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AMC's Best Sea Kayaking in the mid-Atlantic. 40 Coastal Paddling Adventures from New York to Virginia.

By: Gaaserud, Michaela Riva.

Price: $11.25

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts., Appalachian Mountain Club Books.: 2016

Seller ID: 32550

ISBN: 1628420316

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xxx - 237 - (5) pp. 40 coastal paddling adventures from New York to Virginia. Well illustrated with black and white photographs and lots of maps. An as-new and unused book.
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Two Sides of the Atlantic; Notes of an Anglo-American Newspaperman.

By: Grant, Hamil.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: London, UK., Grant Richards Ltd.: 1917

Seller ID: 8866

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; 311 pp. Dark blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine and front. A Brit's look at different aspects of American culture in the early 20th century such as newspapers, British in the US, social class, summer resorts, West Point and the Navy, millionaires, Americans in Britain, the Canadian bush . . . . . The spine is sunned, the corners bumped and the edges show mild shelf wear. Light foxing in text and that is confined to the first and last pages. Otherwise the interior is clean and the binding is solid. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted.
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Pulling the Wool, Tales of a Shearing Gentleman.

By: Harrison, Judy.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: New Zealand., David Bateman Ltd.: 1985

Seller ID: 31746

ISBN: 090861036X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21 x 24 cm.; 96 pp. A collection of light hearted stories and poems of rural life in New Zealand. A sequel to "A Bit of a Dag". Minor wear on card stock cover; pages clean, binding sturdy.
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Six of the Best

By: Henderson, N. G.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Yorkshire, England, Kennedy Brothers.:

Seller ID: 25384

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 36 pp. Saddle stapled booklet. "Jacques Anquetil retired at the end of 1969 . . . who are [the] successors? . . . reasons are given for the choice of six of the best contemporary cyclists . . ." Each of these six are written about in this booklet: Eddy Merckx, Roger Pingeon, Walter Godefroot, Hermann van Springel, Jan Janssen, Felice Gimondi. Photos, including a centerpiece full-colour photo of Gimondi. One of a series of booklets put out by "International Cycle Sport". Bit of wear on paper wraps including a phone number written in ink on the back, cycling ...
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Evening Round-Up: More Good Stuff Like PEP.

By: Hunter, Col. Wm. C.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Kansas City, Missouri., Hunter Service.: 1915

Seller ID: 27442

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

12mo - 18 x 11 cm.; vii - 252 pp. Red cloth over boards with black lettering on the spine and the front board. From the author's foreword: "Each evening, just before retiring, we will have a little Round-Up of the day's doings, of the problems in our business and home life, or our hopes and ambitions. We'll try to solve perplexities, dissolve worries, absolve ourselves from pull-backs, and resolve to better our lives. We'll plan and prepare that we may have more poise - efficiency - peace; that's PEP. We'll learn how to establish helpful thought habit that our lives may be full of gladsome...
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Public Assembly Facilities, Planning and Management.

By: Jewell, Don

Price: $9.60

Publisher: New York, John Wiley & Sons.: 1978

Seller ID: 19128

ISBN: 0471024376

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; 195 pp. Illustrations, index. Light edgewear on boards, former owner's name on front free endpaper; binding sturdy, text pages clean. Dust jacket lightly soiled with some edgewear.
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Bibliophilia scholastica floreat: Fifty Years of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of Toronto.

By: Landon, Richard.

Price: $14.40

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., 2005

Seller ID: 18485

ISBN: 0772760551

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

4to - 29 x 14 cm.; 131 pp. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 26 September to 21 December 2005. Exhibition and catalogue by Richard Landon. Catalogue printed by University of Toronto Press, cover and binding by Coach House Press. Contents: Early Manuscripts and Printed Books, Shakespeare, Science and Medicine, The Enlightenment, Book and Manuscript Collecting: Amherst and Phillipps, The Birdsall Collection, Juvenile Drama in England (the Toy Theatre), The DeLury Collection, Thoreau MacDonald, The James Lesslie Scrapbook, Provenance, Personal Miscellany. B/W and full-colour...
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Drawing Book Alphabet.

By: Lear, Edward. (Philip Hofer).

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachussetts., Department of Printing and Graphic Arts / Harvard University.: 1965

Seller ID: 4718

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; Unpaginated with16 pages. Red card stock covers and black lettering/decorations with a saddle stapled binding. Second edition, first was in 1954. Foreword written by Philip Hofer. Facsimile taken directly from the original drawings and text of Lear. Lower left hand corner is mildly creased, else fine. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered.
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Fairs U.S.A.: A Golden Treasury of Fairs. New York State. (USA).

By: Littlehale, Dorothy. (editorial Director).

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Ithaca, New York., Image Digest: 1970

Seller ID: 7066

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

4to - 28 x 21 cm.; 148 pp. Red faux leather on boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board with gilt decoration on front also. A wonderful book looking at the history of state / county fairs and all they mean to those of us who love them. Profusely illustrated with many period photos and individual stories of some of the well known fairs of New York state. Signed by Bligh A. Dodds (one of the contributors) and warmly inscibed to a Bob McCarthy, who I believe was a "circus priest", serving as a chaplain to the circus and fair circuit. There are some inked 'editing' notations on ...
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Making the News, An Essential Guide for Effective Media Relations

By: Longhurst, John

Price: $9.60

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, Novalis.: 2006

Seller ID: 20043

ISBN: 2895077142

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 117 pp. "Help your church or non-profit organization tell the largest number of people about your events, programs and issues without spending a lot of money." Ways to work with the media. Longhurst has worked in media relations for non-profit groups since 1981 and is currently Director of Communications and Marketing for Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A new copy.
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The Nigerian Field, Vol. XXVIII: No. 4, October, 1963.

By: M. G. McFarlane, N. S. Miller, Sir Foley Newns, W. K. R. Hallam. (E. F. G. Haig, Editor).

Price: $4.80

Publisher: The Nigerian Field Society: 1963

Seller ID: 14558

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

8vo - 24 x 18 cm.; pp. 146 - 192. The Journal of the Nigerian Field Society, principal contents: Encouraging Nigerians' Interest, Aspects of the Development of Lagos, Bird Watching Around Freetown, A Remote Stretch of the Middle Niger. Photos. Printed for private circulation among members. Paper wraps lightly soiled with a library stamp, bit of water damage on bottom.
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On Caradan's Pier

By: Malon, Henry T.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Salzig House Press.: 2001

Seller ID: 19927

ISBN: 0968263631

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 224 pp. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Slight soiling on front board. Dust jacket rubbed with some edgewear. A self-published and Christian commentary on whatever subject.
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Report on Sunday Observance Legislation.

By: Ontario Law Reform Commission.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Department of Justrice: 1970

Seller ID: 6038

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

8vo - 25 x 16.5 cm.; 471 pp. Off-white wrappers. Extensive historical background presented plus interpretations of public behavioural patterns, opinion and attitudes both past and present. The text corners are slightly creased with minor soiling to the covers. Interior is clean and the binding is solid.
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Die Brennlinse im alten Indien.

By: Rau, Wilhelm.

Price: $6.40

Publisher: Mainz, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: 1982

Seller ID: 13873

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

8vo - 24 x 17 cm.; 26 pp. center-stapled booklet. The text is in German. Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Jahrgang 1982, nr. 10. Usual library markings, some soiling and edgewear.; Ex-Library
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V. & H. V. Rolland's Illustrations To The Armorial General (3 Volumes).

By: Rietstap, J. B.

Price: $440.00

Publisher: London, United Kingdom, Heraldry Today: 1967

Seller ID: 11221

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Quarto - 28 x 21.5 cm.; Unpaginated. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Reproduced from the 1903 -1926 edition, this is the reprint (1000 copies) from 1967. The work took all of 23 years to complete with over 85,000 shields of Arms illustrating every Arms mentioned in the "Armorial General". 500 copies were printed in 1954 (Lyons) of which very few remain. In additon to the actual Arms illustrations, Volume I contains a preface, key to English, German, Spanish and Italian texts with a 7 page illustrated guide to the vocabulary of armorial design and layout with a one page Table o...
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The Private War of Dr. Yamada.

By: Ruttle, Lee. (and Timothy Fox).

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Austin, Texas., Bound To Please.: 1989

Seller ID: 14881

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

12mo - 17.5 x 10.5 cm.; 69, (2) pp. Centre-stapled booklet. "A treatment for a screenplay by Timothy Fox based upon the novel by Lee Ruttle." Inscription on title page. Light edgewear and corner creasing on paper wraps.
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The Etiquette of Stationery

By: Sanders, Helen (compiler and editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Barber-Ellis of Canada.: 1935

Seller ID: 21973

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

24mo - 13 x 8.5 cm.; 69 pp. Published by the makers of Cameo Stationery. Silver gilt and black paper-covered boards. Boards have some light edgewear and bumped corners, former owner's name on front free endpaper; binding sturdy, text pages clean.
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The Management of Archives.

By: Schellenberg, T. R.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York., Columbia University Press: 1965

Seller ID: 15470

ISBN: 0231028121

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; xvi, 383 pp. Columbia University Studies in Library Service, no. 14. Notes, bibliography, index. Author was Assistant Archivist of the United States. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Spine lightly sunned, former owner's name stamped on text block head and front endpaper; binding tight, text pages clean.
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Image for An Introduction to the Rhythmic and Metric of the Classical Languages: to which are added the lyric parts of the Medea of Euripides and the Antigone of Sophocles, with the rhythmical schemes and commentary.

An Introduction to the Rhythmic and Metric of the Classical Languages: to which are added the lyric parts of the Medea of Euripides and the Antigone of Sophocles, with the rhythmical schemes and commentary.

By: Schmidt, Dr. J. H. Heinrich.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts., Ginn and Heath.: 1878

Seller ID: 23400

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; x - 198 pp. Dark burgundy cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine and front and blind stamped ornamental borders on the head and tail margins of the front and back boards. Translated from the German "Leitfaden in der Rhythmik und Metrik der Classischen Sprachen" of 1869 by John Williams White. The front free end paper has been removed leaving a partial stub. The boards are mildly worn on the fore corners while the spine show significant wear to the tips and the spine itself is quite faded. The gilt lettering on the front is still bright. The paste down end pap...
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1999 The Hamilton Tiger-Cats Almanac

By: Sicinski, Larry

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Burlington, Ontario, Canada, North Shore Publishing.:

Seller ID: 24390

ISBN: 1896899102

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 207 pp. Besides all sorts of commentary about games and statistics, this issue profiles Ron Williams, Joe Montford, Paul Osbaldiston, Tony Akins and Bernie Faloney. Lots of photos. A clean, tight volume with only a bit of rubbing on card stock cover.
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