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London: Gall & Inglis.. pp: 255. Illustrated with six woodcuts. No date, probably mid-1880s, the first edition being from RTS in 1864. Bound in brown cloth over bevelled boards, elaborately decorated in red and black and with the title and decoration in gilt; titled to the spine in gilt. All edges gilt. Gift inscription to the ffep dated 1888.Light wear to extremities and with a moderate amount of soiling to the binding. Rear hinge cracked. . Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by F. Borders.. 12m... more information

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Lancaster, PA: John Baer's Sons, 1864. Full Calf. Very Good. First Edition. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. pp: 384; 60. Metrical index; index of first lines. Both hinges cracked. Binding is worn overall, especially to the tips. The stitching of the text block has a degree of flexibilty but there are no loose pages. Pencil notations to the endpapers.. RELIGION, MUSIC, MENNONITES.. ... more information

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Dublin: Irish Academic Press., 1982. pp: [viii], 176. Very light wear to edges. Originally published in 1916, Russell was the sprit behind the emerging Irish Co-operative Movement.. ISBN: 0716503360. Reprint. Illustrated Card Covers.. Very Good. 8vo. Ireland, History, Politics, Economics.. ... more information

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London: Published for ' The Bystander ' By Hodder and Stoughton.. pp: 96. Illustrated throughout with Bairnsfather's cartoons, some as plates and others to the text. Bound on orange cloth, ruled in red to top board; titled in black to spine and with an enlarged replica of Bairnsfather's signature to top board. Binding is worn to the edges and extremities, moderately soiled, and with some patchy toning. Owner's name to front free endpaper. Also name to top edge of text block. The text its... more information

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New York: The Macmillan Co., 1967. pp: xxxii, 156. Nine b&w illustrations, including two maps and other documents. Bound in navy blue cloth, titled in blue and red on a white ground to the spine, blind stamp to top board of a sailing ship. Top edge dyed blue. Blue endpapers. A little staing to the edges of the front pastedown with a barely discernable trace to the top board, and not affecting the text block. Erasure to the front free endpaper has resulted in some scuffing. Full wrap-around cover art by ... more information

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Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company.. pp: 200.One drawn plan to text. Bound in blue cloth tiled in gilt to the spine and in white to the top board.The top board also contains the legend " Morse's Mottled Series". Advertising to both sets of endpapers for Heliotrope soap from John Taylor & Co. Toronto and for R. & T. Watson Confectioner's 75 Frnt St East, Toronto.The binding lightly worn to the extremities with some toning to the spine and some soiling. No indication of publication or... more information

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New York: The Dial Press, 1973. pp: [x], 85. Illustrated with numerous full-page b&w block prints. Re-inforced library binding. Stain to upper portion of spine ( more visible from reverse) and very minor wear to edges. Some wrinkling to upper fore-corner of front board indicative of having been thumped, however the very tip is undamaged. 'Dell Library Edition' sticker to front panel of dust jacket.. First Edition. Pictorial Laminated Boards. Very Good/Very Good, Price Clipped. Illus. by Leo &am... more information

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Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1965. pp: [vi], 144. Numerous b&w sketches. Light toning to the extremities of the dust jacket. The inscription to the ffep: formerly/ the/ property of /George Abbe [these two line in a different coloured ink, and most probably written at an earlier date]/now expropriated by the/ bloated, lecherous, venereal/thug of Canada. Long live the / Queen! Look at the condition/ of the gums! [??] and on her/behind for those who were/blind, was printed the same in braille,/ he fingered ... more information

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Toronto: Harper Collins, 1999. pp: [xvi], 559. Notes, bibliography, index. A history of celibacy from pagan times to the present day. An unread copy.. ISBN: 0002557355. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Sexuality, Social History, History, Celibacy.. ... more information

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Philadelphia.: J. B. Lippincott Company., 1937. pp: 330. Twelve full page drawings plus a number of vignettes in the text. Illustrated endpapers. Top of front panel of dust jacket chipped as is the head of the spine; two inch closed tear from top of rear flap-fold. Dust soil to top edge.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Ruth King.. 8vo. Fiction, Young Adult.. ... more information

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San Marino, Ca.: Golden West Books, 1973. 48pp.. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Railways. ... more information

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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972. pp: 256. Prolifically illustrated in b&w and colour. Bibliography, index. A little worn to head of spine of dust jacket. A comprehensive look at the seashell, in art, medicine, religion, archaeology and commerce.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine/Price Clipped. 4to. Seashells, Conchology.. ... more information

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Singapore: Popular Book Co. (Pte) Ltd., 1985. pp: [iv], 100. Owner's name to first page. Originally published in 1973.. Later Edition.. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. Small 4to. Language, Japanese.. ... more information

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Rotherham, UK.: P. H. Abell., 1975. pp: 48. Thirty-two page insert ( unpaginated) of b&w photographs. Bibliography, index. A list of the working ( at that time) tramways; museum collections; other preserved tramcars. Lower corner bumped.. Second Edition. Illustrated Wrappers, Stapled.. Near Fine. 8vo. Transportation, Trams, England.. ... more information

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Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990. pp: [viii], 248. Fully illustrated with b&w photographs, documents, engravings, art works, map. Sources, index. Quarter-inch closed tear to top of front joint of dust jacket. Prize bookplate to front free endpaper. From the arrival in New France in 1738 of Esther Brandeau, disguised as a man and with her faith undisclosed, the author reveals a history of the Jews in Canada.. ISBN: 088619251X. First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Near Fine/Near Fine, Price Clip... more information

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Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1982. pp: xvi, 336. Eight pages of b&w illustrations. Notes on sources, notes, index. Tape residue to ffep and rfep due to tape being used to stick down a dust jacket cover. The authors used masses of hitherto unavailable source material to trace the origins of Canada's immigration policies towards Jews in the 1930s and 40s. Out of the millions of Jews during that time period who were seeking a place of refuge Canada admitted a paltry 5000.. ISBN: 0919630316. Firs... more information

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New York: Owford University Press. 1989. Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo. pp:xii, 292. Fourteen pages of b&w illustrations. Notes on sources, index. A study of the phenomenon of the middle-class woman as shoplifter in the new era of department stores in America.. TRUE CRIME, SOCIOLOGY, VICTORIAN,. ... more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999. pp: x, 345. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Index. A collection of stories from victims of the great ice storm that hit the Eastern Townships of Ontario and South-Western Quebec in January of 1998. An unread copy.. ISBN: 0771006535. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo. Canada, History.. ... more information

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Winnipeg, Manitoba: The City Council., 1903. pp: [48]. Fully illustrated with b&w photographs, captioned, and interspersed with some text. A hint of soiling to the the title page. Presentation slip from John Arbuthnot, Mayor of Winnipeg, Canada tipped in to title page. Bound in stiff brown covers, titled in gilt and tied with what may be the original brown silk (?) string. A very nice copy.. Printed Wrappers, Tied.. Very Good - Near Fine.. Illus. by Steele & Co. ( Photographers ).. 9 1/4" x 12... more information

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Colorgravure Publications, [191?]. 240pp 239 X 180 Includes many black & white and colourised plates and photos Cased in red cloth lettered in silver; protected dj; colour illus e.pp ; very fine. PACIFICA. ... more information

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