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1989Reading copy only. This is a well-worn book with wear to cover and creases to spine and waviness to pages. Pages are unmarked and intact. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. 224 pages. Many color photographs.
19741974 reprint of the 1913 edition originally published by Beaux Arts Society Publishers. Book features large b&w photos, mostly exteriors, some interiors of notable homes in the Seattle area on Lake Washington, the Highlands, on Galer st., Boylston Ave., Prospect Ave. , E. Aloha, W. Howe, Boren Ave. Minor Ave., Queen Anne, Bainbridge Island, Seneca St. , the Arctic Club, and homes of the Merrills, the Dennys, the Frinks, C.D. Stimson, the Ames', etc. Most pages have full page photo and a short description of the house. Unpaginated, about 150 pages in large format. Leatherette covers, cracking at the outside hinges. Interior of the book is Fine. With 4 page loose-leaf flyer insert outlining history of Beaux Arts Village. Front end paper has 1" closed tear.
1944Descriptions and guide to the mountains and hills of Scotland, England and Wales. 120 pages. Bumped corners, slightly soiled covers and sunned spine.
1954Index. Brown cloth covers, gilt title on spine. 15 illustrations. Cover corners, top/tail of spine bumped and a little worn,
1930With numerous photograph pages. Pages 169-304, lxviii-clxxxii, i-xx advertisements. Wear to top/base of spine with some loss at base. Slight browning to margins of covers. Faint foxing occasionally throughout.
1982A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. 7 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h. 302 pages. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth.
1988188 pages including black and white illustrations. Highlights of the 30 stories include: Devon III in Rose Bay, Trawler Gulf Gull, Chignecto Ship Railway, Iona Gypson Company, Bryden's Mill, Harvest Excursion, The Highlands, and Buck & Jim Murder. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
1938100 pages. Features: Valley of the Missing Men - Major 'Monty' Hardcastle saves the remnants of a Squadron from the greatest Sky-Trap of the War; Silent Wings - Blind in the Darkness above the Scottish HIghlands, a Sailplane Pilot Gambled with his Life to Save a Nation's Secrets; The Case Against Death - Peter Mohune - and his dramatic exposure of a ruthless Plot; True Story - the Continuation of a stirring year-by-year account of the achievements of Britain's Air Services during the Great War; The Fall of Peter - Peter Brown may have been the unluckiest Pilot in R.F.C history; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
2007134 pages. Bilingual English/Vietnamese. Beautiful colour photography throughout. Features: Festivals in Springtime; Tet Rituals; Photo Essay on Festivals; Tet in the City - a summary of preparations for and significance of New Year's celebration; Celebrate Sticky! - Banh Chung; Chinese Flavor Hits Hanoi; The Kitchen Gods; Nguyen Tu Nghiem; Vietnamese Contemporary Art; Water Puppets - Phan Van Ngai; Fog Season in the Highlands; APEC 14 - The Imprint of Vietnam; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
195812 pages. Features: John J. Whitesell marks 25th anniversary and retirement; Presentation to Mrs. Chris Moore; Mildred Schultz is married; Farewell to Mrs. Vi Fraser; Bowling bash - photos and story; Field Day at Elk Island Park - many photos with text; Field Day at Highlands Golf Course - many photos; Mr. L.W. Bradshaw marks 30th anniversary; Mourning the passing of Delbert Miller. Additional employee news. Moderate wear. Bit of writing on front cover. A sound copy. Book
1909Pages 211-242. Features: New Hampshire Industries and Their Builders - The Rockwell Clough Company - article with one-page photo portrait of W. Rockwell Clough; The City of Geneva and John Calvin, 1509-1909; Pembroke Academy; Obituaries for Hon. John Noble, Mary E. Blair, Ellen Porter Champion, Mrs. James W. Henderson, Adelaide Cilley Waldron, M'Clure, David, Thomas S. Ellis, and Michael M. Stevens; Poems; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the Grand Trunk Railway System features the tourist route through Canada, with illustration of Hotel Wawa, Lake of Bays, "Highlands of Ontario"; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine
191064 pages. Many lovely archival photos in text. Describes Goldstream, Highlands, Colwood, Happy Valley, Albert Head, Metchosin, Rocky Point, Sooke, and Otter Point with special reference to their desirability as sites for pleasant homes and the suitability for three special lines of agriculture: sheep, fruit and poultry. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality copy of this lovely vintage item. Book
2007144 pages. Features: Artist's Retreat - Maybeck and Magic in the Berkeley Hills; Conserving old-growth timber in old bungalows; Portland couple rescues and restores grand Craftsman; Colorful brick bungalows of Denver's highlands; Collector and dealer Stuart Solomon; The Stowell Family and Crown Point Cabinetry; and more. Unmarked. with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
197584 pages. 24 x 18cm. Many black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Cover photo of Queen and King in pasture with cattle; Gaelic Names of Highland Cattle; Opportunity for Cattle in the West Highlands; Balmoral Highland Fold Comes of Age; The Lindsays of Greenstreet; and much more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1978Signed and dated by author upon first leaf. (2), 104, (14 blank) pages. Maps. Addendum stapled to page 34 (presumably by author) provides information about the vessel "Wenonah". Graph of historical membership numbers for the local Methodist church. Two obituaries stapled to first blank leaf at back. Over two pages of wonderful hand-written notes on blank pages at back present the lineage and family history of this copy's prior owner, who then proudly proclaims that he comes from 'Real Pioneer Stock.' Underlining on pages 57-58. Writing on first leaf. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this precious Northern Ontario local history. Book
1968343 pages. Bibliography. Map endpapers. Black and white photographic plates. An informative history of Ontario's Haliburton County. Average wear to book. Binding intact. Prior owner's name in red marker along fore-edge. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this detailed reference. BISHOP p.1151. Book
1911Wonderful vintage brochure in brown decorated card covers. Measures 23 cm x 10.5 cm when closed. Opens to reveal six large double-side leaves, each measuring 30.5 cm x 23 cm when folded-out. Includes twenty-three black and white reproductions of photos plus a map, all supported by considerable text. Rates for cottages and tents provided inside back cover. A plaque located near the former site of the inn states it closed in 1928 and burned down in 1936. It was purchased in 1910, a year before this brochure was printed, by Toronto feminist Flora MacDonald Denison who, inspired by the philosophy of Walt Whitman, set out to build a wilderness retreat for the avant-garde. Guests were offered painting lessons, amateur theatre, and poetry readings. Many well-known Canadian artists, including members of the Group of Seven, painted and sketched in this area, drawn by the strking landscape. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A marvelous piece of Canadiana. Book
1991xiii, [1], 129 pages. Footnotes. Glossary. Index. Maps. Many reproductions of archival black and white photos in text. Colour frontispiece illustration depicts logging equipment on shore of Loch Ness. "Covers the experiences of the thirty companies of the CFC from their mobilization across Canada to their operations throughout the Scottish Highlands and ultimate return to Canada." - back cover. Former library copy with usual markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this informative Canadian military history. Cooke [3e] p.278. Book
1985A small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour and a few catalogues ringed in ink. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes Leslie Charteris' Saint books, Thomas Hardy, travel books of the Scottish Highlands, Dorita Fairlie Bruce's girl's books, collecting Punch and Kate Greenaway's illustrated books.
1972No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked pale green boards, slight bumping to lower page corners and no bumping to board corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with slight marking and very minor creasing to edges. 359pp. The far north-west of Scotland in Wester Ross and Sutherland.
1935Small mark inside rear cover and to last page. No inscriptions, no creasing to main covers, slight rubbing and creasing to oversize edges. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 32pp. A series of sepia photographs of the beautiful places of Scotland. Not dated, ca 1930s.
1985No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to lower front edge. 208pp. Reprint of the work first published in 1886 describing the pleasures of journeys made in the 1880s 'north of the Border', complemented by superb 19th century engravings on almost every page.
2000No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 274pp. This study documents the lives of selected individuals via a combination of personal reminiscences, history, photography, poetry and story. This volume covers Scotland's areas of the Highlands and the East Coast.
1936Name inside front board. Most of book in very good clean condition. Two large fold-out maps and a number of large fold-out photographs in excellent condition. Large part of upper corner of rear cover badly damp marked Clear gilt lettering to front and spine and rounded corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with nicks, chips and small tears to upper and lower edges and badly damp stained rear upper corner. 106pp. Descriptions of climbs on twenty mountains plus geology of the area. Well illustrated.
1930No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor rubbing to ends of slightly sunned spine, slightly dusty/foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with a few tears and some small pieces missing. 314pp. Romance set in the aftermath of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion when foundling Adam Thursday became the pawn of a sinister revenge in Scotland.
