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197738 pages. Meant to portray the beauty of Barkerville, this volume presents the author's black and white photographs of the town accompanied by the poetry of Ed Napier. The art objects of the present are often the functional objects of the past. Such is Barkerville. Light wear. Unmarked. Book
1960Book titles as follows: Dick Whittington, The Shoemaker and the Elves, Seven with One Blow, The Goose Girl, Rapunzel, The Princess and the Pea, The Frog Prince, Beauty and the Beast, Snow-White and Rose-Red, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Golden Goose. Each tiny book illustrated in colour. All books unmarked with moderate to average wear. Pages stapled together and protected by illustrated card covers. Books are secured inside what publisher refers to as a "casket." Left and right halves of casket are illustrated with happy elves. These fold open to reveal more smiling elves and two much smaller snowflake-decorated doors which, when opened, reveal the books. Casket illustrations are partially faded and side panels rumpled. Flap at top folds up to read "My Happy Story Box." Casket in fair condition overall - fortunately its most attractive features are in good condition. Back of casket displays promotional line drawings and text upon a yellow background. Casket is approximately 6.5" high (8" including fold-up), 5" wide and almost 2.5" deep. Circa 1960? Book
1932192 pages including index plus 7 additional pages of maps. Illustrated with sixty drawings and twenty-four photographs reproduced in photogravure. A book of the beauty and legend of the North - of the most perfect and unspoiled countryside in England. Average wear. Average bumping and some fading to boards. Bright gilt lettering upon spine. Binding intact. Former owner's signature upon front endpaper. Book
1989355 pages including index and a profusion of colour photographs. Captures all the treasures and beauty of this unique island. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A superior travel guide. Book
1993176 pages including index and some colour photographs. Packed with practical and up-to-date advice for all members of the family. Find out how to: develop your essential skin care regime; Keep your body fit and beautiful, whatever your age; deal with problem and allergy-prone skin; Enjoy the sun - without damaging your skin; Get the best from beauty therapies and cosmetic surgery. Unmarked. Lightly worn. Attractive colour glossy covers. Book
1974223 pages including index. Presents the four stages in the development of western art, each with its own particular characteristics. Despite these evolutionary differences, however, an underlying common quality is unmistakable - the overwhelming influence of the environment. Distance, isolation, clarity, beauty, harshness - again and again these are the forces that control interpretation. And foremost of all the determining factors stand the two elemental absolutes - the mountains and the sky. Book in excellent clean unmarked condition with very faint wear to maroon cloth boards. Numerous closed tears and sticker scar to price-clipped dust jacket. Works displayed in colour, and black and white. All works belong to the Glenbow-Alberta Institute of Calgary, Alberta. Book
1975113 pages. A selection of seventy-five full color photographs collected over 25 years and showing beauty as it is found on the prairie regions of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, in many moods and in all seasons with emphasis on that most difficult of seasons - winter. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Dust jacket in clear protective cover which is taped to decorated endpapers. Book
199224 pages. Ten delightful sound effects enhance the magic of Disney's classic love story of Beauty and the Beast. Prior owner's name inside front cover else unmarked. Light wear. All sound effects working loud and clear at time of listing. Very nice copy. Please note that we cannot guarantee the batteries will still have a charge when you order. Please check with us prior to ordering if you wish. Book
1989106 pages. Author has used "traditional landscape" photography to portray the variation, emptiness and beauty of the land, but the vision is a personal one: the land is seen through one man's eyes and his magically evocative lens. Lovely clean unmarked copy with very light wear to dust jacket. Book
2000128 pages including index. Why settle for plain floors when you can turn them into decorative accents that add as much to the beauty of your home as the furniture or window treatments do? New products - such as acrylic varnishes that resist yellowing - make it easier than ever to achieve terrific results using a variety of time-honored techniques. From dramatic backdrops with broad expanses of color to repeated stamped motifs, you'll make masterpieces underfoot - indoors and out, and even up the stairs. Clean, bright and unmarked. Light wear to attractive dust jacket. Lovely copy. Book
1967452 pages including index. A comprehensive and fascinating tome bountifully illustrated with archival black and white reproductions. Includes fold-out colour frontis. Green cloth covers show moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Contents clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Book
1979128 pages. Examines the way of life, artifacts and beliefs of this little known and fascinating people. Werner Forman's colour photographs, taken specially for this volume, show the threatening beauty of the long coastal strip which the tribes inhabited, and the exquisitely executed details of the objects they made. In this harmonious approach, the American Indian world comes alive - the world of Tsonoqa (the wild woman of the woods), of the Crooked-Beak-of-Heaven, and countless other spirits - but above all the world dominated by the physical representation of their world-view, the totem. Light wear. Unmmarked. Nice copy. Book
199596 pages. More than 110 creative projects using preserved flowers and herbs, from heady pot pouri and scented sachets and pomanders to floral fragranced bath bags and face creams. also plenty of ideas for things to make from dried, pressed and silk flowers, including floral wreaths, baskets and posies, hair decorations and greetings cards. Clean, bright and unmarked. Lightest wear. Gift quality. Excellent copy. Book
1990128 pages including index. Topics include: preparing for parenthood; birth options; beauty, exercise, nutrition; the fertility question; comprehensive medical guide. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy. Book
1997260 pages including bibliography and index. Illuminates the quest women must take to free themselves from this cultural trap to enjoy the fruits that aging can bring. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1980124 pages plus index. Line diagrams. "The coulee areas of southern Alberta provide one of the most distinctive natural habitats in the province and, indeed, in Canada. Long ignored by many as sterile and barren waste-lands, undisturbed coulees are places of great and subtle beauty. Yet it has remained very difficult for the naturalist to identify the many colorful and unusual kinds of plants which grace the coulee slopes. This book was written for such people." - from introduction. Bibliography. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Good working copy. Book
1995205 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Black and white illustrations. This book was "conceived in the campfire glow of four big-game hunters in the mountains and forests of British Columbia, and grew slowly over the twenty years they hunted together.... Shares not only the beauty and challenges of this beautiful land, but also the tales they told as they whiled away the fire-lit evening hours of their hunting years - of their youth in the dust-stormed depression years on the Canadian prairies; roding the rods; ice train hauling freight in the frozen north; wartime from the standpoint of an infantry platoon commander and a Navy sub-chaser; the real life of an underground coal and hardrock miner; high lead on big timber logging; commercial fishing on the Pacific, and much more." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1988204 pages. Celebrates the beauty of an irreplaceable natural heritage. Intended to further the objectives of the Islands Trust: to preserve and protect the unique physical and social environment of the islands of the Trust area. In the Strait of Georgia these include North and South Pender, Mayne, Saturna, Salt Spring, Galiano, Valdes, Thetis and Kuper, Gabriola, Hornby, Denman, and Lasqueti. In Howe Sound the Trust includes Bowen and Gambier. Part I provides an introduction to the Islands Trust. Part II contains a separate chapter on each of the major islands of the Trust, each chapter written by a senior who resides on that particular island. Geographical, historical, social and political features of each island are covered. Contains a section of lovely black and white plates. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Author's signature upon title page. No other markings. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
1960Features/Photos: In colour - Canadian flowers, Istanbul, 'The Sleeping Beauty'; BMC truck advertisement in colour; Prince Andrew arrives; Dozens killed by police at Sharpeville, South Africa; Moby Dick - a projected nuclear-powered submarine for Britain (2-page cutaway drawing); A great new British liner - Canberra; Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1993103 pages. Illustration index. "Beauty care for the face and body before and after childbirth." - from front cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1995Features: Spring Suspensions for Accurate Pendulums; Silas B. Terry and His Timepieces with Springs; The Rise and Fall of the Wallace Electric; An American Beauty - The Samuel Mulliken II, Salem, Mass. Dwarf Clock; At the Bench, "Adjusted" vs. "Unadjusted" Watches; Radio-Controlled Watches & Clocks; A Watch by Frederick Funk; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1977Features: The Beauty of Gemstone Intarsia (cover art); A Two-Finger Ring; The Spirit of The Southwest in Intarsia; Cold Dopping; A Rockhound's Christmas; Polishing Jade; The Handbook of Flat Lapping, Part 2; A Design Problem and Solution; Easy-to-do Cocktail Forks; Designing Jewelry - Part 11; Faceting for Beginners - Part 7; A Start Cut for Christmas; The Chivor Emerald Mines; La Turmalina De senor Dominguez; California is Quicksilver Country - Prospecting for Mercury. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. Date stamp upon front cover. Book
1954Features: News Photos; I Still Like Trains, by Al Kalmbach; Steam and where to find it in 1954; Rails vs. Rubber; An American Beauty - a native of France, an American Architect and a Swedish genius pooled their talents to produce one of the finest American 4 - 4 - 0 type locomotives of all time; When Steam ruled San Antonio; The Argonaut heads east; Hy Gailey - Railroader Extraordinary; Interchange with Cuba; Photo of CN's new dome caboose; and more. Small date stamp upon front cover else unmarked else average wear. Sound copy. Book
1999716 pages. Clean and unmarked but for prior owner's stroked out name atop first blank page. Average wear. Please note: there is a one-inch opening between top of front board and spine. Overall, a sound working copy. Book
1995256 pages. "The ultimate book of pampering and caring... The recipes for soaps, cleansers, tonics, shampoos, conditioners, hair colourants, bath oils, massage oils, perfumes and a host of other natural, healthy and effective products are a culmination of a lifetime of experience." - from dust jacket. Beautiful colour photography. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Lovely copy. Book