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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY VOLUME 44
London Royal Society 1998 085403-522-2 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
516pp. including a Subject Index for volumes 37 - 44 (1991 - 1998) Includes 3 sheets of microfiche in a pocket on rear pastedown. Blue cloth with gilt to spine in a plain grey dust jacket with black lettering and some light soiling. Some soiling to the top edge, not affecting the pages.
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A Trail of Steel: 150 Years of Passenger Train History
Montreal VIA Rail Canada Inc. Hard Cover Near Fine Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
nd. Copyright 1986. 127 pp. illustrated with colour and b&w photos. Canadian Steel Engravers Limited. and symbol on title page. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Half leather, green, with green marbled boards, matching the endpapers. Gilt titles to spine in English and French and three raised bands. Canadian Steel Engravers Limited symbol embossed in gilt to front board and gilt line on leather where it borders the marbling. Minimal rubbing at the fore corners, else fine. This book was also published in a more common edition under the title "Rails Across Canada," but is scarce as this finely bound copy, under this title.
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PATEK PHILIPPE GENEVE
Geneva Patek Philippe SA Hard Cover Fine Very Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
no date. 46 pp. Illustrated with colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Booklets set into the inside of the back cover with a satin ribbon underneath. Black, finely woven cloth covered boards. Illustrated card dust jacket has some light wear.
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GARDENING UNDER THE ARCH (Signed)
Calgary, Alberta Millarville Horticultural Club 1982 0889254060 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good Signed by Author
209 pp. Illustrated with drawings and photos. Glossy card covers with very light wear and plastic spiral binding. INSCRIBED by one of the authors, Jon Lowry, who is credited with writing the Introduction, and three of the chapters.
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21ST CENTURY APPROACH TO CAMPING
Boy Scouts of Canada Calgary Region Stapled Booklet Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
nd. 56 pp. with appendices and bibliography. Illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. Front cover is illustrated with 3 b&w photos and a round stylized colour drawing with the word "peace" in it. Back cover has the logo of Calgary Scouting's "Live in Harmony With Nature" Program in green on white.
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THE CREAM OF DUNHUANG ART
Polyspring Co. Ltd. 1989 962331007x First Edition Hard Cover Very Good 9-3/4"h x 10"w
116 pp. Profusely illustrated with colour photos of art works.Coloured endpapers. Text in Chinese, English and Japanese. Some rubbing to the coated, illustrated boards. A 1/2" split in the covering at the front edge of the spine head. Otherwise clean, square and internally unmarked.
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Jacob Harder and Maria Abrams: 1788 - 1988
Plum Coulee, Manitoba Agatha Giesbrecht 1988 0889258481 First Edition Hard Cover Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
194 pp. including index. Illustrated with b&w photos. Photo illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth with silver lettering and decoration.
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Iroquois Rollout, July 22, 1957: 45 Year Memorial Photo Album.
Kingston, Ontario Arrow Alliance Press 2002 1550569066 First Edition / First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine Oblong 8vo
96 pp. Profusely illustrated, mainly with photos. Black endpapers. Blue boards with silver lettering and decoration. Colour photo illustrated dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover. A heavy book that may require extra shipping charges.
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The Cheiro Book of Fate & Fortune
London Barrie & Jenkins 1971 0214653544 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
339 pp. Illustrated in b&w with figures and photo plates. Green boards with gilt to spine. Colour illustrated dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover.
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Guide Book, Sixth Annual Field Conference, Bow Valley, August 1956 (SIGNED)
Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists 1956 Hard Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
162 pp. Illustrated with a photo frontispiece, maps, tables and charts, including 2 foldouts and a rear pocket containing 2 maps and a colour brochure on Calgary Power's Spray Lake project. Inscribed by J. C. Sproule on ffep with recipient's name inked out. Marron cloth with yellow and white lettering and colour ASPG logo.
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Evergreen & Gold 1948
Edmonton Student's Union of the University of Alberta 1948 Hard Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
308 pp. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Colour illustrated endpapers. Decorative cloth.
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Evergreen & Gold 1947
Edmonton Student's Union of the University of Alberta 1947 Hard Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
351 pp. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Colour illustrated endpapers. Decorated cloth.
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Evergreen & Gold 1946
Edmonton Student's Union of the University of Alberta 1946 Hard Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
330 pp. Photo illustrated. Colour illustrated endpapers. Decorative cloth.
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The Victorian Design Book: A Complete Guide to Victorian House Trim.
Ottawa Lee Valley Tools Ltd 1984 0969101961 Soft Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
416 pp. Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. " For the owner, restorer, or the architect, this book is a complete guide to the styles and shapes necessary to restoration. ....This book is really two books in one. It includes the 1904 "Universal Design Book" and price list of the wholesale Sash, Door and Blind Manufacturer's Association of the North-West U.S. and the "Illustrated Official Moulding Book" first published in 1897. The two span the Victorian era." In glossy blue photo illustrated card covers. Square, clean, unmarked and uncreased.
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The Canadian Canvas-Peintres Canadiens Actuels: 1975-76
Time Canada Ltd. 1974 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good - 9-1/4"h x 9-3/4"w
119pp, including artist index. Illustrated with photos of b&w and colour paintings. Text in both English and French. Coloured inside covers. Rubbing on spine, light wear on corners and covers, 1" crease on the corner of pg. 28.
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Symposium on Antarctic Oceanography
Santiago, Chile Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 1966 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
268 pp. Illustrated with maps, charts, photos, etc. including several foldouts. Shadow evidence of pocket removal on inside of rear cover and sticker removal from half title page and front cover, otherwise clean. In blue card covers with very light wear.
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Symposium on Antarctic Ice and Water Masses
Santiago, Chile Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 1966 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
113 pp. Illustrated with maps, tables, photos, etc. Shadow evidence of pocket removal on inside of rear cover and sticker removal from half title page and front cover, otherwise clean. In blue card covers with minimal wear.
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The Tehran Yalta & Potsdam Conferences: Documents
Moscow Progress Publishers 1969 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
340 pp. Beige cloth with black and red lettering. Blue dust jacket with white and black lettering. "This book contains Soviet records of the negotiations between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at the Tehran and Yalta Conferences and between Stalin, Truman and Attlee at the Potsdam Conference."
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Cooking At Home & In The Bush
Chestermere, Alberta 3125 Calgary Highlanders Soft Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
108 pp. with index. Illustrated with drawings. In cream, photo illustrated card covers with black plastic spiral binding. "This cookbook is the combined effort of the cadets, staff and parents of the corps."
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15.00 CDN
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Verdant Valleys - In and Around Lougheed
Lougheed, Alberta Lougheed Women's Institute 1972 Hard Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
488 pp. with index. Illustrated with b&w photos in text and maps. Previous owner's name on ffep. In green cloth with gilt lettering.
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Australian Womens Weekly Cookbook for All Seasons
North Vancouver, B. C. Whitecap Books Ltd 1998 1551107805 Soft Cover Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
256 pp. includes Terms & Techniques, Facts& Figures and Index. Well illustrated with colour photos in text. In photo illustrated card covers in a protective platic sleeve.
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Mackenzie Muster: "A Century of Favourites", Recipes from the Mackenzie Country, South Island, New Zealand
1989 Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
141 pp. Seventh printing. Illustrated with drawings. In glossy colour illustrated card covers with white wire coil binding. From the forword: "This book is a treasure trove of hundreds of favourite recipes gathered from the mountains to the sea. Many have been passed on from generation to generation and we are indebted to all who have so generously shared these with us. They come from homes known for their generous hospitality and fine cooking for which the Mackenzie Country is so widely renowned. We have also taken the opportunity to share with you many little gems of poetry and art so easily lost over the passing of time but now recorded for all to enjoy."
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Our Own Country: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial (6 Volumes Bound as 3)
London, Paris & Melbourne Cassell & Company 1898 Hard Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
320 pp. each volume plus prelims and an index of 24 pp. at the end of volume VI. Profusely illustrated with engravings. Some mild tanning of pages. Small bookbinder's sticker on the front pastedown of each volume. Bound in brown cloth with a leather grain texture. A descriptive account of the British Isles.
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The Walloping Window Blind: An Old Nautical Tale
Princeton, New Jersey D. Van Nostrand Company 1968 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good Oblong 8vo Devlin, Harry
Unpaginated. Filled with illustrations, most two-page spreads in colour. The last page has musical notation wth the lyrics. Yellow endpapers. Blue boards with titles in black on front and spine. Price clipped dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover.
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45 |
Winter Mountain Leadership : Notes from a Canadian Conference
Calgary, Alberta, Canada Alpine Club of Canada 1986 0920330215 First Edition Card Covers Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
339 pp. Illustrated with drawings, graphs, etc. Colour photo illustrated card covers. Light rubbing and edgewear. From a conference held during the weekend of December 7, 8, 1985 at the Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada.
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30.00 CDN
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Descendants Arnal Descendants
Manitoba Self Published Hard Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
374 pp. with index. Well illustrated with photos, maps and geneological charts. Endpapers illustrated with location of original homesteads, and tracts of land at one time owned by Arnal descendents in the Fannystelle area.. Text in French and English. In dark blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Some mild soiling on fore-edge. A large, heavy book that may require extra shipping charges.
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65.00 CDN
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Memories : New Dayton and District, 1900 - 1978.
New Dayton Book Committee First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
601 pp. with chart of brands and index. Illustrated, mainly with b&w photos. Previous owner's name and date on ffep. A local history of the New Dayton area in southern Alberta. In mustard coloured pictorial cloth.
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70.00 CDN
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A Patchwork of Memories
Claresholm, Alberta Claresholm General Hospital 1987 0889257582 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good + 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
154 pp. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Previous owner's name on ffep. In red simulated leather covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. From the copyright page: "Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Claresholm Municipal Hospital District, #24, 1937 -1987. This book is dedicated to the pioneer care givers of the past and to the care givers of the present who carry on the traditions."
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Better Homes and Gardens New Complete Guide to Landscaping.
Des Moines, Iowa Better Homes and Gardens Books 2002 0696218259 Soft Cover Very Good Square 4to
408 pp. with glossary, resources and index. Profusely illustrated with colour photos and drawings. In colour photo illustrated card covers withFrench flaps. A heavy book that may require extra shipping charges.
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Grassroots of Lumby. 1877 - 1927.
Lumby, B.C. Lumby Historians 1979 0889250936 Hard Cover Very Good
146 pp. Illustrated with photos and maps. Small bookseller's stamp on ffep and previous owner's name on top of title page. Some underlining present in text. Map illustrated endpapers. In green illustrated cloth with black lettering.
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A Society of Gentlemen The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature. Volume the Forty-Third.
London A. Hamilton 1777 Hard Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
480 pp. plus index. Some staining on endpapers and creasing of the front endpapers and title page. Previous owner's name and date on ffep. Well worn exterior has a leather spine and marbled paper boards, both showing some loss of material. The back board is solidly attached and the front board is still attached, but is weakening, the leather being worn through. Includes reviews of two books on Captain Cook's voyage around the world, one book written by Cook himself, and one by George Forster, F.R.S., naturalist on the Resolution.
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Abercrombie, Stanley A Philosophy of Interior Design.
New York Harper & Row 1990 0064302962 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
180 pp. with bibliography and index. Illustrated with photos, drawings and artwork. Grey endpapers. In dark blue cloth with silver titles on spine. Photo illustrated dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover.
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Abrahamian, Levon (ed.); Sweezy Nancy (ed.); Sweezy, Sam (photo ed.) Armenian Folk Arts, Culture, and Identity. (SIGNED)
Bloomington, Indianapolis Indiana University Press 2001 0253337046 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Signed by Editors
312 pp. includes Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Contributors, and Index. Lavishly photo illustrated in colour and b&w. Signed on the title page by Nancy Sweezy (editor) and Sam Sweezy (photo editor). Photo illustrated dust jacket is protected with a Brodart archival jacket cover. A large, heavy book that may require extra shipping charges.
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Ackroyd, Peter Milton in America.
London Sinclair-Stevenson 1996 1856196968 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
277 pp. Brown endpapers. Tan boards with black lettering on spine. Colour illustrated dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover.
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Adams, Brian Made in Canada
Toronto Key Porter Books 1999 1552630714 Soft Cover Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Unpaginated. illustrated with full page b&w photos. In photo illustrated card covers with flaps.
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Adams, Robert J. The Stump Farm. (SIGNED)
Spruce Grove, Alberta Megamy Publishing 1996 0968191606 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Inscribed By Author on Title Page
201 pp. In colour photo illustrated card covers. Inscription reads "Enjoy the memories R J Adams 1997"
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9.00 CDN
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Adams, Robert J. The Stump Farm
Spruce Grove, Alberta Megamy Publishing, Limited 1998 0968191606 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
201 pp. Gift inscription on inside of front cover. In colour photo illustrated card covers.
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Adams, Sylvia Sleeping on the Moon.
Regina, Saskatchewan Hagios Press 2006 0973972734 First Edition Trade Paperback Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
143 pp. with glossary and bibliography. Sticker from The Griffin Trust on insde of front cover. In colour illustrated card covers.
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Adamson, Gil The Outlander.
Toronto House of Anansi Press 2007 0887842100 First Edition / First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
388 pp. Decorated endpapers. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Colour illustrated dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover.
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Adamson, Gil Ashland. (SIGNED)
Toronto E C W Press 2003 1550225766 First Edition / First Printing Trade Paperback Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by author on title page.
79 pp. In photo illustrated card covers.
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Airth, Rennie River of Darkness.
New York Viking Press 1999 0670885959 First U.S. Edition Hard Cover Very Good + Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
386 pp. Grey boards and darker grey spine with silver titles. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Colour illustrated dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover.
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Aitken, Will Realia
Toronto Vintage Canada 2003 0679311068 Trade Paperback Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
259 pp. Embossed stamp from previous owner on title page. Remainder mark on bottom edgeIn colour illustrated card covers.
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9.50 CDN
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Albright, Verne R. THE LONG WAY TO LOS GATOS (Inscribed)
Solvang, California Amigo Publications 1999 0965853322 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Jones, William E. Signed
392 pp. including glossary. Illustrated with drawings and photos. Gray leatherette with gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket is protected with a Brodart archival jacket cover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page.
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Alix Clive Historical Club Pioneers and Progress.
Alix Clive Historical Club 1974 0919212433 First Edition / First Printing Hard Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
880 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos, facsimilies, drawings and maps. In blue cloth boards with gilt illustration and lettering on front and gilt lettering on spine. A heavy book that may require extra shipping charges.
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Allende, Isabel The Stories of Eva Luna.
New York, New York, U.S.A. Atheneum 1991 0689121024 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
331 pp. Mustard boards with red lettering and decoration on front and black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover.
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Allison, Stacy; Carlin, Peter Beyond the Limits: A Woman's Triumph on Everest
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Little Brown & Co 1993 0316034681 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
282 pp. Illustrated with b&w photo plates. Green boards with silver titles on spine. Colour illustrated dust jacket is wrapped in a Brodart archival jacket cover. By the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
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