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1867371 p. Foxed. Damped. All edges gilt gold. Marbled end papers. 230 mm. Original half green leather over green cloth boards. Original leather spine label. Raised bands. Front board decorated in gold with the official seal of the General Land Office. Leather rubbed and worn. Front board stained. Hardbound. Very good. W11
Petit in-4° 173 pp, reliure editeur pleine toile grise, jaquette illustree plastifiee. Quelques defauts a la jaquette sinon très bel exemplaire, très frais. [PLC-1]
Hardcover in-8°, 331 pp., cartonnage de l"editeur, sous jaquette illustree en couleurs. Bel exemplaire [AZ-15]
1993127 pages including index. Includes: soups and savouries; salads and vegetable bounty; sandwiches and picnic snacks; fish and crustaceans; Fowl - young, old and game; the meat of the matter; Jamaican jerk barbecue; accompaniments and embellishments; indulgences; liberal libations. Book
1982Approximately 75 pages. "Brings together for the first time thirty-eight stunning, original Canadian maps - many of them national treasures - and the fascinating stories of the explorers and cartographers who made them. From Gastaldi's woodcut map of 1556 in which monsters roam the sea, through Champlain's 1612 collage map of Canada's bounty, to Sanson's foundation map of 1656 - the first to show all five Great Lakes - this superb 'atlas' takes the modern navigator on a voyage of rediscovery to Canada's beginnings, beginnings not only in strength and adventure but also in humanity and art. Charts a compelling route to the nation's past." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear to navy cloth boards. Price clipped dust jacket bears two closed tears and average wear. Overall a nice copy of this spectacular work. Book
1960100 pages. "These records of famous navigators and expeditions include the first newspaper release of the Mutiny on the Bounty story, the first account of the barbaric death of Captain Cook, and the last record of the tragic La Perouse expedition, with the strange disappearance of its 200-man contingent." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
1966245 pages. References. Black and white glossy plates. "A saga which takes us roaming through the islands of the Pacific, rich in tales of explorers and adventurers, till we anchor at the lonely isle of Pitcairn. There we witness the dramatic and violent events that in a few years left only one of the mutineers alive, and follow the triumphs and tribulations of their descendants until the present day." - from dust jacket. Average wear to book. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in Brodart. Book
1955Features: A Boy in the Bush - a young boy kills wild scrub bulls for bounty in Australia's outback; In the Dark - An Australian is tasked with catching gold thieves in a mine in Southern India; The town that was reborn - Williamsburg, Virginia; The Seaquake - adventure on a voyage from British Honduras to Yucatan; Hunting down the Black Jack Gang (conclusiont) - the worst band of desperadoes to ever trouble the south-western States of America; Frontier Gateway - Peshawar (great photo of a 'walking teashop); The Forgotten Islands - The Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia - several photos; Arctic Derelict - a strange sea-story from the Canadian Arctic; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1995Features: War Babies - Trauma haunts the lives of children growing up on the Gaza Strip... Can a caring science heal their souls?; Roses from Rock - Against all common sense, a Flin Flon mine has become Canada's top greehnouse, producing a bounty of valuable plants in a place where the sun never shines; The Haunting Powers of God's Dog - the coyote... why does this mythical marauder trigger the beast in us?; The Body Electric - scars, tattoos, and piercings are actually as old a practice as the human race; Lessons from the Loneliest Lab - Scientists grinding their way to the North Pole do ice-breaking work on the Arctic's withering wonderland. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1962Pages 185-220 plus ten pages of nice vintage ads. Features: Presentation of Massey Medal, 1962 - Dr. Diamond Jenness; Captain Cook in Canada; Rudolph Martin Anderson; Inuvik - Canada's new Arctic Town; Old Skills Build a New Bounty - building a new version of the vessel which visited Pitcairn Island in 1789; Otavalo Fair in Peru; One-page two-colour recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1992445p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
1980208p., illus. A shortened version of Barrow's The Eventful History of the ... Bounty, pub. in 1831. Illus. w/ 9 color plates & B/W facsimiles. Hardcover Very good condition in green cloth & decorative endpapers