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By: BAYLEY, Victor
Price: $35.00
Publisher: London, Jarrolds: 1939
Edition: Second [?] Edition
Seller ID: 043785
Condition: About Fine
'The Beacon Library, no. 13'. Originally published in 1934. An account of building the railway through the Khyber Pass. Plus, the author's account of living amongst the Pathans and the turbulent warriors of the Noth-West Frontier for many years. 223 pages, [8] leaves of plates ; 22 cm. Book is bright, clean and unmarked with a tight binding. Sound hinges. No wear to the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is very clean nd quite bright but with edge wear and short, closed edge-tears View more info
By: BEAD, Geoffrey
Price: $9.95
Publisher: London, Bloomsbury Books: 1987
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 047441
ISBN: 0906223792
Condition: Fine
Sir Christopher Wren 1632-1723, English anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist, as well as one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. Reprint. Originally published: Edinburgh : J. Bartholomew, 1982. 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. A fine copy in a similar, unclipped dustjacket. Unpacked weight, 883g. 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's GST is included. Images always available. Shipped well packed. View more info
By: BECTON, F. Julien [Rear-Admiral]
Price: $15.00
Publisher: NJ, Prentice Hall Inc.: 1980
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Seller ID: 34321
ISBN: 0138089981
Condition: Fine
This book tells the story of the USS LAFFEY and the men who served on her during the Second World War. The book tells the story from the perspective of her commanding officer, Julian Becton, and covers the period from the ship's commissioning in 1943 till its de-commissioning in 1975. By F. Julian Becton with Joseph Morschauser III. viii, 288 p., [8] leaves of plates. : ill. ; 24 cm.Book is bright, clean and unmarked with a tight, square binding, no wear to the bright blue, faux-leather cloth binding. The unclipped dustjacket is also bright and clean showing just a little edge wear to the rea... View more info
By: BENSON, E. F.
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton-Century Company: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 21731
Condition: About Very Good
Autobiography of writer E. F. Benson [1867-1940]. 304pp, photo portrait frontis. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Sound binding, no wear to hinges. Minor wear to edges of blue cloth. Weight, 670g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either additi... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Toronto, Burns & MacEachern: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by the Subject
Seller ID: 1138
Condition: Near Fine
Autobiography of James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC [1883-1962], Canadian farmer, educator, and politician. He served as the fourth Premier of Saskatchewan, and as a minister in the Canadian Cabinet. Foreword by Burton T. Richardson. Signed by Gardiner on the ffep. 272pp, photo illustrated [1] poem by Louis Blake Duff. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square, no wear to the bright, clean, black cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is missing small pieces here and there. Unpacked weight, 476g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United S... View more info
By: BERGGRAV, Eivind
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Oslow, Forlaget Land og Kirke: 1955
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 041708
Condition: Fine
Biography of Marie Treschow, a Scandinavian noble, and aunt of one of Norway's richest women, Mille-Marie Treschow, was paralyzed in a diving accident in 1933 but became a renowned benefactor in the arts and education. Text in Norwegian. 136pp, photo illustrated. book is bright and clean. Unmarked except for a small name in ink to the htp. Tight, binding, sound hinges, no wear to the cloth. The dustjacket is complete with minor soiling and little edge wear Unpacked weight, 325g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based ... View more info
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Leipzig, V. Hase & Koehler: 1929
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 21436
Condition: About Fine
Biography of german painter, Hans Thoma [1839-1924]. German language text. 347pp, illustrated. Bright, clean copy with a sound binding. Unmarked except for a gift inscription to verso of ffep. Attractive cloth boards with decoration & titles to spine. No wear to cloth. Dustjacket is clean but with edge wear and a few chips. Weight, 700g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone ... View more info
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Canada, Lost Moose/ Harbour Publishing: 2009
Edition: Fourth Printing This Edition
Seller ID: 2074
ISBN: 1550173332
Condition: As New
'Fascinating memoir of an independent woman who headed to the Klondike and stayed for 25 years'. Foreword by Pierre Berton. Preface by Robert Service. Originally published: McClelland & Stewart, 1954. 231 pages ; 21 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, fresh and unmarked. Unpacked weight, 278g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific de... View more info
By: BERTON, Pierre
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Canada, Doubleday Canada, Limited: 2004
Edition: First Editon, First Printing
Seller ID: 10253
ISBN: 0385660464
Condition: Fine
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. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service... View more info
By: BERTON, Pierre
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Doubleday Canada: 1998
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 33718
ISBN: 038525721X
Condition: As New
'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 info
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Toronto, William Briggs: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 1917
Condition: Good
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 info
By: BINNS, Archie
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Portland, Binfords & Mort: 1967
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 041037
Condition: VG+
Biography of Peter Skene Ogden [1790-1854], trader, trapper, explorer, diplomat, patriarch, and a Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia river. OCLC Number: 1830803. x, 363 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. Bright, clean interior, bright white pages. Unmarked except for ownership notesto thehalf-title page. Price-clipped dustjacket shows light wear to edges and spine. Unpacked weight, 726g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Ca... View more info
By: BIRCHWATER, Sage; FRANK, Betty
Price: $9.95
Publisher: Halfmoon Bay, BC, Caitlin Press: 2011
Edition: First Printing
Inscription: Author Signed Copy
Seller ID: 33500
ISBN: 189475963X
Condition: Fine
Biography of British Columbia's Betty Frank - outdoorswoman, hunter, guide, trapper, dog musher etc. in B. C.'s Cariboo region. Betty Frank, as told to Sage Birchwater. 256 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Book is bright, clean and about 'as new'. Signed by Betty Frank on the ffep. However, there is a small gift note to the ffep and a tiny label to the tp. Weight, 384g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. No taxes on Canadian, American or Overseas Orders. Images alwa... View more info
Price: $8.95
Publisher: Toronto, ON, Canada, Key Porter Books: 2008
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 046729
ISBN: 1552678679
Condition: About 'As New'
Written by Arthur Bishop, son of Billy Bishop ; foreword by Lieut.-General F.R. Sutherland. Originally published as 'Courage in the Air'. xii, 307 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 450g, 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. [Maximum postage to anywhere within Canada is now approx US$15.00- up to 5kg tota... View more info
By: BLACK, Mrs. George and PRICE, Elizabeth Bailey
Price: $50.00
Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson & Sons: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20530
Condition: Very Good
Autobiography of Yukon Pioneer and early Woman Member of Parliament in Canada, Mrs. George Black.317pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Ffep cleanly removed. Sound Binding. Some general wear to green cloth boards. Dustjacket is generally clean but with some discoloration to bottom 2" of spine. Very minor edge wear. 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 650g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rate... View more info
By: BLAISE, Clark
Price: $7.95
Publisher: Canada, Knopf: 2000
Edition: First Canadian Edition, First Printing
Seller ID: 2390
ISBN: 0676972527
Condition: As New
"This is the biography of an idea, and the remarkable story of the man who created -and then convinced the world to adopt -a unified standard for telling time. Today we take the accurate telling of time across the world for granted. Yet little more than a hundred years ago, people even in neighbouring towns lived by different time schedules: noon was simply whenever the sun happened to be overhead -Toronto time, for example, was different from Hamilton time some forty miles away. None of this mattered when people travelled in the slow style that had been the norm for generations. But then,... View more info
Price: $17.50
Publisher: London, John Murray: 1972
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 21997
ISBN: 0719522420
Condition: VG+
Largely hitherto unpublished letters and diaries of the Russell Family, 1815-1846. 566pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean unmarked copy with a sound binding. No appreciable wear to cloth. Unclipped dusjacket is also bright and clean with minor wear to head of spine. Weight, 1kg [unpacked]. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific des... View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Toronto, Firefly Books: 1985
Edition: New Edition
Seller ID: 31267
ISBN: 0920668313
Condition: Fine
'Kenojuak' is a tribute honouring the life and work of one of the world's most celebrated and prolific Eskimo artists. Originally published in 1981, as a limited edition of 275, this book was never before available to the general public. We are proud to present a new edition of this magnificent book-a visually stunning and richly documented history of an important Canadian artist - Kenoujak [1927-2013]. 252 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 28 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, sound hinges, no wearto the cloth. The unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar show... View more info
By: BLOOM, Harold
Price: $20.00
Publisher: USA, Riverhead Hardcover: 1998
Edition: First Edition, Fifth Printing
Seller ID: 11394
ISBN: 1573221201
Condition: As New
Harold Bloom, the doyen of American literary critics and author of 'The Western Canon', has spent a professional lifetime reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. In this magisterial interpretation, Bloom explains Shakespeare's genius in a radical and provocative re-reading of the plays. xxii, 745 p. ; 24 cm. An 'as new' copy - bright, clean and unmarked, quite fresh. Unclipped dustjacket is similar. Heavy book weihghing 1.224kg prior to packeing. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcha... View more info
By: BLUM, Howard
Price: $9.95
Publisher: New York, Broadway Books: 2012
Edition: First Paperback Printing
Seller ID: 28897
ISBN: 0307461734
Condition: About 'As New'
Three men - Charles A Siringo; Jefferson Randolph Smith; George W Carmack - from vastly different backgrounds attempt to strike it rich in the Yukon gold rush at the end of the nineteenth century, unaware of the danger and despair they will face in their quest for gold. Howard Blum brings up two interesting facts which are integral to this book. One, the Yukon gold rush came as a final hurrah for the displaced heroes of the Wild West. And two, it occurred while the United States was in the grip of a devastating economic depression. x, 420 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. A 'near new' copy... View more info
