Resultados de búsqueda: Libros de Bruce McLeod

Fine 6" by 9" softcover, 96 pages. Crisp, clean, pristine interiors, nearly perfect wraps. An exceptional copy of this scarce title. Contains 3 plays from the 1992 Winnipeg Fringe Festival. The playwrights are from Vancouver, Regina and Winnipeg.

Very Good 1st Edition in maroon card covers. SIGNED by both Mary Lou Gulley and her mother Fran. No other markings. Light crease on front cover, some creasing on spine. Small damp stains on bottom of inside front cover and frontispiece. All other pages VG or better. 5.5" x 8.5", 295 pages, illustrations and photographs. Built in the 1930s at the base of South Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, the "Mystery Castle" became famous when it was featured in Life magazine in 1948. Mary Lou Gulley (1923-2010) lived in the castle and hosted tours and events for more than 6 decades.

Langruth, Manitoba: Langruth Community, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. VG Hardcover. Scarce title. Maroon boards with gold lettering. Interiors unmarked and all pages excellent. Pages tanned, minor damp stain at lower edge of first 100 pages. 7" x 10", 227 pages, many historical b&w photos. Includes photos and biographies of veterans of World War 1, World War 2, India, Boer War. Also includes extensive local history of the community of Langruth near the west shore of Lake Manitoba.

Oshawa, ON: Olds Motor Works of Canada, 1928. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A nearly pristine copy of this ultra rare 1928 owner's manual. Appears unhandled. Perfect interiors, a few light marks on covers only. Very nice. 6" x 9", 92 pages.

Edmonton, AB: University Of Alberta Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG-VG First English language edition. No bumps. Crisp, clean, square, tight. Nearly perfect DJ. 6.25" x 9.25", 631 pages, figures, maps, index. An excellent copy of this Marcel Giraud's well-regarded & detailed history of the Metis and their role in the development of western Canada.

Very Good in original duo-tang style binding. Very scarce book in remarkable condition. Interiors are crisp, clean and tight, with no markings and no wear. Card covers are edge worn and sun faded. 9" x 11", 50 pages, plus 4 pages of colour plates of the geese and ducks of western Canada (plates by the National Museum of Canada). A report on the 1938 and 1939 wild duck population of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Includes abstracts from aerial census logs, duck populations by species and provinces, brood totals and averages, and a complete historical record of all the Ducks Unlimited members (Kee-men Co-operators) in the three prairie provinces.

Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG-VG First English language edition. No bumps. Crisp, clean, square, tight. Nearly perfect DJ. 6.25" x 9.25", 729 pages, plus photographs. Includes maps in pocket, figures, index. An excellent copy of this Marcel Giraud's well-regarded & detailed history of the Metis and their role in the development of western Canada.

Saskatoon, SK, Canada: John Hooper Webb, 1999. 1st Edition . Large Softcover. Fine. FINE First Edition, 1st Printing of this scarce book. A brilliant local history of Grandview, Manitoba (north of Riding Mountain National Park & west of Dauphin). This collectors copy is SIGNED and dated by the author on the title page. 8.5" x 11", 287 pages, about 150 histortic photos.

FINE 1st printing of this very scarce history of the Crestview School in the R.M. of Swan River Manitoba. This book contains the names and photos of the teachers and students, and the history of the area between 1921 and 1967. 7" x 9", unpaginated, many photos, fold out map.

Charlottetown, PEI: RetroMedia Publishing, 2009. Soft cover. Fine. FINE copy of this scarce title. Inscribed and signed by the author. 6" x 9", 156 pages. The author, a Mi'Kmaq born in PEI, wrote this book as a way to preserve her Mi'Kmaq culture, and her family's stories for future generations. At the time when this book was written the author worked with the Mi'Kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island as the editor of the provincial aboriginal newspaper, Kwimu Messenger.

As-New 1st printing trade softcover. No markings, no wear. 6" x 9", 144 pages, bibliography. A landmark collection of 13 short stories from the most important South Asian writers of Canada. Many have won international acclaim... Rohinton Mistry, Neil Bissoondath, M G Vassanji, Cyril Dbydeen. All are accomplished authors. Nearly half the writers in this collection are women.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: University of Manitoba Press, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FINE/VG- First Edition HCDJ. Uncommon and difficult to find in HC. This is a beautiful unmarked copy in nearly perfect blue cloth boards w/silver designs. AS-NEW interiors. DJ has edge wear, several tiny edge tears. 6.25" x 9.25", 159 pages, color photographic plates, 13 color maps (6 foldout maps). The Icelandic Landnamabok, or Book of Settlements is a unique document that describes the birth of the Icelandic nation in the Viking Age.

Innisfail and Red Deer, Alberta: Congregation of Notre Dame - St. Joseph's Convent, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New. Fine 1st Edition Hardcover, SIGNED by the author Rev. Henry Becs on the title page. Also includes a laid-in note (also signed) from the Reverend dated January, 1993. Brand new condition, no markings, a special signed HC copy. 6" x 9", 192 pages, maps, 43 photographs.

London, UK: Macmillan, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD First UK Edition, 1st Printing. Unclipped DJ designed by Bob Lawrie, exclusive to UK Printing. A beautiful clean book, two corners gently bumped, square spine, solid binding, as-new hinges, all pages FINE, several tiny spots to foredges only, no other markings. DJ has trace of edge wear, no tears, no chipping. 5.25" x 8", 201 pages. - An amazing first novel, Tony Hillerman brings to life the magic and mystery of the echoing canyons and empty deserts of the Navajo Reservation.

Winnipeg, MB, Canada: Utgefendur Born Hofundarins, 1948. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. FINE First Edition in gold card covers. A beautiful copy of this scarce book. Unworn covers, tight binding, and crisp & clean pages. There are scores of uncut pages, leading one to believe this book has never been read. 5.25" by 7", 294 pages. All text in Icelandic, appears to be a volume of poetry, three poems in English language at the end of the book. A rare find, this book will be a valued addition to any collection of Icelandic literature.

Loudonville, NY: Eden Studios, 2003. Hardcover. Fine. FINE First Edition HC. 7.25" x 9.5", 349 pages. A spectacular copy: crisp, clean, appears new.

FINE 1st Printing in brilliant red boards. An exceptional copy with nearly perfect covers, and like NEW in all other respects. Crisp, clean, no markings. 5.75" x 8.75", 517 pages, index. Includes addresses, essays and lectures regarding geriatric psychiatry, mental disorders and psychotherapy in old age, depression scales, therapy, family therapy, PTSD in elders, assessment and management of chronic pain, drug effects in Alzheimer's Disease.

Very Good 4th printing trade paperback. Very scarce and collectible book details how 70 people from all walks of life tell how they found God. Some wear to covers, but interiors are excellent: clean & fresh, no markings but for a few hand-written notations in margins of first page. 5.5" x 8", 254 pages. Cover and frontispiece photos show English Gardens at Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg.

Very Good First Printing trade softcover. Very scarce out-of-print title, SIGNED by Homer Seguin. Light wear to covers, interiors like new. 6x9, 173 pages, index, photos. This book is primarily about the author's battles on behalf of Ontario miners, mill, smelter and refinery workers, and how the United Steelworkers union improved the lives of those workers in the Sudbury and Elliot Lake regions.

Very Good first ibooks printing. Covers have light corner wear, no spine creases. Square and solid, crisp & clean, no markings. 6" x 9", 297 pages, glossary, maps, command list, in memorium, bibliography, index. The outstanding oral history of one of the greatest special operations units in military history and the inspiration for the Green Berets.