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19153536Various locations 1915. Very good. 288 original sepia toned photographs measuring 1.5 x 1.5 to 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Oblong large octavo album; photos affixed directly to album leaves with manuscript captions in pencil. Occasional minor wear. An expansive photo album kept between the early 1900s and the 1920s of various trips in California Alaska and Mexico both touristic and military many were taken by a sailor probably from Napa California while cruising on the U.S.S. Saturn. Many of the photos not taken on shipboard show groups of people posing around 1920s model cars and their homes in Napa. The family is featured on beaches throughout California and various other locations in Napa including Napa State Hospital. One member of the family was involved with shipbuilding and was part of the crew and maintenance of multiple vessels including the U.S. S. Milwaukee and the U.S.S. Saturn. The latter was deployed to Mexico as a means of protecting the United States while Mexico was in the midst of its civil war. There are numerous photos throughout the album of the mission including Mexican generals towns and onboard activities of the crew. The Saturn was later sent to Alaska as communications support providing radio service to keep Alaska in touch with bases in the continental United States. These photos include the working of the radio station along with exterior shots of the building a photo of a band playing on board dubbed the Saturn's "orchestra" and a silly photo of men falling from a rail car which reads "end of a joyride." The Saturn also made stops in Honolulu seen here with shots of palm trees and beaches as well as a trip through the Panama Canal. unknown
19254849Various locations in the American Southwest West Coast and Pacific Northwest 1925. Very good. 30 leaves illustrated with 270 photographs of various sizes including two multi-panel panoramic photographs each leaf with a single printed caption identifying the subjects or location. Contemporary red leather gilt titles on front cover. Oblong folio. Some scuffing and abrading to covers a few short edge tears. Internally clean. A handsome annotated photograph album produced to commemorate a railroad trip by a well-to-do party of travelers from Kansas City through New Mexico Arizona Colorado California and up the West Coast to British Columbia and Alberta in 1925. The first photograph in the album is a panorama of a large group of well-dressed men and women at the Mission Hills Country Club in Kansas City captioned in the negative indicating the traveling party emanated from Kansas City as part of the "N.E.L.A. Red Special Delegation to San Francisco Convention" who were "Guests of K.C.P and L Co" presumably the Kansas City Power & Light Company. The second and much larger panoramic photograph is comprised of fifteen 5-x-8-inch photographs picturing the travelers posed outside the numerous Pullman cars that comprise the Red Special. The preponderance of the photographs are organized by location generally five or six photographs per page with a single printed caption per page mostly indicating the location. The body of photographs begins with facing pages of images featuring the travelers and some scenery in Colorado Springs and Garden of the Gods in Colorado. A sampling of subsequent groups of photographs feature the travelers at Pike's Peak Albuquerque the Grand Canyon San Bernardino Redlands Los Angeles Santa Barbara Del Monte Yosemite Valley Glacier Point Mariposa Grove San Francisco Shasta the Columbia River Victoria Vancouver Canadian Rockies Lake Louise Lake Agnes Moraine Lake Johnson's Canyon Banff and other locations. The album closes with four pages of photos picturing "Fellow Travelers Here and There" and a group photo of "The Train Crew." The latter photograph is the only one featuring African Americans who were likely working as Pullman porters on the Red Special. A wide-ranging series of photographs featuring much of the American and Canadian West before the Great Depression. unknown
1955617G1233Seattle WA: University of Washington 1955. Book. Illus. by Rumely John H.; Janish Jeanne R. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Uniform and handsome in beige cloth. Volume 5 printed in 1955 Volume 4 in 1959 Volume 3 in 1961 Volume 2 in 1964 and Volume 1 in 1969. Umarked with light wear and sound bindings. An excellent first edition example of this magnificent work. Please note: Very heavy. Special shipping considerations may apply. University of Washington Hardcover
192473aa1980British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Great cover photo of Duncan operating room; Several photos of new interior plant equipment at Duncan; Sensational 9-page feature on Duncan and district with great photos of the area including Duncan Station Maple Bay Genoa Bay and an aerial view; Fire deprives downtown Vancouver of service - photos and text; Grand Forks office and staff; Table showing "Exchanges in order of Per Cent Good Calls Out"; Statement of Development as of 1 January 1924 showing number of phones per community; Cover photo of steamer Jacques Cartier; Nice full-page showing two views of Vancouver Harbour with many ships in port; 7 page feature on the Port of Vancouver with several great photos; Possibilities of both radio and wire telephony; Exchanges in order of percent good out calls; Excellent full-page photo of Ballantyne pier Burrard Inlet; Take advantage of company's new savings plan; Fine addition to shipping facilities on Burrard Inlet - Ballantyne Pier - 5 great photos with text; Greater Vancouver will benefit by reduced telephone rate; Repair shop has greatly expanded in recent years - 6 pages with nice photos; nice full-page photo of the Empress of Australia in port; Greater Vancouver Inter-Exchange Telephone Service; Fold-out map of Vancouver area exchanges complet with great statistics; Telephone extenstion to Campbell River; 8 page feature on the flow of commerce through Canada's western port with many absolutely smashing photos; Cover photo of Glenburn office; 6-page feature on the B.C. Herring fishery with excellent photos re: sea lions contains the following quote "The government is undertaking to greatly lessen the numbers of this prey animal"; archival photo of laying the first underground cable in Vancouver; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each community; Cover photo of Milner office; photo mosaic of 5 lower valley exchange offices; Wonderful 8 page feature on the great supply district i.e. the lower Fraser Valley of BC coastal cities - excellent photos including a shot of the only remaining original Hudson's Bay Company building at Langley; New Gordon Head Exchange cut over; New Point Grey office under way; new observation office aids efficiency; Electrical Communication Development; Full-page photo of sailors from the battleship H.M.S. Repulse marching through Vancouver; Multiple photos of British warships docked at Victoria; Article and photos of the visit of the Royal Navy to Vancouver; The Traffic Department and the Public it serves; Tennis Tournaments; Printing a phone directory; Great feature on Ship Salvors Salvagers with many photos; A motoring trip through the U.S. with photos; Biggest cable will cross False Creek; Oxygen Farms; Cornelius Vanderbilt writes of his long distance call from Alberni to Los Angeles; P.B.X. serves interesting purposes - 5 pages with photos; Early motor tourists to B.C. with photos; Full-page photo of the Empress of Canada; 5 page illustrated article on the reclamation of the Sumas; The switchboard as a newspaper; Health secrets of the telephone pole - 3 illustrated pages; new Victoria equipment; Bayview library proves popular; cover photo of a long-distance operator timing a call with a calculagraph; Billing toll and inter-exchange calls keeps eight clerks busy - 3 pages with photos; 7 page a; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
189040232n.p. 1890. Not bound. Overall quite good but some creasing tears fading a few remounted. 12 sheets. Size varies from 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches to 13 x 10 inches. 42 albumen and silver prints mounted on large card stock some tipped in some remounted. Images of San Francisco Yosemite Pikes Peak Grand Canyon as well as the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 some captioned in plate or in manuscript. unknown
1882138714Perth: Richard Pether Government Printer 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Perth Richard Pether Government Printer 1882 and London L. Reeve & Co. 1879. Large quarto 28 pages last blank with several tables plus 2 tinted lithographs and 2 colour maps one folding 490 × 370 mm; and viii 30 pages plus 21 plates including 17 full-page uncoloured lithographs of eucalypts after drawings by R. Austen. Pebble-grain dark green cloth with a large title-label printed in gilt on black paper on the front cover; minor loss to the label removing two letters of one word; cloth a little marked with light wear to the extremities; small section 25 mm of the leading edge of the rear cover a little abraded; endpaper hinges neatly reinforced; light tidemarks to two small sections of the endpapers with a little foxing confined mainly to the inner surfaces of the free endpapers and the adjacent pages; one tear to the folding map expertly sealed; minimal loss to silverfish to the bottom margin of the small map; mild signs of age and use; a very good copy. The balance of the first title is 'with some remarks and suggestions on future conservation and management of the timber areas from various authorities. With a reprint of the regulations and laws in force for the renting or leasing of timbered lands'. <p>The introduction to the combined work compiled under the direction of Malcolm Fraser the WA Surveyor General has this to say: 'In compliance with your instructions and so far as the information and means at my command allowed I have collected in a general way such information about our timber Forests as was available to me and I have endeavoured to weave this together somewhat in a connected form. <p>By including the valuable Report on the Forest Resources of Western Australia by Baron Ferd. von Mueller it will be brought more prominently before the public than it has hitherto been. the drawings give a very fair idea of the character of the Jarrah and Karri forests'. Richard Pether, Government Printer hardcover
192072185N.p.: N.p. ca. 1920. Original album containing 44 photographs from late 19th century to early 20th century featuring members of the Cameron family including Hubert G. or Herbert G. Todd and Albert the compiler of this album. Photos trace the Cameron's family's life from Kansas to New Mexico then to El Paso and elsewhere in the West. Notably includes ca 1870s-1880s cartes-de-visite of family members with sewn borders the highlight being a 1.25 x 2 in. portrait identified as "Judge Cameron" with a Williams & Thomson Kansas City KS backmark.Herbert left home and went west first "punching" cows and breaking horses. His first wife was "Blanch Blanche Duncan." She was Todd Cameron's mother and died young at the age of 27. Herbert's second wife was Trinidad born in Mexico in 1896. She gave birth to Albert. She died in El Paso TX of tuberculosis. Many of the photos are Todd and Albert engaged in various activities. Todd later died in WWI. Other photos are of Herbert who worked in the northwest in mines the sawmills he ran a gas station in New Mexico and was a farmer in Bastrup County TX. In 1930 the census lists his occupation as "watchman" so he appears to have picked up whatever jobs he could to support his family. The annotations on the photos also indicate that Herbert lost his right hand in an accident with mining machinery so his prospects may have been limited.Family history holds that this family was related to Hugh Cameron who became known as the "Kansas Hermit." Since Hugh does not seem to have ever married it may well be one of his brothers. According to various biographies he was the third of six boys and two girls born to Allen and Catherine Frazier Cameron in New York state. Allen was born in Scotland but it is unclear whether Catherine was also or whether she was born in New York. We have been unable to locate the information on all of the siblings but the idea that one or more of them followed Hugh to Kansas is almost a certainty. We have also been unable to find a first name on "Judge Cameron" pictured in the album - presumably one of Hugh's brothers.Hugh Cameron 1826-1908 "The Kansas Hermit" was an abolitionist Civil War officer judge and founder and resident of Lawrence KS known for his eccentric behavior. Originally from upstate New York he was teaching math in Washington DC when he was fired for espousing his "radical" anti-slavery views so he decided to walk to Kansas to settle and have his voice and vote heard during the Border War period of the 1850s. Connections from Washington secured him an appointment as a territorial judge and he used his power to counteract the "Ruffians" promoting slavery in the state. When the Civil War broke out Cameron enlisted and received a commission as a first lieutenant in Co. F 2nd Kansas Cavalry and was promoted to captain by the end of the year. He was made lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Union in February 1864 eventually being promoted to brevet brigadier general for meritorious service. After the war Cameron's eccentricities began to emerge. Despite his status as a former judge and military hero with connections in the federal government he began living in a hollowed out tree in Lawrence and eschewed the social norms of the time. One report holds that this was the result of being "spurned by Mary Phelps a Missouri woman." Lawrence Journal-World May 27 2001. The Kansas Hermit usually emerged for some spectacular purpose such as walking to Santa Fe NM to deliver a letter of apology to the people of the state for Kansas Sen. Edmund Ross casting the vote which prevented President Andrew Johnson from being convicted at his impeachment trial. He later said that the purpose of "burying himself in the woods" was to emulate the life of the prophets in the hope that he would receive "visions." N.p. unknown
1798930273<p>The Works: London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson Paternoster-Row and J. Edwards Pall-Mall. MDCCXCVIII 1798 WITH Memoires of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second: London John Murray Albemarle-Street. MDCCCXXII 1822. Over 4000 pages and 177 full-page engravings. Seven volumes uniformly bound in Contemporary Calf over marbled boards. Gold Gilt on black leather title labels. Additional spine gilt stamping with decorative blindstamp. Some rubbing to bindings wear heavier towards extremities see image. Hand Marbled endpapers hinges unobtrusively reinforced with moire brown cloth. Internally clean Unmarked. Off-setting from plates with sporadic foxing particularly to plates and adjoining leaves as per usual. Full Collation of the papers used contents and plates on request. A Very Good Antiquarian Set Indeed. First Edition. Half-Leather Marbled Boards. Very Good. Illus. by 177 Full-page Engravings Fold-outs etc. 4to - over 11½" tall. Extremely Heavy Oversized Safely Securely Packed.</p> Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards hardcover
1970ZB679366Utah State University 1970-2000. Volumes 1-31 1970-2000 bound library markings else text clean and bindings tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Utah State University unknown
1920180564China: c.1920s. An attractive handmade gift for the tourist market the delightful papercuts depicting rural scenes and reproducing the Chinese characters for "luck" and "joy". This example contains 18 pages for inscriptions each with a papercut in the bottom corner. Landscape octavo. With 20 handmade papercuts on 10 leaves glassine guards. Original dark blue brocade with embroidered patterns blue silk xianzhuang stitching Rear cover with couple of marks toning and offsetting internally first glassine with loss at foot: near-fine. unknown
1913178292London: Thos. Cook & Son 1913. Second edition revised and updated from the first edition following the 1911 revolution. "It is seldom such momentous changes take place in a country within three years as have shaken the political industrial and civil life of China since this book was first compiled" introduction. The construction of railway lines from the late 19th century onwards afforded new opportunities for Westerners to travel in Asia. Thomas Cook established its first China office in 1911 in Shanghai to capitalize on this. Its guides were well known for their itineraries maps and ease of use. Octavo. Folding frontispiece map of railway and steam connections across East Asia folding plan of Beijing and Seoul maps and illustrations in text. Original yellow cloth covers lettered in black within black frame yellow advertising endpapers. Recent bookseller's ticket on rear free endpaper verso; ownership signatures and stamps of one Gerald A. Gill on endpapers and title page as well as his marginalia on table of contents. Cloth bright light marking and bumping maps and endpapers browned as usual: a very good copy. hardcover
19342080302106808674Seibu Sewing Girls' Association 1934. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Seibu Sewing Girls' Association paperback
2090202120400497Comes with box N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Comes with box paperback
188678130New York: G.W. and C.B. Colton 1886. Hand-colored pre-statehood map published only three years before the Dakota Territory was split into North and South Dakota. Depicts the various counties railroads and townships with relief indicated by hachures.<br />  <br /> The 15 ½†x 12 ½†map folds into the original burgundy cloth-covered boards 3 ¾†x 5 ¾†with gilt and blind stamping. “Compliments off Aug. T. Post Banker 25 Nassau St. New York†is stamped on the front panel. Near fine. Scarce OCLC locates only two holdings: Yale and State Historical Society of North Dakota. G.W. and C.B. Colton unknown
182725576Brussels: P. Vandermaelen 1827. An early map of the Exmouth Western Australia area from the North West Cape to Roebuck Bay. Lithograph with original outline color 15 3/4 x 21". Scale ca. 1:1 650 000. Plate no. 44 Partie de La Nlle. Hollande in vol. 6 Oceanique of Atlas Universal de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" by P. Vandermaelen 1827. Tooley 1286; Phillips 749; Bib ID 1553060. P. Vandermaelen unknown
182725575Brussels: P. Vandermaelen 1827. Maps. Very good condition. An early map of the Broome & the Kimberly Western Australia area from P. Cantheaume to Cambridge Gulf including the Lacepede Islands. Broome is at the bottom of the Dampier Peninsula called "C. Boileau." Lithograph with original outline color 25 x 21.5". Plate no. 35 Partie de La Nlle. Hollande in vol. 6 Oceanique of Atlas Universal de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" by P. Vandermaelen 1827. Tooley 1282; Phillips 749; Bib ID 30855. P. Vandermaelen unknown
1978ZB393453Western Agricultural Economics Association 1978. volumes 3-5 7-8 10-11 13 15-21 1978-1996 complete volumes partly bound ex library overall good-very good PRICE IS FOR THE LOT. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Western Agricultural Economics Association unknown
18701203290287Cincinnati : Western Tract and Book Society 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Bound in contemporary black cloth. Gilt design on front cover and spine. Good binding and cover. Minimal shelfwear. Clean unmarked pages. Please feel free to view our photographs. <br><br> John Rankin February 5 1793-March 18 1886 was an American Presbyterian minister educator and abolitionist. Upon moving to Ripley Ohio in 1822 he became known as one of Ohio's first and most active conductors on the Underground Railroad. Prominent pre-Civil War abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe were influenced by Rankin's writings and work in the anti-slavery movement. When Beecher was asked after the end of the Civil War "Who abolished slavery" she answered "Reverend John Rankin and his sons did. Cincinnati : Western Tract and Book Society hardcover
1954List516California and Oregon 1954. Oblong 8vo dyed calf album measuring 11 x 7 inches. Contains 218 photographs most measuring 3 x 5 with some smaller. Very Good. A charming album depicting the canine-centric adventures of a couple as they fish hike and camp their way through some of the great Western parks nearly always with a German Shepherd in tow. Several iconic landmarks are on display - El Capitan the Columbia River giant redwoods and more. The photographer had a keen eye for landscapes and the overall quality of the images and the omnipresent dogs present an infectious appreciation of nature and the outdoors.<br /> <br /> The size of the fish on display and the beauty of the surroundings show the bounty of the Western parks in the early days of automobile-era tourism. Mixed in with the shots of the outdoors is a curious series of a German shepherd in various poses at a table and several pictures of the couple at home. Presumably several dogs are shown all German Shepherds as the album spans several decades. Contents are beautifully preserved album torn at seams at the exterior and spine perished good to very good condition overall. unknown
1920List3343United States 1920. Painted poster with affixed photograph measuring 14 x 21 inches. Toned with water damage and slight damage to edges; very good to excellent. A painted poster advertising the 1920 film The Girl Who Dared a Western directed by Clifford Smith and starring Edythe Sterling. The story follows Barbara Hampton a rancher’s daughter who is elected sheriff of a small town and must take on the cattle rustlers who are after her father. Sterling born Edith May Kessinger 1893–1962 was a prolific actress known for working with animals; after her film career she performed riding stunts in a Wild West show. Smith 1894–1937 was similarly prolific directing more than eighty films during his career—mainly Westerns which were especially popular during the silent era. This poster is hand-painted with a photograph from the film affixed and advertises 1¢ admission which was remarkably cheap even for the time. unknown
195073aa1965British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Good. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant traffic commercial operating accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company industry and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exchanges and more. As such these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: "Photos of destruction - the result of heavy year-end storms and gale-velocity winds; Interesting photos of construction and construction gangs; $15 million spent on Plant in 3-Year Span; Charles Fisher Nelson District Manager Retires; Two veteran Construction Foremen retire - Frank Townsend and James McDevitt; Vancouver Commercial Department reorganized; The Pioneer Trail by Ken Cowper; Good-bye to Bayview - hello Cedar-Cherry automatic installation; Company fails to meet full divident requirements; Traffic Department Reorganization; Viola Simmons ends varied career; Robert Bell becomes new President of Federation of Telephone Workers of B.C.; Vancouver Boat Show Exhibit; Photos of trunk line installation between Vancouver and West Vancouver; "Emerald" to be first dial unit in Fairmont area; Fairwell to Miss Margaret Moncrieff; Retirement of Thomas Reilly in Duncan; How Unit System benefits Vancouver Subscribers; Accounting Department Changes; Kamloops operating room photo; New Rates sought by B.C. Telephone Company; Decorated phone men - Edmund Esson Gordon Smith Ken Milligan; Photos of Sidney office and operators; PNE parade float; Photos of the greatest cable expansion in the company's history; Building program moving forward; Several Canadian Champion athletes; Several photos of Duncan operators office construction and repair crews; Good-bye to one ton! tabulators; New cable laid from Point Roberts to Mayne Island - photos and text; Nice cover photo of William May of Nelson whose quick action prevented a passenger train wreck near Creston; Lovely full page photo of the Trail operating room; Amazing photo of Jim Gural atop a swaying pole in the middle of a Capilano River flood; Great photos of the Victoria switchboard and staff; Expansion continued at record pace in 1949; Never a dull moment in life of chief operator; Ganges office wins Salt Spring Award; photos of 'when winter came to Colquitz and Keating; Photo of Miss Theodora G. Rhodes librarian in the Public Relations Department Vancouver being presented with the British Empire Medal by Lieutenant-Governor Charles Banks for her service in the Women's Division at the Flying Control Airway Centre at Western Air Command during the war; Two new Vice-Presidents - G.A. Kennedy and H.M. Boyce; Company failed to earn full dividend requirements; Old Man Winter was a formidable foe - January storm destruction in the Fraser Valley; Hastings Barn Dance; Photos of the heavy construction gangs at work in the Fraser Valley; Photos of Trail office and staff; New Rates - many revenue accounting photos; photos of cable spinning; New look pay cheques; Photos of new automatic offices in Osoyoos and Castlegar; Parade float photos; Picnic returns to Newcastle Island; Nice photos of Alberni staff and facilities; Miss Mary Martin - Champion Highland Lassie; Photos of operating school; Final judgement on rates received; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on top edge of text - Mr. Labelle was a distinguished executive of the company.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical destruction - the result of heavy year-end storms and gale-velocity winds; Interesting photos of construction and construction gangs; $15 milli . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
1941166j2188Victoria B.C.: The Archives of British Columbia. Fair. 1941. First Edition. Paperback. Features: The Inside Story of the "Komagata Maru"; The Oolachan Fishery; Relations of the Hudson's Bay Company with the Russian American Company on the Northwest Coast 1829-1867; James Douglas and the Russian American Company 1840; A Further Note on the Annexation Petition of 1869; and more. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's blindstamp to contents page. Pencil marginal lines partially erased from Komagata Maru article. A worthy reference example of this special issue. ; 8vo . The Archives of British Columbia paperback
198173108856Signed as Kwulasulwut and generically inscribed in English and Coast Salish by author upon title page. 6-64 pages. Frequent full-page black and white illustrations. "In this blend of original and traditional Salish stories the magical characters pass through many magical experiences and adventures. In each story the young reader travels on a journey through both nature and the supernatural and at the end discovers one of life's lessons just as they were once revealed to Salish children by their traditional Storyteller. Author lives in Nanaimo B.C. where she teaches Native Studies and the Coast Salish language. The five tales which make up this book have been adapted from stories which author uses to teach her students at Nanaimo area elementary schools about Native traditions and culture. Illustrator is a Nootkan artist from Nuchatlitz on Nootka Island." - back board. Above-average soiling and wear. Doodling upon back board. Front endpaper neatly removed. "Author spent decades as a lecturer and storyteller at U.B.C. and V.I.U. then known as Malaspina College and is a recipient of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia." - Wikipedia. Theytus Books, Limited hardcover
1914644H3358Victoria B.C.: Province of British Columbia Water Rights Branch 1914. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 194 pages. Index. Many black and white photographic plates plus graphs charts fold-outs and maps. Provides detailed provincial river flow benchmarks which constitute an invaluable historical reference in light of modern climate change and water supply concerns. Above-average wear. Spine taped. Binding intact. Name atop front cover. A sound reference copy. Province of British Columbia, Water Rights Branch Paperback
98119401Japan 1875. A small folding album 8 x 17 cm. original blue covers 18p. accordion folded soiled covers verso blank but evidence of a Japanese practicing his attempt at writing in English alphabet128 color woodcut illustrations. A very charming early attempt to teach the Japanese English alphabetical letters and numerals. Folded and reading from traditional left to right this work shows the Japanese the familiar "IROHA" alphabet in both Katakana & Romanized alph- abetical letters Romaji with Hiragana above. The most fa- scinating part are the profuse color woodblock illustrations of familiar Japanese objects each with Romanized letters & the appropriate Japanese. Such cute things as Inu Roonin Hato Niwatori Potsukkuri Pokkuri Hyotan Tonbo Ringo Dobin Soroban Taiko DaikonYoroi Wakizashi Kani Katsuo and a plethora of others. This work basically was used to train the Japanese to read Romaji first for familiar objects and thus begin the process of learning English ultimately to read English letters. Works of this subject are now quite RARE and seldom come to market many were basically used up in the learning process. This example well used cover soil bit thumbed but remarkably complete. Back cover has the Sumi penned date: Meiji 7 nen with a later cover title slip pasted on and Sumi ink title written. Brief commentary on the English language some text worn away balance complete. unknown
