Condition: Near Fine

ANIMATION. DESIGN LIBRARY

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Gloucester, Massachusetts, Rockport : 1998

Seller ID: 10597

Condition: Near Fine

79 pp, 4to (12" H). Profusely illustrated in color. Examples of work from various design studios - cartoons, commercials, etc. "(A)nimation has gained popularity because of its attention-grabbing potential. An animated logo or interactive interface will keep the viewer's interest and attention longer than a static image. (This book) explores some of these new uses, and should provide endless inspiration for today's designers." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - bright and clean.
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GUARDIA REAL DE S.M. JUAN CARLOS I. CARPETA PRIMERA: CONTIENE LAS LAMINAS NUMEROS 101 A 108.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Bilbao, Imprenta Industrial S.A. : 1982

Seller ID: 30302

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Near Fine

Folder (carpeta), 9 1/8" H x 12" W, containing one sheet of text (*Spanish only*), 8 plates (laminas), 11 3/8" H x 8 3/4" W, numbered 101 to 108, with multiple colour uniform studies, plus one additional small sheet with two uniform studies. Titles of plates: 101 - Ejercito Espanol, 1981 - Guardia real. Grupo Tactico. 102 - ditto - Guardia Real. Unidad de musica. 103 - ditto - Guardia real. Grupo Tactico. 104 - ditto - Guardia Real. Grupo de Seguridad Inmediata. 105 - ditto - Guardia Real. Escuadron de lanceros. 106 - ditto - Guardia Real. Escuadron de lanceros. 107 - ditto - Guardia Re...
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MAROC.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Paris, Guides Gallimard : 1994

Seller ID: 12105

ISBN-13: 9782742400102

Binding: Flexible simulated Leather

Condition: Near Fine

408 pp, 8vo (9" H), integral ribbon bookmark. FRENCH TEXT. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with maps, photographs, drawings, reproductions. Chapters: Nature; Histoire et Langue; Art de Vivre; Architecture; Le Maroc Vu Par Les Peintres; Le Maroc Vu Par Les Ecrivains; Casablanca; Rabat; Tanger; Fes, Meknes; Marrakech; Agadir; Information Pratiques. "Villes imperiales, forets de cedres et sommets en neiges de l'Atlas, dunes de sable, deserts de rocaille, oasis, routes des caravanes jalonnees de ksour et de casbahs, le Maroc, 'Royaume aux mille royaumes', trait d'union entre l'Europe et...
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OMEGA DE VILLE CO-AXIAL ESCAPEMENT.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Switzerland, Omega SA : 2001

Seller ID: 29584

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

43 pp, 8 1/2" H. Red paper-covered boards with silver lettering/omega symbol and blindstamped co-axial escapement on front board, silver endpapers. Dust jacket has embossed co-axial escapement on front panel. Colour and b&w photographs, reproductions, diagrams. A short history of the Omega watch company, introducing their new co-axial escapement. Very minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear, tiny scuff on spine, minor rubbing, three tiny shallow dents on rear panel.
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SWINGING THE LEAD AND SPIKING HIS GUNS.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Edison, New Jersey, Castle : 2002

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 24047

ISBN-13: 9780785816126

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

190 pp, 8vo (8" H). Reproductions of vintage b&w illustrations. "Drawing on the language of the fighting man throughout the ages, this A-Z collection of popular idioms and turns of phrase delves into the origin and evolution of expressions now used in common language which came into being on the battlefield, the gun-deck, and more recently, in the air. So to find out what it means to 'swear like a trooper', when something's 'gone for a Burton', browse through this fascinating collection and discover the history of hundreds of similar words and phrases." Minor wrinkle at bottom of spine.
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WINDSOR CASTLE.

By: Ainsworth, W. H. (William Harrison).

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Collins Clear-Type Press

Seller ID: 26044

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Near Fine

382 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt - in slipcase. Burgundy endpapers, b&w frontispiece. A historical romance of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, intertwined with tales of Herne the Hunter, here portrayed as a spirit of Windsor Forest. Minor corner wear on covers. Slipcase has light to moderate edgewear, a few tiny scuffs, small dark stain on one side panel.
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ICE PALACES.

By: Anderes, Fred & Agranoff, Ann.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada : 1983

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28683

ISBN-13: 9780771598579

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

132 pp, oblong (9 1/8" H x 10 3/4" D). Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, reproductions, architectural drawings. "The magical buildings illustrated in this pioneer study of a virtually unknown architectural phenomenon were truly built of ice, and they were said to shimmer with color and fire reminiscent of sapphire, topaz, and opal. In style they recalled medieval castles, Gothic cathed-rals, Russian palaces, and Art Deco fantasies. Many were huge, reaching as high as a 14 -story building and extending as long as a football field, but, of course, there's no physical tra...
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TIM AND CHARLOTTE.

By: Ardizzone, Edward.

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard : 2000

Edition: Reissue

Seller ID: 12937

ISBN-13: 9780688176808

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Unpaginated, small 4to (10 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated with wonderful colour and b&w drawings by Edward Ardizzone. "One dark and stormy day, Tim and Ginger found a little girl, Charlotte, washed up on the beach. Who was she? Where had she come from? They didn't know - and neither did she!" One of the classic Little Tim stories, loved by generations of children. Very minor rubbing to dust jacket. A clean, bright copy.
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THE ROYAL AIR FORCE: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY.

By: Armitage, Michael.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Brockhampton : 1996

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 23783

ISBN-13: 9781860198519

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

288 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps. "Created in 1918 from the former Royal Flying Corps, the RAF forged its own traditions as it developed the tactics and weap- onry of aerial warfare. It ended the First World War with a strength of 300,000 personnel and 23,000 aircraft, but there was the immediate threat of stringent post-war defence budgets and an Army and Navy that demanded that air power be under their control. The Chief of Air Staff, Trenchard, needed a successful example of the potential of air power in order to guarantee future funding, and...
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JULIANA: EVERYBODY'S SISTER.

By: Armour, Elizabeth P. Signed.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Oakville, Ontario, Elizabeth P. Armour : 1980

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 22265

ISBN-13: 9780919670457

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

320 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs. Signed by author on title page. "(The) story of Sister Juliana, for over forty-five years a member of the Community of Sisters of the Church. Sister Juliana was one of those rare individuals who was able to combine a profound interest in her own spiritual development with an active, even aggressive, desire to assist everyone who sought her aid. From the Arctic to the Caribbean, from Anglican Women's groups to jails, Sister Juliana spread the same message of love - love of God and for His creatures. The author has gathered numerous comments and r...
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A CITY IN THE MAKING. PROGRESS, PEOPLE & PERILS IN VICTORIAN TORONTO.

By: Armstrong, Frederick H.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Dundurn : 1988

Seller ID: 24299

ISBN-13: 9781550020267

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

358 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w illustrations and map endpapers. Contents: The New City in 1834: The Physical Layout; A Rising Metropolis; Developing Communications: The First Railway Venture; The Most Controversial Torontonian: William Lyon Mackenzie; The Scottish Immigrant, The Family Compact, and Vertical Mobility: The Rise of the Carfrae Family; Evolving Multiculturalism: The Toronto's Black Community in the Late 1840's; Capt. Hugh Richardson and Toronto's Lake Communications; An Ambulatory Architect: William Hay; The Unwitting Philanthropist: The Curious Case of Andrew Mercer; The First Grea...
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VEILED THREAT: THE HIDDEN POWER OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN.

By: Armstrong, Sally. Inscribed.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Penguin : 2002

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 23516

ISBN-13: 9780670043170

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

221 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w map, photographs. Inscribed on title page: "For ____ Best Wishes Sally Armstrong May 11, 2004". "September 27, 1996, marked the day the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, and the beginning of a five-year nightmare for the women of that country. 'Veiled Treat' introduces us to several women - among them a radio announcer, a psychiatrist, a pharmacist, a civil engineer and the new deputy prime minister of Afghanistan, Dr. Sima Samar - who describe their waking hell under the Taliban's repressive measures. Denied schooling, employment and adequate health car...
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RED-TAPE AND PIGEON-HOLE GENERALS: ANDREW A. HUMPHREYS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

By: Arner, Frederick B., commentary. (William H. Armstrong.) Foreword by Charles T. Joyce.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Charlottesville, Virginia, Rockbridge : 1999

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24961

ISBN-13: 9781883522155

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

378 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H). B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "Regarded as anonymously written fiction when it was originally published in 1864, this rollicking story of the way it was in the Union 's Army of the Potomac is a thinly disguised tale of truth. It is, in fact, a scathing attack on the character and military ability of Gen. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys. The author, Lt. Col. William H. Armstrong of the 129th Pennyslvania Volunteer Infantry, risked a libel action to send his message, yet he recognized that abuses within the system could not be addressed without first being expos...
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CATCH ME A NIGHTINGALE.

By: Ash, Joan.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Robert Hale : 1991

Edition: First Edition.

Seller ID: 23125

ISBN-13: 9780709046042

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

202 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H). "The ward settles down for a quiet night. A serene, starched nurse soothes the brow of a grateful patient as the lamplight flickers. Bleep! Cardiac arrest! The crash team leaps into action, skidding along the corridors, etiquette abandoned in the vital race against time. It is in these frantic seconds that a sister, weighing her responsibilities and priorities, must make efficient, professional decisions - decisions which could mean the difference between life and death. In her autobiography, Joan Ash contrasts her wartime nursing experiences in India with the Nation...
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MIDNIGHT MAGIC.

By: Avi.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Scholastic : 1999

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Not Signed

Seller ID: 5680

ISBN-13: 9780590360357

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

247 pp, 8 1/2" H. "A servant boy who knows more than his master, a mischievous princess, and a magician who doesn't believe in magic team up to confront a mysterious ghost in Avi's most delicious tale yet!" Book appears to be unread, clean and tight with only the slightest hint of edgewear / rubbing.
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THE ESCAPE FROM HOME. BOOK ONE OF "BEYOND THE WESTERN SEA".

By: Avi.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Orchard : 1996

Edition: Second Printing

Seller ID: 23301

ISBN-13: 9780531095133

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

295 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H). "It is 1851. Thousands are fleeing the Old World for the New, desperate to reach America. Maura and Patrick O'Connell, fifteen- and twelve-year-old Irish peasants, seek to escape a country destroyed by famine and the greed of English landlords. Their emigration is a search for life itself. For Sir Laurence Kirkle, eleven, and son of one such English lord, America holds the promise of justice, though he steals a fortune from his father to get there. Colorful characters, young and old, pop up everywhere - Mr. Pickler, investigator, actor Horatio Drabble, and Fred ...
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DRAWINGS OF THE MALE NUDE.

By: Bachardy, Don. Afterword by Armistead Maupin.

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Pasadena, California, Twelvetrees Press : 1985

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 26054

ISBN-13: 9780942642186

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Unpaginated, 4to (12 1/4" H). B&w portraits by American artist Don Bachardy. Dust jacket has light wrinkling/wear - mainly in the areas of top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, slight browning to flap-folds and on spine.
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THE SECRET ROOMS: A TRUE GOTHIC MYSTERY.

By: Bailey, Catherine.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Viking : 2012

Seller ID: 29018

ISBN-13: 9780670917556

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

466 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, floor plans, map, family tree. "At 6 a.m. on 21 April 1940 John, the 9th Duke of Rutland, and one of Britain's wealthiest men, ended his days, virtually alone, lying on a makeshift bed in a dank, cramped suite of rooms in the servants' quarters of his own home, Belvoir Castle. For weeks, as his health deteriorated, his family, his servants - even the King's doctor - had pleaded with him to come out, but he had refused. After his death, his son and heir, Charles, the 10th Duke of Rutland, ordered that the rooms be locked up and they remained untouched for ...
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RUSSIAN PROPLINERS & JETLINERS.

By: Ballantine, Colin.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Osceola, WI, Motorbooks : 1993

Seller ID: 24572

ISBN-13: 9780879388317

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Unpaginated, 10 1/2" H. Profusely illustrated with colour photographs of Soviet-built propeller and jet aircraft, helicopters, and even the TU-144 'Concordskii' - aircraft used around the world: North Korea, Cuba, Mongolia, Czechoslovakia, etc. are covered. Tiny dint on bottom of text block, very minor rubbing.
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FOUR YEARS ON THE GREAT LAKES, 1813-1816. THE JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT DAVID WINGFIELD, ROYAL NAVY.

By: Bamford, Don and Carroll, Paul. Foreword by Barry Gough. (Lieutenant David Wingfield).

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Natural Heritage : 2009

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24477

ISBN-13: 9781554883936

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

277 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs, drawings, reproductions, maps, colour plates. "David Wingfield joined the Royal Navy in 1806 at the age of fourteen. His service took him to the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. Captured, he was a POW in the United States for nine months. Following his release, Wingfield had some intriguing adventures on the Upper Great Lakes before returning to England. Once home, he used his handwritten notes, kept during his time in North America, as the basis for an account of his experiences there. This, the only account of the War of 1812 as seen through the eyes of a y...
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