The Empress of Victoria Tapa blanda - 1998

Paperback. Very Good.

Front and back covers show minimal wear; Pages are clean; Binding is tight.

Victoria, BC, Canada: Key Pacific Publishers, Company, Limited. 1989. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Revised Edition Used. S Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. History of Victoria's celebrated Empress Hotel. (minimal light shelfwear to extremities).

Victoria, BC: Key Pacific Publishers Co. , Ltd.. Very Good. 1998. Revised, updated,ameded. Paperback. 6.6 X 4.4 X 0.3 inches. Gold titles on dark red paper covers showing gold crown 1x2".. Variously reprinted, revied, since original edition in 1968 ; HISTORY, the walker; behind the desk; christmas; operation teacupl royal restoration; dowager means business..more ; 122 pages; This book is designed to tell you something of what the Dowager has been, something of the city she dominates, and something of what she has become. This is the story of a celebrated Grand Dame who despite the dignity of her years, is still very much "with it" on today's scene. It is an interesting book, alive with humor, soft with memories, warm with nostalgia. .

Victioria, B.C., Canada: Pacifica Productions Limited, 1968. First Edition . Hard Back. Very Good/Fair. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4. 356 Pages. Tan boards with gold lettering to spine. Very attractive endpapers with forest, village and boat scene. Author's signature only on the title page. No other marks or stamps and interior text pages are near flawless. Dust jacket is complete but has three closed tears ranging from 3/8 inch to ¾ inches and other edge wear. In a very special way The Empress Hotel is Victoria. The reverse, too, is true; Victoria is The Empress Hotel. The big vine-covered pile of brick and its surrounding gardens seem not to .be a commercial enterprise so much as a civic development. In his colorful history of The Empress, Godfrey Holloway reveals that while people poke fun at the famed hostelry, chuckle over the potted palms, shake their heads at the conservatory, they do so with affection. Truth is they love The Empress. They revel in the heavy, quiet atmosphere of that same conservatory.… Leer más