Condition: Very Good -

ALBERTA HORSE, CATTLE AND SHEEP BRANDS. ALSO TATTOO MARKS FOR FUR-BEARING ANIMALS AND POULTRY. 1958.

Price: $215.00 USD

Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Ministry of Agriculture : 1958

Seller ID: 28724

823 pp, 8 1/8" H. Black cloth with yellow lettering/Alberta crest on front cover. Title continues: Being a Record of Cattle and Horse Brands, Also Tattoo Marks Which Have Been Allotted, Renewed, Transferred or Reissued and Were in Good Standing as at June 30, 1958." "This issue contains a total of 30923 Brands." Cattle Brands; Additional Cattle Brands; Index to Cattle Brands; Horse Brands; Index to Horse Brands. The bulk of the book comprises Cattle Brands and there are very small listings incorporated into the Horse section for Sheep, Fur-bearing Animals and Poultry. Edge wrinkling to ...
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RULES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA WITH APPENDIX, APRIL 23, 1913.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, C.H. Parelee : 1913

Seller ID: 28702

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

90 pp, 6 1/2" H. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on front board. Contents: General Rule / Sittings of the House / Quorum / Order in the House / Casting vote of Speaker / Divisions / Yeas and Nays / Internal Economy Report / Select Standing Committees / Quorum of Committess / Deputy Speaker / Rules of Debate / Question of Order / Decorum in Debate / Reading the Question / Members not to speak twice / Conduct of Members as to Voting - Personal interest / Decorum in the House / Attendance of Members / Business of the House / Officers of the House / General Regulations / Intercourse between...
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STRENGTH OF METAL AIRCRAFT ELEMENTS. ANC-5 BULLETIN.

Price: $37.50 USD

Publisher: Washington, Munitions Board Aircraft Committee, Subcommittee on Air Force-Navy-Civil Aircraft Design Criteria : 1951

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 28753

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

125 pp, 10 1/4" H. Figures, tables. ANC-5 June 1951 Ammendment-1, 9 April 1952 taped in at rear. Chapter headings: General; Steel; Aluminum Alloys; Magnesium Alloys; Miscellaneous Metals. Interior - previous owner has updated, asterisked and neatly written cross references in black ink on some pages; small tear at top edge of pages 115 to end of book - archivally taped; otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - previous owner's name in ink at top of front cover, one small corner crease on front cover, one small edge tear archivally taped at top of rear cover.
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Image for THE TOUR THROUGH CANADA OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AUGUST-OCTOBER: 1919. EMBRACING THAT PORTION OF THE GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TRAVERSED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. ANNOTATED TIMETABLE.

THE TOUR THROUGH CANADA OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AUGUST-OCTOBER: 1919. EMBRACING THAT PORTION OF THE GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TRAVERSED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. ANNOTATED TIMETABLE.

Price: $200.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, Grand Trunk Railway : 1919

Seller ID: 28836

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

63, (3) pp + b&w plates and folding map at rear, 9 1/2" H. White spine with gilt lettering, brown paper-covered board with gilt lettering/decoration, black & gilt crest on front board, brown endpapers. 27 b&w plates with tissueguards bearing captions in red. An annotated timetable of the route taken by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor) on the Grand Trunk Railway through Ontario and Quebec in 1919. The Foreword gives a brief history of the Grand Trunk Railway/Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and the book closes with a list of directors, etc. of company. The illustrati...
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Image for NAPOLEON'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. A FACSIMILE EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, TOGETHER WITH ITS CODICILS, APPENDED INVENTORIES, LETTERS AND INSTRUCTIONS, PRESERVED IN THE FRENCH NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

NAPOLEON'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. A FACSIMILE EDITION OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, TOGETHER WITH ITS CODICILS, APPENDED INVENTORIES, LETTERS AND INSTRUCTIONS, PRESERVED IN THE FRENCH NATIONAL ARCHIVES.

By: (Bonaparte, Napoleon). Commentaries by Jean-Pierre Babelon and Suzanne D'Huart. Translated from the French and introduced by Alex de Jonge.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Paddington : 1977

Seller ID: 24110

ISBN-13: 9780448221861

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

106 pp, + 6 pages of b&w illustrations, 11" H. " 'France, armee, tete d'armee, Josephine - .' These were the strangely moving, strangely revealing last words spoken by Napoleon Bonaparte as he lay dying on the isle of St. Helena in 1821. Ever since, they have contributed to the popular heroic image of the man who commanded the loyalty of millions, conquered almost the whole of Europe and lost the woman he loved. But his will, reprinted here in facsimile and translated into English for the first time, throws fascinating new light on one of the most enigmatic and extraordinary figures in histo...
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AN AUTUMN ON THE RHINE; OR, SKETCHES OF COURTS, SOCIETY, SCENERY, &c. IN SOME OF THE GERMAN STATES BORDERING ON THE RHINE.

By: (Dodds, Charles Edward.)

Price: $175.00 USD

Publisher: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. : 1818

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30681

Binding: Quarter-Leather

Condition: Very Good -

524 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), medium brown leather spine/corners, maroon leather title block, gilt lettering/decoration on spine, marbled boards. The spine has been professionally and sympathetically replaced at some date, preserving the book in a sturdy, usable state. Fold-out colour map after title page, Errata slip bound in after final text page. Presented as a series of 32 letters, this journal of trip through some early 19th century German states provides information on city and country life, the aristocracy, hunting, duels, fashion, food & drink, architecture, entertainments, manners, etc. So...
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OAKVILLE: A SMALL TOWN, 1900-1930.

By: Ahern, Frances Robin - signed. Edited by Dr. Mary P. Bentley.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Oakville Historical Society / Boston Mills Press : 1981

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 30664

ISBN-13: 9780919822467

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

213 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). Signed on title page: "Frances Robin Ahern". B&w photographs, map. Local history of Oakville, Ontario. Contents: "Beautiful Oakville"; Industries, 1900-1930; The Firefighters; Oakville in Motion; Dundas Street (Trafalgar Road)(Station Road); Educating the Young; Lakeshore Road and Colborne Street (South Side); Lakeshore Road and Colborne Street (North Side); "The Main Street"; Navy Street; Recreation, 1900-1930; An Era of Gracious Living; Appendix - Origin of Street Names; Surveys; Schools; Churches; Banks; The Post Office; The Library; Customs Collection. Interio...
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Image for DRAY PRESCOT: THE KROZAIR CYCLE. 3 VOLUME SET. THE TIDES OF KREGEN (DRAY PRESCOT: 12) / RENEGADES OF KREGEN (DRAY PRESCOT: 13) / KROZAIR OF KREGEN (DRAY PRESCOT: 14).

DRAY PRESCOT: THE KROZAIR CYCLE. 3 VOLUME SET. THE TIDES OF KREGEN (DRAY PRESCOT: 12) / RENEGADES OF KREGEN (DRAY PRESCOT: 13) / KROZAIR OF KREGEN (DRAY PRESCOT: 14).

By: Akers, Alan Burt (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer). (Dray Prescot.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Daw

Edition: First Printings

Inscription: Not Signed

Seller ID: 29472

Binding: Soft Covers

Condition: Very Good -

3 volume set - 7" H - mass market paperbacks. 1. Dray Prescot: 12 - The Tides of Kregen, 208 pp - 1976, first printing. 2. Dray Prescot: 13 - Renegade of Kregen, 192 pp - 1976, first printing. 3. Dray Prescot: 14 - Krozair of Kregen, 223 pp - 1977, first printing. "Of all the honors that Dray Prescot, Earthman, had won during his fabulous adventures on Kregen, planet of Antares in Scorpio, none were valued by him more than his membership in the Order of the Krozairs of Zy. The Krozairs were the highest order of chivalry on that turbulent planet, dedicated men, warriors of stern convicti...
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PICTORIAL BRIGHTON 1859-1984.

By: Andrews, Margaret, et al.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Brighton, Ontario, : 1984

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28860

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

127 pp, 12 1/4" H. Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with photographs, drawings, advertisements. A local history of Brighton, Ontario. Contents: Mayor's Message; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Historical Sketch; Travel Through the Years; Architectural Heritage; Church Life; Education; Historical Events; Agriculture; Sports and Recreation; Serving Brighton; Industries; Presqu'ile. Gift inscription in ink on free front endpaper, top corner of free front endpaper is clipped - also has a very small tear and erasure mark, bump at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has m...
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COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II, 1942-1943. POSTER BOOK.

By: Angelucci, Enzo and Matricardi, Paolo.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Military Press : 1988

Seller ID: 30765

ISBN-13: 9780517665787

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

63 pp, folio (15 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with full and double page 3-view colour drawings, b&w photographs. Brief histories of each aircraft and technical details. This volume: Nakajima Ki-44; Kawasaki Ki-61; Kawanishi N1K; Martin B-26; Grumman TBF; North American P-51B; Martin Baltimore; Republic P-47; Yakovlev Yak-9; Tupolev Tu-2; IAR 80; Focke Wulf Fw.190 F; Heinkel He.219; Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XII; Supermarine Seafire; Messerschmitt Me.410; Fairey Firefly; Hawker Hurricane Mk.IV; Junkers Ju.188; Reggiane Re.2002; Fiat G.55; Macchi MC 205; Reggiane RE.2005. Interior - clean and t...
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SOLDIER ON: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

By: Ansell, Mike, Colonel Sir - inscribed. Foreword By H.R.H. The Prince Philip.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Peter Davies : 1973

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 27028

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

180 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). **Inscribed on half title page: "G_____ A_____ Best wishes Mike Ansell Oct. 14th 1973". B&w plates. "In June, 1940, when Colonel Mike had just been awarded the D.S.O. and was the youngest Commanding Officer in the Army, disaster struck: he was blinded in a hail of bullets at St Valery. The way he has overcome this handicap, and other more heartbreaking losses, is the inspiring theme of this book. For Colonel Mike has never failed to 'soldier on' in the face of adversities that would have broken lesser men. Whether catching salmon on the Torridge in Devon, cr...
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MOMENTS OF MEMORY: RECOLLECTIONS AND IMPRESSIONS.

By: Asquith, Herbert.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Hutchinson : 1937

Edition: Second Impression.

Seller ID: 29238

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

382 pp, 9 1/2" H. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. B&w illustrations. The author's memories of his father, Herbert H. Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1908-1916. Contents: Cricket at Keats Grove; Early Friends; Grasmere and London; The Journey to Scotland; Fact and Fancy; A New Outlook; Winchester; Some Oxford Characters; A Generous Settlement; Asquith and Balfour; Force and Ferment; A Poet in Revolt; The Outbreak of War; Flanders in 1915; Men and Problems; The Somme and Whitehall; Arras and Passchendaele; The Battle in the Mist; Lord Oxford in Later Years; Index....
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RIVER OF LIFE.

By: Ballard, Joy Mackinnon. Signed.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Self-published : 1983

Edition: 4th Printing

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 29586

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good -

72 pp, 8 1/2" H. Signed on back of title page: "Joy M. Ballard". "This collection of verses expressing some of my thoughts and feelings, is presented in the hope that it may be of help to someone, by bringing back memories, evoking a smile, lifting a spirit, stimulating positive thinking, or renewing a faith." "Joy Mackinnon Ballard was born in Toronto on April 23, 1922. She was educated at Brank-some Hall School in Toronto, received her B.A. degree from Victoria College, University of Toronto and her M.D. degree from the University of Toronto Medical School." Mother and doctor, "(s)he was...
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THE EMPIRE IS MARCHING: A STUDY OF THE MILITARY EFFORT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 1800-1945.

By: Barclay, Glen St. J.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson : 1976

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25467

ISBN-13: 9780297771258

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

276 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w plates. "(A) study of the military strength of Britain and her Empire during the Boer War, First World War and Second World War. Dr Barclay evaluates the contributions of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, and the changing roles played by the colonies during times of crisis. He explains British attitudes to colonial troops - Australian indiscipline and New Zealand thoroughness - and the lack of diplomacy on the part of British military leaders when dealing with their colonial counterparts. After the South Africa War the British government should hav...
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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC FROM "FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SPRING".

By: Barker, Cicely Mary. Music by Olive Linnell.

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: London, Blackie & Son

Seller ID: 30066

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

Unpaginated (approx. 52 pp.), 9 3/4" H. No publication date present, but inscription on front free endpaper is dated Xmas 1926, so probably the first edition. Blue cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards with dark blue lettering and pasted on "Speedwell Fairy" illustration on front board. 12 delightful, colour plates tipped in (including frontispiece) - all in very good condition. B&w drawings by C.M.B. on title and final page. Music notation for voice and piano. Includes: The Song of the Primrose Fairy; The Song of the Windflower Fairy; The Song of the Groundsel Fairy; The Song of the Lor...
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THE SOLDIERS OF LONDON. IMPERIAL SERVICES LIBRARY VOLUME VI.

By: Barnes, R. Money, Major.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Seeley, Service : 1963

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29430

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

376 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings, color plates. "(N)ot only a military history of every regiment which was first formed in London, but also describes the uniforms they wore and the various changes and modifications introduced from time to time during more than three hundred years of service. The story of these many regiments is of absorbing interest, whether it is about volunteers, territorials or regular troops, and is enhanced by sixty-six full page illustrations in line in the text, eight in sepia, and twelve superb plates in full colour. There is al...
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RIDLEY: THE STORY OF A SCHOOL. 2 VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE.

By: Beattie, Kim. With collaboration in research by A.H. Griffith Introduction by Arthur L. Bishop.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: St Catharines, Ontario, Ridley College : 1963

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28679

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

Volume One: 612 pp.- Volume Two's pagination runs 613-1265, 9 1/4" H, black boards with gilt lettering and school crest on front boards, orange spines with black title blocks/gilt lettering. Black endpapers with illustration by Edward Goodall. B&w photographs, reproductions. A history of Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ontario. Light rubbing and soiling on boards and spines. Volume One has minor discoloration at top corner of front board. Volume Two has faint foxing marks on front board, one slight corner bump. Slipcase has moderate wear and rubbing, one top rear corner is bumped.
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Image for THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE: ITS RECORD IN EARLY PRINTED BOOKS PUBLISHED IN FACSIMILE. A CATALOUGE OF THE FIRST 143 VOLUMES NOW OUT, REPRODUCING ALL TITLE-PAGES AND A LIST OF FORTHCOMING VOLUMES OF THE 3rd GROUP (1969).

THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE: ITS RECORD IN EARLY PRINTED BOOKS PUBLISHED IN FACSIMILE. A CATALOUGE OF THE FIRST 143 VOLUMES NOW OUT, REPRODUCING ALL TITLE-PAGES AND A LIST OF FORTHCOMING VOLUMES OF THE 3rd GROUP (1969).

By: Beattie, W., et al, editors.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Amsterdam / New York, Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm / Da Capo Press : 1969

Seller ID: 29231

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

Unpaginated, 9" H. Red cloth, dark blue title blocks with gilt lettering on spine and front board, and gilt overlapping E's (for "English Experience") on front board. Reproduces, in b&w, the title pages of the 143 books reproduced in facsimile for this series (to date of printing) and lists the 69 volumes projected for the Third Group. Faint cigarette odor, previous owner's name/date on front pastedown, small crease/tear at bottom corner of last text page - archivally taped, slight bump at top/bottom of spine, tiny bump/tear at top edge of rear board, small remainder mark on bottom of text ...
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Image for A LITTLE PORTFOLIO ILLUSTRATING SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN FINE ENGLISH EARTHENWARE AND ENGLISH BONE CHINA NOW BEING SHOWN BY BEESHY'S, THE CHINA SHOP, RIDGEWAY, ONTARIO.

A LITTLE PORTFOLIO ILLUSTRATING SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN FINE ENGLISH EARTHENWARE AND ENGLISH BONE CHINA NOW BEING SHOWN BY BEESHY'S, THE CHINA SHOP, RIDGEWAY, ONTARIO.

By: Beeshy's , The China Shop.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Ridgeway, Ontario, Beeshy's, The China Shop

Seller ID: 29177

Binding: Card covers in wire Binding

Condition: Very Good -

48 pp, 9 3/4" H. Orange card covers with black lettering/illustration on front cover. No date, but the text references two patterns introduced in 1937 and there is a printed note on the back cover stating that the Wire-o-binding was patented 1936. B&w photographs of the shop (exterior & interior) and the proprietors, plus b&w (and a few colour) photographs of china (Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Johnson Bros., Adams, etc.). Short historiesy of the store, the family, the decoration of English china. Pages 12-48 show examples of some of the different patterns carried with descriptions. "The Rom...
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NAVAL BATTLES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

By: Bennett, Geoffrey. Preface by Rodney M. Bennett.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: London, Penguin : 2001

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 22923

ISBN-13: 9780141390871

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good -

310 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H). B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "With the call to action stations of August 1914, the Royal Navy faced its greatest test since the time of Nelson. Geoffrey Bennett's classic history of the Great War at sea combines graphic and stirring accounts of all the principal naval engagements - battles overseas, in home waters and, for the first time, under the sea - with analysis of the strategy and tactics of both sides. He brings these sea battles dramatically to life, and confirms the Allied navies' vital contribution to victory. In his words, 'Though the titantic s...
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Condition: Very Good -