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1995112 pages. Features: Vladimir Nekola generates his own electric power in downtown Chicago using wind and sun; Stu Kingman and family install a home photovoltaic system; Wind Generators and Birds; Electric Cars - Toys or Reality?; EV Battery Chargers; Electric Vehicle Tires; A Graphic Guide to Solar Water Pumping; California 'Net Metering' legislation introduced; Mark Klein and the Gimme Shelter Crew; David Booth's straw bale home odyssey; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
1999Features: A view from St. John's - heritage conservation and cultural landscape; Fogo Island - last chance for authentic outport culture; Bonavista; Heritage Precinct or Parking Lot - options for a gateway to Canada's National Captain; Fund-Raising for Heritage Buildings - The Saint George's Experience; The Henry Ruckle Farm on Saltspring Island; U.S. introduces Historic Homeownership Assistance Act; Nova Scotians want lighthouses protected by legislation; Gabrielle Roy's House needs donations; Curtain rises again on Montreal's Corona Theatre. Bilingual English/French. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy. Book
193516 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: The Galapagos Islands One Hundred Years after Darwin; Wings of the Storm - gulls and cormorants in the north Atlantic; Kentucky Blue-Grass; Feathered New Yorkers; Puddlestone Gardens; Conservation - court decisions hep migratory birds; Progress in Roadside Legislation - the signboard debate; Covering Nature's Nakedness - a sacred duty - planting seedlings in Michigan; The Mourning Dove; Planets and Planetoids. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
2007118 pages. Colour illustrations. "The purpose of this report has been to synthesize and outline legislation in hopes of stimulating further public discussion and community action to ensure that adequate water resources are protected for present and future generations... While aimed at the Comox Valley, hopefully audiences across British Columbia and Canada will find it a useful reference guide or point of comparison to their own communities' water challenges." - from Executive Summary. Contents include: Introduction; Glossary; Water History and Regulation; Water Supply Systems in the Comox Valley; Suggestions and Sites; References. White label remnants upon clear front cover. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Light wear. A quality copy. Book
201074 pages. Features: Julian Assange/Wikileaks Cover Photo; British Columbia - a rudderless ship of state - Gordon Campbell and Carole James depart; Christopher Hitchens in conversation with Noah Richler; Peter MacKay and Maxime Bernier - Why hasn't Stephen Harper slapped them down?; New federal sex registry legislation - will it help?; Mark Tijssen processes meat for his friends; Murder of Lori Dupont in Windsor; The Hutterite-firm advantage - pay no wages; Feature Article - Julian Assange - a man of many secrets; West Bank sees nearly double-digit growth; Sarkozy vs. the Press; Public sex on the rise in England; MuchMusic seeks to reinvent itself; John Taft of RBC helps rewrite U.S. finance law; Mike Holmes - profile; Dolphin and Whale stranding - due to severe to profound hearing loss?; Marjorie Anne Heinrichs 1956-2010; and more. Average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. Magazine
193748 pages. Contents: The President and Congress - Recovery Legislation at Stake: Mr. Roosevelt Stresses Long-Range Plans; Hill Worries Over Immediate Problems; Capital Press: Do Correspondents Believe What They See in the Papers?; Thanksgiving: Uncle Toby (Wilbur L. Cross) Contemplates the Flight of the Season; Mail Racket: Mr. (Jennings B.) Momsen Fools 14,000 - at $5 a Head; Mabel Shea: Mark Sullivan and F.D.R. Glorify an American Girl; (General Hugh S.) Johnson Boomerang: 'Greatest Phrasemaker' Silenced by Himself; Tupelo Law: City Limits Union Organizers; NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) Has a New Problem; A.F. of L. (American Federation of Labor) Loses: Labor Board Rules Out Edison Employes' Union; B.M.T. (Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corp.) Workers Fail to Escape Closed Shop; Haiti Appeals: President (Stenio) Vincent Gets Promise From Washington; Getulio Vargas Makes Brazil First American Fascist State; Climax in China: Victories Encourage Japan to Defy the Soviet; Chancelleries: Nazi Imperialists Now Aim at Vienna, Not Prague; Reds in Quebec: Premier (Maurice Le Noblet) Duplessis Starts a Clean-Up; Socialized Medicine, an Ideal, Disturbs Organized Medicine; Jersey Woman (Dr. Jean Broadhurst) Finds the Secret of Detecting Measles; Nobel Prize: Man (Dr. Clinton J. Davis) Who Helped 1924 Winner (Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie) Is Rewarded; Beaverbrook (William Maxwell "Max" Aitken): Prince of Press Comes Here to Breathe; Education: 44 Millions Get Together on the Subject of Johnny; Book Review: "This is My Story" by Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; The Wind Blows, Blows, and Blows Some More in "The Hurricane"; Ills of Merchant Marine Aided by (Maritime) Commission's Report: Lower Foreign Costs Make Federal Subsidies Necessary for Shipping; Farm Progam Hits Snags; Corn Causing Most Trouble; Housewives Strike: Object to Rapid Advance of Retail Food Prices; Utilities Lose: Compulsory Registration Upheld by Federal Court; Gold Flow: U.S. Loses a Few Million for First Time in 20 Months; and Perspective: Housing at Last? Full page colour anti-war advertisement for World Peaceways with mother lifting baby boy in the air "He's going to grow up to go to war? To be killed in action". Half page black/white Ol' Judge Robbins Cartoon Ad for Prince Albert Pipe Smoke. Binding intact. Small mailing label bottom front cover. Average wear. Contents clean and unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
198060 pages. Features: Volvo ad touts the 18.7 year life-expectancy of their cars; Another Chance for Joe Clark?; Sexy ad for Miami Beach; Profile Article on Rupert Murdoch; Dogsled racing in the Yukon - Paul Sheridan and Dick Eastmure; Yuri Luryi - 35 years on the trail of Raoul Wallenberg; There Could be Economic Civil War if Alberta Stops Sending Oil East; Discovery of 4,000-year-old civilization at the northern tip of Labrador; Celebrity photos of Nelson Skalbania, Stephen Yan (of Wok with Yan), the Frantic Follies, and composer-singer Carol Connors; Pope John Paul II visits the Philippines - article with photos; Indictment of the mullahs' rule in Iran; Rev. Ian Paisley in Ireland; Death threats to Teddy Kennedy aide Richard E. Burke; Canada may have been impacted by US nuclear bomb testing prior to Hiroshima; Government Loan Guarantee to Chrysler Canada; Bert and Irving Gerstein's Peoples Jewelers Ltd. purchases Zale Corp. of the U.S. - article with photo; Tony Tanti of the Oshawa Generals breaks Wayne Gretzky's OMJHL goal scoring record - article with photo; Feature article on actor Donald Sutherland; Gold medal for speed skater Gaetan Boucher; Archeological dig in Calgary's Nose Hill - excavations of the entrepreneurial kind; The Problems of Enforcing Seat Belt Legislation; Dance article on Lawrence Gradus and the Theatre Ballet of Canada; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1979244 pages. Subject and author indexes for all three volumes. "Contains the clearest and most uncompromising exposition of Professor Hayek's political philosopy yet published, in which he analyses and discards modern sociobiological theories of morality and social conduct, demonstrating that man's behaviour pattern has been determined more by custom than by the exercise of reason, and that mind and culture therefore developed concurrently and not successively." - dust jacket. Minimal light pencil marginalia to contents. Moderate wear to book. Binding tight. Spine sunning and average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
194584 pages. Features: Lovely cover photo of red fall leaves, lady in red sweater, and Irish setter; Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover with illustration of man holding his Canadian military jacket; Is "Imperialism" Extinct?; photo of Mackenzie King welcoming General H.D.G. Crerar home at Ottawa Union Station; Photo of troopship and British liner "Stratheden" at Quebec City, with Chateau Frontenac in background; Colour country illustration for GSW kitchen appliances ad; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad shows utility poles being installed; Outlook from Parliament Hill - jobs, housing, Dominion-Provincial Relations, Social Legislation, Canadian Flag, Trade; And the Heart Knows (short story); Glamour in Sheep's Clothing - photo-illustrated fashion article on sheepskin plastic; The Ram Remembers (short story); What's Ahead for the Veteran? - photo-illustrated article with photos of Manitoba farmer George Cowan, Norman Bowles, Bruce Gold, Gunner P.S. Burd and Petty Officer E. Buchle; Table for One (short story); The Hunt Ball Murder (short story); Man of the Month - Ernest Campbell MacMillan; Two-page two-colour ad for Victory bonds shows children Betty and Jim with lots of flags; One-page C-I-L ad illustrates their technical achievements; What Happened to the 50 old destroyers?; Nostalgic one-page ad for movie "Night in Paradise" starring Merle Oberon and Turhan Bey; Nice photo of Yvonne DeCarlo in Jergens Lotion ad; One-page colour ad announcing Waterman's Taperite pens; One-page post-war text ad by H.J. Heinz ad explains "How To Make Your Meet Supply Go Further";Two-colour Chevrolet centrefold ad features the Chevy logo; Portrait of Mrs. Ronald Colman in Tangee ad; Charming one-page colour Maxwell House coffee ad with illustration fall scene and dad installing storm windows; Signposts to Victory - when Canadian troops return home there will be a vigorous boost in the sign-writing industry - after all, they were so eager to practice that profession in Europe! (fun article); Half-page Westinghouse ad will illustration of Canada's largest radio and appliance plant in Hamilton; The Fraternity of the Wooden Leg - a support organization for amputees; One-page two-colour ad by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" encourages Canadain women to conserve textiles by making baby clothes from discarded underwear and other unused woollen clothing; Arrid ad features photo of Gertrude Niesen; Colour-comic half-page Chase & Sanforn ad features Charlie McCarthy; Fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Machine ad; Colour photo of Maria Montez in Woodbury Powder ad; Article on how to make new clothes from old; Nice colour ad for the 1946 Ford Sup;er Deluxe (maroone) inside back cover; Colour Marboleum floors ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book
iv + 126 pages. Index. Sections include: On Sunday Observance Legislation; The Quebec Problem; Quebec Feels Under Attack; Lord's Day Alliance; Jews in a Christian Country?; The Community and the Select Committee; A Select Committee of the Commons; In the House of Commons; In Quebec. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moisture marks to fore-edge. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
1975141 pages. Index. Errata. "A narrative and documented chapter out of the annals of Canadian Jewry. Outlines the story documented in the papers described in "Canadian Jewish Archives", new series, no. 2." - from Foreword. Unmarked with moderate wear. Moisture staining to fore-edge. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
1960158 pages. Features: The "Lady Chatterley's Lover" Case - a legal left-wing softening of public morality; S.M.U. Pampers Leftism; Franco and Spain 1939-1959 - Spain may yet become our most effective ally; 1313's Mail Order Laws - we are letting collectivists take over our government through planted legislation; One-page photo of Ukrainian protesters against Khrushchev outside the UN building in New York; Front Men Ike and Khrushchev - fascinating article on why both may have been working for the Zionists; Subversion and the Warren Court - shattering legal victories for communists; Mercury Warned You; UN's Socialist Plan for Latin America; Termites of the Cross, Part V - "Communists and their co-conspirators, the World Zionists, concentrate their greatest efforts on destroying the religious beliefs which are the strength and hope of those who oppose the forces of evil - includes an expose of the ADL; Night Train to Bucharest; Bible Truths, Part IV; Charge Accounts Anonymous; Los Angeles' Smog Pot; Salk-Serum-Saddled Americans Still Get Polio - In Epidemics!; Putting Sound to Work; Bura! - Brutal New Game of Russian Youth; Armed Forces Manpower Wastage; Reprint of statement by William Zukerman in the Jewish Newsletter contesting the equation of criticism of Zionism with anti-Semitism, and defending former Senator Ralph E. Flanders who is presently being 'smeared every week' for questioning the philanthropic character of some activities of the United Jewish Appeal; Arnold Bennett's 24 Hour Day; Try Soil Feed-Back Mr. Benson!; Old Glory vs. Fairless Hills - battle to fly American flag over the local post office; More About Earthquakes, Part II; A Requiem for Reading; Americans, Speak Out! - excerpts of a speech by Dr. Revilo P. Oliver to the Illinois Daughters of the Revolution Convention; The Twenty-Second Amendment in Danger; The Old Wild West - Gone Forever?; Coloring Language Red - Let's Start a Propaganda Revolution and Call the Soviets by Their True Names; The Red-Headedest Mule Ever; The Age of 40; The Midget Car Neurosis; and more. Minimal markings. Moderate wear. Bottom half of page 57 missing, affecting Warren Court article. Lacking back cover and, possibly, back advertising page. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1977184 pages. Index. Footnotes. "A new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy." - subtitle. "Deals with the basic conceptions necessary for a critical analysis of prevailing theories of justice and of the conditions which a constitution securing personal liberty would have to satisfy." - from dust jacket. Light wear to unmarked book. Binding tight. Moderate wear to complete dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. [Bibliographic reference: Machlup B-15] Book
1999vii, [1], 218 pages. Extensive appendices and reference index. Appendix 'J' laid-in. The title says it all. In this landmark volume intrepid Canadian Chartered Accountant Robert A. Marquis explains, with full supporting documentation, why Canada's federal income tax is illegal. Chapters include: Early History of British North America and Ramifications Today; Property and Civil Rights; Provincial Acts; The Financial Act of 1894; The Estate Duty - Great Britain; Legislative Powers are Exclusive; The Judiciary, Supreme Court and Parliament; Fraud, Deception, and Manipulation; Corporate Taxation; Are we a Democracy?; Conclusions; What Can You do Legally? "As I saw Canada falling apart, I decided that we should look at the source of the problem, and one way of doing it was to produce a book on the true facts of our history." - Introduction. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy of this fascinating study. Book
1985Cover looks a little corner worn with nicked ends of spine. Yellowing to pages. Remain of library sticker on tail of spine. Library number, stamp and sticker on FEP. Library stamp on BEP. Illustrated with tables. Ex-Library
1985Clear, bright and tight. Used
1834Professionally rebound with original boards, new end papers and spine. Name to title page and that of Professor Peter Townsend on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean slightly tanned slightly wrinkled pages in a very tight binding with roughly trimmed dusty page edges. 362 pages plus Supplement No 1 of 128pp. Official Report on the workings of The Poor Law and the Poor Law Amendment Act which led to the establishment of workhouses. From the Personal Library of the late Emeritus Professor Peter Townsend of Bristol University and the London School of Economics, Founding Professor of the University of Essex and founder of the Child Poverty Action Group. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Townsend's Collection including many of his signed and authored works.
PARIS, Chez Bohaire/imp; E. Proux & cie - 1836 - E.O - 1/2 Reliure usagée - Dos lisse - Titre doré - 488 pages - Très frais intérieurement - Edition originale recherchée. Vicaire II,278
PARIS, Charles Douniol, Lib.-Ed. - 1862 - 1 Edition - 2 volumes In-8 - Brochés - Lettre de Mgr l'Evêque XII & 535 & 605 pages - Tracs dhumidité au bas de certaines pages du T. II - En dehors de celà, Exemplaire non coupé, Propre
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2005Paperback. Clean, tight and unmarked. Light grey line on pageblock.
1979Note on the FEP: "Please do not steal. IF you like the book, its cheap enough to buy your own copy." Please let us assure you what we did not steal this copy, it has been legaly withdrawnm slightly worn cover Ex Library, Usual Stamps Etc
1993Second Edition. Light sun fading to the spine of dust jacket. Used
1967FAUSTO FIORENTINO 1967 XXIII-429 PP. E 4 TAVOLE FUORI TESTO. FATTI SALVI I SEGNI DEL TEMPO, VOLUME PERFETTO.
