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George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1937 first edition George Allen and Unwin (London), 5 1/2 x 8 inches tall blue cloth hardcover in publisher's dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, 258 pp. plus publisher's ads. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with minor bumping to the spine tips. Otherwise, apart from a couple of pages with slight marginal soiling, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a soiled, rubbed and chipped dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~QQ~ [1.5P] A defense of the irreducible status of value and its authority for moral conduct. Inclusive, restrictive and exclusive theories of the relations of ethics to value theory are analyzed. Attempts to define ethical terms in terms of various orders of reference are examined. Influences tending to ethical subjectivism are reviewed, and it is maintained that the failure to distinguish the psychological conditioning of…
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VALUE AND ETHICAL OBJECTIVITY ; a Study in Ethical Objectivity and the Objectivity of Value
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VT20/25-E Technician's Guide (AUTO)
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Powertrain Group-General Motors Corp, 2002-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 2002 first edition, Powertrain Group, General Motors Corp. (Detroit, Michigan), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall three-hole punched paperbound in full color glossy covers, copiously illustrated with numerous folding full-color diagrams, 110 pp. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this useful technician's resource. ~UU~ [1.5P] Proced by GM for automotive technicians servicing, diagnosing and repairing the VT20/25-E transaxle. It explains the fundamental mechanical, hydraulic and electrical operating principles, and defines terms associated with the VT20/25-E or associated transmissions in a glossary at the rear of the volume.
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The Value of Life in a Culture of Death
by Donald DeMarco
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Mission House Publications. Acceptable. 2010 signed and inscribed first edition, Mission House Publications (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada), 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches tall paperbound, viii, 144 pp. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Underlining, marginal notations and creased tips to a half dozen pages. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Scarce. OCLC has a listing, but locates no copies at institutions worldwide. ~EEE~ Donald MeMarco is professor emeritus at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Contents: Foreword; The Gift of Life; The Dignity of Parenthood; The Power of Virtue; The Importance of Religion; the Devaluation of Life; the Degradation of Parenthood; the decline of Thinking; The Bias of the Media
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Van Hornes road: An illustrated account of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental railway
by Omer Lavallee
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Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1977-01-01. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good. 1977 second printing, Fitzhenry and Whiteside (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), 8 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches tall red cloth hardbound in publisher's price-clipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 304 pp. Moderate soiling and slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of bumping to the tips (especially lower tips). Otherwise, apart from very slight marginal age toning, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~W~ Contents: The Photographers; Foreword; Confederation; Government Construction; Formation of the Company; The Prairies; Routes Via The Lakes; The Eastern Main Line; Rockies and Selkirks;…
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Vancouver : Stories of a City: A History of Vancouver's Neighbourhoods and the People Who Built Them
by Smedman, Lisa
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The Vancouver Courier, 2008. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 26x23x1. 2008 Vancouver Courier (Vancouver, Canada), 8 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches tall brown cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial map endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs and drawings, index, 320 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~YY~ [3.5P] A local history which expands on a 12-part, award-winning series published by the Vancouver Courier in 2006-2007. Packed with historic photos, maps and illustrations, Vancouver: Stories of a City tells the tales of the Royal Engineers sent from England to police the gold rush, the real estate barons who made backroom deals to bring the Canadian Pacific Railway terminus to Vancouver, the Musqueam and Squamish First Nations peoples,…
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Varasichthys Ariasi, New Genus, New Species from the Upper Jurassic of Chile - Pisces, Teleostei, Varasichthyidae, New Family - With 7 Plates, 21 Textfigures and 5 Tables (Palaeontographica Abteilung A Palaeozoologie-Stratigraphie, Vol. 175, Issue 4-6, PP
by Gloria Arratia F
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E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1981-01-01. Pamphlet. Very Good. In English,1981 first edition offprint, E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhunglung (Stuttgart, Germany) oversized 9 x 12 inches tall stapled pamphlet in white wraps with green label on front cover, paginated 107-139 plus seven full-page large plates. Minor soiling and some creasing and edgewear to cover with corner-creasing to upper tip of booklet. Prior owner name in pen to title page. Otherwise a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked.~YY~ Association copy: The prior owner, Craig Black (1932-1998), was a respected Vertebrate Paleontologist and Professor who served as Curator and later Director of Carnegie Museum of National History, and from 1982 until his retirement in 1994, Director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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Vaux-Le-Vicomte
by De Montclos, Jean-Marie Perous
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Scala Books, 1997-08-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x0x11. 1997 Scala Books (London), 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches tall hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, pale blue paper-covered boards, dark blue lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, copiously illustrated with color photographs and black-and-white drawings, index, 215 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with minor bumping to the tips. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a near fine dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~N~ [3.5P] A pictorial history of the famous French chateau of Nicholas Fouquet, Louis XIV minister of finance. This chateau set the standard for the renovation of Versailles under Louis. Built between 1658 and 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle Ãle, Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the Superintendent…
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The Veil of Shame
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Brianico Publishing Company, 2003. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x9. 2003 signed and inscribed first edition, Brianico Pub. (San Diego, California), 6 x 9 inches tall trade paperback, 200 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Very slight soiling to page edges. Minor bumping to tips. Nicely signed and inscribed by the author on the verso of the front cover (authenticity of signature guaranteed in perpetuity). Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce title. ~C~ [1.5P] Angela Harris is an author of faith-based romance fiction novels, with an eye toward stimulating dialogue about relationship issues.
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Venerabilis Thomae a Kempis, Opera Omnia, Volumen Primum, Opuscula [Venerable Thomas a Kempis, Complete Works, Volume 1, Minor Works]
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In Aedibus Ed. Groppe (Augustae Treverorum), 1868-01-01. Hardcover. Good. In Latin. 1868 Augustae Treverorum: In Aedibus Ed. Groppe (Trier, Germany), 4 x 5 7/8 inches tall black cloth hardbound, viii, 465 pp. plus two page 'Corigenda' (errata). Covers mildly rubbed and soiled, and the front cover is moderately warped. A bit of very light soiling to the title pages and next couple of pages. Otherwise, a very good copy of this scarce and important collection of the 'Opuscula,' or minor works, of Thomas a Kempis, the medieval author best known for his likely authorship of the devotional classic, 'The Imitation of Christ.' This collection was edited by Franz Xaver Kraus (1840-1901), a German Catholic priest, scholar and ecclesiastical and art historian. Though intended to be one of multiple volumes in the a Kempis Opera Omnia (complete works), this was the only volume, and only edition, which appeared. It contains some 25 'minor works,' including the Soliloquy of the…
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Venice Preserv'd: Or, A Plot Discover'd
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Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1755-01-01. Pamphlet. Good. 1755 'Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour' (Edinburgh, Scotland), 4 x 6 1/4 inches tall, removed from a larger collection of English plays but separately paginated, complete and tightly bound, lacking wraps or covers. Embossed stamp from the library at Wigan, Greater Manchester, England to title page and three other interior pages. 1926 presentation plate to library and stamp to verso of title page. Light stain to lower fore margin of title page and successive eight leaves. Otherwise, a very good, early imprint of an important Restoration drama. Reference: ESTC No. T121750. Scarce, with the English Short Title Catalog recording only three institutions holding a copy: the National Library of Scotland, the British Library and the Niedersachsische Staats und Universitatsbibliothek, in Gottingen, Germany. ~MMM~ Thomas Otway (1652-1685) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for this work, 'Venice…
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Veranda Retreats
by Veranda; López-Cordero, Mario
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Hearst, 2016-10-04. Hardcover. Very Good. 2017 Hearst Books (New York), 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches tall light gray cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, dark grey lettering to front cover and spine, green pattern endpapers, copiously illustrated with full color photographs throughout, 271 pp. Prior owner address label to top margin of front pastedown. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP32~ [5.5P] With all the style, quality, and elegance youâve come to expect from Veranda, this entry in the magazineâs bestselling series of home decorating books invites you into the worldâs most stunning houses. Lushly romantic or quietly minimalist, boasting verdant farmland or a beckoning…
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Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces
by Steadman, Philip
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Oxford University Press, 2001-06-07. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x0x9. 2001 Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall black cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, silver lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and full color photographs and reproductions of artwork, xiv, 207 pp. plus 8 unnumbered pages of plates. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in an only slightly edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP37~ [2.0P] Art historians have long speculated on how Vermeer achieved the uncanny mixture of detached precision, compositional repose, and perspective accuracy that have drawn many to describe his work as 'photographic.' Indeed, many wonder if Vermeer employed a camera obscura, a primitive form of camera, to enhance his realistic effects? In Vermeer's Camera, Philip Steadman traces the development…
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The Vermilion Pencil
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The McClure Company, Inc, 1908. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 0x0x0. 1908 first edition The McClure Co. (New York), 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches tall grey cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt and red decoration and lettering to front cover and spine, color frontispiece with tissue guard, vi, 331 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with minor bumping to the tips. Small red ink number to upper tip of blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, apart from very slight age toning, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP33~ [2.0P] Homer Lea (1876-1912), was an American adventurer, author and geopolitical strategist, best known for his involvement with Chinese reform and revolutionary movements in the early twentieth century and for his writings about China and geopolitics. Lea is less well known for this, his first major effort at writing a novel entitled, The Vermilion Pencil: A Romance of China (1908). After going to China (1900-1901), he used his experiences there to…
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Vermont Families in 1791 Volume 1
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Picton Press, 1995-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1992 Picton Press (Camden, Maine), 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches tall aqua cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt design and lettering to front cover and spine, map endpapers, index, xxviii, 281 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers, with minor bumping to tips. Ink prior owner name to lower margin of blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP23~ [2.5P] The first volume of a valuable resource for researchers tracing their heritage just after the American Revolution. Vermont, admitted as a state in 1791, was officially enumerated that same year, listing 14,983 families totaling 85,425 individuals.
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Vertus, Maximes, et Prieres Chretiennes: Prieres Chretiennes; Les Pseaumes de la Penitence; Meditations Sur Le Pater & Sur L'Ave Maria; Les Vertus Chretiennes; Instructions Chretiennes; Maximes Chretiennes; Le Combat Spirituel
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s.n. (Paris), 1687-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. In French. 1687 no publisher given (Paris), 3 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches tall full leather bound, five raised bands and gilt decoration and lettering to spine, gilt decoration to all board edges, a collection of eight separately paginated religious works whose translation and editing are attributed to French writer and dramatist Jean Desmarets, Sieur de Saint-Sorlin (1595-1676), a total of 184 pages, with each of the eight works paginated separately and four with their own title pages. Mild to moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with mild bumping to the tips and slight loss to the upper spine cap. Lacking a front free-endpaper. Otherwise, in very good condition - clean, bright and unmarked. A rare collection of pious works by French writer and dramatist Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (1595 - 1676). ~K~ In French. No compiler is identified, but a far more abbreviated 1687 imprint with a nearly identical main title page is attributed to French writer and…
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The Very Idea (Vol. #2): A Collection of Novel Retail Advertising Ideas
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A.J. Publishing Co, 1974-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. 1974 first edition A.J. Publishing Co. (Duluth, Minnesota), 8 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches tall x 3/4 inch thick paperbound in white covers with red and blue lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated with numerous retail ads, 272 pp. Covers mildly to moderately stained, rubbed and edgeworn. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce 'retail advertising brainstorm book.' Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~WWW~ Filled with hundreds of retail ads, most from the 1950s - 1970s, with running commentary from the editor /compiler.
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Viareggio in Maschera, Rivista Ufficiale del Carnevale 1958 [Viareggio in Mask, Official Magazine of the Carnival 1958]
by Elio Pardi
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F. Azzaro, 1958-01-01. Paperback. Good. In Italian, with one article in English. 1958 first edition F. Azzaro (Viareggio, Italy), 9 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches tall stapled paperbound in color pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and ads from local Viareggio businesses, unpaginated, approx [48] pp. Slight soiling, rubbing, creasing and edgewear to covers. Slight creasing or soiling to a handful of pages, with a half-inch edge tear to the fore edge of the final leaf. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce record of the 1958 observance of this illustrious Italian carnival. ~SP22~ [1.5P] The 1958 magazine/program/guide for the Carnival of Viareggio (Carnevale di Viareggio), a carnival event annually held in the Tuscan city of Viareggio, considered amongst the most renowned carnival celebrations in both Italy and Europe. Viareggio in Maschera ('Viareggio in Mask') has been produced every year since 1921. Founded by Giuseppe Giannini,…
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Viatoris Christiani Pars Altera, in qua Thomae de Kempis [The Christian Traveler: Thomas a Kempis' Lesser Works]
by Thomas a Kempis; Jacob Merlo Horstius [Editor]
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Apud Joannem Kinckium & Sociorum, 1643-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. In Latin. 1643 Apud Joannem Kinckium (Cologne, Germany), 2 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches tall full leather bound, five raised bands and gilt-lettered label to spine, all page edges gilt, ribbon marker sewn in, gilt dentelles to board edges and framing front and rear pastedowns, gilt floral patterned endpapers, illustrated with four full-page engravings of religious scenes, 402, [6] pp. Slight to moderate staining, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with bumping to tips. Slight staining and foxing to title page and a handful of interior pages. A couple of instances of marginal tick marks. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare issue of several of the 'lesser works' of Thomas a Kempis, author of The Imitation of Christ. OCLC (No. 490240637) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide - at Bibliotheque St. Genevieve in Paris and Universite de Lille in northern France. ~KMP~ [1.0P] A rare…
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Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
by Smith, Tommie; Barnes, Derrick; Anyabwile, Dawud
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Norton Young Readers, 2022-09-26. hardcover. Like New. 10x0x12. 2022 signed second printing, W.W. Norton and Company (New York), 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches tall color pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), graphic biography 220 pp. Nicely signed by author and Olympian Tommie Smith on the page preceding the title page. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~MMM~ [2.0P] On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans. Both men were forced to leave the Olympics, received death threats, and faced ostracism and continuing economic hardships. In his first-ever memoir for young readers, Tommie Smith looks back on his childhood growing up in rural Texas through to his stellar athletic career, culminating in his historic…
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Viet Nguyen: Sculptetching Va Beyond
by Viet Nguyen; Douglas Deaver
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Ann Am Printing / V. Nguyen. Very Good. 1994 inscribed and signed first edition, Ann Am Printing / V. Nguyen (Los Angeles, California), 7 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches tall paperbound, largely color photographs of the artist's works, with captions on the facing pages, [24] pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Nicely inscribed and signed by the artist in the year of issue on the verso of the front cover. Otherwise, apart from a couple of instances of very slight marginal soiling, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce portfolio. ~F~ In English. Los Angeles Artist Viet Nguyen was born in 1952 in Saigon, Vietnam, where he studied painting and sculpture at the National School of Fine Arts. After arriving in California in 1975, he continued to study art and to develop his printmaking style at local community colleges and the University of California, Los Angeles. Nguyen calls his unique method of art 'Sculptetching with cast paper.' In it, elements of etching,…
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