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1974140 pages. If you are at all interested in building your own windplant, read this book first." - Wind Power Digest. "A good source of Savonius Technology." - Popular Science. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
189075 pages. The first eight pages are devoted to "Drills, Pantomines and Motion Songs - Swimming Drill" and are cutely illustrated with sketches of children performing the various motions. Next come 9 pages of "Marching and Motion Songs for Schools" which include words and piano music. Pages 19 through 61 cover Motion Songs with piano music included for most - songs include The Brook, Our Flag, The Violets, The Leaves, What the Wind Says, Fife and Drum, Little Things, On the Lake, Pussies, The Farm, The Meadows, Good Night, Song of the Waves, and Japanese Parasol Drill. Pages 62 through 75 are devoted to Marches and include diagrams. Heavily worn, soiled and stained yet binding remains intact. Page 17 missing. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else unmarked. While copy has seen considerable use, it retains its vintage charm. Book
1976415 pages. Index. "Every community has something rare and distinctive. Every Community has its own personality, to a substantial degree the personality of the people who found it. Nobleford Monarch can offer one of the best examples. More than in most areas, Nobleford and Monarch carried the imprint of its great pioneer personalities... It would be a tragedy if the accounts or hopes and struggles and triumphs and disappointments of such people and their times were lost; or if the determination and imagination and moral fibre of trailblazers like Charles S. Noble were forgotten." - from Foreward by Dr. Grant MacEwan. Contents include: Physical Geography; Early History; Agriculture; Local Groups and Organizations; Local Businesses; Oil and Gas Exploration; Honor Roll; Family Biographies; Old Timers not Traced. Orange decorated cloth-covered boards. Pages lightly yellowed at edges. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Krotki [2e] 779, Strathern 3177. Book
1917227 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated front board. Some internal markings. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy working copy. Book
196828 pages. Features: The Violent Society - do all the assassinations mean the American dream is dead?; The Siroccos - Francine Jarry, Franki Hart and Helene Vanier - photos and article; Nancy Mathews is featured in a colour photo full-page GM ad; Three Canadians return from racing driver training in Italy - Francois Favreau, Bud Tucker and Wayne Spears - article with photos (including cover); It looks like the Calgary Stampeders will win the Grey Cup now that they have Granville (Granny) Liggins - article with photos; Saskatchewan's West Wind Brings back Dust and Bad Memories of the Dirty Thirties - article with colour photos; Montreal Wood Sculptor (carver) Charles Butler - article with nice photos in colour and black and white; Picnic with a Cougar - article and colour photos of Lun Hancock cavorting with Tom the 150lb mountain lion!; Printed by newspapers across Canada as a weekend supplement. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
1995112 pages. Features: Windpower, Zoning and the '90s; Rules for surviving Micro Hydroelectric Power; Portable Solar-Powered Workshop; Electric Pickup Truck; Electric Vehicle Aerodynamics; Understanding the Lead-Acid cell; Survey of 14 wind generators; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
196628 pages. Songs are playable as solos, duets, trios; Combo accompaniment for vocal. Includes the following songs: All I Really Want to Do; Blowin' in the Wind; Chimes of Freedom; Farewell; A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall; It Ain't Me Babe; Mr. Tambourine Man; She Belongs to Me; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Tomorrow is a Long Time; When the Ship Comes In; With God on Our Side. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1987Contents: Can advanced technology save the U.S. steel industry?; Molecules of visual excitation; The Rings of Uranus - data from Voyager 2; Beaches and Barrier Islands - attempting storm protection with manmade structures; Lyme Disease; Cold Nuclear Fusion - muons can catalyze the fusion of deuterium and tritium at room temperature; Aerodynamics of wind pollination; Arches and vaults in the ancient near east. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1989Features: Eying the Gypsy Life; Architect's Angle VI - Roof Edges; Collectables - Honorable Miniatures from Japanese Holidays; Smaller Versions of a Big Movie - A GWTW (Gone With The Wind) Compendium; Starr Ockenga; Ted Churcher; Ellen Betz; Scarlett's Wardrobe - do it yourself; The Landscape of Christmas; Carve yourself a merry wooden Christmas; Claycrafting - toddler toys; Joann's Cushions; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
19704 pages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Original price stickers on illustrated front cover. A sound copy of this Dylan classic. Sheet music
19785 pages. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this classic Kansas song. Sheet music
1990338 pages. Features: Gone With the Wind Collectibles; 51 Project Pages to Make; Christmas Dolls/Santas; Create a French Doll; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1978116 pages. Great color photos of Linda and her band. Includes all songs from "Simple Dreams" and "Hasten Down the Wind", including: It's So Easy; Carmelita; Simple Man Simple Dream; Sorrow Lives Here; I Never Will Marry; Blue Bayou; Poor Poor Pitiful Me; Maybe I'm Right; Old Paint; Tumbling Dice; Lose Again; The Tattler; If He's Ever Near; That'll Be the Day; Lo Siento Mi Vida; Hasten Down the Wind; Rivers of Babylon; Give One Heart; Try Me Again; Someone to Lay Down Beside Me; Crazy; Down So Low. Average wear. Few pencil markings to contents. One-inch opening to front cover. A worthy copy of this precious compilation. Book
1916Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
195568 pages. Colour plates plus many black and white illustrations in text. Includes these stories: Susan and Peter visit the Seaside; Susan and Peter Visit Wind Fairies; The Rabbits' Tea Party; The Magic Toy Cupboard; The Sun's Bedtime; The Wooldland Cobbler. Undated, perhaps circa 1950s? Heavy wear. Backstrip missing. Unmarked. Binding tender but intact. A worthy vintage copy of this charmingly illustrated work. Book
1993131 pages. Handsomely illustrated in colour. Prior owner's bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
193040 pages. Features: The Development of Curved Surfaces; Aviation Engine Cylinder Finishing; Plywood in Aircraft; Aircraft Ignition Equipment; The Technology of Woods Used in Aircraft Construction; Radiophone Communication on Air Passenger and Mail Routes - article with photo of engineer Thorp Hiscock; News of the Industry; New Developments; Wind Tunnel Experiments on the Burnelli All-Wing Principle; Ad for the new Chevrolet 333 engine includes photo of Louis Chevrolet; Ford Transport aircraft photo ad says it offers optional Packard Diesel motor; many more vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
193150 pages. Features: Thompson Valve ad commemorates the round the world trip of Mears and Collyer in 1928; Design and Construction of Aluminum Alloy Floats - article with photo of Keystone Commuter; Air-Cooled Cylinder Head Design; The Privateer Amphibian - A Low Wing Pusher Monoplane; Wind Tunnel Testts on Airplane Wheel Cowlings; Improvement and Economy in Carburetor Control; Vortex Theory and the Tapered Wing (part II); Effectiveness and Balance of Horizontal Control Surface; The Month's best from the Foreign Press; Assembly Instructions of the Fairchild Cabin Monoplane 71; Method of Making the Navy Type Cable Splice; How to Design and Build and Aircraft Finishing Room; Airplane and Engine Repair Cost Accounting; Puti It Up to Parker; How Fast Do They Fly?; New Products; Nice ad inside back cover Detroit's Hotel Fort Shelby; many more nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
197859 pages. Five pages of nice colour photos of the band and members. Includes piano sheet music, lyrics and guitar chords for these songs: Point of No Return; Paradox; The Spider; Portrait (He Knew); Closet Chronicles; Dust in the Wind; Sparks of the Tempest; Lightning's Hand; Nobody's Home; Hopelessly Human. Above-average wear. Sticker removal marks on illustrated front cover. Binding weak - first three pages partially loose. Why is this copy so worn? Because these songs are so awesome to play! Who can forget the first time they heard Dust in the Wind? Despite its deficiencies, a marvelous Kansas memento from their glory days of the late 1970s. Book
198148 pages. Features: Cover photo of West German Type S148 guided missile patrol boats at Bristol; Nice photo of Andes of the Royal Mail Lines; Full-page photo of the Hapag Lloyd container ship Frankfurt; On the Waterfront; European Commentary; Where to see the Cruise Ships; New Ship News; Passenger Liners at Tilbury - part 4 - the 1960s; Voyage in the Brigantine "Eye of the Wind"; The Three Careers of the "Ranpura" 1925-1961 - passenger liner, armed merchant cruiser and heavy repair ship; The Liberty and the SD14 - two standard types compared; HMS Hermes - part 1 of a history of her varied career; Letters; Ship Sales; Nice photo of the HMS Ranpura in 1946. Unmarked with average wear. Ad clipped from page 44 affects letter on other side. A sound vintage copy. Book
1985A small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes EF Benson and 'Mapp and Lucia', Jean Rhys, Kenneth Grahame and 'Wind in the Willows', cricket magazines, Hank Janson pulp fiction, F Scott Fitzgerald and Dylan Thomas.
1987242p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
1960score (24 p.) 31 cm. Paperback Very good condition, in pamplet binder
2006No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight wavyness to pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with fading to spine. 120pp. Based on a wealth of old photographs from the Francis Frith Collection.
1949No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight fading to spine ends, foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked with rubbing/light creasing and nicks to edges and small pieces missing from spine ends. 175pp. Beginning with a treatise on how we hear music, there follows a full discussion of all the instruments usually used in classical music. Well illustrated with photographs of each instrument.