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London UK: Darton and Harvey. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1837. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages appear somewhat discolored, map discolored and worn but still intact ; It appears the book has been rebound in a modern binding, 3/4 dark red leather over dark rust red cloth. Spine has gilt stamped titles and decorations with raised bands. Ten B&W illustrations by Underwood with tissue guards. Fold-out map facing title page. Text block is tight, hinges intact ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 263 pages; William Lloyd recounts a trip to the West Indies with friends in the form of very detailed letters home. His friends were Thomas Harvey, Joseph Sturge, English Quaker and abolitionist and John Scoble, also an abolitionist. They were especially concerned about the effects of indentured servitude on the slaves in the West Indies. Harvey and Sturge wrote about their own observations in "The West Indies in 1837" which prompted Lloyd to put the letters to his… Leer más

Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Imprimeur du Roy. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1677. Second Edition. Leather Bound. Original brown leather binding is worn, base of spine chipped off level with text block, top intact. 1 1/2 inch crack in leather base back edge of spine (still feels solid). Corners a little bumped. Appears to be water stained top fore corner extending most of the way through text block with some rippling, no sign of mold. A couple of ink spots on page 457 ; A tight solid book, inner hinges still intact. Five headbands on spine, 4 of the sections have gilt design, second down is printed Sermons du PMAIM, below, barely legible can be seen an O, a space then a 2, possibly VOL 2. Marbled endpapers with an old sticker with the words Maison des RR. PP. Oblats, Montreal, initials on first blank page. More modern stamp on title page for the Oblate Father's Library Pincher Creek, Alta. (Alberta). [4] Bl., 514 S., [7] Bl. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall;… Leer más

Deroche, BC: Sumas Prairie and Area Historical Society. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1999. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1550566105 . Short tear top fore edge of spine appears to be the only flaw. ; A bright, solid book. This is #009 of a limited edition of 2000. B&W and colour photos and maps. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 400 pages; An extensive history of the Sumas Prairie area of the Fraser Valley, a large agricultural tract between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. This area was at one time a large shallow lake (Sumas Lake) which was drained in the 1920s to allow for agricultural development. "A limited edition of 2000 individually numbered books. A history of Sumas and area. published by the Sumas and area historical society. This book is rich with local history and photos and personal family historical accounts of the fraser valley and in particular, Sumas County. It is so objective as to record differences within individual family members concerning their memories… Leer más

Toronto, ON: William Briggs. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. A tight solid book. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 391 pages; Epilogue page is 1 inch shorter than others with bottom corner torn & missing. 1/2 leather - red spine, blue cloth boards. Light wear, some fading of cloth, some scuffing. The Canadian edition was published 1 year after the US. "David Harum" is often praised for its depiction of small-town life and its colorful characters. The novel captures the charm, humor, and idiosyncrasies of rural America at the turn of the 20th century. It presents a nostalgic view of community values, personal integrity, and the importance of human connection. The character of David Harum, with his memorable sayings and down-to-earth wisdom, has become synonymous with the archetype of the small-town hero or folk hero. The novel's enduring popularity has led to adaptations in other media, including stage plays and a silent film." . Leer más

London UK: John Murray. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1826. Second Edition. Hardcover. Some wear to extremities, some darkening of page edges, pages lightly yellowed and the odd bit of soiling. No foxing present. ; Half leather with five raised bands and a small gilt title stamp on spine,with marble paper covered boards and different marble paper endpapers. Tight solid book with hinges intact. The only illustration is a map facing the title page. On the blank page preceding some faint notes in ink by a previous owner, possibly other titles on the subject. On the facing page is a gift notation. Bound in is what remains of a green silk bookmark. There was no author given in the book as published but a previous owner has pencilled in Coleridge's name on the title page. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 328 pages; "In 1825, he accompanied his uncle, William Hart Coleridge, the bishop of Barbados, to the West Indies, and described his excursion in a bright and… Leer más

Cloverdale, BC: Self Published. Very Good+. 2002. First Edition. Spiral bound. Card covers show very light shelf wear, previous owner's name stamped inside front cover. ; A bright, solid book. Front card cover is protected by clear cover. A few colour photographs. Laid in are a couple of related items. Only 2 in libraries, no others online at time of listing. The book is packed with many scale drawings of the cars and their history, an assortment of articles by various people in the field, detailed maps of the various routes. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 124 pages; This book was written for the British Columbia Electric Railway aficonados. It was an interurban service that serviced most of the communities of Lower Mainland right out to Chilliwack in the early 1900s. The route to Chilliwack was particular circuitous to go around the southern limits of Sumas Lake. "the BCER assumed control of existing streetcar and… Leer más

New York: Delacorte Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. 1st; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385302312 . Dustjacket shows light scuffing and edgewear; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Original tartan design dust jacket by Kinuko Y. Craft ; Jamie & Claire #2; 9.37 X 6.30 X 2.20 inches; 752 pages; From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland...For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones...about a love that transcends the boundaries of time...and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his ....Now a legacy of blood and desire will… Leer más

New York: Delacorte Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. 0385302304 . Signed by Author; DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light bump top fore corner.; Signed by the author on the title page. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Original cover art by Kinuko Y. Craft ; Outlander #1; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 627 pages; "Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another... In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon--when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach--an "outlander"--in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of 1743 . Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire's destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden… Leer más

Toronto: Contact Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. 1st. Softcover. Signed by Author; White dustjacket lightly soiled with some chipping to head of spine, some damage to front panel of DJ, pale blue card covers of book shows light wear, some foxing of page edges. ; Inscribed by author on front fly. This book was acquired from the daughter of the woman to whom it was warmly inscribed. She told me how the poet was a family friend (her father also served in the RCAF during WWII). A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 64 pages; This was Purdy's 6th book and considered to be one of his finest. "Alfred Purdy came into attention in Canadian poetry in the post-war period, though like Souster, Irving Layton and others, he had been in the armed forces (RCAF) during the war and had begun writing earlier. In the Air Force he published privately a small book (he now wishes to forget), 'The Enchanted Echo' (1944).… Leer más

Agassiz, BC: Agassiz-Harrison Historical Society. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1550566148 . Only slight wear ; Both volumes are bright, solid books, text unmarked. Green pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles front and spine; map endpapers in Vol 1. Might require extra postage. ; 2 Volumes; B&W Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 863 pages; Vol 1 is devoted to the history of the area and its institutions and Vol 2 to family histories. .

Garden City: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket, has light scratch across front panel, otherwise only light wear. Book shows light wear to extremities. ; Bright solid book, hinges intact, black cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Stated first edition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 538 pages; "The true story of a court battle that began on a hot July day in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. Everyone gathered upon the small town to watch the spectacle of John Scopes being tried for the offense of teaching evolution to his high school biology class." Clarence Darrow pitted against William Jennings Bryant to decide the fate of a teacher who tried to educate his students. .

Vancouver BC: The British Columbia Regiment. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, DJ shows heavy shelf wear with short tears and chipping.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Laid in is some related ephemera ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 438 pages; "This volume tells the story of B.C.'s earliest militia units from one of which the British Columbia Regiment has its descent. It describes the Regiment's participation in the South African War and in the First and Second World Wars, the careers of thirty-eight distinguished British Columbians who have commanded the Regiment and the part it played in B.C.'s disastrous floods of 1948. It tells the story of the Drill Hall, opened in 1901 by the future King George V and 'occupied' in 1970 by young activists." "The official birthdate of the BC Regiment is 12 October 1883 but it can claim direct descent… Leer más

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771008139 . DJ is slightly sun-faded on spine, otherwise NF. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. No additional printings mentioned ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 324 pages .

Honolulu, HI: Kamehameha Schools Press. As New with no dust jacket. 2000. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0873360613 . Only slight wear ; Bright red cloth covered boards with gilt and black titles and decoration front and spine. ; 6.5 X 1.75 X 9.75 inches; 559 pages; These writings are taken from articles written by Stephen Desha in Hawaiian for the newspaper Ka Hoku o Hawaii between Dec 16, 1920 and Sept 11, 1924, totalling 174 articles. He drew from previous writings, from oral histories and even from accounts by explorers Captains Cook, King, Vancouver, etc. They have been translated for this scholarly book by Frances Frazier. Included are footnotes, appendix, glossary and index. .

Winnipeg, MB: A. Giesinger. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ shows light shelfwear with a couple of short tears - boards show light shelf wear, date printed in ink on FFEP, previous owner's name inked out on FFEP. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Extensive bibliography, notes and index at back. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 443 pages; This is a very thorough history of how groups of German Mennonites decided to relocate to a number of colonies in Russia, how they were treated there and how many of them decided in later years to find new homes around the world. Many of them from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s, settled in the the US and Canadian Prairies as well as the West Coast and to South America. The German Mennonites who decided to stay in Russia were not treated well. They were relocated from the choice farming areas of the south to Siberia. .

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards show some shelf wear, corner bumps. ; A tight solid book, text unmarked, hinges intact. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. B&W plates all present, as well as a number of fold-out scientific illustrations. ; B&W Plates; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 777 pages; Waterston (1811-1883) was a Scottish scientist who went largely unrecognized during his life. Preface by Haldane as well as an extensive biography of Waterston followed by his scientific writings broken into the following sections: 1. Physiological Psychology, 2. Gases and the Theory of Heat, 3. Liquids and their Vapours, 4. Miscellaneous Physical and Chemical Subjects, 5. Astronomical Subjects .

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards show light soiling, light shelfwear. ; A bright solid book. Full pages plates with tissue guards, smaller woodcuts scattered throughout, fold out map, extensive bibliography on St Domingo. Hinges intact and text unmarked. This version of the binding has only the gilt stamped titles on the spine with no decorations front or spine ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 511 pages .

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Original maroon cloth covered boards with light wear to extremities, bottom fore corners a little bumped, spine a little faded, head and tail of spine a little frayed. ; Tight solid book, maroon end papers, hinges intact, frontispiece with intact tissue guard & two other engravings in section on Mormon church. Titles in gilt on spine. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 456 pages; ``A(lexander) K(elly) McClure (January 9, 1828 – June 6, 1909) was a journalist, editor, writer, politician, and historian, active in Pennsylvania Republican Party politics, especially in the 1860s, and a prominent supporter, correspondent, and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln.`` This book is written as two series of letters to the public, one series published in the New York `Tribune` and the other in the `Franklin Repository`. Colonel J.X. Beidler, Judge L.P. Williston, Colonel Geo.… Leer más

Leiden NL: E. J. Brill. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 9004099689 . As new ; A bright, solid book in NF condition, text unmarked, unclipped. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Text in Arabic and English ; Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, Vol 23; 9.5 X 6.4 X 1.4 inches; 461 pages; "An Islamic Response to Greek Astronomy is an edition, translation of and commentary on the astronomical work of the fourteenth-century Central Asian religious scholar sadr al-Shari'a al-Bukhari. sadr al-Shari'a develops the works of the thirteenth-century Maragha researchers, which set the tone for the astronomical research until the eventual demise of Ptolemaic astronomy.This work elucidates the development and achievement of the long tradition of reforming Ptolemaic astronomy. It corroborates other evidence that scientific creativity persisted well beyond the eleventh century, a period often viewed as an age of cultural decline and stagnation.… Leer más

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Eleventh Printing. Hardcover. 0385302320 . Signed by Author; DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Front flap lightly creased down front flap ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Signed by the author on the title page. Jacket art by Kinuko Y Craft. ; Outlander #3; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 870 pages; The third volume in the "Outlander" series, inscribed by the author on the title page. "Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her...and her body still cries out for him in her dreams.Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to… Leer más