2026Best.-Nr. LRB48054825Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 544 pages. Volume 4 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1894. Text in English. This comprehensive report presents the findings of the Royal Commission on Opium established to investigate the opium trade and its social and economic impacts. The volume includes detailed minutes of evidence from witnesses appendices and supplementary materials providing a thorough examination of the subject during the late 19th century. It reflects the perspectives of key figures such as the Maharajah of Darbhanga and Lord Brassey offering valuable insights into historical debates on opium regulation and international trade. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB48054829Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 688 pages. Volume 2 of a multi-volume work. English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1894. Text in English. This volume presents the first report of the Royal Commission on Opium including minutes of evidence and appendices. The commission examined the opium trade its economic and social impacts and related correspondence with the Straits Settlements and China. The report is structured in multiple parts covering evidence sessions appendices and historical analyses with an index of witnesses and a glossary of Indian terms used in the proceedings. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
1758Best.-Nr. PHO-266In 12°, ix[3]-36 [ie369]pp Reliure de l'époque, plein veau marbré, dos fleuronné doré à nerfs, tranches rouges
1758Best.-Nr. PHO-1426Londres,Lille, Panckoucke, Paris, Desaint, Saillant , 1758 , In 12°, ix[3]-36 [ie369]pp Reliure de l'époque, plein veau marbré, dos à nerfs ornés , tranches rouges , ex-libris , coins légèrement usés , coiffes usées.
1758Best.-Nr. PHO-1642Londres , Lille (Panckoucke) Paris (Desaint & Saillant) , 1758.In 12°, ix-36-369pp. (manque les pages 363-369 de la table de matière).Reliure de l'époque, plein veau marbré, dos fleuronné avec pièce de titre, tranches rouges, coins usés, frottements et manque au dos, petite mouillure en début d’ouvrage.
194948 pages. Features: Cover illustration by W.A. Winter of happy evening horse-drawn sleighs; O'Keefe's ad inside front cover features Clare Shragge illustration of boy dreaming of becoming a flyer; The Quarrel - winner of the $1k first prize in Maclean's story contest; Will the Atlantic Pact Work?; The Amazing Career of George McCullagh; The Starling - Saint or Sinner?; Why They Won't Let You Have Television - Ottawa balks the CBC and the CBC balks private showmen; Full Circle Round Shahli's (fiction); What, No Opium Dens? - Vancouver's Chinatown (article with nice photos); Smallpox - a sleeping killer; Arrangements by Cable - Radio's Howard Cable; The Vindication of Suzanne Pas-de-Nom; Li'l Abner cartoon in Cream of Wheat ad; Colour-photo Caterpillar ad shows bulldozer plowing through smouldering dump - a scene younger viewers may not believe!; Back cover colour Coke ad shows cooler with industrial backdrop, encouraging workers to drink up; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
196732 pages. Features: Bobby Gimby - The unabashedly patriotic bandleader and his runaway hit song "Ca-NaDa"; Bush Pilot Robert Gauchie holds the record for northern survival after spending 58 days alone just south of the Arctic Circle when he was forced to land his plane on Samantha Lake - Part 2 of 2; Ad for Sunbeam shavers featuring Johnny Bower in his goalie equipment; "Coffee, Tea or Cribbage?" - Lucille Grant was the first stewardess at Trans-Canada Airlines; Warlord for Hire - General Tuan Shih Wen makes his money protecting opium shipments - and he spends a lot of it fighting communists; Doug Wright's Family comic. Somewhat above-average wear. Was exposed to moisture years ago, resulting in minor undulations and light discolouration. A sound copy. Book
1949Best.-Nr. 77035Couverture souple. Broché. 162 pages. 17 x 24 cm.
Best.-Nr. 68845o.J.
2007Best.-Nr. 0261472007 Mercator Hardcover New
1911Features: Reasons Why the Canadian Pacific is So Prosperous; Spokane Rate Decision Eagerly Awaited; Value of Steel Equipment Demonstrated in Wreck of the Crack Milwaukee Train, Columbian on May 30th east of Ralston, WA; Continued Smuggling of Opium into West Coast Ports Aboard Trans-Pacific Steamships; Professional Biography of Joseph H. Young, President of Alaska Steamship Co. - with photo; Contracts Let for Coaling Plants in Seattle and Tacoma - article with two photos; $1 Million Available for Improvements at Moran Shipyards; Record Run Between Puget Sound and Callao by Schooner Wilbert L. Smith; After 20 Years on the Seattle-Tacoma Run, Steamer Flyer is Sold - Feature article with photo; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo of Steamer Tampico Submerged in Seattle Harbor; Photo of New Boilers for Steamer Charmer built by Commercial Boiler Works of Seattle; Effects of the Panama Canal on Pacific Coast - Oriental Trade; News of Tacoma; Launching of the Titanic - 1/3 page article including photo of the Titanic in drydock with man standing below her massive 100-ton rudder; Charming one-page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West" which connected Seattle with San Francisco; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9". Magazine
1999Best.-Nr. L407Le Seuil, 1999, 152 p.
Hardcover in-8° carré, 152 pp., abondamment illustré, cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée.- 9782020509121 Tres bel exemplaire. [MI-19]
2001Best.-Nr. 20091Seuil 2001 In 12 format carré sous jaquette, 212 pp, nombreuses illustrations en noir & blanc et sépia
1820Best.-Nr. 35187ABLeipzig, Richter, 1820. Gr. 8° (23 x 20 cm). 25, (1) S. kräftiges Papier, Dreikantgoldschnitt. Grüner Wachspapierumschlag der Zeit.
1991160 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Gems of China's Cultural Relics; Birds and Animals as Ming and Ch'ing Badges of Rank; Ch'ing Dynasty Imperial Enamelled Glassware; Late Ch'ing Dynasty Opium Boxes; Collecting Ming Furniture of Huang Hua-Li Wood; Saleroom News; Vietnamese Ceramics - an introduction to Ly and Tran monochromes; Book Reviews; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1910Best.-Nr. 99531910 reliure demi-chagrin (binding half shagreen) havane brun in-octavo, dos 5 nerfs ornés de filets (spine with raised bands illuminated with a gilt line) - entre-nerfs à fleuron (floweret) - titre frappé or (gilt title), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), tranches jaspées (marbled edges), sans illustration (no illustration), 343 pages, 1910 à Paris A. Maloine Editeur,
1975A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 256 pages. Previous owner's name inside. Edge wear and small tears to price-clipped dust jacket.
Best.-Nr. 45215700-nnew. unknown
Best.-Nr. A9781017015140Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781017015140Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781017020014Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. 55802La table ronde 1962 livre étude 20*14 220 pages l'ordre du jour
186816pp., 23cm., overdruk uit het "Nieuw tijdschrift voor de pharmacie in Nederland" (1868), wat gebruiksslijtage, luttele roestvlekjes, blinde omslag, stempeltje, P76675
Best.-Nr. AUB-2145Lausanne, éd. Marguerat 1950 (oeuvres complètes vol. 10). Bon in-8 broché, couv. remp. d'éd., 373 p. avec table.
