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1956Features: Banff tea house survives roaring avalanche (ad); Leon Koerner's one-man giveaway program - Canada's happiest spender is this Czech millionaire who arrived here 17 years ago; A blueprint to stop our cities' decay - one in every 8 Canadian homes is slowly falling apart, soon to become part of a slum with its by-products of disease and distress - here's what Baltimore, Maryland found; Can science beat the virus diseases?; We're wasting millions on an obsolete air force - Guy Simonds charges that in this atomic age of guided missiles we're still committed to a costly, outdated concept of military strategy based on the airplane; We gambled our love on freedom - James Pegg, a British soldier, met Olga, a Ukrainian slave worker in a German prison camp - they had to choose... stay and be parted, or escape together into unknown dangers; The town that wants to stay old fashioned - Niagara-on-the-Lake; The secondhand love letter, by Edward Kaylin; The private lives of Byng Whitteker; Throw out our cruel divorce law - Kent Power, QC. Nice colour Chevrolet ad on page 5. Front cover heavily torn with chunks missing - it illustrated the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Colour Coke ad on back cover. Magazine
1952104 pages. Fiction: Not Fit To Live With; The Case For the State; Recalled to Duty; The Secret Ingredient; Tombstone (part 1 of 8); The Hunted Woman (pare 3 of 6). Articles: God Sent Them to the Slums - dedicated young ministers in narcotic-ridden East Harlem; The Cities of America - Reno - article with great color photos; The National League Comes Back - after the American League has won the last 5 World Series championships; Watch Your Step at Conventions! - you may be observed by the television cameras!; The Morey Case - Why Did They Kill? - part 4 of 4 - young murderers of a nurse in Ann Arbor; It's No Fun To Be An Englishman - life is tough in England; His Heart Belongs to Jersey - Governor Alfred Driscoll. Ads: Old Gold cigarettes; De Soto cars; Great one-page color photo Kennecott Copper ad features large photo of miner loaded with dynamite at Bingham Canyon; Pontiac; Lincoln; French's foods; Sealtest sherbets and ices; Pall Mall cigarettes; Nash cars - Golden Airflyte; Purolator oil filter ad features Andy Devine (Jingles in 'Wild Bill Hickok'); Amazine one-page ad by Conrad Hilton of Hilton Hotels shows Uncle Sam on his knees praying to God "Our Father in Heaven... Be Swift to Save Us, before the darkness falls"; Golfer Bobby Jones is featured in an ad for Atlantic Bond Paper; Baseball player Paul Richards is featured in a Gillette ad; Lt. Colonel Reginald R. Myers; USMC Medal of Honor winner is featured in an ad for U.S. Defense Bonds. Somewhat above-average external wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
1914Cover photo of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, now at the front. The First Battles in East Prussia. The Agony of Belgium - how her cities and towns were laid desolate; Horrors of war in the village of Cortenbergh, Brabant. Centerfold depicts the sacking of Louvain, while the Hotel de Ville is spared. Photos and Illustrations of: Officers of Scottish descent fighting for the Tsar; German outpost scenes; Pole fights Pole on the Russian frontier; Germany experiences terrors in East Prussia; Russian prisoners; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
rif. 8870P., Daumont,1760.
rif. 8877Sans lieu ni date, (fin du XVIIIème).
rif. 8853P., Basset, (fin du XVIIIème).
rif. 8854Sans lieu ni date, (fin du XVIIIème). (Gravures d’un moulin contrecollées au dos).
rif. 8885P., Basset (mi XVIIIème). (Petit trou de ver).
rif. 8867P., Beauvais, (fin du XVIIIème). (Deux petits trous de ver).
rif. 2i10887Verschiedene Verlage und Orte 1997-2000. Insgesamt 404 S. mit Abbildungen kartonierte Einbände teils quart. - Enthalten: Cities on the move. Urban Chaos and Global Change. East Asian Art Architecture and Film Now; Hayward Gallery / Cities on the move 4. Den Asiatiske Storby - 90Erne; Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst 29. Januar - 21. April 1999 / Cities on the move 7. Kaupungit liikkeessä 6. 11. 1999 - 9. 1. 2000; KIASMA Nykytaiteen museuo Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki / 8 geheftete Seiten 4 Blatt Beiheft: Cities on the move. The Asien City in the 'Nineties: Between Apotheosis and Apocalypse; Vienna Seccion 26/11/1997 - 18/1/1998 / Text englisch dänisch und isländisch - unknown
rif. 57586Paris, Barbezat & cie, Album avec 70 planches / pages 40x27cm la num rotation des pages n'est pas s quentielle.
1991RARE comprehensive monograph on agricultural and archeological aspects of the Negev desert by Yehuda D. Nevo (1932-1992), an eminent Israeli archaeologist who discovered Kufic inscriptions in the Negev desert, four hundred of which were published in "Ancient Arabic Inscriptions from the Negev" published by IPS, Negev, Israel, in 1993. Contains 36 full-page plates, a bibliography, five appendices and many indices. 320x240. VI+259 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine edges bumped. Several light bump-marks on rear cover. Rear cover upper corner wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare study of the Negev desert by an eminent authority in the field, a major contribution to the study of ancient Arab desert cultures, is otherwise in very good condition.
1980SIGNED BY AUTHOR with DEDICATION dated 1983. EXTREMELY RARE extensively illustrated monograph on ancient mosaic patterns by Asher Ovadia - Professor Emeritus at Tel-Aviv University, an expert in archeology and art of classical culture. The signed dedication in Hebrew is addressed to Moshe Barasch (1920-2004) - a renowned art historian who founded the Art History department at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was Professor Emeritus there, the first Israeli art historian to attain worldwide recognition. Contains 44 full-page b&w plates with 120 figures. 285x220mm. 206 pages & 44 plates. Grey cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Red lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket slightly rubbed and slightly yellowing. Jacket edges wrinkled. Spine upper edge slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare illustrated book on ancient mosaic patterns by an eminent authority in the field, of immense interest to art historians and archaeologists, is in good condition.
rif. 614417677Edward Elgar Publishing Limited . Hardback. New. pp. 384 Edward Elgar Publishing Limited hardcover
1972[INCOMPLETE SET - VOLUMES II-VI] [VOL. II]: Fin du siège de 885-886 à la mort de Philippe-Auguste / [VOL. III]: Fin du règne de Philippe-Auguste à la mort de Charles V / [VOL. IV]: Paris au XVe siècle / [VOL. V]: Paris au XVIe siecle / [VOL VI]: Sous Les Premiers Bourbons. 28x22 cm. 437+470+486+626+741 pages. Gilt hardcover. Volumes III-VI in dust jacket. [Vol. III]: Spine slightly stained. [ALL VOLUMES]: Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
2003RARE collection of 23 papers in German and English from the international symposium on the christianization of cities in Late Antiquity. Copy from the library of an eminent Israeli archaeologist Yoram Tsafrir (1938-2015), who also contributed a paper included in this volume. Most papers are in German, three are in English. [LIST OF AUTHORS]: Gunnar Brands, Achim Arbeiter, Franz A. Bauer, Albrecht Berger, Robert Born, Beat Brenk, Ortwin Dally, Klaus S. Freyberger, Peter Grossmann, Andreas Gutsfeld, Wolfram Hoepfner, Kenneth Holum, Hans-Rudolf Meier, Karl Leo Noethlichs, Alexis Oepen, Ulrich Real, Klaus Rheidt, Hans-Georg Severin, Hilke Thür, Yoram Tsafrir Bryan Ward-Perkins, Rainer Warland, Ulrike Wulf. Includes 125 b&w full-page plates, several of them fold-out, and index of places (Orts- und Länderregister). 245x175mm. VIII+310 pages & 125 full-page plates. Illustrated Hardcover. Cover and spine rubbed. Cover edges and spine bottom edge bumped. Cover upper corners and spine upper edge rubbed. Previous owner's name (Yoram Tsafrir) written in Hebrew in pencil on front whitepage upper edge/corner. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare volume of conference proceedings, of immense interest to historians of urban development and Christianity in Late Antiquity, is in good condition.
RARE reprint from The Journal of the Palestine Oriental Society of a thoroughly documented study of the cults, shrines ('awlia) and sanctuaries (maqamat) of Muslim saints, a major contribution to the ethnography of Arab Palestine (especially popular Islam and popular religion in Palestine) by Tawfiq Canaan (1882-1964), a pioneering physician, ethnographer and Palestinian nationalist. Besides being a major medical researcher and the first President of the Palestine Arab Medical Association, the director of several Jerusalem area hospitals before, during, and after the 1948 war, he wrote several books and more than 50 articles on the subject of Palestinian folklore in English and German, which serve as valuable resources to researchers of Palestinian and Middle Eastern heritage. Tawfiq was also a collector of over 1,400 amulets and talismans held to have healing and protective qualities, and upon publishing analyses of these objects, and other popular folk traditions and practices, he was recognized already in his lifetime as a major ethnographer and anthropologist. Contains also a Hebrew title-page, though the book is in English. 215x140mm. VIII+331 pages. Softcover. Cover and spine slightly rubbed. Cover and pages upper corner slightly bumped/wrinkled. Rear cover upper edge wrinkled and slightly chipped. Cover corners and edges, and spine edges and hinges rubbed. Inner cover browning. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare inquiry into the folklore and beliefs of Palestinian Arabs, one of the most outstanding contributions to the ethnography of Arab Palestine, is overall in good condition.
1902RARE journal of a voyage to the Holy Land, Sinai and Petra in 1899-1901 with beautiful color illustrations by the author's husband. 220x145mm. 244 pages. Green cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover dirty and rubbed/worn. Cover corners bumped. Cover and spine yellowing. Spine edges bumped and peeling/tattered. Inner cover, whitepages and few pages throughout the book age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book, a real treat for any serious collector of Holy Land books, is in good condition.
1887FIRST EDITION of a RARE TWO VOLUME record of Sir Austen Henry Layard's first adventurous journey to the East and residence among different tribes of Persia in the years 1840-1842. This book mentioned by the late 19th-century English novelist George Gissing in his diary as 'one of the most interesting books'. The author - Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC (1817-1894), was an eminent English traveler, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat, best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. Contains two beautiful b&w illustrations, two frontispieces and three fold-out maps. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 205x140mm. 490+511 pages [+20]. Olive green cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering and red and green patterns on front cover and spine. Text block edges age-stained. Cover yellowing and dirty/stained. Cover corners and spine edges bumped and worn. Binding slightly visible on inner cover (but still intact). Small sticker on front whitepage. Illustrations and some pages slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of a two-volume illustrated memoir of travels and residence in Persia by an illustrious Late Victorian England personality is in good condition.
1810RARE single volume containing THREE important texts on the Middle East, written in English during the 17th and 18th centuries. The first two are travel journals of pilgrims: the first is Henry Maundrell's journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem through the Galilee, and the second is an account of Italian missionaries' visit to mount Sinai. The third title is a detailed account of Islam, with a special emphasis on the rites of pilgrimage, written by the journalist Joseph Pitts. With 4 b&w plates and 2 fold-out plates. 210x125mm. VIII+520 pages. Patterned brown leather Hardcover. Embossed lettering and gilt decoration on spine. Text block edges marbled. Cover and spine worn. Cover heavily rubbed and scratched. Front cover detached. Cover corners/edges and spine edges bumped and peeling. Spine and spine edges peeling. Sticker on spine bottom edge. Ex-libris sticker and binder's sticker on endpaper. Ink inscription on whitepage. Rear whitepage bottom torn and partly missing (NO damage to text - blank whitepage). Pates and some pages somewhat age-stained. Pages yellowing and wavy. [SUMMARY]: Despite the damage to cover, this rare collection of early modern European texts on the Middle East is internally in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This book's cover is very worn, loose or missing. If you'd like, we can send this book to be rebound for an extra charge.
1962VOLUME TWO ONLY. RARE LIMITED EDITION of the memorial book dedicated to the Jews of the Bukovina district in southeastern Europe. The book uses authoritative sources to create a clear historical account of the Jewish community in Bukovina from the earliest records of its existence to the destruction during the Holocaust. Contains numerous b&w photographs and illustrations. 330x250mm. VIII+228 pages. Red leather Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Jacket yellowing, dirty, wrinkled and slightly age-stained. Jacket edges and corners worn/tattered. Front cover bottom edge peeling. Spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: Save for some external wear (mostly to jacket), this extremely rare volume is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
rif. ORD-14268aux armées du Roy... Contenant l'Estat présent de la Ville de Paris et les Ouvrages qui ont été faits par les Ordres de Sa Majesté jusqu'en 1710. Divisée en ses vingt quartiers suivant l'arrest du Conseil. Le tout revu et augmenté par le Sieur Jaillot le Fils, Géographe. Paris. Taride. Vers 1910. Gd in-f°(330 x 498mm) en feuilles sous couverture imprimée, 4 pages de présentation et 12 planches sur double page destinées à être rassemblées pour former un plan d'environ 1,30 m de haut pour 1,70 m de large. Bel exemplaire.
rif. 8762Relié - 11x17 - 616 pp - 1761 - Chez DUCHESNE, Libraire, rue S. Jacques, au dessous de la fontaine S. Benoît, au temple du Goût, Paris. Avec un portrait hors texte. 1ère édition.
rif. 62Paris, imp. Henry, 1831 - 2 t. en 2 vol. - in-16 : 1038/1104 pp. - rel d’ép.
1988347 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada - the culmination of 20 years of research." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A splendid copy of this rare and important work. Book
