mr. R.C. Gagne's booklet, 'Tentative Standard Orthography For Canadian Eskimos" - from Preface. Average wear. Small archival tape repair to foot of spine. Bit of writing atop title page. A sound copy of this practical work. Book
1929xi, [1], 432 pages. Index. Latin-English and English-Latin Vocabulary Lists. Black and white illustrations in text. Colour map of the Roman Empire ca. 117 A.D. 7.5" x 5". Reprint of the 1924 first edition. Authorized for use in the secondary schools of Manitoba. Narrow opening in binding behind front free endpaper, which bears prior owner's details. Writing on two blank pages at back. Average wear to publisher's dark blue cloth. A worthy working copy. Book
