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200064 pages of biographical recollections collected and edited by students in the Fundamental English class at Malaspina University College, Cowichan Campus. Signed inside front cover by fourteen members of the editing and interview teams. Undated but appears to be circa 2000. Includes interviews of: Ruth Dickson, Gordon Dods, Roy Hopwo, Darshan Johel, Weldon Jubenville, Karm Manak, Jacques Marc, Lynda Marc, Fred Roland and John Skertchly. Includes black and white illustrations of the subjects. Light wear. A nice copy of this interesting compilation of Valley biographies. Book
1972228 pages including index and glossary.. Profusely illustrated. Author has researched and reassembled furnishings and equipment in pioneer houses in Ontario to create a picture of early domesticity for the interest and pleasure of new generations of Canadians. The knowledge which informed such projects is contained in this book. "While describing domestic life from 1783 to 1867, I have included many of my own later memories. The years from 1903 to 1970 cover a period of such extraordinary change in family life that I have felt a desire to record scenes which may soon be forgotten." - from introduction. Chapters include: Gardens, Dooryards and Verandahs; Parlours and Sitting Rooms; Dining Rooms; Kitchens; Bedrooms; Cooking and Heating; Keeping Clean; Keeping Tidy; Painting and Decorating; Pictures on the Wall; The Lights of Home; Children's Furniture and Playthings; Chairmaking; Cabinetmaking; Plants of Upper Canada. Well-worn copy with front endpaper removed. Binding intact. Usual library markings. Book
1984Features: Identifying American Indian Dolls; Keepsake Dolls - memories of New Orleans; Handcrafted Dolls from India; Momotaro and the Wisteria Girl; Anne Baby and Amy - a comparison; American Character Goes Out and Betsy McCall Goes Up; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1964Features: The "Queen of Scots" - Half-a-century of Train Travel, No. 28; Modern Czechoslovakian Steam Locomotives - Part I; The M.& G.N. Route to Cromer; London Midland Steam - Locomotive Causerie; Memories of the Bristol-Birmingham mainline 60 years ago; A Swiss Tank Takes a Bathe; The County Down Railway and The Tourist Trophy Race; and more. Moderate wear. Price stamped atop front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
1967Features: Memories of Stewarts Lane - Part 2; 1942-1967 Ian Allan Ltd - a publishing success story; Steam on Pilatus; The "Royal Scots" - Part Two; "City of Truro" and the "Rheingold" - locomotive running past and present - No. 182; End of Steam in the North-east - many photos; The Leukerbadbahn - a Swiss Tragedy; Kinnaber - junction no more; The Didcot Derailment; East Coast Specials; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
1973Features: Swindon Reminiscences; Steam in the Twilight Years; It's Not Just the Engines - The Search for the Less Obvious Railway Features is Often Worth While; Mystery Tour in Sardinia; Sails on Rails; Worcester Winners; Some Other A3s; Gresley Engines at Work; Adams Radial Back on the Bluebell; Lillie Bridge Loco Memories; Crewe Basford Hall Disappears - 1; Return to Steam in Canada; Conversion Rail - permanent way for locomotives and tramway vehicles in the 1830s; and more. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Magazine
1985120 pages. Contents: The Command and Control of Nuclear War, by Ashton B. Carter; Collapse and Formation of Stars, by Alan P. Boss; The Perception of Speech in Early Infancy, by Peter D. Eimas; Alzheimer's Disease, by Richard J. Wartman; Hot Nuclear Matter, by Walter Greiner and Horst Stocker; The Reliability of Computer Memories, by Robert J. McEliece; Jet-Propelled Swimming in Squids, by John M. Gosline and M. Edwin DeMont; The Crossbow, by Vernard Foley, George Palmer and Werner Soedel. Nostalgic ads for floppy disks and the IBM PC - with Charlie Chaplin look-alike, and more. Initials written atop front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this interesting and informative issue. The crossbow article is particularly interesting. Magazine
1957Features: 15 pages of mountain railroading!; Naotaka Hirota's Album; Narrow Gauge vs. the Great Blizzard of 1957; News Photos; From Altoona to the Allegheny River; Riding the head end of No. 32; 84 years go by on Fulton Street; The ghosts of Sam Vauclain's compounds and of boyhood vacations hung near the Jersey beaches as a handful of dirty high-wheelers recalled famous exploits and purely personal memories; Average wear. One inch stain to upper right corner of most pages; less than $50 buys an 1800 mile rail swing through the middle west guaranteed to please the most discriminating enthusiast; and more. Faint date stamp upon front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1987116 pages. Features: Surveying Your Home for Bird Safety; Bake a Birdie Treat!; Homing Pigeons - Thoroughbreds of the Sky; The Grey Cheek Parakeet; Finches Can Live at Least Eight Years; How You can contribute to Avian science; Two memories of childhoods shared with a parrot 'brother'; Greenwing macaw George has established himself as a model in Chicago's advertising circles; Conure on the loose!; Adding Lactobacillus acidophilus to a bird's diet may help prevent bacterial infections. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1969Pages 186-238. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos. Features: East Coast Carriage Workings; The Robinson 2-8-0s - part 2; French signalling practice - part 1; Steam memories; A 200th anniversary round-up; Simplon route centenary; Welcome to the Dart Yalley Railway; An Invitation to alight; Cambridge University Railway Society photographic competition; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1905réf. 864101905 Saint-Etienne, Mai 1905, grand in 8° broché, III-181 pages ; à toutes marges.
1893réf. 734991893 Paris, Plon, Nourrit, 1893-1894, 2 volumes in 12 brochés, VII-309 et 369 pages ; infimes défauts aux couvertures.
réf. 63817P., Dentu, 1886, in 12 broché, 338 pages ; rousseurs, parfois fortes ; couverture illustrée (un peu fanée).
1905réf. vb2337Imprimerie Lafolye Relié 1905 In-8 (15,7 x 23,5 cm), reliure demi-peau, dos à cinq nerfs, couverture conservée, 517 pages ; rousseurs aux tranches brunies et quelques-unes en début d'ouvrage, par ailleurs bel état général. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
réf. 3756Divers documents et souvenirs se rattachant à l'histoire de la ville de Crest et à l'Etablissement des soeurs Trinitaires en Algérie . Le tout publié sur les vives instances et avec le concours de M. L'abbé Bargès
réf. 8063les mémoires du Canonnier Bricard,du Maréchal Bugeau du Capitaine Coignet,d'Amédée Delorme,du Timonier Ducor, du Général Ducrot,Maurice Duoin,Duc de Frezensac, Sergent Fricasse, Abbé Lanusse, Général Marbot,Maréchal Marmont duc de Raguse,Charles Mismer,Colonel de Montagnac,Napoléon Ier, Maréchal de Saint Arnaud,Comte Philippe de Ségur, Général de Sonis,Colonel Vigo-Roussillon.In 4 demi-chagrin vert à nerfs et à coins, titre et fers dorés,filets à froid sur les plats. Faux-titre, titre, 272 pages sur papier couché, non rogné, 24 planches hors-texte en couleurs, en-têtes, culs de lampe, gravés par MM Rougeron et Vignerot… d’après les aquarelles de MM Alfred PARIS,LE BLANT DELORT , couvertures conservées illustrées en couleurs et les quatre frontispices gravés par les mêmes d’après les compositions et les aquarelles de M. A GIRALDON Hachette & Cie 1894 Bon exemplaire
réf. 11919in 12 broché, faux-titre, portrait de l’auteur en frontispice, titre, 226 pages, non coupé, Denoël Paris 15 novembre 1946. Couverture légèrement frottée .Edition originale, Exemplaire du tirage courant
1903réf. gm4029Paris, librairie historique des provinces, Emile Lechevalier Relié 1903 In-8 (15,3 x 23,2 cm), reliure demi-peau, dos à 4 nerfs, 200 pages ; cuir passé au dos et en tête du premier plat, papier bruni, par ailleurs bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
réf. 216983Paris, Plon, 1877 in-8, VII-480 pp., portrait, broché. Qqs rousseurs, légt défr, tache brune en bordure des premiers feuillets.
réf. 2320ou la philosophie d’Arthur DUVAL étudiant-quand on a vingt ansin 12 broché couverture bleue imprimée,envoi manuscrit de l’auteur,Imprimerie de Madame E. Laguerre 1859(pâle mouillure partie inférieure à tout le volume)souvenirs de la vie étudiante de Emile Laguerre(DARCIER J.pseudonyme de E.LAGUERRE) édition originale peu courant
réf. 216527Paris, E. Dentu, 1872 grand in-8, [3]-159 pp., 2 cartes dépliantes in fine, demi-basane havane, dos à nerfs orné de filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque). Dos légèrement frotté et des rousseurs mais néanmoins bon exemplaire.
1884réf. GITf203Paris Plon 1884. In-18 3 feuillets non chiffrés IV 2-284pp. Demi basane rouge, dos lisse orné de chaînettes dorées, chaînettes et frise dorées en queue, reliure de l'époque. Légère épidermures en tête du retour du cuir quelques pâles rousseurs par endroits. exemplaire en bon état malgré le léger défaut signalé, bien complet, dans une reliure sobre de bonne qualité.
1830réf. 274521830 [Toulon] : [s.n.], [1830],[1] p. ; 30x22,5 cm - Fac-similé epoque Minute autographe (lithographie autographie à la plume ) Anastatique (réimpression),minute autographe,le corps exeditionnaire disposait d'une presse imprimerie lithographique à bord,permettant l'impression et la diffusion des ordres écrits à l'ensemble de la flotte (tirage moins de 100 ex.)
1928réf. 267991928 Paris Librairie Universelle 1928 - Broché 18 5 cm x 27 cm 424 pages ills in et hors-texte plans hors-texte - Texte de E. de Ribaucourt index des noms de personne table des noms géographiques - Bon état
1946réf. 65751946 Paris, Flammarion, 1946. In-8, 356 pp. Belle reliure demi chagrin rouge , beau travail au dos gros nerfs laissant la place au titre et auteur au centre . Couverture d'origine conservée. Bon exemplaire.