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Lion, The Mastiff. From Life.
by SAVIGNY, A.G. (Annie Gregg).
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Toronto: William Briggs, 1900. Canadian edition, later impression. Publisher's pictorial red cloth binding, pp.195; illustrated. Printed on cheap paper. Popular children's fiction, written on behalf of the Toronto Humane Society. Previously issued by Briggs in 1895 and 1897. Some foxing to fore-edge, else a very good, clean copy. .
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The Irish Wolfhound in Irish Literature and Law.
by (Alfred W. DeQuoy)
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$110.00
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(N.p.: self published, 1971). Octavo, deep brown fabricoid, pp. vii, [viii-x], 1- 139; illustrated. Errata slip laid in. Signed presentation copy from the author, dated 1972; Recipient's bookplate on paste-down. Very good, no dust jacket, and presumably so issued. .
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Hingebung und Begriff.
by WOLFF, Kurt H.
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(Neuwied/ Berlin: Hermann) Luchterhand (Verlag GmbH, Oktober 1968). Paperback format, pp. 194. Inscribed by Wolff: :fur Hans & Ingeborg Mohr, Leglichst, KH Wolff/ Toronto, 14.ii.71". Kurt Heinrich Wolff (1912-2003), sociologist and translator of Georg Simmel and Karl Mannheim. Light wear to edges of covers, else very good. .
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Myself When Young.
by MELVILLE, Alan.
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London: Max Parrish, (1955). First edition. Octavo, violet cloth, pp. 106; illustrated by Haro Hodson. Very good in a lightly chipped dust jacket, with slight paint spatter to front panel..
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Chamisa Road with. Paul & Meredith. Doin' the dog in Taos.
by (STEINER), Paul, and Meredith.
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New York: Vintage Books, (1971). First paperback edition. Oblong card covers, unpaginated. Period graphics and design. Real life hippie adventure. Light scuffing and small stain to covers, else very good..
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Physiology for Young People Adapted to Intermediate Classes and Common Schools. New Pathfinder No. 2.
by (Anon).
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New York: American Book Company, (ca. 1888). 8vo., maroon cloth, pp. [viii], 213. One inch tear to one page edge, one inch scratch to front cover, else a very good, tight copy..
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The Canadian Engineer. A Weekly Paper for Engineers and Contractors. Volume 58, April 1, 1930.
by (N.a).
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Toronto. Approximately 9" x 11", stapled wrappers printed in red and deep blue. Numerous trade advertisements as well as articles on "Typical Concrete Pavements in B.C.", " Working Stresses of Timber in Bridges", "Standardization of Low-Cost Roads", "Permanent Improvements for Airports", "Bituminous Materials for Subgrades", "Road Improvements in New Brunswick", and numerous other riveting bits of industry news. The Canadian… Read more
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Half a Truth is Better than None. Some Unsystematic Conjectures about Art, Order, and American Experience.
by KOUWENHOVEN, John A.
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Chicago: University of Chicago, (1982). First edition. Very good in dust jacket..
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Lewis Mumford's Reception in German Translation and Criticism.
by (MUMFORD, Lewis). Tschachler, Heinz.
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Lanham: University Press of America, (1994). First edition. Octavo, maroon boards, pp. vii, 140. Fine, no dut jacket..
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"Dear Corliss". Letters from Eminent Persons.
by LAMONT, Corliss.
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Buffalo: Prometheus, (1990). Bound uncorrected galleys. With letters from: Rockwell Kent, Bertrand Russell, Santayana, John Masefield, Anne Morrow Lindberg, Julian Huxley and Katharine Hepburn. Light brown wraps with a photocopy of the dj affixed to front cover. Very good..
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My Garden Dreams.
by FEWSTER, Ernest P.; Marginal Illustrations by Ernest W. Harrold.
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Ottawa: The Graphic Publishers, 1926. First edition. 8vo., green cloth, pp. [iv], [178], [2] publisher's ads. Printed in black with dark green illustrations in the margins. Fewster was primarily a poet; this is his only work of prose. Bookplate on half title, binding shows some separation between pages although no pages are loose, else near fine in dust jacket, which… Read more
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The Manual of Heraldry.
by GRANT, Francis J.
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Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. New and Revised edition. Maroon cloth, 12mo., viii, 142pp., with 350 illustrations. Tidy name/date on endpaper, else very good..
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Oriental Spotlight.
by RAMESES.
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London: John Murray, (1939). Reprint. Octavo, beige cloth with green, indigo and ocre weave, pp. viii, 143; illustrated by Roly. Pre-war humour book, caricaturing people of middle eastern descent in a most unflattering manner. Previous owner's name and date on endpaper, Egyptian bookseller's label on pastedown, spine a little foxed and darkened, else very good. No dust jacket..
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The Teaching of English. A New Approach.
by TOMKINSON, W.S.
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(London): Oxford at the Clarendon Press, (1935). Reprint. Small octavo, brown cloth, pp. 228. Name and address on endpaper, else a fine copy. No dust jacket..
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