Condition: Very Good, or Better

History of Mary Queen of Scots

By: ABBOTT, Jacob

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, T. J. Allman : 1868

Edition: Later Edition

Seller ID: 051262

Binding: Original Cloth

Condition: Very Good, or Better

A volume in Abbott's Histories, small pocket edition. 218pp, engraved frontispiece, all edges gilt. Bound in rust cloth, with stamped title/decoration in gilt to front board and spine, and with stamped decoration to balance of the boards. Interior is very clean, pages bright white. Previous owner's details to the ffep, otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight and square, hinges sound.Spine and edges of boards are sun lightened. Some wear to the spine edges and slight bloss to the head of the spine. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal ...
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Ways Harsh & Wild

By: ANDERSEN, Doris

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Vancouver, J. J. Douglas Ltd. : 1973

Edition: First Edition, First Printing

Seller ID: 041941

ISBN-13: 9780888940278

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good, or Better

A story of adventure and hardship in the Yukon and Alaska in goldrush days; pioneers in the wild North. 239pp, photo illustrated, maps, endpaper maps. Firm binding with clean, bright interior. Boards a little dusty. Dustjacket has some edge wear & chips and is a little rubbed. Weight, 601g.
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Courier: August 1963

By: ANON

Price: $8.95

Publisher: London, Norman Kark Publications : 1963

Edition: Volume 41, No. 2

Seller ID: 041807

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Single issue of a vintage British magazine for August of 1963 - fact, fiction, art, satire, travel etc. 100pp, illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound, stapled binding. Very bright, unmarked copy. Weight, 270g.
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Stories We Like to Read and Tell

By: ANON

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Akron, OH, Saalfield Publishing Co. : 1942

Edition: First [assumed]

Seller ID: 31946

Binding: Sewn Binding

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Saalfield #2415. Stories for children, illustrated. Interior is very clean and quite unmarked. Pages evenly browning as usual for the newsprint-type of paper. A small worm-hole to foredge at back is only defect. Wrappers features a Mother Goose figure looking in a Hat-Shop window. Scan available. Tiny loss to tip of lower corner of front wrapper. About display quality. Weight, 170g.
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Play-Making: A Manual of Craftsmanship

By: ARCHER, William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. : 1928

Edition: Fifteenth Printing

Seller ID: 31334

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Manual on writing Plays. 419pp. Bright, clean interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding. Spine somewhat sun-darkened, no no wear to red cloth. Weight, 560g.
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British Columbia Timber for Prairie Farms: Beef Cattle Barns

By: B. C. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS; FOREST SERVICE

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Victoria, BC, British Columbia Department of Lands, Forest Service : 1915

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 32584

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Farm Buildings Series, Bulletin No. 3. Booklet issued by the Government of British Columbia to promote the use of Forest Products in the construction of Farm Buildings. This booklet covers Beef Cattle Barns. 53pp, plans, diagrams, figures. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Sound, stapled binding. Edges of wrappers a trifle dusty. Weight, 70g.
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British Columbia Timber for Prairie Farms: Combination or General Purpose Barns

By: B. C. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS; FOREST SERVICE

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Victoria, BC, British Columbia Department of Lands, Forest Service : 1919

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 32585

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Farm Buildings Series, Bulletin No. 1. Booklet issued by the Government of British Columbia to promote the use of Forest Products in the construction of Farm Buildings. This booklet covers general Purpose Barns. 54pp, plans, diagrams, figures. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Sound, stapled binding. Edges of wrappers a trifle dusty. Weight, 80g.
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British Columbia Timber for Prairie Farms: Piggeries and Smoke Houses

By: B. C. DEPARTMENT OF LANDS; FOREST SERVICE

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Victoria, BC, British Columbia Department of Lands, Forest Service : 1919

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 32583

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Farm Buildings Series, Bulletin No. 6. Booklet issued by the Government of British Columbia to promote the use of Forest Products in the construction of Farm Buildings. This booklet covers Piggeries and Smoke Houses. 37pp, plans, diagrams, figures. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Sound, stapled binding. Edges of wrappers a trifle dusty. Weight, 60g.
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The Trumpeter Swan: Its History, Habits, and Population in the United States

By: BANKO, Winston E.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Washington, United States Department of the Interior : 1960

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 24681

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: Very Good, or Better

North American Fauna, Number 63. This copy is from the library of celebrated, British Columbia outdoorsman, journalist and author, Lee Straight, and is signed by him at top of title page. Bright, clean copy with a tight, square binding. Some sun-fading to wrappers. Weight, 440g. 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 total weight, boxed, insured, trackable and fas...
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Cheer Up, Little Noddy!; No 20

By: BLYTON, Enid

Price: $9.95

Publisher: London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.; Richards Press

Edition: Later Printing

Seller ID: 055272

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Number 20 in the series. Copyrighted 1960 but issued later and not dated - early 1970s?. Price on front flap of dustjacket is 4s 6d [pre-decimal currency, 1971]. Pre-banned Golliwogs present. Interior pages are bright white. Unmarked pages except for two children's names in the 'This Book Belongs To..' box. Tight binding. Some very mild edge wear present. Bright pictorial boards. Unclipped dustjacket shows some light wear to some eges. Otherwise the dustjacket is very bright and clean. Attractive copy. This title is No 20 in the list of 24 shown on the rear flap of the dustjacket. Ships via...
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Noddy and the Bunkey: No 19

By: BLYTON, Enid

Price: $7.50

Publisher: London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.; Richards Press

Edition: Later Printing

Seller ID: 055271

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Number 19 in the series. Copyrighted 1959 but issued later and not dated - early 1970s?. Price on front flap of dustjacket is 4s 6d [pre-decimal currency, 1971]. Pre-banned Golliwogs present. Interior pages are bright white. Unmarked pages except for two children's names in the 'This Book Belongs To..' box. Tight binding. Bright pictorial boards. Bump to foot of spine. Unclipped dustjacket shows moderate wear to some eges and a little surface rubbing. Complete no loss. Otherwise the dustjacket is very bright and clean. This title is No 19 in the list of 24 shown on the rear flap of the dust...
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Noddy Goes to Sea: No 18

By: BLYTON, Enid

Price: $7.50

Publisher: London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.; Richards Press

Edition: Later Printing

Seller ID: 055270

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Number 18 in the series. Copyrighted 1959 but issued later and not dated - early 1970s?. Price on front flap of dustjacket is 4s 6d [pre-decimal currency, 1971]. Pre-banned Golliwogs present. Interior pages are bright white. Unmarked pages except for two children's names in the 'This Book Belongs To..' box. Tight binding. Bright pictorial boards. A lttle wear to the tips of the corners. Unclipped dustjacket shows some general wear to the tips of the corners, some surface rubbing, a piece lost at the foot of the spine and a short closed top edge tear. Otherwise the dustjacket is very bright an...
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Noddy Has an Adventure; No 17

By: BLYTON, Enid

Price: $7.50

Publisher: London, Sampson, Low, Marston & Co.; Richards Press

Edition: Later Printing

Seller ID: 055269

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Number 17 in the series. Copyrighted 1958 but issued later and not dated. Price on front flap of dustjacket is 4s 6d [pre-decimal currency, 1971]. Pre-banned Golliwogs present. Interior pages are bright white. Unmarked pages except for two children's names in the 'This Book Belongs To..' box. Tight binding. Bright pictorial boards. A lttle wear to the tips of the corners. Unclipped dustjacket shows some general wear to the tips of the corners, some surface rubbing and a short closed top edge tear. Otherwise the dustjacket is very bright and clean. This title is No 17 in the list of 24 shown ...
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The Beaver: Magazine of the North; Summer 1971

By: BOLUS, Malvina - Editor

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Winnipeg, Hudson's Bay Co. : 1971

Edition: Outfit 302-1

Seller ID: 043706

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Single issue of the Hudson's Bay Co. magazine, 'The Beaver', for the Summer of 1971. 62pp, illustrated. Bright, clean interior. Sound, stapled binding. Bright, unmarked front and rear wrappers showing some slight aging to the top margin of the front wrapper. Weight, 204g.
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The London Perambulator

By: BONE, James

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Jonathan Cape : 1950

Edition: Later Edition

Seller ID: 31813

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Walks around London, England. First published in 1925. 224pp, drawings by Muirhead Bone. Bright, clean interior. Gift inscription to ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Dustjacket is clean but shows some wear to top edges and tips of corners. Unclipped. Weight, 410g.
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English Novelists

By: BOWEN, Elizabeth

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Bahamas, Britain in Pictures

Edition: Not Stated

Seller ID: 26589

Binding: Boards

Condition: Very Good, or Better

A volume in the 'Britain in Pictures' series. This edition is unnumbered and undated, circa late 1940s. 47pp, 8 color plates, 19 b&w illustrations. Interior is bright and clean. Previous owner's name and two, small Canadian military stamps, to ffep. Tight binding, no wear to hinges. Bright boards with a little shelf wear to bottom edge. Dustjacket, in brodart is bright and clean but with a 3" closed tear to top left corner and a small, lost chip to head of spine. Weight, 230g.
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The Amateur; Lot of Two Issues, 1875-6

By: BRANTH, Adolph - Editor

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Gloucester, Gloucester Standard : 1875

Seller ID: 046788

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Two issues of a small, English magazine of the 1875-6 period. Mix of literature, poetry, factual articles etc. Issues included are - Volume 1, No 2 - AND - Volume 2, No 2. Each issue has approx 24pp. Not illustrated.Clean unmarked copies. Weight, 53g.
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Prospector's Trail; Poms By James N. J. Brown

By: BROWN, James N. J.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Vancouver, Author Published

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 045228

Binding: Stapled Wrappers

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Verse from a British Columbia poet, an old-time resident of the Cariboo, the Empire Valley and North Vancouver. This small book is undated but is circa 1941. Introduction by Noel Robinson. 64pp. OCLC Number: 18731455. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, stapled binding. Illustrated wrappers, with overlapping edges, show slkight age darkening and tiny, light stains. Scan available. Weight, 58g.
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Selected Poems of Robert Browning

By: BROWNING, Robert

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books : 1938

Edition: First Penguin Printing

Seller ID: 27342

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Penguin Illustrated Classics No. C5. Illustrated edition with woodcuts by Iain Macnab. 245pp, illustrated, 8pp publisher's ads at rear. CLean interior, unmarked, pages browning. Tight, square binding, no creases to spine. Very slight soiling but generally a well-above-average copy for type. Weight, 150g.
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Canadian Geographical Journal, November 1933

By: BURPEE, Lawrence J. - Editor

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Canadian Geographical Society : 1933

Edition: Vol. VII, No. 5

Seller ID: 044332

Binding: Printed Wraps

Condition: Very Good, or Better

Contents include - The Problems of Labrador, A Seignory on the Ottawa, The Lordly Pyrenees, Ice Fields of Western Canada, etc. pp199-246, xvi. Bright interior, unmarked. Sound binding.. Minor wear/soiling to wraps, more to rear wrapper. Corner crese to rear wrapper. Weight, 170g.
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