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1973Features: Evolution of the India Pattern Brown Bess; Stevens Pistols; The JO, LO, AR Automatic Pistols; Winchester's Single Shot Rifle; Powder Flask Special - Captain Cook's Ship's Cannon; Early American Swords of F.W. Widmann, Supplement II. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
1916Cover portrait of The Right Hon. Joseph Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India since June 1915. Feature: The Heroic story of the church on the battlefield. The 'Padre' in the fighting line (conclusion). Interesting photo of tunnel dug beneath a church on the Eastern Front. Multiple photos of the clergy in action. The Campaign in Mesopotamia to the Fall of Kut. Full-page photo. portrait of Major-General Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, Defender of Kut-el-Amara. Iinteresting Mesopotamian centerfold photos; and more. Covers detached but present. Above-average wear. Book
1989320 pages. Selected bibliography. Abundantly illustrated in colour and black and white. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding sound. A worthy reference copy. Book
1993304 pages. Author's signature upon half-title page. Index. Selected bibliography. Black and white photographic plates. "Vividly recalls the author's early years in the India of the British Raj and her return 50 years later to the very different India of the 1980s." - from front flap. Prior owner's name upon front flyleaf. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
198888 pages. Features: Bob Goff carves eagle; Bob Wydock's Sculpture of Centaurus; World Champion Miniature Bird Carver - Peter Kaune; Painted ponies bring big bucks at auction; Carving in India; Let's Carve a Reindeer; The Art of I. Denton - new book; Sylvester E. Dietrich - avid carver; neckerchief slides are fun to carve; Bob Henderson - ribbon winning carver; Many show photos and reports; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1982Features: Flowers and fabrics; On Course(s) for Flower Arrangement; Foliage Plants and Useful Flowers for a Northern Flower Arranger; The 'Moutans' or 'Tree' Peonies; Cool greenhouse plants; Priorwood Dry Flower Garden; Make a modern see-through circle container; September in your garden; Low situations; soil improvement; flowers in hindu India; Shell flower pictures; Petities; bulbs in outdoor containers; Autumn barbecue; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1984Features: Identifying American Indian Dolls; Keepsake Dolls - memories of New Orleans; Handcrafted Dolls from India; Momotaro and the Wisteria Girl; Anne Baby and Amy - a comparison; American Character Goes Out and Betsy McCall Goes Up; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
197324 pages. Features: A Letter From India - Allan Hodgson and Patricia Welbourn learn to live with Calcutta; Sevearl pages of beautiful photos of Canada's northlands; How Mexican Police Unearthed the Truth About Two Canadian Archaeologists - Elizabeth F. Snow describes the experience she shared with her husband while on a dig in Mexico; The Girl with the Iron Gut - Karen Magnussen has earned a world championship and a contract of $100,000 a year as a professional figure skater - article with colour photos; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
2006218 pages. Colour photography throughout. Features: Travelling along the Tamil Nadu coast to Kanyakumari, Cuddalore and Velankanni to witness the astounding resilience of the people struck by the tsunami; Brand new look for Indian Airlines; Review of 'The Indian Army - A Brief History'; Legends that won the Victoria Cross; The India of the 1950s; Newsmakers of 2005; It's Boom Time for the Economy; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
2006154 pages. Colour photography throughout. Features: Major photo-illustrated interview with Bollywood Love Guru Yash Chopra; Heera Panna - on a diamond trail in Panna; Call of the Cicada - Serene trip into the Nagarhole sanctuary; Song of the Hornbill - The Kohima Hornbill Festival; KP in the KP - England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen on a safari in the Kruger Park; Looking back at Nainital; Rediscovering Ranikhet, Almora and Binsar; Gourmet night trail at Jama Masjid during Ramzan; Time stands still at Karauli; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1925420 pages. Index. "A Moslem world undergoing such varied, such extensive, such profound and such momentous changes is of supreme interest and concern to all Christendom. As a matter of fact, the attention of Christians is to-day riveted on Islam as at no time since the Moslem invasion of Europe." - from Foreword. Surely an interesting contrast to the Moslem world of today. Light wear. Modest age-toning to contents. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
1995262 pages. "Captain Thomson's rivetting story is a great contribution to the history of the Indian mutiny and he instills a real feeling of the times, as events come alive through his narrative." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A nice copy. Book
1925240 pages. Index. "In all those qualities which mark the born leader of men, James Outram had very few rivals among the best and greatest of the soldier statesmen who rose to fame in the service of the old East India Company." - from Preface. Average wear to unmarked book. Binding sound. Moderage age-toning to contents. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in mylar. A sound copy. Book
199764 pages. Creepy cover photo of Canadian serial child-killer Clifford Olson and many of his victims; The Legacy of Jean Lesage; Cover Story - Killer Clifford Olson's Plea under section 745 of Criminal Code for early release from prison after only 15 years served; Olson's Prison World; Section 745 - Good Intentions, Mixed Results; Premier's conference - with photo of Lucien Bouchard at the microphone; Prairie farmers face crop loss; photo of Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason; India's Passage - facing weighty challenges on its 50th birthday; Police close in on suspects in the Air India tragedy; Abu Maizar and Lafi Khalil - terror suspects; KAL Flight 801 crash at Guam International Airport; Biting The Apple - Microsoft's Bill Gates bails out former Stave Jobs and Apple Computer; Body of Evidence - controversy over a corpse fuels the Bre-X scandal; British Columbia's Smelter of Success - $1.2 billion deal with Alcan at Kitimat; How First Nations self-rule can bring prosperity; Elvis reigns supreme 20 years after his death; Karen Douglas teaches English to Mexican labourers in Bowmanville; Murder in Cold Lake - Carol Meredith and Barclay MacFie; and more. Moderate wear. A clean and unmarked copy. Magazine
1976466 pages plus LXXX pages of black and white illustrations. Index. Reprint of the 1946 first edition. "An attempt has here been made to set up the Hindu temple conceptually, from the foundation to its finial." - from Preface. Contains the following parts: Site, Plan, Plan and Supernal Man, Substances of Which the Temple is Built, Names and Origins of the Temple, Superstructure, Proportionate Measurement and Varieties of the Temple, Images of the Temple, Explanation of Plates, Appendi, Sources. Both volumes tight, square and unmarked with light external wear and soiling. Cream-coloured cloth boards well protected by clear plastic sleeves. A quality copy. Book
1896282 pages. Handsome bright gilt decoration upon front board. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible excepting a chip affecting three characters. Loss from top of backstrip. Prior owner's signature inside front board else unmarked. Narrow opening along back hinge. Average external wear. Additional photos available upon request. Book
1952184 pages. Special Features: The Employed Woman and Her Household: Women Organize for Action; Profile of Youth: Young India - Uma Narang; The Glitter and the Gold: Part III; How America Lives: Stage Set for Love - Robert "Bob" and Nancy Paschall; and Stomach-Ache: Trivial or Serious? Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (inc recipes), short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Ivory, Nutrilite, DuPont Cellophane and Rubbermaid. Half page colour Lustre-Creme Shampoo ad with Joan Crawford. Full page black/white ad with Elizabeth Taylor promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Full page black/white U.S. Defense Bonds ad honoring First Lieutenant Carl H. Dodd. Average wear. A few small openings front/back cover fore-edge. Small mailing label bottom right corner. A clean copy. Magazine
1960Features include: Cymbidiums - More About Miniatures; Outstanding Cymbidiums of 1960; Growing Cymbidiums in the Northwest; Orchids of India (Pt 2): Cymbidium suavissimum; A Comparison of Cytological Groups of Cymbidium Hybrids; Orchid Growing in Chieng-Mai; Can We Have Flower Control in Cymbidiums?; Decontamination of Seed Flasks; Some Thoughts on Growing Miniature Cymbidiums; Orchid Raid to Ecuador; Book Review " The Orchids of Thailand, A Preliminary List" by Gunnar Seidenfaden and Tem Smitinand; The 1960 Cymbidium Season in England; and Ecology Notes: Oncidium pulchellum. Little Wear. Front cover soiled. A sound copy. Book
1965"Your 1965 Reunion Committee is pleased to present the histories of No. 435 (Chinthe) Squadron and No. 436 (Elephant) Squadron, with accompanying pictures, as a special 'extra' of the 'Burma plus 20' Reunion." - from Foreward. Consists of 15 single-sided 14" x 8.5" sheets folded in half and stapled into illustrated card covers. Numerous black and white photos in text. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1984200 pages. Index. Bibliography. Glossary. 103 photos in colour and 6 in monochrome. "Explores the country's history, traditions, religions, sacred festivals, handicrafts and monuments." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Couple of short openings to very attractive dust jacket which otherwise bears very light wear. An excellent copy of this beautiful work. Book
1983Features: Singapore - a paradise haunted by dark fears; Haitians dying in exodus; Giovanni Vigliotto claims to have married 105 women; The Gillespie-Lalonde Affair; Herb Gray and the federal government's blue books; Trudeau the the Belize case; Sick Kids baby deaths - who did it?; German election campaign; Brutal tragedy in Assam, India - Hindu/Moslem violence; The world according to Saudi Arabian oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani; Jack Gallagher's farewell to Dome Petroleum - with additional coverage by Peter C. Newman; Controversial National Film Board films on Acid Rain; Troubled Central America hosts the Pope; Bargain-hunting by Canadian tourists; Herschel Walker and the USFL; Cover story - John le Carre's trail of terror - with colour photos. Average wear. Soiling to front cover. Book
2003266 pages. Features: Hotels Around the World - The Roxburghe in Scotland, The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota, Hotel Royal in Evian-les-Bains, France, Kersefontein Guest Farm in South Africa, Maison Place Royal in Montreal, Udaivilas in India; Penthouse in Key Biscayne; Charles Gwathmey - complex volumes in Bel Air; Faith Popcorn's weekend cabin on Georgica Pond, Long Island; Complex environment in a Chicago high-rise; English country style in the midwest; Chilly minimalist rooms thaw out by the East River; Japanese Fusion - east and west meet in an Okayama compound; Photographer Ellen Graham goes Anglo-Indian in Palm Beach. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
193432 pages. Features: The War on Religion - with an anti-religious quote by Max Epstein, Vice-Commissar for Education; Notes of the Week; New Year Notes by Lady Houston, D.B.E.; A Conservative Leader?, by Kim; The Case of Patrick O'Malley, life-long trade unionist; Satirical full-page ad for the public auction of the nations of the Commonwealth; A Hair of the Dog that Bit You!; Air Progress Abroad, by Major Oliver Stewart; The Monstrous Shadow of 1934, by Robert Machray; More Grave Changes - British Legion Affiars; Eve in Paris; Political Madness - Conservative Party Heads for Suicide, by Colonel Sir Thomas A. Polson; Lord Dalhousie - Creator of Modern India - article plus full-page portrait on glossy stock; India - the Frost Continues, by Hamish Blair; Across a Century (Charles Lamb died December 27, 1834); New book news; News snippets from the empire; The Expensive Mr. Baldwin; Music reviews; Theatre notes; The Gamekeeper's Dog, by Eric Hardy; Broadcasting notes; Lady Houston's Cold Cure; Interesting back cover reproduction of a letter dated 23 May, 1917 signed by Ramsay MacDonald (and others) in support of the Russian Revolution, plus one of his more recent quotes, plus the suggestion that it was his intent that the British people pay for goods ordered by Russia from Britain. Faint libray stamps to front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this interesting vintage issue. Book
1990136 pages. Index. Bibliography. Published to celebrate the 300th birthday of Calcutta, this book provides "an account of its growth from a trading station of mud huts into a city whose beauty excited the admiration of all visitors... The author has drawn upon a wide range of contemporary accounts of the city and its inhabitants to provide a counterpoint to this visual evidence, giving often charming insights into the way the British conducted themselves in such strange surroundings." - from dust jacket. Wonderfully illustrated in colour and black and white. Few light pencil markings to contents. Usual library markings. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
1990412 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plages. "An Extraordinarily good, detailed and selfless book." - V.S. Naipaul. "The quiet but deep observation, understanding and love of the human race which are characteristic of all his films, have impressed me greatly. Mr. Ray is a wonderful and respectful man. I feel that he is a 'giant' of the movie industry." - Akira Kurosawa. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
