Barker, Chales Ferguson:The Day the Great Lakes Drained Away
- copia autografata 2018, ISBN: 9780974914527
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Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp49-96. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawing… Altro …
Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp49-96. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Fluted-stem Helvella (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: With a naturalist on Southampton Island; Bird Notes from Mexico and the southwest; Blad Eagle harries nesting Canada Geese; Stomach contents of Great Horned Owls; Common Tern recovery from Cook Islands; Birds of the Kazan Lake region, Saskatchewan; Hazards faced by colonial birds; Protection urged for colonial birds on Redberry Lake; Additional records of meadowlark night song; Astragalus gilviflorus Sheld; Silverberry photo; vegetation of eroded hillsides; Dward mistletoe, a plant parasite; First report of sea lavender in Saskatchewan; Common mullein in Saskatchewan in 1956; High Plains petroglyphs; Red Fox in Gull Lake area; Mammals of Manitoba; etc. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba., Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962, 0, Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1965. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, blue and black & white covers, Pp113-156. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: American Coot (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay; A Journal of Natural History and Conservation for Saskatchewan and Adjacent Regions' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Editorial on Planning for Wild Lands; Brief for a Buffalo Park by Allen Ronaghan; Status of the Scarlet Tanager in Saskatchewan; Note on the Western Tanager at Regina; First Saskatchewan record of the Ruff; Siberian recovery of Pectoral Sandpiper; Sandhilll Cranes flying with feet drawn up; Williamson's Sapsucker found in southeastern Saskatchewan; Black-throated Gray Warbler - a Saskatchewan first; A Myrtle Warbler nesting record for Regina; Association of a Pintail drake and a Mallard pair; Two possible records of Barrow's Goldeneye in Saskatchewan; A brief note on birds feeding on the Cat-tail Moth; Cooperative Spring Migration Study 1965; Bird Records for Central Saskatchewan; Three mammal records from the Thelon Game Sanctuary, N.W.T.; The call of the Kit Fox; The possibility of Grizzly Bears still existing in Saskatchewan; Sandwort (Arenaria peploides) on freshwater beach, Beverly Lake, Keewatin; Shaggy Mane mushrooms eaten by crickets; Scarlet Gaura or Butterfly Weed; Red Baneberry; and reviews of Common weeds of the Canadian prairies, Great arc of the wild sheep; Wild cats; etc. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba., Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1965, 0, Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962. Paper bound (stapled wrappers), 12mo, silver-grey covers, Pp1-48. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and drawings. Cover photo: Richardson's Ground Squirrel (see scan). A very good or better copy. About 70 grams -- ships lettermail! We currently stock around 100 issues of 'The Blue Jay' (most issues from 1957-1978). Contents of this issue include: Some courtship behaviour of the Short-eared Owl; Observation of a Great Horned Owl feeding behaviour; Further Great Gray Owl records; Screech Owl at Regina; A fall crow roost and possible migration near Saskatoon; White-breasted Nuthatch caching food; Annual report of the Whooping Crane population; BIrd records from across the Prairies; Townsend's Solitaire at Fort Qu'Appelle; Banded Purple Finch recovered at Yorkton; Bird observations along the La Ronge-Churchill River and Hanson Lake Roads; Some Saskatchewan finches (photos); Apparent breeding record of Turkey Vulture along the South Saskatchewan River; Unusual nesting sites of Brown Thrasher and Yellow-shafted Flicker; Hunting Behaviour of a Swainson's Hawk; An outbreak of botulism in the Regina Waterfowl Park; Snowy Owl banding project; Deformed Hairy Woodpecker; Flora of eroded hillsides; First record of Common Mullein for Saskatchewan; The Cecropia Moth in the prairie provinces; Plans for a small sanctuary; Red Fox in southwestern Saskatchewan; Ecology of the aspen parkland of western Canada; etc. Two copies available. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba., Regina: The Saskatchewan Natural History Society, 1962, 0, London, Great Britain: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Sixth Impression . Buckram. Near Fine/Very Good/Fine. 8vo. 289 pages including detailed index and excellent undamaged folding map. It covers 217 places and is illustrated with 124 superb sepia photographic plates. In original bright red buckram hard cover binding with black titling. Top corner at front slightly bumped. Near Fine in Very Good/Fine attractive pictorial dust wrapper. Internally extremely clean and tight. One of the best copies of this series that I have ever seen., Hodder & Stoughton, 1951, 3.5, UK,12mo p/back,1st thus.[Green Penguin Crime series,number 1776.Precedes the US (NY) Dell Publishing,1963 p/back.A Judge Dee,Chinese detective story,originally published in UK,as an 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by Michael Joseph,1959.A 1st edn thus.] VG+. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy green+black illustration in Chinese style with an over-riding b/w Chinese calligraphic letter front cover with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A couple of minimal,minor abrasion/indents to front - but without penetration.Concave spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; but contents bright,tight and clean - no intentional reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus,5-221pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,18 chapters+Postscript.,10 full-page author's b/w line illustrations in Chinese style and a district's b/w map section,interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,author's preface,double-page b/w map Dramatis Personae list/table and 2pp blanks at rear. This book introduces to Penguin readers Judge Dee,a historic figure who lived from 530 to 700 A.D. during the Tang dynasty and whomvan Gulik's reconstructions,comes to us as one of the shrewdest and most likeable detectives in print. As magistrate of the little seaport of Peng-lai hesolves in these pages three interlocking felonies in which is involved as pretty a band of miscreants as one could hope not to meet.As Dee,alternately sipping tea and exploding into action,pursues the clues from a floating brother to an eerie,disused temple,evading the ghost of his predecessor and the fangs of a were-tiger on the way,one can understand that Agatha Christie should have joined in the critics' chorus of praise.of the book she said' I enjoyed the book immensely.The whole thing has great charm and freshness and I hope it will be a great success.' Author's 2nd (Ti-Jen -chieh) Judge Dee novel following his debut of 'The Chinese Bell Murders'. See my book ID rja628316 for Gulik's Penguin p/b 1st edn of 'The Emperor's Pearl - A Chinese Detective Story'. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included,available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/ rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always., LONDON.PENGUIN,1962., 3, Manchester: The Fell and Rock Climbing Club. VG : in very good condition with clear plastic cover. 1980. Reprint. Red card cover with clear plastic jacket. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 172pp. ., The Fell and Rock Climbing Club, 1980, 3, London, UK: Red Fox, 1998. First Edition, 4th Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Hugh Lofting (Author-Illustrator). Text/As New, showing trace margin discoloration. Softcover/VG w/faint creasing to lower front corner, and ladybug sticker to lower back. Anthology of 8 adventures of Doctor Dolittle created by British author Hugh John Lofting (1886 - 1947). The tales of the good doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh who could speak to animals along w/first publication dates are: 1, The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920); 2, Doctor Dolittle's Circus (1924); 3, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (?); 4, Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (1923); 5, Doctor Dolittle's Caravan (1926); 6, Doctor Dolittle & the Green Canary (1950); 7. Doctor Dolittle & the Secret Lake (1948); and 8, Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures (1952)., Red Fox, 1998, 3, UK,12mo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,p/back,1st thus.[Green Penguin Crime series,number C2431.A Judge Dee,Chinese detective story, originally published in UK as an 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by William Heinemann,1963.The author has also drawn the b/w illustrations in Chinese style.A 1st edn thus.] VG+.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour photographic illustrated front cover with bright,non-faded red and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - contents bright,tight and clean - no intentional reading creases to any pages' corners.Book has been carefully read with vertical creases to both card covers in vicinity of the spine/backstrip. There is an accidental diagonal crease to bottom corners of pp157 (the last page) and to the following blank in the same spot - both pages' creases within each other - so,not separate,different distinct creases.Small creases to rear corners of rear cover.Top edges toned/aged - as usual/normal (book's age!) - fore-edges similar but to a much less degree; contents bright,tight and clean.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus,9-157pp [paginated] includes 20 chapters,8 full-page author's b/w line illustrations in Chinese style and a b/w floor plan diagram,interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, Dramatis Personae list/table and 2pp blanks at rear. How the drummer of the leading dragonboat fell dead at the winning-post.How the Amber Lady made an assignation with death by the Mandrake Grove.How a trap was laid for a maniac whose perverted lust set off a chain of murders.Judge Dee the Sherlock Holmes of the Tang dynasty solves the riddle of the Emperor's stolen pearl in a dovetailed case of the most intricate workmanship. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item is offered P+p included or postage free. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included,available UK only. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. between 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving within a week or so,and sometimes before the quoted 42 days - but not always., UK.HARMONDSWORTH,MIDDLESEX.PENGUIN CRIME,1966., 3, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Good. No edition remarks. 128 pages. Red illustrated dust jacket over yellow boards. Black and white illustrations by J.C.B. Knight. 3 Colour illustrative plates by Faith Jaques and Antony Lake. Part of 'People in History', Book 3 of 4. Binding remains firm. Gutters bent slightly. There is the previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Pages, plates and illustrations remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. More moderate tanning and some foxing to both endpapers caused by taping of dust jacket. Boards are presumed clean as jacket is taped down. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with tears and creasing. Plastic cover has couple of holes to front and major scratches to both sides. Slight tanning., A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 2.5, Birmingham, AL: Hoffman Media, 2018. stapled glossy pictorial wraps; 65 clean, unmarked pages; includes: Tea Ceremonies; China; Cookbooks; Etiquette,iced Teas; Picnic Teas, Birdson, Golding Teas, The Ritz in London; ; Tea Diaries (the Lake District in England; UK Tearooms (Willow Tea Rooms, Aunt Martha's Victorian Tea Room, Lady Rose's Edwardian Tearoom, alice and the Hatter); etc . 1st. Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Color & b&w. 4 vo. Magazine., Hoffman Media, 2018, 4, Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering figure. He was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. He couldn't write his name, but at eighteen he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. Later he was to open the Overland Route, which was the path of the Overland Stage, the Pony Express, and the Union Pacific. One of the foremost trappers in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, he was a legend in his own time as well as ours. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West., University of Nebraska / Bison Book, 1970, 5, Mackinac Island Press, 2005-03-01. Hardcover. Like New. 2005; signed; first edition; red illustrated cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; like illustrated jacket with 2 stickers on front; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; signed by author on title page First Day of Issue stamp pasted to title page; red arrow and bookstore ink stamp on copyright page; Interior is clean and unmarked; not paginated. Additional shipping charges may be required, Mackinac Island Press, 2005-03-01, 5<
