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1996362 pages. 20 inspiring tales of entrepreneurs who changed the way we live and do business. Clean, bright and unmarked with virtually zero wear. Gift quality. Book
1970176 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. Provides tales of harrowing experiences of shipwrecked mariners on the West Coast Lifesaving Trail: of the bravery of rescuers and rescued alike."Scott writes from personal experiences as well as diligent research. We can think of no man better qualified to write this book." - Alec Merriman, Daily Colonist. Gift greetings upon title page else unmarked. Small chip from illustrated back cover. Average wear. A decent third edition copy of this fascinating work. Book
1955144 pages. No date. Possibly ca. 1950s. From the 'Foundations of History' series. Presents simple stories of early life in Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean connected with the familiar tales of the Old Testament. Includes handwork exercises in paper-cutting, based upon seven double-page coloured illustrations. Attractive gilt lettering and decoration upon purple cloth front board. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Scattered moderate foxing. Nice copy. Book
1974341 pages including index. Numerous black and white plates. Thirty-seven illustrated sea tales of Canada's western ships, carefully researched for historical accuracy. Also includes Gerald Rushton's compact history of The Union Steamship Company of British Columbia. Contents clean, bright and unmarked. Blue cloth-covered boards show moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
198355 pages. Sees the Arctic world as one, united by the extremeties of climate, where people are able to create for themselves the warmest Christmases of all. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Solid clean copy. Book
1980188 pages. Numerous colour illustrations. "In a superb act of creative imagination Peter Dickinson offers a radical and intriguing approach to thirty-three Bible tales. Clean, bright and unmarked but for ink stamp to bottom edge. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1969182 pages. A book of lively anecdotes of the Klondike and Alaska told by a beloved writer who was part of the great Gold Rush and who stayed in the North until he died. You'll enjoy strolling with a Klondike newsman vicariously through the scenes he saw and vastly appreciated. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Average wear and large repaired tears to back of dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book
1983208 pages. Includes: historical papers and documents; tributes and biographies; essays; book reviews; tales and reminiscences; Obituaries; etc. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Excellent copy. Book
1984234 pages. For many millenia before their first known contact with the white man in 1905, the Nez Perce or Sahaptin peoples roamed over an extensive region of the inland Pacific Northwest. Their approximate territory included a vast portion of Northern Idaho, and portions of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Represents an overview of some of the essential dimensions of their tribal culture and history. Black and white illustrations. Extensively referenced. Clean and unmarked. Light wear. Bright gilt lettering and decoration upon dark maroon boards and spine. Very nice copy. Book
1969191 pages. Cherished tales from Jewish folklore celebrating the misadventures of the lovable fools who inhabit the legendary shtetl of Chelm. Initials atop half-title page else unmarked. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Solid working copy. Book
1991Sound effects working loud and clear. Nice clean and unmarked copy with light wear. Book
1971122 pages. "This edition is twice as long as before; the stories previously published in Maori Tales of Long Ago have been incorporated, together with all the illustrations from the two earlier books." - from dust jacket. Black and white line illustrations throughout. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. One inch square patch of minor discolouration upon back panel of dust jacket where price sticker removed. Dust jacket now in archival-grade Brodart protector. Lovely copy. Book
1972311 pages. Black and white illustrations. Prior owner's ink stamp inside front board and upon front free endpaper else clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy with bright gilt lettering upon red cloth-covered boards. Book
192579 pages. Circa 1920s? Prize inscription upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Yellowing to contents. Somewhat above-average wear. Illlustrated brown boards. Binding intact. Book
1985168 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "A collection of true stories of men and ships that sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, told by old seamen at meetings of the Thermopylae Club." - from title page. Gift greetings upon half-title page. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
1994Features: Junkers W34 was Best of Breed; A Yarn from Refuge Cove - "Hoagie" and the Cougar; Hurry up and Wait - Tall Tales and true from the log book of a coastal charter pilot - Part one, Greenhorns; Making it Through the 90s; A Mile in Rain and Fog; Those Zippy Zeniths. Sound copy. Magazine
1994Features: Rice Rockets out West - the Mitsubishi MU-2; Stress Corrossion; IFR in the Beginning (i.e. I Follow Roads!); They Keep Going and Going and...- Bristol Freighters; Hurry Up and Wait - Part 3 - Tall Tales and true from the log book of a coastal charter pilot. Sound copy. Magazine
196438 pages. A transcript from research conducted for the CBC radio series entitled "People in Landscape." "Part 1 - Anecdotes, mainly by Harry Marriott and mainly about the Gang Ranch. Early history of rancing in B.C., the Harper Brothers, the Gang Ranch, and Carl Wycott; Stories about Phil Grinder. Voices of Harry Marriott, Harry Coldwell, Henry Castillou, Albert Drinkell and Tom Carolan. Part 2 - Henry Marriott tells of his life on the O.K. Ranch at Big Bar Creek. Catherine Christy, Gus Haller, Tom Carolan and Harry Coldwell recall life on other Cariboo ranches at the turn of the century". - from title page. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Black and white illustrations. Nice copy. Book
1979278 pages. Index. "People and animals and events of long-ago days in Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas." - subtitle. Black and white illustrations. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average wear. Worthy reading copy. Book
1949436 pages. Index. Archival black and white illustrations. Hand-numbered copy number 346 of 1000. Author's signature upon bookplate inside front board. Fold-out map inside back board. "A collection of stories and historical events connected with the most northwest county in the United States - Whatcom County, Washington; and depicting in popular style, the pioneer days of the formative years between 1848 and 1895." - from title page. Relatively few library markings. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Small dab of liquid paper upon opening blank leaf. Book
197258 pages. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Worthy copy of this delightful compilation. Book
1969Features: Railroad News Photos - 6 pages; Turbotrain - Canadian National's New Train - photos, specs and article; When it's Shortline time down south; Three Tales of Train Travel - diary entries during the decline and fall; Journey into the Unknown - an interview with Werner von Penncentral (by Art Buchwald); Rails Through Viet Nam - 2 - Every Viet Cong attack on it is an indirect complement to the line - photos, table, article, maps; and more. middle page loose from one staple. Average wear. Faint date stamp atop front cover else unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1990184 pages. Index. Glossary. Profusely illustrated with black and white pictures and line drawings. "Many of these stories of shooting and fishing are told in the words of men like George 'Wigger' Hailstone, Bert Weldon and Bill Benstead, who remember going in search of wildfowl on the flooded washes in their gunpunts in days when a good shot from the gun might result in a hamper of plovers or duck going off to Leadenhall Market. Rough fellows they were, but they loved their sport and they loved the washlands." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. Slight lean to spine. Book
194624 pages. Some colour illustrations, balance in black and white. Gift greetings upon verso of decorated front free endpaper. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
197382 pages. Features: Photo-illustrated interview with Andrzej Wajda; 'Gates to Paradise' - photos; Photo-illustrated article on Diana Dors; 'England Made Me' - photos; Article entitled 'What's Wrong with the Britihs Public'; 'The Getaway' - photos; Portrait in Human Frailty - Conclusionn of a photo-illustrated article on the films of James (Jimmy) Stewart; 'The Canterbury Tales' - photos; Reviews; 'The Valachi Papers' - photos; 'Psych-Out' - photos; 'The Offence' - photos; 'Queen's of Evil' - photos; Records; Pin-up photo of the past - Gracie Fields; 'Pink Narcissus' - photos; 'Heads I Win - Tails You Die' - photos. Ad sfor 'Fellini's Roma'; 'Savages' and 'The Offence'; Average wear. Unmarked. Soiling to front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine