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The Encyclopedia Americana: 1939

The Encyclopedia Americana: 1939

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$149.62

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Americana Corporation, New York, 1939, Very Good Hardcovers / no dustjackets. 30 volumes, 7" x 10", dark red boards, some bumped corners and light edgewear, otherwise clean and tight books. Will quote on shipping.
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$149.62
The Encyclopedia of Canada: 6 Volume Set
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The Encyclopedia of Canada: 6 Volume Set

by W. Stewart Wallace - editor

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$74.81

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University Associates of Canada, Toronto, 1948, Near Fine Hardcovers / no dustjackets, 6 volume set, 7" x 9.5" x 10" of shelf, clean and tight copies. The 1948 edition includes the Newfoundland supplement edited by Robert H. Blackburn. Will quote on shipping.
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$74.81
Black Sands: A History of the Mineral Sand Mining Industry in Eastern Australia
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Black Sands: A History of the Mineral Sand Mining Industry in Eastern Australia

by I. W. Morley

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780702216336
ISBN 10
070221633X
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$33.66

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University of Queensland Press, 1981, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 278 pages 5.5" x 8.5", author inscription on ffep.
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$33.66
Ricardo Di Pompei: 32 Vedute
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Ricardo Di Pompei: 32 Vedute

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$18.70

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Hardcover, 32 folded pages with text on back, 4.5" x 6.5", text in italian, french, english and german. Interior and exterior views of Pompei in folded postcard format within red boards,
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$18.70
Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

Ronny Meets the Cadborosuarus

by Elmay Crow

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  • near fine
  • Paperback
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Binding
Paperback
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$18.70

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Crow Publishing, Victoria, 1971, 30 pages, 6.5" x 8.5", Near Fine, Comb Bound Softcover. An uncommon self published companion to "Ronny Meets The Sasquatch".
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$18.70
From Capitalism to Socialism: Day to Day Pamphlets No. 8
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From Capitalism to Socialism: Day to Day Pamphlets No. 8

by J. A. Hobson

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  • very good
  • Paperback
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Paperback
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$18.70

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Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London, 1932, Very Good Softcover, 53 pages, 5" x 7.25", crease on front cover, slight edgewear, otherwise clean and tight. John A. Hobson (1858 - 1940), was an English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism.
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$18.70
Ten Years to Alamein
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Ten Years to Alamein

by Matthew Halton

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$18.70

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S.J. Reginald Saunders, Toronto, 1944, Near Fine Hardcover / Fair Dustjacket, 319 pages, 6" x 9", edgewear on dustjacket, bumped corners on book, otherwise clean and tight. First Canadian Edition , fourth printing December 1944. Matthew Henry Halton (1904 - 1956) as a correspondent for the Toronto Star he covered the rise of Nazism in Germany, the Spanish Civil War; the Winter War; the Munich Crisis of 1938, he is most famous as a foreign correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during World War II.
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$18.70
The Everyman Encyclopaedia
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The Everyman Encyclopaedia

by Andrew Boyle (editor)

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$89.77

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J.M. Dent & Sons, London / E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1913, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 12 Volumes, 4.25" x 7" x 13" of Shelf required, leather spines with some damage, see images, binding all tight, text all clean, no foxing, no water damage.
Item Price
$89.77
Lands Forlorn: A Story of an Expedition to Hearne's Coppermine River
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Lands Forlorn: A Story of an Expedition to Hearne's Coppermine River

by George Douglas, Introduction by James Douglas

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  • good
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$299.24

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G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, New York, London, 1914, First Edition, Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 285 pages, 6.75" x 9.25", the two folded maps are included in Near Fine condition, edgewear on boards, chip on spine, tape repairs to ffep and frontispiece, no foxing, a tight and clean copy. An interesting inscription in pencil on endpaper by author, see image. A barren lands classic and a good read.
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$299.24
The Fan Zeng Paintings (upper and lower volumes)(Chinese Edition)
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The Fan Zeng Paintings (upper and lower volumes)(Chinese Edition)

by Fan Zeng

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9787102028682
ISBN 10
7102028687
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$89.77

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People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 2003, Two Volumes, Fine Hardcovers / Fine Dustjackets, 422 pages, 8.5" x 11.5". Chinese Text.
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$89.77
Malaparte: A House Like Me
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Malaparte: A House Like Me

by Michael McDonough

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780609603789
ISBN 10
0609603787
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$104.73

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Clarkson Potter Publishers, New York, 1999, Near Fine Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket, 200 pages, 10.25" x 11.25", slight edgewear and one closed tear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Curzio Malaparte (1898 – 1957) was an Italian writer, film-maker, war correspondent and diplomat. Casa Malaparte, house built on the Isle of Capri with the architect Adalberto Libera 1938 to 1941
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$104.73
Old Diary Leaves: The Only Authentic History of The Theosophical Society. Fourth Series, 1887-1892
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Old Diary Leaves: The Only Authentic History of The Theosophical Society. Fourth Series, 1887-1892

by Henry Steel Olcott

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$89.77

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The Theosophical Publishing Society, Madras, London, 1910, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 521 pages, 5.5" x 7.75", ownership sticker on fep, ffep carefully removed, otherwise clean and tight.
Item Price
$89.77
The Stone of Destiny or  An Alter, The Cornerstone of the World
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The Stone of Destiny or An Alter, The Cornerstone of the World

by Grove Donner, Forward by Manly P. Hall

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$224.43

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Self Published, Los Angeles, 1938, Very Good Hardcover / Fair Dustjacket, 244 pages, 6.25" x 9.25", inscribed by Manly Hall on ffep, paper tape on fep and rep, edgewear and tape repairs on dustjacket, sticker on spine, otherwise clean and tight.
Item Price
$224.43
Duesenberg: The Mightiest American Motor Car
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Duesenberg: The Mightiest American Motor Car

by J. L. Elbert, Strother MacMinn - illustrator

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
Revised Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780911160499
ISBN 10
0911160493
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$134.66

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Post-Era Books, Arcadia, 1975 Revised Edition of a 1951 publication, Very Good Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket, 193 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", bumped corners, otherwise clean and tight. Cover art by Harlan Hiney
Item Price
$134.66
Narcotic Agent
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Narcotic Agent

by Maurice Helbrant

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
Condition
Used - Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Seller
Surrey, British Columbia
Item Price
$224.43

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The Vanguard Press, New York, 1941, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 319 pages, 5.75" x 8.25", spine faded, bumped corners, otherwise clean and tight.
Item Price
$224.43