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Tradewinds Publishing, 2015, trade paperback, 342 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, Signed and inscribed by the Author to the original owner (named) , New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. A thrilling tale of an unlikely group on an expedition from turn-of-the-century France to unexplored Tibet.

New York, Macmillan, 1969, hardcover, 185 pp, First American Edition stated, Very Good in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end wear. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, spine-ends and corners tape repaired and hand colored in darker blue, in new Brodart sleeve. This first volume in the Railways of the World in Color series deals with the mid-point in railway history and contains complete descriptions, and 192 scale drawings of railway engines and equipment from around the world. Illustrations by Clifford and Wendy Meadway.

Madeira Park B.C., B.C. Coast Historical Society/Harbour Publishing, 1973, trade paperback (11x 73/4"), 56 pp, first edition, first printing, Good+ condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, some light warping to first few pages, slight corner bumps. A unique issue, containing stories, essays and poetry, focused entirely on the B.C. logging industry, from an historical perspective. Proudly, the article "How It was With Trucks" by Frank White, won the Canadian Media Club's award as B.C.'s best magazine feature of the year.Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and diagrams. Illustrated covers.

Madeira Park B.C., B.C. Coast Historical Society/Harbour Publishing, undated, trade paperback (11x 73/4"), 56 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light reading crease near spine, light wrinkles to front cover. This glossy-covered issue is dedicated mainly to the the City of Vancouver, but not the busy beautiful metropolis we see today. The earliest years of Gastown, boat-building and aviation in the area are explored, as well as some of the earliest and most legendary crimes. Vancouver's past as few have known it. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and maps. Illustrated covers.

Madeira Park B.C., B.C. Coast Historical Society/Harbour Publishing, undated, trade paperback (11x 73/4"), 56 pp, first edition, first printing, Fair condition in pictorial card covers. Straight and firmly bound with no markings, corner bumps, small amount of spine damage, some wrinkling near spine, foxing to front cover, small spots and a smudge to rear cover. A special issue containing stories, essays and poetry and artwork, focused entirely on the B.C. fishing industry, particularly Salmon, from an historical perspective, including both native and immigrant traditions. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, maps, diagrams and some particularly fine drawings of specific fishing vessels. Illustrated covers.

Madeira Park B.C., B.C. Coast Historical Society, 1972, trade paperback (11x 73/4"), 48 pp, first edition, first printing, Good+ condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, some light wear near spine, foxing to rear cover. A collection of stories, essays and poetry, describing native and immigrant traditions along the B.C. coast including those pre-dating the arrival of the white man. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings, diagrams and maps. Illustrated covers.

Madeira Park BC, Raincoast Historical Society, undated, paperback periodical, 55 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ condition in sepia-toned pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner bumps. Further stories concerning the history and culture of the B.C. coast, including contributions by Viola Wood, Sean Virgo, Pat Lowther, Alex Kean, Dorothy Livesay, Ian McKechnie, John Skapski, Peter Trower, Howard White, Susan Musgrave and logging cartoons by Bus Griffiths. Book Reviews; A Very Ordinary Life, Amor de Cosmos, The Cowichan, Whistle Up the Inlet, The Princess Story, and Steveston. Illustrated from photographs by Jack Cummings and others courtesy of the Provincial Archives.

Madeira Park BC, Raincoast Historical Society, 1975, paperback periodical, 55 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ condition in sepia-toned pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner bumps. Further stories concerning the history and culture of the B.C. coast, including contributions by; Howard White, Rolf Knight & Maya Koizumi ed. John Skapski, Capt. Donald Peck ed. Peter Trower, Yvonne Klan, Bill White, George Woodcock, Lois Gubbe, Peter Trower and cartoons by Bus Griffiths. Book Reviews of; Smoke From Their Fires by Clellan S. Ford, Spit Delany's Island by Jack Hodgkins, Steveston Recollected by Daphne Marlatt, Images: Stone: B.C. by Wilson Duff, First Approaches to the Northwest Coast by Derek Pethick, Backroads of B.C. by Liz and Jack Bryan. Illustrated throughout by photographs from private and public sources, line work throughout by Linda Prine and Stephen Jackson.

Madeira Park B.C., B.C. Coast Historical Society/Harbour Publishing, undated, trade paperback (11x 73/4"), 56 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps, small, dark stain to front cover. A collection of stories, essays and poetry, describing native and immigrant traditions along the B.C. coast including those pre-dating the arrival of the white man. Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings, diagrams, maps and even a six-page cartoon. Illustrated covers.

Madeira Park B.C., B.C. Coast Historical Society/Harbour Publishing, undated, trade paperback (11x 73/4"), 56 pp, first edition, first printing, Near Fine condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, a couple of small smudges to front cover. This issue is dedicated to the pieces of B.C. history that have been allowed to fade away and of which nearly no historical evidence remains. The editor speaks of "great spectral cedars with moss in the springboard notches, pilings like black fingers warty with barnacles in abandoned logging camp bays, sagging sentry box outhouses beside crushed cabins, abortive mineshafts wormholed into cliff faces, full of blind cave crickets, fallen totems facedown like drunk men in clammy aldergrove clearings by dead villages, forgotten fish canneries and whaling stations collapsing in the rain, slate quarries like huge flaking wounds where only weeds come now, a corroded Spanish anchor salvaged from 200 years of deep water, tombstones in the underbrush by sad Cape… Leer más

New York, Greenwillow Books, 1989, hardcover library binding, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the dedication page "With best wishes Pat Hutchins, Germany 1991". Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, some fade to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The light-hearted story about boy's obsession with having a rat for a pet over his parent's objections which does not turn out exactly as planned. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Laurence Hutchins. ISBN 9780688077761

Pig River Press, 2011, trade paperback, 244 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Signed without personalized inscription by the Author "Enjoy the Adventure! Kris Bock" on the title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Though not an adventuress at heart, Erin embarks on a treasure hunt in the New Mexico desert. ISBN 9780615462479

Baltimore, Bancroft Press, 2013, hardcover, 465 pp, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. In book two of the Young Inventors Guild Series, the five brilliant children find themselves in Italy, mired in a mystery that may span centuries.

Somerville MA, Candlewick Press, 2015, hardcover, 329 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author without personalization on the Title page, "Stay gold! Jo Knowles", New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, pictorial dustjacket. The popular author of Jumping Off Swings and Living with Jackie Chan returns with the story of a single day in the lives of a diverse group of high-schoolers as they orbit one another in their attempts to understand and be understood. ISBN 9780763663872

Stamford TX, Clear Fork Publishing, 2019, hardcover, 36 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted. New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight bump to head of spine, no dustjacket as issued. Everyone thinks they know the story of the Farmer in the Dell. But do they really? One little mouse is ready and willing to set the record straight including a new cast of characters and a happier (for him) ending. Beautifully illustrated throughout with full color drawings by Chantelle and Burgen Thorne. ISBN 9781946101884

New York, Atria Books, 2011, hardcover, 435 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. The bestselling author of the definitive biographies of Marlon Brando and Norman Mailer, as well as Ptown: Art, Sex, and Money on the Outer Cape, returns with a no-holds-barred account of fashion writer Christa Worthington's murder, the botched investigation, and a trial that was rife with bias ending in three life sentences for Christopher McCowen, a thirty-four-year-old African-American garbage collector with an IQ of 76. ISBN 9780743296663

Victoria BC, Friesen Press, 2015, trade paperback, 101 pp, First Edition stated, Signed by the Author without personalization on the title page "All the best, Bretton Loney". Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The remarkable story of Dr. Harry Nikaido, detained and forcibly resettled along with his family and 22,000 other Japanese-Canadians during WWII, he practiced medicine in the small town of Bow Island, Alberta for 24 years asking no more than subsistence payments and paying little or no income taxes as a defiant gesture to the Canadian Government that had wronged him. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Sources appended. ISBN 9781460269152

Washington DC, National Archives and Records Administration, 1995, trade paperback, vi-127 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition in black-&-white pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner and edge bumps. A compilation of written records, electronic records, still pictures, cartographic records, and motion pictures and sound and video recordings relating to American POWs and MIAs from various sources for the purposes of holding those responsible accountable for their actions. Sources include Military Organizations, Civilian Organizations, Congressional Investigations, VA claims files, and declassified documents. Appended are 17 appendices and an index. ISBN 9780160636851

Grand Rapids MI, Revell, 2016, trade paperback, 346 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers. The bestselling author of The Kidnapping of Kenzie Thorn, A Star in the Night, and A Log Cabin Christmas Collection journeys to Prince Edward Island with the story of an unlikely duo, both attempting to leave their past behind, while restoring a Victorian B&B.

New York, Tom Doherty, 1998, hardcover, 320 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge bumps, rubs, in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author of Violent Crimes and Chicago Blues brings back Chief of Detectives Larry Cole to track down a mad inventor with a penchant for building killing machines. ISBN 9780312866877