Anecdotes from great actors, directors and managers on the life and work of William Shakespeare. 204pp. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Unmarked. No creases to spine. Minor rubbing to back wrap. Weight, 300g. View More...
Autobiographical account of Pierre Berton's beginnings as a print journalist. 211 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked with a tight, square binding and sound hinges. No wear to the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is clean but shows light rubbing and moderate edge wear with a few, tiny, lost chips. Unpacked weight, 446g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always available. Shipped well packed. USA postage... View More...
By raft down the Yukon River, wuth his wife and six children, the author retraces the great wilderness route of the 1898 Gold Rush to the ghost town of Dawson that was his own childhood home. 174pp, 24pp of colour plates. Book is clean. Unmarked except for a previous owner's name/address to the top of the half-title page. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is similar - bright, clean, no wear. Unpacked weight, 395g - too thick for Lettermail rates within Canada. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are vague estimates NOT guaranteed rate... View More...
In the 1970s, Pierre Berton and his family recreated the trip down the Yukon made by his father, Francis George Berton, in 1898. This compelling story of the later journey is a valentine from son to father, a magical tale of a family adrift, and a poetic exploration of the region's rich history . . . 20th Anniversary Edition [1973-1993]. 174pp, map. Interior is very clean and is unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Bright, glossy wrappers. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, or via the USPS Media ail, in card sleeve. From $4.00 to $8.00 depending... View More...
The author looks back at half a century of his involvement in the history of his times. Presentation copy - 'To Lorne, Pierre Berton, Dec 95', in his hand. 440pp, photo illustrated. Mint copy, 'as new'. Weight, 950g. View More...
The five 'prisoners' of the Arctic were Joe Boyle, a wealthy gold prospector; Vihjalmur Stefansson, who claimed to discover a tribe of blond Eskimos; Lady Jane Franklin, widow of famed explorer Sir John Franklin; John Hornby, whose obsessive quest for adventure took him to the Arctic's Barren Ground; and poet Robert Service. Their adventures read almost like fiction. All were loners, and obsessed by the North. 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Book is 'as new'; Unclipped dustjacket is very nearly so. Unpacked weight, 692g. NB - Postal Rates shown by ABE are frequently incorrect and are ... View More...
'A collection of miscellany of many of Pierre Berton's most sparkling pieces brings back lost treasures from years as a journalist covering Canada and the world'. Foreword by Geoff Pevere. xvi, 301pp. An 'as new' copy bright, fresh, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to the boards. Similar, unclipped dustjacket. Unpacked weight, 474g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Canadian GST included. Images always available. View More...
Compilation of the unique adventures of Constable Chuck Bertrand's career in and around the Royal Canadian Mounted police. 149 pages ; 23 cm. Signed by the author. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 267g and qualifies for inexpensive Lettermail postage wuthin Canada. Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. View More...
Offering the memoirs of a Russian tank rider, this work also presents the defeat of Germany from the perspective of the Red Army. This is Evgeni Bessonov's memoir revealing what it was like to fight on the Eastern Front. There he played a key part in the struggle between the Germans and Allies, and witnessed the collapse of the Third Reich. Translated from the Russian by Bair Irincheev. 254 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Includes index. Book is 'as new' - bright, clean and unmarked. Dustjacket, with publisher's catalog on the inside, shows a little top edg... View More...
This verse autobiography relates the story of the author's younger days set against the places and buildings that were significant in his youth - Highgate, Cornwall, Chelsea, Marlborough, Oxford quads, churches and railway stations. 111pp, illustrations by Michael Tree. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked, paper resembling hand-laid paper with chain-lines. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. Green cloth is flawless, no wear. The price-clipped, laminated dustjacket shows some curling at the edges and sun faded spine. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offe... View More...
French language text. Par Bettane & Desseauve ; texte, Jean-Charles Chapuzet ; degustation, Michel Bettane et Thierry Desseauve ; photographies, Patrick Leclerc. 1 vol. (149 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul., couv. ill. en coul. ; 32 cm. A very nearly 'new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. The unclipped dustjacket is very nearly similar. Heavy book to ship weighing 1.33kg. View More...
German language account of King Solomon. 344pp, photo illustrated, diagrams, maps. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Nearly similar, unclipped dustjacket. Weight, 560g. View More...
A social and economic study of the settlement of the Peace River area of Northern British Columbia and Alberta. An autobiographical account by the author. 209 pages, endpaper maps. 23 cm. Bright, clean copy. Ink name to the fpde otherwise unmarked. Internally almost fresh. Tight, square binding, no wear to the green cloth. The unclipped dustjacket, though complete, shows a fair amount of edge wear and wear to folds with a few short edge tears and small lost chips. Weight, 430g. View More...
Biography of Henry Morton Stanley [1841-1904], British explorer of Africa and Victorian hero. 401pp, illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. An almost 'as new' copy. Weight, 685g. View More...
Recollections of the last of the Great Indian Chiefs - Big Chief White Horse Eagle. Translated by Christopher Turner. 255pp, color frontispiece. Interior is bright. Very minor foxing to endpapers. Binding is tight and sound. No damage to hinges. School award/owner's names on fpde. Minor wear only to brown cloth boards. Yellow ink titles are bright. Solid copy. Weight, 560g. View More...
Christabel Bielenberg, 1909-2003, was a British writer married to a German lawyer, Peter Bielenberg. She described her experiences living in Germany during the Second World War in two books of which this is the first. Her husband was sent to a concentration camp in 1944, but survived the war. 285 pages, not illustrated. Internally the book is bright, clean and unmarked. Tight binding, sound hinges, no wear to the orange cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is also bright and clean showing slight edge wear and a single, closed top-edge tear of 2cm in length. Unpacked weight, 545g. NB - Postal Rates... View More...
Autobiography of an American aviation peioneer, Rudy Billberg, who spent his life flying in Alaska. xvii, 326pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding with no creasing to the spine. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 480g. View More...
Life of Ann Preston, 1810-1906, Irish born Methodist who emmigrated to Canada. 155 pages, photo illustrated, 19 cm. Interior off the book is clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square, sound, uncracked hinges. Brown cloth, however is mottled and lightly stained though with only minor wear. Interior is VG+ - Cloth only Good. Weight, 261g. Lettermail applies. View More...
Biography of the great British Actor and Theater owner, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. 1st American printing, 8vo, 293pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in brown cloth with gilt spine and with price-clipped dustjacket. Book is very clean and tight; DJ has minor top-edge wear and a 1" closed tear. Weight, 570g. View More...
Story of Chiwid, a Tsilhqot'in woman 1901986], said to have shamanistic powers, who spent most of her adult life "living out" in the hills and forests around Williams Lake, BC. Chiwid is the story of this remarkable woman told in the vibrant voices of Chilcotin oldtimers, both native and non-native. 149 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked inteior. Similar covers but showing a little fore-edge wear. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $4.00 to $6.90 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates... View More...
