174 pp + 48 pp ("Murray's Handbook Advertiser, 1904-1905"), 6 3/4" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Title page states "Fifth Edition" and below the publisher information, with the date 1893, "With Index and Directory Revised to 1902". All maps, including one in the rear pocket, are present. Includes an Introduction (Extent and History / Antiquities / Products and Manuacturers / Geology and Traveller's View / Main Roads / Railway Systems / Skeleton Tour / Places of Interest / An Artistic and Antiquarian Tour). Describes a variety of routes, radiating out from Lond... View More...
46 pp, 7 1/2" H. Facsimile reprint of the Air Ministry, October 1944, publication. Blue card covers with black lettering/illustration on front cover. B&w frontispiece (Halifax III), drawing (Locking of Flying Controls), 4 fold-outs (8 figures - Instrument panel / General view of cabin / Flight engineer's panel /Cockpit - port side / Fuel system diagram / Hydraulic system diagram / Mark VII Simplified Fuel System Diagram / Mark VII Flight Engineer's Panel). Section headings: Descriptive Introduction; Fuel and Oil Systems; Main Services; Aircraft Controls; Engine Controls; Operational Contro... View More...
Unpaginated (24 pages excluding covers), oblong (6 1/2" H x 10 1/4" D). Undated (c1912). B&w photographs with captions showing the destruction caused by the cyclone, including some paired 'before & afters' and a centre "Panorama". One text page with facts about Regina and the cyclone. Interior - previous owner's name/place in ink on inside of front cover, small creases/bump at corners of pages - more at bottom corner of first four page leaves along with tiny tear or small pieces missing, some soiling marks and soft creases at fore-edge in fore-margin of pages, crease down centre of pages w... View More...
xv, 341, 118 pp, 7 1/8" H. Brown leather spine and corners, marbled paper-covered boards, black leather title label on spine with gilt lettering, additional gilt date and decoration, blindstamped design. Small label at top of front pastedown: "J. Carss & Co., Bookbinders, 31, Argyle Street, Glasgow." Title page continues: "Classed and Arranged Under Each Distinct Head of Trade or Profession: With a Street Directory: and An Appendix Containing many Useful Lists. Ninth Publication." The first section (xv pp) consists of a Calendar (July, 1836 to December, 1837); Stamp Duties; Index. The s... View More...
Unpaginated (12 pages including covers), 12 1/8" H. Thick stock - "Linen-like and Sewed". Colorful illustrations with text below. Mickey Mouse helps Elmer Elephant built a house, but before it is complete, the sleepy Elephant decides to take a nap in Pluto's dog house, with disastrous results. Interior - light wrinkling at top/bottom of page gutters, small dent in middle of pages, some pages with a small corner crease, 1" tear at top edge of pages - archivally taped, slight browning to page edges and in gutters. Exterior - creases at top/bottom of spine, some tears at top edge of front an... View More...
254 pp, 6 1/4" H, red cloth over card covers, gilt titling on spine and front board, blind stamping to spine and covers, text block edges marbled. 10 maps (some fold-out) and 7 plans (all present, although the map listed as at page 33 is actually at page 60, opposite the appropriate text). The introductory section includes a "Geographical and Geological Sketch" by G.M. Dawson and "Sports and Pastimes", by E.T.D. Chambers and W.H. Fuller. The routes follow, comprising the trans-Atlantic routes, travel from New York, Boston and Portland, then internal excursions and journeys through the province... View More...
356 pp, 7" H. Reddish brown cloth with blindstamped decoration on boards and spine, gilt lettering on spine. Contents: Preface; Narrative of David Goldberg, the Son of a Russian Rabbin; Narrative of Samson Meyershon; Memoir of Joshua Ben Abraham Esehel; Solomon Duitsch, The Hungarian Rabbi; Memoir of Elinser Samuel Isaac; Conversion of M. Capadose; The Women of Israel; Conclusion. Many pages as yet unopened. Previous owner's name label on front pastedown, creases at bottom corner of pages 137 to 144, tiny edge tear on front free endpaper (archivally taped)some scattered light foxing marks ... View More...
viii, 210 pp + (6) pp publisher's advertising, 7 3/8" H. Leather spine with gilt lettering/decoration, mabled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers, original purple ribbon book mark. Contents: Introduction. The Design; Revelation is Useful and Necessary; The Gospel History is True (The Gospel considered as a portion of ancient history / The subject continued. Of the argument from Prophecy / The subject continued. The faith of the first disciples was the effect, not of weakness, but of well grounded conviction / The subject continued. The exellency and singular nature of C... View More...
298 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). In this novel, Gordon Saunders, a Canadian professor lecturing at an American university one day finds himself "among hostile strangers. There they sat, his accusers, looking at him down the length of the table, and of half a lifetime in a room filled with the atmostphere of suspicion and hatred - the special atmosphere of Investigating Committees in the Fifties. Their questions concerned people he had known, and things he had done, in 1932 and 1933; certain people and certain things only, for their final and all-important question - his relationship, past and present... View More...
67 pp, 9 1/8" H. Soft cover with french flaps - black lettering on spine, black and red lettering and black grid pattern on front cover. "Readers opening the pages of this first book of poetry will find not only crisp, explosive, lyrical poems, but in addition, we believe, will be getting a piece of Canadian literary history." Interior - soft crease at bottom corner of pages, area of light browning on last page. Exterior - areas of light browning and light soiling marks on front and rear panel, edge creasing and small edge tears archivally taped, small foxing mark on fore-edge of text bloc... View More...
380 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w plates, maps. "This book offers a remarkably fresh perspective on the bitterly fought 1916 campaign; it also describes the later battles of the Somme in the Great War's final year, 1918. Using hitherto unpublished evidence from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, it tells its powerful and dramatic story through the letters and diaries of those who were there. (The author) has woven the many and varied accounts of well over a hundred participants - mainly British, but with not few Germans - into a rich tapestry of experience, so that the book reads less like a conven... View More...
Unpaginated, 7 1/4" H. No date, c1910. Signed on half title page: "(?)minister / Charles W Gordon / New Yr 1911". Six colour plates (including frontispiece) by W. Hetherell. The frontispiece is reproduced on the front cover of the book which is bound by a tied cord. Tells of Peter's agony after Jesus's crucifixion and his joy on receiving the message of the forgiveness of sin. Interior - very light browning to pages, small brown stain in margin of last illustration page - migrates into several adjacent pages, two pages with a very small bump/crease at fore-edge, very small dent on half-ti... View More...
63 pp, 9 1/4" H. "A portfolio of (b&w) cartoons drawn on the Italian battle front especially for The Maple Leaf, Canadian Army newspaper". As a sargeant with the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, the 32-year-old cartoonist participated in the invasion of Sicily and served through four months of the Italian Campaign before joining the Maple Leaf staff in January of (1944). Soft creases at the corners of the pages, tiny piece missing at the bottom corner of the first two pages, tiny tear with crease at top edge of last page - archivally taped, light toning to pages, previous owner's name at ... View More...
228 pp, 9 7/8" H. B&w illustrations. Contents: The Insurrection in the Short Hills in 1838; The Hamiltons of Queenston, Kingston and Hamilton; The Petuns; The Nottawasaga River Route; The First Commission of the Peace for the District of Mecklenburg; Some Events in the History of Kingston; Early History of the Anglican Church in Kingston; Some Epochs in the Story of Old Kingston; The Navies of Lake Ontario in the War of 1812. Notes from the Papers of a Naval Officer then serving on His Majesty's Ships; Cataraqui; Captain William Gilkison. Notes from a Paper; Early Churches in the Niagara Pen... View More...
vii, 263 pp, 7 5/8" H. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine, gilt border/emblem on front board. Plain dark brown endpapers, tissue-covered frontispiece. Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood (1748-1810), was a close friend of Lord Nelson and served in the Napoleonic Wars, notably in the Glorious First of June, the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and the Battle of Trafalgar. Very light browning in the margins of the pages; some glue residue and surface paper loss on the verso of the frontispiece; scattered foxing on the verso of the free endpapers, on the half-t... View More...
692 pp + (4) pp publisher's advertisement, 8 3/4" H. Green cloth with gilt & black lettering & decoration on spine and front board, blind stamped decoration on rear board - bevelled boards. Chapter headings: Motive of the "Irishman in Canada"; Antecedents of the Irishman in Canada; Antecedents - Continued - Irishmen in the New World and Australia; Laying the Foundation of Canada; ditto - Continued; The War of 1812-14; Irish Immigration from 1815 to 1837; ditto - Continued; The Rise of Responsible Government in Canada; ditto - Continued; ditto - Continued; ditto - Continued; The Canadian Cons... View More...
198 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). Contents: Foreword: The Eternal Frontier; Water, Water Everywhere (Improbable Element / The Wild Waves / Time and Tide); The Ancient Challenge (Lore and Legend / Bell, Sub and Scuba / Mapping the Unknown); The Vasty Deeps (Down to the Sea / The Great Abyss / Rift in Reality); The Waters of Life (In the Beginning / Every Shape and Form / The Ultimate Adaptations); Bounty from the Sea (Hydroponics Unlimited / Storehouse for Eternity / The Disconcerting Dolphin); Challenge for Tomorrow (Ten Billion Plus / Treasure Trove / Project Mohole); Index. Light to heavy color fadi... View More...
103 pp, 9 11/16" H. British reprint of the United States Government Printing Office edition. Contents: Introduction; Findings and Recommendations: Plans for Transition from War to Peace / Plans for Development of an Expanding Economy / Plans for Services and Security / Plans for Action by State and Local Governments and Regions. Supporting Technical Material: Demobilization of Plant and Controls; Promotion of Free Enterprise; Ubran Conservation and Development; Rural Land Improvements; Valley Development; Energy Resource Development; Public Construction Program Planning; Equal Access to Hea... View More...
320 pp, 7" H, mass market paperback. B&w drawings, photographs. "The story of a brilliant human achievement related by an accomplished storyteller. It is rich in the romance of farm life in the last century (1800s), the early days of the industrial era, and the beginnings of a new country. It is the story of a country's growth and development, and of the revolution in farming methods from those of a hundred years ago to the highly mechanized operations of the present day (1949). It is the story of a tiny pioneer enterprise that grew mightily to help in the remaking of the world we live in." ... View More...
48 pp, 9 3/4" H x 10" W. Card covers with cloth tape spine. B&w comic strips. Mutt and Jeff revisited the First World War, play golf, take a trip to Mexico, etc. Interior - light to moderate browning to the pages, several taped tears/creases on the inside of the covers, the last two pages have pulled away from the staples but are holding firmly in the binding, small soft corner creases to the pages, light wear at the staple locations. Exterior - creasing to the covers - also a crease down the centre of the front cover, light to moderate edge wear, light brownig and some foxing marks, a few... View More...
