Scienza e natura

THE SECRET POWER; A Romance of the Time

CORELLI, Marie · 1921 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$43.34 (€27.56 | $30.37 | £22.99 | ¥4,850)

Toronto Ryerson Press First Canadian edition pp. 342. Small 8vo. Bound in original green cloth ruled and lettered in black. Trifling amount of shelf wear, 1920s bookseller's ticket on bottom of front pastedown; else clean, tight and in very good, to near fine, condition. The o...

Vandals of the Void

Walsh, J. M. [James Morgan Walsh] · 1931 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$650.02 (€413.29 | $455.50 | £344.80 | ¥72,737)

London John Hamilton Ltd 1st edition pp. 288. Small 8vo. Bound in original blue cloth with black spine lettering. Our copy shows very little shelf wear. The endpapers are clean and tight, and there are no former owner's markings. Overall, it is in very good condition. No dust ...

YOUR FARM HANDBOOK FOR 1968

[N. M. Patteron & Sons Ltd.] · 1968 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$12.20 (€7.76 | $8.55 | £6.47 | ¥1,365)

NP N. M. Patterson & Sons Ltd pp. 55. 8vo. Stapled card covers show sl. wear & rubbing; else vg condition. A complimentary handbook for farmers with multiple fill-in records useful to those involved in farming or agriculture.

SUNFLOWER SEED PRODUCTION

PUTT, Eric D. · 1950 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Altona, MB Co-op, Vegetable Oils Ltd 2nd printing pp. 32. 8vo. Stapled pamphlet - card covers a bit 'thumbed' & soiled; else vg. A complete manual of commercial sunflower seeding, growing, and cultivating. black-and-white photographs

THE 'NEW ORDER' AND ITS PROBLEMS

PETERSON, C. W. · 1942 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$52.86 (€33.61 | $37.04 | £28.04 | ¥5,915)

Calgary, AB Farm and Ranch Review 1st edition pp. 79. 8vo. Card covers scuffed & sl. 'thumbed'; else in vg condition,This is a unique copy, as it is inscribed and signed by the author: 'With Author's compliments' (signature) 'Charles Peterson'. It is also signed on the top of ...

WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY / A History and Policy Review

OGRODNIK, Lawrence N. · 1984 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$14.98 (€9.52 | $10.50 | £7.95 | ¥1,676)

Winkler, MB Lower Red River Valley Comm 1st edition pp. vii, 91.,4to,,Board edges rubbed, text unmarked; overall in gd+/vg condition, An academic study of the history and future of water management, particulary as it relates to Manitoba's watershed. photos, tables, figures

Paint Manufacture

[Paint] · 1966 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$270.82 (€172.19 | $189.77 | £143.65 | ¥30,305)

London 4to. Five volumes, uniformly bound in 3/4 calf over cloth boards. All volumes show wear and rubbing, especially to extremities, but are otherwise tight. Some volumes have a stamp on the endpapers from the Michael Nairn & Co. Ltd. Laboratory. The contents are uniformly c...

Paint Manufacture [Incorporating Varnish Lacquer Enamel and Colour] / Nine volumes

[Paint] · 1941 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$541.74 (€344.44 | $379.62 | £287.36 | ¥60,621)

London 4to. Uniformly bound in 3/4 calf over cloth boards. Black & white photos, illustrations. All volumes show wear and rubbing, especially to corners, but are otherwise tight. Some volumes have a stamp on the endpapers from the Michael Nairn & Co. Ltd. Laboratory. The conte...

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering

[SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING] · 1965 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$81.21 (€51.63 | $56.91 | £43.08 | ¥9,087)

Toronto University of Toronto Press 1st edition Large 4to. Heavy three volume set, uniformly bound in red cloth. Volumes I and II contains the 218 papers presented; volume III, published in 1966, contains the reports of the General Reporters at the conference, the texts of the...

THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IN MANITOBA 1870 - 1970

ELLIS, J. H. · 1971 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$16.26 (€10.34 | $11.39 | £8.62 | ¥1,819)

Winnipeg, MB Man. Dept. of Agriculture 1st edition pp. xxix, 660. 8vo. 'Withdrawn' stamp on ffep; else very good. SIGNED by author on ffep. fold-out chart, b&w photos

FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE

PECKHAM, John M. · 1972 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$16.26 (€10.34 | $11.39 | £8.62 | ¥1,819)

Newfoundland, NJ Walter R. Haessner & Assoc 1st edition pp.viii, 231.,oblong 4to,,Bds. a bit soiled; else g/vg in scuffed, soiled o/w fair/gd dj. 240 pages of the world's finest and most unusual steam fire-fighting apparatus. black-&-white illustrations

Ice-Cream Suit

Bradbury, Ray · 1959 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$81.21 (€51.63 | $56.91 | £43.08 | ¥9,087)

London The Amalgamated Press pp. 41 to 58. Small 8vo. The front cover is a bit curled, and slightly edge-worn. The spine is creased but not excessively so. The contents are slightly age-darkened, as is to be expected. Except as noted, this magazine is tight, clean and in very ...

Ecological Report Series NORTHERN FLOOD AGREEMENT MANITOBA

[Environment Canada - Department of Fisheries and Oceans] · 1987 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$27.07 (€17.21 | $18.97 | £14.36 | ¥3,029)

Place not stated [Environment Canada] pp. xii, 554. heavy 4to. Ex-Univ. of Winnipeg Library with minor markings; else vg. With addendum laid-in loose. A Remote Sensing Imagery Catalogue, with Applications to Environmental Monitoring in Northern Manitoba. Number 87-3. Maps, aer...

SOUND AS A DIRECTING INFLUENCE IN THE MOVEMENTS OF FISHES

PARKER, G. H. · 1912 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Washington, DC Government Printing Office pp. 99 to 104. 8vo. Worn stapled pamphlet, partially detached & very edge-worn: good. An offprint from The Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. XXX, 1910. wrappers

[TWO WARTIME GOVERNMENT PAMPHLETS ON TOMATO PRODUCTION]

1940 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Ottawa, ON 8vo. Both pamphlets show some wear and light soiling, but are intact and perfectly readable. The two titles are: 'Tomato Diseases', by G. H. Berkeley and J. K. Richardson; and 'Tomato Culture', by the Agricultural Services Board. black-&-white illustrations

TROPICAL SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA: SOME NEGLECTED ASPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS

CRIST, Raymond E. · 1964 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Washington, DC Smithsonian Institution 8vo. Very good condition in original stapled card covers. An offprint from the Smithsonian Report for 1963, pages 503-519 (with 8 plates). Univ. of Manitoba rubber stamps to front cover. black-and-white photographs

LIME IN AGRICULTURE

SHUTT, Frank T. · 1922 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$8.13 (€5.17 | $5.70 | £4.31 | ¥910)

Ottawa Minister of Agriculture revised ed pp. 14. 8vo. Pamphlet - a bit soiled & edge-worn; else vg condition. Inserted in loose is a two-page printed article on NITRATE OF SODA Irs Nature and Use in Agriculture. wrappers

The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal from October 1, 1821, to April 1, 1822. Vol. VI

Dr. Brewster and Professor Jameson [David Brewster and Robert Jameson] · 1822 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$433.35 (€275.53 | $303.67 | £229.87 | ¥48,492)

Edinburgh Archibald Constable and Co 1st edition pp. iv, 412. 8vo. Freshly re-bound in burgundy cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine labels. Occasional foxing to contents, but generally they are clean and tight. One plate torn, now properly repaired. Else in good plus condit...

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON MANURES. From the Recent Publications of the British Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1851 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$39.59 (€25.17 | $27.74 | £21.00 | ¥4,430)

Philadelphia, PA E. S. Jones & Co pp. x, 204. 12mo. Bound in original ribbed brown cloth, blocked in blind, Cloth shows light scuffing and shelf wear, Contents foxed, but tightly bound. A good, to good plus, copy.

Nonzero

Wright, Robert · 2001 · Bison Books - ABAC/ILAB

CA$15.94 (€10.13 | $11.17 | £8.46 | ¥1,784)

New York Vintage pp. 435. 8vo. Light shelfwear, crack to spine; very good.