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Country Fair; Tales of the Countryside, Shooting and Fishing
by Hastings, Max
London: Harper Collins, 2005. Reprint, large 8vo, 276pp, line illustrations William Geldart; VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Geldart, William. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£7.00
Children's Games in Street and Playground
by Opie, Iona and Peter
London: Oxford University Press, 1979. Reprint, large 8vo, 371pp, photo illustrations; VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£10.00
PRAIRIE PEOPLE A Celebration of My Homeland
by Collins, Robert
Mcclelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0771022573 . HC/DJ - near fine. Excellent condition. Interior clean and unmarked, light soiling to outer edge of pages - only very light wear overall. 348 pages. B/w photos. An intimate look at the people of the prairies in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta - who they are, how they live, what makes them a breed apart. ; 8vo; The prairies are Robert Collins's spiritual home. He was...
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£12.14
WE THE PEOPLE OF BHARAT
by Gusain, P. S
3rd Millennium Inc. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 8187376007 . Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Hardcover has light wear and bumping to spine ends and corners. Autograph sticker on rear of book. Pages are clean and intact, a little soiling bottom edge of pages. Jacket has light edgewear and light creasing, scuffing and several scratches to rear of jacket, sticker over price on flap. On 15th August 1947, the people of India made a tryst with Destiny...
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£23.43
GRIZZLIES & WHITE GUYS The Stories of Clayton Mack
by Thommasen, Harvey
Madeira Park & Vancouver: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550170899 . HC/DJ - near fine/VG. 1993 first edition. Hardcover is clean and unmarked, slight tilt to spine and slight corner bumping. Jacket has no tears, upper edge has some creasing/crinkling, crease across front flap. Some scuffing to jacket. Not clipped. B/w illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; " The extraordinary life story of Clayton Mack (1910-1993) , a...
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£44.51
ART OF TIBET A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection
by Pal, Pratapaditya
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0810918994 . Ex-library book but still in very nice condition - usual ex-lib type of markings. Original laminate, which was rather scuffed, has been removed so jacket is bright and clean. Very light edgewear, light scuffing, a little spotting to outer edge of pages. Internal pages are clean other than one page with an ink bracket. Pages have light age tanning to edges. 342 pages. The Tibetan...
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£26.67
PEOPLE OF LIGHT AND DARK The Story and Tribute to the People of the North
by Van Steensel, Maja
Ottawa: Department of Indian Affairs & Northern Development. Very Good. 1971. Softcover. Foreword by His Royal Highness Prince Philip. Heavy stock cover, light wear to edges/corners, a little splitting on bottom edge, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight. Numerous b/w photos/illustrations. "The following essays, originally written as radio talks, were broadcast over the Northern Service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation under the title "The...
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£9.31
How to Read a Church; a Guide to Images, Symbols and Meanings in Churches and Cathedrals
by Taylor, Richard
London: Rider, 2003. Reprint, 8vo, 240pp, photo illustrations, line drawings; paper mildly age-tanned o/w VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£4.00
PETER PUGET Lieutenant on the Vancouver Expedition, Fighting British Naval Officer, the Man for Whom Puget Sound Was Named
by Wing, Robert C. with Newell, Gordon
WA: Graybeard Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0933686005 . Edition limited to 5,000 copies. Excellent condition - hardcover fine other than a little bumping to corners. Jacket has light scuffing a little edgewear, no tears, not clipped. This is the first book written about Peter Puget, the explorer who was a contemporary of Captain Bligh, Lord Nelson & Napoleon, and who led the surveying party that first charted Puget Sound. His life has remainded a...
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£25.86
CALGARY CAVALCADE From Fort to Fortune
by MacEwan, Grant
Edmonton, AB: The Institute of Applied Art. Very Good. 1971. Third Printing. Softcover. Very nice, clean, tight condition. Pages are unmarked, one creased page near rear. Cover has light edge & corner wear, tiny peeled area where sticker was removed. Historical stories of Calgary, Alberta. Stories and events which have made this city unique, collected by master storyteller Grant MacEwan. 246 pages [415-notosl]; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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£11.73
"COMING CANADIANS" An Introduction to a History of Canada's Peoples
by Burnet, Jean R
Mcclelland & Stewart. Very Good+. 1988. First Edition. Softcover. 0771017839 . Only light wear overall, ex-library with heavy laminated cover and usual stamps/stickers, light soiling outer edge of pages. Interior pages clean & tight, no markings. B/w photos/illus. 253 pages. "Surveys the social history of immigration to and settlement in Canada, reveals the similarities of experience across the many ethnic groups who comprise Canada's cultural mosaic, and examines the enormous part...
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£9.67
DIGITOPIA BLUES Race, Technology, and the American Voice
by Sobol, John
Alberta: Banff Centre Press. New. 2002. First Edition. Softcover. 0920159893 . Softcover is new with no markings. "In Digitopia Blues, John Sobol examines both oral and literate cultures in the United States, intertwining the stories of black Americans finding a language of revolution and power in music (blues, jazz, rock ’n’ roll, rap, and hip hop) , with the stories of literate poets struggling to transcend the printed page to embrace the body, music, and public speech. ...; 8vo -...
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£11.29
KINGS AND QUEENS Of England and Great Britain
by Delderfield, Eric. R
David & Charles. Good. 1971. Softcover. 0715350315 . Reprint. Moderate edge & corner wear, a little corner curling. Creasing to front & some spotting/soiling to outer edge of pages. There is an approx. 1.5" edge stain which affects one edge of numerous pages, as well as approx. 4 pages with tears/chips to that bottom corner area. Pages are otherwise clean. B/w illustrations. "A wonderful source for research on the lives and times of British monarchs. Beginning with the Saxons,...
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£4.01
The Making of the Modern Christmas
by Golby, J M; Purdue, A W
London: Batsford, 1986. 1st edition, 4to, 144pp, photo illustrations and reproductions; a previous owner of this copy has seen fit to add one solitary comment of his own in the margin of one of the text pages o/w VG Copy in VG DJ lightly creased along bottom edge. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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£4.50
A NEW ENGLAND TOWN The First Hundred Years
by Lockridge, Kenneth A
W. W. Norton & Company. Good+. 1970. Sixth Printing. Softcover. 0393098842 . Cover has light edge and corner wear, some corner curling and scuffing. Light soiling outer edge of pages. Pages are intact, however numerous pages have underlining. 208 pages. "The author traces the origins of Dedham, MA, examining it's establishment as a utopia in 1636, the changes that occurred during it's first four generations, and the kind of community it had become by the mid-18th century..."...
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£2.39
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
by Knowles, Elizabeth (Ed)
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 1st edition, large 8vo, 1224pp, VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ; NB This is a large heavy book well outside the preset postage tariffs; however for simplicity this item has been priced accordingly. Not available for overseas.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£7.50
The Hamster that Loved Puccini
by Hoggart, Simon
HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2005* Publisher: Atlantic Books.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered boards, silver title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a picture of a hamster wearing a dinner jacket and holding opera glasses. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £9.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear. Seems lightly...
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£9.95
ALTERNATIVE FUTURES FOR PRAIRIE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES
by Martin, Jerome (editor)
University of Alberta Press. New. 1991. Softcover. 1550910116 . Large softcover is new and unread, no markings, light scuffing of front cover and a tiny corner crease. 316 pages. b/w illus.Prairie agricultural communities face serious problems: low grain prices, possible changes in climate caused by the greenhouse effect, bankruptcies of farms & declining rural populations. A multi-disciplinary group of concerned people, including scientists, writers, farmers & others, address these...
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£16.59
Cows, Pigs, Wars & Witches The Riddles of Culture
by Harris, Marvin
Vintage Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Paperback. 0394713729 . A smaller sized Trade paperback in very good condition. Tightly bound with an unmarked interior, wear to teh cover extremites and light scuffing. "One of America's leading anthropologists offers solutions to the preplexing question of why people behave the way they do." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 238 pages .
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£10.62
AT HOME IN CANADA Photography by Joy Von Tiedemann
by Eaton, Nicole & Weston, Hilary
Toronto: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 067084988X . Light edgewear to hardcover, a little moreso to bottom edge. . Jacket has light edgewear but is very good & now under a mylar cover. Interior pages are clean & tight. A little scuffing to the mylar. ". ...Authors travelled across Canada to learn what home means to Canadians. The result is this rich celebration of the many different, sometimes surprising, ways we make...
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£18.61
Tales of the Old Woodlanders
by Porter, Valerie
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1995. Reprint, 4to,192pp, photo illustrations, colour and line illustrations from Phil Murphy; VG+ Copy in VG+ DJ. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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£4.00
GRAND CENTRAL WINTER Stories from the Street
by Stringer, Lee
Washington Square Press. Near Fine. 1999. Softcover. 0671036548 . Excellent condition, only light wear overall, clean and unmarked interior, sticker residue on rear. ; 8vo; 242 pages; "Whether Lee Stringer is describing "God's corner" as he calls 42nd Street, or his friend Suzy, a hooker and "past-due tourist" whose infant child he sometimes babysits, whether he is recounting his experiences at Street News, where he began hawking the newspaper for a living wage, then...
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£3.64
The Complete Dictionary of Symbols in Myth, Art and Literature
by Tresidder, Jack (Ed)
London: Duncan Baird, 2004. 1st edition in soft cover format, large 8vo, 544pp, line illustrations; card covers; VG Copy. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£25.00
FALSE GOD How the Globalization Myth Has Impoverished Canada
by Laxer, James
Toronto: Lester Publishing. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 1895555094 . Ex-library with laminated cover & usual stamps & stickers in very good condition. Light edgewear, light soiling. Interior clean & tight other than very light small stain to corner of first few pages. "A wonderful book. With clear logic, Laxer brilliantly exposes the Conservative government's globilization myth for the sham that it is. "--Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians [242-osl]. ; 8vo .
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£3.64
ROCKY MOUNTAIN MADNESS A Bittersweet Romance, Stories & Photos of History in the Making
by Cavell, Edward and Whyte, Jon
Banff, AB: Altitude Publishing. Good+. 1982. First Edition. Softcover. 0919381049 . Ex-library book in good condition, laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings, a little loosening of the laminate at spine. Light edge and corner wear, a little corner curling, scuffing of laminate. Internal pages are clean, with age tanning to edges, occasional light wrinkling and a small chip from edge of last page. There's also some ink rubbing inside covers. "Welcome to a celebration of the mountain...
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£9.67
