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Chicago: T. Buettner & Co., Inc., 1926. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 32 page stapled booklet with 88 black and photos of different designs. Nice color back cover ad for Nun's Boilproof embroidery and crochet cottons. Prior owner's name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear and soiling. 5" opening to top of coverfold mended with clear archival tape. A nice vintage copy..

Canada: Fiddler Magazine, 2003. Magazine. Illus. by Yarrow, Carol (cover); Dunham, Mellie. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 62 pages. Features: Matt Cranitch - Knee deep in Rushy Mountain; John McCusker - Modern Traditionalist; Hollis Taylor - from concertos to fiddle tunes to jazz to fences - playing it all; String Cheese Incident's Michael Kang; Norwegian Folk Festival Diary, Summer 202; Norway in a nutshell at the Telemark Folk Festival; Jan Beitohaugen Granli - Norway's 2002 Landskappleik Champion; Daniel Sanden-Warg - Swedish fiddler with a Setesdal accent; Mittenwald, Germany - a 300-year-old tradition of violin-making, featuring Anton Maller and Anton Sprenger; Mellie Dunham; Fiddle Tune History - "Oh, Ned!"; British Columbia's Frankie Rodgers; and much more. Above-average wear. A worthy copy of this interesting issue..

France: Editions Terracol, 2017. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [8]-285 pages. Index. Sumptuously illustrated with colour photos and illustrations upon glossy stock. "At the crossroads of art book, historical research and technical manual, a book designed as a jewellery walk through time and space. From the Early Bronze Age to Fine Jewellery, 4,700 years surveyed, 32 historians consulted, 22 museums involved; 76 contributors, jewellers, artists and designers from 30 countries. Four millennia of inventiveness in jewellery are unveiled and illustrated with unpublished photographs; the operation of an ancient Egyptian clasp and the origin of the box clasp are finally revealed." - back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. No just jacket, apparently as issued. An excellent copy of this very attractive and highly informative work. 10" x 8.75"..

Dubai: Brownbook Publishing. Good. 2013. First Edition. Paperback. 226 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Features: Jordanian Rapper Satti; Asmara - Eritrea's sweet, sleepy capital; Myriam Mourabit - this Moroccan ceramicist and designer invites us into her Rabat studio; Profile of Lara Baladi - this Egyptian artist takes inspiration from coffee cup readings; Profile of Kamel Mennour - the French-Algerian gallerist making his private collection public in Paris; WTD - new magazine on Middle Eastern architecture; Arabic Coffee Culture - meet the people rethinking and reviving the tradition; The prints of Moroccan-based designer Artsi Ifrach; The redesign of Amman's airport; Aria - the art deco Algiers apartment offering artists a home away from home; How to make olive oil - a lesson from Lebanon; The contemporary flair of Bahrain's Manama. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this lavishly produced Middle East periodical.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12"… Read More

Taber, Alberta: Taber Historical Committee, 1977. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 617 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Dedicated to the memory of the early pioneers of Taber and surrounding District who valiantly and cheerfully met the vicissitudes, the hardships and experiences of frontier life. They have laid a sure and firm foundation and have been the builders since this area was known as Tank 77." - Foreword. "This book is actually a composite of many individual stories (so many remarkable and worthy of remembrance) of pioneer families, the community's Churches and organizations. The family histories and stories are reprinted here exactly as they were submitted or told by the pioneers - in their quaint, colorful way." - Preface. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this invaluable genealogical reference. Bibliographic References:… Read More

USA: Interweave Press. Good. 2001. First Edition. Paperback. 104 pages. Features: Tribute to Virginia Isham Harvey; Custom Pattern for a Dolman Jacket; A Tunic for all fabrics and figures; Start with a Vest; Sewing Skills are a Good Investment; Sundance Visit - Weaving and Sewing with Rayon Chenille; An Evening Dress in Thick 'n Turn; Two terrific tunics in fine silk; Two Sewing techniques for the beginning sewer; I'll Never Do That Again - Shirt Tales; To Serge or Not - professional seam alternatives; Paper patterns for handwoven garments; A Shawl and a Hat; Deflected Double Weave and Differential Shrinkage; Meet me at the Fair; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Handwoven (Hand Woven) Magazine, May / June 2001 - Special Garment Issue Tribute to Virginia Isham Harvey; Custom Pattern for a Dolman Jacket; A Tunic for all fabrics and figures; Start with a Vest; Sewing Skills are a Good Investment; Sundance Visit - W .

USA: Fiberarts, 1988. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 56 pages. Features: Disruptions in Space - fabric sculptures of Su Job; Light and Space and Time - interview with Larry Kirkland; Kay Campbell - a study of space and light; Yellow Springs Banner Festival; Blocks of Light - Barbara Tennis's Dreiel weavings; Traditional Chinese wedding collars; Tracy Ruhlin; Ellie Smith; Judith Morrill Hanes; Linda Hutchins; Ann Kowaleski; Candace Hafermann; Joyce McDaniel; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy..

Canada: Hudson's Bay Company. Good. 1952. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Kwakiutl Totem Pole Carver Mungo Martin; The Cheerful Eskimo - photo-portraits by Richard Harrington; Ballet of the Brushlands - courtship dance of the sharptail grouse; Bankers from Portugal - Photo-illustrated article on Portuguese activity on the banks off Newfoundland; Changing the Arctic Maps - II - Dr. J. Lewis Robinson discusses the mainland the the islands south of of 75 degrees North Latitude; Mackenzie River Sketch Book; Border Chieftain - Dr. John McLoughlin, of Oregon fame, spent almost 20 years fur trading along the present Minnesota-Ontario border; The Wolf and the Caribou; Land of the Ojibway; Nice photo inside back cover shows Fort Garry Coffee being cooked on a rock; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy.;… Read More

Korea: The Presidential Secretariat, The Republic of Korea, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 343 pages, including colour photographic plates. "We hope that this collection of President Roh's speeches and public statements will convey something of both the flavor and substance of this eventful two years (1989-1990) in Korean history. We have tried to select items that reflect the President's style and way of thinking, while also shedding light on the subjects discussed." - from Preface. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear to book which is in brown, cloth-covered boards. Light wear to dust jacket. Lovely copy..

Toronto: The Maclean Publishing Company, Limited. Good. 1942. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 48 pages. Cover photo of convoy watcher. Features: Arctic Convoy - photo-illustrated article describing the adventure and danger of escorting munitions to North Russia in a destroyer north of the Arctic Circle; Listen, Soldier! - a sergeant provides some army humour; Can the Conservatives Come Back? - at Winnipeg Canada's Conservative Party can resume its historic mission or write its obituary; All Are for the State - Canadian Editors tour Britain's military production facilities and are impressed - article with photos; London Letter - Should We Hate the Germans?; "The Crucial Moment" - Douglas Reed reports that war hope centres on a major victory in North Africa; He Saved Fundy's Eider - Taxidermist Allan Moses saved the American eider ducks from extinction; No Lady of Leisure - Elissa Landi, actress, author, ballet dancer, singer and lecturer will have a Broadway… Read More

Springfield, Ohio: The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. Good. 1949. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 86 pages. Articles: How Much Government can Free Enterprise Stand?; The Senseless Killing of Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind" - article with photos; Report on the Far West - The News is Good from the Nation's "New Empire" - with focus on industrial development; Lincoln Collector, Oliver R. Barrett; Bashful Ben of the Bang-Bangs - Cowboy Ben Johnson - article with color photos; Donora, Pennsylvania - The case of the Poisoned Air - 19 died; Suppose He Had Two Eyes - Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Tommy Thompson has one eye - article with photo. Fiction: Bootlegger's Treasure (part 1 of 4); Floodwater; O'Brien; The case of the Negligent Nymph (conclusion); Dumb Bunny. Also includes great vintage ads for: Lord Calvert Whiskey - with great full-page colour photo of illustrator Mr. Bradshaw Crandell; Western Electric (showing switchboard… Read More

Canada: A.H.F., 2003. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 337 pages. Extensively references. Definitions. "Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy..

Toronto: The Missionary Monthly/The Woman's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada, 1930. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 245-292. Individual photos of fourteen of "Our Missionaries 1930"; Antonio and the Doctor - Dr. Strangway at Chissamba Hospital in Africa; The Maritime Home for Girls, Truro, Nova Scotia - article with photo; Little Chiyoko San and a Christian kindergarten in her home in Shizuoka, Japan; Travel letter from Effie A. Jamieson; The President's Journal - with photo looking over Foochow and photo of sampans; on the Upper Yangtsze; The Gyproc House - The Nurses' Home at Gypsumville, Manitoba; and much more, plus several nostalgic ads for The Bank of Toronto, The Hwaiking Shops, The T.Eaton Co., Sterling Trusts Corporation, and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this diminutive yet highly informative issue. Reading it will provide an excellent snapshot of… Read More

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1962. Book. Illus. by Mould, Vernon. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 441 pages including index. A history of Canada in the nineteenth century. Suitable for students at about the grade 8 level. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding solid. Good working copy..

Canada: TAB - Scholastic Publications Ltd., 1973. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages including index and bibliography. Takes a completely fresh look at North American Indians before white technology destroyed their traditional patterns of life. The result is a fascinating introduction to a rich and complex field. Portrays Indian life and society as a human response to human problems in a natural environment. The reader will be able to appreciate how the Indian peoples went through the stages from survival to high civilization by following their development in the contexts of climate, food resources, technology, art, religion and other basic concerns. Well-used former library copy. Binding remains intact. Well-worn..

Missouri: Unity Cassettes, 1990. Book. Good. Audio Book. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Six audio cassette tapes with case. Please note that this listing consists of "Part 2" and as such includes lessons 7 through 12. Also includes lesson sheets for lessons 7 through 12. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound set. Circa 1990?.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin, 1990. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Reprint. 570 pages including index and numerous archival black and white photographic plates. Author's signature and inscription inside front cover. An extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollections, and oral testimony. Presents a panoramic history of Asian Americans. "...Effortlessly weaves the stories of thousands of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian Americans into a single tale of discovery, endurance, and courage." - San Francisco Chronicle. Average wear. Contents unmarked. Light yellowing at edges. Price sticker remnants upon back cover..

Japan: Maruzen. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged posthumous edition. 623 pages. Index. Twenty-eight figures. Three colour plates. Contents include: Galli; Turnices; Limicolae; Alectorides; The Birds of the Island of Bonin and Micronesia; Order Psittaci. "(The author's) very important work is unusually complete and thorough. I feel grateful that it has been made available to the world." - Jean Delacour. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear - possibly unread. Plain craft dust jacket bears light wear and several short openings. Average soiling and wear to slipcase. An excellent copy. Please note: This book weighs over 5lb/2kg. Extra shipping may be required.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Taka-Tsukasa, Nobusuke Galli; Turnices; Limicolae; Alectorides; The Birds of the Island of Bonin and Micronesia; Order Psittaci. .

Oroville, California: Bill Talbitzer, 1963. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 50 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival-photos. A collection of "some of the stories of the legendary sites that will be buried forever beneath the reservoir that will be formed by the Oroville Dam." - from title page. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. Small erasure atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy of this engaging history..

London: Andrew Dakers Ltd., 1955. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. Undated. Circa 1950s "*The* book for authoritative and absorbing information about the British Royal Family." - from dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated in black and white. Provides personal studies of the Queen and her family, many intimate glimpses of their personalities, their work, their homes, their daily lives and many historic public engagements. Subjects include: Prince Charles's schooldays, a new royal aircraft, the press and the palace, Princess Margaret's fashions, the music of monarchs, the Queen goes racing, salutes of guns, Her Majesty as host; Royal Family Who's Who; Sir Winston's tribute, our national anthem, diary of the Royal Year. 1951 photo of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in Winnipeg laid inside back board. Dust jacket rough but now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Book unmarked… Read More