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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.
1955ref. 9034285New York: Simon & Schuster 1955. Hardcover. Very good/good. Dust jacket separated at spine. Includes an index. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1992ref. UBARHOW01jknUniversity of Georgia Press c1992. Fine. Barber Phyllis. How I Got Cultured : a Nevada Memoir. Athens: University of Georgia Press c1992. 189 . 10 . of latespp. 8vo. Cloth. Book condition: Near fine. Slight shelf wear. University of Georgia Press hardcover books
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
2019ref. UBARSTA00ajsCrtlp 2019. Fine. Barber Stephanie. Status Update Volume 1. Bender illustrator Lauren. Baltimore: Crtlp 2019. 365pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine with faint soiling. Crtl+p paperback books
2009ref. UBARRAW00drpUniversity of Nevada Press 2009. Very Good. Barber Phyllis. Raw Edges. Reno Nevada: University of Nevada Press 2009. 1st edition. 268pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped foot of spine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently bumped spine ends. Inscribed by Phyllis Barber on title page. University of Nevada Press hardcover books
1918ref. RBARWIN00tpmPaul Elder 1918. Very Good. Barber Mary D. Winter Butterflies in Bolinas. San Francisco: Paul Elder 1918. 18pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Brown wraps. Book condition: Very good with bumped and lightly chipped edges. Slightly toned. In protective mylar. Ex-libris Rosalie Sorrels with her name on the front free endsheet. Paul Elder paperback books
1951ref. 011199New York: Twayne Publishers 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 550pp. Beautiful First Edition of this anthology of travel stories by such diverse writers as Voltaire Mozart Dickens Byron Dumas and many more. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a bump to the heel. Very attractive clipped dust-jacket has some minor edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A sharp collectable copy. Twayne Publishers hardcover books
1950ref. 18971New York: Charles Scribners Sons 1950. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dj. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 8vo. In gray cloth covered boards with red and black title print to spine and front cover. In tan paper DJ. Interior clean and bright. 255pp. POL/011007. Charles Scribners Sons hardcover 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
1969ref. 161645N.p.: Forbes Unistar 1969. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1969 film. Two photographs with provenance stamps on the versos and each with a label obscuring a previous provenance stamp. Outrageous Argentinian sexploitation film wherein a mad doctor based on instructions from a talking brain kidnaps couples having sex and injects them with a drug to enhance their sexual abilities-all so he can then extract from them a resulting fluid which prevents him from transforming into a monster. Set in and shot on location in Buenos Aires. 8 x 10 inches. Light edgewear else Near Fine. Forbes Unistar unknown books
1942ref. 161512Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1942. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1942 film. A man goes to a tropical island to try and buy the land on behalf of his father but when he falls for the current landowner's daughter his father arrives to try and break them up. Set on the fictional island of Ahmi-Oni shot on location in Honolulu Hawaii and Santa Catalina Island California. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1968ref. 157988N.p.: N.p. 1968. Vintage borderless reference photograph for the 1968 film showing director William Friedkin talking with actress Britt Ekland on the set. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on the 1960 novel by Rowland Barber. A mildly exaggerated history of the creation of the striptease and the downfall of 1920s-era burlesque clubs in which an Amish girl performing Bible story dances at a burlesque club is being taken advantage of by the club's owner in order to mock public decency-enforcing police officers and who accidentally invents the striptease when she tears her costume. Shot in 58 days and edited for 9 months the film's budget exceeded $3 million making it the most expensive film shot in New York City at the time. Elliot Gould's film debut and Bert Lahr's last film as he died during production. Set and shot on location in New York City. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Olive Films 915. N.p. unknown books
1959ref. 149485Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1959. Vintage reference photograph from the 1959 film showing actor Lou Costello giving a more than suggestive shower to Dorothy Provine his new gargantuan girlfriend. A rare appearance of Lou Costello without Bud Abbott wherein a junk collector and inventor accidentally turns his girlfriend into a giantess. Shot on location at Iverson Ranch in Los Angeles. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1939ref. 144998Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1939. Vintage photograph of director Alfred Werker and actors Preston Foster Lynn Bari George Barbier and Russell Gleason on the set of the 1939 film. Printed description on the verso. Steve Drum Preston Foster a crusading newspaper editor helps free a man framed for a crime and aids in finding the real culprit. Staff reporter Maxine Thomas Lynn Bari goes along for the ride. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown 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
