Search Results: Books from Aquila Books

Vancouver: Butterworth, 1979. Advance proof. very good. v,92pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photos, drawings and maps. Original pictorial wrappers. very good 1979

Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1983. Hardcover. near fine. 1st edition. xv,121pp. Octavo. Illustrated with drawings. Endpaper maps. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. near fine 1983

Calgary: Sandstone Publishing Ltd., 1978. Advance proof. very good. 1st edition. 135pp. Oblong octavo, in beige illustrated wrappers. Light scuffing on back. Inscription on inside of cover (1980). Illustrations by Willis Magee. A very nice book. very good Short narratives by Calgary CBC radio personality Jack Peach in 1979 with illustrations by Willis Magee. 1978

Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications, 1986. Advance proof. fine. 126pp. Octavo. Illustrated with drawings and maps. Original pictorial wrappers. fine 1986

Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing, 1983. Advance proof. very good. 1st printing. 173pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photos in text. Original green pictorial wrappers. very good An informal, conversational guide to the wildlife of the Aspen Parklands. 1983

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981. Hardcover. fine. reprinted. xi,240pp. Octavo. Original maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine in red pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with plates from photos. Fine condition. A look into the chilling successes of the effort's made by the Soviet bloc to penetrate into the Britain's top security. In the wake of Korea and the somewhat flattening cold war tensions, the MI5 and MI6 divisions of the Secret Service, the Foreign Office and the Defence Ministry were rapidly revealed to be full of what Chapman labels "super-moles" and "super-spies". A previously moderate British public suddenly exploded into a frenzy of suspicion as it was revealed that the so-called international communist conspiracy was not merely a product of conservative media paranoia. 1981

New York: Olyslager Organisation, 1967. Advance proof. very good. 4th Edition. 78pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photo and drawings. Folding chart laid in loosely. Original pictorial wrappers. Slight wrinkling front and back covers. Small stain to edge of last 6 pages. very good 1967

Calgary: Calgary Police Service, [1985]. Advance proof. very good. 173pp. Octavo in original white cloth with gilt lettering in dust jacket. Illustrated with black and white and colored photos. Original pictorial wrappers. Very good condition very good 1985

Calgary: Snyder Hedlin Fine Art Consultants Ltd., 1984. Advance proof. very good. unpaginated. Square octavo. Illustrated with photos. Original pictorial wrappers. very good 1984

Calgary: Jasper Printing Group Ltd., 1993. Advance proof. fine. 82pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photos. Original pictorial wrappers. Pictorial endpapers. fine 1993

[Victoria, B.C.]: Royal British Columbia Museum, 1988. Wrappers. very good. 1st Edition. 24pp. Quarto. Sepia toned illustrations from photos. Pictorial stiff card covers. very good 1988

Banff, Alberta: Whyte Gallery, [1982]. Advance proof. fine. [4]pp. Square octavo. Illustrated with paintings. Original pictorial wrappers. fine 1982

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1968. Undetermined. very good. 40pp. Pamphlet; original illustrated wrappers, staples as issued. Price stickers to back panel, front panel shows small rub mark. Edges lightly rubbed. Illustrated with B/W reproductions in text and colour plates. A tigh copy; plates very bright. very good Catalogue for exhibition of the same name, organized by the Guggenheim Museum. 1968

New York: Times Books, 1979. Hardcover. fine. 2nd printing. 278pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates from photos. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. fine The story of the 20th Air Force, and their operations over Japan during the Second World War. Morrison argues that air fighting tactics already in operation not only made the atom bombing of Japan unnecessary, but also the development and future use of nuclear weapons. 1979

Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Resoureces Committee, 1995. Advance proof. very good. 1st Paperback Edition. 176pp. Square quarto. Illustrated with coloured photos, maps. Original pictorial wrappers with gold lettering. very good 1995

Saanichton, B.C.: Hancock House, 1977. Hardcover. very good. 1st edition. 207pp. Octavo. Iilustrated with plates from photos, diagrams. Pictorial endpapers. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. Small tears to edges of dust jacket. very good 1977

Winnipeg: Challenging the Skies, 1988. Hardcover. fine. 1st printing. x,211pp. Octavo. Illustrated with photos and maps. Pictorial front endpaper and map back endpaper. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Signed by author on title page in blue ink. 1988

Mason & Lipscomb, 1968. Hardcover. very good. 1st edition. 308pp. Octavo. Illustrated with plates from paintings and drawings. Originla blue cloth with gilt lettering on spineLacking front free endpaper. Top edge red. Part of front endpaper tipped in on dedication page. Tape marks on front and back covers. Rubber stamp on bottom edge. very good A biography of Darwin's commanding officer in H.M.S. Beagle during their surveying and exploration voyage to South America and round the world. Fitzroy later became the Governor of New Zealand, the head of the first national meteorological service and the inventor of the Fitzroy barometer. 1968

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1931. Hardcover. very good. 377pp. Octavo. No illustrations. Original blue cloth with blue lettering on front cover and spine in dust jacket. Covers slightly faded around edges. Small chips to edges of dust jacket. very good 1931

New York: Crescent Books, 1989. Hardcover. fine. 1st Edition. 128pp. Oblong, original red cloth with gilt lettering in pictorial dust jacket. Extensively illustrated with colour photographs. fine An extensive visual history of one of the most known cars world wide. 1989