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1965203 pages. "Designed specifically for the instruction and use of analysts undertaking established or new oceanographic chemical analyses under operational conditions for the first time. Basic working instructions are given in fullest detail. Brief notes on the chemistry involved are included but only where this knowledge can contribute materially to the speed and efficiency of the operator." - from Preface. Clean, bright and unmarked with lightest wear. Excellent copy. Book
196842 pages. Features: LBJ on his way out; New Jersey Nuns Win Lottery!; Britain's Application to join the Common Market; Nigeria's Grim War Dance; Chelsea/Royal Engineers; Rotary International; Sardis and the Sons of Herakles; Herb Gardens; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
1929260 pages including answers. Originally published in 1920. Authorized in separate edicions for use in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Chapters include: Notation and Numeration; Common and Decimal Fractions; Percentage and Simple Applications; Applications of Percentage; Powers and Roots; Mensuration; The Metric System; Review. Few pencil markings primarily at or near endpapers. Above-average but not excissive wear. Book
198494 pages. "For years the American Medical Association has conducted a war against those in the field of wholistic healing. The common denominator has been practitioners and professions that do not employ pharmaceuticals in their practice. The drugless arts have been targeted by the AMA for extinction. This book is about one of those professions - chiropractic." - from page 3. Clean, bright and unmarked with no wear. Gift quality. Book
1931xv, [1], 124, 3 [ads] pp. Index. Text in German. "Beitrage zur Konjunkturforschung - Herausgegeben vom Osterreichischen Institut Fur Konjunkturforschung Nr. 3" - front cover. "A collection of four lectures covering theories of the influence of money on prices, the conditions of equilibrium between the production of consumers' goods, the working of the price mechanism in the course of the credit cycle, and the case for and against an 'elastic' currency." - Jacob Cohen. Unread as most pages uncut. Average wear to original brown wrappers which are partially separated from textblock. Bit of writing at base of spine. 1939 New York Times Book Review of Schumpeter's 'Business Cycles' laid in. A sound copy of this, Hayek's second book. Machlup B-2, Cody & Osrem B-2, Hutchinson 912, Cohen 183. Book
1985Features: Cordell Bank - an underwater island; Preserving a common heritage - Treatment of marine artifacts; Tiger of the sea whips; Queen conch at the crossroads; Bermuda mystery waves; Garadiavolo - the devil monster hoax; Save the babies - Strategies of marine animals; there was a Moby Dick; The fuzzy sea butterfly. Sound copy. Book
2001214 pages. Handwritten signature of the incomparable Maurice Cotterell upon title page. Bibliography. Index. Many colour plates and black and white illustrations. "Follows the trail of the Supergods to South America and discovers the treasure-filled tombs of two more sun-kings, buried allive over 1,500 years ago in the long-lost pyramids of Peru. These two great kings shared much in common with Lord Pacal and Tutankhamun." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. This lovely copy copy would make a wonderful gift. Book
1970325 pages plus many pages of colour plates. Index. "A description of the character and music of birds, intended to assist in the identification of species common in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains... With numerous reproductions of water color and monotone studies of bires, and complete musical notations of bird songs by the author." - from title page. Prior owner's details upon back of front free endpaper. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Sound copy of this wonderful reference. 1970? Book
1985464 pages. Index. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Sound copy. Book
1957Features: Galleon Gold - Lieut. Harry E. Rieseberg is continually drawn to the silver shoals off the Bahamas to search for underwater treasure; Trapped by the Bor Herd of Elephants; The Mowha Maneater - a tiger story in the Indian jungles; We Chose Danger - an adventure of Frank Illingworth in troubled Morocco; Badboy of the Fisheries - the common seal; H.M.S. Thule Intercepts - an intensely dramatic story of a submarine at war as told by its Commander, Alastair Mars, D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar; Volcanic Island - "I Know an Island"; Swallowed by the Jungle - the conclusion of "Manhunt in Green Hell", a story from the French Guiana jungle; Iceland Pony Race; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Chip from spine. 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
1984Features: Men for the Royal College; Learning Strategies in Fine Art; English Art Education Between the Wars; Originality and Originals, Copies and Reproduction - Reflections on a Primary School Project; Observation and Drawing - a Justification for their Inclusion in the Primary School Curriculum; Art as Graphicacy in the Common Curriculum; 'Lessons from Objects' - a Museum of Art and Design; Walter Smith's Influence in Brazil and the Efforts by Brazilian Liberals to overcome the Concept of Art as and Elitist Activity; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1993Articles: The Structure of English Wooden Ships - William Sutherland's Ship Circa 1710; An Explosive Story - the rise and fall of the common depth charge; part of Gerald E. Panting's Canadian Maritime Bibliography; plus numerous book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
1984Features: Dune Blasters - Off-road vehicles are causing permanent damages to fragile terrains - the situation is worst on Canada's east coast; Lions of the Algal Jungle - The Lion Nudibranch is a top curiosity on the west coast; The World at My Window - Lyn Hancock combines writing witha room with a view; Cacti in Canada - discovering prickly pears and pincushions; The Mysterious Life of the Common Loon. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1980Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. 280 pages. "Deals with the shrimps of the Pacific Coast of Canada. The seaward limit of the region corresponds to the outer perimeter of Canada's Fishing Zone 5, i.e. 200 nautical miles (321 km) from the outer coast. Eighty-five species are listed, and each species is given a common name. Complete keys, with accompanying diagrams, are provided. Accounts of 82 species include detailed morphological descriptions and halftone illustrations, notes on colour, main distinguishing characters, maximum carapace and total lengths, total known geographic and bathymetric ranges, first known local capture, and information on biology and economic importance. Seventeen species are recorded for the first time... Included are sections on shrimp parasites, sexing of shrimps, use of keys, explanation of measurements, and also a gazetteer, glossary, partial synonymy, and index to scientific and common names. Eight plates and a frontspiece illustrate the colours of 41 shrimp species when live." - Abstract. Book clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. Average wear with several short edge-tears to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality signed copy of this exceptional reference. Book
1995"Under British Columbia's Forest Act, all timber harvested from both Crown and private land must be scaled. Timber is scaled to determine its volume and quality. This manual documents how timber is scaled for purposes of The Forestry Act and the Scaling Regulation." - from Introduction. Topics include: Scaling Overview; Timber Marking and Branding; Species Identification; Common Defects; Firmwood Scaling Procedures; Timber Grading; Documenting and Reporting Scale Results; Special Forest Products; The Weight Scale System; Weight Scale Sampling; Scaling Administration. Includes some colour illustrations. Very large and heavy binder (shipping weight 10 pounds) almost three inches thick - contains many hundreds of pages. Moderate wear. Prior owner's name and details upon first page. No other markings found. A quality copy of this very comprehensive and informative manual. Book
1965Features: BR (British Rail) - a new image; South Vietnam - progress under fire; Railroad news Photos; Steam News Photos; Photo of Mexico's National Railway TR-3 Mountain type No. 3306; 17th Annual Motive Power Survey - The Common Denominator - 2,500 HP; A generation passes - Southern Pacific's locomotive 6153 ends its 15 year career; The Aging Dignity of Chicago Union Station - many photos; 4-panel colour fold-out centerfold ad by GM's EMD; Identify 10 diesels by looking at their wheels; If New York Central Says Yes - Central's second look at commuters; Photo of Cass Scenic No. 7, a balloon-stacked three truck Shay, in action in 1964; and more. Date stamp atop front cover else unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1932Topics: Curing Common Receiver Faults; Mains Hum - and how to Cure it; Noises - Their Cause - and remedy - 1; The "Pye Q" Portable; The Screen Grid Amplifier; The Why - and the Wherefore; Review of the Lotus Landmark Three kit; The Heart of Your Set -2; Automatic Grid Bias; Motorboard Musings; The Sonotone - special feature; The New Type of Mains Valves; Below 100 metres; Choosing Resistances; Directional Reception; When are we going to have real portables?; and more. Above-average wear. Small clipping from lower back cover. Book
1988112 pages. Author's signature upon title page. Numerous black and white illustrations. "This story is an attempt to capture a young boy's experiences being raised in the 'Acre' section of Lowell, Massachusetts. The time frame is 1941 through 1951, and a major focal point is the people living in a portion of the Federal Project called 'The North Common Village'." - from introduction. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
196131 pages. Features: Canada's first long-distance car rally - Heather Wilson and Margaret Taylor travel 4,098.2 miles; Jack Lemmon went from from Harvard to Hollywood; Milkweed - the Swee-Scented Killer - a common Canadian flower traps many of the insects that pollinate it; Learning how to fall - Judo lessons; Son who sings his mother's songs - Ernie McCulloch of Calgary; Dramatic Canadian Soccer Gamble - $1 million spent to import big-time play - Stanley Mathews, Tony Macedo; Nipper by Doug Wright. Nice colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1964160 pages. Features: What was killed was not only the President but the Promise; How to Survive in the Kremlin; General Westmoreland - inheritor of a wretched war; The Road Back for teh G.O.P., by Jacob K. Javits; White Mercenaries on a 'rabbit hunt' in The Congo; Photos of the new Verrazano-Narrows bridge; Michelangelo Antonioni - 'Most Controversial Director'; Gallery of Presidential Also-Rans, including Goldwater-Miller; The dizzying pace of Luxembourger life - and why Common Market bureaucrats don't want to make it their headquarters; After the Yankees What? - a TV Drama - C.B.S, the Columbia Broadcasting System; New Musicals, New Songwriters; Petain - of Verdun, of Vichy, of history; When children don't achieve. Crossword completed in pencil. Moderate wear. Binding tight. A quality copy. Book
1961Features: The Crooks Get all the Breaks - Virgil W. Peterson; Can our children learn faster? - at the Whitby School in Connecticut, the Montessori method is used to teach the three Rs; People on the Way Up - Gigi Reynolds Carrier, Dick Gregory, Joy Tymezyszyn Jr., Jane Marilley; Abraham Kaplan on 'Are Psychiatrists and Clergymen enemies or allies?'; Connie Francis - what made her a star, and how does she survive the competition?; Casey Stengel; How Sotheby's venerable London auction house sets prices and tastes for highbrows; The Vanishing Hillbilly - the proud Ozark mounaineer is being modernized out of existence as TVs become more common than indoor plumbing. Great 2-page color Chevrolet Jobmaster Trucks ad. Nice Coke ad on back cover. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: What happened to Common Sense? - Calvin D. Linton says not only do we live in the best-educated age in history, it may well also be the most gullible; Doomsday Merchant of the Far Right - Billy James Hargis leads a witch-hunt in pursuit of Communists; People on the Way Up - Comic Dick Shawn, Ross Pritchard, Charlene Curry, Janet Ades, Rochelle Hood; Czar of the Bunny Empire - Hugh Hefner, with color photos; The Bridge of Hope - Topeka's effort to help mental patients return to regular life; Me and my mixed up trees - Frank J. Taylor and 'the confessions of a compulsive grafter who tells backyard (Luther) Burbanks how to turn the tables on nature; Irrepressible Egoist - Dick Stuart, the Pittsburgh Pirates cocky slugger; Hot Weapon in the Cold War - at President Kennedy's urging, the Army is beefing up its Special Forces, who are trained to combat Red guerillas around the globe. Nice color Pepsi ad inside back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1962Features: Last Chance for Vietnam - international flare-ups may topple this strategically located country - many interesting black and white photos; People on the Way Up - Peter Beard, Craig Ellwood, Building Designer, The Van Dorn Sisters; Paris gives Women a break, by Oleg Cassini (pages 29-32 loose but present); You CAN afford college - Princeton's financial-aid officer tells how to swing the high cost of higher education; Nice pink Cadillac ad on page 33; 'Common Market' - what does it mean to us? - a report by Christian A. Herter; Hockey's Gashouse Gang - the story of the rambunctious Chicago Black Hawks, the team that scrapped its way to icedom's coveted Stanley Cup (they haven't won it since - very rare Black Hawk material!); City in the Shadow - the ghost of Boss Frank Hague lingers in Jersey City . Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1969Features: Ben W. Heineman; The great Tug-of-War - pushing match at Kent, Washington on 22 February, 1920 between a GE 261-ton bipolar No. 10254 vs. a 278 ton 2-6-6-2 Mallet No. 9520; Classics under catenary (and beside third rail) - from the power in the trolley to the motors fed, electrification has had a common theme - nonstandardization - B&O No. 1 was first, Central's tinplate prototype, New Haven's A.C./D.C. box-cab motors, Norfolk & Western's side-rod box-cabs, Milwaukee's bipolar gearless motors, The Classic GG1, Great Northern Had the Biggest; Muskingum's prototype for the future; The when and if of wires; Those Russian Electrics; The Mystique of Electrification - when we regarded electric traction as noncontagious - hence safe; First Generation M.U. Average wear. Unmarked. Small white sticker on back cover. Book
