COLYER Charles N.MareMagnum
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19688vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and hundreds of illustrations and diagrams in the text; original series binding of red faux-morocco cloth, upper board and and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, red top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in the larger 'reference' format', this version contains virtually the same text as the first edition (1951) but with an extended bibliography. 'It is still the only modern work on the Diptera' (Marren). Marren, pp. 175-176.
19288vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece (of flies) and 2 coloured plates, small neat contemporary signature and obituary cutting mounted on front free endpaper; original brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Skues' angling classic was first published in 1921. Hampton, p.255.
1975Paginated 73:135
1985With numerous illustrations and drawings. Pages 125-256.
1909With 62 illustrations. Index.
1947Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked, tight binding. 174 pages. Super cool graphic dust jacket with front blurb cut off.
2003Book is in excellent condition with very light cover wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include 1500 of the best fly patterns submitted by readers of Flyfishing & Tying Journal during a twenty-year open-ended fly-tying competition with a photo and materials description of each. 195 pages.
2003Book is in excellent condition with very light cover wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include 1500 of the best fly patterns submitted by readers of Flyfishing & Tying Journal during a twenty-year open-ended fly-tying competition with a photo and materials description of each. 195 pages. Remainder mark at bottom page ends.
1984Book is in excellent condition showing very minor shelf wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 371 pages with a series of additional plates at the back. Reprint of the 1884 text notable for the author having been accorded rare privileges in observing dance-related activities.
2016A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 32 pages. 8 1/2"w x 12 1/4"h. Artist coloring book with illustrations by Julia Mira and text and photography by Russel Barsh.
1936Book shows light wear to blue cloth covers, some edge wear with illustration by George Herriman at cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for front endpaper with prev. owner's name in pen and glued plate. Illustrated red endpapers, 296 pages with Mr. Harriman's illustrations throughout. Chapters include: a radical flea, archy revolts, archy climbs everest, archy flies, kidding the boss, becoming a low brow, mehitabel meets her mate, mehitabel pulls a party, mehitabel joins the navy, what is a lady, what the ants are saying.
1878pp. xlvi, 276. Small 4to. New plain wraps. Scarce. NH 5
198665 pages. The famous beginning reader book. "I sat by a lake. I looked at the sky, and as I looked, a fly went by...." Bright glossy colour-illustrated boards. Last page had five inch tear along spine which has been repaired. Not a book club edition. Book
2000128 pages. Undated. Occasional pencil markings. Former owner's name blacked out atop title page. Fascinating lessons for Christians from common, everyday things. Flies, peanuts, tails, tears, lead pencils, etc. Did you know that such things could teach wonderful vivid lessons! Author was an amazingly happy and successful soul winner. Book
1933Features: Birth control and bigotry - applied intelligence, rather than creeds and doctrines, is needed in the sphere of human reproduction; Why the St. Lawrence Waterway (Seaway) - some of the many cogent arguments against the construction of this costly outlest from the west to the sea; Autocratic versus Democratic Diplomacy - past experience shows there is a definite need for a better understanding between military and civil officials; Scientific American's second test of telepathy; From the archeologist's notebook; Flies raised to test death sprays; The literary value of mathematical tables; Amateur astronomers' home-made observatories; Fly fast - land slow; A "Different" art museum in Toledo, Ohio; A mechanical cow; How beer is brewed; The world's most efficient pump - the heart. Unmarked. Average soiling and wear. Book
1986Unpaginated. With a push, Jane sends her pig off on a wild cart ride. The cart is stopped by a rock and the pig flies into the mud - and "moving" is a part of it all. Part of a series. Prior owner's name upon front endpaper. Moderate wear. Nice copy. Book
1988287 pages. For every pilot who flies single and light-twin-engine general aviation aircraft. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Decent working copy. Book
199144 pages. Features include: CF-18 in Qatar; Sleep, Eat and Fly; P/O Prune... Dutiful but Dumb; Flame-Out - Col. G. Brennand (Ret); Diligent Search - by Desmond Chorley; Grounded at Petawawa; When Butterflies insulted Eagles; Cats in the Desert; Bomarc Memorial; The Endless Chain - Javelin flies at Mach One; Sar tech airman of the Quarter - Al Banky. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Address label upon back cover. Nice copy. Book
199360 pages. Features include: Sea Kings in Somalia; The Bug Smasher - The Beech 18; The Wing Concept; Baden-Soellingen - forty years of excellence; Air Division - forty years of history ***Pictorial centerfold of 1 Air Division detached but present***; Halifax Flies; Norad at 35; Flying the Firefly; They Got no Gongs - excerpt from 'Behind the Glory'; Leonard Cheshire dies; VU 33 - the final parade. Average wear. Address label upon back cover. Solid copy. Book
199460 pages. Features include: Out of Africa - a flight into Kigali; Operation Scotch - The Lifeline; Supersonic Training Aid; Dumbo - the Liberator that could; Canadian Contingent to Rodeo '94; Canada's Unknown Hero - Dan Cooper; Cosmopolitan - a class act; Swordfish (Stringbag) Flies Again; William Barker VC and the Formation of the RCAF; 3 Bridges to Berlin; Address label on back cover. Book
1911298 pages. Numerous excellent black and white photographic plates, including frontis image of author in milkmaid garb. Line diagrams. "In this book it has been my earnest desire and aim to present the dairy industry in a simple, practical manner, in the hope of benefitting those desirous of improving and succeeding in their chosen occupation." - from page vi. The fifty-two chapters cover such topics as: farm, stable, cow, heifer, rations, silos, crops, water, milk, cream, butter, cheese, and many more. Author was Demonstrator and Lecturer in Dairying at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada. Both hinges open. Above-average wear to exterior which features a charming (albeit well-worn) milkmaid illustration upon front board. Blank 'Notes' pages at end of book contain several pages of handwritten breeding records from the 1930s. No other markings. Despite its heavy wear, this work presents a wonderful overview of dairying in the early 20th century and cannot help but bring a smile to the face of anyone involved in the modern dairy industry. Book
1993Features: Stranraers (Strannies) on the West Coast; Axel Duch's Air Bridge to Biafra; V.I.A.'s Seawind Flies; Unusual landing at Shearwater; Canada's Best Helicopter Long Line Pilot. Sound copy. Magazine
1993Features: Dick Laidman - from Bush to Boardroom; E & B flies the R44; Liberator VY241 - Chris Weicht recalls a tragedy in the lonely peaks of the BC Coast Range; Painting Klee Wyck - mural on Helijet's S-76 by Tony Coon; B-36B Bomber #2075 is ditched in B.C. in 1950 - The very first accident with nuclear weapons, as listed in the DOD summaries of accidents involving US nuclear weapons 1950-1980 - *little known B.C. history*; First Flight at 81!. Sound copy. Magazine
1991Features: The Eider Man - Passion and controversy mark Jean Bedard's ambitious plans to save the island ecosystem of the lower St. Lawrence; Preservation Instinct - Science and craft come together at the Canadian Conservation Institute, a lifeline to the nation's past; Mystery of the Murrelet - a secretive seabird flies into the heart of a West Coast controversy; Passage to Baikal - an uneasy journey to the troubled heartland of Siberia; Baby Chase - hailed by the infertile, reproductive medicine is revolutionizing human conception, but critics see it as a ticking time bomb. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1974Features: On Keeping On the Rails - the APT-E version, etc.; Special Team to Switerland - Reminiscences of the William Tell trains of the 1930s; Developments on the Great Cockrow Railway at Chertsey; Stamps; In Sight of the Sea (photos); Through an Expatriate's Eyes - An emigrant flies in from Canada to look at British Preservation; CURC Competition Colour Prizewinners; A Look at CIE in 1973; 150 Years After - Will History Repeat Itself?; Clan Line in Steam; From Barnstaple to Ilfracombe; and more. Unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
