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réf. 0260383074.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1989A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. 9 1/4"w x 10 3/4"h. 112 pages.
1995Fine English Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 335 p., color and b/w ills. The music makers in Turkey. "What part does Turkey play in 'world music' and what are the contributions of contemporary Turkish musicians? The music makers in Turkey attempts to involve responses to these questions and with its detailed documentation covering Turkish musical scene from all obvious aspects, it is the first to fill a long-felt needed. The book begins with a substantial section eplaining the cultural heritage inherited starting from antique era; Turkish music in the eyes of Europeans since the Renaissance; the effects of Turkish music on that of Europe and the effects of European music on traditional Turkish music; harmonization technique of Turkish music modes; eminent Turkish composers and their output; opera and ballet; orchestras; conductors; chamber music; prominent soloists; choruses; military music; traditional music;; musical education; musicologists and critics; international music festivals, foundations and societies. This book will afford a greater appreciation and understanding of music in Turkey and make it an essential guide".
1976réf. 64501295West Vancouver BC: Environment Canada 1976. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 298 pages including index. Compiles all available references relevant to the environmental aspect of the Nanaimo River Estuary. Summarizes pertinent information and provides lists on plant and animal life to provide readers with some idea of the ecological characteristics. Contents include topics such as: Geology; Economic Geology; Surficial Geology; Climatology; Hydrology; Oceanography; Invertebrate Biology; Invertebrate Fisheries Resource; Flora; Wildlife; Land and Water Use; Pollution; plus an extensive Bibliography. Includes a variety of maps. Report of the Estuary Working Group Department of the Environment Regional Pacific Region. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A wonderful reference. Environment Canada Paperback
1948réf. 201H0018Canada: The National Home Monthly. Good. 1948. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 76 pages. Features: Nostalgic colour GWG Great Western Garment ad inside front cover for their Red Strap Overalls features farmer with farm in background; Half-page colour-photo ad for Ritz Crackers; Massey-Harris one-page colour ad shows farmer on tractor in corn field; Can Europe Be Saved - Sequel to President Truman's Message; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry features beaming girl; Who Will Be the Moses of the Federal Liberal Party; The Money Belt short story; Happy Ending short story; The Company of Adventurers - colour-illustrated article on the history of the Hudson's Bay Company; Swan Song short story; What Did She See in Him short story; Let's Abolish Easy Driving Tests - article with photos of horrific car accidents; Nice one-page colour ad for B-A includes four service station scenes; Magnificent colour two-page 1948 Chevrolet ad features light brown car and fishing couple; Cominco in the Kootenays - photo-illustrated article; Half-page air mail ad; It's Comfort That Counts - interior design article; Half-page colour ad for V-8 veggie drink shows smiling girl; Nice fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Centers one-page colour-photo ad; Children's birthday recipes; One-page colour ad for Swift's Premium bacon; Colour one-page Heinz ad features large 57 with colour photos of their many products; One-page colour-photo ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Article on Colour shoes - with colour photos; One-page colour Coke ad shows many pop machine scenes; Fashion/Beauty article; Nice Burn's meat one-page colour ad shows Spork Sausage and Speef; Nice colour mother and daughter scene in Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover; Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The National Home Monthly Magazine May 1948 - Cominco in the Kootenays / The Company of Adventurers HBC Hudson's Bay Company Trail British Columbia Sullivan Mine GWG Great Western Garment ad inside front cover for their Red Strap Overalls features f . The National Home Monthly unknown
2000réf. 1329544PN. New. 2000. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1956451 p. + Frontis and full page plates. 8vo. Original cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, soiled with slight loss. PA 13
194964 pages. Features: Funny cover illustration of ditzy blonde beating table of men at poker; Nice colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Drillers Drill work clothes for men; One-page blue and black recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); One-page colour ad for the 1949 'futuramic' Oldsmobile; One-page colour ad for Waterman's pens features the new Crusader Trioset; Are We Governed by Bureaucrats? - an examination of the brain trust alleged to run Canada from the back room; Seventeen Lotus Blossoms - early appearance of this Sax Rohmer story, illustrated by Oscar Cahen; Quebec City - photo-illustrated article; McCarthy's Last Affair - short story involving hockey; Television - The New Monster - 'a cultural bomb is being thrown into Canadian homes', by Morley Callaghan; Eyes in the Dark (short story); Canada's New Statesman - Louis St. Laurent; Champion spark plugs ad features illustration of man pouring sap from maple tree; Handsome colour centerfold Chevrolet ad features a 1949 Fleetline four-door sedan with Fisher Body; A Dime for God - photo-illustrated article about the good works of Frere (Brother) Sauvageau, the Quebec Brother who, by his beggin, has fed, clothed, and educated hundreds of boys, and cured souls by asking them to have faith; "Going Steady" and the Sex Problem; One-page colour-photo ad for Heinz canned soup, spaghetti and baked beans; Colour half-page Canada Dry ad; Canadian General Electric (CGE) ad for their radios, including the Models C122, C751 and C545; Quarter-page ad for the Thistle 'minipak' baby stroller and 'nibs' chariot; Rare one-page two-colour (red and black) Canadian Red Cross ad features illustration of plaintive woman (nurse?) at top; Fashion article on hats includes photos; Nice half-page colour Quick Quaker Oats ad features illustration of young boy dreaming of growing to be a basketball star; Housecleaning Can Be Fun (?); Half-page colour-photo ad for Sovereign Potters features Mornglo ware; Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover features colour photo of two girls in bonnets feeding ducks; Nice back cover Coke ad features illustration of nervous young man visiting young girl's home; and more. Average wear. Four-inch opening to bottom of coverfold. Address hand-corrected on address label, otherwise unmarked. A nice copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
1938réf. 732h5976Victoria B.C.: Government of British Columbia. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 142 p. including 35 excellent black and white photos and illustrations. Bibliography. Two-colour fold-out ethnological map of British Columbia. Chapters include: Whence did they come and when and who were they; Names and Respective Locations of the Various Tribes in the 18th and 19th Centuries; General Conditions of Environment; Tools Implements and Weapons Types of Tribal Dwellings - Their Form and Structure; Household Equipment; Characteristics of Men's Arts; Outstanding Features of Women's Artistic Crafts; Chief Sources of Food-supply; Methods of Preparing and Preserving Food; Clothing and Personal Adornment; Pasttimes; Examples of Tribal Beliefs and Folk-Lore; Some Customs and Conventions; An outline of social and tribal organization; The origin of crests and the significance of totem and other carved poles; The Potlatch; Shamans; Secret Societies; Masks; Intertribal trade. Printed upon glossy stock which is slightly tanned. Binding intact. Average wear to original forest green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Prior owner's details inside front board and atop title page. No dust jacket apparently as issued. A sound copy of this fascinating early study. 10" x 7".; 4to . Government of British Columbia hardcover
1944réf. 64601521Victoria BC: Provincial Museum 1944. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 40 pages plus fold-out map. Topics discussed include: Description of the area; Plants; Miscellaneous Invertebrates; Insects; Vertebrates; plus bibliography. Colour illustration upon front cover. A reprint without change of paging of the 1943 edition. Contents illustrated in black and white. Unmarked. Average wear. Lightly yellowed. Provincial Museum Paperback
réf. 1334680450.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2003réf. 468h1943Nanaimo BC: Coho Books of Canada. Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0973072342 . Signed and briefly inscribed by author inside front board. Presents detailed information and colour photos of the wild flowers present in the following Nanaimo areas: Jack Point Harewood Plains Westwood Lake Mount Benson Westwood Ridges Woodstream Park Piper's Lagoon Nanoose Hill The Cameron River Valley. 155 pages. Index. Clean bright and unmarked with minimal wear. An excellent example of this extraordinary reference. ; 4to; Signed by Author . Coho Books of Canada hardcover
1987réf. 166j2358Surrey British Columbia: Hancock House Publishers Ltd. Good. 1987. First Edition. Paperback. 088839196X . "Discover for the first time in Nelson Island's 100-year history the full story of the hidden bays and offshore islands. Since the first quarries were opened in 1887 to take out the finest stone in the province the island has attracted a number of independent individuals. Read about the unique people making their home on its rocky shores: Tom Brazil caretaker of Hardy Island's hand-swept deer sanctuary; Harry Roberts creator of Sunray the fairytale home on Cape Cockburn; Judd Johnstone master storyteller; May Hammond an amazing pioneer woman and many more entertaining islanders. Follow the Indian history as contributed by Lester Peterson." - back cover. 215 pages. Map. Bibliography. Many black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Average wear. Binding intact. Writing inside front cover. Prior owner's blind stamp to title page. A sound and uncommon example of this engaging B.C. local history. Hale & Barman 862. ; 8vo . Hancock House Publishers Ltd. paperback
1974pp. viii, 487. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Map end papers. Small 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original priced dust jacket, very slightly chipped. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. W5
1881réf. 28032Cleveland OH: Morgan Lith. Co. 1881. Ephemera. Good overall. Trade card advertising the New Home Sewing Machine Co. 30 Union Square NY & Orange Massachusetts. Attracive image of a propering homestead the woman sitting at her sewing machine on the front verandah the family & their dog walking in from work. Color lithograph 3 x 5". Some glue residue on verso and slt. marginal browning. The Morgan Lithograph Company was established by William J. Morgan 1838-1904 and his younger brother George W. 1843-1905 in 1864. The Morgan brothers' parents emigrated from Wales in 1842 first settling in Pittsburgh before arriving in Cleveland in 1854. Located originally on Superior Street the W. J. Morgan & Company produced broadsheets trade cards pamphlets blotters postcards and posters to advertise local businesses. Increasing orders from surrounding states soon allowed the company to move to larger headquarters. Morgan Lith. Co. unknown
1923réf. 758c6074Toronto: Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Limited. Fair. 1923. First Edition. Paperback. "Contains the best recipes of our last book to which have been added the carefully tested and selected recipes of experts adapted to the changes and improvements in culinary methods and apparatus. A book with valuable information on the preparation of a varied number of dishes and confections for all ordinary meals and special occasions. Invaluable to the new - and helpful to the experienced housewife." - title page. 183 pages. Heavy wear consistent with a much used - and loved - copy. Occasional markings to contents. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage Canadian cookbook. Driver O504.1. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The New Purity Flour Cook Book Western Canada Flour Mills Co. Limited . Western Canada Flour Mills Co., Limited paperback
1923183 pages. A heavily worn and soiled vintage copy. Occasional markings to contents. Binding intact. A much used and loved copy. Book
1979188 pages. Features: Cover photo of Mother Teresa; American Airlines ad features Margaret SanGemino; Gorgeous Monet ad features gold earring on model with black background; Safire on Machisma; Murder Most Foul; Great two-page color-photo ad for Ralph Lauren Western Wear; Blackglama ad appears to feature Angela Lansbury wearing mink; Very artistic ad for Pierre Cardin Man's Cologne; Lauren Bacall is featured in a Fortunoff ad; The World of Mother Teresa - photo-illustrated feature article; Warring over new missiles for NATO; Chivas Regal ad; One-page ad for the Look 37 ski binding; One-page Bermuda tourism ad; Britain's Establishment Spies - Kim Philby, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean; Hidden Splendors of Tibet - color-photo-illustrated article; One-page Cuisinart ad; Beautiful Alfred Dunner/Fortrel ad featuring model in red top; Twins Reared Apart - a living lab - with photos of Jim Lewis and Jim Springer - Thomas Bouchard's lab; Big Business on the Offensive - they are now the biggest lobby in Washington; Peter Pan and How He Grew - James M. Barrie's timeless play of youth was inspired by his unique friendships with children; The Party's Over for Political Parties; Gorgeously photo-illustrated Jewel fashion feature - with photos of designers Angela Cummings, Kai-Yin Lo, and Kristin Moore; Artistic ad for Crayons footwear; The Year of the Trichologist; Featured Home - a former industrial library is domesticated by Angus Bruce and others; Garlic article; Camp ads; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp and small check mark atop front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1964136 pages. Features: Nice color Jade East ad; Omega watch ad inside front cover; Gorgeous color fashion ads; Bankers Trust ad with photo of John Leahey; Chairman Mao - Nationalist First, Communist Second - article with photo; Eight fascinating photos of scenes in India; A professor argues in favor of a guaranteed income; Cold War Article declares that Western security depends on our showing superior nerve and skill; Behind the Smile on 'Krokodil', the Russian magazine founded in 1922; 'Herr Bundeskanzler', Ludwig Erhard, visits Washington - article with photo; How Much Academic Freedom is There?; Where are the New Playwrights?; The Official Case for Apartheid - South Africa's Foreign Minister outlines the history and philosophy behind his country's policy of 'separate development' for whites and nonwhites; Explanation of the 'Black Psyche' - article with photo of "Uncle Jack" statue in Natchitoches, LA; Chesterfield cigarette ad features Howard G. Heaton, Joan Kakow and Felix de Cossio; Nice Columbia Records ad features photo of Ray Conniff; Photo of Bert Lahr on stage in "Milliken Breakfast Show"; Color Caravelle watch ad; The status of wives in France has been elevated to the level of pals rather than pets, but is it all for hte better?; Coat fashion ad features 'senior' models Ida Shlansky, Marion Smith, Celestine Doctor and Rose Millstein, Louis Shlansky, Sandy Smith, Arthur Doctor and Dan Millstein; Great color centerfold photo ad for Creslan fabric features fourteen men standing along bar; Seven wonderful photos of youth fashion around the world; Nostalgic color-photo ad for Pleetway His'n Her pajamas (look like martial arts gear) at Gimbels; Rev. William Glenesk stirs up Brooklyn Heights; Nice one-page color photo ad for Guiness Extra Stout; Beach fashion photos by James Moore; The Case for 'Intelligent Neglect' of children; Ad for Mott's 'Figure Control Meal'; Attractive color Carlsberg Beer ad; Photos of living room decorated by Albert Hadley of Mrs. Henry Parish 2d Inc.; One-page ad for Degna Home Fluoridation Service promotes their service available on Long Island, in New Jersey or Connecticut - with photo of the John Snyder Family of Hicksville, NY; Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
194556 Pages. Features: Dramatic front cover photo of dozens of German POWs being marched through urban destruction; Commercial Travelers ad with color photo of man at green mailbox; One-page ad for General Electric medical products; Europe, The New Dark Continent - the task of restoration is formidable, but there is the old vital spirit; Large photos of German citizens in a captured town; Large photo of the utter destruction of Cologne, Germany; Inside a front-line hospital - a doctor's story as told in letters home from the Western Front; Goebbels is now a prophet without honor is his home town of Muenchen-Gladrach-Rheydt - article with photos; Britain's House of Commons is a Cockpit, Not a Forum; Old Jobs or New Ones for the Veterans?; Wonderful one-page color illustrated ad for the Electric Boat Company (EBCo) features submarine surfacing; Cuba Mail Line ad; There the Impossible is Done - photo-illustrated article on the strange planes which fly at Wright Field; Nice one-page color ad for Celanese shows ship being painted; Excellent color-photo one-page ad for McGregor Sportswear features golfers and dog with ball; The life and times of the Oscar award - article with many photos of stars receiving their awards over the years; Dmitri Shostakovich Listens for Victory - photo-illustrated article on how Russia's greatest living composer's ninth symphony, voicing Russia's joy, will complete a trilogy born of the war; Rinso ad features young John (Johhny) Craig of Arlington, MA who has appeared in War Bond ads and Treasury Department movies; Ceiling Price Court; Barmaids come back; Movie photos of Tallulah Bankhead; Presto Cake Flour color ad; Nice ad for Chantilly Bath Tablets; Fish recipes; Care of the neck; Nice color Crisco ad shows cake; Without a Rug; Aids to Family Life; Wheatena ad; Two pages of lovely fashion photos inspired by the Metropolitan Museum; Ad for Revere Ware copper-clad stainless steel pots; Nice one-page color-photo ad for new Chen Yu Sea Shell nail products; Andrea Radio ad for 'Sharp-Focus' Televisioin shows basketball game; Gem Razors and Blads ad shows intimate golf couple; Color ad for Sheaffer's Pens on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage wartime issue. Book
1964108 pages. Features: Many gorgeous color fashion ads; Average wear. Ten Years of Irreversible Revolution in the Patterns of Negro-white relations after the Supreme Court's decision on school segregation - article with many great civil rights photos; 'Mason-Dixon Line' in Queens - Junction Boulevard; Portrait of the Distant 'Candidate' - Henry Cabot Lodge; Are Long Presidential Campaigns necessary?; Why I Dislike Western Civilization - Arnold Toynbee explains why contemporary society annoys and frightens him; Salute to the Military; A Plea to Save the Liberal Arts; Wake-up War Between Patient and Nurse - why must hospital patients be awakened so early?; The Special Magic which draws so may to ocean voyages; Why Kids Run Away From Home; United States Lines ad features color photos of Hildegarde, Leon Cherksey of Ambler PA and Mrs. Reed Albee; Nice Sheaffer pen ad; Back cover color Benson & Hedges ad features badges of the International Sports Car Club, Long Island Sports Car Assoc., Chicago Region SCCA, Jaguar Clubs of North America and California Sports Car Club Region. Dance photo missing from page 83. Fashion photo on page 60 missing. Faint library stamp on front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
194548 pages. Features: Cover photo of Clement Atlee; RCA ad inside front cover with photo of RCA Laboratories at Princeton, NJ; Nice color ad for Dubonnet wine; Fairchild ad includes illustration of their Flying Boxcar in use by Western Union; The Atomic Bomb - problems confronting statesmen; FDR's Home, Hyde Park, becomes a new shrine; Teaching democratic ABC's to Nazi PW's (POWs) - a first-hand report; Four Million Families want ti build or buy a home; New Highways for a better New York - article with artist's renderings of the Cross-Bronx Expressway near Parkchester, the Cross-Bronx Expressway at the Washington Bridge, the Bayonne Bridge in Richmond, and an intersection of the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens; One-page color ad for Virginia Rounds cigarettes; Dean Margaret Pickel challenges women to face the responsibilities of their full citizenship; Photo-illustrated article on what goes on in cow country when beef cattle are shipped to market; Interview with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; Nice color-photo one-page ad for Revlon's 'Fatal Apple' nail color; Five photos of New York-area Girl Guides in action; Eight gorgeous photos of dresses for dancing dates; One-page color ad for Gemey perfume; Bold red Schaefer beer ad features checkers board; One-page color ad for Croix Royale California wines; Nice color back-page ad features Cobbs Florida fruit gifts; and more. Moderate external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Mild age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage issue. Book
1963132 pages. Features: Tribute to a 'Great American Lady' - Eleanor Roosevelt; Angola - Arena of Struggle - excellent photos, most with guns; Approach to Automation in the Steel Industry - The Kaiser Plan ; Mideast Paradox - The 'Beggar Rich' - interesting article from Teheran, Iran; Again Nationalism Threatens - Arnold Toynbee complains that French nationalism obstructs political unification of the Western peoples; Texas - Two-fisted, Three-Party State - a political report on the Lone Star state; Marriage Counselors - Helpers and Hurters - the risk of seeking the advice of incompetents or dangerous quacks; Earth Problems For Space Men - preparations for manned space flight; Bertolt Brecht is Global, Except Here - a critic looks at 'the most important playwright of our time'; Portraits in Wood - samples of woodcuts by Uruguayan-born American artist Antonio Frasconi; 40 Years Ago - Adolf Hitler went into a beer hall and came out a national hero; Off-Track Betting - should it be legalized in New York?; Paddington Bows to Westminster - London reduces its number of boroughs from 90 to 32, allowing time-hallowed place names to be swallowed up; Leisure-Time Living - photos of stylish Italian fisherman's hut on shores of Lake Como; Encore for Music Lessons - new teaching approaches make them more popular; Renaissance of Lace - lovely fashion photos; Half-page color-photo ad for Horsman Dolls; Verbal Cartoons' - photo-illustrated article on Woody Allen; Many large gorgeous color-photo fashion ads; and more. Crossword completed in pencil, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
1977réf. 644j2574Merritt B.C.: The Merritt Herald Ltd. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1977. Reprint. Paperback. "The history begins in the Fraser Canyon and is brought along up the Nicola Valley to Forksdale now Merritt. The author has long been looked upon as the historian and authority on Valley Affairs." - Introduction. A part two to this story was intended but the author passed away in 1959 before it could be written. 1977 reprint of the 1958 first edition. 52 stapled pages. 19 x 11 cm. Prior owner's small blindstamp to title page otherwise clean bright tight and unmarked. A quality example. Hale & Barman 187. ; Sm 8vo . The Merritt Herald Ltd. paperback
réf. B9781014713551Paperback / softback. New. paperback
