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1952128 pages. Short Stories: The Curse of the North, Some Women are Nicer, Honor Among Thieves, The Man Who Tipped the Croupiers, Element of Chance, Guns aren't for Gentlemen, The Battlefield of Mind, Suicide Drive. Novelettes: The Coming of the Little People, I was the Target. Articles: The Big Noise, Stocks - America's Fastest Growing Sport, Never Call Him a Shamus, Words Women and Wars, The Wreck of the Old 97. Complete Book-Length Novel - China Coaster - Murder and gold among the Chinese Pirates. And more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Book
1996Features: Daytime Monkeywrenching; Five-Finger Fundraising; Nalgene Supplies Vivisectors; Warner Creek Jailhouse Riot; Jack & China Obituaries; New Merchandise; Summer of Pain Holds; Native/Environmental Alliances. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
200244 pages. Features: Beauty, Spirituality and Practicality; The Early Art of Emily Carr; When the Flowers Talked; China Painting in Victoria and the Arts and Crafts Movement; The Needle Art of Kathleen O'Reilly; The St. Ann's Academy Art Studio; Yale's Ecclesiastical Textiles; and more. Average wear. Few markings by prior owner. Sound copy. Book
1997Articles: Ginseng, Otter Skins, and Sandalwood - The Conundrum of the China Trade; Management Response in British Coastal Shipping Companies to Railway Competition; Toponymie ancienne et origine des noms Saint-Pierre, Miquelon et Langlade; Death was Their Escort, and glory passed them by - Life in the Marine Convoys of World War II; plus several book reviews. 3 items high-lighted in table of contents and sunning to spine else a clean and lightly worn copy. Book
1969Features: Japanese Theatre Prints - Part 1; Beaver Teapots; The Walking Rocking Horse; China Mark Research; Edward - King of the Castles; Glass - the great enigma; Ancient Mexican Gold - Four Masterpieces. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Address label on front. Quality copy. Magazine
1985Approximately 200 pages. Containing articles prepared exclusively for the Loggers Handbook together with the official proceedings of the 75th sessions of the Pacific Logging Congress and the condensed reports of its affiliated organizations prepared by their respectife secretaries. Black and white photos. Great contemporary advertisements, some in colour. Articles include: Norm Jacobsen - logger with a world outlook; Forestry in the People's Republic of China; Pitfalls await in Developing Wood Market in Japan; What's New in Logging Machinery; Making Excelsior; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
198883 pages. "David Helwig visited China last year and this book is the result: pungent, perceptive, illuminating." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Usual library markings. Binding tight. A sound copy. Book
1997139 pages. Lavishly illustrated with colour plates. Text in Chinese and English. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Moderate wear and closed three inch tear to dust jacket. Moderate wear to illustrated slipcase. A quality copy of this magnificent work. Book
196824 pages. Contents: Canadiana at the Smithsonian; The Burlington Glass Site in Hamilton, Ontario; On Collecting Books - article by L.S. Loomer; Painted China Revival; Perfume Bottles; A Plated Article. Average wear. One inch tear to back cover. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1997112 pages. Reprint of the 1928 first Chinese edition. "Here, for the first time, martial artists were encouraging and openly teaching the Chinese people how to stand on their own and regain pride in their country... Huang's book is often quoted in martial arts literature. This is due, for the most part, to its significance as a manual for training military personel in unarmed and armed combat applications of hsing-i ch'uan. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound reference copy. Book
1922Unpaginated. Approximately 3/8" thick. Contains short poems on Chinese topics, accompanied by handsome black and white illustrations. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1927322 pages. "The following letters were written by Hwuy-ung, one of the class of literati and a social reformer, to his (and my) friend Tseng between the years 1899 and 1912. They came into my possession through Tseng-Ching, a scholar, who urged me (and helped me) to translate them into English, so that the reforms suggested by his enlightened countryman might meet with due recognition and support from abroad. It was also his intention to have the Chinese version published and distributed among his countrymen, in order (under God's gracious will) that their eyes might be opened to their shortcomings and the race strengthened and rejuvenated." - from Introduction. Red front board attractively decorated in yellow and black. Card pocket inside back board. Library bookplate inside front board. No other markings. Minor lean to spine. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this interesting work. Book
1997290 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. "This meticulously researched book is a moving drama that pays fitting tribute to the Americans and Europeans living in Nanking who risked their lives to rescue the Chinese people from rape and extermination." - Nien Cheng. "A powerful, landmark book, riveting in its horror." - Richard Rhodes. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding open at title page. A worthy reading copy. Book
190475 pages. Lovely old illustrated library bookplate inside front board. Some peeling inside back board where card pocket was removed. Mark where spine label was removed. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy of this intriguing work. Book
1995222 pages. Index. Bibliography. Extensive footnotes. Intellectual property law in Chinese civilization. Occasional marginalia throughout text. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1965Features: Must we woo Red China? - by Arnold J. Toynbee; A time of trouble (Affairs of the State); Should Women give Men the Vote?; America's new big rich - despite high taxes, a small number of little-known men have made huge postwar fortunes - John D. MacArthur, Dr. Edwin Land, Howard Ahmanson, John Mecom, W. Clement Stone, Henry Crown - with photos; The Great wild-bee safari - bee-tree hunting; Last of the Divorce Rances - Donner Trail Ranch; Adak - "A woman behind Every Tree" - a return to the Aleutian/Alaskan Island manned by 80,000 Americans during World War II; Discovery that helps prevent miscarriages - 'Skin Patch'; The big (James) Bond bonanza - great photos of the 'Thunderball' shoot and more. Colour Chevrolet Truck 'Workpower' centerfold. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1927Features: Sir Douglas, Sheep Dog - detective work on a ranch; The Last Straw - the revolt of a modern mother; Sewing Susie - V; The Philosopher's Club - how a kid brother can be a nuisance; Fact and Comment; This Busy World - the situation in China and fighting in Nicaragua; Miscellany; The Y.C. Lab - a pedal-powered boat! Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1981Special Features: Riding Dolls; More about Baby Wendy; Revlon Dolls; China Shoulder Head Dolls; Home Gnomes; Party Outfit for 10" doll; Posable Porcelain People; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1987Features: Raggedy Ann and Andy - John and Marcella Gruelles' gift to American children; China Heads, Part II; Gollywoggs (Golliwogs) - a doll inspired by a black clown; Old-Fashined costume 'Mikey' - knickers for My Friend; The Ideal Tammy and Family - back to the 60s; Little 'Americana' Dolls - the doll art of Virginia Little; Goodbye to Maydy, Mikey & Jenny; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1986Features: Martha Chase and her 'Prestige' dolls; Anecdotal Dolls, Part II; Here Come the Brides; China Heads, Crown Jewels of the doll world; 25 Years with the Flintstones; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1986A colorful collection of costumes for your adopted kids. 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
1972130 pages. Features: Vogue's Point of View - Escape; How to look where you're going and beat the luggage wait; The One-bag traveller and - the perfect knit pants suit; the longer shirt-jacket; the chino shirtdress, the weightless creaseless, everywhere, every-weather smock coat; Fashion for the beach climates of the world - cool and breezy crinkle cottons, new wave of batik, the strapless maillot, news in black; The New Norells - worn by Lyn Revson; The Many Moods of Marisa - the best new evening looks in town - worn by Marisa Berenson; Focus on summer - super new shirt looks, bareness with separate cover, black and white, jacketed for town, warm-weather sweater-dressing; How to add travel power without adding pounds - a quick beauty checklist; Your Health and Climate, by Ellen Switzer; How to solve your unsolvable hair problems - or, Why Wigs ; How to take your good looks wherever you go; How Sophia Loren Really Travels; Social Climbing the Travel Way, by George Bradshaw; Travel Anxiety - a psychologist tells how not to suffer it; Vladimir Nabokov talks about his travels; How people really travel now - Drena Van Alen, Lady Sarah Courage, Madame Helene Rochas, Lady Diana Cooper, Contessa Susanna Agnelli, Principessa Irene Galitzine, Catherine Spaak, Mrs. Kenneth Tynan, Jose Luis de Vilallonga; La Duchesse d'Uzes, Mrs. David Michael Winton, Diana Guthrie, Mrs. Isobel de Crempien, Maggie Keswick, Diane Sawyer; People are Talking About - Virgil Thomson; In China Now - Sally Reston tells what to see, buy, watch for; New Life-Force in the Midwest, by Seymour Krim; Giorgio de Chirico - inverview by John Gruen; At Home the New Roman Way - a power of American Art; Horoscope of Charles Chaplin; and much more. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
1922245 pages. Decorated front board. Numerous good quality reproductions of black and white photos. A Vivid and intimate record of Chinese life, revealing its glamour and fascination, its callousness and disregard of human values. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A worthy reading copy of this engaging account. Book
193016 pages of text and descriptions of 63 full-page sepia-tone reproductions of photos. All text in German. Illustrated front board. Small prior owner's name atop front free endpaper otherwise unmarked. Moderate age-related tanning to some pages. Moderate external wear. Original binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful von Perckhammer compilation. Book
