Search Results: Titles starting with C from JKL Books

Canadian Association of Broadcasters, 1976. Soft cover. Fair. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Cover shows significant rubbing and fading along with some grubbiness. Small piece of cover (bottom right corner) is missing. Ex-library. Staple-bound. 67 pages, including illustrations and portraits.

Eugene, OR: Pickwick , 2011. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows slight wear only. Inscribed by editor. Previous owner's name on front inside cover.

Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Lower corners of front and back cover have been bumped and have 1" crease across them and a couple of tiny closed tears (see accompanying image). Studies in Canadian Military History. "This is important scholarship. It is the first history of Canada and ballistic missile defence . . . it sheds needed light on Canadian involvement in NORAD, Canada-US relations more broadly, and how important defence decisions are made in Canada -- Joseph Hocke (back cover).

Prince Rupert, BC: Prince Rupert Port Authority, 2011. Soft cover. As New.

Halifax: Formac Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Anglican Church of Canada, 1967. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library. Published in 1967 as a soft cover booklet, but reinforced with hardboard by the library. Clean, unmarked pages (64 pages), firmly bound. Cover shows shelf wear: small tears in edges, corners bumped, cover grubby.

Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Dust jacket shows minor wear. Ex-library. "The lives of girls and women have seen an astounding degree of transformation over the last 150 years. At the time of Confederation, females were not considered persons, legally or in many respects, even socially. Today, while there is still a considerable distance to go, the opportunities available to women have grown exponentially. Lorna R. Marsden -- sociologist, past Canadian senator, and activist -- explores social change in Canada's unique setting" (dust jacket). Contents: Foreword -- 1. The setting and the purpose -- 2. Women struggle with the law : the law struggles with women -- 3. Women, war, and social change in Canada -- 4. Demographics change women's lives -- 5. How women changed Canada -- 6. Making a living : a perpetual frontier for women -- 7. The continuation : patterns of change. CDN BAY 18.

Dept. of National Health and Welfare, Division of Child and Maternal Health, 1947. Soft cover. Fair. Seventh printing. Cover shows signficant wear: foxing at edges, creases, edgewear, and a 2' closed tear at lower edge of back cover. Pages bright, clean, and unmarked. A good reading copy. BAY 17-50.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Cover shows wear to edges and grubbiness. No dust jacket. Stamp on front free endpaper. "Penal reform advocacy in Canada has never been a very popular field of social service endeavour. While it has been relatively easy to enlist public and eventually governmental support for the alleviation of obvious abuses in our handling of neglected children and insane people, the same success has not rewarded those who have championed another inarticulate and politically impotent class, the convicted" -- Foreword. BAY 18.

Social Service Council of Canada. Soft cover. Good. Clean, unmarked text. This booklet is ex-library and has been taped into cardboard covers (pam bind). Cover of booklet has library label that has been partially removed. Date is an estimate (written in pen by former owner on title page verso).

Victoria, B.C. : Heritage House Publishing, 2014. Soft cover. Fine. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. Cover shows slight wear only. Signed by author. BAY 24.

Bradley Garretson, 1907. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-library. Red cloth with brown leather spine, gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Spine is significantly worn with fraying at top and chipping away at bottom, corners worn, front cover faded.

Art Gallery of York University, 2010. Soft cover. New. Still in shrink wrap.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Attractive red cloth and gilt lettering, clean text, firmly bound. Minor softening of spine ends, bumping of corners. Ex-library (seminary).

Calcutta: Tata-Finlay . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No publication date, but ca 1978. Green cover with gilt lettering and design. Clean, unmarked pages. Binding is firm. 162 pages, including 40 leaves of plates (black and white photographs) and a foldout map. Front endpaper shows slight yellowing; a couple of light marks on half-title page. "When one talks about tea in South India, the response invariably is 'oh yes, you mean the Nilgiris'. Outside the planting community in South India and its immediate neighbours, the High Range is not well known and this is a tragedy . . . because it reveals appalling ignorance about the existence of an area which contributes a substantial proportion of South India's tea production" -- Foreword. Title on cover: "Facets of a Hundred Years of Planting." A rare book.

Toronto: University of Toronto Women's T-Holder's Association. Soft cover. Very Good. Bright, clean, unmarked pages, firmly bound. Minor wear to corners of cover; small crease across lower front corner. Not a signed copy. 191 pages; includes b&w photographs. Discusses women's sports at the University of Toronto from 1893 to 1993. CDN BAY 15.

Chung Fung Studio, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Clean, unmarked text, firmly bound. Cover shows minimal shelf-wear. Volume consists chiefly color and black and white illustrations. 48 pages. CDN BAY 4.

Manohar, 1979. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages, beginning to yellow. Dark spot on front free end paper from removal of label.

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, 2008. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. Scientists believe that stem cells have the potential to repair specific tissues and to grow organs, revolutionizing the treatment of cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease, musculoskeletal disease, diabetes, and cancer. A core reference for researchers, Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine consolidates the latest information on functional genomics and chemical biology approaches that are used to study and control the fate of stem cells" -- back cover. Contents: Embryonic stem cells / Crystal L. Sengstaken, Eric N. Schulze, and Qi-Long Ying -- Adult stem cells / Lief Fenno and Chad A. Cowan -- Genomewide expression analysis technologies / John R. Walker -- Genomic cDNA and RNAi functional profiling and its potential application to the study of mammalian stem cells / Jia Zhang [and others] -- Chemical technologies: probing biology with small molecules / Nicolas Winssinger, Zbigniew Pianowski, and Sofia Barluenga… Read More

Routledge & Kegan Paul,, 1957. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bright, clean, unmarked pages. Cover shows some wear only: tanning to spine and wear along spine. Inscription on front end paper, which is also tanned.