ARMSTRONG, CHRISTOPHER

The Revenge of the Methodist Bicycle Company Sunday Streetcars and Municipal Reform in Toronto, 1888

Toronto: Peter Martin Associates, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887781683. Dust jacket shows some edge wear and light creasing, pages a little tanned ; A tight solid book. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 214 pages; The story is simple: big-money interest who owned Toronto's street railways wanted to run streetcars on Sundays. They claimed this would be a boon to the working man on his day of rest, but it was clear that profit was their real motive. Respectable leaders of Toronto society were adamantly opposed; Sunday streetcars were a desecration of the Sabbath, the work of the Devil. But ultimately, the robber barons won and the cars ran on Sunday-just as the first great bicycle craze began. Everybody bought bikes-some of them from the Methodist Bicycle Company-and the Sunday streetcars were virtually empty. Revenge is a rollicking good story peopled by flamboyant characters with Good and Evil fighting it out in public view. Richly illustrated with cartoons and photographs from the period, it is an exuberant refutation of the notion that Canadian history is dull.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 15804

Catalogue: Canadiana::Ontario

Keywords: 0887781683 Toronto Streetcar History::Canada

ARMSTRONG, THOMAS

A Ring Has No End

London: Cassell & Company, 1958. 1st UK. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show light shelf wear.; A tight solid book. ; 410 pages; A novel set in Russia culminating in the Russian Revolution. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20295

Catalogue: Fiction::UK

Keywords: Revolution RUSSIA FICTION British Fiction

ARONSON, JERROLD L. & ROM HARRE & EILEEN CORNELL WAY

Realism Rescued How Scientific Progress Is Possible

Chicago: Open Court Pub Co, 1995. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0812692896. Card covers show very light shelf wear, light soil bottom page edges.; A bright, solid book, card covers are clean and crisp, text unmarked. ; 9.10 X 5.90 X 0.80 inches; 213 pages; "Does science give us a progressively more accurate and objective account of the world? This book by three leading philosophers of science presents a new defense of scientific realism against skeptical and positivist attacks. While positivists view scientific theories as devices for predicting observable phenomena, realists maintain that theories describe hidden processes which account for observable phenomena.This problem raises the question: What are scientific theories about? Do they refer to an unobservable yet real realm of physical processes? It seems undeniable that the scientific endeavor has in some sense made progress. But is the increasing practical success of the physical sciences good grounds for believing that their theories and techniques lead us nearer to the truth? According to Aronson, Harre, and Way, past failures to answer these questions have been due in large part to the assumption that knowledge is expressed in propositions and organized by the canons of logic. On the assumption that science must meet the world in a correspondence between statements and states of affairs, realism turns out to be difficult to defend. Realism Rescued offers a new direction, relying on the importance of models in scientific work. Theories are not to be thought of as sets of propositions, though they can be expressed propositionally. Rather they are models, chunks of orderings of natural kinds. For the first time, the indispensability of models is turned into a powerful argument for realism, an argument that confronts the skeptic on his own ground. By drawing on a new technique of knowledge representation developed in Artificial Intelligence, the dynamic type-hierarchy, the authorsgive a convincing account of the central role of models. Such concepts as verisimilitude, natural kind, natural necessity, and natural law can then be presented far more clearly than ever before.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 17818

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: 0812692896 SCIENCE

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

Early Firearms of Great Britain and Ireland from the Collection of Clay P. Bedford

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971. 1st Thus. Softcover. ISBN: 0870991132. Card covers show light shelf wear, light soiling, spine has minor creasing. Previous owner's name/address on front fly leaf. ; A tight solid book. ; B&W Illustrations; 10.8 X 8.4 X 0.5 inches; 187 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 19404

Catalogue: Militaria::Weapons

Keywords: 0870991132 Handguns rifles pistols flintlock

THE ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS

The History of the Arts in White Rock

White Rock, BC: The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. A crease along front spine is the only fault in this otherwise as new book ; A bright, clean near-fine volume. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages; This commemorative booklet was dedicated to Elizabeth Keeling who was very involved in the Arts community in White Rock.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 21117

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::White Rock

Keywords: Arts Elizabeth Keeling White Rock History::Canada ARTS

ASH, MARINELL & ELIZABETH HULSE (EDITOR)

Thinking with Both Hands; Sir Daniel Wilson in the Old World and the New

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802044433. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar. ; B&W Illustrations; 9.29 X 6.28 X 1.27 inches; 392 pages; "This book is an exhaustive look at the life and career of one of the last century's most interesting and accomplished educators. Widely admired in his own day, Sir Daniel Wilson has been largely forgotten. This collection reappraises his contribution to many fields of endeavour and to the development of the University of Toronto. As well as his own life and work, the authors examine aspects of Victorian culture and science through the prism of the career of this most interesting and accomplished educator. The volume also includes a chronology of Wilson's life and a comprehensive bibliography of his published and unpublished writings.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18440

Catalogue: Biographies::Canadian

Keywords: 0802044433 EDUCATION Sir Daniel Wilson Biographies & Memoirs EDUCATION

ASHLEE, TED

Voyage Into Danger; Adventure in the Queen Charlotte Islands

Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0039233081. Illustrated by Allan Daniel. Light wear & bumping of blue paper covered boards, DJ scuffed, chipped with some creasing. ; A tight solid book. DJ in Mylar ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 138 pages; An adventure story for young adults. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14528

Catalogue: Juvenile::Young Adult

Keywords: 0039233081 Vancouver Island Haida Gwaii Queen Charlotte Islands gabriola Juvenile::Young Adult

ASHWORTH, MARY

The Forces Which Shaped Them a History of the Education of Minority Group Children in British Columbia

Vancouver BC: New Star Books, 1979. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0919888917. Pages tanned, light wear to corners of card covers, a little scuffing to back cover. ; A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; 8.20 X 5.20 X 0.70 inches; 238 pages; "Her historical survey exposes racism as a deliberate political policy legislated by elected representatives and implemented by bureaucrats. The law thar deprived an entire race of people of the right to vote was law, not attitude. " Rosemary Brown introduction. Very Good .

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Book number: 19496

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Education

Keywords: 0919888917 voting Chinese Japanese EDUCATION Minorities Native studies Social Science EDUCATION

ASIMOV, ISAAC & MARTIN HARRY GREENBERG

Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space

New York: Bluejay Books Inc, 1985. 1st Thus. Paperback. ISBN: 0312944012. A couple of small dirt spots on inside front cover and light shelf soil lower page fore edges.; A near-fine volume, crisp and bright. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 355 pages; An anthology of Sherlockian tales by sci-fi writers including one by Arthur Conan Doyle. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21462

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction

Keywords: 0312944012 Sherlock Holmes Science Fiction Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy Fiction::Mystery

ASPRIN, ROBERT LYNN & LYNN ABBEY (EDITORS)

Cross

Garden City NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1984. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Only light wear to book and DJ ; A bright, solid book, dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, map endpapers ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 628 pages; Another anthology of stories set in Sanctuary, by some of the finest fantasy writers extant. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21189

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: sanctuary thieves' world Fiction::Science Fiction & Fantasy

ASSAF, BETTY & MARILYN ASSAF

A History of Nanoose Bay

Nanoose Bay, BC: Nanoose Centennial Committee, 2006. Fourth Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0978031709. Previous owner's name stamped inside front card cover.; A bright, solid book. Side stapled binding. One fold-out map at front and one at back of book as well as many reproductions of old photos. Laid in at back is a clipping from the Nanoose Business Service Directory with an article by Edna Ozero about her family's history in the Nanoose area. She was the great granddaughter of John and Mary Tippet who came to Nanoose Bay from England in 1883. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 204 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 20236

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Community History

Keywords: 0978031709 Nanoose Bay Community history Vancouver Island History::Canada Community History

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

The Essentials of Electronic Communications I (V. 1)

Piscataway, NJ: Research & Education Assn, 1989. Softcover. ISBN: 0878915893. Only light wear to card covers ; A bright, solid book.; Essential Series; 8.50 X 5.75 X 0.25 inches; 69 pages; Reviews basic circuit principles, Fourier series and transforms, Laplace transforms, special analysis, transfer function and filtering, random variables and processes, and amplitude modulation.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 16582

Catalogue: Science::Electronics

Keywords: 0878915893 fourier Theorems Transforms SCIENCE

ASSOCIATION, PPCLI

The Ric-a Dam-Doo 2ppcli Cyprus March

Red Deer AB: PPCLI Association, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. As new ; B&W and Colour photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Unpaginated pages; A newsy account of three months in the lives of the Second Battalion of the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry while stationed in Cyprus in 1990. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 20273

Catalogue: Militaria::Canada::Regimental History

Keywords: PPCLI Cyprus Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry

ASTON, F.W.

Isotopes

London: Edward Arnold, 1924. Second Edition. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth covered boards show some edge wear. Stylized bookplate with coat of arms and name of previous owner, accession sticker for British college library as well as a sticker from Niels Bohr Library, associated with American Institute of Physics. Withdrawn stamps as well as a stamp stating that this was reserve stock and as such was probably not in general circulation. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 16841

Catalogue: Science::Physics

Keywords: Physics niels bohr isotopes SCIENCE

ASTOR, GERALD

The Jungle War Mavericks, Marauders, and Madmen in the China-Burma

New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0471273937. Bottom for corner lightly bumped. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; 9.30 X 6.20 X 1.50 inches; 392 pages; ""Today, as we lose the veterans of World War II at an alarming rate, we must not lose sight of their sacrifices or of the leaders who took them into battle. Astor, an acclaimed military historian, provides an in-depth look at one of the war's most successful division combat commanders, Maj. Gen. Terry Allen. This well-written portrait makes for enjoyable reading."". Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15783

Catalogue: Militaria::WWII

Keywords: 0471273937 WWII Burma Claire chennault China Militaria