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1997207 pages. References. "This seminal work focuses on Canada's premier collection of Heiltsuk art, the R.W. Large Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum, illuminating its early twentieth-century origins and the continuity and power of Heiltsuk cultural expression. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy reading copy. Book
1974429 pages. Index. References. "This very much revised edition of a well-known study first published in 1962 brings up-to-date the appraisal of the whole scientific background to the distribution of windborne material injected into the lower atmosphere." - from dust jacket. Book
1994Articles: The Concept of the Louisbourg Underwater Museum; The Nova Scotia Small Craft Survey; Maritime Museums and Material Culture Studies; Computer Database Applications in Maritime History; plus several book reviews. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1953Contents include: Review of the results of the 1951 Census relating to population, Housing and Families, Labour Force, Agriculture, Distribution and Fisheries including historical and analytical tables as well as textual material. The 1951 census, held two years after Newfoundland became part of Canada, marked Canada's first census as a nation of ten provinces and two territories. The content of the population and household questionnaire covered name, sex, age, marital status, relationship to "head" of household, and the structural type and tenure of dwelling. This census also provided information for small areas such as counties, municipalities, cities, towns, etc. Well over 700 pages. 11.25" x 9" x 2.0". 2.6 kg. Forest green buckram with gilt lettering upon backstrip. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. Quality copy. Book
1921Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Greatest growth of company was during past year; Sound - a non-technical talk on a technical subject; Accidents which a careless workman may cause; Graph of the number of phones in service from 1903 through 1920; Table listing the exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Statement of development - a table listing the number of phones in service per exchange across the province; Photo montage of three of the Agents of lower mainland offices; Proposed central office extensions indicate a busy year; Snow and wind storms seriously damage toll leads on Vancouver Island; Repairing submarine cable near Friday Harbor was trying experience; Preparing to lay a third cable between the mainland and Vancouver Island; Magnets - non-technical talk on a technical subject; Statistical Review of the province's industries; Nice photo montage of 5 lady Vancouver Island company representatives; Planned additions; Start of Export Trade in Bulk Wheat - nice photos; Naming a telephone office; Fourty Years of the Telephone; Photo montage of 4 lady company representatives on southern Vancouver Island; The Gathering of Material for Use of Telephone Men - 5-page illustrated article; Application for increased rates before Railway Board; Shipping railway ties to Egypt; Plant activities; Excellent 10-page article describes the laying of the second submarine cable to Vancouver Island (Point Grey to Nanaimo) - many great photos; Photo montage of four lovely ladies who serve as supervising officials in the traffic department; Railway board accedes to request for rate increase; Repair job on North Vancouver Submarine Cable - photos and map; First Convention of Canadian telephone companies very successful - 10 page article with photos; Convention Delegates tour Capilano Timber Company operations - photo montage; Photo montage of chief operators of mainland two-number offices; new Kerrisdale exchange opens; New P.B.X at Spencers (Department Store); Current phone directory is an improvement; 2 pages of samples of past phone directories; Construction of switchboard cords; laying conduit along Georgia St., Vancouver (2 photos); Emergency reveals bravery of B.C. telephone operators; photos of Port Coquitlam flood; amazing photo of washed out bridge over Capilano River; Pioneer line construction - telegraph line between Toronto and Buffalo, NY in 1846; Good Qualities of Loud Speakers; photo of timber cutting to clear a right-of-way to give service to the Broadview district; photo of underground conduit being laid in downtown Nanaimo, with horses and wagon in picture; What constitutes Central's activities at the Capital City Exchange - 4 pages with photos; Rubber covered wires and cables - 3 page article with photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Backstrip loose along front edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Aside from backstrip, a sound copy. Book
1997Features: Interpreting Environmental History Through Material Culture; Omar Ramsden and the CNE; "Providential Openings" - the Women Weavers of nineteenth-century Queens County, New Brunswick. Research Reports: George Cove's Solar Energy Device; Researching Alberta's Gas Technology - a case study - The Turner Valley Gas Plant; La pierre de taille des Charentes et les colonies francaises; Exhibit Review - the Bank of Montreal Museum; Conference Review - Material Culture Worlds - a report on 3 conferences; plus 7 book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
1999Features: Razors, Shaving and Gender Construction - an inquiry into the Material Culture of Shaving; Painting Without Permission - an ethnographic study of hip-hop Graffiti Culture; Centres of "Home-Like Influence" - Residences for Women at the University of Toronto; The Technology and Practice of Electrotherapeutics in Canada, 1840s to 1940s; The Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto; Four book reviews. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
1999Features: The Architecture of Old Quebec, or The HIstory of a Palimpsest; Material History as Cultural Tradition - A La Ronde, Exmouth, Devon, England; Construction d'un paysage identitaire - Grand-Pre et la collectivite acadienne; Construire une histoire basque au Quebec; "Our Nation's Attic?" - Making American National Identity at the Smithsonian Institution; "Hitler's Car" and the Canadian War Museum - problems of documentation and interpretation; The changing significance of the Warren B. Sheppard Site, Battle Creek, Michigan; David Lowenthal on Public History - an interview; 5 book reviews. Average wear. Former library copy with usual markings. A sound copy. Book
1975Features: Autumn in the flower garden; indoor plants for autumn; ground floor and basement; the show scene; Honeysuckle; Autumn Flowers; Introducing Unusual Plants; Autumn Hostess - The Countess of Rosse; Flowers of Colonial Williamsburg; Drying plant material with colour; men who arrange flowers; flowers at Syon House; Devon Cottage Craft; Tulips for arrangement; interesting bulbs; Under the spell of Bonsai; Flowers in Araby; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1975Features: Julia Clements Writes for you; Winter in the Flower Garden; Planted Bowls; The Spirit of Ikebana; Christmas Decorations; Flowers at Cliveden; Flower Arranging in South Africa; Nina de Yarburgh-Bateson - an interview; Painting with Flowers; Winter Leaves; Seven Grasses for the New Year; St. Paul's Crib; Annuals for flower arrangers; The Economy of Dramatic Effect; False Flowers; Miniature Roses; A Diplomat takes to flowers; Winter Hostess; St. Andrew's Eve; Are you a flower club member?; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1978Features: Have you thought about patio?; the elegance of wrought iron; pests of ornamental plants; Golden wedding; the lady of the rose; flowers through the ages; my garden - the Duchess of Norfolk; The Arundel Floral Carpet; A flower arranger visits Singapore; Cutting material from a very small garden; It's in the pot; summer in the garden; colour it blue; shell scripture; the preservation of roses; the rose as a traditional Chinese brush; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1979Features: Florapuzzle; Eggs-quisite eggs; Happy Easter; Bird Making; In Your Garden; Craft Potter; Leaving No Stone Unturned; Collecting Books on Flower Arranging; Embroidery with Plant Material; How to make bulb flowers last longer; flowering shrubs; first steps to Ikebana; Flowers through the ages; Phormiums; the abc of flowers; far-away flower holidays; R.H.S. shows in London; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
193676 single-sided pages. Duo-tang binding. Above-average wear. Occasional pencil marks to contents. A worthy reference copy. Book
193573 one-sided pages. Duo-tang binding. Covers heavily worn. Contents sound. A worthy reference copy. Book
1980Features: Cover artist - Shigeki Kuroda; Notes on flowering material; Saga Goryu; Ohara School; Ichiyo School; Koryu Shohtohkai; The Genius of Japanese Design; Ikenobo School; Sogetsu School; Ryusei-Ha; Chiko School; Soami School; On Tour in a Japanese Play. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1989Features: Floral Focus - Winterberry - a splash of cold weather colour; The Beloved Plant - Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection; Shokei Moji - Voices of Ancient China; Traditions in Chinese Floral Art; Ikebana Portfolio; Hana Kagami - treatment of Ikebana material. Unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
1988Features: Floral Focus - Hydrangea - a rainy season delight; Guardians of Serenity; The Stone Lanterns of Kyoto; Blending East and West in Your Home - obi, hibachi, wook, paper; Notes on Ikebana Material; Ikebana Portfolio; Hana Kagami - commonly used containers for arrangements. Unmarked with light wear. Beautifully illustrated cover. A nice copy. Book
1984Features: Cover Artist - Fred Harris; Ohara School; Soami School; Ichiyo School; Sogetsu School; Western Art and its Japanese Influence; Involvement with Nature; Ryusei-Ha; Ikenobo School; Chiko School; Koryu Shohtohkai; Saga Goryu; Hiroshi Teshigahara - Headmaster, Sogetsu School; Notes on Flowering Material. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1963Features: Intarsia - pictures and cabochons; Grooved stones make earrings; Gems of the Ricardo Gem Fields; Carving - Expoxy - and a Circus; A screen of slabs in Polyester; Carnelian and Jasper at Johnson Creek in the Cascades of Washington State; A combination swing arbor saw and lathe; A catalog of gem material values; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. Book
193848 pages. Features: Super cover photo of a Seversky Pursuit in flight; Nice Ethyl Corporation full-page ad recalls Robert Lathan soaring over Baltimore, Maryland in 1910; Great photo ad for BG spark plugs; Guest editorial by M.E. Ashton about Canada's bush airline operators "Looking for Fair Treatment"; Nice full-page ad for Gold Flake cigarettes features a scene in Delhi, India; The Ottawa Airport Opening - photos with article; Lockheed one-page ad; The 1938 John Webster Competitions - article with many photos; Nice one-page photo ad for the De Havilland Albatross; The National Air Races - many photos of faces at Cleveland, Ohio; Stinson ad features their Reliant; Cub Fleet Tours to Hamilton aand Toronto - article with photo of Miss Alma Heflin; Highlights in the Aviation News; Toronto Flying Club has outstanding record; One-page ad for the new 1939 Aeronca "50"; Radio Equipment in the DC-4 - article with photos; Fantastic centrefold ad for Fleet Aircraft features a very large photo of one of their biplanes; Kollsman Instrument Co. full-page ad with photo of their factory; Nice ad for the Barkley-Grow T8P-1 Transport; Nice one-page Brewster ad with photos; Nice Cub ad; Great Junkers ad inside back cover highlights their material inspection laboratory; A New Addition to a Famous Family; A New Pneumatic Ski Pedestal; The Luscombe at Winnipeg; Edo Floats for Bellancas; The New Moth Minor; Luscombes attend Ottawa Airport Opening; Portable ground station by Learadio; News from the West Coast; Tale Spinning from Winnipeg; Fantastic Intava products two-colour ad on back cover features photos of the seaplane "Mercury"; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
192936 pages. Features: Labor trouble in New York; Definite basis for wage settlement; Opportunity in airport construction; Cuts cost of handling stone - article with nice photos of Youngstown, Ohio Hospital construction; Steel core reinforcing in construction of Denver bus station - article with photos; Concrete volume formula; Bookkeeping for contractors - part I; Why grade-marked lumber?; The contractor and the courts; Mack offer new dump warp-resistant truck body; Oxweld generator; Oldest skyscraper coming down - the Tacoma Building in Chicago comes down - article with photo; Lockout in New York; Nice ad for Bates-Truss Joists; Wonderful full-page photo ad with photos for Gold Metal patent tubular scaffolding; vintage Skilsaw ad; Great full-page ad with photo for Transit System Concrete Mixers; Latest material prices; Building trades wage scales nationwide; Mahon steel roof deck ad on back cover; and much more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. These nostalgic topics and images are certain to intrigue modern-day contractors. Magazine
192936 pages. Features: Nice cover photo of J.C. Penney warehouse, St. Louis; Great vintage photo full-page ad for the Koehring Dandie cement mixer; Great photo ad for Gypsteel shows construction of the Convention Hall at Atlantic City - the world's largest single span roof; Skilsaw ad; Interesting illustrated ad for Kernerator incineration systems; The New Paxton Hotel in Omaha is featured in an ad for Meyer Steelforms; A residence is constructed beneath a temporary winter shell - the Henry C. Ulen residence in Indiana - article with photo; Bookkeeping for the contractor - II; Improving bidding standards; The contractor and the courts; New Koehring weighing cement mixer; Latest material prices; construction activity this week; sealed proposal announcements; back cover photo ad for high-early-strength universal concrete used to make 50 foot long piles used beneath a highway bridge at Florence, Illinois; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. These nostalgic topics and images are certain to intrigue modern-day contractors. Magazine
194690 pages. Features: Nice color Studebaker truck ad inside front cover; Photo of the NIM flying wing in flight; Nice Seabee airplane ad; There'll Come a Day (fiction); Atomic Age Navy - submarines may be the backbone of our future sea power; Escape at Noon (fiction); A Challenge to American Women - "American women are more cruel, more selfish and more material in outlook than American men"; Everything ShipShape (fiction); The Doctors Run the Show - the new Michigan plan offers veterans the best medical treatment in the world; You, Too, Can Drink Vodka (fiction); The Outraged Heart (fiction); Champagne Shower - Mitzi Green - article with many colour photos of ladies; Two of a Kind; Nice color one-page ad for the 1946 Ford Sedan Coupe; Running From Death - Charles Beaudry is America's greatest athlete; Nice one-page ad for the movid "Without Reservations" with photo of Claudette Colbert with John Wayne; Super color-photo centerfold ad for Schlitz beer shows hops being harvested; Nice one-page ad for movie "The Well Groomed Bride", starring Olivia De Havilland, Ray Milland and Sonny Tufts; The Happy Chance (fiction); Ad for movie "Her Kind of Man", starring Dane Clark, Zachary Scott and Janis Paige; Jungle Hoofer (fiction); Goodby, Berlin! - article with several color photos of war damage; Camel cigarette ad on back cover talks about how doctors enjoy their product; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Centerfold loose but present, otherwise a sound vintage copy. Book
197382 pages. Features: Director Michael Winner talks about the present climate facing the filmmaker, the mechanics of the industry, the agony of finding new material and what could be done to improve the lot of the British cinema; 'Scorpio' - photos; Reflections of Desmond Davis - article with photos; 'Scarecrow' - photos (please note that half a page has been removed); Has Cinecitta Danced its last Tango? - article (please note that half a photo page has been removed); Fellini Looks Back Again - but Maybe Forwards Too - article with photos; 'The Night Porter' - brief article with photos; The Indestructibles - part 1 of the changing patterns in stardom on the British screen; 'Heavy Traffic' - five pages of illustrations from the film; Sam Peckinpay's 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid' (photos); 'Emperor of the North' - photos; Ronald Colman pin-up photos; 'Oklahoma Crude' - four pages of photos; Glastonbury Fayre; Ads include: 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and 'Scarecrow'. Unmarked. Average wear. Despite its defects, a worthy reference copy. Magazine
1994210 pages. "Over 2,000 illustrations depict the latest in fashions for men, women and children - bathing suits and accessories, corsets, girls' and women's dresses, gloves, hosiery, house dresses, maternity outfits, neckwear, negligees, petticoats, men's shirts, shoes, skirts, sweaters and other apparel. The illustrations are accompanied by original captions providing information on style, size, material, color and price. Also featured are such diverse items as buttons, combs, dress forms, curtains, silverware and other goods." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound of this delightful reproduction. Book
