Munn, Orson D.MareMagnum
219 resultados
1931A very interesting issue. Features: Triangulation - why and how this precise surveying job is done; Editorials - The Nicaragua Canal - The "R-101" disaster - Spiritism exposed - Why a navy is needed - Sick railroads - Lessons learned; Our changing transportation - competitors to the railroads; Zone television and the television arc - television transmission via three channels; Tudying up the constellations - archaic method of outlining roups is being simplified; Problems of calendar improvement - the importance of the movment ot change our calendar; Tons of human hair in industry - woven into press-clth, hair serves a most useful purpose; This new big business of gardening - food raising becomes a gigantic mechanized industry; From the archeologist's Notebook - bronze bowl - home of a notorious Roman - Lid of Canopic jar - a Roman portrait - Chinese head-dress ornament; Man's insect allies - an insect that feeds on cacti and destroys them; Change - the great competitor; Sulfur - the second of three related articles on salt, sulfur and petroleum; Clemenceau and Foch - the United States enters the war - the Armistice and peace conference; Diesel versus gasoline-engined plane - the diesel-engined plane has a higher "ceiling"; A flexible amusement building in New Orleans - a municipal auditorium with a movable stage platform; A two-mile industrial water tunnel - tunnel for the ford plant carries enough water for several cities. Chip loose at top of spine. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Tear to page 402. Book
1931Features: Cunard's bid for ocean supremacy; Editorials - Michelson - by submarine to the north pole - wages and prosperity - fighting the crooks - human engineering - television broadcasts; Riding with the signal in the cab - right-of-way signals are repeated within the engine cab; Quick-freezing solves food problems; Efficient medical department for brokers and employees at the stock exchange; Airplains land blind - guided by radio; A a splintered planet? - tiny elongated Eros may be a fragment of an older, larger asteroid; National Aircraft Show; The biblical deluge a fact - Archeological finds are stratified as though by a flood; Amateur astronomy in Pittsburgh - an observatory is built by and for amateurs; Television now on schedule - first broadcasts of television on a regular program; Science in search of oil - The last of three articles on salt, sulfur, and petroleum; A familiar truck becomes a locomotive - gasoline powered yard locomotive has commendable features; Professionnal methods in amateur archeology; American olives by the ton - large industry in California is over 150 years old; Preserved for 10,000 yeares to come - unique methods of preserving records of Tokyo earthquake; Mechanizing a giant foundry - Allis Chalmers. One inch opening at top of spine-fold. Half-inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Quarter inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Covers remain 50% attached to contents. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1987216 pages including index. Beginning with the creation of Canada's first national park in Banff in 1885, the author provides a sympathetic story of the historical tension between conservation and profit which has marked Canada's national parks policy. Traces this motif from the era of MacDonald and Van Horne, through that of Mackenzie King to the initiatives of Trudeau and Chretien. One inch tear to bottom of front cover at spine. Covers show significant wear but contents clean and unmarked. Book
1936Approx 40 pages. Features: Electrical Installation for a Modern Engraving Plant; The Static Transformer; Maintenance of Electrical Contacts; Problems of Hairdressing Equipment Installation; The Westinghouse Metal Rectifier; Enclosures for Industrial Motors; Electrical Recording Instruments; Time Delay Devices; Control Gear for A.C. Motors; Recent Patent Specifications. Average wear. Unmarked. 3 inch horizontal tear to fore-edge of front cover, half-way down. Book
1985281 pages. The further adventures of The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman; a sequel to The Wizard of Oz. Attractively illustrated in black and white. Tiny tear to fore-edge of front cover which has some sticker residue in upper corner. Unmarked. Bright colour covers. Book
1988151 pages. Artist Robin Wood met Anne McCaffrey at the first totally Pern-oriented convention in the U.S. in 1984. However, prior to that, Robin had designed and executed portraits of Pern characters for the Mayfair Games board game, Dragonriders of Pern. In the ensuing conversation about what the characters from the Pern books really looked like, this book was conceived. Four years of work followed, with Robin and Anne comparing notes at conventions, discussing details of Pern and its people, passing letters and sketches across the Atlantic and arriving at mutually satisfactory conclusions. This represents the first, authentic look at the people of Pern, a collaboration of the finest kind between two of the finest artists available today. Very attractively illustrated glossy dust jacket in wonderful condition with minimal signs of rubbing at top and bottom edges and 3/4" tear to top of back panel. Book could pass as new. A superior copy of this enchanting work. Book
1993172 pages. "Aboriginal heroes are everywhere... Who is Yours?" With these words, the Aboriginal Heroes Contest on which this book is based was introduced to students and teachers across Canada. The heroes theme is an important one. The very concept of heroes invokes special images for nearly everyone - of someone who eximplifies courage, moral strength, or other sterling qualities which somehow allow them to exceed the normal bounds that seem to limit human endeavour. Aided by this book, teachers and parents can communicate to students that everyone has something of the heroic in her or him; that everyone can think deeply and feel deeply about issues of importance; and, as a curricular consideration, that everyone can learn to express those feelings in thoughts and written words. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Glossy colour illustrated covers. Two inch tear to top of front cover at spine. Children's hero stories are grouped by province/territory. Book
1975246 pages. The homeowner who has a new house without improvements or one with an established landscape will find here the information necessary to make the property both beautiful and functional. For the nursery operator and landscape contractor, it will serve as a source of ideas and provide a practical approach for further developing skills in designing and constructing residential landscapes. Minimal markings to text. Former owner's address label upon front cover. Average wear. Two inch opening to back cover at foot of spine. Small tear to top of spine. Book
1979Unpaginated. Jen and Tod Bean are farm kids. At the end of each day they go out to the field to bring home the family's six cows. One day they discover that the gate has been left open and the cows have escaped. Laurence tells how the kids overcome their fear of the woods and return the cows to the pasture. Contents in good condition. Covers in fair condition with two inch tear to fore-edge of back cover. Back cover also bears unsightly price sticker remnant and stain from their attempted removal. Book
1971Unpaginated. Large black and white photographs throughout. Gendarme was to be a Police Horse, but he was big and awkward and slow to learn, and it seemed he would never be a trooper's mount. His trainer called him "Ugly Duckling", but he liked Gendarme's calm, quiet nature and patiently began to train the horse. The true story of how Gendarme learned the ways of a Police Horse. Average wear. Blue boards moderately bumped. Dust jacket well-worn with three inch tear at top of front panel near spine and some smallish chunks missing. Despite this, the brightly illustrated dust jacket has the potential to be quite attractive, given some tlc and the addition of a glossy protective sleeve. Book
1965157 pages. Book #8 in the series. Brad has just settled into a job in his father's London office when he is engaged in a hunt for a missing person whose disappearance means the loss of a scientific secret of urgent national importance. Large tear to base of spine. Scribbing upon endpapers, etc. Writing upon front board has been coloured in with blue pen. Well-worn. We could go on, but all pages seem to be here and binding remains intact. Book
1981Undated. Provides the meaning of over 140 opposites words made clear to all young readers through bright colourful pictures full of humourous details. Average wear. Contents unmarked. Two inch tear to outside of back hinge at base of spine, else average wear to yellow laminated boards. Book
1974230 pages including index plus black and white photographic plates. Subject (1873-1960) had two great careers, first as a missionary in China, and then as a collector and curator of one of the world's greatest museum collections of Chinese archeology. Recounts the history of a rich life that bridged two diverse cultures. Book unmarked, clean and square with minimal wear. Small tear and moderate edgewear to dust jacket. Book
1978185 pages including index. Beat inflation! The best-selling Formula Books focus on personal and home care. This volume adds a new dimension with emphasis on formulas for outdoor use: camping, recreation, and gardening. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Average wear and closed tear to price-clipped dust jacket. Book
1982227 pages including index. Here is the whole, incredible story of Chelation Therapy. You will meet the chelation pioneers and learn of more than 1,000 physicians who have given more than two million chelation treatments to over 100,000 patients - with no known fatalities and a remarkable record of recoveries. Rubber stamp and some writing upon front endpaper which has half-inch tear to top edge. Average wear. Variety of tears and average wear to dust jacket. Book
1936126 pages. Text in Dutch. Met 180 Afbeeldingen. 2E Herziene Druk. Small bookseller's sticker upon front endpaper else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Above average wear to boards with small tear at base of spine. Front board remains attractive with gilt border, lettering and emblem. Book
1965Approx. 25 pages. Contents divided into the following sections: Repairs with Green Edge Materials and Vulc-Cement L5; Repairs with Sheet Material; Endless Joints; Conveyor Belt Cleats; Liquid Neoprene for Conveyor Belts; Tools; Infra Drying Hood; Double Acting Roller; Belt Tightening Clamps, Buffing Motors. Average wear. Unmarked. One inch tear to top edge of front cover. One inch opening at base of cover fold. Book
1976Unpaginated. Wonderful detailed drawings throughout. No text. Allows child readers to make up their own story as they go. Contents clean and unmarked. Average wear to blue illustrated boards. One inch tear at top of spine. ISBN number partial worn from back board. Book
198993 pages. Provides the K-3 teacher with practical strategies and lesson plans for introducing young students to the fun and rigors of skillful thinking. Answers key questions such as: How do I set the climate for a thinking classroom? what are the thinking skills embedded in my curriculum?; How do I teach the explicit skills as thinking?; How do I lead children to think about their thinking?. Includes 38 lesson plans. Prior owner's name, rubber stamp and sticker scar to top corner of title page else unmarked. Half-inch tear to top of front cover. Moderate wear. Book
1983221 pages. Illegitimus non Carborundum (don't let the b******ds wear you down.) - Bill White. Average wear. One inch tear to bottom edge of back cover. Peeled area from front cover where sticker removed. Contents square and unmarked. "White's stories of the 'bad old days' of B.C. Labour will fascinate anyone interested in the largely unwritten history of this country. For those concerned with the current state of human and labour rights in B.C., Bill White's call for a return to the kind of gloves-off fighting that marked his heyday will seem appropriate and useful." - from back cover. Book
1978182 pages. Includes many black and white illustrations. A practical study of ocean passage-making, using a cruise across the Atlantic as a case history. Far more than just another cruising story, includes plans, preparations... the nitty gritty details of gear, supplies, preparations, and boat handling. It's also a great cruising yarn. Small tear to top corner of dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with minor lean to spine. Book
1996416 pages including bibliography and index. Acknowledges that the province on the far left of the map has always been a pretty strange place, but it also tells a serious story of touchy race relations, heroic men and women, and the kind of romance that makes sensible people want to write books. It's a new kind of history - intensely personal, impeccably researched, intentionally provocative, unexpectedly spiritual, and laugh-out-loud funny - that encourages us to question received wisdom and ponder the elusiveness of history. Book clean and unmarked with moderate wear and slight lean to spine. Dust jacket with closed tear to top of back panel and moderate edgewear with one or two chips missing. Solid copy. Book
1960Unpaginated. Average wear. Closed two-inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. From the Grosset Art Instruction Series - authoritative introductions to basic techniques and methods. Book
1992164 pages. A tribute to the stars of stage and screen, past and present who are also gifted visual artists. Over seventy well-known actors and actresses have contributed their works of art - works that reveal a facet of their personalities many have never seen. Specially commissioned photographs taken inside their homes, gardens, and art studios, complement this stunning and varied collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Book very lightly worn, clean, bright and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket bears one inch tear with missing chunk at top of front panel else is lightly worn. Nice copy. Book
1969462 pages including index. "Covers the field of knowledge required by the skilled animal technician of the present day." Apparently such technicians engage in animal experimentation. Prior owner's info upon front endpaper. Minor yellowing at edges. One inch tear to exterior of front hinge at top of spine. Average wear. Book