Search Results: Titles starting with R from Ainsworth Books

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802059759 . DJ shows light edge wear, some damage to front cover, bottom fore corner of book bumped. ; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A tight, solid book.; B&W Photographs; 9.26 X 6.17 X 1.10 inches; 310 pages; A young New Brunswick lawyer arrived in Calgary in 1897. In the 30 years before he assumed the leadership of the federal Conservative party, Bennett served in many capacities in the Northwest Territories and the Alberta legislature. Business was another love - oil development, grain, real estate, mining. This book covers those 30 years of hard work. .

Ottawa: Golden Dog Press. Very Good. 1997. First Edition. Softcover. 0919614701 . Signed by Author; Card covers show light shelf wear, a couple of small stains on back cover.; A bright, solid book inscribed by the author on the title page. ; B&W Photographs; 8.8 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 112 pages; "Fifty years ago, Royal Mail Ship Nascopie ended a life full of adventure on an unmarked reef in Hudson’s Strait. Launched by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1911, her main mission was to supply the Company’s far-flung posts in Canada’s North. Alone and without any of today’s navigation and communications equipment, she battled ice and icebergs, fog, storms, and uncharted waters to delivery everything the posts needed to survive and trade. Few ships played such a prolonged role in developing Canada’s North and maintaining her presence there. Nascopie was a strong ship sailed by strong men. She played a historic role for Canada and this is her story." .

London: George Philip & Son. Very Good. ca 1949. Card Covers. Green card covers are creased with some edge wear but are fully intact. Only minimal wear to the map; This linen backed foldout map is bound with card covers and has an Index bound in at the back. The scale is 1 mile to the inch ; Royal Automobile Club; Colour map; 0 pages; This fold out map is undated but appears to be mid 20th century. .

Yorkshire, England: Pen and Sword. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 1844157296 . As new, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.29 X 6.30 X 1.10 inches; 224 pages; "Jim Auton was posted to 178 Squadron who were operating ex-U.S.A.A.F., war-weary Liberator heavy bombers. This squadron he was based in Foggia in Italy, living under canvas without the barest of military or personal necessities. The duration of a tour at that time was 40 front-line operations over such dangerous targets as Ploesti and the Danube – few in the squadron felt they could survive since the casualty rate was so high. Then came his part in the desperate attempts to supply the besieged city of Warsaw when the Liberators were ordered to fly in at 500 feet, at their lowest speed and with flaps and undercarriage down, to drop desperately needed ammunition and supplies. All this through a hail of both German and Russian gunfire. On his 37th sortie Jim, aged twenty, was severely… Read More

London: Michael Joseph. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Unclipped DJ is chipped with a couple of short tears ; A bright solid, book, hinges intact; 320 pages; A more modern story than his Hornblower novels, the central character is a young soldier home on leave from the trenches in WWI .

Nepean ON: GAPC Entertainment. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0968507107 . DJ shows edge wear with chipping and small tears. Gift inscription on title page. ; A bright, solid book. This oblong book with dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector is liberally illustrated with B&W and colour photos. ; B&W and Colour Photographs; 11.80 X 9 X 0.70 inches; 160 pages; The March West is a celebration in picture and story of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the occasion of the force's 125th year. Original images combine with the rich colour of modern paintings and photographs to breath new life into the story of the March West of 1874: the heroic and arduous trek that saw 275 recruits travel 800 miles of arid prairie in search of whisky traders who were fast destroying the traditions and livelihood of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The March was badly planned and orchestrated but the original force withstood bad water, hunger and exhaustion to achieve its… Read More

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia. Good. 1966. Paperback. Trade PB; Diagrams; First Thus. Covers have some light soiling and light shelfwear. Corners bumped, creases on back cover. This is a study done by the University of British Columbia with a view to building regional colleges on Vancouver Island. Socio-economic statistics and comparisons to other areas of North America. .

Langley, BC: Timberholme. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 189425404X . Slight wear, small remainder dot bottom page edges.; Dust jacket in Mylar DJ unclipped. A tight bright book.; B&W Illustrations; 327 pages; 'W. H. T. Olive's memoir is his record of the year he spent as "manager of the boats" for the Bennett Lake & Klondyke Navigation Company in the Yukon Gold Rush of 1898.'. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Good with no dust jacket. 1933. Second Printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; Blue cloth boards have some soiling, wear to bottom edges and corners, corners bumped. PON on blank page facing half title. Stamp of the library of Canadian Knights of Columbus War Service. A sticker has been pulled from the front pastedown with resulting damage to the map end paper. The author has fictionalized an account of his own experiences of as a soldier, born in India, who served in northern India on the border with Afghanistan. .

New York: International Association for the Advancement of Ethnology and Eugenics. Very Good-. 1978. Softcover. Card covers are sun-faded and show some edge wear. ; A tight solid book, unmarked. ; IAAEE monograph #5; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 57 pages; A disturbing study comparing Negroes and whites in the mid 1970's .

New York: Metropolitan Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805091262 . Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 6.49 X 1.135 X 9.54 inches; 306 pages; "The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of resource depletion-a crisis that goes beyond "peak oil" to encompass shortages of coal and uranium, copper and lithium, water and arable land. With all of the planet's easily accessible resource deposits rapidly approaching exhaustion, the desperate hunt for supplies has become a frenzy of extreme exploration, as governments and corporations rush to stake their claim in areas previously considered too dangerous and remote." .

Toronto: Sterling Publishing Company. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1402770294 . Signed by Author; Illustrated boards show very light shelf wear. This edition was originally published with a slipcase, which is missing. ; A bright, solid book. Signed by the author on the title page. B&W illustrations and B&W and color photos throughout with a number of fascinating fold-out B&W illustrations and maps at the back of the book ; 9.4 X 9.2 X 1.0 inches; 245 pages; "A century ago, England's Robert Falcon Scott and Norway’s Roald Amundsen— two explorers with vastly different visions—set out separately for the South Pole. The race between these “ideal antagonists” resulted in grand heroism, bitter tragedy, and the birth and perpetuation of myths that have lingered for generations. 'Race to the End' takes readers along on each team's trek to Antarctica, and farther to the South… Read More

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1953. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show some shelf wear, soiling, possible water damage to boards, pages unaffected. Previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked. Laid in are a couple of photocopies of excerpts from Quarterly Journal Mechanics and Applied Mathematics Vol VII, Pt 3 1954. One is 'Variation Principles in Dynamics' by L.A. Pars 1953 and the shorter one is 'What is Hamilton's Principle?' by Harold Jeffreys 1953 ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 120 pages .

London: Macmillan London Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0333187601 . DJ and boards show shelf wear. 2 cm closed tear top front of DJ, red remainder mark on bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. Jacket art by Paul Wright ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 304 pages; An historical fiction set in Canada in the late 18th century .

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0772012261 . Boards show light shelf wear, DJ shows shelf wear with short tears, creasing and light chipping. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Laid in is a publisher's 4 page promotion issued to booksellers.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages; Heather Menzies' portrait of Canada, discovered through interviews with people from coast to coast. She was disturbed by the call for separation by the Parti Quebecois so she set out to find out what Canadians actually thought about their country. .

Vancouver BC: Whitecap Books. Very Good+. 2001. Softcover. 1552850099 . Gift inscription on half-title page.; A bright, solid book, very little wear apparent to card covers. ; B&W Photographs; 8.30 X 5.30 X 0.60 inches; 242 pages; A journey across Canada, a journey across time. With humour and insight, Dave Preston invites readers to share his month-long journey across Canada, over 4,000 miles by rail. Traveling through every province that still has a track, stopping to recount the glory days of the luxurious CPR hotels, Rails & Rooms offers a unique travelogue that covers this country from Halifax to Victoria, past to present. .

New York: Osprey Publishing. Near Fine. 2016. First Edition. Softcover. 1472810686 . Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book. B&W and colorized illustrations ; New Vanguard #231; 9.7 X 7.2 X 0.3 inches; 48 pages; "World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Although many of the railway guns initially deployed at the start of the conflict were of World War I vintage, Germany's ambitious development program saw the introduction of a number of new classes, including the world's largest, the 80cm-caliber Schwerer Gustav and Schwerer Dora guns, which weighed in at 1,350 tons and fired a huge 7-ton shell. This book provides an overview of the types of railway guns in service during World War II, with a special focus on the German railway artillery used in France, Italy, and on the Eastern Front, analyzing why railway guns would largely disappear from use following the end of the war." .

Richmond Hill ON: Scholastic Canada, Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. 1st Thus. Hardcover. 0590740008 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Decorative endpapers, beautiful B&W and full colour illustrations by Dinah Dryhurst ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 183 pages; "Edith Nesbit's classic story of three children whose lives are turned upside down when their father suddenly goes away and they have to move to the country. They are captivated by the local railway and make friends with the local station staff and the old gentleman who travels daily on the train. The children experience all kinds of adventures, but the biggest adventure is the one which they do not even understand themselves... the reason for their father's absence and the mysterious quest to bring him home. A captivating story for all ages. The Railway Children, published in book form in 1906 and never out of print since, has a… Read More

Lethbridge, AB: Lethbridge Historical Society. Very Good+. 2002. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Only slight wear. ; Trade PB; Occasional paper #36; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 40 pages; Laid in is a copy of Rolling Stock - the newsletter of the Great Canadian Plains Railway Society from Winter 2003 .

Madeira Park, BC: B.C. Coast Historical Society. Very Good. 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Some soil and edgewear to beige card covers ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 48 pages; Short essays and anecdotes dealing with the history of the British Columbia coast. This volume includes Pioneer Steamers of Vancouver Harbour, Lighthouses of the BC Coast, Buddhist Columbia, Towboating, Tsimsyan Myths, artist Paul Kane among others. .