Canada from Turtleman Used Books

I have learned that there are two authors named Ralph Allen. This is the first one, from Winnipeg. He wrote five novels over his career. This one is about a family trying to make a new home for themselves in the Peace River Country of Canada (Alberta). No dust jacket. The cover shows mild wear after… Saber más sobre este artículo

A sailor's charts of currents around Canada's Vancouver Island and Washington's San Juan Islands. Although a few decades old, I suspect the currents haven't changed much. Very little wear, does not look as though it's been used much over the past 30+ years. Kind of rare, too. Just what your yacht needs.

Signed by the author and photographer inside the front cover. Little wear other than an area of water damage at the lower left corner, causing that part of the last 2/3 of the pages to be wavy (see photos 6 and 7 for a close-up). No staining. A book that takes you from Dawson Creek in British Columbia, through Yukon,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Trae paperback. Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The spine is uncreased. Owner's name inside front cover. A collection of essays about various aspects of Western Canadian history. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.

No dust jacket. Blue cloth cover shows wear at the corners and edges. Binding is solid. Owner's name inside front cover. Pages are clean and tight, with light pencil underlining and notes in places. Seems quite rare.

Little wear other than a pair of spine creases, however one of those creases is very deep and corresponds to a spine weakness at pages 112-13. Nothing is loose, but it will need to be handled with care. Owner's name inside front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Originally published in 1968.

Trade paperback. Little wear other than a bit of a curl to the front cover and a few bumped corners. Owner's name inside front cover. Pages are clean, tight and bright, the spine is creaseless. An analysis of the possible outcomes with Quebec separation. (Is that still a prospect?)

Little wear. The top right corner of the front cover has been clipped and it looks as if the book was once dropped on that corner, leaving a little crease there on every page. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked and the spine is creaseless.

Little wear other than some creases on the spine, which is slightly skewed as well. I had to look twice to be sure this rather short book was actually written by Michener. A story about the Canadian gold rush of 1897. Owner's name inside front cover.

Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Spine has a single crease. Owner's name inside front cover. 21 essays, mainly of politics and history, taken from a CBC television show.

Trade paperback. Some chips and other wear at the edges and corners. One owner's name with inscription inside the front cover, another owner's name on the half title page. Author's signature on the title page. A number of margin notes from page 90 to the end.

Some wear. A small, stapled book of 79 pages. Owner's name and a coffee stain on the title page, otherwise pages are clean and tight, with many illustrations and maps. Front cover has a couple of creases running top to bottom. Seems rather rare.

Illustrated. Very little wear. Owner's name on title page. The Stephan of the title is Stephan G. Stephansson, famous Icelandic/Canadian poet. Not famous to me, but to those who read poetry in Icelandic. A rare and highly valued book.