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History of Europe from the fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII

By: ALISON, Sir Archibald

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1855

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 713

Binding: Leather Boards

Condition: Good to Very Good

Only Two of Three volumes present. Covers the years 1815 to 1831. Volume 1 - xv, 441pp, 4pp publisher's ad. Volume 2 - xii, 479pp. No illustrations. Internally unmarked, scattered light foxing throughout, but many pages bright white. Tight, square binding. Leather boards clean and with only minor but. But, both spines are missing and replaced with brown cloth tape. Unpacked weight, 1.885kg. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. [Maximum ...
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The Iron Road: The Wonders of Railway Progress

By: ALLEN, Cecil J.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, John F. Shaw

Edition: First Edition, Presumed

Seller ID: 038533

Binding: Pictorial Cloth

Condition: Good to Very Good

History of the development of Railways, intended for the Juvenile market of its day. Undated, circa 1920s. 1st ed.[?], 8vo, 192pp, numerous photo plates, numerous color plates. Hardcover in red cloth with pictorial front cover and spine. Internally clean and sound. Small ink signature to ffep. Wear to cloth at foot of spine and along spine-edge at back board. No DJ. Weight, 1.026kg.
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Blackpool View Book Circa 1890s

By: ALLINSON'S LIMITED

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Palantine Bldg, Blackpool, Allinson's Limited

Seller ID: 056021

Binding: Card Folder

Condition: Good to Very Good

Small booklet with light blue paper covers and dark blue printing & image to front; Advertising for Allinson's Limited, Palatine Building, Blackpool - Outfitters and Fancy-Goods. Image of the building to the inside of the rearcover. The booklet contains, concertina-style, a number of b&w lithographed Blackpool views extending to 28" - one panorama, 13 views of separate buildinga. The panorama shows th Blackpool Tower, built in 1894. Some of the 9 sections have partially separated and have been re-inforced in places with acid-free tape. Undated, but possible shortly after the the Tower was bu...
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The British Thoroughbred Horse : His History & Breeding together with an Exposition of the Figure System

By: ALLISON, William

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, Grant Richards : 1901

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1687

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good to Very Good

History and background of the British Thoroughbred Horse. xiii, 360pp, 183pp [Part 2] : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Part 2. is list of pedigree of Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger winners. Interior is clean; Part 2 has numerous pencil notes etc., by someone very informed. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are sound, no cracking. Brown cloth with bevelled edges is soiled and darkened but with very little wear.Spine is sun lightened and shows wear to the cloth at its extremities. Scans or further description available. Heavy book weighing 1.703kg.
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Alnwick: Official Guide

By: ALNWICK

Price: $22.50

Publisher: London, Vickery, Kyrle & Co.

Edition: Not Stated

Seller ID: 31372

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

Official Guide Book to the Northumberland County town of Alnwick. Undated, circa late 1920s. 84pp, illustrated, advertising. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Wrappers a little grubby, but not damaged. Some wear to lower part of spine and surface loss to lower 1". Weight, 150g.
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Woman and Home and Good Needlework Magazine; March, 1956

By: AMALGAMATED PRESS

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Amalgamated Press Ltd. : 1956

Seller ID: 045939

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

Single issue of a British magazine for Women and the Home. 'Nora and Tilly' cut-out dolls. 118pp, profusely illustrated, a little colour. Colorful wrappers. Bright, clean and unmarked. Solid stapled binding, some wear to the spine. Light wear. Name in pencil to front. Weight, 258g, pre-packing..
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Jack in the Box

By: ANON

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Raphael Tuck & Sons

Edition: No 1034

Seller ID: 053718

Binding: Card Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

A Victorian children's booklet from Raphael Tuck & Sons used as a complimentary give-away with AAAA Coffeeand One Pund Can of Unrivaled Baking Powder [Sprague, Warner & Co.] - circa 1880s. Rubber stamp to this effect on inside of front wrapper. [8pp], 4 pagesin color litho. Wrappers are die-cut at the top; front wraolper in full color on glossy paper. Minor faults present - very tiny creases & tears - nothing majpr. Plain, light blue rear wrapper is a little grubby. Front wrapper about display quality. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail [Air].
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Submission to the Honourable Ernest Bertrand, K. C., M. P., Minister of Fisheries for Canada By the Fishermen, the Companies, and Others Engaged in and Interested in the Salmon Industry of British Columbia

By: ANON

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Vancouver, : 1945

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28975

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

This item documents early concerns into the decline of fisheries harvests in British Columbia in the form of an appeal to the Canadian Minister of Fisheries. 14pp, printed on one side of the page only. Cloth tape covers stapled spine. Two-hole punched along top margin. Interior is clean and unmarked, Wrappers are a little dusty/soiled. Minor underlining prsent in three places. Weight, 84g.
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Vancouver City Council: May, 1922

By: ANONYMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Vancouver, B. C., No Publication Data : 1922

Seller ID: 053552

Condition: Good to Very Good

Large photograph of the Vancouver City Council, May 1922. May Tisdall, six aldermen, and four senior staffers are shown. No photographers name is given. Actual dimensions of the photograph are 10" by 8". The mount measures 14" by 12". The photograph is in a sepia tint, is sharp and clean and shows no damage. The mount, however, shows some water staining on the back, though not on the front. Postage at cost.
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The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad : see Kansas by daylight : through passenger trains from Kansas City & Atchison to the Rocky Mountains!

By: ATCHISON, TOPEKA, and SANTA FE RAILROAD CO.

Price: $995.00

Publisher: St Louis, MO, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Co. : 1876

Edition: 1876 Edition

Seller ID: 054662

Binding: Single sheet Folded

Condition: Good to Very Good

"Fare low! Equipment perfect! Officers attentive! Only direct route to the most wonderful mountain regions of America. The land hunters, gold-hunters, buffalo hunters road. Tho only direct route to the San Juan Mines."--Cover. "From the river to the mountains via the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R.R. The new and direct route from Kansas City and Atchison to Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Denver, Canon City, Cucharas, Trinidad and all points in Colorado."--Page (4) of cover. Description: 1 volume (unpaged) single sheet (folded) : illustrations, map ; 18 x 11 cm unfolding to 29 x 79 cm. Cle...
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Beyond: Documented Truths About the Strange Phenomena of Our Times

By: AYLING, Keith - Executive Editor

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Hicksville, NY, Beyond Inc. : 1968

Edition: Vol 1, No 4 - December, 1968

Seller ID: 306

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Articles of the Strange and Unexplained. Pope John communicates after death; Marilkyn Monroe Ignores Indian Death Prophecy; UFO Glare Blinds French Farmer; Australian Govt Bans Scientology; Teen-Ager recalls Eleven Former Lives - 20 features in all! 129pp, illustrated. Text-bloc is clean and unmarked, no damage. Binding is tight and square, no spine creases. Front cover is rubbed and a little soiled. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldw...
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Easy Conjuring without Apparatus

By: BAFFEL, Will - Pseud

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, G. Routledge & Sons

Edition: Fourth Impression

Seller ID: 461

Binding: Stiff Card Boards, Illustrated

Condition: Good to Very Good

Basic conjuring 'tricks' not using appratus - Cards, String, Paper, Handkerchiefs, Match Tricks, Coins, Misc. 143pp, illustrated. Attractive color illustration to the front board. Undated, circa 1922. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked, the text bloc tight. Front bpards is bright and unmarked. Rear board with publisher's advert shows a little discoloration. Main issue is with the spine. Minor loss to extremites. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates...
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For the Children's Hour

By: BAILEY, Carolyn S. & LEWIS, Clara M.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Springfield, MO, Milton Bradley Co. : 1909

Edition: Fifth Edition

Seller ID: 33553

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good to Very Good

Collection of stories for Children. 336pp, illustrated in b&w. Interior is clean. Single ink signature to ffep otherwise unmarked. Sound binding, tight and square. Some light wear to cloth at edges. A solid copy. Weight, 620g.
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An incarnation of the snow ...

By: BAIN, F. W.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Oxford, James Parker and Co. : 1908

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 039129

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Indian mythology translated from Sanskrit. Translated from the original manuscript, by F.W. Bain. OCLC Number: 1674852. xxiii, 108 p. front. 21 cm. Bound in stiff, card boards covered in great paper with a velum spine. Interior is a good VG, no foxing, Boards are sound, binding is tight and square. However, the top 1.5" of the vellum spine is damaged and partly lost. Weight, 396g.
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Juan Martinez Presents His Ballet Espanol; Curran Theatre, San Francisco

By: BALLET ESPANOL

Price: $15.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Curran Theatre

Seller ID: 041900

Binding: Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

Program for an appearance of the Juan Martinez and his Ballet Espanol at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. The Program is not dadted and would need research, but appears to be early, c1940 [?]. The Company featured guitarist Carlos Montoya and pianist Enrique Vizcaino with dancers Antonita, Isabella and Rosarita, Anna Maria & Juanito. 3pp - single sheet folded once. Small tape marks to second leaf. Tiny lost piece to foot of p3/4 [1cm square]. Old vertical fold at centre. Scan available.
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Canada West Magazine, Winter 1972

By: BARLEE, N. L.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Summerland, Author Published : 1972

Edition: Vol. 4, No. 4

Seller ID: 045315

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Good to Very Good

Single copy of this popular and influential British Columbia Quarterly Magazine. Winter of 1972. Fascinating articles on B. C. History of the pioneer days - gold, ghost towns, artifacts, lost treasure, old mines etc. This issue - Discovery - Gold Town, The Cliff Dweller, Forgotten Expressman, 1913 Liberty Nickel, Gagnon & his Flying Machine. 40pp, photo illustrated. Clean, nmarked interior. Sound stapled binding. Partial 'cup-ring stain' toi the front cover. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, with...
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Fruit Ranching in British Columbia

By: BEALBY, J. T.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, Adam & Charles Black : 1911

Edition: Second Edition of 1909

Seller ID: 241

Binding: Illustrated Cloth

Condition: Good to Very Good

Details the author's experiences in the Fruit Farming industry in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia. xi, 221pp, 31 full-page illustrations from photographs including a folding, 2-page frontispiece, 16pp ads at back - these few pages are roughly opened. Interior is bright and clean, no foxing. Unmarked except for a signature in pencil to the half-title page. Hinges are sound, binding tight. Some minor wear/bumps to the tips and to the spine edges.Front board and spine are clean and bright. Rear board shows some light stains. Unpacked weight, 663g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequ...
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A Pocket-size Book of Building Suggestions : Easy to Build and Low in Cost

By: BEAVER LUMBER CO. LTD.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Canada, [Beaver Lumber Co.]

Edition: lATER

Seller ID: 24566

Binding: Stapled Card Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

Small book of plans and illustrations for building a wide variety of Domestic Buildings, Farm Buildings, Home Furniture and Built-ins, Fences etc etc. The object of the booklet was to promote the use of Lumber. Versions were produced in Canada for each Beaver Lumber store, with the location and manager's name printed on the cover. This copy is overprinted in red inkon the front wrapper, 'Imperial Building Supplies Limited'. See World Cat - 855385068. Undated - but early 1900s. 48 pages : illustrations, plans ; 21 x 10 cm. Interior is clean and unmarked, pages lightly tanned. Centre-page loose,...
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Modern Fiction Studies: A Critical Quarterly: Franz Kafka Special Number, Summer 1964

By: BEEBE, Maurice - Editor

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Lafayette, IN, Purdue University : 1964

Edition: Volume 10, Number 2

Seller ID: 25448

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

Single issue of a Literary Quarterly for the Summer of 1964. Six scholarly articles are featured on six contemporary novelists - John Updike, Alan Sillitoe, William Golding, Lawrence Durrell, Samuel Beckett and John Hawkes. pp111-220. Clean interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding. Wrappers show a little age soiling and two very small stains. Weight, 200g.
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Modern Fiction Studies: A Critical Quarterly: Winter 1961-1962

By: BEEBE, Maurice - Editor

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Lafayette, IN, Purdue University : 1961

Edition: Volume 7, Number 4

Seller ID: 25435

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Good to Very Good

Single issue of a Literary Quarterly for the Winter of 1961-1962. Nine scholarly articles are featured on - Albert Camus, Joseph Conrad, Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anton Chekhov and others. pp293-398. Clean interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding. Wrappers show a little age soiling and small, faint stains.. Weight, 180g.
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