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ANZIO: EDGE OF DISASTER.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Elsevier-Dutton, New York, 1978, first edition.:

Seller ID: 24268

181 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0525930035 B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "What really went on at Anzio? What was the Allied plan when, on 22 January 1944, the invading force waded ashore virtually unopposed by the Germans? In clear and compelling detail, this book gives the answers. It recounts the two battles at Anzio - the high-level plans, debates and doubts of the politicians and the generals, and the muddy, bloody struggle of the GIs on the b e a c h ." Slight bumpwith wrinkling at top/bottom of spine - tiny tear at bottom of spine, slight corne...
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THE HIGH WORLD.

By: Bemelmans, Ludwig.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1954

Seller ID: 30124

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

113 pp, 9 1/4" H. Orange/brown cloth with white lettering on spine, blue illustration on front board. Blue & white pictorial endpapers, b&w drawings, colour plates. By the author/illustrator of the Madeline books. "High in the mountains of the Austrian Tyrol lived the Amrainer family. They lived in a cabin wedged in among the boulders, and their life was simple and happy. But one day the Amrainers' peaceful existence was disrupted. They had gone down to the little village to spend Christmas with their relatives, the Maybocks, who kept the inn - but as the two families were sitting down to ...
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THE BUFFALO PEOPLE: PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY ON THE CANADIAN PLAINS.

By: Bryan, Liz.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Edmonton, University of Alberta Press: 1991

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 29909

ISBN: 0888642210

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

215 pp, 9" H. B&w and colour photographs, b&w drawings/diagrams. "The prehistoric nomadic inhabitants of Canada had no writing, no large settlements, and very little in the way of lasting material things. Before Europeans came to North America they had no guns, no horses, no hard metals. What clues we have come primarily from the work of archaeologists sifting through the buried evidence - little bits of stone and bone and pottery, refuse heaps and fire pits, ancient villages and burials, fingerprints and prehistoric blood. Yet theirs is a long and triumphant story of survival, a story that ...
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THE MAGICAL ARTS: A SHORT HISTORY

By: Burland, C. A.

Price: $32.50 USD

Publisher: London, Arthur Barker: 1966

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 25897

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

196 pp, 8vo (8 11/16" H). B&w illustrations. "From the earliest time man has been fascinated by visions and dreams, and by the discovery that there were men who could, by magical powers, improve a crop or foretell the weather. As civilization grew there were demands for knowledge which would give control over other men or protection from the wiles of enemies. The study of magic and counter magic became important in the policy of states. Later magic was denounced as a work of the Devil, and then the Devil himself was demoted to become a laughing stock. Yet even nowadays there exist in the...
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THEY FOUND A CAVE. OXFORD CHILDREN'S LIBRARY NO. 5,

By: Chauncy, Nan.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1963

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 27966

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

195 pp, small 8vo (7 7/8" H). B&w illustrations by Margaret Horder, dust jacket design by William Stobbs. "The events related in the following pages take place in Tasmania, which is also the author's home; and the cave which is so vividly described actually exists. In the story a family of English children, with a Tasmanian friend, live in the cave for a few months. Their subsequent adventures are exciting, but they soon learn what it is to be hungry and cold, though they do their best to keep a 'no grumbling' rule. It is the practicality of their wild life, as well as its excitment, that...
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CASTLES IN SPAIN: A FLYING TRIP FROM AUSTRALIA TO EUROPE WITH SOME QUIXOTICAL PEREGRINATIONS IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA IN QUEST OF FACTS.

By: Clune, Frank.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, Angus and Robertson: 1953

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 12845

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

240 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). Map endpapers, b&w photographs, maps. "(R)anges over a wide variety of scenes, history, and great personages. The famous Good Friday processions at Seville, the great Prado museum, the caves of Altamira, the gipsies, the appearance of a land still recovering from the ravages of civil war - all these are subjects for Frank Clune's vivid description. He writes, too, of Spain's great past; of the Christian Reconquest after the period of Moorish domination; of Ferdinand and Isabella, the 'Catholic Sovereigns'; of Magellan and Columbus; of Cervantes and El Greco. But wheth...
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SECRET COUNTRY TRILOGY. 1. THE SECRET COUNTRY. 2. THE HIDDEN LAND. 3. THE WHIM OF THE DRAGON. 3 VOLUME SET.

By: Dean, Pamela C. Cover art by Dawn Wilson (1) and Dean Morrissey (2 & 3).

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Ace, New York, (1985, 2nd/1986, Ist/1989, Ist printing).:

Seller ID: 11390

293 pp, 202 pp, 328 pp, - mass market paperbacks - 3 volumes. "The Land of Unicorns was just an imaginary place...They'd made it up one day while enacting a fantasy role-playing game, and filled it with sorcerous creatures, enchanted swords, and dragon kings. Then they found the sword under the hedge, and the Secret Country became all too real. The magic was real, the swords drew real blood, and the Dragon King was their sworn enemy..." Interiors - pages browning lightly, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks, Exteriors - light edge wear, spines flat and uncreased. V...
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VERCORS CAVES. CLASSIC FRENCH CAVING - VOL. 1.

By: Marshall, Des.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: Leicester, Cordee: 1993

Seller ID: 22091

ISBN: 1871890713

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

100 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and maps. "The Vercors is a spectacular limestone area just to the south west of Grenoble with a large diversity of scenery. Beneath its rugged mountains huge areas of bare lapiaz (limestone pavements) are host to some of the most dramatic caving in France. The Antre de Damnes, for example, descends to 720m including a fine 205m pitch whereas Scialet de Pot 2 is one of the deepest shafts in France at 319m. The mountain sides are covered in fine conifers that give way to deciduous woods in which there are wonderful displa...
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CASTLEGUARD.

By: Muir, Dalton and Ford, Derek. Foreword by J. Keith Fraser.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, Ministry of Environment: 1985

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28540

ISBN: 0660117908

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Unpaginated, oblong (8 3/4" H x 11 1/4" D). 113 colour photographs, plus three maps. "Beside the Columbia Icefield, in Banff National Park, lies a narrow valley. One end of the valley is a barren arctic waste, newly formed by the retreat of the ice ages. Gradually, it grades into an alpine meadow and then into a northern coniferous forest. The valley and the glaciers around it gell the story of how the landscapes of Canada were formed, from the great ice ages to this summer's flowers. Partway down the valley there is a cave mouth, the sole entrance to an enormous complex of vaults and pa...
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MANNERS AND MONUMENTS OF PREHISTORIC PEOPLES.

By: Nadaillac, The Marquis de. Translated by Nancy Bell (N. D'Anvers).

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1892

Edition: First American Edition

Seller ID: 29613

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

412 pp, 8 3/4" H. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering/decoration on front board, top edge gilt. 113 b&w illustrations, including tissue-covered frontispiece. Contents: The Stone Age, its Duration, and its Place in Time; Food, Cannibalism, Mammals, Fish, Hunting and Fishing, Navigation; Weapons, Tools, Pottery - Origin of the Use of Fire, Clothing, Ornaments - Early Artistic Efforts; Caves, Kitchen-Middings, Lake Stations, "Terremares", Crannoges, Burghs, "Nurhags", "Talayoti", and "Truddhi"; Megalithic Monuments; Industry, Commerce, Social Organization - Fights, Wounds ...
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CELTIC SACRED LANDSCAPES.

By: Pennick, Nigel.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson: 1996

Seller ID: 29080

ISBN: 0500016666

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

224 pp, 9 3/4" H. B&w drawings. "From the original Celtic site of the castle at Tintagel, passing through the sacred forest of Broceliande in Brittany and on to the monastery of Scelig Mhichil off the coast of Ireland, Nigel Pennick takes us on an exhilarating spiritual and historical tour of the Celtic holy places of Europe. He delves into the mystery and lore behind the power of sacred trees and stones; springs and wells as places of healing; holy mountains as centres of geomythic energies; sacred caves; holy islands; sanctified earthworks and cities; paths and trackways; places for demon...
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IN THE GREAT WHITE LAND: A TALE OF THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN.

By: Stables, Gordon, Dr., R.N. Illustrations by Ambrose de Walton.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Blackie & Son, London, n.d.:

Seller ID: 19738

288 pp, 7 1/4" H, hard cover in dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and 3 b&w plates. The adventures of two boys, Charlie and Walt, who sail on the barque 'Walrus' to the Arctic and Antarctic. Browning to endpapers, very light browning to pages, lig ht browning small foxing marks and light soiling to edges of textblock, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, one page with tiny edge tear, light edge wear to boards. Dust jacket several large chips, several closed tears - some archivally tape d , c r e a s e s on front panel, moderate rubbing/soiling on rear panel, light soiling on spine, crease dow...
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TROUBLE FOR PADDY JOE.

By: Stranger, Joyce.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Collins: 1973

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 9729

ISBN: 0001848267

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

158 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). "Paddy Joe and his Alsatian, Storm, had lived with the Colonel and Tomkin ever since his grandmother's recent death. Now they were to go to an island off the west coast of Scotland for a holiday. It was a superb place for a holiday: beaches, woods, caves and plenty of wild life. And Paddy Joe and Storm found plenty of places to explore - until the day Storm disappeared. They searched and searched, and no trace of the dog could be found. But Paddy Joe was determined not to give up, and finally he found Storm in a disused and forgotten tunnel. But Paddy Joe was now lost,...
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EVERY GIRL'S BOOK OF STORIES.

By: Talbot, Ethel; Methley, Violet M.; Burnett, Yelva; Wynne, May; Avery, Harold; Marchant, Bessie; Rutley, C. Bernard.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons:

Seller ID: 19797

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

160 pp, small 4to (10 3/16" H) - pictorial boards. No date - c1927. 6 colour plates, numerous b&w illustrations. Contents: The Ghost of the Camp; "The Ostrich"; A Princess from Kensington; Carol and the Cave-Ghost; Just Patsy's Way; Two Christmas Frocks; The Young Pretender; It Was Up To Jill; The Green Necklace; Won By A Head; Prometheus and Pandora. Scattered faint foxing marks on pages, moderate edge wear to boards, a few tiny scuffs on boards, light rubbing, small light liquid mark on front board and three on bottom of textblock/rear board, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, wear and sli...
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THE TREASURE OF THE ISLE OF MIST: A TALE OF THE ISLE OF SKYE. OXFORD CHILDREN'S LIBRARY NO. 18.

By: Tarn, W.W.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1959

Seller ID: 27970

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

150 pp, small 8vo (7 7/8" H). B&w illustrations by Margery Gill, dust jacket design by William Stobbs. First printing of this book in the Oxford Children's Library series (first published in 1919). "Fiona, living on the beautiful Isle of Skye with its caves and shores, its moorlands and ever-changing mists, sets out on a quest for faery treasure. Her search begins with her determination to find the Urchin who, because he has shot at birds with his catapult, has been carried away by the Little People. Under the wise guidance of the kind and learned Student, it develops into a search for so...
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THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE.

By: Wagner, Richard. Translated by Margaret Armour.

Price: $250.00 USD

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1920

Edition: New Impression.

Seller ID: 29590

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

160 pp, 10" H. Taupe-coloured cloth with black lettering/decoration on spine and front board, black publisher's emblem on rear board. Pictorial endpapers, b&w vignettes, 34 colour plates (including frontispiece), tipped in on heavy stock with borders, tissue covers bearing captions (all present). This book contains the first two parts of 'The Ring of the Niblung', i.e.: 'The Rhinegold: Prelude' and 'The Valkyrie: First Day of the Trilogy'. This English translation of Richard Wagner's epic opera is enhanced by Arthur Rackham's beautiful, detailed illustrations, which bring to life the gods, g...
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THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE.

By: Wagner, Richard. Translated by Margaret Armour.

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: London, William Heinemann: 1918

Edition: New Impression.

Seller ID: 30555

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

160 pp, 10 1/8" H. Brown cloth with gilt lettering/decoration on spine and front board, blind stamped publisher's emblem on rear board, top edge brown. Pictorial endpapers, b&w vignettes, 34 colour plates, tipped in on heavy stock with borders, tissue covers bearing captions (all present). This book contains the first two parts of 'The Ring of the Niblung', i.e: 'The Rhinegold: Prelude' and 'The Valkyrie: First Day of the Trilogy'. This English translation of Richard Wagner's epic opera is enhanced by Arthur Rackham's beautiful, detailed illustrations, which bring to life the gods, goddesses...
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Image for THE TOM AUSTEN CANADIAN MYSTERY COLLECTION. (CONTAINS: MURDER ON THE CANADIAN; VANCOUVER NIGHTMARE; THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN BOY; AND, THE KOOTENAY KIDNAPPER.)

THE TOM AUSTEN CANADIAN MYSTERY COLLECTION. (CONTAINS: MURDER ON THE CANADIAN; VANCOUVER NIGHTMARE; THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN BOY; AND, THE KOOTENAY KIDNAPPER.)

By: Wilson, Eric.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: Prospero, (Toronto, 1999), Ist printing.:

Seller ID: 13707

241 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illus. by Richard Row. "Now, for the first time, four of Wilson's bestselling Tom Austen mysteries are collected in a single, spectacular volume. In each of these gripping, suspenseful stories, a different region of Canada comes to life in settings so authentic that readers will share in every detail of these intriguing and exhilarating adventures." Very light wrinkling at top of spine. Dust jacket has minor wrinkling at top of spine. VG+/NF
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