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1977168 pages. Index. Documents the challenges of early truck transport in B.C. "Author was B.C.'s best-known Pioneer Trucker who travelled the length and breadth of British Columbia interviewing and taping the reminiscences of the old-time drivers. A trucker since his youth, Andy Craig had an ear for detail and a natural flair for story-telling. This book is unique in combining a first-hand history of pioneer trucking in B.C. with an updating as to what is happinging in the trucking industry in the 1970's." - back board. Some of the truckers featured include: Boyd's Freight Lines of Clinton, Fred Carson's Freight Lines, Les Cotter, Art Ducloe, Spencer Patenaude, Johnny Assman, Docherty's Cariboo Freight, Lee's Transport, Venderspek's Transport, White Motor Freight, Earl Chase & Triangle Trucking, Malcolm Oliver, Reg Barber, Woods & Fraser, and Walt Harrington. Includes dozens of reproductions of great archival black and white photos. Pages yellowed with age. Gift greetings and some markings atop front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this engaging work. Book
194960 pages. Features: Cover art by W.A. Winter shows husband returning to home filled with card-playing ladies; No Excuse Now for Atomic Hush-Hush (Editorial); The Man Who Clipped the King - Paul Emile ("Red") Tasse was barber at the Chateau Laurier Hotel for Thirty years; Jim Crow Lives in Dresden, Ontario - 300 of the 1,700 citizens have Negro blood but can't get a store haircut, a permanent wave, or a restaurant meal; - article with photos; Lucy Makes My Living (fiction); The Fabulous Fraud From Eastwood - Was Ontario's audacious Cassie Chadwick the world's greatest woman swindler? - she hoaxed her way into $1.5 million; Don't Be Scared of Your Heart - the truth about tickers by an M.D.; The Loneliest Man in Canada - Frank McLaren killed his wife in 1927 and spent twelve years in jail, but now he's out; Can You Tell Which Gems are Real? - the synthetic jewelry trade is booming; The Dauntless Deacon of Caulflower Row - the checkered career of John Finlay Allen; Jeanne D'Arc and the Siren Sea (fiction); The Battle of the St. Lawrence (conclusion) - Nazi U-boats in the St. Lawrence; Frank Gladstone Waddington is the dean of Canadian Auctioneers; Nice colour-illustrated Massey-Harris tractor ad shows farmer on tractor plowing his lane with cream cans at gate; and more. Back cover missing. Front cover secured with archival tape. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1978Special triple issue. 104 pages. Black and white reproductions of archival photos. Features: Billy Barker - he hit the mother lode; Last Voyage of the Tonquin, March 25, 1811; Miser's Hoard - Silas K. Vandermark; Policing the Rails - B.C. Provincial Police Constable Fred Emmott; Steamboat in the Rapids - the Maid of the Mist shoots the rapids below Niagara Falls, June 6, 1861; Murder at Beaver Pass - black barber Wellington Delaney Moses helps solve murder case; Grafton Tyler Brown - Black Artist of the West; Father Rondeault's Butter Church - St. Ann's Church on the Cowichan native reserve near Duncan on Vancouver Island; The Life and Death of the Davis-Humphries Hotel - Augusta Twp., Ontario; Leechtown's $40,000 Cache - on Vancouver Island's Leech River; Dead Man's Gold - a tale from up the Stewart River; The Evil-Tempered Explorer - Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N.; Memories of Mount Sicker - its copper prompted development of two major mines, a railway, and three small townsites; Cariboo Memories of Constance Pettijohn; The Ghost of Walt Whitman, and Ontario's Bon Echo Rock; Haida Chief Koyah's War; The Tragedy of the American Buffalo; Buffalo are moved to the future Banff National Park; Sod House Earns Pioneer's Respect; The Last Great Indian Battle - it became a slaughter when the Cree made a rush for the river; Twenty-six Years With the B.C. Provincial Police - Constable Jack Williams retired in 1949 (several drops of soiling and slight moisture exposure to this story). Unmarked with moderate soiling and wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
196034 pages. Features: Cover photo of beach scene on Mamette Lake; Photo of Eugene Korytniak with massive 69 lb spring salmon from the Kitimat River; You, Too, Can Catch a Statistic! - interesting statistics on last years catch; Nice one-page illustrated ad for Gibbs tackle; Photo of massive Tyee salmon caught off Campbell River; Illustrations show how to get results from your Herring Bait; Remember When? - fishing around Kamloops in the early 1900s, with photo of Mrs. Margaret Scott of Echo Lodge and a catch of rainbow trout from Paul Lake, plus a photos of Joe Kendall in his barber shop, Bert Collins of Cache Creek, and Fred Casey of Knouff Lake; Photo of Jack Finlay and Norman Towe and 352 crows the Abbotsford Fish & Game Club shot on a recent 'Crow Day'; Clay Chips - with photos of Joe Williams, Russ Young, Arnold Reigger, Mrs. Ruth Ray; Verne Greensword, Danny Pagliaro, Michael Fripp, Stu Loutit, Don McIntosh, Jack Radford, Russ Young, Arnold Ford, Tommy and George Freeman, Marvin Hergert, Danny McDonald, and Earle Reynolds; Boats; Safety Afloat; Nice one-page Old Vienna features large photo of trollers proudly displaying their catch; How a good boat driver helps water skiers; Brief illustrated piece on Nikko shotguns from Japan; Photos of Ducks Unlimited officials Fred Auger and Col. Clarence Wallace; Stillwater 'Caddis'; Back cover illustrated ad for the International Travelall; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
1989iv, 220 pp. Bibliography. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of interesting archival photos. Presents the family recollections of: Eleanor Dahl, Jessie Stinson, John Wannamaker, Earl and Mabel Onderdonk, Mildred Wannamaker, Krysia Mason, Douglas K. Redner, Verna Sills, Mrs. Jack Langman, Robert and Carole Bleecker, Mrs. George Flower, Bruce Graham, Gwen Braidwood, Jack DeLong, Mary and Cecil McConkey, Emma Barber, Gladys Adams, Beth Nightingale, Nellie Montgomery, Lorna Bowerman, and Mrs. John Jinks. Also includes a fascinating page of information about the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918, including a 'Recipe for Influenza' which involves vinegar, turpentine and flannel. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this informative local history and wonderful genealogical reference. Book
1993240pp. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
1967SUGAR EDITORE 1967 807 PAGINE. SEGNI DEL TEMPO, FIRMA DI APPARTENENZA IN ANTPORTA (INIZIALI), STRAPPETTO CON LIEVE MANCANZA ALLA SOVRACCOPERTA (COME DA FOTO). PER IL RESTO, IN OTTIME CONDIZIONI.
1713pp. (4), 62, (9), in-4, piena perg rigida, al frontespizio Madonna con i SS. Cosma e Damiano e tre stemmi di cui quello al centro di papa Clemente XI
1857Tre voll. pp. 282, (2); 312; 307, (1); brossura editoriale, riuniti in cofanetto di tela con legacci. Insieme di varie amenità d’autore su Parigi, i parigini, le parigine: la premessa è che un diavolo passeggero trovi in un cassetto, a Parigi, una serie di articoli che descrivono la città, le sue abitudini, i suoi abitanti, ecc. L’edizione originale di quest’opera collettiva era del ’45, e fu concepita dall’editore Pierre-Jules Hetzel, che fu poi esiliato in Belgio nel ’51.
2007ref. 214904Zurich Switzerland: Nieves 2007. First edition. Small softcover. 16 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran January 29 through February 24 2007. A collection of full bleed black and white photographs by Barber taken during his time in high school in Amherst Massachusetts. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Nieves unknown books
1934ref. 375021New York: The Derrydale Press 1934. First Edition ONE OF 55 LARGE-PAPER COPIES signed by Barber this being No. 4. 5 color plates one of them handcolored and 121 other illustrations. xix iii 156 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original full red morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut; Almost fine minor rubbing at head and tale of spine IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE laid into a beige linen drop box with red morocco label. Barber Joel. First Edition ONE OF 55 LARGE-PAPER COPIES signed by Barber this being No. 4. 5 color plates one of them handcolored and 121 other illustrations. xix iii 156 pp. 1 vols. 4to. "One of the most important books published by Connett." -- Siegel This is the large paper edition of this work. The regular trade edition was published at the same time by Windward House a sporting press started by Connett in 1933. Both editions used Barber's vignette of a floating decoy on the the title page. This spine of this binding is fragile; this copy in better condition than typically encountered With ALS to Mr. Dobberteen laid in about decoys. Siegel 85; Frazier B-5-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1968ref. 375699Garden City: Doubleday 1968. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Some paste action at pastedown gutters. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Biography of the great sportscaster inscribed on the title page: "Signed for Ed Kubera good luck Red Barber August 24 1989 Tallahassee". Doubleday unknown books
1939ref. 253401New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. Limited Edition. Number 160 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters by Arthur Fuller. 108 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Full red morocco gilt uncut at fore and lower edges almost fine copy. Fuller Arthur D. Limited Edition. Number 160 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters by Arthur Fuller. 108 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Siegel 151; Frazier B-6-a; Biscotti p. 24 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1939ref. 242819New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. Limited Edition. Number 568 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters. 1 vols. 12mo. Full red morocco gilt uncut at fore and lower edges a fine copy . Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti. Laid into crimson half morocco drop box with gilt spine with gilt logo of the Derrydale Press and inset crimson morocco leather label on upper cover with Derrydale logo and title and author. Fuller Arthur D. Limited Edition. Number 568 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters. 1 vols. 12mo. Great association. Inscribed "Joel Barber with kindest regards to David Wagstaff." Siegel 151; Frazier B-6-a; Biscotti p. 24 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1939ref. 253587New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. Limited First Edition. Number 428 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters. xviii ii 108 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 6 x 3-1â„2 inches. Full red morocco gilt uncut at fore and lower edges a fine copy. Fuller Arthur D. Limited First Edition. Number 428 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters. xviii ii 108 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 6 x 3-1â„2 inches. Inscribed on the half-title " Joel Barber with the kindest regards to Robert Winthrop." Siegel 151; Frazier B-6-a; Biscotti p. 24 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1939ref. 231715New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. Limited edition. Number 612 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters. 1 vols. 12mo. Full red morocco gilt uncut at fore and lower edges a fine copy in original numbered publisher's box minor rubbing some faint staining of label. A superior copy. Fuller Arthur D. Limited edition. Number 612 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters. 1 vols. 12mo. Siegel 151; Frazier B-6-a; Biscotti p. 24 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1939ref. 242548New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. Limited Edition. Number 526 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters. 1 vols. 12mo. Full red morocco gilt uncut at fore and lower edges a fine copy in original glassine and original numbered publisher's box minor rubbing some faint staining of label. A superior copy. Bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield. Fuller Arthur D. Limited Edition. Number 526 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Frontispiece and six full-page illustrations of ducks decoys and hunters. 1 vols. 12mo. Siegel 151; Frazier B-6-a; Biscotti p. 24 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1837ref. TB31667New Haven: Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber 1837. Second Edition. Very good in its original binding of full leather covered boards with a black leather label with gilt text and extensive gilt decorations on the spine. The front and rear boards are decorated with gilt borders. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with heavy rubbing to the leather over the joints and to the edges of the boards. The front free end page is torn at its lower two inches and there is an early prior owner's name Lynda Brownell Sherman Conn. written in pencil on the third free end page. The hand-colored fold-out map of Connecticut is completely intact and has suffered no damage. The preliminaries show moderate foxing and the last 50 pages of the text also show moderate foxing. The joints and hinges remain tight and strong. 560 pages of text. Illustrated throughout with 190 wood block engravings. Contrary to the information contained in Wright Howes bibliography U.S. Iana the first edition of this title was published in 1836. Barber an illustrator and historian 1798-1885 was Connecticut's first popular historian creating one of the first travel guides of the state. Following the index in the front of the book is a hand colored fold-out map of the State of Connecticut noting all of its towns at the time see note above regarding condition. Considered to be "mildly scarce" by Howes. Howes B-120 Originally published in 1836. Durrie & Peck and J. W. Barber hardcover books
1996ref. 142552Syracuse NY: Light Work 1996. First edition. Softcover. Text by Lisa Henry Patricia G. Berman Gary Hesse and Jeffrey Hoone. Includes images from Gerald Cyrus Judith Black Craig Barber and Lou Draper. A clean near fine copy in illustrated wrappers with a small crease to the bottom corner of the front panel. Light Work unknown books
1966ref. 137551London: np 1966. First edition. Softcover. Number 33 of only 90 copies. Slim collection of poems by Bradbury with illustrations by Barber. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce with only 1 copy listed in OCLC. np unknown books
1968ref. 137548London: The Grafix Press 1968. First edition. Softcover. Number 3 of only 25 copies. Slim collection of poems by Bradbury with 4 illustrations by Barber. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by both Bradbury and Barber on the limitation page. The Grafix Press unknown books
2006ref. 17010London: Folio Society 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase some rubbing. Brown cloth with brown ink and silver gilt lettering and designs. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Folio Society hardcover books
1955ref. 9034285New York: Simon & Schuster 1955. Hardcover. Very good/good. Dust jacket separated at spine. Includes an index. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1956ref. 87639Paris: Gallimard 1956 1960's. Stated 6th Edition. Eight Volumes. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publsher's glossy multi-colored card wraps titled to spines. Publisher's cloth slipcase. Clean and bright some light wear to extremities Vol 4 has some minor chipping to the base of spine discoloration to the front wrap of Vol. 6 some light edgewear to others light bubbling of the laminate in spots a strong set; internally clean and fresh illustrated throughout; in a clean strong example of the decorative cloth slipcase with some light rubbing in places. A very good bright set. A history of France in music a completist attempt at a coherent musical timeline running from the Crusades and the 100 Years War through to the Third Empire period and WW1. Gallimard unknown books
1835ref. 843331835. A Rare History of Copyhold Tenure Beaumont George 1802-1856. An Inquiry Into the Origin of Copyhold Tenure. London: J. and W.T. Clarke Portugal Street 1835. 72 pp. Octavo 8-3/4" x 5-1/2"; 22 x 14 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet fore-edge untrimmed. Moderate toning light soiling to exterior stamp of the Birmingham Law Society to title page internally clean. A good copy of a scarce title. $250. Only edition. Beaumont was a barrister and antiquarian who published a number of works on legal and British history. His Inquiry examines the origins history economic impact and modern forms of copyhold tenure a medieval form of land ownership that persisted into the nineteenth century. OCLC locates 8 copies of this title 1 in North America Duke University. unknown books
