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1987176 pages. "This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the most exciting underwater adventure of the decade - the finding and raising of the Nanking Cargo." - from dust jacket. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy. Book
1991291 pages including index and 11 pages of colour photographic plates. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. In an easy and conversational style describes the origin, physical characteristics, and nature of the forces that act within and upon the eastern Pacific Ocean. Describes the origin, shape, and structure of the ocean floor as well as the development of coastlines and beaches. Carefully explains the complex movements of water masses, first in general terms and then specifically with regard to the various coastal regions of British Columbia. Describes the seasonal variations in salinity and temperature and, in a remarkably lucid manner, the complex interaction of planetary body forces which result in the variability of tides. Many of his own experiences as well as those of his colleagues are used to illustrate some of the more spectacular effects of water mass motions, such as the tidal rips in the northern Strait of Georgia, internal gravity waves in Knight Inlet, and the unique tidal whirlpools in Gilford Passage. These and many other aspects of coastal oceanography are presented in such a way that the excitement of the author for the nature of his work is transferred to the reader.... This book should have wide appeal. Not only is it suitable for scientists and their students, but should become a standard reference to be found in the libraries of commercial vessels as well as in the collections of yachtsmen. Although the author has no pretensions as to its evangelical significance, he has, with this book, made an outstanding contribution to the enjoyment of the coastal waters of British Columbia." - from Foreward by C.J. Yorath, Geological Survey of Canada. Chapters include: Historical Setting; The Coast Today; Tides and Tidal Streams; Secondary Currents; Upwelling - Bringing Cold Water to the Surface; Nature of Ocean Waves; Generation of Wind Waves; Shallow-Water Waves; Tsunamis (Tidal Waves); Strait of Georgia; Juan de Fuca Strait; Johnstone Strait Region; Deep-Sea Region; Northern Shelf Region. Clean and unmarked but for gift greetings inside front cover. Light wear externally. Nice tight and square copy. Book
1983290 pages. "The dramatic story of the Canadian Pacific's Empresses on the trans-Pacific service, from record-breaking runs and multi-million-dollar silk cargoes to typhoons and war service." - from dust jacket. Contains over 400 illustrations, photographs, maps, timetables and scale drawings, together with detailed text, fleet lists, bibliography and index. Map endpapers. Colour frontis. Book clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Light wear to dust jacket which bears closed two-inch tear at bottom of back panel and is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy of this handsome reference. Book
19048 pages. A wonderful snap shot of life as it was on Vancouver Island 100 years ago. News of the day includes: Britain demands apology from Russia; Tremendous activity at all British naval stations; Saanichton for Captain Wolley - Big Gathering in the Agricultural Hall Applauds fine speeches by Conservaties; Forestry Work in the Dominion; The Yukon is being Deserted - Hardy Miners driven out by the Scandalous Jobbery of the Officials; Latest Shipping intelligence of the Port, Coast and Ocean; and much more. Dozens of advertisements including: "...Swift's Celebrated... Fresh Pork Sausage - Free from Adulteration." Significant chipping along fold. Some yellowing. Few edge tears. Book
1957191 pages. Archival black and white photos abound. "On every page the tides of the past ebb and flow with memorable sea scenes and waterfront action for old hands to remember and young ones to view with wonder... rescues, salvages, historic events and unforgettable personalities." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked in sound binding. Above-average wear to still presentable dust jacket. Decent copy. Book
1985168 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A collection of true stories of men and ships that sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, told by old seamen at meetings of the Thermopylae Club." - from title page. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1977Features: There is but one Ocean; Florida's Underwater Policemen; Ever Larger Propellers; How Salty is the Ocean; Farming Giant Kelp; Ararat's Mystery Ship; Ranching Atlantic Bluefin. Sound copy. Book
1978Features: The Birth and Growth of Planet Ocean; The Octopus as a Pet; The World's Greatest Sailing Ship; Predatory Prawns; Hawaiian Fish Emigrants; Tractor Tugs - Marine Workhorses of the Future?; Fossil Mangrove Reef of Key Biscayne; Tiger Sharks. Sound copy. Book
1978Features: Close Encounters (of the Whale Kind); Panama Sea-Level Canal I; Panama Sea-Level Canal II - Biological Catastrophe or Grand Experiment; Anchors - Getting to Grips with the Ocean Floor; Nautilus and its Ancestors; Sharks - Good Vision or Poor?; Bantry Bay Skimmer; The Private Oceans. Sound copy. Book
1978Features: Exploring the Ocean Bottom in Manned Submersibles; Feeding and Spawning of Bluefish; IFOs; El Nino - unwanted guest; Live on California's Wharves; Oil Spills - The Causes and Cures; Long-Lining for Tilefish. Sound copy. Book
1979Features: A Gallery of Sponges; Environmental Management in Africa; Wasa - Time Capsule into Sweden's Past; John Dory; Constructing a Walrus Skin boat; The Ecology of Coral Reef Algae; Ocean Ice; The Case of the Tainted Mullet. Sound copy. Book
1979Features: Communication in Atlantic Bottlenosed Dolphins; Vessels vs. Whales; The Mummichog a Fish for all seasons; Hang Gliding - Underwater; The Sargasso - Sea of Fascinations; Dividing the Continental Shelf Pie; Artificial Reef Propagation of a Salt Marsh; Jaws of Extinct Shark at Planet Ocean. Sound copy. Book
1980Features: Dune Busting - How much can our beaches bear?; Nature's Architects; Neptune's Sea-Mail Service; Ocean Drogues and Drifters; One is by land, Two is by sea; Strawberries of the Sea - the Corynactis Anemone; Tides and Turbines; the Crow-of-Thorns Starfish - More sinned against the sinning?; Botany Bay - Strange world revealed on minus tides. Sound copy. Book
1981Features: The Gannet Sanctuary at Cape Kidnappers; Waves of Energy; Living Color on the Rocky Shore; Basking Green Sea Turtles; Protecting the Southern Ocean; Galveston's Killer Hurricane of 1900; Bikini Atoll - Radioactivity and the Marine Environment; The Oyster Toadfish - a voice in Long Island Sound. Sound copy. Book
1981Features: Mangroves and Man in the Malay Archipelago; Middle World of the Mangrove; The Ups and Downs of Pelagic Birding; Combat on the High Seas; California's Underwater Park Chain; The Bass Strait Overflow; the Cannonball; Turbines in the Ocean; Dragons of the Shore. Sound copy. Book
1982Features: Heard Island - Seal's Haven, Sealer's Nightmare; Ships that Flew; Schooling Hammerheads; Argonaut - Octopus in a Parchment Shell; The Sea Butterfly; Where does the Gulf of Mexico end and the Atlantic Ocean Begin; Angels of the Reef. Sound copy. Book
1982Features: Boats of Malta; In the belly of the whale; Surf smelt run; burying radioactive waste in the deep-sea floor; eat or be eaten - survival strategies of fishes; least terns of Gasparilla Island; the City of Rio De Janeiro - Voyage #80; the Distressed ocean swimmer; Dredge spoil - not always a waste. Sound copy. Book
1985Features: New trouble in the tide pools; Northern elephant seals return; Sunburst after nightfall; Will the Caribbean hawksbill turtle survive?; Unwanted oil and gas production; Li'l Red; Shark hunting on the Arkansas ocean deep; Follow up - Source of the Bermuda freak waves. Sound copy. Book
1988Features: Marine mirages; The anemonefishes of the Indo-Pacific; Ancient ocean rocks - high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains; The dolphins of San Pedro Channel; Shipwreck legislation - legality vs. morality; Underwater pharmacy; Simon Lake and his diving boat. Nice copy. Book
197158 pages. Features: Many great photos; Mr. Young's X - the dream that died; All Railroads are living in glass houses; Over high trestles, into ocean mists - the last steam train leaves the Nanaimo River Camp of MacMillan Bloedel Limited on Vancouver Island; Voyaging Coast to Coast on an iron ocean. Small date stamp atop front cover else unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Magazine
1945Photos include: The capture of the capital of Saar; Naval pictures from the Pacific Ocean; New pictures from the battle-line in Germany; Fighting in Mandalay; photos from the Russians; Coblenz (Koblenz) and Remagen; Massive captured German rail-mounted guns; The German citizen and the war; Iwo Jima conquest completed; The R.A.F. attack in Burma, Yugoslavia and Norway; Photos of the great 10-ton bombs of the R.A.F.; British scenes in field and shipyard; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1956Features: Two against the ocean, including a polio victim; White Man Fire-Walker - Methodist Missionary The Rev. Eric. L. Robinson; Pilot's 300 Crashes into Balloon Cables - continuing 'The Sky's No Limit," the first authentic story of the test pilots; The Mongoose - killer of Cobras; I Joined the Rush for Uranium - The Colorado Plateau; Rendezvous with Maneaters - Adventurer's Paradise Continued; Captured by Chinese Pirates - the steamer Ningpo; Below Zero Road - The Alaska Highway; The Trail of Crab Oonaka; Search for the Whooping Crane - trailing two wild birds for over 2,000 miles; We found unknown mountains - Nepalese adventures; The Beads of Assa - Somali adventure; Up-Helly-A - Norse Festival; and more. Backstrip missing; Covers partially loose. Still a worthy copy. Book
1955Features: Destination Unknown - one of the most remarkable narratives of one-man pilgrimage ever - the adventures of Peter Pinney; Ocean Feud - the dramatic story of a bitter feud between two Norsemen, and of a "Yank" - great photos; The Terror at 16 Fathoms - Divers rate the groper, 800lb, as the deadliest fish in the seas; Horned Heroine of the Himilayas - the black goat; Nitchie's Grizzly - a Canadian Parks Officer describes an experience with a Grizzly Bear; The Ju-Ju Tree - an African story; A Ship with a Secret - an unsolved sea mystery - the Carrol A. Deering; The Kidnapped Crook - Part II - the concluding instalment of the amazing adventure of Clement Passal - alias the Marquis de Champaubert; The Wettest Place on Earth - Cherrapunji, a village in Assam; and more. Chips from back strip. Back cover loose but present. Average wear. Book
1952Features: The Chief's Daughter - dark deeds in Africa; The Mystery Man - an unusual man who served in the Merchant Navy on the Western Ocean; Three Christmas Days - reprint of a 1905 story dealing with a series of coincidences in Australia; Big Game Farming on the border of Kenya and Tanganyika; Dead Man's Trouble - a man gets in trouble because of his (dead) double; Australia's 'Prison Trees'; My Crocodile; Matcheli Makes 'Medicine'; Crack of Doom - a former Mountie's graphic account of a touch-and-go experience in the Canadian Arctic; Desert El Dorado - Tennant's Creek, Australia and its early history; Our Trip to Robber's Roost - a roadless wilderness in Nebraska which provided haven for many outlaws in earlier years; The Wailing Waterhole - a tale from Australia's Outback; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Binding intact. Covers attached. Book
1925412 pages. Two black and white plates plus line drawings. Please note: This is Volume XIII from set number 324 of Master-Works of Canadian Authors, Christino Edition De Luxe, Edited by John W. Garvin. Unmarked. Average wear. Half-leather binding sound. Top inch of backstrip open. Bright gilt adornments upon backstrip and front board. A Quality copy. Book
