Morriss publishing (14 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. RAILROADS CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILWAY CONTRACTORS BY G.W. TAYLOR 1988 1ST HC DJ. Staying with the railroads theme, here s another but this time about railroads in Western Canada. This book is titled: The Railway Contractors The Story of John W. Stewart, His Enterprises and Associates by Geoffrey W. Taylor. This small hard cover book (6 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches, 144 pages) was published by Morriss Publishing of Victoria, British Columbia dated 1988 and a First Edition (with the same date on title and copyright pages). The book is bound in brown boards with gilt titles on the spine and protected by a printed paper dust jacket. The book is nicely illustrated with 64 vintage b&w photos which appear in a separate section after page 96. Condition: This book is in very good condition. The dust jacket shows some minor edge wear especially along the top edge but nothing too severe. The hard covers are clean and bright and faintly bumped. Inside the book is unmarked and the pages and photos are clean and bright from cover to cover. Both hinges are intact, and the binding is tight, sound and square. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Covers curling; mild wear.

Soft cover. 8vo, 23cm, 91p., with 28 illustrations from photographs, index, attractively printed card wraps (trade paperback), fine copy (cnds). - Focuses mainly on time spent in the Okanagan Valley.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st edition. 9" x 6". 231pp + plates. POS on ffep and title page. Signed by author on title page. Very good hardback in slightly torn, now protected, dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. The Secret War, 1914-1918, Tompkins, Stuart Ramsay. Published by Morriss Publishing Ltd., Victoria, BC, 1981. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 71pp. Postcard commemorating Vimy Ridge laid in. Aua blue coated boards with gilt titles front and spine; published without a jacket. Light rubbing to spine edges and corners, contents in unread condition. The Secret war is a criticism of the "behind-the-lines development", attempts by Great Britain and her allies to destabilize the alliances that Germany formed during the First World War. Stuart Ramsay Tompkins served as a soldier in the First World War including at Vimy Ridge; his war time letters to his wife were published as A Canadian's Road to Russia, Letters From the Great War Decade.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8 Pp + Covers, 10" X 7 3/4" Softcover. Lightly Used, 1" X 1/8" Abrasion At Upper Left Of Front Cover At Spine Edge. Also With, A Color Print Of Ab Untitled Abstraction By The Artist. . Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 71 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Page edges are lightly darkened. Blue hardcovers with gilt titles. Lightly worn around the edges and spine. Boards are lightly smudged and scuffed. SCARCE. 1ST EDITION. VG+/- -. Book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. 40 Pp + Covers, 8 7/8" X 7 7/8" Softcover. Lightly Used, But 1/2" X 1/4" Chip At Lower Fore Edge Of Front Cover With Adjacent1" Deep X 1 1/2" V-Shaped Abrasion, Tiny Loss At Underlying Area Of Front Free Endpaper. Inscribed By Artist "Dearest J. D. With Love Always Myf."Also With A Printed Invitation For John Dunn To The Official Unveiling Of The Portrait At Parliament Hill In 1992, His Entrance Card With His Name, A Printed Invitation With His Name To Dinner At Stornoway In Honor Of Trudeau, And A Handwritten Invitation To Cocktails With The Speaker Prior To The Unveiling; Also With A Color Photograph Of Dunn Shaking Hands With Trudeau In Front Of A Portrait Of Churchill. Color And B/W Illustrations Throughout (illustrator). Inscribed by Illustrator(s).…

Softcover. 28 x 21,7 cm. Light brown original booklet, rubbed a bit. 126, (2) pages with texts and reproductions in b/w and color. The fly-leaf is missing; the first page (portrait) is signed by the author. Inside clean copy in good condition // 28 x 21,7 cm. Braune, illustrierte Original-Broschur, leicht berieben. 126, (2) Seiten mit Texten und farbigen und einfrabigen Reproduktionen. Das Vorsatzblatt wurde entfernt; das erste Blatt (Porträt Siebner) vom Künstler signiert. Innen sauberes, insgesamt gutes Exemplar. Hermann Siebner (1925 - 2003) was an expressionistic painter and sculptor. He was born in Szczecin and worked in Victoria (Canada). -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Genießen Sie den goldenen Herbst! Machen Sie es sich gemütlich , bei uns finden Sie sicher die passende Lektüre! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! Widm. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. 144 pages. Index. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "A book about some of the outstanding figures in railway construction; the Foley Brothers, Peter Larson, Patrick Welch and John W. Stewart (whose) contributions to the development of railways in Canada was significant." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A high-quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The Railway Contractors: The Story of John W. Stewart, His Enterprises and Associates Railroad Companies Transportation Canada History. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 71 pages. A book concerned with the extra-military attempts - what the author calls the "behind-the-lines development" - commencing almost at the outset of the First World War, to bring about an end to the hostilities; or, at least, by frustrating further alliances (as between the Turks and the Germans), by disrupting the existing alliance between Germany and Austria, and by fomenting further, and capitalizing on existing, disorders in Russia to foreshorten appreciably the period of conflict. That the war obscured the struggle between social classes that would in the future override all the issues that gave rise to the conflict was for the author a supreme irony." Published posthumously.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; History Military World War One Diplomatic History 71 pages. A book concerned with the extra-military attempts - what the author calls the "behind-the-lines development" - commencing almost at the outset of the First World War, to bring about an end to t.…