Recent Arrivals from JWMah

Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2023. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page" "To D---, one of my favourtie fellow authors... Rick Antonson", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 277pp, index, B&W photos. Includes the publisher's book mark for this book. (1.9 JM 0428. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, to te title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with small crease to top edge of front panel. and a couple of tiny "dimples" (not breaking the paper surface) to the spine edge of the rear panel. Hardcover, xii, 335pp, B&W photos.… Read more about this item

Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997. (CAD) 1st printing of the third edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHORS to President Martha Piper, the first woman presdient of UBC, no other markings, Fine. Wraps, 304pp.Two B&W maps. This is an alphabetical directory of BC place names with biographical, historical and anecdotal material. G. Akrigg is professor of English at UBC and… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. (USA) 5th printing of the first edition INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to a label adhered to the end paper: "Happy seeking/ Jacques Pepin", no other markingss, Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket. (Glossy hardcovers, 240pp, index, colour photos. Pepin gives his take on quick and easy cooking with menus and memorable recipes : Smoked… Read more about this item

Montreal: Fry-Cadbury Ltd, 1941. (CAD) No markings, back cover is missing, cover edges rubbed , all pages there, thus Acceptable only used copy. . 23 x 16 cm, colorful card cover with design of man with sombrero in blue, teal, ochre and red, side-stapled, 1-32pp. There is a message from Jehane Patenaude of the verso of… Read more about this item

Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press., 2019. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Fine. Wraps with flaps, 247pp, index, colour and B&W photos. From 1914 to 1920 thousands of men who has immif=grated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly imprisoned as "enemy aliens", some with their families, in cconcentration camps. Most were… Read more about this item

Seattle: Documentary Media, 2012. (USA) Stated first edition. There was a 4 line owner's inscription to corner of the dedication page which has been obliterated with white-out, no other markings, about Fine otherwise. Wraps with flaps, 183pp, mostly colour photos and illus. Space Needle: The Spirit of Seattle, an illuminating new book about Seattle s iconic needle, was released… Read more about this item

Toronto: Penguin Studio / Madison Press Book, 1996. (CAD) 1st printing of the first edition. Three line owner's inscription to the corner of the endpaper which has been obliterated with white-out, no other markings, thus about Fine in unclipped Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing to panel gloss. Charcoal boards, 192pp. Gorgeous colour reproductions of paintings… Read more about this item

London: Little Brown and Company, 2002. (UK) 1st publication of this adbridged illustrated edition. No markings, hint of rubbing to the foot of spine and lower cover corner tips, otherwise Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, illus endpapers, 320pp, index, lavishly illustrated in colour. {This} book is lively, readable, and lit with real enthusiasm for the plays and… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart / National Gallery of Canada, 1995. (CAD) Presumed 1st hardcover edition. No markings, Fine in unclipped about Fine dust jackdt with a tiny tear to the top edge of the front panel near the spine edge. Green boards, 375pp, index. This book reproduces all 179 paintings that make up the exhibition---with more than… Read more about this item

NY: William Morrow, 2010. (USA) 1st printing of the first edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, tiny bump to top corner tip of front cover, thus Fine(-) in unclipped Fine(-) dust jacket with tiny crease to rear flap. Hardcover, 387pp. In this suspense novel, defense attorney Paul Madriani is on… Read more about this item

London: Sinclair-Stevenson Limited., 1996. (UK) First printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markingsFine in unclipped Fine (-) dust jacket with a crease to the front flap. Hardcover, 277pp. In this speculative novel, part dream and part history, John Milton is shipwrecked and forced to wander through the American wilderness with a young companion....(1.6… Read more about this item

Rutland VT / Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1982. (USA) 11th printing 1982. Owner's incription to the end paper, no other markings, Very Good + in price-clipped Very Good ony dust jacket with faint indentations to the front panel where used as a pad under writing paper. Green cloth, 270pp, index, 270 B&W photos. This book explains the basic rules… Read more about this item

Claresholm AB: Claresholm History Book Club, 1974. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, a touh of rubbing to the lower front cover corner and a hint of rubbing to other corner tips and to the head and foot of spine, the back cover has a couple of fine faint abrasions to it (not obtrusive) about Very Good used copy; no… Read more about this item

London: Cambridge Univeristy Press, 1921. (UK) Edition not stated, no year given but 1921 to the owner's inscription. Owner's inscription to the front fly, no other markings, but lentil-sized ink spot to the leading edge of pages, lower corner of pages 257/58 torn away missing some text, a few corners folded, thus Good(-) only used copy. 4… Read more about this item

NY: Artisan, 1998. (USA) 1st printing of the first American edition. No markings, very slight toning to the extreme edge of the white page margins, Near Fine in unclipped Very Good (-) dust jacket with 3/4" closed tear to top edge of front panel and 1/4" tear to lower edge of panel near the spine; Dj is in… Read more about this item

NY: Random House, 1937. (USA) First of this edition, the novel first appeared in 1824. No markings, some rubbing to spine extremities and to cover corner tips, sight darkening of the spine, hinges solid, pages clean with slight toning to page edges, about Very Good overall; lacking the dust jacket. Coloured illustrated cloth [404]pp. colour illustrated plates, facing… Read more about this item

NY: Melcher Media, 2009. (USA) 4th printing of the first edition. No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to panel gloss. Boards, 176pp, index of brooches. There are over 200 colour photos showcasing the brooches and pins in this American diplomat's collection. Each piece seems to have a special… Read more about this item

Toronto: Random House of Canada, 2006. (CAD) First Printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket Black boards, 394pp. This novel is about cultural contact and its consequences on the North and is centered on the character of Victoria, born in the Tundra in the 1950s. (2.0 JM HOJ… Read more about this item

London: Adlard Coles Limited, 1979. (UK) fourth impression of this edition which first appeared in 1971. The book was first published in Sweden in 1768. No markings, a small bump to the lower edge of back cover, just breaking the cloth, thus Very Good in Very Good (-) dust jacket with some rubbing to the top… Read more about this item