Belshaw, John; Purvey, DianeMareMagnum
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154 pages. Illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Endnotes. Bibliography. List of published articles and books. "Undertakes an historical investigation of mourning sites and practices within the province of British Columbia." - from front flap. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Possibly unread. An excellent copy. Book
90 pages. Features: Design your own jeans; Get a better finish with bias tape; Perfect the high waist; Inside opera costumes; Tailoring series - Part 1; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
219 pages. "T.C. Boyle is on his way out of the literary underground where he has been almost a legend." - Vance Bourjaily. Lightly yellowed. Unmarked. Light wear. Book
358 pages. Reference notes. Black and white illustrations. "A Boswellian journal... gathering force, reaping new perceptions and building into a work of extraordinary power." - from back cover. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear with partial lean to spine. Worthy reference copy. Book
347 pages including index. Combines ethnology with a view from the inside. Author is the only non-Japanese ever accepted by geisha into their special world, and spent a year as a geisha in Kyoto. This account of her unique experience provides an intimate look into a feminine community that has been the subject of rumor and fantasy for centuries in the West. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Still a worthy reference copy. Book
96 pages. Bilingual, English/French. A montage of images - images found in the arts and crafts of Canada that reflect aspects of the games and pastimes which have long held the interest of Canadians. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Complementary bookplate upon front endpaper. Envelope affixed to back endpaper. No library markings. Some fading to brown cloth boards. Unmarked. Moderate wear and lean to spine. Book
250 pages. The revealing story of the people who live in the forest: the rubber trappers, river people, small landholders and natives. Author not only spoke to them; she lived among them, sharing their meals and their way of life. Clean. Very light wear. Unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
187 Pages with some black and white photos. An engaging account of life in today's turbulent Russia, this book faithfully presents the richly contradictory views of Muscovites and rural Russians on their work, their families and communities, their government, and their daily lives. Interweaves anecdote, conversation, and observation to round out the picture of a society in turmoil. Book
64 pages. Unmarked. Moderate yellowing and wear. Nice copy. Book
317 pages including index. Author's fifth book. Recalls his pioneer life on Saltspring Island through his challenging life during the depression of the 1930s, supervising tough wartime construction jobs, operating as many as 20 logging camps and breeding show-winning cattle on his ranch south of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Clean, bright, unmarked and unread. Beautiful copy. Rare in hard cover. Book
182 pages including index. A celebration of a landscape - not a wilderness landscape as might be expected, nor a rural one, but one that through most of its history has been unabashedly industrial. Author returned to Pittsburgh in 1990 after two decades of cataclysmic industrial decline and was distressed that, as a nation, we let our industrial places go with such equanimity. An eloquent tribute to a way of life largely disappearing in America. Book with faintest wear. Light wear to dust jacket which bears tiny tear at base of front panel. Excellent copy. Book
55 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
194 pages. Leads the reader through a seasonally arranged collection of humourous anecdotes of life in Metchosin, British Columbia. Selected pieces are entitled: Cussing, Child Labour Laws, A Cat in the Freezer, When a Tree Falls, and dozens more. Spine leans gently to right. Slight curvature to back board. Contents bright and unmarked. Book
290 pages. Glossary. Index. Reproductions of black and white photos. Signed and inscribed by editor upon title page. "A collection of Kathy Hogan's columns from the war years... Offers a remarkable social history of the war at home." - from dust jacket. Clean and bright with negliglble wear. An excellent copy. Book
319 pages. Index. Color plates. An intimate view of life in the Amish world. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
285 pages. Index. Reference notes. Author's signature and inscription upon dedication page. "The story of the rise and fall of regional baseball on the north-east coast of North America." - from opening page. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
178 pages including bibliography and colour plates. A series of picaresque adventures set against the backdrop of a Japan still closed off from the rest of the world. "...Opens a wonderful window into the real-life conditions of a down-at-the-heels lower-middle level samurai." - Susan Matisoff. Average wear. Moderate lean to spine. Decent copy with usual library markings. Book
209 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Illuminates the underside of the Civil War." - James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Book
326 pages including bigliography and index. Frontis is a marvelous satellite photo of the entire Korean Peninsula! Clean and unmarked with minimal wear. Super copy. Book
325 pages. "Roy MacGregor is the ultimate hockey writer... insider's knowledge, wit, elegant prose... deft skill and thorough research." - The Ottawa Citizen. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
68 pages. Features: In Honour of the Putti; The Teddy Bear Room; The Scadding Cabin; Japan - the age of the Samurai at war, and his swords; Trousseau Costumes - June 1896; The Wedding Ring; Documenting Design - an exhibition at the ROM; Medieval Abattoir and a Palace Join Forces. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Sound copy. Magazine
80 pages. Features: A clock with a history; the art of imitating wood grains; the Lloyd's Bank photographs of children; the antique detective; discovering 18th century porcelain; woodstoves; ice skating through the centuries. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
434 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Documents the customs of the people who established a culture and self-sufficient way of life which still exists today, but which, like the once-widespread vine, has almost disappeared from the land. A collection of the best from 'Bittersweet' magazine. Here is advice on how to build an Ozark johnboat, perform traditional square dances, make rag rugs, and prepare old-time cures. Also touches on the art of moonshining and sharp-note singing, and appreciations of mules and the Ozark fox trotter. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding solid. Nice copy. Book
Special Features: Those Old Cloth Dolls; Joey, a 16" boy doll; Costumes for the boy dolls; Girls and Dolls of Yesteryear; Poor Little Kabuki Dolls; Sex and the single doll; Kaethe Kruse Dolls; Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny; Tillie, the Tilting Doll; Rag Doll Faces; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: Safely displaying your collection; A French Christmas; Jean Johnson Miniatures of Brielle, NJ; Vicki Cleveenger's Antebellum World; Jean Robert - a visit with St. Nick; Tasha Tudor customs to adapt for your holiday traditions; Sandra Henry Wall's Insid-out creations; Ralph Williams creates vignettes; Royce Piro's Dollmaking; An Eye-Catching Christmas shoppers' display; Pam Bright created Santa's house; Joyce Prager, Sue Schulman, Mayme Griffin, Connie Hurlburt, Tina Strauss and Debbie Sobel work together; Mary Eccher's elegant buffet dishes; Joann's Puppet Theater in the Park; A natural approach to Christmas; A Scroll leg table; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
