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1962167 pages. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper, else unmarked. Excellent condition with silver lettering upon spine and front board. Book
1979160 pages including illustrations in colour and black and white. Hand-numbered copy 1045 of a limited edition. "This limited edition is presented for the enjoyment of all our members and we trust it will serve as a suitable commemorative on the occasion of the celebration of the Union Club of British Columbia's Centennial. We are deeply indebted to Paul L. Bissley, who authored this history. No living member is more qualified to reveal to us the story of our Club during its first hundred years. We hope this memento will provide many happy moments for us all and serve to remind us of the tremendous endeavours of our early members in the establishing of the Union Club of British Columbia." - R.J. Taylor, President. Gilt lettering and decorations upon spine and front board. Moderate wear and soiling to navy blue boards. Contents unmarked. Slight lean to spine. Book
1962295 pages including index and a profusion of detailed black and white photographic plates. Provides a summary of the embryology and microscopic anatomy of the oral tissues. Moderate lean to spine. Pencil underlining. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Water exposure has had minor impact to contents. Attractive glossy lettering upon green boards. 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
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
1998391 pages including index and many black and white photographs. Part aviation history and part adventure tale, this book is an engaging, affectionate, carefully researched history of Canadian Airlines International, a company which, in the best wingwalker tradition, has performed in a series of heart-stopping, life-and-death dramas for more than seventy years. Usual library markings. Moderate lean to spine. 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
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
1984357 pages including index and bibliography. Draws upon newly discovered archival sources and previously untapped documents of the Paris foundling home in order to depict the actual conditions of abandoned children and to reveal the bureaucratic and political response. Illuminates in detail the family life of nineteenth-century French poor. Average wear. Moderate lean to spine. Average quantity of highlighting else unmarked. Some reading creases along spine. Book
1927120 pages including fold-out. Front endpaper decorated with the signatures of several dozen contemporary students of the school! Book is tired but gilt lettering and school crest upon front board remain bright. Spine leaning. Edges foxed. Average wear. Book
1933161 pages. Author's prescription to cure the Great Depression, written in the depths thereof. Average to above average wear. Erasure and small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper. Occasional pencil marks to text. Damage to top quarter inch of blue cloth spine. Book
1984168 pages including index. Jailed and tried for seditious conspiracy, Heaps went on to become a close friend and confidant of two Prime Ministers. Moderate wear. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Usual library markings. Book
1963563 pages including index. An attempt to meet the undoubted need for an up-to-date account of the theory of the subject. Binding open at half-title page. Back hinge open. Damage to top half inch of spine. Average wear. Ink stamps upon front endpaper. Minor quantity of markings to text. Book
1960155 pages. Volume 40 Number 7 - a special issue of the ATA Magazine. Unmarked. Average wear. Sunning to covers and spine. Address label upon back cover. Book
1965236 pages including index. Seeks to prove that man can - and should - drink with pleasure and without fear! Average wear. Minor lean to spine. 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
1850448 pages. Undated. Possibly circa 1850s. A fascinating detailed and superbly illustrated survey of contemporary technology. Title page is followed by page one, thus book may be missing one or more leaves. Boards and spine well worn. Much foxing and staining. Text block tight. Book
1986435 pages. For twelve arduous but captivating years, Raymond de Coccola was, for all intents and purposes, a Barren Land Eskimo. An unforgettable portrait of adventure, of murder, of sexual mores. It is Father Raymond's touching first-person revelation of birth and of death, of patience and of fatalism; and it is a staggering account of his people's tragedy and loss. It is also a story of survival and hope. Bookplate upon front flyleaf. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. Reading creases along spine. Includes a large assortment of excellent black and white plates. Book
1894327 pages. Includes a historical sketch of the origin and progress of Free Masonry and a collection of Masonic songs, Funeral Service, etc. Contents include: On Opening and Closing Lodges; Entered Apprentice's Degree; Fellow-Craft's Degree; Master Mason's Degree; Mark Master's Degree; Past Master's Degree; Most Excellent Master's Degree; Royal Arch Degree; Royal Master's Degree; Select Master's Degree; Order of High Priesthood; Constitution of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons for the United States of America; List of Grand Lodges and Grand Chapters in the United States. Gorgeous gilt illustration upon decorated front board. Bright gilt lettering upon spine. Includes numerous attractive and intriguing black and white diagrams. Light wear to greenish-blue cloth boards. Front fixed endpaper bears small bookplate with name peeled off. Prior owner's details written upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Half inch opening to central portion of back hinge. Excellent attractive copy of this most revealing work. Book
1936126 pages. Text in Dutch. Met 180 Afbeeldingen. 2E Herziene Druk. Small bookseller's sticker upon front endpaper else unmarked. Minor lean to spine. Above average wear to boards with small tear at base of spine. Front board remains attractive with gilt border, lettering and emblem. Book
1984324 pages plus index. Recounts the achievements of 24 Canadian airmen in WW II. Relies upon over six years of research into squadron operational diaries, combat reports, decoration citations, log books and other offical documents. Black and white illustrations. Date stamp upon half-title page. Some soiling to front cover. Moderate wear. One inch opening to base of front cover at spine. An excellent reference. Book
1885233 pages. "An English treatise dealing rather fully with the subject of Neuralgia." - from Preface. Occasional markings to contents. Hinges and binding intact. Above average wear to boards and spine. Library markings consist only of shadow of former spine label and prior owner's rubber stamp upon front endpaper. Book
1993302 pages including index. Black and white illustrations. Tells the stories of North American animals that have been taken prisoner out of necessity and of the scientists who are struggling to save them. Moderate quantity of markings to text. Lean to spine. Book
197696 pages. Bilingual, English/French. A montage of images - images found in the arts and crafts of Canada that reflect aspects of the games and pastimes which have long held the interest of Canadians. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Complementary bookplate upon front endpaper. Envelope affixed to back endpaper. No library markings. Some fading to brown cloth boards. Unmarked. Moderate wear and lean to 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