Vancouver, BC: Mitchell Press, (1974). First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. A first printing (1974) with the supposed 1917 time traveler image still present and intact. Illustrated card covers, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. 134, illustrated with B&W photo reproductions and a map, index. Light wear and creasing to covers, a.... More
Boston, MA: Dana Estes & Company, (1906). Bertha G. Davidson. Hardcover. Patterned paper over boards with quarter cloth spine, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board, 12mo (7-1/2 inches tall), pp. [4]-32, ten illustrations (inc. frontis and title) by Davidson. Volume with some rubbing to corners, gilt and... More
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Sidonie Coryn. First Edition, Seventeenth Printing. Hardcover. White decorative cloth over boards, 4to (10 inches tall), top edge stained red, color endpapers, pp. [i]-xv, [xvi], [3], 4-684, [i]-xxxii, [1-blank], [1-colophon] index, illustrated with line drawings throughout. Volume with minor toning and a few... More
New York, NY: Associated Booking Corp. (c.1956). Paperback. A nice strong signature in blue ink by Louis Armstrong directly onto the full page image of him at the center of the program. Original concert program with illustrated glossy wraps, 4to (12 inches tall), pp. unpaginated [16], artist biography and "An... More
Chicago, IL: Rotary International, (1948). First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Yellow cloth with title stamped in blue onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. 140, stated second printing, illustrated with chapter headpieces. DJ with just a few minor creases and short closed tears. Uncommon in the original... More
Halkirk, AB: Halkirk Historical Society, (1985). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Decorative beige cloth over boards, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. ix, (x-blank), 787, index, stated first printing, illustrated with maps and B&W photo reproductions throughout. Volume a touch of wear and light soil to covers, front pastedown with p.o.... More
Vancouver, BC: Garden, Hermon and Burwell, c. 1890. Single Sheet. title continues "Being Part of L.S. 1. Sec. 4, Tp. 28, R. 25, W of 5th I. M." This CPR Bear Creek Station Plan is c. 1890's as the drawing is credited in ink to "Garden, Hermon and Burwell ..."... More
New York: Time, Inc. 1939. Paperback. Cover artwork by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. Illustrated card covers, folio (14 inches tall), pp. 184, illustrated in both B&W and color. Volume clean throughout. A very exclusive magazine, selling for a whopping $1 back in the day. This issue complete with ads for... More
New York: Time, Inc. 1932. Paperback. Cover artwork by T. M. Clelend, the first Art Director of Fortune Magazine. Illustrated card covers, folio (14 inches tall), pp. 124, illustrated in both B&W and color. Volume clean throughout with light rubbing, faint creases and a tiny crack near center of spine... More
New York: Time, Inc. 1932. Paperback. Cover artwork by A.C. Webb. Illustrated card covers, folio (14 inches tall), pp. 112, illustrated in both B&W and color. Volume a bit whiffy but clean throughout with a light bump to upper corner and minor browning to back cover. A very exclusive magazine... More
Toronto, ON: Griffin House, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A stream of consciousness autobiography, written by an imprisoned Inuit man convicted of manslaughter while he struggled to understand, adapt and survive within modern western culture "The end product was a diary as touching and savage as any ever written... More
New York: Time, Inc. 1931. Paperback. Cover artwork by Ernest Hamlin Baker and styled, I would venture to say, after Edna M. Reindel's equally Deco dust jacket front panel for W.R. Burnett's 1930 novel "Iron Man". Illustrated card covers, folio (14 inches tall), pp. 164, illustrated throughout in both B&W... More
Procter, B.C. Procter - Harrop Historical Book Committee, (1988). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Light blue cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in black onto upper board and spine, map illustrated endpapers, 4to (10-5/8 inches tall), pp. xii, 538, family index, bibliography, illustrated with B&W photos and maps throughout... More
New Haven, CT: The A.C. Gilbert Company, [c. 1917]. Paperback. An uncommon child's Erector Set Manual. Saddle stapled printed paper wraps, oblong 12mo (7 inches tall), pp. 32, illustrated throughout with line drawings and B&W photo reproductions. Covers worn and torn with old tape repairs to spine, a few leaves... More
London and Toronto: Stevens and Sons ; Sweet & Maxwell ; Carswell and Co. 1891. Sixteenth Edition. Flexible Leather. Yapp edge full leather binding over flexible card covers, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-3/8 inches tall), pp. (vol 1) clxxxv, [1 blank], [1]-719, [720], tables, index, addenda and... More
London and Toronto: Stevens and Sons ; Sweet & Maxwell ; Carswell and Co. 1890. Eleventh Edition. Flexible Leather. Yapp edge full leather binding over flexible card covers, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-3/8 inches tall), pp. lxiv, 1060, addenda, tables, appendix, index. Volume with leather covers worn... More
Penticton, BC: City of Penticton, 1958. Paperback. Comb bound printed card wraps, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. 164, illustrated with B&W photo reproductions - some being fold-outs. Volume with light wear to covers, tiny chip from bottom corner of front cover and some toning to text, else unmarked. "most of... More
Grand Forks? Self-Published, (1983)? Paperback. Cover title. Saddle stapled printed card wraps, oblong 12mo (7-1/2 inches tall), pp. 64, index to family names, corrections & addenda tipped in on inner front cover, illustrated throughout with B&W photo reproductions. A local (and likely the first) history of the Granby, or North... More
Golden, BC: The Golden Historical Branch of the Centennial Committee, 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Cover title. Comb bound printed card wraps, folio (13-1/8 inches tall), pp. 91, typewritten Gestetner text printed recto only, illustrated with B&W photo reproductions and line drawings. Volume with minor wear and creases to covers, toning... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2007. David Mann (jacket design). First Edition. Hardcover. Plum colored cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (9-1/8 inches tall), pp. 372, patterned endpapers, satin page marker. Limited to only 1500 copies and signed by the author directly onto the specially bound-in limitation page, May 2007. More
Shoshone, CA: A.V.R.A. 1985. Paperback. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. unpaginated (72), map printed inside front cover, illustrated with B&W photo reproductions, ads. Volume with covers soiled and stained, a single ink mark on map, text toned else unmarked. An uncommon event brochure, offering a list... More
Nelson & Castlegar, BC: Notre Dame U. Lib. & Selkirk College, 1976. Paperback. title continues " … and Located in the Libraries of Notre Dame University in Nelson, B.C. and/or Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C. up to 31 March 1976". Saddle stapled printed wraps, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. [1]-167, [168... More
[Saint Paul, Minnesota]: Great Northern Railway / Burlington Northern Railway, 1970. Paperback. Together 2 items. Folding timetable brochure, folded size is 9-3/4 inches tall x 4-5/8 inches wide, unfolding to 9-1/4 inches wide, pp. 12. Brochure with toning and light wear. * together with * A blue and white padded... More
Boston, MA: Hewes & Potter, Inc. (1928). Paperback. Saddle stapled illustrated wraps, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. [4], 5-45, [1 - ad], illustrated with sepia toned photo reproductions trhroughout. Covers with mild rubbing near spine, else unmarked. Short biographies and headline photographs of dozens of 1920s movie stars - all... More
Chicago, IL: n.p. 1907. Paperback. Saddle stapled printed paper wraps, folio (13-5/8 inches tall) pp. 60 [pagination inc. covers], illustrated with line drawings and B&W photo reproductions throughout, ads. Volume with covers off and split at spine, water stain tide lines affecting most pages, occasional tear or soil mark to... More