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187016 pages. Contents: Birthday Fete and Concert Toilettes of the Empress - cover illustration; New York Fashions - shaded suits, grisaille suits, mourning suits, linen costumes, house dresses; Personal; Crochet Tidy; Section of Byzantine embroidery for light screen; Cigar-case in Byzantine embroidery; Crochet Garter; Crochet cover for toilette-cushions, lamp-mats, etc.; Popline Walking dress - two illustrations; How they Welcome Easter in Rome; full-page illustration of "The Mall, Saint James's Park, on a Drawing Room Day"; half-page illustrations of "Half-Penny Dinner for Poor Children in East London" and "The Dainty Child"; The Cryptogram - continued; illustration of "The Orphans" on page 285 has been removed and is not included; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
187116 pages. Contents: Ladies' and Children's winter dresses illustrated on front cover; Dress - Ancient and Modern; Medical Severity; New York Fashions - Fancy Costumes; Personal; illustrations of suits for girls; Illustrations of frocks for young boys; Hannah (continued); The Burst Pipe - with illustration; On Healthful Family Bread - by Catherine E. Beecher; Society in Ancient Greece; Sayings and Doings; Great full-page illustration presents six Ball and Evening Toilettes; Lovely sleeve, veil and good illustrations; Scissors! - a Valentine Tale; Folding Gothic Screens; The Wonderful Lamp; "Slow Work" - illustration shows young man and woman seated and awaiting cupid to activate; Lovely blouse, apron, talma and underwaist illustrations; Boarding-House cartoons on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Magazine
187016 pages. Contents: Walking dress with guipure lace trimming - front and back illustrations; How the Age Affects Us; New York Fashions - woolen goods; cashmere twills; serge; repped goods; alpacas, mohairs, ladies' cloth, new water-proof clothes, cloakings, fleece-lined piques, corsets and bustles, kid gloves; Personal; Crochet corsets for girl from 8 to 10 years old; Red and white cloth lamp mat; Embroidered foot-stool; crochet purse; section of cravat; Japanese girls; Quality Hill; Pickles; The Honey-Moon; Sayings and Doings; Doing Nothing; Black tulle cravat bow trimmed with lace; Ecru organdy garden hat; Dress with high waist and ruche trimming - front and back; The roman Girl of the Period; Embroidered cashmere tunic and sack - front and back; The Cryptogram - continued; 6"x7" clipping from page 619; full page illustration "The Last Day of the Condemned" shows may about to be taken to death; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
198848 pages plus 77 illustrations in colour and black and white. In 1987 Dr. Howard Petch, President of the University of Victoria, suggested that the University might celebrate its 25th Anniversary by presenting a festival of Canadian art in honour of Murray and Frances James Adaskin, two of Canada's most influential and beloved artists, who received honorary doctorates from the University in 1984. After more than a year of planning and preparation, this exhibition was the result. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Light to moderate wear to grey illustrated covers with some evidence of price-sticker removal in top corner of front cover. Book
2001268 pages including index. Claims Kissinger was disingenuous when he claimed America could not prevent Turkey from seizing a third of Cyprus in 1974. Provides crucial evidence that this action was, in fact, the realization of a longstanding plan. Reveals the explosive strategic reasons why the island was divided, saving its top-secret defence and spying facilities from communist take-over or British defence spending cuts. Makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of great power politics and the strategic importance of intelligence gathering and the role these played in triggering one of the world's most intractable international conflicts. Includes black and white photographs and a 1999 personal interview conducted with Kissinger for this book. Appears unread. Book clean and unmarked with no wear. Light signs of handling to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
1991342 pages including index. Provides ESL and Foreign Language teachers with practical recommendations for developing their students' second language learning strategies. Detailed suggestions for strategy use in each of the four language skills are included, as well as case studies and models for setting up similar programs. Prior owner's name inside front cover else clean and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Book
1966630 pages including index. Intended for use in an introductory course (of one or two semesters) in physical metallurgy. Designed for all engineering students at the junior or senior level. Moderate quantity of light pencil markings to text. Prior owner's name neatly printed in small letters upon fore-edge. Some writing in ink upon front endpaper. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Solid copy. Book
2000408 pages including notes, index and black and white photographic plates. "An attempt to throw some light on the qualities of the leaders with whom I worked, on the fascinating north that has changed so much so fast, and on our problem of national unity that has changed so little - all as seen from a place near the top of government in Canada." - from preface. Author occupied the two positions of Commisioner of the Northwest Territories and Deputy Minister of Northern Affairs. Under him, the division of the Northwest Territories was recommended, leading to the establishment of Nunavut in 1999. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. Book
1984100 pages. Written for family members and friends grieving a suicide death and for the helping professionals who work with them. Explores the unique bereavement process associated with survivors of suicide, from initial shock to the healing stages, and the emotions that accompany it. Also examines the social pressures that intensify painful personal feelings. Initial chapters set the stage of a suicide death and examine the stigma, guilt, anger, and related feelings surrounding the event. Then focuses upon the different problems a survivor must face after the loss of a child, spouse, parent, or sibling. The final chapter discusses specific helping processes for the survivors of suicide. Minimal yellow high-lighting and markings to book which is otherwise As New. Very light wear to dust jacket which bears cup ring on front panel. Excellent copy. Book
1994499 pages including index. Small application of liquid paper atop title page. Book appears to have been read once but improperly stored as spine is moderately twisted. Light underlining in black ink on page 151. Only light wear and faint soiling. Green covers remain glossy. Clearly distinguishes bioethics from the many competing moralities in Canada, from philosophical and medical ethics and, above all, from applied ethics. Presents bioethics as requiring an inductive method, with careful attention to historical, medical, scientific and social detail. Examines the major issues from scientific, medical, legal and ethical perspectives, focusing on Canadian examples, laws and debates. This multidisciplinary approach makes the text appropriate not only for the students of philosophy and religion, but also for a variety of medical and legal studies. Book
1968342 pages. A symposium sponsored by International Minerals & Chemical Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, October 5-7, 1966 to commemorate the opening of its new Growth Sciences Center, Libertyville, Illinois, October 7, 1966. Text divided into: Biochemical aspects; Carbon Metabolism; Chloroplast Structure and Genetics; Water and Carbon Dioxide Transport; Aerodynamic Studies of Carbon Dioxide Exchange Between the Atmosphere and the Plant; Photosynthesis Limits on Crop Yields; A Look into the Future. Light wear. Attractive green on beige boards with brilliant gilt lettering upon spine. Minor quantity of highlighting. Prior owner's neat inkstamp upon half-title page. Solid attractive copy. Book
1990184 pages. Learn of the diverse ways that social workers are using groups in health care to meet the needs of patients and their families. Will advance your understanding of how groups can facilitate more caring, responsive delivery of health services by illustrating state-of-the-art practice in social group work. Prior owner's name atop front flyleaf. Rubber stamp upon title page, otherwise clean and unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
1977409 pages. Dr. McClure's attractive signature upon half-title page. "This book started out to be a full biography of Dr. Bob McClure from his birth in 1900 up to the present time. It gradually transformed itself into something that may seem to fall halfway between an adventure story and a history of China through the first half of the twentieth century." - from Foreward. Prior owner's neatly written gift greetings upon half-title page which has a small piece cleanly clipped from top corner. Maps printed upon endpapers. Contents clean and unmarked. Light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1989192 pages. Explores the latest research of Cleve Backster, who by attaching a lie-detector to the leaf of a plant discovered that it had feelings and the ability to read our thoughts. Now this ability - primary perception - has been traced even to disconnected cells of our own bodies. The implications and possibilities of that discovery, and the difficult struggle it has had in finding acceptance in the tradition-bound scientific community makes exciting, challenging, mind-expanding reading. Unmarked. Crease to one page. Small bookseller's label inside front cover. Very light wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Nice copy. Book
1983141 pages including black and white photographic plates. Author is unique in her ability to recreate in novels the life of the past. In this work she gives a moving account of the influences and the people that helped in her personal development as a writer. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Minor lean to spine. Light wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Nice copy. Book
1976152 pages. Excellent copy. Unmarked but for prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Light wear to attractively illustrated green boards. Includes special memorium to H.R. MacMillan, including large photo. Book
1991255 pages including index and many black and white photographic plates. This romantic episode from World War II has been almost completely neglected for over forty years, but now this volume recreates the stirring adventures of these woman pilots, drawing on private papers, personal interviews, and heretofore classified files. Book clean, unmarked and very lightly worn. Light wear to dust jacket. Excellent copy. Book
1927237 pages including index. With illustrations from thirty-two photographs. Spine missing. Past moisture exposure to bottom inch of book resulted in fading to that portion of blue cloth boards and very light staining to contents which are otherwise mildly yellowed and in good condition. Hinges intact. Minimal markings. Very good reading copy. Book
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ref. ORD-17507Marseille. 1920. In-f° (260 x 328 mm) cartonnage violet de l'éditeur, 100 planches dont 80 de luminaires divers, genouillères, appliques, chandeliers, lampes portatives, lyres, suspensions, lustres, lampes à vestibules... Reliures tachée, en très mauvais état, mais intérieur en excellent état. Tel.
1976ref. 51338New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1976. XV, 471 S. (23 cm) Leinen mit Umschlag / gebundene Ausgabe
ref. 13980192Paris: Charles Moreau, SNR Baudouin, 1992 in-4, 483 pages, 204 planches représentant 562 modèles de luminaires. Biographies de 64 designers . Reliure toile, jaquette, très bon état. Sommaire: Présentation de Raymond GUIDOT - Guillaume JANNEAU, Le luminaire et les moyens d'éclairage nouveaux (Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs Modernes 1925, 1930, 1930-1931) - Gabriel HENRIOT, Luminaire moderne (Exposition internationale de 1937)
1999ref. 214172New York: Knopf 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; Folio 13" - 23" tall. Knopf hardcover
2023ref. 2-1032169877Routledge India 2023. Paperback. New. 340 pages. 9.69x6.88x0.77 inches. Routledge India paperback
2023ref. 2-0367756269Routledge 2023. Paperback. New. 164 pages. 9.69x6.88x0.37 inches. Routledge paperback
