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194834 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Editorial - The Future of Alaska's Gold Mining Industry; Indestructible "Pappy" Walker homesteaded on the Kenai Peninsula and survived a bear attack; J.H. Giese, tin-cutter and the first mayor of Nome had problems with dogs, revenues and a fire engine; The Yukon on the Yukon - travelling the treacherous Yukon River in Interior Alaska by comfortable steamboat; Muktuk - butchering a whale anchored to the ever-shifting ice of the Bering Sea is a challenge; and more. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
195150 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Great colour cover photo of scene inside trading post; Delta Marsh Revisited - waterfowl research station on the shores of Lake Manitoba; Eskimo Sleds - photo-illustrated article; Trading at Padlei, N.W.T. - ; Northern Portraits - photos taken along the Alaska Highway; Conflict on Puget Sound - friction between the Company men at Nisqually and the incoming American settlers, a century ago; First Short-Wave in the Arctic (part II); Filming the Northland - the making of the NFB film 'Indian Canoeman'; Klondike Memories - adventures of young Englishmen who struck it rich in the Klondike; There Go Flukes! - giant sperm whale fights for its life against killer ship ("Nahmint") and killer whales - photo-illustrated article; La Perouse on Hudson Bay - hitherto unpublished eye-witness account of the French capture of Prince of Wales's Fort and York Factory in 1782; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay shirts for men and women on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
199174 pages plus appendices. Examines the impacts of human activity on killer whales in Johnstone Strait. Assesses the importance of Johnstone Strait and Robson Bight to killer whales. Recommends management options that will ensure the continued presence of killer whales in these areas. Light wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Book
1961Features: Article - is JFK our best hedge against depression?; The Life of Alexander Graham Bell - part I - "I Came to Canada to Die" - great photos; How I captured the Red Hood Gang - Det. Insp. Joseph Bedard as told to Ken Johnstone; The Harsh wonderland that was St. Lawrence Main, by Mordecai Richler; Canadian football beats the American Game; John Vickers - what makes a Tenor boom; A doctor's case for state medicine - Harry Paikin, M.D.; Holiday weekend in Paris; The Prudhommes' drive-in daydream - Prudhomme's Garden Centre Motor Hotel; Let's bring back child labour - Eileen Morris; The battle in Britain to ban the bomb; Holiday weekend in Paris; A Canadian nurse's jungle vigil with leprosy - Helen Mackenzie in Portuguese Guinea. Nice colour Black Label beer inside front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Please note: the top quarer of page 5 has been clipped ane removed - apparently this was an ad form - contents unaffected. Cartoon clipped from page 40 - text unaffected. Small ad clipped from page 42 - text unaffected. Large clipping from page 44 seems to have removed a small part of the A.G. Bell article. Nice colour Molson Canadian ad on page 45. Great colour Coke ad on back cover shows man being sprayed in the head by a garden hose. Lower half of page 49 is clipped and not included - this has removed part of the football article and part of the Prudhomme article. Average wear. Book
1929357 pages. Glossary. Reprinted with supplementary chapters. Prescribed for use in Public Schools by the Council of Public Instruction, Nova Scotia. Many fascinating black and white photos. Examines dozens of primary Canadian industries. Attractive decorations and lettering upon orange front board. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this engaging and very educational vintage work. Book
1941Features: Admiral Somerville says Mediterranean convoy must go through, with 12 great illustrations of the action; Canadian tank brigagde practices in their "Matildas"; Captain Fritz Weidermann expelled from U.S.; Photo of Churchill and a "Stirling" bomber; Photo of Camrahn Bay, recently given to the Japanese by the Vichy government; Great action photos from Russia and Finland; Photos of Nazis in Russia; Doughty Russian guerilla fighters harass Nazi communications - six photos, including hundreds of women diggin an anti-tank trench outside Moscow; German Offensive Tactics - article by Cyril Falls; The Russian War as seen through Russian Eyes - Twelve great photos; Two photos of the signing of the Syrian armistice; Italy attacks Malta with E-Boats - Three excellent photos; Centerfold illustration depicts London Home Guards at grips with the Canadian 'enemy' in a mock attack; Photo secrets of the new ME 109F fighter; Three super photos of the Short "Stirling" - Britain's mighty dreadnought of the air; Photos of personalities of the week - including General McArthur; The Atlantic Battle - Corvette Sinks U-Boat - Raider destroyed - photos; Vichy Surrenders Indo-China - Saigon occupied by Japan on July 17 - with six photos of Saigon; Large photo of a captured 42-foot Whale Shark before its escape; full-page ads for Schweppes and Haig whisky; Quarter-page ad for Vosper Motor Torpedo Boats; Colour Dewar's "White "Label" Scotch whisky ad features herring drifter in background. Average wear. Ink stamps to fore-edge of each page. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
ref. ORD-19195Paris. Albin Michel. 1925. In-12 (128 x 192 mm) cartonnage bradel, couverture imprimée entièrement conservée (lgt poussiéreuse), 254 pages. Édition originale tirée à 450 exemplaires, celui-ci n°66 un des 300 sur papier vergé pur fil Vincent Montgolfier. Séduisante reliure d'amateur, décor du 1er plat entièrement composé de papiers de couleurs diverses, agencés de manière à former un paysage dans lequel figure l'enseigne du Capucin gourmand. Petit dessin mosaïqué sur le 2éme plat. Bel exemplaire. Photo sur demande.
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1981ref. x-0313230366Praeger Pub Text 1981. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 219 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.56 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
2007ref. I-598-952EONS Productions 2007. Paperback. Good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. EONS Productions paperback
ref. ria9780333994481_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This study offers an approachable reassessment of Keats' writing with particular emphasis on gender identity and sexuality. John Whale locates Keats' poetry and letters in his contemporary friendship groupings and forms of masculinity. hardcover
ref. A9780333994481Hardback. New. In so doing he offers a new understanding of Keats's exploration of poetry gender and desire and provides an extended analysis of Keats's quest for poetic fame in the face of the often conflicting forces of love and sexuality. Clear concise and insightful this is an essential guide to one of the best-known Romantic poets. hardcover
1962184 pages. Line drawings. Illustrator's inscription and signature inside front board. "This is a story about the Indian tribes in British Columbia who hunted the giant whales of the Pacific." - from dust jacket. Intended for readers aged 12 and up. One of the three names to whom Ms. Weiler inscribed this copy has been obscured by ink. Moderate wear to book. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Sound copy. Book
1998ref. 724h5749Victoria B.C.: Rockland Books. Fine. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0968326005 . pp. 315 1 xii. Index. "I trust that this book will prove more helpful than most of my six imposing shelves of Western Canadiana references and as well reflect the energy challenge and simple delight there is in collecting books on this unique part of the world. For bibliophiles collectors librarians historians scholars and booksellers I offer this guide based on somewhat more than 40 inquisitive years spent poking abount used book shops throughout Western Canada." - Introduction. One of our favourite references. Attractively presented with excellent annotations. 1754 entries. Sumptously bound in burgundy cloth brilliantly lettered and decorated in gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Binding tight. A lovely copy.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; Northwest Canadian history Northwest Canadian bibliography Western Canadian history Pacific Northwest . Rockland Books hardcover
2013ref. x-0719090229Manchester Univ Pr 2013. Paperback. New. 240 pages. 1.11x1.11x1.11 inches. Manchester Univ Pr paperback
1989ref. Alibris.0026287Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 1989. Trade paperback. Good. abrasion on spine spine faded. Text in Spanish South American Indian languages. 502 p.; 22 cm. . Translation from the manuscript. Asheninca-Spanish Spanish-Asheninca vocabulary on p. 361-497. Includes index. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano paperback
1956Features: Killer Whale in the Net - Alaskan Diver Virgil Burford tells his tale; Take off to Trouble - Blizzard forces a crash landing in Greenland for Gerald Abrahams; Night Duel with a Bear - Young men out for fun on the Queen Charlotte Islands have a near-tragic experience; How I became a White Fulani Warrior; Toopua - I Know An Island - Part I; Soldiers of the Sky - Paratrooper John Seymour Townsend; Hekla - Gateway to Hell (the worst volcano in the world); The Night it Rained - a Northern Quebec Adventure by Ronald H. More; The Belles of Mbowe; Ask the Man Who Owns One - a story about dogs by Lt.-Col. T.A. Lowe; Little Sir Echo - Bats; Ham-Handed Hero - Harry Higgs; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. Book
ref. 8760(Alfred Moquin-Tandon)deuxième édition.In 4 demi-chagrin marron à nerfs, titre et caissons dorés. Plats percaline chagrinée, filets à froid en encadrement, faux-titre, frontispice en couleur, sous serpente, titre VII, 693 pages, tranches dorées, 22 planches en couleurs, hors-texte, sous serpentes, 14 planches en noir, hors-texte, 320 vignettes dans le texte, Paris L. Hachette é Cie 1866. Très bon état.
ref. ria9789815129984_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book advocates an alternative tonal narrative approach which uses a framework of polarities in dynamic interaction and interdependence to elucidate the life forces animating tonal compositions. hardcover
1826Three Volumes. Engraved title pages in all three volumes. 49 full page plates. Offsetting from plates. Foxed. Early pencil manuscript ownership of William Slovis? Port Carbon, PA on rear paste downs. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather bindings. Volume 2 & 3 have original leather labels. Bindings rubbed. Hardbound. Very Good. This work established new standards for the study of natural history in 19th century America. The illustrations are especially noteworthy. Maryland born John Davidson Godman (1794-1830) was a medical doctor, who may have been the first American to make a living by writing about natural history. S&S/AI 24696. First Edition. SCARCE. PAIMP 10
2022ref. x-1529710138SAGE Publications Ltd 2022. Hardcover. New. 164 pages. 10.00x7.25x0.50 inches. SAGE Publications Ltd hardcover
2022ref. x-1839530715Inst of Engineering & Technology 2022. Hardcover. New. 300 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. Inst of Engineering & Technology hardcover
1949Pages 765-804. Features. Cover photo of fire at the No. 2 Gladstone Dock, Liverpool; Photo of Pandit Nehru and other dignitaries at The Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall; Photo after coach horses bolted into Queen Victoria Street crowds, injuring 21 bystanders; Photos of H.M. the King aboard American cruiser the U.S.S. Columbus; Photos of Princess Elizabeth visiting road safety centre; One-page photo of flag-festooned U.S.S. Columbus at Portsmouth; Review of "The Grand Peregrination" by Maurice Collis; Water-colours by Edward Seago; Photos of the U.S. frigates Constellation and Constitution, the destroyer Offa, and H.M.S. Ajax; Photos of Cherbourg marker beacon tower where French sportsman M.Marcel Petit lost his life; What Happened at Kinsale; Photos of new discoveries at Smyrna; Two pages of photos from the newly opened camera museum, Eastman House; Photos of personalities of the week include Colonel Igal Yadin, Sir George Thomson, Prof. R.A. Peters, Sir John Forsdyke, Prof. Hideki Yukawa, Field Marshal Papagos, Admiral Sir John Edelsten, Vice-Admiral Sir Harold Kinahan, Roberto Benzi and Pandit Nehru; One-page photo of one-year-old Prince Charles in baby carriage attended by five-year-old Prince Richard of Gloucester; Centrefold illustration of Trinity College, Dublin; Two pages of photos and article about the world's only captive whale, a pilot whale at Marineland, Florida; Photo of inventor Robert Barker with his portable atomic pile; Photos of London rally of 50-year-old autos; and more. Contents complete, intact and unmarked. Advertising outer wrap not included. A sound copy. Magazine
1961Features: The 20 men who really run Canada, by Peter C. Newman; Ontario in the 1960s - a major article in which Peter C. Newman forecasts the progress of Ontario for next decade; Gentle Julie and her hard-bitten Romeo (Julie Harris and Bruno Gerussi at Stratford); The wonderful things we built in our basements; The trouble with middle-aged men - they're pasing through a change-of-life similar to menopause in women; The Olympic's most dangerous game - the 3-day equestrian competition; The mystery of the Merrifield - part 2 of 3; For the sake of argument - what Jews can teach us about divorce; Beverley Baxter's London Letter - her modest reappraisal of South Africa's whites. Why Winnipeg's little theatre keeps getting bigger; The lucky town with the rich uncle - Lord Beaverbrook's gifts to Fredericton. Front cover illustration of the Great Whale River airstrip on Hudson Bay. Great colour ad for a 1960 Chevrolet Kingswood Station Wagon. Colour Cinci Lager beer ad inside back cover. Colour Coke ad on back cover shows Great Dane in car with lady. Average wear. Unmarked. One-inch tear to fore-edge of front cover. Chip from bottom edge of back cover. A sound copy. Book
ref. 594470Sydney, The Australian Centre for Egyptology, 1989. In-8 br., X-308 pp., 13 planches, bibliographie.
