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rif. 1333984375.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1 portfolio ([2] l., 3 plates (1 col.)) 35 cm. 4to format photographical reproductions (one in color, particulars in b&w. of a silk painting found in may 1973 in a warring states period tomb at tzetanku. with commentary in chinese, english and french. in chinese style original cardboard folder, as new. very scarce.
rif. 26600620like new. unknown
rif. 0816531943.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
196915 pages. A transcript from research conducted for the CBC radio series entitled "People in Landscape." "The Cariboo Road in modern times and in the nineteenth century. Stories of travel by car and stagecoach from the Fraser Canyon to the Cariboo. Interviewees - Mrs. Nellie Baker, Mrs. R.T. Crosby, Miss Leah Shaw, Vince Gresty, Gus Milliken, Roddy Moffat, Bryson Patenaude." - from title page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Black and white illustrations. Nice copy. Book
1979Signed by researcher Eleanor A. Eastick upon colophon where she hand-numbered this copy number 897 of 1000. 264 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Large fold-out map inside back board. "A newly-found manuscropt written in the 1920's and never before published." - from title page. "The personal recollections of the very people who lived and worked in the Cariboo in the last half of the nineteenth century." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Vertical line of faint peeling midway along each fixed endpaper where tape removed. Name atop front free endpaper. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Birth and death dates of dedicatee hand-written beneath his name. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Hale & Barman 959. Book
1979No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge and minor traces of storage. 252pp. A comprehensive study on the motor car including its history and development, its engineering aspects, types of cars, motor racing and car clubs. Very well illustrated.
1981[11], 252, [2] pages. Maps. Several black and white reprodutions of photos. "In this honest and often very moving book, James Roberts looks back over a business, military, civil service and diplimatic career, recalling the ups and downs and above all the people he has known and loved in a long and active life. Roberts served for Canada with distinction in WWII and rapidly rose to the rank of Brigadier at the height of the battle for the opening of the strategic Scheldt estuary. The next year, from within the German lines, he negotiated details of the unconditional German surrender on the Canadian front." - dust jacket. Few tiny markings to military map printed upon front endpaper otherwise book quite clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor lean to spine. Quarter-inch opening in publisher's olive cloth at lower tip of back board. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fascinating life story featuring significant WWII involvement. Book
199087 pages. Features: Orapex '90 - Ottawa's Second National Stamp Show and Bourse; Netherlands - Indies - In Quest of Correct Franking; Prairie Pathfinders - Henry Kelsey and Anthony Henday; Postmarked Ottawa; George Mackinley Geldert, M.C. 1886-1967; Decoys, Spears and Skates; The R.P.S.C. Junior Stamp Collector; Vignettes of early British North American Postal History - Part XIII - The Wilderness Route from Quebec to Halifax; Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1970Features: The fashion industry has you under heel; The RCMP - Why the mounties have red faces - their image has been slipping; Onward to Alaska - up the Alaska Highway to the Yukon; The Road to Murder - Part 3 of 3 of the story of the murders of Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee on a road near Almonte; Stop killing Canada - letters from Canadians about their environment; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Please note that page 19 is missing - it appears to have been a story about a New York Met baseball player. Nice colour International pickup ad on back cover. Book
1970Features: The Moonlighters - who they are and what they do, and why they need the money; Facts for Fatties - and for thinnies who don't want to become Fatties; The Now Dictionary - new cool words; The ten best fishing lures and why they work so well - Rapala, Arbo-Gaster, Johnson's Silver Minnow, The Mepps, Williams Whitefish, Eppinger Daredevle,Arbogast Jitterbug, Canadian Wiggler, Panther Martin, Jig-Fly; The Manhunt Ends - Part 2 of a 3 part story of the murder of Gerry MacDonald and Ken Vallee on the Almonte Road not far from Ottawa; The fastest brush in the East - Montreal's Claude Langevin can finish three paintings in a day; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Centerfold held by one staple else a sound copy. Book
1970Features: Everything you wanted always wanted to know about the life of a stewardess... but were too shy to ask; On the Road with Young Canada - Part 2 of Dave Cobb's motorbike ride across Canada; So you think Pierre Trudeau's Doing a Lousy Job? - test your knowledge of the P.M.; The Quarterback's Bodyguards - offensive guards - Bill Danychuk, Jack Abendschan, Ken Sugarman, Roger Scales (Please note: pages 15 and 16 of this article are missing from this copy); Nancy Greene in the Marketplace - she makes $100,000 a year but she only endorses products she believes in; Professor Igor Kusyszyn teaches a course on betting on horse races; Kurt Weber's Roulette system won him $150,000; Our pick of the best Canadian fashions the federal government could find; half-page colour ad for Polaris snowmobiles; Maggie Grant; Doug Wright's Family. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Book
196820 pages. Features: Life in an Ottawa old folks' home; Life on the Road Makes Rock Group Cream turn Sour; The Bank of Montreal's Ladies' Branch on Sherbrooke St. in Montreal; George Fejer, George Eaton, Bill Brack and Craig Fisher - Canadians in Auto Racing - article with colour photos; The Ocean-Going Spies - ships and submarines are used to listen in on emenies; Plum recipes; Doug Wright's Family. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1886rif. 0011204Chicago: Percival Lowell General Passenger Agent C. B. & Q. R.R. 1886. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Sewn wrappers. Good. 16mo 88 pages dedication page chipped lacks 99% of its flexible covers The prior 1885 edition had only 80 pages. This has its frontispiece and numerous small maps other illustratios throughout. This includes travel to Mexico. Percival Lowell, General Passenger Agent, C. B. & Q. R.R. unknown
19078vo., First Edition, some moderate offsetting to free endpapers, front preliminaries and title lightly spotted; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in black, gilt back, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. NCBEL IV, p.660.
1886rif. 47038Lincoln: Journal Company State Printers 1886. 1886. NEBRASKA RAILROAD. First edition. 8vo. Original orange printed wrappers 16 pp. folding map: Map of Nebraska 1886. 59 x 99 cm. 23 1/4" x 41" 12 miles to one inch. The map was the project of the Burlington Route for selling land. Very detailed and routes outlined in bright red. Broken Bow was to be the new center of life in Nebraska. The map is in fine condition some splitting at the bottom two inches of the spine due to the folded size of the map and a tiny closed tear and a few minor nicks to the rear cover fore-edge overall a near fine copy. Journal Company, State Printers, 1886. unknown
2009Appears unread. No 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. 249pp. The first thorough study of medieval bridges which rewrites their history from early Anglo-Saxon England right up to the Industrial Revolution, providing new insights into many aspects of the subject.
1986No 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 or creased with minor traces of storage. 173pp. The evolution of the bridge over the centuries. With a wealth of examples and drawings and their associated social histories. The counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire are chosen because many of the country's most historic and attractive bridges are to be found there.
1924Finger marks to a small number of pages. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Mainly clean tight pages with soiled boards and page edges. 40pp. Illustrated instructions in the care and management of the Scott motor cycle including the Scott three-speed counter-shaft gear clutch and kick starter. It includes some detailed technical drawings of the gear box, gears, hubs, brakes, front fork and engine. The eight available models illustrated at the end. Extremely scarce. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
1999No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, label removal marks on front and no bumping to corners. 121pp. Over sixty years history of Manchester City Football Club plus biographies of over sixty players from those years.
2010rif. Q-0802170684Grove Press Black Cat 2010-05-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Grove Press, Black Cat paperback
2010rif. 53686Grove Press Black Cat. Near Fine. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Softcover first edition stated with full number line. Inscribed/signed to the ffep by Solares with his doodle. Inner covers toned. Plastic protective cover. ; 5.3 X 1.3 X 8.1 inches; 436 pages; Signed by Author . Grove Press, Black Cat paperback
1983Contains separate piano and trumpet sheet music, plus guitar chords and lyrics, for some of the most popular music of the 1960s and 70s. Songs include: Acapulco 1922; Fandango; Jerusalem; (The) Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro); Magic Man; Mexican Shuffle; Rise; Rotation; Route 101; So What's New; Spanish Flea; (A) Taste of Honey; This Guy's In Love With You; Tijuana Taxi; Up Cherry Street; Wade in the Water; What Now My Love; Whipped Cream. Four pages of colour photos of Herb Alpert, with two more pages in black and white. Prior owner's reference page of instrument transpositions fastened inside front cover by a staple. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. It is hard not to feel good when you listen to these timeless songs! Book
1982No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to upper edge of rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. The single-decker bus so well-known on British roads from the 1920s onwards.
1993No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 96pp.
