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1987174 pages. Dozens of black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Our endeavour has been to collect and record the stories and pictures of yesterday so they will not be lost, and to record our present Springbend neighbours' stories for future generations." - from Foreword. First 135 pages present family histories and photos. Subsequent chapters include: Pioneers Remember; Springbend School; Springbend Community Club; Springbend Activities; Springbend Businesses; and more. Back cover map indicates major landowners of past years. Prior owner's name and details in bold black marker upon first blank leaf, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Slight musty scent. A sound copy of this excellent genealogical reference. Bibliographic reference: Hale & Barman #871. Book
1985Unpaginated. Average wear. Lengthy handwritten note and autograph upon first blank leaf else unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
1986130 pages. Name index. Maps. Several reproductions of black and white photos. The earthy British Columbia biography and genealogy of Sidney Travers, 1904-1978 Handsome blue boards with gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip. Contents clean and unmarked. Faint bit of address label remnant atop front free endpaper. Moderate external wear. A quality copy. Book
198124 pages. Features: Daughter of the Governor-General, Karmel Schreyer, in the Miss Teen Ottawa-Hull Pageant - with photo; Kid Cowboys - The Annual Victoria Day Rodeo at High River Alberta - article with colour photos; Cop Shopping - Calgary is Recruiting police officers from the Maritimes; Mad Money - The Case Against High Interest Rates; Muriel Sherrin and the Stratford Festival; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy. Book
1977310 pages. Index. Bibliography. Footnotes. "An attempt to examine certain aspects of the business history of Montreal in a crucial era of change from the late 1830s to the early 1850s. It follows the interaction of Montreal's business community with the ongoing 'transportation revolution' that was rapidly accelerating the pace of North American life in the mid-nineteenth century." - from Preface. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
1900Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Troops around the Water-Cart after Colenso, Seaforth Highlanders Bivouacking, "Joe Chamberlain", Transport Leaving Southampton, Camp on Look-out Hill, Pretoria Jail (laid in), Hospital Ship Lismore Castle, Lord Roberts arrives at Cape Town, Mr. Lynch's Captivity, The Brighton Artillery Position Battery, Hampshire Volunteers for the front, Ladysmith images, Lubbes Hoop Farm, 16 photos of men killed at Spion Kop, Ladysmith, and Modder River, "D" Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, departs Ottawa, In the Trenches at Ladysmith (centerfold), Lord Iveagh's Field Hospital Staff prior to Departure, Two-page illustration of "Canadian Artillery Entraining at Ottawa for the Cape" (laid in). Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
1900Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos include: The Colonel and Staff of the South Wales Borderers, The City Imperial Volunteers Farewell Supper, Scenes of the Departure of the City of London Imperial Volunteers, Queen Victoria shakes hands with Captain Seeley of the Imperial Yeomanry. Illustrations include: Dublins and Inniskillings across the Tugela, How Lord Roberts' Son Fell at Colenso, New South Wales Lancers, Incident at Modder River, Boer Prisoners from Belmont, Troops detrain at De Aar Junction, Inside the Johannesburg Fort, Trestle Bridge at Frere, Modder River Temporary Bridge Construction, Burial of General Wauchope (centerfold), Full-page Cadbury Cocoa Advertisement, Berkefield Filter Advertisement, The Highland Brigade Re-Forming after the Battle of Magersfontein. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
1900Scenes of fighting in Natal. The seige of Ladysmith. Scenes at the front. Scenes near Estcourt, Natal. New South Wales Contingent departs for action aboard the 'Aberdeen' (photo). The "Medic" departs Fort Melbourne Pier for the Cape with Victorian and Tasmanian Contingents (photo). Bringing Boer Prisoners into Ladysmith (illustration). 16 Photos of Casualties at the front. Photo of the Canadian contingent passing up Adderly St., Cape Town. Photo of the Bluejackets of H.M.S. "Terrible" with 4.7" gun. Centerfold illustration entitled "The Transvaal War: The Loss of Our Guns at the Tugela River". The Khalifa's last stand at Umdebereikat, in Kordofan. The Battle of Abu Aada. Full-page Monkey Brand Soap advertisement. Photo of four officers of the Dublin Fusiliers. A jubilee group of colonials - photo. Quaker Oats ad upon back cover. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Book
1900Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Cover illustration of The Battle of Magersfontein. Photos of: Squad of the Essex Artillery Volunteers, Detachment of the London Scottish Volunteers, Machine-Gun Detachment of the 22nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, the new Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert", Prominent officers on active service, Scenes on the Western Line of Communicationsl, The Camp of the Grahamstown 1st City Volunteers, at Cradock, Lord Curzon's visit to Lucknow, A Group of Irish Nurses bound for South Africa, Scenes at De Aar. Illustrations include: "With the Kimberley Relief Column, The Burial of General Wauchope and Lieutenant-Colonel Goff, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on the field of Magersfontein, The City of London Volunteers for South Africa, How Long Tom's Shell Disturbed the Middies' Sucking-Pig, Bursting of the Shell that Passed through the Royal Hotel, Ladysmith, and killed Dr. Stark, Rimington's Tigers, on the Mooi River, Manning the breastwork at Naauwpoort Camp, Arundel Camp, Bluejackets Saving Their Gun (Centerfold), Lovely full-page Lifebuoy Soap Advertisement. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
193940 pages. Features: Prominent photo of the French submarine "Phenix" which disappeared after a practice dive in Indo-Chinese waters with 71 on board; Piccadilly in the 'Eighties - and other items at the International Horse Show at Olympia; Japanes blockade of the British and French concessions at Tientsin by the Japanese - large map plus stark photos of electric fences, barbed wire and more; The Mauretania's Maiden Voyage - nice photo; Photo of wreckage of the "Connemara" flying boat; The "Impregnable" Siegfried Line - six photos; Great aerial photo of repairs to the pinnacle of the central tower of Canterbury Cathedral - known as Bell Harry; Great photos of British children being trainted to be farmers in Canada and Australia; Family tree showing the Queen's cousinship to George Washington and Robert E. Lee; Photos of the King and Queen at the World's Fair and other scenes; Photos of the new Atlantic Air-Liner - The "Golden Hinde"; Photos of Chelsea Daylight A.R.P. (Air Raid Precaution) Rehearsal; Photo of "the greatest number of people to cross the Atlantic in a Heavier-than-air machine - the "Atlantic Clipper" at Le Bourget - thirty people; Malayan Archaeology - article with photos; The King and Queen with the Roosevelts at their Hudson River estate; Photos of their Majesties in the U.S.A.; Photos of the last days of the Royal Tour and departure for Newfoundland; Full-page photo of the Royal farewell from Halifax for Newfoundland in the "Empress of Britain"; and more. Average wear. Interesting ad for Foot's Adjustable Rest-Chairs - a very complex-looking predecessor to the Lay-Z-boy. Unmarked. Some pages loose. Pages 1163-1166, 1177-78 and 1187-1162 missing. A worthy reference copy despite these deficiencies. Magazine
1900Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos and illustrations include: Bivouac of the 3rd King's Rifles, De Beers Diamond Mines at Kimberley during the seige, Lord Roberts's reception at the Modder River Camp (laid in), the remains of the suffolk regiment after Moedder Farm, Chieveley Camp (laid in), Major-General T. Kelly-Kenny, Photos with General French's Command near Colesberg, Canadian Mounted Police Leaving Halifax for South Africa, The Attack on Spion Kop (Centerfold), Photos with the South African Railway Pioneer Regiment, Photo of H.M.S. Viper running at record speed of 35.5 knots. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
194328 pages. Features: Front cover photo of the ice-covered deck of the H.M.S. "Vansittart"; Great full-age photo of Brigadier K. Pierce Smith taking the salute as a long line of British troops start their maneuvres in Malta; Striking with Success at Enemy Shipping in the Mediterranean - The Fleet Air Arm in Malta - 12 photos; The German Attack in Central Tunisia - article by Cyril Falls; Two large photos of the new German Mark VI Tank - the Tiger in Tunisia; Stalingrad Aftermath - Victory Scenes from a Gallant City - five photos including Field Marshal Paulus and General Von Daniels; Illustrations and texts describing a German Night-Fighter Control Room, as described by the Enemy; Facsimiles of Churchill's directive to General Alexander re: destroying Rommel's army, and Alexander's message advising Churchill of the completion of said mission; Photo of Sir Stafford Cripps visiting Miss Joan Hughes, an A.T.A. instructor; General interest news photos including the King visiting his army in Scotland, a demonstration of a new military raft in Northern Ireland, two sons of the Sultan of Morocco aboard a U.S. Army tank; Air Vice-Marshal Broadhurst, Captain R.St. Vincent Sherbrooke, the Arctic V.C., Air Chief-Marshal Sir Charles Portal in Malta; Centerfold illustration of "Tarzan" Troops - Commandos in training crossing a river by rope; 10,000 Tons of Bombs Dropped on Axis Europe in February - with five aerial photos; Photos of personalities in the news; Identifying Real German Planes; Photos of tank crews training indoors; Food Yeast - its discovery may revolutionize the health of nations - with eight photos; From Dockside to Battlefront - how tanks and trucks are unshipped, built up, and dispatched to the front lines in North Africa - with eleven great photos; Photos of Falcons (birds) in flight; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1988272 pages. Bibliography. Index. Relates the first century of the history of Cumberland , British Columbia, a town on Vancouver Island founded upon a Dunsmuir coal mine. Brimming with black and white reproductions of archival photographs, this volume will fascinate readers for hours with its incredible variety of historical information. Clean and unmarked with light wear. From a smoking home. Hale & Barman 441. Book
2004Approximately 140 pages plus xxvi page appendix. Maps. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. Originally published in German in 2002. Recounts the dramatic family history of folks displaced from their home village near the Kuban River. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A wonderful genealogical reference for the Krause, Wieler and Ewert families. Book
1993300 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with colour photos, black and white photos and images of the petroglyphs discussed. "Describes, among many other things, the solitary spiritual meditations of young people in the mountains, a form of education once essential to all those who wished to succeed in life with their particular talents... Opens a discussion of some of the issues in rock research that relate to 'notating' and 'writing' on the landscape, around the world and through the millennia. This landmark publication presents a well-researched hypothesis to explain the evolution of symbolic or iconic writing from sign language, trail signs and from the geometric and iconic imagery of the dreams and visions of shamans and neophyte hunters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A beautiful copy of this interesting work. Book
ref. 25490Londres, par la Compagnie, 1755. 1 vol. petit in-12, veau rouge, dos à faux-nerfs orné de multiples filets dorés, de roulettes dorées et de fleurons à froid, pièce de titre en veau vert, encadrement de deux roulettes argentées et de deux filets noirs sur les plats, petits fleurons dorés aux angles des encadrements de filets, fleuron estampé à froid au centre, roulette dorée sur les coupes, roulette dorée intérieure, tranches dorées. Reliure de Ducastin. Ex-libris gravé au contreplat. Titre en rouge et noir, (1) f., 288 pp., (34) ff.
ref. 202601315Paris, Librairie tallandier , 1969 ; in-folio oblong, cartonnage de l'éditeur. Pleine toile bise de l'éditeur , titre en noir au dos et 1er plat; 26 feuillets non chiffrés comprenant 1 dessin dans le texte et 31 dessins à pleine page en noir. Les poèmes de l'auteur sont imprimés sur papier bis, crème, jaune pale, vert d'eau. exemplaire n°VII photo sur demande format a l italienne.
ref. 12684Reliure bradel demi-toile orangée. Seule la couverture du numéro de janvier a été conservée lors de la reliure. Ex-libris René Chalupt. Très bon état.
ref. 12685Reliure bradel demi-toile orangée. Seule la couverture du numéro de janvier a été conservée lors de la reliure. Ex-libris René Chalupt. Très bon état.
ref. 12686Reliure bradel demi-toile orangée. Seule la couverture du numéro de janvier a été conservée lors de la reliure. Ex-libris René Chalupt. Très bon état.
ref. 12687Reliure bradel demi-toile orangée. Seule la couverture du numéro de janvier a été conservée lors de la reliure. Ex-libris René Chalupt. Très bon état.
ref. 3051Lugduni, chez Joannem Certe, 1690 - pet; in-8, 631 pp. - rel. à nerfs d'ép. légèrement épidermée, ex-libris d'ép. (rongeures sur couv. et pages sans atteinte au texte, qqs rousseurs, travx de vers sur les denières pages blanches, traces de mouillures claires)
ref. awd-1031Paris, Yves Rivière, 1972. In-4 br., couverture illustrée (64 pp.).
1878ref. 319731878. Paris Veuve A. Cadart 1878. Un vol. au format pt in-8 208 x 138 mm de 1 frontispice grav et 111 pp. broch. Edition originale de cette soigneuse publication ; imprime sur verg et agrmente de larges tout autant que dlicats ornements typographiques. Elle s'ouvre sur un frontispice grav non sign et recÂle 10 sur 10 dlicates planches graves l'eau-forte signes dans la plaque Adlophe Appian Flix Buhot Maxime Lalanne Jules-Jacques Veyrassat etc. ''Cet Album paru sous le titre L'Eau-forte en 1878 runit dans des conditions sans gales un choix d'oeuvres originales aussi fortes que varies''. Couvertures prsentant un clat altr ainsi que quelques petits dfauts marginaux. Couture du cahier liminaire trÂs faible. Claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage ; dont les planches sont davantage prserves. b42961 unknown
1840ref. 221741840 Bruxelles, Société Typographique Belge, Ad. Wahlen et Compagnie, 1840,Brussels, Societe Typographique, 1840.fort IN8; 570p.,reliure pleine toile à coins posterieure, texte à 2 colonnes ,numeration des planches en desordre?;60 sujets en lithographie en noir,traces de mouillure en coin de quelques feuillets .Large octavo, with a portrait frontispiece & 60 lithographic illustrations, The popular account of Louis de Freycinet's circumnavigation in the Uranie from the pen of the official artist on the voyage. The voyage touched on the Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Ile de France & Bourbon, Timor, Indonesia, the Marianas & Caroline Islands, Hawaii (13 chapters), Australia (8 chapters), and the Malouines. The plates, taken from drawings by Arago on the voyage, are largely portraits of aborigines encountered around the world, and there is extensive reference to the comparative customs of the peoples. Despite the fact that six editions are recorded in Ferguson, this one is not.(although a four-volume version of the same year is Ferguson 2906). Ferguson, 2906b; Forbes, 'Hawaiian National Bibliography', 1191.
