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1970104 pages including glossary and index. Sunning to spine and small nicks to each end of spine. Moderate wear overall. Numerous excellent black and white illustrations. Provides identification of some common lamellibranch or bivalve molluscs living in the intertidal zone along the British Columbia coast. These creatures live in deep and shallow water, salt, brackish, and fresh water, lying loosely on the surface, attached to the surface or burrowing in mud, sand, wood, clay, or stone. Several groups, among which are the scallops, are able to swim. Covers the following families and species: Glycymeridae, anonidae, mytilidae, pectinidae, ostreidae, tellinidae, semelidae, solenidae, mactridae, cardiidae, gariidae, veneridae, ungulinidae, lyonsiidae, erycinidae, myidae, hiatellidae, pholadidae, teredinidae. Book
1982219 pages including index. "Mr. Quinn cultivates the garden of controversy with great glee: He is deliberately and delightfully outrageous." - William Safire. Proves that the English language is not dying - it's thriving. "A good-natured, wonderfully witty, and well-informed little tirade" - Detroit News. Well-worn. Spine sunned. Contents unmarked and yellowed. Book
1989342 pages. Includes numerous interesting black and white photos. In this first-hand, first-person story, Larry Robinson tells what it's like to be Larry Robinson - to share in the glory of the Montreal Canadiens, to win six Stanley Cups as part of the celebrated franchise, to hold the NHL record for most playoff games played, to leave Canada for the endless summer of California and a new career as a Los Angeles King. Average wear. Unmarked. Some yellowing to pages. Reading crease along spine. Book
1935354 pages including index. A study of the relations between men's ideas about the universe and the institutions of law and government. Binding loose but intact. Hinges intact. Moderate quantity of markings. Tears to spine. Useful reading copy. Book
1971167 pages. Circa 1971. Contains dozens of fascinating black and white photographic reproductions. A historical look at the territory beyond Mount Garibaldi. Sections include: 1858-1864 The Douglas Route; Lillooet a Hundred Years Ago; The Squamish Trail; The Lillooet Indians; Homestead Recipes; Pemberton Valley Playground; and more. Prior owner's name and details upon decorated front flyleaf. Illustrated covers show average wear with minor spine lean. Book
194875 pages. Illustrated with line drawings. Minimal underlining in ink. Some page corners were folded. Boards and spine show average wear; spine colour is faded but lettering remains bold. Contents a little yellowed. Chapters include: respiration, the larynx, resonance, the vowels, the consonants, rhythm, tune, harmonics, hexameters, the psychology of speech. A concise practical volume. Book
1975214 pages including index. Describes the major components of the universe as they are know today: the stars, galaxies, radio-galaxies and quasi-stellar objects. Discusses in detail the red shift of the lines in their optical spectra, which leads to the idea that the universe is expanding. Second half of book discusses the discovery and significance of the 3 K microwave radiation, its relation to the hot big bang and the helium problem, to cosmic high energy processes and to questions of isotropy. Moderate wear and leaning to spine. Highlighting and some markings to text. Dust jacket with average wear/small tears at edges and larger tearing at bottom edge of back panel. Book
1999228 pages including index. Explores the origins and applications of Weyerhauser's corporate values and suggests how they will guide the company's future. Richly illustrated with photographs from the Weyerhauser archives. Will empower those who work for, buy from, regulate, or own stock in Weyerhauser with a deep understanding of this value-guided company. Faintest wear to edge of dust jacket. Slight lean to spine. Book and dust jacket very fresh in appearance. Slight erasure mark upon front endpaper. Giftable. Book
192724 pages. "... Teaches the various styles of bass, in all keys and all chords, as used by the leading piano artists... Will enable any pianist to apply a genuine professional style of bass to all popular music at sight." - from front cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
1929335 pages including index. Includes black and white photographic plates. "An earnest effort to teach something about birds and bird conservation... suitable for the individual, for the school, and for bird-club work. It is not a technical bird book." - from Introduction. Usual library markings. Well-worn. Backstrip missing. A worthy reference copy. Book
1969462 pages including index. "Covers the field of knowledge required by the skilled animal technician of the present day." Apparently such technicians engage in animal experimentation. Prior owner's info upon front endpaper. Minor yellowing at edges. One inch tear to exterior of front hinge at top of spine. Average wear. Book
1976420 pages including index. A handbook to specific preventive measures and cures to all common pet and livestock ailments. Unmarked. Average wear. Minor lean to spine. Great reference. Book
1995813 pages. The standard reference for nursing students, practitioners, educators, researchers, and theoreticians. Bridges a gap in Canadian nursing literature by recording the significant contributions of community health nurses to the health of Canadians, by identifying future challenges, and by suggesting strategies for change. Minimal high-lighting. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Contents clean and lightly worn. Spine beginning to loosen from textblock; a minor issue at this point. Moderate twist to spine. Decent copy. Book
1992167 pages including glossary, bibliography and index. Provides techniques for a variety of massages, including full body massage, preparation for labor and birthing massage, massage during the postpartum and nursing stages, and infant massage. These techniques are explained in step-by-step, illustrated detail. You'll also learn special massages for treating such discomforts as: backaches, breast soreness, charley horse and leg cramps, headaches, heartburn, fatigue, morning sickness, sciatica, stretch marks, varicose veins, and many others. Also includes sections on reflexology, herbal remedies, and nutritional requirements for pregnant and lactating women. Illustrated with line drawings. Unmarked. Average wear. Curl to front cover. Some fading to spine. Binding sound. Book
1973170 pages including index. Profusely illustrated with black and white archival photographs. Copyright 1973. Assorted defects to spine. Maroon boards well-worn. Gift greetings upon front endpaper. Many marginal notes, apparently written by someone quite familiar with this topic. Various clippings laid or taped in. Book
1962167 pages. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Excellent condition with silver lettering upon spine and front board. Book
199518 page board book. Undated. Perhaps 1995? Ten little Indians paddle their canoe. Look inside and you will see what all these Indians will do! Well worn copy of this charming work. Child's name on page two else unmarked. Yellow cloth loosening from base of spine. Top right corner of last two boards well worn. Book
199410 page board book with wonderful functioning pop-ups. Here you'll find astonishing new theories about the ridiculous insect life that appears to inhabit a romote moon of Saturn. Some damage to spine else average wear. Unmarked. Book
1965184 pages. These works may be considered an introduction to the author's comprehensive and more voluminous books. Well-worn. Covers loosening from textblock. Some lean to spine. Prior owner's name atop title page else unmarked. Remains a worthy reading copy. Book
1989448 pages including index. A compilation of the most up-to-date information on child sexual abuse. Prior owner's name clipped from front endpaper. Unmarked. Average wear. Bright silver lettering upon spine and front board. Solid binding. Book
1983Former owner's name in ink on front endpaper. Spine leans slightly to the right. Minor bumping and edge wear. Robin Hood gets the King's gold... again! Book
1985128 pages. Faded at spine. Did you know that: diving birds are an excellent sign of salmon? Steeply shelving areas often hold big chinooks? Trolling slowly and using thin diameter line produces fish? You should fish fast for hook-nosed coho? For the first time, author shares the results of his underwater TV research. Book
195781 pages plus large section of black and white plates and index. Contains brief descriptions of the native forest tree species of the province, accompanied by illustrations of their leaves, fruits, winter twigs, and in some cases of the flowers where considered useful. Some damage at each end of spine. Binding a little fragile but remains an excellent reference. Book
1981Undated. Provides the meaning of over 140 opposites words made clear to all young readers through bright colourful pictures full of humourous details. Average wear. Contents unmarked. Two inch tear to outside of back hinge at base of spine, else average wear to yellow laminated boards. Book
2006ref. 27118Center Point Publishing Thorndike Maine 2006 HBDJ 2006 1st Edition 1st Printing with Original Price Back DJ of $31.95 VG-/VG AS-IS Ex-library book. Library stickers on spine Usual Wear & Stickers ETC. Book in pretty Good condition. Large print edition. Novel. Hard cover. Edition: Large Print Edition 350 pgs Miss Wilhelmina "Helma" Zukas wakes up on the morning of her forty-second birthday in the throes of more than one midlife crisis. Her championing a collection of local authors' works ignites a dangerous firestorm of jealousy and anger in tiny Bellehaven. She's blackmailed by her conniving boss library director May Apple Moon into attending group counseling sessions and two of the participants turn up dead. An obnoxiously bubbly new librarian is turning the head of Helma's longtime admirer Police Chief Wayne Gallant. And worst of all her uncuddly feline companion Boy Cat Zukas disappears. Though she's been expressly forbidden to investigate by the scheming Ms. Moon it's Helma's nature to delve and research and she figures there's nothing else now that she can lose. But too much nosing around in this case and she's not going to make it to forty-three! Miss Zukas murder mystery. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Center Point Publishing, Thorndike, Maine hardcover
