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1995261 pages. This revolutionary new look at vision will broaden your understanding of how you see and how you can see without your glasses or contact lenses. "I can attest to its effectiveness. It's fabulous: It opened my eyes" - Ray Floyd, Professional Golfer. Contents unmarked and lightly worn. Binding open at page 113. Spine leaning. Average wear. Decent working copy. Book
1975206 Pages. Illustrated with line drawings. Covers creased, scratched and worn at edges with half inch opening at foot of spine. Sticker remnants at top corner of front cover. Owner name inside front cover. Reading crease to spine. Gift inscription on front flyleaf. The recollections and reflections of a group of senior citizens to bring to life an extremely interesting and significant period in Canada's history, the nineteen years from 1895 to the outbreak of the first World War. The automobile, home electricity, the airplane and x-rays all had their beginnings in this period. Book
1965157 pages. Book #8 in the series. Brad has just settled into a job in his father's London office when he is engaged in a hunt for a missing person whose disappearance means the loss of a scientific secret of urgent national importance. Large tear to base of spine. Scribbing upon endpapers, etc. Writing upon front board has been coloured in with blue pen. Well-worn. We could go on, but all pages seem to be here and binding remains intact. Book
1965316 pages. Reminiscences of this influential woman. "... I cannot look back without regret. I can see too many places where I could have been more obedient to the heavenly vision, for a vision I surely had for the creation of a better world. But I hope I am leaving at least some small legacy of truth." - from the introduction. Gift inscription on back of half-title page, else unmarked. Average wear. Spine leans to right. Book
1995Some high-lighting in chapter seven. 2" red stain on rear cover has soaked in 2 pages. Spine is leaning. Price sticker on rear cover. Explains how the news media represents crime. Crime news focuses on the sensational and unusual, quite often reinforcing biases and stereotypes. Thus a fear of crime is created which is out of proportion to the actual risk of victimization. Book
1989296 pages including bibliography and index. Black and white photographic plates. A major reference work, and the first complete music history in B.C. Its well written style will appeal to the general readership, as well as students and other lovers of culture. Book in fine condition but for ink mark on top edge and peeling to front endpaper where pocket removed. Library sticker on dust jacket spine which otherwise shows moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1957244 pages including index. Designed to be helpful alike to the student-teacher, to the teacher who is returning diffidently to the classroom after an absence of some years, and to the teacher who wishes to savour in leisure some of the advice given him in the full and fleeting days of his/her professional training. Stated first printing. Minor spine lean to the right. Gilt lettering on boards and spine is faded but still legible. Hinges intact. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
198663 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Chapters include: the neck or cervical spine; common causes of neck pain; exercises; when to apply the exercises; general instructions. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy of this helpful work. Book
199146 pages. The Rescue Rangers are confronted by fierce mechanical dogs. Please note: major damage to spine. Otherwise, average wear. Minimal markings. Remains a useable reading copy. Book
1981211 pages including index. Well worn but unmarked book. Spine moderately twisted. Lower corner clipped from back cover and back two pages. Covers the following: How to achieve excitement and momentum in a choir program and keep it; how to get money from the budget committee, choral outreach, developing a good repertoire; planning the worship service, taped accompaniment - friend or foe, making a musical happen, what pastors wish choir directors knew, and much more. Book
1897608 pages including bibliography. Tissue-protected black and white frontis. All edges bright gilt. Date written atop half-title page. Outer portion of hinges gone. Inner portion of hinges intact. Top inch of spine missing. Several pieces of invisible tape secure coverings of spine and boards. Decent reading copy. Book
1978144 pages including index. A detailed and well-illustrated explanation of the technical terms and rules of blazon and of the science of Armory. Explains how individual coats of arms properly interpreted can be a valuable source of historical knowledge. Chapters include: heralds and heraldry; tinctures, partitions, ordinaries and sub-ordinaries; common charges; the rules of blazon; differencing and marshalling of arms; crests, crowns and coronets; the description of the achievement, and some famous arms; ecclesiastical heraldry; arms of heiresses, and hatchements; the seal; the badge; banners of arms, standards and flags. Average wear. Usual library markings else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Book
1979120 pages. Chapters include: The 'Gene-Rich' and the 'Gene-Poor'; Genetic Erosion; Genetic Conservation; The Green Revolution; The Seed Revolution; The New Seedsmen; The Implications fo Restrictive Varietal Legislation; Biases in Corporate Breeding; Learing from the Corporate Experience. An early work on this vital and increasingly contentious issue. Well-worn. Unmarked. One inch opening between top of front cover and spine. Book
1965Approx 1.25" thick. Title on illustrated dust jacket reads "New Cambridge Picture Bible." circa 1965 as this is the date of gift inscription inside front board. Blue boards with bright gilt lettering on spine. Small openings to dust jacket. Book
1982352 pages. Top and bottom two inches of spine are taped in place. Well used, but not abused. The only reference source you'll need for complete season-by-season statistics and personal data - on every active NHL player. Every active player's entire career... beginning with his first year of amateur hockey and including his 1981-82 pro hockey stats. From games played and goals scored to place of birth and education. Every fact worth repeating is included and there's more.... complete statistics for players in the IHL, CHL, WHL, AHL, college and junior leagues; a special secion on recently retired NHL players; Complete data on drafts, trades, outstanding achievements and awards. Used professionally by coaches, players, announcers and sportswriters... a must for the can't-get-enough hockey fan. Book
1982158 pages. Features: Nurturing boatbuilding stock for the future - the Boatbuilder's Garden (Forest); The People's Timber; Vic Carpenter - a superior craftsman - Part I; Pungy boats of the Chesapeake - graceful schooners; The Elements of Seamanship - Part V; The Bar Harbor 31s - two views of the Herreshoff Bar Harbor 31s; ACE Speedboat; The Lobsterboats of Grand Manan; Understanding a Novi boat; Building Martha's Tender; EDITH JANE - search for the real Mackinaw boat; A Whitehall Backbone - ingenious solutions; Bandsaws!. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1980124 pages. Features: The New York Thirties; Preservation and the Richardson Boat Owner's Association; EMME; Alternatives to the Lumber Yard; Putting Down Roots - your own woodlot; The Backbone - Part III - getting it upright and ready for ribbands; The Restoration of the STANLEY NORMAN - rebuilding a working skipjack between seasons; Marine Batteries - Part II - installing and maintaining battery systems; A Core Sound Sharpie; Seizing Hanks - step-by-step instructions; California's Ancient Canoe - the heritage and rebirth of the tomol; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1980144 pages. Features: Alaska Limit Seiners; Bill Grunwald - 26 different boats to order; Caring for deserving tools; The History of Small Yacht Design - Part I - SCHEMER and the skimming dishes; How to build PICCOLO, Part II; How to build a double paddle; LADY JEANNE - a liveaboard Maine lobsterboat; The Biloxi Schooners - the 'white queens' of the early oystering and shrimping trade; Liberated Caulking - burn the mallet; The Backbone - Part IV - the marriage of ballast and keel; Herringbone - a quick and reliable repair stitch; Milling Your Own - using a chainsaw mill to get the lumber you want. Short opening at top of coverfold. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1991472 pages. Name atop front cover. Average soiling, yellowing and wear to card covers. Some tearing at foot of spine. A detailed estimate of Canadian energy consumption and production between 1990 and 2010. Chapter titles include: Outlook for oil prices and Canadian economic performance; Natural Gas and Electricity Prices; Energy Demand; Electricity; Natural Gas; Crude Oil and Equivalent; Natural Gas Liquids; Coal; Sources and Uses of Electricity; Environmental Implications; and Conclusions. Book
1975246 pages. The homeowner who has a new house without improvements or one with an established landscape will find here the information necessary to make the property both beautiful and functional. For the nursery operator and landscape contractor, it will serve as a source of ideas and provide a practical approach for further developing skills in designing and constructing residential landscapes. Minimal markings to text. Former owner's address label upon front cover. Average wear. Two inch opening to back cover at foot of spine. Small tear to top of spine. Book
1995Unpaginated board book. Heavy wear. Spine missing. Lots of soiling and some children's writing. Text on page two is separating from the board. Two large chips missing from front board which shows an apple and birds in a nest. Appears to Brimax Book #1601 as this number is printed on the lower left corner of the front board. Appears to be circa 1995. Book
1958103 pages. An absorbing account of rapid industrialization, nationalism, oil diplomacy, and Communist encroachment in the Middle East - nerve-center of the modern struggle for world power. Some water staining. Chips and tears to dust jacket. Minor lean to spine. Binding solid. Book
1968214 pages. Packed with information and topics too numerous to mention including: Some Reason for Stern Wheel Boats; Anthony Casorso; Alfred E. Stocks; The Junction Ranch; and many more. Binding intact. Pencil scribbling on back of back flyleaf else unmarked. Average wear. Quarter inch tears at each end of spine. Book
1983Unpaginaged board book. Substantial wear and soiling. Child's name inside front board. Your 6 or 7 year old will love the wacky riddles! Top of spine loosening. Sticker patch on front board. Book
1987Front endpaper removed. Unpaginated. Contains Rollerskating song music and lyrics. Damp stain affects all pages near upper spine. Jamie and his little sister Andrea found rollerskates in the old trunk in the basement. Jamie decided to use them. This is his story. Author is celebrated Canadian children's entertainer. Book