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THE VICTORY, 1941-1945. LA VICTORIE.

By: N/A

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Novosti Press Agency, n.p., 1975.:

Seller ID: 5172

124 pp, folio, hard cover (pictorial boards - no dust jacket). Pictorial endpapers, profusely illustrated with b&w photos and maps/battle plans, fold-outs at front and rear. A photographic record of Russia during The Great Patriotic War (World War II). Trilingual text - Russian/English/French. Contents: Introduction; Thwarting "Operation Typhoon"; The Sword of Stalingrad; 900 Heroic Days; Exploits on the Home Front Matching the Front-Line Heroism; The Collapse of "Operation Citad e l " ; A n E delweiss that Never Flowered; The Whole Nation Took to Arms; Liberation; The F...
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PIGOT & CO.S BRITISH ATLAS: COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND ...

By: N/A

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: London, Salamander: 2000

Edition: Facsimile of 1840 edition, slightly Redu

Seller ID: 23979

ISBN: 1840652551

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Unpaginated, Folio (13 5/8" H). Facsimile of 1840 edition, slightly reduced in size. Remainder of title: "(Upon Which Are Load Down All Railways Completed And In Progress), With Large Sheet Map of England And Wales (endpapers), And A Circular One Of The Country Round London: The Whole Engraved On Steel Plates. Accompanied By Topographical And Statistical Accounts Of Each County; Railway Information; Tables Of Distances Of The Principal Towns In Great Britain; And An Itinerary Of The Most Useful And Generally Travelled Routes Throughout The United Kingdom." Map endpapers, 39 ful...
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THIS IS CANADAIR. A PICTORIAL VISIT THROUGH ONE OF CANADA'S GREAT AIRCRAFT PLANTS.

By: N/A

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, Canadair:

Seller ID: 28470

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated (20 pp, including covers), 11" H. No date, but circa 1955. B&w photographs. Section headings: This is Canadair; The Royal Canadian Air Force; F-86 Sabre Jet; T-33 Silver Star Trainer; CL-28 Maritime Reconnaissance; Canadair Transports; Engineering; At a Glance; Production; Pre-Flight and Delivery; Spare Parts; Canadair Officers and Senior Executives; Engineering Department; Manufacturing Department; Sales Department. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease at top corner of rear cover, minor soiling on rear cover, minor edg...
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THE POLITICAL PROHIBITIONIST FOR 1888. A HANDBOOK FOR THE AGGRESSIVE TEMPERANCE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.

By: N/A

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Funk & Wagnalls: 1888

Seller ID: 30403

Binding: Quarter-Leather

Condition: Fair

160 pp, 7 5/8" H, leather spine, corners, marbled paper-covered boards, red speckled textblock edges. Section headings include: Prohibition as an Issue; Various Considerations Concerning the Issue Against the Liquor Traffic; Prohibition, to be a Complete Success, Must be National; Success of Prohibition in Practice; Failure of High License; High License Favored and Prohibition Opposed by the Liquor Power; The Democratic Party Committed Against Prohibition; The Republican Party Committed Against Prohibition; Our Political Ledger; Latest State Votes on Prohibition; Progress of the Temperanc...
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DEBRETT'S PEERAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. VOL. II. SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. SIXTEENTH EDITION, CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED.

By: (Debrett)

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Printed by J. Moyes, London, 1825, 16th edition, considerably improved.:

Seller ID: 19372

v-x, 549-1218 pp, + 2 pp ads, 16mo (6 11/16" H), three-quarter leather (leather spine and corners with gold outlines, gold lettering/decoration on spine), paper-covered boards. VOLUME II ONLY. Contents: Peerage of Scotland - Dukes; Marquesses; Ea rls; Viscounts; Barons. Peerage of Ireland - Duke; Marquesses; Earls; Viscounts; Barons; Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland. English titles conferred from the accession of Geroge III; English titles extinct from the accession of George I I I ; E n g l i s h titles extinct, dormant, and in abeyance, from the Conquest; Forfeited English titles...
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DAVID LIVINGSTONE. FAMILY LETTERS 1841-1856. VOLUME TWO: 1849-1856.

By: (Livingstone, David). Edited, with an introduction by I. Schapera.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1959

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24115

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

320 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). VOLUME II ONLY. "David Livingstone's letters are the most important source of information about his activities, beliefs and opinions. The present collection, drawn chiefly from family archives, covers not only the whole of his career as a missionary in Bechuanaland, but also his first great crossing of the continent from Loanda to Quilimane. Extracts from a few have appeared in various biographies, but the great majority have never been published before. Vivid and sometimes extremely outspoken, they contain much detail about his relations with fellow missionarie...
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THE EMPIRE CLUB OF CANADA, ADDRESSES 1982-1983. EIGHTIETH YEAR.

By: A.J. Casson, Sir Edmund Hillary, George Cohon, Thomas J. Bata, Dr. F. Leutwiler, Joe Clark, Peter C. Newman, Peter Pocklington, Barnett Danson, J. Trevor Eyton, Dr. Kazimierz Sabbat, Claude Taylor, Jean Chretien, Claude F. Bennett, et al.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: The Empire Club Foundation: 1984

Seller ID: 28934

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

396 pp, 7 3/8" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine, gilt lettering/emblem on front board. B&w photographs. Contents include: New Directions for the Canadian Economy, by Peter Lougheed; Swiss Monetary Policies - The Case of a Smaller Country, by Dr. F. Leutwiler; The Canadian Economy, by Joe Clark; The Future of the Canadian Establishment, by Peter C. Newman; Reminiscences of the Group of Seven, by A.J. Casson; Commitments and Constraints: Ontario Hydro's Role in Today's Economy, by Hugh L. Macaulay; Let's Make Canada Great Again, by Peter Pocklington; Canada's Military-Indus...
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PRINCE ALBERT: THE FIRST CENTURY, 1866-1966.

By: Abrams, Gary William David.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Council, City of Prince Albert: 1976

Edition: 2nd Printing

Seller ID: 25986

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

389 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w photographs, maps. Inscribed by former mayor, Dick Spence, on front free endpaper. Contents: Preface; A Mission in the Wilderness, 1866-1874; Fastest-Growing Settlement in the North-West, 1874-1881; "The Great City and Railway Centre of the North-West", 1881-1883; Roughest Town in the North-West, 1883; Loyalty in Adversity, 1884; The Rebellion and its Aftermath, 1885; A Railway at Last, 1886-1890; Prosperity Deferred, 1891-1896; Discarding the Old Ways, 1897-1901; The Hard Hand of Destiny, 1902-1906; Slipping Behind, 1906-1910; The White Coal City, 19...
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LONDON UNDER: THE SECRET HISTORY BENEATH THE STREETS.

By: Ackroyd, Peter.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Nan A. Talese / Doubleday: 2011

Edition: Third Printing

Seller ID: 30673

ISBN: 0385531508

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

228 pp, 7 1/4" H. Sepiatone illustrations. "London Under is a wonderful, oozing short study of everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts, and modern tube stations. The depth below is hot, warmer than the surface, and Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures, real and fictional, that dwell in darkness - rats and eels, monsters and ghosts. There is a Bronze Age trackway under the Isle of Dogs, Anglo-Saxon graves rest under St. Paul's, and the monastery of Whitefriar...
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AMERICAN WICKER: WOVEN FURNITURE FROM 1850 TO 1930.

By: Adamson, Jeremy.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Rizzoli: 1993

Seller ID: 23505

ISBN: 0847816702

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

175 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions. Contents: Wicker in History; The Emergence of an American Industry, 1840-1873; The Great Rivals: Wakefield Rattan Company and Heywood Brothers and Company, 1874-1897; Victorian Wicker and the American Home, 1876-1900; The Search for New Materials, Styles, and Meanings in the Progressive Era, 1893-1914; Novel Uses, Technologies, and Designs for the Modern Age, 1915-1930; Wicker in the 1930s. A few tiny dints on bottom edge of both boards. Dust jacket has very light edge wrinkling - mainly at ...
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THE MORNING STAR: NEW AND SELECTED ZEN WRITINGS.

By: Aitken, Robert.

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard, Washington, D.C., (2003), Ist printing.:

Seller ID: 12820

288 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover with self-flaps. "The introduction to this volume offers Robert Aitken's latest presentation of Zen practice, addressing the great matter from a historical and personal perspective. This wonderful, long piece is followed by twenty-nine essays, gathered into three sections: 'The Basics', 'Commentaries', and 'Reflections'. Aitken has selected some works from his previous books and added much new material never before available in book form. The resulting capstone becomes a book to cherish and study for all people interested in the spiritual path." ...
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HOW GREAT GENERALS WIN.

By: Alexander, Bevin.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Avon: 1995

Seller ID: 24258

ISBN: 0380724367

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

320 pp, 7 7/8" H. B&w photographs, maps. "Undaunted by Hannibal's elephants, Scipio Africanus ordered his outnumbered cavlary to charge directly toward the massive beasts - and, by doing so, saved Rome. Stonewall Jackson struck like lightning throughout the Shenandoah Valley, with occasional feints toward Washington - and so frustrated a numerically superior Union Army. Despite few resouces and even less support from the German High Command, The 'Desert Fox', Erwin Rommel, conducted one of the most spectacular and successful campaigns in military history. In wars throughout the centur...
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ENCHANTMENT'S END. PART THE FOURTH OF THE WELLS OF YTHAN.

By: Alexander, Marc.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: London, Headline: 1992

Edition: First Printing.

Seller ID: 22311

ISBN: 0747238340

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good-

434 pp. "A small group of ill-assorted questers have reached the end of the Pilgrim Path - the resting place of the enchanted Princess Livia, rightful heir to the Empty Throne. But before she can be woken from her hundred years' slumber they must carry her to the fabled Wells of Ythan to bathe in the magical waters which will restore her to consciousness. Also travelling to the Wells is the Regent who rules in her stead - a mercilessly ambitious man infected with a great evil - the poisoned bite of a homunculus threatens his life and sanity. His only hope of a cure for the creeping decay ...
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YESTERDAY'S TOWN: WELLINGTON. A DIARY OF A WEST COUNTRY TOWN IN THE 19th CENTURY.

By: Allen, Gillian.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Buckingham, Barracuda: 1987

Edition: Limited Edition

Seller ID: 27184

ISBN: 0860232921

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

124 pp, small 4to (10 7/16" H). Number 368 of a limited edition. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions. "(I)t is the detail of the 19th century record which attracts us most; the people who lived in specific houses like the Millers, Langleys and Merediths; the controversy about the three posts outside the White Hart Inn; the shops that changed from bank to fishmonger, from watchmaker to cobbler, from Bell Inn to basketmaker; the man who dug a canal in his garden to employ poor people; the ten-year-old who died when her pinny caught fire; the horse that took nine ...
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THE BANTAMS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF WORLD WAR I.

By: Allinson, Sidney.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Mosaic, (Oakville, 1982).:

Seller ID: 14538

287 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. B&w photos. "At the outset of the 1914-18 War, no recruiting officer would look at any young man who was in less than the prime and peak of physical condition...Any volunteer who was less than the regulation five feet three inches in height got very short shrift...But the war was not very old before the official reaction to undersized volunteers had to change dramatically. Britain's Regular Army, the Expeditionary Force, was virtually wiped out in the first months of fighting...This book relates the history of the Bantam Battalions from beginning to ...
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THE BANTAMS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF WORLD WAR I.

By: Allinson, Sidney.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Howard Baker, London, (1981), Ist edition.:

Seller ID: 10508

287 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photos. "At the outset of the 1914-18 War, no recruiting officer would look at any young man who was in less than the prime and peak of physical condition...Any volunteer who was less than the regulation five feet three inches in height got very short shrift...But the war was not very old before the official reaction to undersized volunteers had to change dramatically. Britain's Regular Army, the Expeditionary Force, was virtually wiped out in the first months of fighting...This book relates the history of the Bantam Battalions from beginning ...
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OLIVER HAZARD PERRY AND THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE. REVISED EDITION.

By: Altoff, Gerard T.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Put-in-Bay, Ohio, Perry Group: 1999

Edition: Revised Edition

Seller ID: 19143

ISBN: 1887794034

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

99 pp, 9" H. B&w maps/battle plans, portraits. Appendices - American / British Squadron Armament - 10 September 1813; Roll of Honor. Interior - previous owner's small stamp on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - slight bump at top of spine, tiny soft corner creases on front cover, minor rubbing.
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DEFENDERS OF PAKISTAN.

By: Amin, Mohamed; Quraishy, Masud; Willetts, Duncan; Tetley, Brian.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Midland Counties, (Leicester, 1988).:

Seller ID: 15424

200 pp, 4to (12 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. "Few nations in history came into the world so empty-handed as Pakistan. Born at the stroke of midnight on 14 August 1947, it's bounded in the east by India, in the north by China and the Soviet Union and in the west by Afghanistan and in the south-west by Iran. More recently a simmering war - perhaps the most astonishing one of all - goes on at heights of more than 20,000 feet, in the great H imalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges of northern Pakistan. On its North-West Frontier, the...
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SHIPWRECK AT ST. PIERRE: TRAGEDY AND HEROISM IN SAIL AND STEAM.

By: Andrieux, J.P. Inscribed by author.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: W.F. Rannie, Lincoln, Ontario, 1982.:

Seller ID: 19855

144 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), soft cover. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE: "TO _____ _______ WITH ALL MY BEST WISHES, J. ANDRIEUX, JULY 31st 1983". Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps. Stories of shipwrecks and disasters off the islands of St. Pierre & Michelon. Contents: The islands; Murder and gold; The great storm; A crew scuttles their ship; Fear of the natives; Death on the mast; The war years; A race that didn't take place; Prohibition; Generals aground; A New Year's party is assured; An heroic rescue; A master saves his vessel; Rumrunner aground; Arrival of the...
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WORLD AIRCRAFT: COMMERCIAL, 1935-1960.

By: Angelucci, Enzo and Matricardi, Paolo.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Chicago, Rand McNally: 1979

Seller ID: 16187

ISBN: 528882066

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

317 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with drawings, profiles, insignia, reproductions of posters. Contents: United States; Great Britain; USSR; France; Italy; Germany; Sweden; Japan; Holland; Canada; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Romania; Spain; Argentina; Australia; Switzerland; People's Republic of China; Major Commercial Aircraft; Civil Aviation Registration Letters - 1960; Insignia of the Major Airlines in 1960; Principal Airports of the World - 1960; Engines. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - book lightly cocked, very l...
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