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1973207 pages. The first and only complete record of Canadian golf. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos from provincial archives and private collections. Includes a who's who of Canadian Golf, information about historic clubs and courses, anecdotes and golf lore as well as the complete records of the: Canadian Open Championships; Canadian Amateur Championships; Willingdon Cup Matches; Senior Championships of Canada; Canadian Juvenile Championships; Interprovincial Senior and Junior Team Matches; Canadian Ladies Open; and the Canadian Professional Championships. Gift greetings and small Christmas sticker upon front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Light wear to book in attractive brownish-grey cloth boards. Average wear to dust jacket which is missing some chips and is well-worn at edges with a variety of tears. Book
1990213 pages including index. Explores the unique evolution of this country's fascination with tennis, particularly through the venerable tradition of the Canadian international championships, which date back to 1881. Each era of the Canadian game had its own pageantry, its own royalty - all of which is explored in this lively historical and anecdotal testament to the rich heritage of the game and in the volume's more than 150 lavish illustrations and photographs. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
199322 pages. Just what can a circus elephant do with a great big pair of ears? Rediscover the story of Dumbo as ten delightful sound effects add even more charm to this beloved Disney tale. Press the buttons and hear the antics of the clowns, the lumbering walk of the elephants, the sound of little Dumbo tripping on his ears - and a totally different, surprising sound when Dumbo discovers just what his floppy ears can do. All 10 sound effects working loud and clear. Light wear. Clean and unmarked but for prior owner's name inside front board. Very nice glossy copy. Please note that the batteries in this book may discharge so please feel free to check with us prior to ordering if you wish to confirm the sound effects are still working. 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
1977355 pages. Addresses the following questions: 1. What reasons for holding wildlife in captivity does the committee wish to endorse? 2. Do we discourage wildlife in captivity or devise rigid purposes for captive wildlife? 3. Should captive wildlife remain crown property? 4. Who is eligible to capture and retain wildlife? What differences are there regarding public non-profit holders and private profit motivated holders? 5. What about endangered species? Do we want some in captivity for experimental breeding and propagation? 6. What standards do we want for captive wildlife facilities? - do we need a set of standards agreed upon in Western Canada? - What about developing a schedule of cage enclosure sizes for specific types of wildlife - do we have the expertise? 7. What principle features of captive wildlife legislation are common to Western Canad agencies? What differences in philosophy exist? Can these be resolved? 8. Do we wish to regulate zoos, monkeys and exotic wildlife? 9. What do we do about developing demands for trade in wildlife? 10. What diseases should we be worried about? 11. Should movements of wildlife beyond provincial borders be regulated between participating states? 12. Where does Health of Animals fit? 13. When will the Game Export Act be amended to include live animals? What effect will such amendment have on the movement of captive wildlife within Canada? 14. What records are required? 15. What a. management requirements exist in the captive wildlife field? b. research 16 What to do with problem wildlife? (e.g. bear, coyotes, wolves, bison, deer). Unmarked. Very light wear and soiling. Excellent copy. Book
1990Pages 337-576. Features: Wright of Derby and effects of light; The American arts and crafts movement - Industry applied to art; Albert Pinkham Ryder - Last romantic, first modernist; A French platinum sugar bowl; Furnishing the early American home; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Few library markings. A sound reference copy. Book
1997208 pages. Footnotes. "An illustrated biography and a photo album of one of the most remarkable men ever to take up the meticulous vocation of photography. Landauer became the last great black and white photographer in western Canada, documenting the industrial development of the region and the transformation of Vancouver's architecture from the last vestiges of art deco in the 1940s through the entire epoch of modernism ending in 1980." - from dust jacket. Oblong 12.5" x 9.5". Light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Minimal library markings. A quality copy of this fascinating work. Book
1987278 pages including bibliography and index. Illustrated in black and white. Author's signature and inscription upon title page. The first written history of the exchange. Details its 100 year saga from the beginnings of growing grain on the newly broken prairies to the complexities of the modern multi-billion dollar industry. "In this remarkable book, Arthur Levine has captured the sustaining myth of Western Canadian capitalism. It is highly compelling and often exciting reading about an essential institution that has found its ideal biographer." - Peter C. Newman. Closed one inch tear to base of spine. Minor bumping to two corners, else unmarked with very light wear. Book
1980211 pages including selected bibliography. A book about people - ordinary people, and extraordinary people. A book about different aspects of medical practice seen through the eyes of a general practicioner or family doctor. Relates real events in the lives of real people. Some are humourous. Some not. Most stories come from British Columbia, however they could have taken place as easily in California or North Carolina, in Ontario or Pennsylvania. Author's signature upon front endpaper else unmarked. Moderate wear and light soiling to book. Dust jacket very well-worn. Book
1998368 pages. Reveals how, with little money, he created a fortune in Nutrition for Life and how you can too. Today, Dayle is an international leader in the industry and recognized as Mr. MLM. "The great laws of success are presented with such warmth and simplicity that you forget you're reading a book." - Charlie 'Tremendous' Jones. Unmarked. Light wear. Binding cracked at page 248. Remains a nice clean copy. Book
1978iv, 105 pages. Diagrams and reproductions of black and white photos. "Let the sun do the cooking in the fields while we use the stove sparingly." - from Preface. Average wear and soiling for a used cookbook. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1946126 pages includingindex and black and white illustrations. This work completes the author's School Certificate trilogy, Heat, Light, and Sound. Chapters include: Sound Waves; Sound Velocity and Signalling; Reflection, Refraction and Interference; Vibrations of Strings; Resonance, Vibrations of Air in Columns; Analysis and Recording of Sound; The Ear - Musical Scales - Scales of Loudness. Emphasis is on text rather than mathematics. Includes interesting black and white photographs and illustrations. Above-average wear. Spine leaning. Binding intact. Writing upon endpapers. Ocassional light pencil markings to contents. A worthy working copy of this wonderful text. Book
1984218 pages including bibliography and index. 200 years after the migration, award-winning author Christopher Moore tells the very human story of the loyalists - the societies that shaped them, the various attitudes that motivated them, and the circumstances that determined their future and influenced the future of Canada. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Very light wear to book. Gift greetings upon half title page else contents bright and unmarked. Minor bit of prior owner's address label remains upon decorated front endpaper. Crack along back hinge which remains closed. Light wear to attractive dust jacket which bears several small tears to top edge. Lovely copy. Book
2008244 pages. Features: Dior, J'Adore - Peter Marino updates the original Paris boutique with elegance - and cheek; A Light Touch - Joe Nahem finisses an apartment for New York art collectors; Bubble Bath - a spa by Behnisch Architekten bursts onto the scene in sleepy Bad Aibling, Germany; Meet George Jetson - Hanna-Barbera's Los Angeles home is now the Gensler-designed office of AddedValue; Open-Door Policy - Juan Montoya's International design centre is as warm and welcoming as teh Florida sun; Expect the Unexpected - unorthodox counsel yields stunning results at a New York condominium; In the Lap of Luxury - with the Hazelton, Yabu Pushelberg gives Toronto its first five-star boutique hotel. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1973Features: Jumpers; Big Day - Canadian Airborne Regiment receives Colors; Warrant Officer Bill Hay Retires; Operation Overlord II - Naval Reservists Walk on Water; Terra Nova Returns from Asian Waters; Charm School for potential WOs; Viet Nam - they came back proud; Lamp of Learning project ends; Military Police Fund for blind children; Hussars Big Day - 125th anniversary for 8 Hussars. Photo of Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky with members of HMCS Terra Nova. Quality copy. Book
1980Features: The Saga of "Iron Annie" - Junkers Ju 52; Ghost Bases of the 8th Air Force; XB-38 - the Allison-powered B-17. Art: Junkers Ju 52m. Light moisture rippling at top edge. Book
2002104 pages. Features: Ancestors - the Deane-Freeman Collections from the Bloods; Sacred Illusions - a Unique Collection of Zuni Pots Comes to Light; Art on the Land - Rock Art in the American Southwest; Bearers of the Sacred Thunder Bow - Part 1; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
194840 pages. Above-average but not excessive wear. Unmarked. Covers taped together. Includes colour full-page 'Jamavana' cigar advertisement. Features include: Craftsmanship in Mahogany; Silver Tea-Pots and Coffee-Pots; English Gate-Leg Tables; New Light on Old Pewter; Georgian Portrait Painters; Bow Porcelain 1745-75. Book
1977Features: Light Aviation Today; Egyptian Helicopters; EMERLEC-30 - shells ready for use; Helicostat (project); How the Frigates Age - they are evolving to assume ever more unorthodox forms (long article); The Battle of the North Atlantic - an irreversible re-orientation for commercial air traffic; The LUPO Class - illustrated article with great colour fold-out; Electronic Warfare (part II); Additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
1994Features: Postcard Gems; Some Notes on the Finnish Railways in the 1950s; Some Early Diesel Locomotive Experiments; The Teresa Cristina Pacifics; The Railways of Jamaica - Epitaph, August 1994; Steam at Dresden, Germany, 29 April to 2 May 1994; New Light on the 'Lawleys'; The Last Big Steam Show down under; Back Track. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1968Features: The LNER B1 4-6-0s in Retrospect; Beyer-Garratt Locomotives in South Africa; Past, Present and Future at Yieldingtree; Two Miles a Minute - by steam - LNWR 2-2-2 No. 3020 Cornwall; Light Railway Timetables 1968; Around Britain's Light Railways; End of Steam to Buxton; End of BR's Observation Cars; and more. Moderate wear. Writing on front cover and throughout contents. Sound copy. Magazine
1960Features: Bricklayers Arms and the Southern Region Light Pacifics; Rival Routes to Bristol - Part 1; Two Irish Idylls - Evening Train from Enniskillen; Diesel over Dingle Bay; The "Left Bank" Electrics of Paris - Part One; Orphans of a Brighton Storm - a little-known and somewhat unsavoury episode in L.B. & S.C. locomotive history a century ago; An Early Railway Photograph; Progress in Preservation; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Bottom inch of cover fold open. Magazine
1970Features: the assessment of technology; large scale integration in electronics (LSI); the afar triangle; the physiology of high altitude; particles that go faster than light; phosphenes; the rangelands of the western U.S.; cell surgery by laser. Average wear. Sound copy. Magazine
199856 pages. Features: The Arctic ordeal of Captain John Ross; Health reformers and alternative medicine in 1860s New Brunswick; Canada's aboriginal soldiers come into the light; Louis Cyr and his Amazing feats; The Sisters of Ann - the Pacific Coast Mission of four faithful Quebec daughters; Devil's Island - the brief but vital life of a tiny Atlantic community; Canada's last political club celebrates its longevity. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Lovely copy. Book
1991299 pages including index. A basic text intended to serve university and college students enrolled in preschool, kindergarten, and primary education programs and to provide a guide for teachers and administrators who are already working in school systems. Much of the information provided in the text can also be useful in childcare and Head Start programs and in courses for parents and parent groups. Minimal markings. Light wear. Glossy covers. Nice copy. Book
