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200 Years of American Sculpture. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: ARMSTRONG, Tom, et al KRAUSS, Rosalind E. HASKELL, Barbara

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Godine, New York, 1976, ISBN:0879231858

Seller ID: 11070

ARMSTRONG, Tom, Wayne CRAVEN, Norman FEDER, Barbara HASKELL, Rosalind E. KRAUSS, Daniel ROBBINS, and Marcia TUCKER. 200 Years of American Sculpture. (New York) : David R. Godine, Publisher, in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, (1976). First Edition. Pp (8),[9]-336. Double column. Illustrated. 4to, cream cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "This volume presents the first major study of the dramatic unfolding of the history of American sculpture . The works of over 140 artists.have been carefully selected from collections across the United States and Europe Europe to reflect t...
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25 [Twenty-Five] Nudes Engraved by Eric Gill. First American Edition, Devin-Adair Edition in dustjacket.

By: GILL, Eric.

Price: $280.00

Publisher: Devin-Adair, New York, 1950, : 1950

Seller ID: 109058

GILL, Eric. Twenty-Five Nudes Engraved by Eric Gill. With an introduction. New York: The Devin-Adair Company Publishers, (1950). First American Edition. "Printed in Great Britain at the Temple Press, Letchworth, Herts". Pp. (64). Unpaginated. Illustrated with line drawings against black backgrounds. 8vo (147 x 228 mm), red cloth, with gilt initials to front board, gilt lettering to spine. Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, A.R.A. (b. February 22, 1882, Brighton – d. November 17, 1940, Hillingdon, London). "Drawings are ends, not means, and even studies and sketches should be thought of as worth d...
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2nd Gulf of St. Lawrence Workshop

By: HASSAN, E. M., (coordinator)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Bedford Institute, Dartmouth, NS, 1971,

Seller ID: 57240

HASSAN, E. M., (coordinator). 2nd Gulf of St. Lawrence Workshop held at Bedford Institute, Dartmouth, NS, November 30-December 3, 1970. Dartmouth, NS:Bedford Institute, 1971. Pp. 168, including maps and charts. 4to, illustra ted yellow card covers with black spine. Contents: "The Gulf of St. Lawrence", "The Gulf as a Physical Oceanographic System", "An Approach to ChemicalOceanography in the Gulf of St. Lawrence", "The Gulf as a Biological Produ ction System", "An Outline of the Development of the Gulf of St. Lawrence","Oceanographic Studies in the S...
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A Concession to Circumstance: Nova Scotia's Unlimited Supply of Women Teachers, 1870-1960

By: PERRY, George Historical Studies in Education, 15:2, Fall 2003)

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Canadian History of Education Association, London, ON, 2003,

Seller ID: 63426

PERRY, George. "'A Concession to Circumstance': Nova Scotia's 'Unlimited Supply' of Women Teachers, 1870-1960 . An article in Historical Studies in Education, Volume 15, Number 2, Fall 2003, pp. 327-360. (London, ON): Canadian History of Education Association, 2003. Pp. (i)-viii,[5],(210-421,[3]. 8vo, illustrated black card covers. Also includes articles by Thomas Fleming,Mary Anne Poutanen, Esther Lamontagne, Yolande Cohen, and Chris Peers. Nic k to top edge, else vg. For the issue. 8.00
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A Folklore Sampler from the Maritimes. First Edition

By: HALPERT, Herbert, (ed.). LOCHHEAD, Douglas, foreword. YOUNG, Kathleen. MAPPLEBECK, Elizabeth L.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, 1982 : 1982

Seller ID: 5154

ISBN-13: 9780889010864

HALPERT, Herbert, (ed.). A Folklore Sampler from the Maritimes. With a bibliographical Essay on the Folktale in English. St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada : Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1982. First Edition. "Printed in Canada". "MUN Printing Services". Pp (6),v-xix,(1),[1]-273,(3). 8vo (142 x 218 mm), art-illustrated orange-red glossy card covers, with black lettering to white spine. "Published for the Centre for Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University by Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Publications". No.8 in the Folklore and Language Publications,...
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A Force : The Origins of British Deception During the Second World War. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: BENDECK, Whitney T. WAVELL.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2013, ISBN:9781612512334

Seller ID: 114688

BENDECK, Whitney T. "A" Force : The Origins of British Deception During theSecond World War. Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, (2013). Fir st Printing. Pp. (4),v-x,1-259,(3).8vo, white paper-covered spine with patterned red paper-covered boards, black lettering to spine. "In June 1940, the Italians declared war on the British in Africa. Out-numbered and unlikelyto receive sizable reinforcements of men or desperately needed supplies, i t is surprising that the British even survived. But necessity is the motherof all invention, so the British got creative. Under the leader...
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A Great Indian Chief

By: GAYNOR, H.C., Rev.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: : 1904

Seller ID: 117375

GAYNOR, H.C., Rev. "A Great Indian Chief". An article in The New Brunswick Magazine, Vol. 4, No.3, November 1904, pp 129-140. "Published Monthly by John A. Bowes, Editor and Manager," St. John, N.B. September, 1898. Pp.[129]-208. 8vo (155 x 235 mm), pale matte wraps, with black lettering to front, with no lettering to rear & spine. "Yet here in our own land, in these provinces by the sea, there lived and ruled a Sachem who in all the attributes of savage majesty was fit counterpart of the Great Serpent of the Delewares, and in the glory of a great name was the peer of any Indian in A...
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A Story as Sharp as a Knife. The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World. First Folio Edition

By: BRINGHURST, Robert

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Folio Society : 2015

Seller ID: 81413

BRINGHURST, Robert. A Story as Sharp as a Knife. The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World. Introduced by Margaret Atwood. Illustrated by Don Yeomans. London : The Folio Society, 2015. First Folio Edition. Printed in Germany. Pp (4),v-xxi,(5),3-534,(2). Illustrated throughout with photos (both colour and b&w), maps and the art of Yeomans. 8vo (164 x 252 mm), art-illustrated light brown cloth, with black lettering to spine. Robert Bringhurst, O.C. (b. October 16, 1946, Los Angeles). Don Yeomans (b. 1958, Prince Rupert, British Columbia). Fist published by the University of ...
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A Thing of the Past: Teaching in One-Room Schools in Rural Nova Scotia, 1936-1941

By: HALLMAN, Dianne M. Historical Studies in Education, 4:1, Spring 1992)

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, 1992,

Seller ID: 63427

HALLMAN, Dianne M. "'A Thing of the Past': Teaching in One-Room Schools in Rural Nova Scotia, 1936-1941" . An article in Historical Studies in Education, Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 1992, pp. 113-132. (London, ON: Faculty of Education, The University of Western Ontario), 1992. Pp. [8],(1)-210,[6]. 8vo, printed black card covers. Also includes articles by Marie-Paule Malouin, David Hogan, Oisin Patrick Rafferty, and Marilyn Färdig Whiteley. Spine nicked, else vg. For the issue. 8.00
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A Very Fine Class of Immigrants : Prince Edward Island's Scottish Pioneers, 1770-1850. First Edition

By: CAMPEY, Lucille H.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Natural Heritage Books, Toronto, 2001, : 2001

Seller ID: 49734

ISBN-13: 9781896219103

CAMPEY, Lucille H. "A Very Fine Class of Immigrants" : Prince Edward Island's Scottish Pioneers, 1770-1850. Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, (2001). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada by Hignell Printing Limited". Pp (),[ix]-xv,(5),[3]-184,(2). Illustrated with numerous 11 b&w photos, diagrams, tables, maps in text. 8vo (152 x 228 mm), art-illustrated glossy card covers, with yellow & blue lettering to green spine, with black lettering to rear cover. Lucille H. Campey (b. August 24, 1941 Ottawa) was living in Britain at the time of publication. There is a b&w photo of her on p...
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Abbey and Bishopric of Ely : The Social History of an Ecclesiastical estatefrom the tenth century to the early fourteenth century. Second Printing i n dustjacket.

By: MILLER, Edward Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, New Series, 1)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1969,

Seller ID: 102085

MILLER, Edward. The Abbey and Bishopric of Ely : The Social History of an Ecclesiastical estate from the tenth century to the early fourteenth century. [With an editor's preface by M.D. Knowles]. Cambridge: at the University Press, 1969. Second Printing. Cambridge University Press Library Edition. Pp. (6),[v]-xii,(2),[1]-313,(3). 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, New Series, number 1. Edited by M.D. Knowles. "A study of the formation of a large estate by Ely Abbey during the tenth and eleventh centuries and of the various social ...
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Aboriginal Organizations and Their Claims: The Case of Newfounland and Labrador

By: KENNEDY, John C. Canadian Ethnic Studies 19:2 BUCHANAN, Alan G. SHADD, Adrienne L.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Calgary, 1987,

Seller ID: 103092

KENNEDY, John C. "Aboriginal Organizations and Their Claims: The Case of Newfounland and Labrador." An article in Canadian Ethnic Studies Vol. XIX, No. 2, 1987, pp 13-25. (Calgary : Canaadian Ethnic Studies Association, 1987). Pp (2),[1]-155,(11). 8vo, decorated blue and white card covers. Other local contents : Adrienne L. Shadd's "Dual Labour Markets in "Core" and "Periphery" Regions of Canada: The Position of Black Males in Ontario and Nova Scotia" (pp 91-109); Alan G. Buchanan's "Education and Ethnic Attitudes: SomeObservations on Anglophones in New Brun...
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Abraham Esau's War : A Black South African War in the Cape, 1899-1902. First Edition in dustjacket

By: NASSON, Bill African Studies Series, no. 68

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Port CHester, Melbourne, Sydney, 1991, ISBN:0521385121 : 1991

Seller ID: 113192

ISBN-13: 9780521385121

NASSON, Bill. Abraham Esau's War : A Black South African War in the Cape, 1899-1902. Cambridge, New York, Port Chester, Melbourne, Sydney : Cambridge University Press, (1991). First Ediiton. Pp (12),xiii-xxvi,1-245,(1). Illustrated. Maps. Index. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. African Studies Series, no. 68. "The South African War 1899-1902 is no longer treated as 'a white man's war' by historians. Black South Africans were drawn into service by both sides, and the war affected the black communities in a variety of complex ways. Dr Nasson has written a closely focused regional study...
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Action Songs for Tots.

By: BOTWIN, Esther

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., New York , 1957,

Seller ID: 95426

BOTWIN, Esther. Action Songs for Tots. New York : Hart Publishing Company, Inc., 1957. Pp [1]-63,(1). Illustrated. Oblong small 8vo, illustrated pink card covers. A Domino Book, No. 21. Songs which young children will enjoy acting out. Words and pictures describe the simple gestures for the child. Contents : I Wish I Were a Windmill; Looby-Loo; How D'Ya Do, My Partner?; Teensy-Weensy Spider; Pick a Bale of Cotton; Sing a Song of Sixpence; Playmate; Skip to My Lou; Where is Thumbkin?; Wind, Wind, Sugar Baby; Muffin Man; Ten Little Angels. Spine ends and edges worn, penned name, el...
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Actions and Other Events : The Unifier-Multiplier Controversy.

By: PFEIFER, Karl.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Peter Lang, New York , 1989, ISBN:0820410446

Seller ID: 104793

PFEIFER, Karl. Actions and Other Events : The Unifier-Multiplier Controversy. New York : Peter Lang, (1989). Pp (10),[1]-203,(3). Index. 8vo, green and white glossy paper covered boards, lettered in black. American University Studies. Series V, Philosophy, Vol. 75. Contents : 1. Introduction. 2. The Unifying Approach. 3. The Multiplying Approach as Alternative. 4. A Consideration of Modifications to the Multiplying Account. 5. The Three Objections Reconsidered. 6. Is the Dispute Real? 7. Final Words on the Multipliers. 8. The Causal Criterion of Event Identity. 9. Conclusion. Karl Pfeifer w...
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Actions and Other Events: The Unifer-Multiplier Controversy

By: PFEIFER, Karl American University Studies: Series V: Philosophy, Vol. 75)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Peter Lang, 1989, ISBN:0820410446

Seller ID: 68853

PFEIFER, Karl. Actions and Other Events: The Unifer-Multiplier Controversy.NY: Peter Lang, (1989). Pp. 203. 8vo, green and white paper covered boards , black titles to white spine. Small perforations to the front and rear topcorners, lightly rubbed, else vg. 30.00
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Advances in the Sociology of Language. Volume I - Basic Concepts, Theories and Problems : Alternative Approaches. Volume II - Selected Studies and Applications.

By: FISHMAN, Joshua A. (ed.). LABOV, William GRIMSHAW, Allen D. ERVIN-TRIPP, Susan M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Mouton, The Hague / Paris, 1971, : 1971

Seller ID: 98762

FISHMAN, Joshua A., (ed.). Advances in the Sociology of Language. Volume I - Basic Concepts, Theories and Problems : Alternative Approaches. Volume II – Selected Studies and Applications. The Hague / Paris : Mouton, 1971-1972. "Printed in the Netherlands". Pp [1]-418,(2); [1]-534,(2),+ 2 folding plates / maps. Figures. Tables. Index. 8vo (158 x 238 mm), green card covers, with black lettering to front covers & spines. With French flaps. Dr. Joshua A. Fishman (b. July 18, 1926, Philadelphia - d. March 1, 2025, New York). Volume I : Preface (by Joshua A. Fishman); Sociolinguistics (b...
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Aeschylus' Supplices : Play and Trilogy. in dj.

By: GARVIE, A.F. AESCHYLUS

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1969,

Seller ID: 73860

GARVIE, A.F. Aeschylus' Supplices : Play and Trilogy . Cambridge: at the University Press, 1969. First Printing. Pp. [i]-vii,(1),1-279,(1). 8vo, browncloth with gilt lettered black title block to spine, top edge dyed brown. A critical survey on the Supplices, traditionally dubbed as an "immature work of Aeschylus's youth" traditionally. Garvie, through the thorough examination of fragments of Aeschylus's surviving writings (Pap.Oxy 2256, fragment 3), espouses the theory that the surviving Supplices are actually part ofa trilogy, and was actually compiled later in his career, likely to ...
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Africa in Soviet Studies [1968] Annual

By: SOLODOVNIKOV, V. G. (editor-in-chief)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Nauka Publishing House, Central Department of Oriental Literature, Moscow, 1969,

Seller ID: 110763

SOLODOVNIKOV, V. G. (editor-in-chief). Africa in Soviet Studies [1968] Annual. U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Africa Institute. Moscow : Nauka Publishing House, Central Department of Oriental Literature, 1969. Pp (2),3-[310],(2),+ errata slip at rear. 8vo, black cloth spine lettered in silver, white paper covered boards lettered in red, black and white. Contents : [Papers] V. G. Solodovnikov's "The Soviet Union and Africa"; L.I. Aleksandrovskaya and L. V. Goncharov's "Some Trends of Development of African Economies"; Yu.N. Cherkasov's "The Mutiny Against Independent Africa&#...
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Africville : Une Ame Toujours Vivante.

By: (Africville SAUNDERS, Charles R.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Galerie d'art, Université Mont-Saint-Vincent, Halifax, 1989, ISBN:0770393489

Seller ID: 88066

(Africville). Africville : Une Ame Toujours Vivante. (Halifax : Galerie d'art, Université Mont-Saint-Vincent, 1989). Pp 1-24. Illustrated. Triple Column. Oblong 8vo, colour illustrated stapled card covers.

A book to accompany an exhibition at Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Introduction by Charles R. Saunders. Translation by Louise Soucy. Text in French.

Wear to spine and edges, back cover smudged, else good. Scarce. 40.00
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