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Dempsey, Dan. A Tradition of Excellence: Canada’s Airshow Team Heritage [SIGNED, Limited Edition]. Victoria, B.C.: High Flight Enterprises Limited, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. ISBN: 9780968781708. pp. 734. Thick, heavy 4to. Navy-blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine, pictorial endpapers. Richly and profusely illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white, and colour photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, etc. Exceptionally well-preserved, showing no flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with firm, sound binding; fine and housed in its original, fine, unclipped, dustjacket. SIGNED, and inscribed by the author to the limitation page. Hand-numbered copy of which this is No. 375 of 1000. Hardcover.
“The most comprehensive study ever completed on Canada’s military airshow teams. Meticulously researched by former Snowbird, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Dampsey, the book chronicles the development of Canadian military air demonstration teams that have been thrilling millions of airshow spectators for over 80 years. Seven years of research have yielded a unique historical perspective through the author’s in-depth investigation enhanced by personal accounts from dozens of former team members who performed with Canada’s teams across North America and Western Europe.” (#7098) $125.00
![I’ve scarcely finished cataloguing this lovely little book of pressed flowers from the Holy Land. Just had to share it with all you. 🌺
Wild Flowers of the Holy Land; Matt. VI, 28, 29, 30 ; London Society’s Mission to the Jews.
[Ferdinand Vester]; London Jews’ Society’s “House of Industry”. Jerusalem, Palestine: Printed at the London Jews’ Society’s House of Industry, Jerusalem, N.D. [Circa 1890’s?]. First Edition. Unpaginated [Fourteen unnumbered leaves]. Oblong 12mo., measuring 12 x 18 cm. Original quarter maroon leather over gorgeous polished bevelled olive-wood boards bearing “Jerusalem” in black atop a deeply carved Jerusalem cross to the front board; like carving to the rear boards with Jerusalem printed in Hebrew characters to the centre; marbled edges, and ivory silk-moiré endpapers. Comprises of eleven beautifully arranged dried flower specimens mounted on stiff leaves, most (excepting two) accompanied with their original, remarkably well-preserved, tissue-guards, and individually captioned with their respective geographic origins (e.g.: “Flowers from Mount Zion”, “Flowers from the Mount of Olives”, etc.). Lightest wear to the leather spine, else, no other flaws noted to the extremities. Faint toning to the title page, otherwise, contents remain near-uniformly without blemish, and with firm, sound binding. A most lovely, and unique period offering from the Holy Land. Rare to be offered in commerce in this edition, and state. This edition unrecorded in WorldCat, however, nominally corresponds to OCLC #753636624 (with notable differences in pagination, and the number of specimens). See also OCLC #698494522. (#7243)](https://blacksbooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
