Search Results: Textbooks from The Mortuary Korps

52 p.; ill. (colour). Very, very minor shelfwear, otherwise Fine. A collection of 150 Canadian films—with directors, dates, run-times, synopses, and a still from the movie for each entry—which "reflect the vast range of the stories we tell – with examples in every genre." The makers of the collection want you to know that each and every film in this book is available and they can tell you where.

144 p.; ill. (diagrams, music). Minor shelfwear and limited notations in light pencil, otherwise Near Fine. From the Foreward: Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course, Level 1, is designed for the beginner looking for a truly complete piano course that includes lesson, theory, technic and popular repertoire in one convenient, all-in-one book. This course has a number of features that make it particularly successful in achieving this goal. May require small amount of extra shipping due to size of book.

xiv, 202 p.; ill.; 28 cm. Includes Appendices, Glossary, Bibliography (p. 192-199), and Index (p. 200-201). "A Jonathan-James book."

The book has some minor shelfwear and a blacked-out name to half-title, which bleeds through to the other side of the page, otherwise Near Fine, clean, bright, and tightly bound.

From the rear cover:

The mysteries of the ancients—the builders of such remarkable monuments as Stonehenge, The Great Pyramid of Giza, Machu Picchu and the awesome monoliths of Easter Island—have long been the subject of great fascination to scholars and laymen. Just who were these peoples, the possessors of vast knowledge and impressive technology that rival our own? Why and how did they build these stone monoliths in diverse places all over the globe? And what wisdom do these ancient stones hold for us today?
Dr. David Zink, named Explorer of the Year in 1976 by the International Explorers Society and the author of THE STONES OF ATLANTIS, has traveled all over the world to gather… Read More

Presumably first edition, first printing. English and French language.
40-44 p. ; 28 cm. ; ill. [some colour]
Bilingual edition of an executive report containing a CD-ROM. (ISBN#0-662-49448-2) Exhibits minor shelf wear, including creasing on the cover page, otherwise, fine. CD unopened.

(Vedere la parte inferiore dell'elenco per la traduzione in italiano.) RARE. Four consecutive paperback volumes with original pictorial dust jackets. Text in Latin. Sparsely illustrated. Each volume has an Index (scans are available upon request). Volume 1958 includes a small card which reads "OMAGGIO del Rettore Magnifico della PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITA' DEL LATERANO". Ex-library but showing only penciled numbers and small date stamps.Books show some edgewear, including minor bumping to tip and heel of spines, and the binding starting in a couple of places, but are otherwise Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dust jackets have some shelfwear, including tears at tip and heel of spines, and some discolouration/staining, but are otherwise in Very Good. Please see listing images for more detail. Customer may be asked to approve additional shipping costs before order is accepted, due to size and weight (approximately 8.5 x 12 x 4.5 inches, 7 lbs.).In Italiano (di Google Translate): RARO. Quattro volumi tascabili… Read More

First edition, first printing. 96 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm. Includes Index (pp. 94-96), chronology, and suggested further reading. This is a book in sort of large print, presumably intended for mature younger students.Black hardcover and dust jacket are in Near Fine to Fine condition with the exception of very minimal shelfwear, a few lightly dogeared pages, and a few very small and faint stains. Discard from the Wanipigow School Library, in protective plastic sleeve, with associated stickers, stamps, and card pocket (checked out only once, 30 years ago). From the dust jacket: "You are destined to be the leaders of a glorious new order," Adolf Hitler told the young people of Germany in 1938. This was the calculated appeal that masked the Nazi leader's plan to mold the youth of a nation to his will. His main tool would be the Hitler Youth, an organization that drew in Germany's young people with promises of a bright future and then sought to turn them into obedient servants of the Nazi regime.The Hitler Youth… Read More

RARE. One hardcover album complete with 5 album sleeves, containing 5 records, plus 2 loose sleeves containing 4 additional records that belong to another album collection. The albums contain recordings of real Canadian school children singing popular songs.The album covers/binding are in extremely poor condition (detached, stains, tears, etc.), but the actual internal album sleeves are Near Fine. The loose sleeves for the additional records have some wear, creasing, and marking.The records themselves appear to be in very good condition, but we do not have access to a record player and cannot guarantee their playability. Please see images and, if required, contact us for further images or video footage of the records in different lighting conditions. If you are definitely interested in purchase, but only on the condition that it is guaranteed, let us know and we will attempt to have them professionally verified.MAIN ALBUM Dominion Records Music Activities for Elementary Grades, Sing and Play a Happy… Read More

(Voir en bas pour la traduction en français.) Presumably first edition. This set of French-language religious volumes (except No. 1, which is English) comes from the library of the Grey Nuns and of the Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba. As such, they contain the usual stamps, stickers, numbering, etc. Some volumes have protective jackets, but in general the exteriors are worn, including but not limited to scuffs, abrasions, and sunning, and a number of them have light dampstains and warping. In a few volumes, the binding it starting but, barring this, the books are internally Very Good+ to Near Fine, clean, crisp, and bright. Contain bibliographies and appendices. Some have a few illustrations (e.g. graphs). Please refer to listing images and contact us for access to over 150 pictures of this collection: an effort was made to capture all flaws as well as the table of contents for each volume. Due to the size and weight of this set (12 lbs, 12.5 x 9.25 x 8.4 shipping box) the buyer should… Read More

(Voir ci-dessous pour la traduction française. // Imo quicquid sexus est videre Latina translatione.) RARE COLLECTION. Presumably first edition. This set of 47 multilingual volumes of a religious periodical span from 1950 to 1967 and includes quite a few pieces of ephemera (flyers, cards, etc.). The main languages used are Latin and French, but there may be also English, German, and Dutch. Some volumes are sparsely illustrated in black and white. The content consists mainly of academic articles, reviews, and bibliographies, of subjects pertaining to theology and canonical law. The collection is ex-library, but with only penciled or penned numbers and the odd stamp. The condition of the books varies, some cracking with chips and tears and underlining, some appearing virtually unread. Please refer to listing images and contact us to request further photos: over 400 images are available upon request, which capture both exterior and interior content and condition, the page number of the last page of each… Read More

Retro educational booklet. 15 p.; ill. Very minor crinkles to covers, otherwise Fine. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and comic-style cartoon characters. Includes informational and educational material to make experiments with and/or build: static electricity, magnets, electromagnetism, circuits, insulators and conductors, switches, wet-cell batteries, and motors. Also lays down safety rules and contains a test "How 'electricity-smart' are you?"

Advance uncorrected page proof. 197 p.; ill. (maps). Includes Appendix, Notes, Glossary, and Bibliography. Mild shelfwear, including but not limited to impressions and sticker residue, but internally Fine, seemingly unread. From the back: Prior histories of the first Spanish mariners to circumnavigate the globe in the sixteenth century have focused on Ferdinand Magellan and the other illustrious leaders of these daring expeditions. Harry Kelsey's masterfully researched study is the first to concentrate on the hitherto anonymous sailors, slaves, adventurers, and soldiers who manned the ships.The author contends that these initial transglobal voyages occurred by chance, beginning with the launch of Magellan's armada in 1519, when the crews dispatched by the king of Spain to claim the Spice Islands in the western Pacific were forced to seek a longer way home, resulting in bitter confrontations with rival Portuguese. Kelsey's enthralling history, based on more than thirty years of research in… Read More

82 p.; ill. Light dampstain and warping to rear, and small stain to foredge, but internally pages are clean and bright. From back: We're all aging. We can view this situation as fraught with danger and decline, or as full of promise and possibility, claims author Carol Ann Morrow. As you journey with her and the sprightly elves on these pages, you'll find wisdom to help you discover the meaning of your older years—lessons of strength, longevity, and fruitfulness. "You're only old once," says the esteemed Dr. Seuss. Make it count!

Presumably first edition (UK). xiv, 814 p.; 25 cm. Contains Endnotes (pp. 691-771), Select Bibliography (pp. 773-781) and Index (pp. 783-809). Hefty white hardcover with gilt decoration to front cover and black cloth spine with gilt lettering, shows very minor edgwear, otherwise Fine. Glossy, pictorial dust jacket, shows some shelfwear, including, but not limited to, a small closed tear to the bottom right corner of front cover and a severe crease to rear flap, otherwise Very Good. NOTE: Due to large size and weight, extra shipping charges may be requested to be approved/declined before shipment/cancellation. From dust jacket: Only in our own time have writers and other artists been free to write, sing, and depict what they want. Girls Lean Back Everywhere shows how writers, artists, and their legal defenders achieved this precarious freedom by defeating, if only for the time being, their equally irrepressible antagonists. Girls Lean Back Everywhere is the story of how the arts in America finally… Read More

1106 p. Red-letter Bible (words of Jesus in red font) with bookmark ribbon and original box. Includes table of Weights and Measures, and a Concordance. From the box: The Complete English Standard Version Bible word-for-word accuracy and precision; literary beauty and readability Complete ESV Classic Concordance: with more than 12,000 references Premium Bonded Leather Red Letter Text words of Christ in red The English Standard Version (ESV) is an "essentially literal" translation of the Bible, emphasizing word-for-word accuracy and precision along with literary beauty and readability. Based on these classic principles of translation, the ESV Bible is ideally suited for personal reading, for public worship, for in-depth study, and for Scripture memorization—a Bible translation for all of life.

Approx 40 p. (unnumbered); ill. Silk-screened colour covers. Ex-library (the now-defunct Junto Local 91 Radical Library of Winnipeg) with only a stamp to the inside of the front cover, and minor bumping to bottom corner, otherwise Fine. From the publisher: This issue contains things that will make you laugh, smile, and cry - visiting friends in the hospital, the early morning, the story of the zine's title, picking up your friends shifts at work, Shelley's annual trips to India, and organizing drag shows. But the real gem of this issue is the story of teaching 9 to 15-year-olds how to fix bikes. It transcends the obvious and covers all kinds of education - homophobia, identity, feminism, and to question what we mean when we say 'community'.

RARE. Freeman boasts that it was "never exceeding a print run of 200, and barely known outside of Berkeley". 131 p.; ill. Ex-library (the now-defunct Junto Local 91 Radical Library of Winnipeg) with stamps and stickers, mild shelfwear and staples are beginning to rust, but otherwise Fine. The content of this 1996 issue seems somewhat prophetic with regards to our current relationship with technology in 2020. Profusely illustrated and also dense with text, this thick zine has a large amount of reviews, stories, musings, photography, and counterculture content, railing against the march of progress.

32 p.; ill. (colour). Includes discussion material. From classification data: Katie disobeys a family rule in going to the pond without adult supervision, not realizing that grownups' rules are like God's rules in that they represent love and protection. Includes discussion questions at the end of the story.

(Voir en bas pour la traduction en français.) RARE COLLECTION. L'Ami du clergé was a French-language weekly review published Langres from 1878 to 1969, with an interruption in 1940-1946 due to WWII. It was concerned with the education of members of the Catholic clergy and sought to promote Social Catholicism, without the use of polemics. A set of 33 volumes of bound periodicals, being volumes 30-40 and 52-72, including a duplicate of 52, and containing issues of L'Ami du clergé dated 1908-1923 and 1935-1962 (with a gap from 1940-46 due to the war). The set is also being sold with a few ephemera items found between the pages of various volumes.Ex-library, coming from the National Library in the Archdiocese of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, these volumes contain the usual markings (stamps, etc.) and have been bound differently during certain time spans. Some are three-quarter leather-bound with gilt lettering to the spines, some have marbled or speckled boards, and some are cloth-bound. Please see… Read More

Pearson Canada, 2008. Other. Fine. N

Will sell as individual items if requested. A discontinuous set of 7 vintage albums (plus 3 extra sheets of stickers). All albums have their stickers already affixed and the covers show very mild shelfwear and a few light marks (though book H is also bent at the top corner) but otherwise are Near Fine. Please see images for condition and a preview of contents, and contact us if you require further detail. Album 1 (1948)plus 2 duplicate sheets of stickers (all 24 images)Lawrence, British School, Cellini, El Greco, Rembrandt, Holbein, Renoir, Franco-Flemish Tapestry, Hals, Rodin, David, French School, del Piombo, School of Gerard David, Chinese, Goya, Etruscan, Houdon, Degas, Stuart, Bingham, Egyptian, Greek, VermeerAlbum F (1949)Van Dyck, Egyptian, Cezanne, Powers, Chinese, Reynolds, Fra Angelico, Monet, English, della Robbia, Indian, Trumbrull, Ingres, Bellini, Turkish, Veneziano, Chinese, Watteau, French, Cassatt, Picasso, Iranian, Roman, BronzinoAlbum G (1949) - The Old Testament in Artplus an extra… Read More