London: Williams and Norgate Ltd, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Tan buckram over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, top edge stained black, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp, xii, 164, [165-292, large section of B&W plates]. First edition with page "16" mis-numbered as "6", price "10s 6d" at..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2000. First Edition, Third Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, pp. 715. Minor shelf wear to DJ with the "Pulitzer Prize" sticker to front panel of jacket. More
Washington, DC: US Government, (1956). Hardcover. Title continues "Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research with the Cooperation of the Geophysics Research Directorate and the United States Weather Bureau". Red cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 4to (10-1/4 inches tall), pp. [i-vi], 1-162, illustrated..... More
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New York, NY: Physical Culture Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Paperback. An early self-help course, here first published by the author with a copyright date of "1918" with 28 lessons in 14 separate pamphlets and no other author credits shown. Other editions were co-authored by Bernarr Macfadden and William H...... More
Saskatoon, Sask. Western Canadian Directories Ltd., 1967. Paperback. Illustrated card wraps with brown cloth spine, 4to (10-5/8 inches [27 cm] tall), pp. various pagings, (c. 1,200 total), illustrated with line drawings, maps and numerous B&W photos throughout. Volume with modest wear to covers and spine ends, evidence of sticker removal..... More
Washington, DC: US Department of the Interior, 1930. Paperback. An exhaustive, mid- 20th century study of the amazing Yosemite Valley in California. Side stapled paper wraps, 4to (11.5 inches tall), pp. vi, 137, [138 - blank], illustrated throughout with photo reproductions, charts and maps (many being fold-outs) three folded maps..... More
Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, (1969). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-15/16 inches tall), pp. 220. Volume with spine ends softened and a light tap to bottom corner of lower board. Price-intact DJ with rubbing, modest edge wear, small..... More
![Item #3411 [Alaska, Klondike] Dan Cadzow of Rampart House, Yukon Territory 1908 McLennan &...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3411.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1639099922)
Vancouver, BC: McLennan & McFeely Company, Limited, 1908. Hardcover. Front pastedown with McLennan & McFeely's presentation bookplate, stating that this catalog, No. 705 is presented to C. [sp. "D."] " Cadzow, Esq. of Rampart House, and is being forwarded to him c/o the Hudson's Bay Co. in Victoria, B.C. The..... More
New York: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Side stapled printed wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 105-268, illustrated with B&W photos, graphs and tables. Front cover with light soil, slight bumps to corners, else unmarked. Published in the middle of the Space Race..... More
![Item #4262 [Lineman] 1956 Slater Pole Line Hardware Catalogue No. 55. Ltd N. Slater Company](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4262.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1673396042)
Hamilton, ON: N. Slater Company, Ltd., 1956. Paperback. Leatherette card covers w. title and decorations stamped in blind and in yellow onto upper cover and spine, 16mo (6.25 inches tall), pp. 415, [7], illustrated throughout w. tables, halftone photo reproductions and line drawings, indices. Faint crease to upper cover, minor..... More
Winnipeg, MN: The North-West Line Elevators Association, 1941. Clothbound Card. The personalized copy of "Cecil Lamont" with his name blocked in gilt at bottom corner of the upper cover and the author's signature "With compliments / KWN" in blue ink to upper corner of front pastedown. Clothbound card housing the..... More
Toronto, ON: Ontario Agricultural Commission, 1881. Third Edition. Hardcover. "Printed by C. Blackett Robinson, 5 Jordan Street. 1881.'' printed at foot of title page, "Third Edition" stamped in gilt at foot of spine. Green cloth in 3/4 leather, title stamped in gilt onto spine, small 4to (9-5/8 inches [24.4 cm]..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1956). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Gray cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto top board and spine, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. viii, 301, illustrated with B&W photos. Volume with text slightly toned, light taps to heel of spine and..... More
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarter cloth with patterned paper over boards, title in silver to spine, 8vo (8-5/16 inches tall), pp. xiii, 273, map endpapers, illus. w. B&W photos. Volume with slight bow and light staining to text block edges. Price-clipped DJ with..... More
New York: Cardinal Edition/Pocket Books, 1956. First Thus. Paperback. Photo illustrated wraps, 12mo (6-3/8 inches tall), pp. 372, illustrated throughout with line drawings. Creases and edgewear to covers, p.o. name in ink to first page, stated 1st printing. The first printing of this uncommon Cardinal edition, originally published in hardcover..... More
Grenoble, France: J. Rey, 1920. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Paperback. [cover title] Printed wraps containing two parts, tall 8vo (9-7/8 inches [25 cm] tall), pp. [part 1] (i)-58 ; [part 2] 59-71, (1 blank), (73) -74 table of contents, 5 folding charts at rear graphically displaying calculation solutions. Both..... More
Philadelphia, PA: The Biddle Press, [1910?]. Hardcover. With the pencil signature of "Lydia C. Biddle" (the publisher is The Biddle Press) at top of ffep. Cloth backed paper boards, title stamped in black onto upper board, 12mo (6-5/8 inches tall), pp. 59. Contains three Quaker narrative poems with short biographies..... More
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Government Printing Office, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, headbands, 4to (11-5/16 inches tall), pp. xlvii, 553, illustrated in color and B&W with 50 tissue-guarded plates, multiple photo reproductions and drawings, index. Volume with traces of soil, light..... More
Dumfries, VA: Robert C. Price, 1994-98. Paperback. Staple bound wraps, 4to (11 inches tall) pp. [various] but c. 14 pages per issue, illustrated throughout. A broken run of 16 issues dating from Dec. 1994 (Vol. 26 No. 3) to Jan. 1998 (Vol. 29 No. 3), all in very good condition..... More
![Item #2645 [Trains, Railways] The Canadian New First, Second and Third Year Examinations for...](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2645.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1495484690)
Chicago, IL: Frederick J. Prior, (1912). Flexible Card. Title continues ... Complete Explanatory and Instructive Answers to the Three Series of Examination Questions, Covering in Detail Locomotive Firing, Including Combustion and Care of the Boiler ; the Care and Management of Simple and Compound Locomotives ; Airbrake Handling ; Breakdowns..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt onto upper cover and spine, 8vo (9-3/16 inches tall), pp. 436, illustrated endpapers with numerous photos and illustrations throughout, stated first edition. Volume with small p.o. stamp and sticker..... More
![Item #3033 [Montessori] A History of Infant Education. Robert R. Rusk](https://harropianbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3033.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1562602103)
London: University of London Press, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Uncommon Montessori content in the chapter reserved for her on pp. 69-88 (w. frontis) confirming the importance of her methods by inclusion here among "...the views on Infant Education of the great educators." from the preface. This copy still..... More
New York, NY: The American Museum of Natural History, 1922. Paperback. (cover title). Contains the articles "Scientific Work in Unsettled China" by Roy Chapman Andrews - who led an exciting life and is said to have served as the inspiration for the Hollywood character Indiana Jones (ref. Roy Chapman Andrews..... More
Newton, NJ: Carstens Publications, Ltd., (2012). Paperback. Illustrated card wraps, 4to (10-7/8 inches tall), pp. 95, [96 - ad], illustrated throughout. More
[Toronto]: Maple Leaf Milling Co., Ltd., (1924). Third Edition. Hardcover. Brad-bound illustrated heavy card covers, 4to (12 inches tall), pp. (80), index. Volume with toning, creases and wear to covers, a two inch closed tear at top of front cover, text is toned but remains unmarked. Lessons 2 through 20..... More