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1977590 pages. "A comprehensive survey of the progress of Christian mission effort from Pentecost to the present." - from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Lovely copy. Book
1981Features: The Cormier House, Montreal - Its Design and Furnishings in Art Deco; Signposts for Collectors Part III - Early Brass Candlesticks and Their Construction; Beneath the Richelieu - 18th century artifacts; Theft at Sweeney House; An Exciting Discovery - a hitherto unrecorded view of Montreal on ceramics; Glimpses of High Victorian life in Canada; Communion tokens of the Presbyterian Church in Nova Scotia; Early Cash Registers Cast Metal and Wood Cased. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1979Features: Auction Report; Seen at the Shows; John and Ebenezer Doan - Builders and Furniture Craftsmen; 'Arctic Scenery' on Staffordshire Pottery; The McKendry Quilt Collection; A View of Windsor, Nova Scotia; Logging Tools - worthy finds for collectors; Canadian Button Collectors. Nice copy. Magazine
1976Features: Prehistoric Plainsmen; Fort Chipewyan; Saint Albert; Writing on Stone - Milk River Valley; The Ranching Saga of Southern Alberta; Home, House and Temple Among the Plains Indians; Oil City, Alberta; Some Early Travellers' Accounts of Alberta; The Mountains in Maps; The Frontier Art of R.B. Nevitt; Gerald Tailfeathers; Carl Rungius - An Artist's View of Nature; Architectural Heritage; Heritage Park; Ukrainian Vernacular Architecture; Medalta Pottery; Saddles; Hutterites - The Peaceful People; Cattle Brands; From an Alberta Kitchen; Beadwork by Alberta Native Peoples; The Doukhobors; Museums in Alberta; and more. Average wear. Date hand-written atop front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
1993303 pages including index. Provides a comprehensive analysis of the child and youth care field in Canada. Presents an analysis that spans a variety of program areas. Proposes that similarities across practice settings are greater than the differences, and suggests that adopting an inclusive, generic view of the field presents opportunities for development and growth in a time of diminishing resources and support for services. Somewhat above-average wear. Underlining and some writing to contents. Binding sound. Worthy working copy. Book
1996Features: Galicia; West Germany in the late 1950s - Early 1960s - Part 3 - Standard Gauge Private Railways; The Last Surviving Steam Locomotives of the Philippine National Railway; Czech locos in view; Post-War Compounds; The Resita Standard Gauge 2-8-0Ts; Romanian Steam Scene; Early Kitsons supplied to the Bahia and Sao Francisco Railway, Brazil. Small date stamp atop front cover. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1914Pages: 225-252. Magnificent centerfold contains a montage of photos of Canadians on their way to serve the British side. Cover photo of Czar Nicholas II, Emperor of all the Russians. This part contains the conclusion of Chapter 13 and the beginning of chapter 14 which is entitled "How Germany Sowed the High Seas with Mines." Photos/illustrations include: H.M.S. Monarch; Germany's Battleships and Small Craft; Panoramic view of German battle fleet in Kiel Harbour; Wilhelmshaven; A German Contact mine; Minesweepers; Canada's splendid rally to the flag; Cross-section of a torpedo; The Tsar inspecting Russian aviators; Cossacks in Galicia; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Front cover taped in place. Book
1915Cover portrait of M. Poincare, President of the French Republic. The Battles of the Ourcq, Morin, and Marne Rivers. Centerfold - On the Heights above Lenharee. Photos and illustrations include: Zouaves on the march; Diagrammatic bird's-eye view of the advance of the German armies across the plains of France to the turning point on the Marne. Wreck of Red Cross Train near Lizy; Driving the Teutons beyond the Marne; and more. One inch puncture to front cover else unmarked with average wear. Book
1915Front cover portrait of Brigadier-General H.B. de Lisle, C.B., D.S.O., Commanding 2nd Brigade of Cavalry. How the British Army Crossed the Aisne. Photos and illustrations: Vandalism at Soissons; Diagrammatic view of the Aisne valley, showing how the German trenches were disposed; Human moles at Aisne; Positions of the rival armies during the closing days of September, 1914, looking northward from the city of Rheims; War life in a 3-tier deep sandpit behind the British lines in the Champagne country; 'Searchlight' fired from a gun - a parachute light-ball shell illuminates a night battle field; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1915Front cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey, K.C.V.O., Commanding the Australian Squadron. Early gains and losses in the war by sea. Plot and counterplot among the arming neutrals. Centerfold entitled 'How the Germans were Cleared from a French Village with the aid of a '75' gun". Photos and illustrations include: German cruiser Emden's exploit at Madras; Sectional view of a German submarine / unterseeboote; British naval losses in the North Sea on September 22nd, 1914, when the Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy were torpedoed by German submarines; Torpedo-boat harbours under construction in Heligoland; and more. Above-average wear. Covers secured with tape. Does not include Photogravure of Admiral Beatty. Book
1915Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, C.B. The Russian Stand on the Five Rivers and the Battle of the Carpathians; Photos and illlustrations include: Germany's Christmas Day Air Raid on London; Bird's-eye view of Cuxhaven Harbour, at the mouth of the River Elbe; Full-page photographic portrait of Lieut.-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Third Army Corps; Austrian General Steger Steiner and staff in Galicia; 28-ton Austrian seige gun which fires a thousand pound projectile; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
1988144 pages. Signature of R.H. Vickers, dated 1988, upon title page. Offers a comprehensive view of Vickers' art. Chronologically presents his work beginning with his more traditional Indian pieces and moving to his more recent, 'Victoria Series'. A celebration of line and colour, as well as his graphic style and writing talent. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket, now preserved in Brodart, is lightly worn and bears several smallish blemishes upon front panel. Please see photo. Pertinent news clipping laid inside front cover. Overall, a very nice copy of this important work. Book
1957Features: West to Adventure - the life of Arthur 'Jack' Letheby in Western North America (Part I); Fear at First Sight - man-eater danger in Africa; Introduction to Murder - Captain Philip Chambers' account of multiple-murder in Casablanca; Besieged by Sea Snakes - the horrifying encounter of an Ecuadoran fisherman; The Devil Follows the Net - The early story of the North Sea fishing grounds - sudden wealth, and sudden death; Karmuk's Prophecy - an Eskimo's experiences with polar bears in the Far North; Mangaia Trader - Part XI of "I Know and Island" - Rarotonga, main island of the Cook Islands; Bridal-Cake Sentinel - the unusually-shaped Guardian of the English Channel; Big City Leopard Hunt - Oklahoma City, 1950; Snatched from the Orient - adventure of the submarine Thule in the Singapore Strait, by Alastair Mars; Mystery of the Vanished Herds - Przewalski's Mongolian wild horses; Jungle Honeymoon; and more. Above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Unmarked. Covers detached as one but present. Book
195996 pages. Features: Dean Martin has the Last Laugh (without Jerry Lewis); The Beast of Belsen and the Dragon Tattoo; The Shrinking Violet - a story for lads with taller sweeties; Sucker in Paradise; Those Brooklyn Indians - 5,000 Mohawks in New York's most famous borough - Iron Workers, Big Chiefs of High Steel Construction; "My Favourite Girl" Photo Contest; The Man Who Married Annie Oakley - Frank Butler; The Great Football Swindle; Chinatown's Bloody Emperor - Fung Jing Toy evaded 200 attempts on his life; The Real-Life Drama of Willie the Actor - Willie Sutton; Yankee Lynch Mob - an angry crowd goes berserk at Port Jervis, New York; A Sight for Tired Eyes - Gale Fagan; Killer Trail of the Glanton Gang. Many nostalgic ads. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Magazine
1984Features: The Merger and the APU; Artistic Perception - The Cultural Context; Developing Craft Activities in Schools; Response to 'Aesthetic Development'; Teacher/Pupil Relationship - 'Should the teacher stand so near, my love'; The Last Word in Decorative Art - The Omega Workshops; Curriculum Development in Art and Design and Education - a Personal View; New Methodologies in Art History - Implications for School Teaching;; Art and Design - Interdependent and Interrelated?; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1917Photo features: An appraisement of the action of the United States (in joining the war) - article; British Patrols in the Arras Push; Spanish and Chinese visitors view the western war; Australians near Bapaume; The Great Battle of Arras - article by Max Pemberton; Glimpses of the Glorious Battle of Arras; Hats off to the R.F.C. - article; Trekking two hundred miles to safety in East Africa; Supportive pets with soldiers; Vital Needs in Agriculture - article by Principal J.R. Ainsworth-Davis; and more. Staples disintegrated. Above-average wear. Book
1918Features: Article by Lovat Fraser - War Problems of the New Year; Gallant charge of the Fort Garry Horse (photos) - Lieutenant H. Strachan; Chinese men view war's ruin in west; Photos of Australians in France; French Premier with the heroes of Mort Homme; 'Thunderers' (gunes) that defy the foe before Verdun; Glimpses of East Africa from a German Camera; How I was arrested as a spy - an experience undergone three times by Hamilton Fyfe during Russia's spy-fever; Cambrai illustrations; Spotting for the Guns - adventures of John S. Margerison, Observation Officer of the Kite Balloons; From the Yser and Somme to Brenta and Piave; The Kaiser as Patron of the 'Prince of Hell' (illustrations); Airship that searches the sea for submarines; War-time wages and prices - causes and effects of their simultaneous increase (article); Forcing the entrance to Palestine at Gaza (illustrations); Photos of American Engineers who aid the British guards; Photos of English women engaged in agriculture on the home front; Photos of Victoria Cross (V.C.) recipients Pte. M.J. O'Rourke, Sergt. J. Ockenden; Pte. W.H. Butler; Cpl. E.A. Egerton (brief text included); The South Lancashires - 1 page (with photo) information about this regiment. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. A sound copy. Book
1917Is Belgium's Deliverance Near? - events likely to follow on the capture of the Ridges - article by Lovat Fraser; Views on the road of victory over Vimy Ridge - 2 photos; Italian Boats that went by mountain ways; Under German fire in Aisne and Champagne; Canadians utilizing the 'tump line' for carrying heavy materials to the front line; Photos of enemy ingenuity i.e. a phony hollow-tree observation post; The Victory of the Flanders Ridges - how British troops won their first sight of Bruges - article; Seven 'Somersets' capture Forty-Two Huns; Rise and Fall of the U-Boat - how Germany's blockade of Britain is rendered ineffective; Prowess and pity in Mesopotamia and Palestine; Splendid work of the gunboats on the Tigris; Humour and courage of the 'jocks' - memories and episodes of the fighting on the Western Front; French air messages and hun air murders; Realistic tests of efficiency at Aldershot. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
1974Features: On Keeping On the Rails - the APT-E version, etc.; Special Team to Switerland - Reminiscences of the William Tell trains of the 1930s; Developments on the Great Cockrow Railway at Chertsey; Stamps; In Sight of the Sea (photos); Through an Expatriate's Eyes - An emigrant flies in from Canada to look at British Preservation; CURC Competition Colour Prizewinners; A Look at CIE in 1973; 150 Years After - Will History Repeat Itself?; Clan Line in Steam; From Barnstaple to Ilfracombe; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
1909Features: The People of the Caves; My Journey in Bhutan - I; An Arctic Man-Hunt; The Sydney "Flying-Machine"; An Odd Voyage; The Rescue Dogs of St. Bernard; How we Bluffed the Bushrangers; Life in a Japanese Prison; Short Stories - An Adventure in the "Towers of Silence", Hassan's Bride, Prospecting for Yaqui Gold; The Sportsmen of the Near East; Ning Wo the Wonderful; The Golden Beetle; The Riddle of the Zambesi; A Hero's Life Story; "The Hermit of Rotheneuf"; Marooned on a Sandbank; The "Tank Scrap"; Short Stories - A Luncheon Party in Rhodesia, The Ordeal of Mrs. Benns; The Deputation That Failed; An Island of Mystery; The Ghost of No. 1 Jetty; My Journey in Bhutan - II; The One-Eyed Parrot; The "Pearl of the Mediterranean"; A North Atlantic Tragedy; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina; A Lost Hamlet; How I Climbed Mount Popocatepetl; The Masked Bandit of Tucson; Under the Star and the Crescent - I; Pegging out the Empire; Short Stories - The Jail-break at Kungyangon, The Missing Bracelet, The Story of a Glass Eye; Earnst's Luck;; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - I; The Gipsy Polka; Abalone-Fishing; The Old Mexican Mine; A Mystery of the Bush; An Artist's Adventure; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - I; The Rival Rain-Makers; Pegging Out the Empire - II; The Clue of the Marked Bamboo; Earthquakes from a Japanese Point of View; The Robbery at Goldsmiths; The Experiences of a Deputy-Postmaster; Some Adventures with Sea-Lions; Under the Star and Crescent - II; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - II; Lost in an Underground Maze; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - II; On the Hill Crest Patrol; Stories of "Stripes" - the Tiger and the Tow-Boat, The Phantom Tiger; The Exploits of the Duke of the Abruzzi - II; The Dynamite Smuggler; A House Built in a Day; Bulstrode and the Bear; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - I; The Castaways of Guadalupe Island; An Englishman's Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina - III; Sport in India; Phaulkon's Treasure; The Balinese and Their Ways; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - I; My Most Exciting Ballooning Experiences; Through the Rocky Mountains on a Raft - III; The Gum-Hunter; A Himalayan Arcadia; The Jealously of Pepe; A Texan "Snake-Farm"; One New Year's Day; Twelve Hundred Miles in a Paper Boat; Fishing on the Molopo; Locating a Leak; Two Men in a Cave; A Wanderer in Asia Minor - I; Wilson's "Scoop"; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - II; A Race for a Gold-Mine; In the Far North-West - I; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - II; How I Lassoed a Moose. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1918Full page illustration of the new chief of the Imperial General Staff, Lieut.-General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson. Some Lighter Aspects of a Fleet Action - by 'Bartimeus'. Preaching and Practising Prudent Economy - 5 photos. An Aeroplane Shoot on the Western Front, by 'O.Pip'. Artillery Preparation Against the Great Attack - 3 photos of a massive British rail-mounted gun and a French shell dump. Amazing photo of French observers serving as part of an anti-aircraft battery. Five photos of kite balloons. Women at work. Tanks and Trimphs from the French Front - 4 photos. From the Forge of Vulcan to the Field of Mars - two illustrations of massive guns. The U Boats and the U.S. - a confident view of the Transatlantic Transport (article). At Army Headquarters, article by Hamilton Fyfe. Arresting Attila's Advance to the Adriatic - 5 photos. New Laws for New Conditions - how the Australian Commonwealth Set the Example. Photos of decorated soldiers. Adventures of an ensign, article by 'Vedette'. Average wear. Unmarked. Staples disintegrated. Sound 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
1982Features: Appointment with Halley's Comet late in 1985; An unexpected flower show amidst the sand flats of a high arctic island; Terra Nova National Park - a naturalist's-eye view; Tree Rings tell us much more than just the age of trees; Salt enlivens the avian diet; Images of Ellesmere. Few library markings. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
1975Features: Water Quality in the Great Lakes; Fugitives from the Sunlight; On Life in the Sight of Glaciers; In search of Jumping Mice; Animals in Art - ROM exhibit. Few library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1973Features: Living Resources of the Ocean - A Canadian View; From Placentia Bay to Spitzbergen - a Naturalist aboard a North Atlantic Whaler; The Status of the World's Whales; Spellbound on the Bay of Fundy; Whale-Watching; My First Summer in the Arctic. Few library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book