242 pages. Reprint of the 1915 first edition. Authorized by the Ontario Minister of Education. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. Some light pencil markings to contents. Binding surprisingly tight. Moderate wear to dark purple boards. A quality copy. View More...
312 pages. "In an entertaining, personal manner, Ballard re-creates the world she moved into as Vogue's editor in Paris in the 1930's. With her, the reader learns about the lives of the women who set the pace for elegance that the great couturiers matched with their creations. Here are the first-hand, behind-the-scenes descriptions of the fascinating ways in which the creations of famous design houses are presented to the public, stories of the adventures involved in fashion editing, the personal histories of famous artists, photographers, mannequins, and best-dressed women on two continent... View More...
Signed and inscribed by Ben Bernanke upon half-title page. "Recounts and explains the worst financial crisis and economic slump in America since the Great Depression, providing an insider's account of the policy response." - dust jacket. 610 pages. Selected Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath TARP Bailout Too Big To Fail Banks Bear Stearns Lehman Brothers The Fed Feder... View More...
159 pages. Third printing of the 1928 first edition. The landmark work by the man who has come to be known as "The Father of Spin." "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country." - from page 9. Chapters include: Organizing Chaos; The New Propaganda; The New Propagandists; The Psychology of Public Relations; Business and the Public; Propaganda and Political Leade... View More...
xiii, [1], 216, [4] pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Many detailed drawings. Four pages of two-coloured maps. Reprint of the 1949 first edition. "A book of value to the student of strategy, for the mine is a potent strategic weapon, and thus this is a book of value to the student of under-water warfare, for it is only by paying attention to both the failures and successes of our predecessors that we can correct their mistakes and further develop the work they have left to us to perfect." - Foreword. "I have seen fit to trace the development of mine warfare since its ea... View More...
Signed, without inscription, by George Fielding Eliot (1894-1971) atop half-title. Eliot was a Major, Military Intelligence Reserve, United States Army. pp. x, 370. Selected Bibliography. Index. Fold-out maps. Color map endpapers. "The purpose of this book is to place before the citizens of this republic a clear presentation of the military principles upon which their security rests, and of the military instruments by which that security may be conserved." - Introduction. "The most comprehensive survey of American military policy ever made. With war flaring in Asia and Europe, his bol... View More...
Signed and inscribed by Milton Friedman upon half-title. "Uses historical time series and economic analysis to argue the then-novel proposition that changes in the money supply profoundly influenced the U.S. economy, especially the behavior of economic fluctuations. The implication drawn is that changes in the money supply had unintended adverse effects, and that sound monetary policy is necessary for economic stability. Orthodox economic historians see [this] as one of the most influential economics books of the century. Friedman, 1912-2006, won the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. U... View More...
120 pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos. Three maps. "British Columbia and Yukon bush stories as lived, recalled and written by the author, resident of Wells, B.C., from 1934 to 1967, and Whitehorse, Yukon, from 1967 to present. Read about: the pre-park days of British Columbia's world famous Bowron Chain of Lakes; mountains, mines, trails and characters of BC's Wells-Barkerville mining country; hunting and fishing, exploring and prospecting in B.C. and the Yukon; cabins and cameras - bears and boats - hints and hikes. A unique collection of anecdotes... light and humourou... View More...
280 pages. Signed and inscribed upon front free endpaper by author to Roman Fast in June of 1949. Gouzenko was the Soviet embassy cipher clerk whose defection in 1945 marked the beginning of the Cold War. His revelations resulted in major investigations and dozens of arrests. Above-average wear to red boards. Binding intact. Unmarked. What appears to be a clipping from the dust jacket of a Second Printing copy is neatly affixed at half-title page. Said clipping provides major contemporary media reviews of this work. A treasure for your Espionage or Cold War collection. Rocca & Dziak 9... View More...
570 pages. Footnotes. Index. "...A thorough exposition of a social philosophy which ranges from ethics and anthropology through jurisprudence and the history of ideas to the economics of the modern welfare state." - from dust jacket (not included). A National Review Panel ranked this work as the ninth best non-fiction book of the twentieth century. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Moderate external soiling, primarily to bottom edge. A sound copy. View More...
113 pages. A selection of seventy-five full color photographs collected over 25 years and showing beauty as it is found on the prairie regions of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, in many moods and in all seasons with emphasis on that most difficult of seasons - winter. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Dust jacket in clear protective cover which is taped to decorated endpapers. View More...
24 pages. "A picture book which may be used in the kindergarten or the first grade." Few markings. Above-average wear. Still a worthy copy of this charming work. View More...
192 pages. Index. Glossary. Directory. "Whether it is left in its natural state to show the variety of multi-patterned grains and depths of colours, or used as a canvas for a wealth of paint techniques developed over centuries, wood is a beautiful, living resource. With hundreds of inspiring photographs, this book explores the vast decorative potential of wood in our homes." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket price-clipped. An excellent copy. View More...
517 pages. Index. Many consider David Rockefeller to have been the world's most powerful man. "It's almost inconceivable that one man's life could encompass so many things. But (his) life has, and he tells the world all about it in this candid and highly informative book. This is the first time a Rockefeller has ever told his own story." - from dust jacket. Personalized bookplate, ostensibly for a fellow member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has been signed by author and mounted upon front free endpaper. Dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Clean and unmarked with very light ... View More...
A modern Jew, perhaps for the first time, analyzes western civilization as an expression of the Gentile way of life and shows where this clashes with the nature and spiritual impulses of the Jew. - paraphrased from front flap of replica dust jacket included with this copy. "We Jews, we, the destroyers, will remain the destroyers for ever. Nothing that you will do will meet our needs and demands - The wretched fate which scattered us through your midst has thrust this unwelcome role upon us." - p. 155. "I console myself with the thought that if this book offends by its assertiveness, God kno... View More...
216 pages. An attempt to inform the American public that the road to world peace does not lie in the direction of disarmament, but rather in the maintenance of a posture of overwhelming strategic nuclear superiority. Some yellowing. Moderate wear. View More...
64 pages. "This little book will help you keep out of the kitchen in summer." - subtitle. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A high-quality copy of this charming vintage summer cookbook. View More...
"Provides, in the form of a field guide or manual, a means of identifying the shrubs that can be found in Ontario growing outside cultivation. Shrubs include perennial plants with usually more than one low-branching woody stem, also woody vines and a number of low or trailing perennials sometimes called subshrubs. For each species treated fully there is a description, a brief field check, an illustration, and a distrubution map." - Introduction. xxxii, 495 pp. Index to Botanical and Common Names. Maps. Line drawings. List of Literature Cited. List of Botanical Authors. Glossary. Unmark... View More...
xiii, [3], 17-295 pp. Eight pages of black and white photographic plates. Third printing of the 1940 first edition. "Here, in his own words, is the blueprint of Soviet ambitions, the statement of aims which explains Finland and Poland, the strange alliances and the seemingly amoral diplomacy of Russia. A startling, deeply significant drama of the iron man of Russia. Surprisingly readable and highly informative." - dust jacket. "In reading Stalin's words, it should be remembered that one of the first principles of Bolshevism as laid down by Lenin was that the end justifies the means. The... View More...
