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1984rif. 644j2599Vancouver B.C.: Metropolitan Press Ltd. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1984. First Edition. Paperback. A rare and marvelous memento of the very popular long-running CBC TV show 'The Beachcombers' which was filmed on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia just north of Vancouver. Includes excellent colour photos and details about all the actors and the characters they played as well as Molly's Reach the stunt boats used and the show's production crew. Undated but appears to be circa 1984. 24 glossy stapled pages. Tight and unmarked with average wear. Sticker blemish to front cover. 19 x 21 cm. ; 12mo . Metropolitan Press Ltd. paperback
1978pp. xv, 335 + Illustrations. Mildly XLib. Small 8vo. Softcover. First Bison paperback printing. Very good. W7
2007rif. 613j0175Nanaimo B.C.: Bowen Park Seniors. Very Good. 2007. First Edition. Spiral Bound. "This cookbooks is dedicated to the many Bowen Park Seniors who have selflessly volunteered their time and talents over the years in order that members may enjoy a wide range of activities and programs." - Dedication page. 108 pages. Index. Clean bright and unmarked with light wear. A lovely copy.; 8vo . Bowen Park Seniors unknown
2000rif. 613h2044Saanich B.C.: The North & South Saanich Agricultural Society. Good. 2000. First Edition. Spiral Binding. "We thank those individuals who donated their favourite recipes in this wonderful cookbook. Many of the members have won competitions at the Saanich Fair and we thank them for sharing their prize-winning recipes." - Introduction. 108 pages. Index. Undated but appears to be circa 2000. ; 8vo . The North & South Saanich Agricultural Society unknown
1993rif. Q-0307178773Western Publishing Company 1993-08-15. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Western Publishing Company hardcover
19618vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.332.
1980rif. 111j2459Campbell River B.C.: Self-Published. Good. 1980. First Edition. Paperback. The biography of the man after whom Campbell River B.C. is named. 28 2 IV stapled pages. Prior owner's blindstamp to title page otherwise tight and unmarked with light wear. A sound example. ; 8vo . Self-Published paperback
196742 pages including references. One of a series designed for the beginner and amateur bird-watcher. Covers the following: Glaucous gull, glaucous-wined gull, western gull, herring gull (including Thayer gull), california gull, ring-billed gull, mew gull, franklin gull, bonaparte gull, heermann gull, ivory gull, pacific kittiwake, sabine guss, common tern, arctic tern, black tern, parasitic jaeger, pomarine jaeger, long-tailed jaeger, skua. Many black and white illustrations. Light wear and some yellowing to edges. Book
19982 vols., 4to., First Edition thus, with titles in green, orange and black, many hundreds of coloured and monochrome illustrations and maps, and coloured endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed publisher's illustrated board slip-case. Based on the nine-volume Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. The set comprises: Vol. I: Non-Passerines; Vol. II: Passerines. Nice copy of a standard reference.
1995rif. 320558A. Sutherland 1995. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 4to. Signed by Author. pp.220.Signed and inscribed by the author on title page A. Sutherland paperback
1899rif. 64765St. Louis MO: Nixon-Jones Printing Co. 1899. 8vo. xxii 719 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates text illustrations. Brown embossed & decorated publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on front cover & spine ruling & decoration in embossed blind-stamp decorated endpapers inner hinges starting minor closed tears at gutter margin slightly shaken still VG bright copy from the library of the Black Hills & Fort Pierre Railroad in Englewood SD w /ownership stamp indicating it was received March 3 1900 by J.C. Morse station agent. First edition of this excellent memoir and history of the Dakotas by the South Dakota woman pioneer & teacher who had originally traveled as the first Euro-Caucasian woman with the illegal Gordon Party Collins-Russell Expedition into Lakota territories in defiance of the Fort Laramie Treaty with her husband and 24 other men and were subsequently removed in 1875 by the US Cavalry. The family briefly settled in Wyoming and returned to the Black Hills in 1876 where they settled in Deadwood and she became one of the first educators in Pennington County schools and went onto organize schools throughout the County. Along with sections on gold miners and mining wars with local Native Americans Custer Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane she also writes about setting up schools library associations fire departments fighting cattle rustlers establishment of hospitals and the suppression of the Ghost Dance religious movement which swept through the Lakota Sioux reservations in 1889. Tallent 1827-1901 firmly believed in “Manifest Destiny” and advancement of Euro-Caucasian western civilization and re-education of Native American Indigenous Peoples and later served as president of the Rapid City Board of Education. Graff 4061; Howes T14. Nixon-Jones Printing Co., hardcover
1992rif. 737a7484Canada: Douglas & McIntyre. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Second Augmented Edition. Hardcover. 1550540378 . 174 pages. "Bill Reid's Spirit of Haida Gwaii is no ordinary sculpture. Commissioned for the courtyard of the new Canadian chancery in Washington D.C. it sits directly across from the National Gallery and is destined to become one of the major artistic landmarks of the capital and of the North American continent. Ulli Stelzer's photographs taken over five years record the genesis and development of the Black Canoe and of each creature within it. This sequence of nearly one hundred images offers detailed insight into the final form and reveals many aspects of the sculpture otherwise lost forever to view." - from dust jacket. Book clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Nice copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; INDIAN SCULPTURE NORTH AMERICA INDIANS Haida Gwaii Bill Reid Native Carvers Pacific Northwest Haida . Douglas & McIntyre hardcover
1990366 p. Illustrated with a map. Large 8vo. Softcover. Third printing. Hardbound. Very good. W8RtFront
1953. Large softcover, good condition, w. smwht rubbed wraps, marks, sm creases, wear at sp edges. Ltly bumped and bent corners, sme lt edgwr.Tanned p. tops, ltly tanned p. edges, ins wraps. Paper clip marks on a few pp. O/w cln, tight, unmarked.
1963608 p. Profusely illustrated. Edges foxed. 4to. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Tail of spine worn. Original dust jacket, worn, torn with loss. Hardbound. Good. W1
1891rif. 50232Chicago IL: Western Pearl Co 1891. Very Good. Chicago IL: Western Pearl Co. 1891. First Edition. Octavo; stapled self-wrappers; 311pp.; photographs and illustrations throughout. Rubbing and mild smudging to wraps; binding sound; Very Good. Uncommon pamphlet bribing kids to sell Western Prince Double Strength Baking Powder to get a brand new "free" bike. Includes testimonials and photographs of kids with their new bicycles and references state by state. A hundred and fifty cans at 40 cents each did the trick. We find no copies in retail and two holdings in OCLC at Indiana and Brown. Western Pearl Co unknown
1891rif. 50232Chicago IL: Western Pearl Co 1891. Very Good. Chicago IL: Western Pearl Co. 1891. First Edition. Octavo; stapled self-wrappers; 311pp.; photographs and illustrations throughout. Rubbing and mild smudging to wraps; binding sound; Very Good. Uncommon pamphlet bribing kids to sell Western Prince Double Strength Baking Powder to get a brand new "free" bike. Includes testimonials and photographs of kids with their new bicycles and references state by state. A hundred and fifty cans at 40 cents each did the trick. We find no copies in retail and two holdings in OCLC at Indiana and Brown. Western Pearl Co unknown books
1882476 p. (Continuous pagination). Illustrated with 12 full page color plates and numerous engravings. Page 21 torn without loss. Age stain. Lacks rear fly leaf. Inner hinges cracked. Early inked ownership of Nelson Myers on first fly leaf. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full blue cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold. Boards embossed in blind. Extremities worn with loss. Hardbound. Good. Rader 531; Howes B933; Six-Guns 313; Graff 466. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W4
1947pp. vii, 419. Chapter head drawings by Richard Bennett. Inked ownership. Front inner hinge cracked. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, soiled. Second printing. Hardbound. Very good. W5
1999Book is in excellent condition; new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. B&w illustrations, 110 pages.
2003A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Bumped front corner. Stories from the book of Genesis told via.... Lego.
1936rif. 617G1207Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Sun Directories Limited 1936. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1944 pages. An incredible reference of British Columbia in the year 1936. "Containing an alphabetically arranged list of cities towns post offices and railway stations in British Columbia and the Yukon with a description of each; and alphabetically arranged list of business houses private citizens civic provincial and dominion governments churches public and private schools secret and benevolent organizations associations etc. also an avenue and street guide of householders for Vancouver and Victoria and a classified business directory." - from title page. Above-average external wear. Aged piece of white tape around upper portion of exterior. Portion of backstrip missing. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderfully nostalgic compilation. Sun Directories Limited Hardcover
1915rif. 467c7969Toronto: W.J. Gage & Co. Good. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. 224 pages. Charming two-colour illustrations throughout. A wonderful collection of over sixty stories including: The Paper Boy; Little Fuzzy; Belling the Cat; Frogs at School; Sir Cleges and the Cherries. Decorated front free endpaper bears ink stamp of Point Grey Kerrisdale School and is nearly detached. Small opening at bottom of front hinge. Somewhat above-average wear to decorated olive-green boards. Few light pencil markings to contents and front board. A pleasing copy of this wonderful vintage British Columbia reader.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; The British Columbia Readers: Second Reader Vintage Antique Public School Elementary BC Vancouver . W.J. Gage & Co. hardcover
1952rif. 166j2181Victoria B.C.: The Archives of British Columbia. Very Good. 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Features: Atlin 1898-1910 - The Story of a Gold Boom; Spanish Naval Bases and Ports on the Pacific Coast of Mexico 1513-1833; James Edward Fitzgerald versus the Hudson's Bay Company - The Founding of Vancouver Island; An Alexander Mackenzie Letter 1793; and more. 121-235 pp. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Prior owner's blind stamp to contents page otherwise very clean tight and unmarked with light wear. A quality example. ; 8vo . The Archives of British Columbia paperback
1942rif. 166j2182Victoria B.C.: The Archives of British Columbia. Good. 1942. First Edition. Paperback. Features: The Origin of the Chinook Jargon; How One Slave Became Free; Some Pioneers of the Cattle Industry; Correspondence Relating to the Establishment of a Naval Base at Esquimalt 1851-57; The 'Komagata Maru' and the Central Powers; and more. 225-316 pp. Index. Rubber stamp to front cover. Blindstamp to contents page. Binding intact. Two-inch openings to each end of backstrip. A worthy vintage example.; 8vo . The Archives of British Columbia paperback