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New York: Doubleday, 1979. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Quarter bound red cloth dark gray boards with gilt on spine, 189 pages with cartoon illustrations through-out, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition price clipped, with some rubbing/letterin fading to spine, now in Mylar. "Humiston's Law: When you are up to your ass in alligators, it is hard to remember that your origninal intention was to drain the swamp." Check out the scans. . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by George Booth; . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Thomas Nelson, 2000. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover/trade, flat uncreased spine, square clean and tight, iii, 507 pages, Near Fine condition. "With wit and candor, bestselling author J. Stephen Lang expertly guides you on a fascinating exploration of those things "seen through a mirror dimly." Digging deep into the rich history of Christian thinking & surveying important figures, biblical references, and popular culture, Lang compiles an easy-to-read, comprehensive list to satisfy curiosity and increase your knowledge on such subjects as: What does the Bible actually say about guardian angels? Why is hell described as "fire and brimstone"? What is Limbo? What (and where) is the "seventh heaven"? In 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Angels, Demons, and the Afterlife, romp through history & the Bible learning key scriptural passages & helpful info on such matters as the afterlife in… Leer más

London: Taschen, 2002. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Glossy pictorial hard cover, headband, 767 glossy pages, illustrated in colour, illustrated end papers, no names. Check out the scans.. 2002 Edition . Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jackets as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine Books, 1984. ----Quarter bound in black cloth red boards golt on spine, headband, with "Review Copy" card loosely laid in as well as stamped "Review Copy on ffep, (x) 259 pages, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "The only defence against the weapons of the future is to prevent them ever being used. In other words, the problem is political and not militay at all. Upon us, the heirs to all the past and the trustees of a future which our folly can slay before its birth, lies a responsiblity no other age has ever known. If we fail in our generation, those who come after us may be too few to rebuild the world, when the dust of the cities has descended, and the radiation of the rocks has died away." Contents include: Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke / Beyond the Global Village / New Communications and the Developing World / In the Hall of the Knights / To Russia, with Love --- / War and Peace in the Space Age / Electronics and Education / A Flash of… Leer más

Burlington Ont: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc., 2000. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover/trade, square clean and tight, flat uncreased spine, 160 pages with b & w photos through-out plus 8 pages of full colour photos, Near Fine condition. before we start / The Sex Pistols / The Clash / The Damned / The Vibrators / The Buzzcocks / Siouxsie & The Banshees / Subway Sect / The Adverts / The Boys / Chelsea / Eater / Generation X / The Lurkers / Johnny Moped / Penetration / Sham 69 / Slaughter and The Dogs / The Slits / Wire / X-Ray Spex / Elvis Costello and The Attractions / Ian Dury / The Maniacs / John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett / Radio Stars / Tom Robinson Band / The Stranglers / The Table / Big in Japan / Blunt Instrument / Boomtown Rats / The Flys / London / The Nipple Erectors / The Rezillos / Rikki and The Last Days of Earth / The Ruts / The Shapes / U.K. Subs / Vice Squad / last words. Check out the scans. . Assumed 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo.

Orillia, Ont.: Orillia Rotary Club, 1970. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large stapled soft cover, 46 pages with 12 pages of b & w photos, Near Fine condition, SIGNED & inscribed by editior. Contents include: Orillia Rotary Club Charter Night Tuesday, December 4, 1945 / The History of the Rotary Club of Orillia, Ontario, Canada. No. 6121, District 701 / How We Spent Our Money / Sports Days from 1945 to 1970 / Former Members / Highlights 1945 - 1970 / Orillia Rotary Presidents 1945 - 1970 (photos) / Rotarians & Rotary Anns of Orillia - 1970 (photos) / plus. Check out the scans. . Signed By Editor. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Cambridge, ON, Canada: Conservation Lands of Ontario, 1998. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large metal spiral bound soft cover, tight square and clean, 104 pages illustrated with colour maps plus a 17'' by 10'' fold out map in colour, former owners inscription on front end paper, faint edge wear, Near Fine condition. Contents include: Intro / How to Use This Guide / Pull-out Locator Map / Major Trail Links / Trail Descriptions / Grand River Conservation / Halton Region Conservation / Hamilton Region Conservation / Niagara Peninsula Conservation / Long Point Region Conservation / References / Trip Planning / Trail Features At a Glance / index. Check out the scans. . First Edition. Metal Spiral Bound Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Sumter SC: Designs By Gloria & Pat, 1990. ----- # 013101 - The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover (roughly) 12" by 8 1/2" (inches) 40 pages (cover to cover) Very Good Plus condition with partial price sticker front top right corner (not a pull). Check out the scans. . Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto: Viking Canada, 2003. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Dark grey cloth with silver lettering, headband, xiv, 240 pages, SIGNED (without inscription) on title page, "With her trademark wry wit & observation, Joanne Thomas Yaccato explains the reality of women's consumer DNA. Through The 80% Minority, she provides a critically important 'gender lens' that companies need to develop in order to create authentic products, services & business strategies that fully engage the attention & loyalty of women consumers." Check out the scans. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Almonte, Ontario: Algrove Pub., 2001. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover (roughly) 9" by 6" (inches), flat uncreased spine, square true tight & clean, 396 pages including diagrams & illustrations through-out, Near Fine condlition. "In this 1904 sequel to his enormously successful 1899 book, 1800 Mechanical Movements & Devices, Hiscox adds yet more new & different devices, frequently dealing with them in combination. This is an excellent compendilum of mechanisms for anyone active in mechanical design, jig & fitxture design, model building, or simplified methods of work." Check out the scans. . 2001 Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chancellor Press, 1993. -----Glossy pictorial hard cover, 256 glossy pages filled with full colour photos, no names. "Illustrated withover 450 colour photographs, the 230 page alphabetical section describes several thousands of plants, including many varieties that have been introduced quite recently but have already proven themselves in terms of quality & popularity. To complete the book there are sections on garden planning, selecting plants for different sites & purposes & coping with different pests & diseases, plus a comprehensive index of common plant names, making the A-Z of Popular Garden Plants an invaluable work of reference for beginners & experienced gardeners alike." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. 1st Chancellor Press Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Phaidon, 1999. -----012538 - The scan you see is the book you get. Large quarter bound grey cloth hard cover (roughly) 12" by 12" (inches) head band, unpaginated filled with photos and drawings, Near Fine condition with minor rubbing/edge wear to back boards. Canadian orders, because of the Fuel Surcharge by the Post Office, may be asked for extra shipping. Check out the scans. . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart-Bantam-Seal Books, 1982. -----Square tight and clean, flat spine, 566 pages, no names, minor edge wear, check out the scans. . 1st Seal Books Edition 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Toronto: Simon & Pierre Pub Co Ltd, 1989. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover/trade, clean square and tight, flat uncreased spine, 261 pages with photos, also includes two page hand written letter signed by Doris Pennington, the letter includes corrections, two lines left out by the printer. So consider this the errata. Book is in Very Good Plus condition with sticker shadow/mark on front cover tip right corner. Check out the scans. . With Signed Letter Enclosed . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo.

New York: Signet, 1980. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Tight clean and square soft cover, flat spine, 522 pages, Very Good Plus to Near Fine condition with minor edge wear/spine crease. Contents include: (essays; lyrics; stories): Intro / Personality Craze by Jules Abels / Coolidge Prosperity by Frederick Lewis Allen / Where the Booze Came From by Herbert Asbury / Early Radio Succerss by Erik Barnoluw / The Popularity of the Tabloid: The Daily News of 1926 by Simon Michael Bessie / Era of Wonderful Nonsense by Allen Churchill / Revolution In Baseball: Ruth Reaches New York by Robert W. Creamer / Popular Music of the Decade by David Ewen / Woman As Consumer: Advertising in the 1920s by Stuart Ewen / Smoking & Dancing as Symbols of Liberation by Paula S. Fass / Film as Big Business by Lewis Jacobs / Trial of the Twenties by Paul Sann / New Social Types by Elizabeth Stevenson / The Egg by Sherwood Anderson / "Thers's Money in Poetry" by Konrad Bercovici / Night Club by… Leer más

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover, unpaginated, filled with b & w photos and illustrations, with articles through out, SIGNED by 1977 "BLUE ANGLES" (all 8 signatures) & 1976 "CANADIAN SNOWBIRDS" (all 9 signatures) on title pages, plus further autographs (of War Veterans) through out the book: some are "Pete Parish" FM-2 NIPP, "John T. Baugh" P-51 N2251D, "Scott Smith" GE GE II N5449V, Col. "Charles L. Hutchins" ? AI-113, "Harry Hub" Flt. Eng. Gunner, plus others that I can not make out. (signed at Mount Hope Airport, Hamilton, Ont. Canada). The book is in Very Good condition with minor edge wear/rubbing, an unnecessary piece of clear tape on inside front hinge, two small stickers on ffep ( The Canadian Flag & "Panavia Tornado") Check out the scans.. Signed. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated with b & w… Leer más

Great Britain: Patrick Stephens, 1993. -----Black cloth with gilt on spine, 192 pages including 25 pages of b & w photos, no names, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "Providing for the mass production of trained aircrew across the free world, it involved 'horse-trading' on a global scale against a backdrop of international currencies, lend-lease agreements, manufacturing opportunities, commercial gain, politics, burenucracy, and, of course, Service rivalry. The author, himself a product of the scheme, blends the reminiscences of people who were there with the details of the political struggles amidst the escatlating demand for aircrew." Contents include: Foreword by Lord Barber / Glossary / Prologue / A seed is sown: The background to the scheme / The enemy / Suthern Rhodesia - the opening bat! / Canada - The big deal / Arrival back home / American involvement / Training For Action / Wireless operators, air gunners / The Joint Air Training Plan in… Leer más

London: Chatto & Windus, 2002. -----Bound in red cloth with gilt on spine, (xxii) 516 pages plus 16 pages of colour plates, full colour illustrated end papers, with b & w illustrations, no names, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "In an intricate, expertly crafted mixture of narratilve and theme, Peter Ackroyd travels through time & across cultural categories as he seeks out the roots & the essence of our aesthetic imagination. With an irrepressible curiousity & contagious enthusiasm, he moves from Beowulf to Virginia Woolf, Hogarth to Hockney, Inigo Jones to Edwin Lutyens, Purcell to Vaughan Williams. His lively biographical sketches and incisive exegeses of the work of figures both well known & less familiar deepen our understanding and appreciation of our inherited culture. It is a journey thorugh unexpected treasures, which includes a thought-provoking look at immigration and assimilation & a delightful digression into the English obesession with… Leer más

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover (roughly) 9" by 6" (inches). clean square & tight, flat uncreased spine, vi, 244 pages plus 10 pages of b & w photos, Near Fine condtition. "Although much has been written about the production & consumption of alcohol in Imperial Russia, Profesor Herlihy's book offers the first systematic study of the efforts made by various actors - state officials and oppositionist politicians, doctors & clergy, women & tempereance activists - to contain the scourge." (G. L. Freeze). Contents include: Intro / Singing Ones's Way to Sobriety: The State's Guardianship / Drugs Are Our Business: Physicians Stake a Claim on Therapies / Battling Booze: Strategies for Sobriety in the Military / The Church's New Social Mission / Women's Physical & Politcal Use of Alcohol / Tea and Symphony: The Laity Mobilizes against Alcohol / Conclusion /; Epilogue / notes /… Leer más

Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1981. ------012633 - The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover (roughly) 11 3/4" by 8 3/4" (inches) flat uncreased spine, 181 pages, tight square & true, Very Good with back cover wrinkle line & along bottom edge and up front corner an inch a coffee stain (does not go on page margins) "This book tells the story of Hamilton's working people. The authors have rummaged through attics & archives to dust off rare photographs & documents which bring Hamilton Labour history alive. Hamilton is the capital city of Canadian industrialism & the photographs & interviews in this book dramatize the transformation in workplace life over a century of mechanization & corporate concentration." Check out the scans.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Oblong.