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    21 minutes ago, crassus said:

    So a recap is coming up, and I am preparing more books for today, but first as promised a few pretty pictures from Montreal's Mount Royal park, which I want to share because I've just about had it with city life, and it made me appreciate the significance of the park, and the creative concept of its original designer, the famous American landscape artist and architect Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903).

    Mount Royal is one of 7 of Olmsted's major projects, the first being NY's Central Park. Briefly, Olmsted's basic idea was that industrialized urban life needed a counterpoint, an oasis, of naturalism, for the psychological and spiritual wellbeing of modern citizens. To me Olmsted is like 18th century romantic meets 19th century urban planner, so give people a real organic relationship with Nature in the midst of their industrialized urban labyrinth.

    Mount Royal's elevation creates a unique effect. As you progress upwards you first leave the city and disappear into its green confines and then finally emerge up and on top of it, sharing the air above it, seeing the very city itself nestled into its own natural environment. Like any park it has its main "parkways" but it also has its' little trails and cascading vistas. In the park you can really feel like you left the city far, far behind, and that it could go on forever. 

    So when we got back home, with the sounds of construction, road work, home reno, literally coming at me from all four compass points, I felt I should pay my respects to Olmsted. Thank You. Really.

    I am not so good with pictures, but I took a few for those who've never been...

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    Nice!  Being down the road in Ottawa, I always try to make a stop there if visiting.  Montreal sure loves their construction!

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    1 minute ago, crassus said:

    Incredible Hulk 124 7.0 (Bright & glossy; light to mod spine & edge wear, mainly top edges fc & bc; light to mod cb spine stress; sm reader's crse along spine fc visible just above the long suffering bride's hand; 2 longer faint partial cb/ncb crses/folds ul bc; printer's-crse bc; light foxing interior cvrs; light to mod foxing & ink transfer bc) $12.00imageproxy.php?img=&key=c846ed7a40be7761

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    1 minute ago, crassus said:

    Incredible Hulk 117 7.0 (Bright & glossy; mod spine & edge wear, mainly top & r-edge fc; light to mod cb spine stress; sm cb crses ur & br crnrs fc; light impacts top & btm spine with sm cb crses/folds mainly bc; light cb crses lr fc between Hulk's right shoulder & r-edge; 1 printer's crse fc & 2 bc; light foxing & ink transfer interior cvrs; mod to heavy stacking ink transfer bc; PQ is on the creamier side of CR-OW) $15.00

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    16 minutes ago, crassus said:

    Fantastic Four 99 8.0 (Bright & glossy; light to mod spine & edge wear, mainly rough patch center spine & sm dings top edge bc; light to mod cb spine stress; light impact ur crnr producing small, faint cb & ncb crse/fold but with little effect on interior & v sm cb crse ul crnr bc, and what keeps this book from an 8.5; sm bindery tear btm spine; light stacking transfer fc; light to mod foxing & ink transfer interior cvrs & bc; a good story, Torch actually does go wild!) $25.00

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    13 minutes ago, crassus said:

    Fantastic Four 104 7.0 (Bright & glossy; presents much better but faint multiple cb crses br crnr & smaller cb crse ur crnr fc, and some stacking colour loss along btm edge fc determine grade; otherwise light to mod spine & edge wear, mainly left btm edge fc near spine & top edge bc; light to mod cb spine stress; crnr blunting; light foxing & ink transfer interior cvrs; light to mod foxing & ink transfer bc) $15.00

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    On 6/29/2020 at 7:22 PM, BuscemasAvengers said:

    Marvel Premiere 4, 8.0-8.5; $15.00

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    17 hours ago, BuscemasAvengers said:

    PPSSM 119, 9.0-9.2; $8.00

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    17 hours ago, BuscemasAvengers said:

    PPSSM Annual 1, 8.0-8.5; tiny cb crease top right corner of fc; $6.00

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    16 hours ago, BuscemasAvengers said:

    Captain America 25 (2005), 9.4; McGuinness variant; $8.00

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    :takeit: add these to the pile