Office of Naval Research / London / European Scientific Notes / No. 9-7 / 1 July 1955

London, UK, Office of Naval Research, 1955. 1st printing. pp. 94 to 110. 4to. In original stapled printed paper covers. Comments on studies, reports, and conferences in the areas of physics, earth sciences, chemistry, electronics, biosciences, and 'miscellaneous'. Distributed by the Office of Naval Research, Washington 25, D.C. .

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Book number: 9900040226

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ;;;;;;;;

Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914-1919; General Series Vol. I / Chronology, Appendices and Maps

Ottawa, J. O. Patenaude, 1938. Hardcover. pp. liii, 460. Thick Royal 8vo. Bound in red cloth with gilt crest to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Ink inscription to front pastedown, some scuffing to edges; very good. *Lacking maps; priced accordingly. From the Outbreak of the War to the Formation of the Canadian Corps August 1914 - September 1915. .

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Book number: 081837

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Canadian History; Canadiana;

Die Olympishen Spiele in Los Angeles 1932

Hamburg, Germany, H. F. & Ph. F. Reemtsma, 1932. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 142.Large 4to,,Bound in original deep blue cloth with black lettering. Our copy has several hundred colour, and black-and-white photos, which have been neatly laid down on to their appropriate spaces in the book. Laid-in loose is a photograph of Olympic-class dinghies competing in the 1936 Olympics, which were held in Nazi-controlled Germany. The gilt on the interlocking rings on the front board has been partially rubbed away, and there is a bit of wear to the edges of the boards. A few spots of foxing to the contents. Otherwise, the book is in very good condition. The 1932 Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles, which was the only city to enter a bid for the event. Because of the world depression, barely half of the number of competitors from the previous games, held in Amsterdam, were able to attend. As expected, the United States garnered more than the lion's share of medals, including a gold and silver to the famous woman athlete Babe Didrickson (see pp. 46, 50), and a gold medal to the Polish athlete, Stanislawa Walasiewicz, in the women's 100 metres (see p. 75). After Walasiewicz's death in 1980, it was revealed 'she' was intersexed, and thus was ineligible to compete. Kusuo Kitamura won the gold medal in the men's 1500 metre freestyle swimming event (see p. 65). He was only 14 at the time, and remains the youngest person to ever compete in an Olympics. Ill.: colour, b&w photographs.

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Book number: 9900042429

Catalogue: Sports & Recreation

Keywords: Olympics;;;;;;;; colour, b&w photographs

Ordenanza de S.M. ; En Que Se Previene Y Establece El Recogimiento de Vagos Y Mal-Entretenidos Por Medio de Levas Anuales, Y Se Encarga á Las Justicias Ordinarias, Salas, Y Audiencias Criminales El Orden Judicial Que Deben Observar ; Y Los Quatro Depósitos, á Donde Deben Remitirse Los Que Fueren Aptos Para Las Armas, Etc.

Madrid, En la Imprenta de Pedro Marin, 1775. Stapled Wraps. pp. 24. 4to. Sewn pamphlet with library tape at fold. Creases, piece torn out of margin of last two pages. OCLC 504022200. .

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Book number: 084941

Catalogue: Law & Crime

Our Daily Bread; Seals: The Lifeblood of Inuit Subsistence Livelihood

Yellowknife, NWT, Department of Renewable Resources, Field Services Division, 1986. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. Slim 8vo. Colour illustrations and photographs. Pamphlet shows some minor rippling (possible water damage); good. .

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Book number: 074512

Catalogue: Polar

Our Town / Radisson Visitor / the Minneapolis Visitor [Three Tourist Magazines from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Dated 1946]

1946. Wraps. 'Our Town' is 12 x 9 inches in newspaper format. It is dated Nov. 30 - Dec. 7, 1946 and contains eight illustrated pages of entertainment and event news in the Minneapolis area. 'Radisson Visitor' was issued by the famed Minneapolis hotel, The Radisson and contains sixteen pages. It is more of a tourist guide, than an entertainment guide. It contains a map of the Minneapolis 'loop', with points of interest marked. It measures 9 x 6 inches. 'The Minneapolis Visitor' is similar in size and content. Both of these latter items cover the same time period as 'Our Town'. 'Our Town' is folded. Each item shows light wear, else in very good condition. The price is for the lot of three items. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900042998

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Minnesota;Minneapolis;Radisson Hotel;;;;;; black-&-white illustrations

Owen Sound Centennial 1857 to 1957 / Souvenir Booklet

Owen Sound, ON, 1957. 1st edition. Wraps. pp. 64.8vo,,Stapled card covers a bit rubbed, else very good condition. Ill.: black-and-white photographs.

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Book number: 9900040219

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: Ontario;;;;;;;; black-and-white photographs

The Oxford University Press; 1468-1921

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1922. pp. 111. 8vo. Black & white illustrations. Light shelfwear; else very good-. .

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Book number: 069652

Catalogue: History

Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal and Western Lancet / Vol. XXXI / May, 1888. / No. 8

1888. pp. 257-320. 8vo. First page a trifle worn, else contents in excellent, unmarked, condition. An original dis-bound extract from the original 1888 journal. Original articles include: 'Thoaric Aneurism', by C. M. Richter, M.D. and 'Actinomycosis', by D. W. Montgomery, M.D. Also, proceedings of societies, health reports, lengthy editorial, and extracts from other journal articles. .

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Book number: 9900041596

Catalogue: Medicine & Health

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The Parish Church of St. George, Crescentwood 2002

[Winnipeg, Canada], 2002. Hardcover. 4to, pp. 32. Covers slightly rubbed, name sticker to first page; very good+. No dust jacket. colour photographs. .

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Book number: 012009

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: Parish, Worship, Winnipeg, Church members, Christianity

The Parish Church of St. George, Crescentwood 2002 [Together with] Parish Members' Photograph Directory 1997

Winnipeg, MB. 1st edition.4to,,,The directory contains a complete list of parishoner's addresses and phone numbers. The price is for both items. The history is hard bound, sl. scuffed; else near fine cond. The directory is in card covers, a bit thumbed & soiled; else vg. Ill.: b&w, colour photographs.

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Book number: 9900034372

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: Winnipeg;Genealogy;;;;;;; b&w, colour photographs

Pascal Breland

Winnipeg, MB, Government of Manitoba, 1984. Wraps. pp. 12.8vo,,Stapled card covers: in near fine condition, One of a series of a series of historical pamphlets published by the Historic Resources Branch of the Government of Manitoba. Ill.: black-&-white illustrations.

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Book number: 9900034646

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Exploration;Fur trade;Red River colony;Metis;Hudson's Bay Co;North-West Company;;; black-&-white illustrations

Peeps at Bermuda

Hamilton, Bermuda, Bermuda Book Stores, ND. Paperback. 4to. Card covers encased in highly colourful dust jacket. With twelve post card sized tipped-in colour plates, showing scenes around the island, and text on recto. All plates present and in excellent condition. Small, former owner's name stamp on top right of front free endpaper and rear endpaper. Unusual item. The jacket is chipped at spine & edges, with several small closed tears. Binding beginning to split. Contents very clean. Ill.: tipped-in 'postcard' plates.

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Book number: 9900030463

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Bermuda;Islands;Post cards;Mid-atlantic;;;;; tipped-in 'postcard' plates

The Penguin Hansard (Two Volumes); Vol. I - from Chamberlain to Churchill; Vol. II - the National Effort

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin Books, 1940. Paperback. pp. 303; vii, 192. Small 8vo. Both volumes showing card covers lightly rubbed, some expected age-toning. Vol. I text block separated from binding, ink name. Overall, good. .

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Book number: 074708

Catalogue: Politics

Keywords: Political science; House of Commons; Parliamentary;

The People of Souris and Glenwood from the Earliest Beginnings to the Present

Souris, MB, 2006. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. ii, 782.Very heavy 4to,,Brand new copy: no flaws - in near fine condition, Published by the Souris and District Heritage Club. ISBN 0978068300. Ill.: maps, b&w illustrations.

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Book number: 9900037596

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: Manitoba;;;;;;;; maps, b&w illustrations