Literacy Nanaimo

Literacy Nanaimo
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Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5G3 Canada

Chicago: World Book Inc, 1981. Coloured boards, illustrated back and front; white lettering ; slight rubbing; mild bumping to some corners. Very clean, sound set. Lavishly illustrated, mostly in colour - drawings and photographs, diagrams. Clear typeface and very attractive "child-friendly" presentation. Set consists of 15 volumes: 1 - Poems and Rhymes; 2 - Stories and Fables; 3 - Children Everywhere; 4 - World and Space; 5 - About Animals; 6 - The Green Kingdom; 7 - How Things Work; 8 - About Us; 9 - Holidays and Birthdays; 10 - Places to Know; 11 - Make and Do; 12 - Look and Learn; 13 - Mathemagic; 14 - About Me; 15 - Guide for Parents. These books provide a most attractive learning resource for children and parents to share. (Uncommon as set) [Shipping at cost]. Pictorial Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as published). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Toronto Ontario Canada: House of Anansi Press Limited, 1974. Maroon cover illustrated with design of ivy leaves, white lettering; some rubbing and edgewear; front endpaper removed; sticker on front inside cover - "With the compliments of the Canada Council". Very clean sound copy. 149 pages. This collection includes classics and poems from the little magazines and other works not previously published. The work "dazzles with a series of wittily observed interior landscapes and commands an adroit, distinctive poetic style".. First Edition. Pictorial Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket (as published). Illus. by P K Page (P K Irwin). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1928. Red cloth-covered boards; black lettering and panelling; 2-page illustration across pastedowns and endpapers - "A Group in Profile" painted by Torond (18th century); spine faded; spine ends bumped; minimal wear to corners; pages toned. Very clean, sound copy. 255 pages including detailed Index. Illustrated with 56 full page black and white plates - photographs of collectables. Written in an engaging style, the author's personal account of some notable artists, his own history as a collector and the development of his interests. Contents include: Collecting as a Sport; Panoramas; Peep-shows; Penny Dreadfuls; Rowlandson; Fakes; Fresh Light on Silhouettes. Uncommon. [Shipping at cost] . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986. Black cloth-covered boards; stamped silver lettering; minimal edgewear; very faint marks to top page edges; slight bumping to spine ends. Pictorial dust jacket; slightly toned; mild rubbing. Very clean, sound copy. 443 pages including: General Index; Index of Principal References to Kraus's Writings; detailed Reference Notes. Black and white illustrations: reproductions of historic photographs, sketches, maps, diagrams, facsimile documents. "Karl Kraus (1874-1936) was, with Freud, Schnitzler, Wittgenstein, Schoenberg, Kokoschka and others, part of the outstanding generation of writers and artists that distinguished late Habsburg Vienna ... His polemical journal 'Die Fackel' takes the culture of 'fin-de'siecle' Vienna as its starting point and culminates in a vision of the collapse of European civilization. The aim of this book is to make that vision more comprehensible." [Shipping at cost]. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clear Brodart Covering.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990. Black cloth-covered boards; stamped silver lettering; neat name on front endpaper. Decorative dust jacket; not clipped. Very clean sound copy (probably unread). 375 pages including: Index; detailed page notes. Contents include: Landholding; Schools; Military Service Exemptions; The Welfare State. A well-researched, carefully documented study of the Mennonite, Huttterite and Doukhobor Communities in Canada which "traditionally lived somewhat separate from the larger society [with a communal ideal expressed] in distinctive practices related to landholding, the education of children, exemption from military service and non-participation in certain social welfare programs". The book examines the degree to which the Canadian government has accommodated these distinctive practices within the larger society and the broader global implications. Extremely uncommon. [Shipping at cost]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clear Brodart Covering.