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Patersons, London, c1984.. 293 pp, oblong (7" H x 10" D) soft cover. B&w photographs, reproductions. Contents: Regimental Toast; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Index; Preface; Pipe Majors of the Regiment since 1961; Retreat Marches; Slow Airs and Slow Marches; Marches; Str. athespeys; Reels; Hornpipes; Jigs; Piobaireachd; Crimean Reveille; List of Composers and Arrangers of the Pipe Tunes; Notes on the Composers and Arrangers of the Pipe Tunes; A guide to the Regiments, Battalions, Depots... more information

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Daw, New York, (1995, 1995, 1996), Ist printings.. 300 pp, 304 pp, 298 pp, mass market paperbacks - 3 volumes. "The Mindstones were the only reason anyone lived on - or more accurately, in - the planet Styx. An uninhabitable ice world, Styx only survived as an underground mining colony because of . the discovery of the beautiful jewel called Cyrilite, a crystalline stone with unique, mind-altering properties. But to Kayla John Reed, Styx was the only home she'd ever known until her parents were ... more information

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St. Martin's Press, New York, (2001), Ist edition.. 235 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations by John Howe. "...sixteen bestselling fantasy authors share details of their personal relationships with Tolkien's mythos, for it inspired them all. Had there been no Lord. of the Rings, there would also have been no Earthsea books by Ursula K. Le Guin; no Song of Ice and Fire saga from George R.R. Martin; no Tales of Discworld by Terry Pratchett; no Rif... more information

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Gateway, Chicago, (1959).. 142 pp, PB. "The Jowett translation revised and with an introduction by Moses Hadas. The Gateway edition gives the modern reader four selections from the 'Dialogues' especially chosen to represent the major elements in Socratic-Platonic thought." . Pages are browned. Covers lightly rubbed/soiled, light edgewear, small corner creases at bottom of covers, spine uncreased. A tight, sound copy. VG-. ... more information

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McGill-Queen's University Press, Kingston, (1985), Ist ed.. 360 pp, 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0773505849 German submarines penetrated Canadian waters during the Second World War to within 172 miles of Quebec City. They sank ships, landed spies, laid mines, built an automated weather . station, undertook forays to rescue escaped German POW's, and forced the Canadian government to close the St. Lawrence River and Gulf to Allied shipping. Hadley focuses on the exploits of... more information

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Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, n.p., 1960.. 87 pp, oblong 8vo (8 13/16" H x 11 7/16" D), soft cover with self-flaps. Profusely illustrated in b&w and color showing Polish dancers, singers and landscape. POLISH TEXT ONLY. Contents: Gdybym to ja miala; Karolinka; Hej, moj Jasinek; Karlik; H. ej, tam w dolinie; Wierzba; Kolysanka; Sloneczko wyszlo; Umrzyla gorolka; Ondraszek; Dziadek; Zachodzi sloneczko. Interior - faint cigarette odor, small light waterstain at bottom edge of last few page... more information

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Kyle Cathie, (London, 1998), Ist edition.. 160 pp, small 4to, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illus. with col. photographs. "The people who make up the richly diverse world of Great Britain are Dorinda Hafner's subject in her latest book, with over 120 tempting recipes showing the cooking of . the ethnic groups - from Greeks to Pakistanis, Italians to Irish, Chinese to Afro-Caribbeans - who have settled here. The recipes inlcude such varied delights as Yung Yung Yum Yum Soup with Dumplings, Beef wi... more information

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Futura, (London, 1974).. 128 pp, mass market paperback. "This is the story of the First Airborne Division's courageous fight to hold the Arnhem Bridge, as seen and experienced by a young Glider Pilot who took part in the desperate house-to-house battle which was to have op. ened the corridor for the Second Army's debouch into Germany, but which ended in a German victory." Interior - browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - browning to ... more information

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Hagerman Fine Art, Beamsville, Ontario, 1990, first edition.. 106 pp, 4to (12 1/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. SIGNED AND DATED (1997) BY ARTIST ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. ISBN 0969477104 Folder titled "Recent Works by Kathy Hagerman" containing 13 loose leaves and and invitation to an art show laid in. Profus. ely illustrated in colour and b&w. "Born in 1957, Canadian artist Kathy Hagerman began her professional career at the early age of eighteen and in just fifteen years has es... more information

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Vanwell, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2000, first Canadian edition.. 208 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1551250330 B&w photographs. "The development and operations of Allied convoys has never been so well described as in this new book. Arnold Hague, a retired naval officer and longtime resea. rcher on the staff of the Historical Section of the Ministry of Defence, has assembled what is probably the largest collection of convoy records in existence and from these he has wr... more information

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SeaStar Books, New York, 2002.. Unpaginated, 10" H, hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 1587171341 Wonderfully illustrated on every page in full color. "At bedtime, a mother tenderly guides her sleepy child to dreamland by whispering secrets about (the fairies). From fairies who t. each unicorns to fly and make flowers bloom to those who hang stars in the sky and dance in the twilight, she gently reveals the magic and mystery that is hidden under every leaf and around every corner. Best-selling... more information

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Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1955.. 382 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Contents: Flashback 1887-94; Ideals and Revolution 1905-12; "Storms of Temper" 1912-23; The Struggle for Succession 1923-26; Success, and a Break with Moscow 1926-27; Marriage 1927; Japan Moves In. 1927-32; Consolidation 1932-36; The Incident 1936-41; Stilwell vs. Chennault 1941-43; China of the Big Powers 1943; Vinegar Joe Retires 1943-44; Manchurian Double Cross 1944-45; The Marshall Mission 19... more information

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Ballantine, New York, (1971, Ist PB printing).. 185 pp, PB. A solid, reading copy only, pages browning, soiling to covers, edges, etc. Fair. ... more information

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Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1961.. 269 pp, 4to (11" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w maps, drawings, graphs, tables, photos, color plates, color fold-out map in pocket at rear. Contents: The Frame of the Land; Basic Resources; Forest Resources; Agriculture; Energy; Commerical Fis. heries; Mining, Recreation; Some Incidental Matters; People. Light browning to edges of endpapers, light edge wear - two very small scuffs, light browning to edges of textblocks, slight darkening to spine, wrink... more information

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Collins, London, 1962, first edition.. 184 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations. "This is a story about the Indian tribes in British Columbia who hunted the giant whales of the Pacific. The Hotsath were a whaling people. They were proud of their great trad. itions and their wealth, and they were proud of their chief Nit-gass, who had much whale magic and who brought many whales to the Hotsath beaches. His neighbour Eskowit was jealous and tried to prove that... more information

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Orca, (Victoria, BC, 1997), Ist edition.. 215 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w photos. A biography of the famous writer of fishing and children's books and his wife - written by their eldest daughter, drawing on personal diaries, letters and reminiscences. Dust jacket has very minor rubbi. ng. This is a new, unread book. NF/ NF. ... more information

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Armenian General Benevolent Union, New York, 1978, Ist editions.. 112 pp, 4to (11 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. INSCRIBED AND DATED BY SIMON SAMSONIAN ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w reproductions. Biography in English/Armenian/French/Russian. Captions in English. Very m. inor edge wear to boards. Dust jacket has light edge wear/wrinkling, one small and one tiny closed tear, very light rubbing. NF/VG. ... more information

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Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982, revised.. lvi, 309 pp, 16mo (6 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Bilingual text (Latin/English) on facing pages. ISBN 0434991120 "The literary remains of the rhetorician Marcus Cornelius Fronto (c. A.D. 100-176) first came to light in 1815, when Cardinal. Mai, then prefect of the Ambrosian Library in Milan, discovered that beneath an account of the Acts of the first Council of Chalcedon in 451 had originally been written a copy of the correspon... more information

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Warner, (London, 1993).. 255 pp, PB. A collection of 17 chilling tales by some of the masters of the Vampire story, introduced by Christopher Lee. Interior - small crease to top corner of last page, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - l. ight edgewear/rubbing, small creases at bottom edges of covers, small crease to top corner of rear cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG. ... more information

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Victor Gollancz, London, 1978.. 183 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0575024178 6 b&w illustrations. "The Shilling Shockers came about in the great days of the Gothic novels, at around the turn of the nineteenth century, many of which were enormously long three-d. eckers. In those days, before copyright existed, such titles....were plagiarised and abridged by hacks into what were known as 'Bluebooks', paper-covered pamphlets retailing at between 6d and 1s....when t... more information

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