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1929163 pages including index. Includes black and white illustrations. Chapters include: air, ventilation, heating, lighting, humidity; Water; Disposal of Refuse; Infection and Infectious Diseases; Insects and Parasites; Food; Infants; Personal Hygiene. Issued under the auspices of the Press Committee of the Middlesex Hospital. Prior owner's name and information upon front endpaper. Her name also written upon several additional pages and upon top and fore-edges. Olive-coloured boards well-worn. Spine leaning to right. 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
1980Undated. Circa 1980? Spine missing. All pop-ups working enough to please a child except number two which may be missing a piece. Assorted damage and imperfections but book is still charming with its unusual 'full-page' motion design. Book
1936ref. 29297HBDJ Chips & Wear Extremities DJ & SPINE DJ ENDS December 1936 1ST EDITION THUS EARLY ISSUE VG/VG- AS-IS In Illustrated Beige Dustjacket BOY SITTING ON GOAT Approx 7 X 4 3/4 IN. Red Brown cloth with gold Gilt Boy Figure on Front 118 Pgs LITE RUB & WEAR DJ HAS CHIPS SPINE DJ ENDS Red Topstain LONDON William HEINEMANN Windmill Library #27 UK DJ SPINE 3s.6d NET PRICE . hardcover
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
1933ref. 29273HBDJ 1933 1st Edition THUS Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG DW with Foxing LITE SOIL & tiny Extremities chips . 1st Thus. Edges & Interior pgs LITELY browned. 252 Pgs NO ADS IN Back Rapscallion & Man of science where he invented a Method of Making Diamonds & for reasons Incised th eRecipe on Inside Wall of Minorcan Talayot Some People of Today Found & Used the Recipe story will appeal to Yacht ERNEST BENN, Limited GB Spine DJ has 3/6 NET, hardcover
1930ref. 29036HBDJ 1930 Fourteenth Edition on Title pg . Small Publishers Cloth in Original Dustwrapper. A Very Good Dustwrapper and Book. VG/VG A Couple of Short Tears. Slight Wear and Marks. Some lite Soiling. Small 4 1/2 X 6 3/4 In. Blue cloth with BLUE Milne Facsimile Signature on front Cvr 211 Pgs Ads start Book of Essays & Ends with House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde Lite Fox The stately mansion Red House is filled with very proper guests when his most improper brother returns from Australia. This is A.A. Milne's only mystery novel and precedes his work on Winnie The Pooh GATEWAY LIBRARY EDITION Methuen, Londo hardcover
1971ref. 2082702114610970Yamaguchi shinbun-sha 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Yamaguchi shinbun-sha paperback
1934ref. 2082702114611382Dai bun kanshoten 1934. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Dai bun kanshoten paperback
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
1909288 pages including index. Illustrated with line drawings. Chapters include: Introductory; Different Ends for Which Pictures Have Been Used; The Different Kinds of Pictures; Stereographs and the Stereoscope; Experiences of Travel with Stereographs; The Importance of Environment; The Limitations of Language; The Wide Environment The Stereograph Travel System Gives. Part II includes the following chapters: What are the Necessities of Life; Life is the Purpose of Our Existence; What is the Life We Are Here to Develop?; Happiness vs. Pleasure; The Different Needs of Our Life; The Fundamental Conditions for the Development of the Intellect; The Fundamental Conditions for the Development of the Aesthetic Nature; Fundamental Conditions for the Development of the Moral Nature; Fundamental Conditions for the Development of the Religious Life; Summary and Conclusion. Small dab of liquid paper upon front endpaper. Minimal markings to text. Some pencil markings have been erased. Lettering worn from spine. Above average wear to boards. Hinges intact. Minor lean to spine. Average soiling. Moderate yellowing to contents. Book
1936393 pages. "The first attempt to give a complete and comprehensive study of the Jew of Newport, picturing from the religious, economic, social and political points of view the entire colonial background with which the Jew identified himself." - From Preface. Includes 36 black and white illustrations, 11 appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography and index. Chapters include: The Dim Beginnings; Dawn; Progress; From Inquisition to Freedom; The Synagogue; A Glimpse of Jewish Life; Visitors; The Jew in the Community; Uproar, Dispersion and Decline; Evacuation and Revival; The Close of a Colorful Chapter; Noble Memories; Reconsecration; Adjustment; Immorality. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear to blue boards. Lettering worn from spine. Both hinges almost fully open. Tape protects top and bottom of spine. A fragile yet worthy copy of this excellent reference. 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
1968ref. 2082702114602734Kotenbunko 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kotenbunko paperback
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
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
1992ref. 2082702114604039Hokkaido Shimbun 2200 Yen 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Hokkaido Shimbun 2,200 Yen paperback
1936ref. 2082702114611255Komeisha 1936. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Komeisha paperback
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
1980305 pages including index. Although this is the story of one county in Ontario, it covers facets universal in Canadian growth: road-building, land-clearing, the development of health and educational services, and the progress and dreams of the people themselves. The story, from Indian times to the present atomic age, is told in more than 500 black and white photographs and illustrations. Moderate wear to book which has moderate twist to its orange cloth spine. Dust jacket, bearing a wonderful large photo of a mechanical railroad shovel, is well-worn but remains functional. Book
1961310 pages including bibliography and index. Will aid those interested in the practical art of horology. Intended to serve as a course of study, as a means of reference, and as a textbook or working manual to be used in the school, at the bench, or in the library. Completely revised to include new material on automatic watches, shock-proof watches, and other recent developments in watchmaking. Features a handsome set of handsome illustrations in full colour showing exploded views of alarm and self-winding watches. Rubber stamp upon front endpaper else book clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some foxing to top edge. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is missing some chips and is partly sunned at top of front panel. Solid copy. Book
1966ref. 2082702114611119Iwanamishoten 1966. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Iwanamishoten paperback
1949Features include: The Donkey - A humble donkey co-operates to bring about the discomfiture of sundry Arab thieves; It Pays to Advertise - The Amazing result of the nefarious activities of a rascally 'wild-cat' company promoter and an unscrupulous newspaper reporter in Canada; Mr. Zaru - story from a ship; Into the Unknown - exploratino work in Tanganyika; Farm Life in South Africa - intended for aspiring British immigrants to South Africa; Through the Iron Curtain - an ambitious motor-cycle voyage through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey; Beyond the Barrier - Extraordinary incidents related by a famous stage magician, Jasper Maskelyne; A Matter of Boundaries - an amusing tale of a tribal land-dispute in Nigeria; The Little Gold Disc - A veteran seafarer's account of a remarkable experience on the China Coast; The Tiger That Thought; The Red Lacquer Pagoda; The Ship That Became a House; Guarding New Zealand's Forests - Illustrated in black and white. Chips from and tears to base of spine else average wear. Two inch opening at top of back cover. Magazine
1950Features include: The Road to Wonderland - Construction of a highway and tunnel through a mountain wilderness in the South Island of New Zealand; Kamal Ram's Come-Back - tale of a stationmaster at Manijan, in northern Assam; Saga of the Snow-Dogs - An account of the Arctic Husky; The Hut-Tax Affair - a tale from Northern Nigeria; All Aboard For Adventure - Part I of a tale of 5 young Americans who set out on a sailboat for tropic seas; The Beneficent Bamboo; Dogsbody - an amusing incident involving a very junior officer aboard a British freighter; The Telephone Mine - Adventures of two South African prospectors in search of King Solomon's Mines; Our Leopard - A Kenyan farmer's story; Down Texas Way - the story of 3 youngsters, a gang of desperate escaped convicts, and a night alarm; Appointment with the Devil - An extraordinary story from Abyssinia; Illustrated in black and white. Covers and spine missing. Contents in decent condition. Magazine
1951Features include: Five Hundred Miles to Freedom - the story of nine survivors of the Japanese capture of Rabaul; The Land Sharks - Would-be settlers in Canada fall victim to wonderful stories from plausible strangers of how to 'get rich quick'; Man-Eater - A former member of the Burma Frontier Service describes the eventful career of a tiger; Vale of the Gods - a curious blend of immemorial ritual and popular merrymaking in the Northern Punjab; The Ju-Ju Doctor - The facts of an amazing occurence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - Author gets the scare of his live on an East Indian Island; The Sea-Dayaks of Borneo - Author finds the fromer head-hunters to be charming hosts; Section Man - A glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - A puzzling American murder case. Exterior heavily worn with chips missing from spine and front cover partially detached. Contents good. Pencilled name upon back cover. Magazine