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0265633869.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0385158017.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1970121a6112British Columbia: Publisher 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 151 pages. Black and white illustrations. "This volume is the first authentic true story ever written and published completely by local Quesnel B.C. talent. Written during the author's years in the Cariboo Country northeast of Barkerville." - from insert. Illustrated endpaper. Clean bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Very nice copy. Publisher Hardcover
2005745j0461Canada: Whitecap Books Ltd. Good. 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 1552856488 . "Rugged yet serene the coast of Vancouver Island is unlike anywhere else: wave sculpted rocks foaming water an array of wildlife and miles of white sandy beaches. It takes only one trip to get hooked but a lifetime to explore. This book is the ideal reference for visiting this remote and wondrous coastline. It is a comprehensive guide for anyone exploring the coast - adventurous travellers curious tourists and stay-at-home readers alike." - back cover. 368 glossy pages. Index. Loaded with colour maps and photos. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Minor evidence of moisture exposure to top edge of first 60 pages. A quality copy of this highly-regarded guide.; 8vo . Whitecap Books Ltd. paperback
1951346H2544London: The Wide World 1951. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 193-254 pages. Features: Cover illustration in the Hoggar Mountains Sahara Desert; Norfleet's Quest part 1 of 2 - the adventures of a Texas cattleman who tracked down the swindler gang which conned him; The Broken Pick - a prospector's account of an eventful search for a lost Australian gold mine; The Ambush-a gripping story from the vast cattle country of the South American interior; Photo of man standing on one of the devil's marbles in Australia; "People of The Veil" - a most interesting photo illustrated account of a visit to the Tuaregs the strange masked nomads of the Sahara; Two of a Kind; The Tuskless Elephant -a tragic incident in the Tanganyika Highlands in 1946; The "Killer" Wolves of British Columbia -these shaggy covered brutes have become a terrible menace and the provincial government and ranchers are hard put to keep them in check; When the Fire Came - big brush fire in the Matawai district of New Zealand in 1925; "Mariposa" -as ship is visited by many butterflies in South America; Photo of kangaroo caught in snare; Small pencilled name atop front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. The Wide World Paperback
1916346H5201New York: The International News Company 1916. Book. Illus. by Wood Stanley L.; Somerfield Thomas; Pride Sid; Evison G.H.; Gilbert A.; Wigfull W.E.; Gillett F.; Austen Winifred; Dovaston Margaret. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Knife-Haft Clue - a tale of murder at Cavadiera Camp in Brazil; The War in the Dolomites - article and photos of extremely challenging terrain in Italy; Stalked! - L. Rogers was stalked on a lonely trail by a big mountain lion; The Return Match - follow-up to October 1915 article "A Prize-Fight in Mexico" by N.E. Guthrie one of the principals in the fight; Two Girls in Camp in British Columbia - Miss H.W. Paul and her friend Fatima two English nurses describe their month-long holiday in the wilds of the B.C. coast; In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - part III - an American businessman was also a member of a Chinese tong; The Mutiny of the Z.___ - part I of a tragic story related by the first mate; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part II - exploring America's newest national reserve Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Disappearance of Charlie Westcott - WWI story of a lucky escape; From Job to Job Around the World - Part IX - Alfred C.B. Fletcher recounts his voyage to Spitzbergen his coal-mining experiences in the Arctic and his final return to the U.S. with fascinating photos; "Mike" - The Story of a Mounted Police Sled Dog that rescued a man who had fallen unconscious in a blizzard; and more. pp. 5 ads 2 96 6-24 ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. The International News Company Paperback
1958842a0721London: George Newnes Limited 1958. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features: According to the Law - Lieut.-Col. G.H. Keighley-Bell recalls his adventures with Kurds around 1919; Cut Out and Get Out - Tom H. Inkster recalls logging on Vancouver Island - photos; A Pint for the Man Who Breaks his Oar - fishermen at Aldeburgh "The Wild Amphibious Race"; A Witch Doctor and the Bride - a Zulu Tale; The Sea Arab - a white man becomes a man of the sea in the tropical islands; Death to the Whites - Lolo St. Paul of the Shuswap Indians in British Columbia taught the law of the White man to the Indians but to the pioneer-settlers he represented the law of the Redskin - excellent and little-known B.C. history with photos; Outcast of the Silent City - An Indian Adventure; I Lived in the Stone Age - studying aborigines of Australia; The Lost World of Jimmy Angel - a tale of gold diamonds and Angel Falls a mile-high waterfall in Venezuela; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding beginning to open at bottom but everything still holding together. George Newnes Limited Paperback
1956842a0705London: George Newnes Limited 1956. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features: Killer Whale in the Net - Alaskan Diver Virgil Burford tells his tale; Take off to Trouble - Blizzard forces a crash landing in Greenland for Gerald Abrahams; Night Duel with a Bear - Young men out for fun on the Queen Charlotte Islands have a near-tragic experience; How I became a White Fulani Warrior; Toopua - I Know An Island - Part I; Soldiers of the Sky - Paratrooper John Seymour Townsend; Hekla - Gateway to Hell the worst volcano in the world; The Night it Rained - a Northern Quebec Adventure by Ronald H. More; The Belles of Mbowe; Ask the Man Who Owns One - a story about dogs by Lt.-Col. T.A. Lowe; Little Sir Echo - Bats; Ham-Handed Hero - Harry Higgs; and more. Chips from backstrip. Average wear. Unmarked. Decent copy. George Newnes Limited Paperback
1952842a0759London: George Newnes Limited 1952. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Features: The Envelope - The author worked in the wilds of British Columbia on a ranch where he was involved with a mix-up involving illegal whisky-peddlers and a shrewd policeman; Tough and Go - a boundary dispute in the former Italian Somaliland; The Mariba Affair - an account of an experience in Rhodesia; Seeking the Amazon's Source - Sebastian Snow and John Brown clear up the mystery beyond any reasonable doubt - photos; The Strangest House in Iceland; Timber Laden Round the Horn - a windjammer adventure; Banda Makes a Speech - a story from Ceylon; Australia's Black Trackers; Tough Prospector Breaks Curse of Lost Creek Mine British Columbia facsimile of news clipping; Where Adventure Beckons - a 300 mile canoe trip though Southern Ontario and Northern Minnesota by Austin H. Phelps; Mahoney's Folly - a wierd story from Ireland related by a doctor; and more. Chipping to backstrip. Average wear. Binding sound. George Newnes Limited Paperback
1927346H5260New York: The International News Company. Good. 1927. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The "Goldenburg Coward" - True tale from the headwaters of Spruce River British Columbia during the gold stampede of summer 1900; Hunting the Long-Haired Chinese Tiger - Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy describes an eventful hunt for this tiger which is larger and more ferocious than the Indian variety; Through Arctic Seas - Part I - The eventful cruise of the Hudson Bay Company's steamer Baychimo to the Western Arctic to study the Eskimos and wild life - with photos; Through Spain in Disguise - Part V - The Count and Countess Malmignati disguised as Arab beggars sing and dance for a living; Photo of the smallest teapot in the world fashioned by Mr. T.A. Vickery of Main Street Bantry; Rebecca's Vengeance - An odd story of "Black Man's Magic" in the West Indies from 1903; Looking for Trouble - Alexander MacNab experiences disaster while engaged in a Mexican revolution under General Carranza; ; A Near Thing - A British Intelligence agent arouses suspicion while in German territory; Painting Wild Indians - A. Hyatt Verrill describes his experiences after spending years painting the little-known Indians of Central and South America; Cowboys and Raiders - Jesse C. Carson relates his association with Pancho Villa as a rebel 'general'; Starting Life Afresh in South Africa - Grace Sprange describes two years of disappointment disillusionment and disaster attempting to grow oranges - with photos; The Last of the Little "Shanghai" - brief update and photo on this trusty craft which had previously sailed from Shanghai to Copenhagen; Trapped in a Flooded Tunnel - The terrible experience which befell a diver near the Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Dam near Pretoria South Africa; "For the Hounour of the Mounted Police of Canada" - Herbert Patrick Lee relates an experience from when he was a recruit at Regina. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate external wear. Covers beginning to separate from textblock. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine December 1927 Point Barrow The "Goldenburg Coward" Spruce River British Columbia goldrush summer 1900 Long-Haired Chinese Tiger Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.M. Kenworthy tiger hunting - China Through Arctic Seas Hudson Bay C . The International News Company unknown
1951346H2545London: The Wide World 1951. Book. Illus. by Nicolson W.C. cover;. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 129-192 pages. Features: 500 miles to freedom -nine men escape Rabaul after it is overrun by the Japanese in 1942; The land sharks - a story from Canada in 1925 about get-rich-quick schemes in real estate; Man-Eater - the brief but eventful career of a man eating tiger as recounted by a former member of the Burma Frontier Service; The Vale of the Gods the northern Punjab - photo illustrated article; The Ju-Ju Doctor - the facts of an amazing occurrence on the Gold Coast; The Dragon - big scare on East Indian Island; Photo of typical Cyprus Brickyard; The Sea-Dyaks of Borneo - photo illustrated account of this little-known race of former headhunters and pirates; Section Man - an interesting glimpse of the life of a track labourer on a Canadian railroad; The Poorhouse Tragedy - 3 People Were Shot Dead in Crawford County Arkansas; The Bluffton Wolf - famous Texas wolf; and more plus many vintage ads. Small pencilled name atop front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. The Wide World Paperback
1951346H2546London: The Wide World 1951. Book. Illus. by Nicolson W.C. cover;. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 256-320 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Lucia Windward Islands; The Death-Patrol - strange R.C.M.P. manhunt in Canada's far north after a murder on Moskeet Island; The Tobacco Farmers - three youngsters put their combined savings into an abandoned farm in North Queensland - article with photos; The Jewelled Cross - a strange story of buried treasure; Photo of New Zealand's "Bottle House"; The Stowaway; The Tale of a Shirt - what happened when an African 'bush-boy' acquired a taste for European clothing; The Miracle of the Sacred Eagles - photo-illustrated article on a daily phenomenon at a hilltop temple in Tirrukalikundram in Southern India; The Landlord's Tale - a rousing sea story told by the host of a village inn on the south coast; The Wai Wai Indians of the interior of British Guiana - article with eight photos; The Delectable Island - the isle of Re lies in the Bay of Biscay; Jungle Magic - an inexplicable performance witnessed in Malaya; Australian Treasure Trove - the wealth awaiting lucky finders in the Australian wilds; and more plus many vintage ads. Small name atop front cover otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. The Wide World Paperback
1918123H4291New York: George Newnes Limited. Good. 1918. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 85 pages plus six pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton and his adventures as a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front with photos. Wilton's book entitled 'Russia's Agony' was first published in 1918; The Man-Eating Tigers of Rengarih; My Bear Hunt in the British Columbia Rockies - Part II by E. Ashmead-Bartlett; The Water-Wheels of Hama Syria - with photo; Beyond the Law - part V - The Dalton Gang the Condon Bank and the First National Bank at Coffeyville Kansas; Fishing as a Vocation for War Heroes by Ralph Stock; Photo of a fallen California Redwood - said to have been the largest tree in the world; In Unknown British Guiana - Part I - many nice photos; Tales of the Service - Part V - My Smuggle-Catching Adventures - by G.W. Hindmarch a retired Customs and Excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Wonders of the Silver Spruce of British Columbia - in high demand for aircraft construction; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - Part V - by Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman - with excellent photos; Our Seaplane Adventure - Captain Abbott Meade and his plane go down in the Indian Ocean; Photo of large pile of licorice root at Aleppo; The Revenge that went Wrong - James Bestow and his problem with a Yaqui Indian in Mexico; The Railway Conquest of the Australian Desert - construction of the thousand-mile transcontinental railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta - with many excellent photos; The "War Wolf" - Serbia's war hero Colonel Voyin A. Popovich; Whale Flesh as Human Food - informative brief article on the growth of the whale processing industry in Canada with photo; Doctoring War Horses - the personal experiences of Blue Cross worker Charles W. Forward in France and Italy. Nice ad for the Hudson Navigation Company's New York - Albany - Troy route. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine September 1918 Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part I - Robert Wilton British War Correspondents Eastern Front The Man-Eating Tigers Rengarih Bear Hunting British Columbia Water-Wheels Hama Syria The Dalton Gang Condon Ba . George Newnes Limited unknown
1992111a0223Canada: Self-Published 1992. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 250 pages. "The autobiography of Hudson Blake 1924-1992. Through the eyes of a parapalegic he tells the story of how he managed to live life to the fullest overcoming all the trials and tribulations associated with his disability." - from back cover. Title page removed by library. Above-average wear and usual library markings. Binding intact. Reading copy only. Only 100 copies were printed. Self-Published Paperback
1973843H2553Nanaimo B.C.: Westward Collector Publishing Ltd. 1973. Book. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Premiere issue. 30 pages. Features include: Second annual Victoria and Nanaimo Antique Bottle Show; Letters; We Dig Bottles by "Bob & George"; Blowing Off Foam! - The Karbonated Korner by Bob & Donna Skrill; What on Earth Is It; George Coletti & Son of Nelson B.C.; Jewels of Talking Wire - insulators; Cecil and Joan Harris of Vernon B.C.; Books in Review; Relics by Jim Heidt; License Plate Collecting by Allan Gadsen; Old Ads from Victoria Colonis Christmas 1874; Photos of Free blown bottle; Pottery Jugs; Ads; Club News. Printed on glossy stock. Covers and first few pages wavy from moisture exposure otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A worthy collectible copy of this interesting British Columbia bottle collecting periodical. Westward Collector Publishing Ltd. Paperback
1974843H2554Nanaimo B.C.: Westward Collector Publishing Ltd. 1974. Book. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48 pages. Features: Letters; Chinese Artifacts by Flo & Al Clemens; 3rd Annual Vancouver Island Bottle Show & Sale - photo-illustrated article; Nanaimo Dig Club; Sealed Bottles by Dick & Barbara Hoyle; Insulators by Larry & Wendy Lundgren; Relics by Jim Heidt; Auto Collectibles by Allan Gadsen; Old Guns by Mike Hill; Vancouver Notes by D. Harrison; Gold Seal Liquor Co. Vancouver B.C.; International Wine Co. by G. Northcote; Collecting Old Locks; Documents & Other Paper Collectibles; More Jugs; Living Free - Patricia Armitage writes about Dieter and Tina Bonkowski of Yellow Point - with photos; Old Phonographs by Coleman Kiss; Depression Glass; Fruit Jar Corner; Collectors of Note; The Karbonated Korner - The Comox Valley Mysteries by Bill Patterson; The West Coast Mystery - "Stone Bear" found by Morris McNally of Nanaimo; Articles from the collection of Norm and Sandy Barker of Chase River B.C.; Furniture Lamps & Bric A Brac; French Ivory by M. Skrill; Prairie News; Club Directory; Classified ads; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this interesting British Columbia bottle collecting periodical. Westward Collector Publishing Ltd. Paperback
191162631San Francisco CA: Nordman Bros. Co. 1911. 4to. 9.75 x 12.25 in. 4 667 3 pp. Illustrated title w/ 100’s of text photos illustrations diagrams. Peach-orange coloured publisher’s cloth light gray lettering & decorative borders lettering on spine spotting & soiling to covers minor wear minor bumping to corners edgewear minor age toning to textblock still G copy. First edition of this scarce and expansive jeweler’s and watchmaker’s catalogue issued less than five years after the 1906 Earthquake & Fire and featuring 1000’s of items for sale including acid bottles jewelers benches calipers engraving blocks jewelry boxes cameo mountings and an exceptional array of large watchmaker and jeweler’s signs and electric signs along with signs for opticians. Also featured were parts for such watch manufacturers as Omega Longines Waltham Hamilton Illinois and other makers. Joseph Nordman 1843-1920 and his brother Leon Nordman 1850-1924 were French-American watchmakers & jewelers who originally emigrated to California in 1867 where they established their successful watch and jewelry supply house which operated for decades on the Pacific Coast. Worldcat locates 1 copy U of O. Nordman Bros. Co., hardcover
195458591New York: The Westerners 45 West 57th St. 1954-1964. 48 issues in 6 volumes. Approx. 1150 pp issues & vol. runs separately paginated. including biennial indexes for each volume. With colour plates illustrated ads inserted ads photo illustrations maps issues were printed on varying grades and types of paper over this 10 year run so some are a little toned and there are a few colour-tinted publisher’s inserts. Uniformly bound in burgundy-coloured simulated calf gilt lettering & ruling on spines a couple issues w/ minor tears and wear to corners still an excellent set bound and from the library of William Henry Bishop b. 1922 w/ TLS laid-in from Peter Decker on letterhead addressed to Bishop Shelburne Hotel New York dated March 16 1954 including New York Posse Membership No. 117 on the laid-in card as well as 4 ff. mimeographed copy of The Westerners by-laws. First editions of this complete run of the first 10 years of The Westerners Brand Book quarterly which included articles and memoirs by some of the most significant Western historians of the 19th & 20th Centuries. Articles ranged in topics from the Hudson’s Bay Company fur traders to Western Knives along with outlaws gunfighters pioneering families and Western artists. A number of articles detail the lives mistreatment and condition of American Indians including those of the Umpqua Cheyenne Sioux Pawnee as well as Indian Health Service military campaigns and more. At the time of Bishop’s acceptance as a Westerners New York Posse member he was managing the Alaska Livestock & Trading Co. sheep & cattle ranch at Chernofski Harbor on Unalaska Island which encompassed 120000 acres as well as executive with Oregon Worsted Co. The Westerners were originally founded in Chicago by Leland Case Don Russell Ray Allen Billington Elmo Scott Watson and others but quickly grew to include Corrals in Denver Los Angeles Washington D.C. London and others with the groups publishing articles and reviews. The Westerners, 45 West 57th St., unknown
1527688232.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1968341G4026Toronto: Collins 1968. Book. Illus. by Brayshaw T. Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 356 pages. Index. Colour frontisplate. Black and white illustrations in text. Prior owner's name and date atop illustrated front free endpaper otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy. Collins Hardcover
B9781020168550Hardback. New. hardcover
