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| This selection contains 22 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 22 |
| METROPOLITAN TORONTO POLICE AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Metropolitan Toronto Police Amateur Athletic Association Centennial Book 1983, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright and clean copym blue cloth bindings, gilt titles with a gilt viltage policeman's face on the upper front cover. A nicely done commerative pictorial record of Field Day Police Athletics Tournaments ans Competitions. With the Force's rich history, early beginnings, early Association heads, team and athlete photos, early and contemporrary competitions, games, Photos of the Miss Toronto Winners of the past and present, committee members, notable personalities, historical events, and more. Illustrated in b&w. 79 pages.. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. USD 30.38 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 | £UK 18.5 | JP¥ 2681] Book number: 901195 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| BERTRAND, J. P. Highway Of Destiny / An Epic Story in Canadian Development NY: Vantage Press, 1959. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, green cloth bindings, gilt spinal titles, light edgewear to corners, small closed ter on the upper spina l crown's end, map endpages, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light minor edgewear with a rubbed and chipped spinal crown, several short closed edgetears, light cover rubs, and light edge rubbing and creases. The history of Canadian exploration, commerce, and development inspired by the search for the famed Northwest passage, trade, and European national rivalry. 301 pages. USD 20.37 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1798] Book number: 564510 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| BORIGO, EDNA Sourdough Schoolma'am Chicago: Adams Press, 1969. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight copy, very slight reading wear. A detailed account of a school teacher's settlement, life, observations, experiences, and adventures while teaching in the cities and remote villages of Alaska. 149 pages. USD 11.71 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1033] Book number: 564486 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| BYRD, RICHARD E., ILLUSTRATED BY RICHARD E. HARRISON Alone NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1958. Hard Cover. Very Good+/N/dj. 5th Impression. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, light reading wear, dark blue cloth bindings, light blue titles and borders. The observations, experiences, and accounts of Commander Richard E. Byrd in the Antarctic when he overwintered alone in a remote base camp. 296 pages. USD 15.41 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1360] Book number: 900666 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, British Columbia Official Centennial Record / 1858-1958 A Century of Progress 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover. Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver: Evergreen Press Limited, color map endpapers, 6.75" wide x 10" tall, yellow cloth bindings, beautiful color pictorial front cover features the beautiful Fort Langley architectural monument, the rear cover is finished in a green floral mosiac, unmarked text, light reading wear. This is the Official Centennial Commerative Record for British Columbia's 100 Year Anniversary Celebrtions. With Scheduled Events, Regional Celebrations, The Royal Family, Governing Officials, Founding History, Regional Histories, Monuments, Tourist Services, Points of Interest, Facts, Notable Events and Personalities, The Early Frontier, Highlights, Cities, Towns, Waterways, Wilderness, Agriculture, Energy, Fisheries, Forestry, Mining, Recreation, Commerce, and more. Richly illustrated in color and b&w. 176 pages. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. USD 48.44 [Appr.: EURO 32.5 | £UK 29.25 | JP¥ 4275] Book number: 900548 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| O'DELL, SCOTT Black Star, Bright Star Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1988. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, dark blue cloth bindings, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor light edgewear and end rubbing. Bright Star, a young Eskimo girl must take her father's place and race the family's team of dogs in the mighty Iditarod. The challenging dogsled race between Anchorage and Nome Alaska facing peril, dangerous conditions, and the constant fight to stay alive as one moment of carelessness could spell disaster!. USD 20.42 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 | £UK 12.5 | JP¥ 1802] Book number: 564606 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| FRANCK, HARRY A. The Lure of Alaska NY, Blue Ribbon Books. 1943, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight copy, brown bindings, blue titles, map endpapers, minor edgewear, light soiling, the spinal crown has few closed short tears, same previous owner name marked 3 times inside. An excellent vintage look back at 1940's pre- Statehood Alaskan Life, Commerce, Peoples, & Culture as the auhor presents a detailed photographic record of his travels and observations while exploring Alaskan Regional Historic Sites, Towns, Cities, Mines, Waterways, and Wildernes Areas. 306 pages.. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. USD 12.92 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1140] Book number: 900549 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| FREND, CHARLES - DIRECTOR; SCREENPLAY WRITERS: WALTER MEADE & IVOR MONTAGU Scott of the Antarctic - 1948, B&W VHS Movie Classic Series, Congress Video Group / John Mills, Christopher Lee, Derek Bond, Kenneth More US, Congress Video Group. 1986, Later ReIssue. VHS Movie. Classic Movie, Movie was tested and is in Excellent Conmdition, minor shelfwear and rubbing to the original John Mills Movie Scene Box. The true story of the bold but ill-fated 1912 British Expedition to the South Pole, which presents a fascinating account of the British Explorer, Captain Scott, who led the expedition. This is a British Production which captures the realistic trials, misfortunes, and the dire tragedies of the Expedition that didn’t make it back home. / Cast: John Mills .. Captain R. F. Scott R.N. Diana Churchill .. Kathleen Scott Harold Warrender .. Dr. E.A. Wilson Anne Firth .. Oriana Wilson Derek Bond .. Captain L.E.G. Oates Reginald Beckwith .. Lt. H.R. Bowers R.I.M. James Robertson Justice .. P.O.'Taff' Evans R.N. Kenneth More .. Lt. E.G.R. (Teddy) Evans R.N. Norman Williams .. Chief Stoker W. Lashly R.N. John Gregson .. P.O. T. Crean R.N. James McKechnie .. Surgeon Lt. E.L.Atkinson R.N. Barry Letts .. Apsley Cherry-Gerrard Dennis Vance .. Charles S. Wright Larry Burns .. P.O. P. Keohane R.N. Edward Lisak .. Dimitri Melville Crawford .. Cecil Meares Christopher Lee .. Bernard Day John Owers .. F.J. Hooper Bruce Seton .. Lt. H. Pennell R.N. Clive Morton .. Herbert Ponting F.R.P.S. Sam Kydd .. Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N. Mary Merrett .. Helen Field Percy Walsh .. Chairman of Meeting Noel Howlett .. First Questioner Philip Stainton .. Second Questioner Desmond Roberts .. Admiralty official Dandy Nichols .. Caroline David Lines .. Telegraph Boy / Runtime:110 minutes. Country: Originally produced in Great Britain - 1948. Language:English, Original black and white format.. Near Fine/Very Good Box. USD 7.95 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 702] Book number: 908466 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| GATES, SARAH Of Such US: College Press. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. First Edition. 1963, minor edgewear, the clear Brodat covered dust jacket has minor edgewear with chipping, nicks, closed edgeters, and minor rubbing. Signed "God Bless" with author's signature. Family life, hardship, and Ministry in the wilds of Alaska!. USD 23.67 [Appr.: EURO 16 | £UK 14.25 | JP¥ 2089] Book number: BQ520PS Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| GOULDIE, ELIZABETH / EDITED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID ZIMMERLEY Woman of Labrador Canada: Peter Martin Associated Limited, 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good+. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0887780792. Tight/Bright cloth bindings, gilt spinal titles, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has an initial/ownership mark on the upper front, minor rubs, inside jacket tape reinforced edges, edgenicks, edge chipping, closed short edgetears, and minor rubbing.The biographical history of a Trapper's Wife. Her observations, experiences, maintaining and guiding the family, friends, wilderness and community relations in Labrador. 166 pages. USD 20.42 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 | £UK 12.5 | JP¥ 1802] Book number: 564509 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| HALE, KATHERINE This is Ontario / Second Edition Toronto, Canada, The Ryerson Press. 1946, Revised, February 1946 Printing. Hard Cover, 5 3/4" Wide x 8 1/4 " Tall. Tight/Bright and clean copy, blue cloth bindings, yellow titles, neat 1946 previous owner gift inscription inside, unmarked text, the illustrated clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor edgewear with edge chipping, small closed edgetears, spinal rubbing, and a lower front panel end edge nick. A very unique vintage travel biography and regional touring and geography guide to the Ontario, Canada region. Chapers include: Lake Erie Road, Grand River Valley, Blue Water Highway, Manitoulin Island, North Shore, Our Natural Resources, Ottawa River Valley, St. Lawrence, North Shore Lake Ontario, Yonge Street Road, Niagara Road, and etc. Features stunning b&w photography by Sir Ellsworth Flavelle. 245 pages. Very Good+/Very Good. USD 20.37 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1798] Book number: 902264 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| HAMILTON, JAMES The Way We Were - Glimpses of the Past Taken mostly from the "Do You Remember When" Columns of the Arthur Enterprise News Arthur Enterprise News, Arthur, Ontario. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1980,Green Boards. Town stories, events, and articles. With event photography ,Township History, individual resident listings, school classes, grad uations, organizations, public servants, notable citizens, architecture, church information, culture,and more. Great genealogical reference, many family and individual identifications! 65 large format pages. USD 50.42 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 | £UK 30.5 | JP¥ 4450] Book number: BQB538 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| JAQUES, FLORENCE PAGE, ILLUSTRATED BY FRANCIS LEE JAQUES Snowshoe Country Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1944. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tight copy, powder blue cloth bindings, illustrated endpages, light edgewear, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has faint minor soiling, edge nicks, tip splitting, and edge chipping, a closed tear on the rear inside fold, several closed short tears, and rubbed away material at the last 1/4" of the spinal crown. Detailed nat uralist observations, sketches, travel experiences, events, and notable personalities as the Jaques traveled by snowshoe and dog sled through remote areas in the wild border country between Canada and Minnoseta. 110 pages. USD 30.42 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 | £UK 18.5 | JP¥ 2685] Book number: 564523 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| LOPEZ, BARRY HOLSTUN Arctic Dreams / Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape NY, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1986, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0684185784) Hard Cover, 6.5" Wide x 9.5" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, white cloth quarter spine over black boards, gold spinal titles, lightly shelf bumped lower cornertips, a blank white sticker is affixed to the upper first front freepage, the freshly clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor edgewear and light rubbing with a few closed edgetears, and a closed tear on the upper front corner. A detailed and well presented natural history, exploration, travel biography, and ecological reference on the Arctic Region. With Animals, Glaciers, Settlement, Ecology, Research, Descriptions, Exploration, Travels, Narratives, and more. 464 pages. Very Good/Very Good. USD 12.71 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1122] Book number: 903128 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| MACMILLAN, MIRIUM Green Seas and White Ice / Far North with Captain Mac N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1948. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight copy, small price imprint on the first front freepage's upper corner, minor light wear, clear Brodart covered dust jacket has minor light rubs, edgewear, edgechipping, small nicks, and minor edgesplits. Pictorial on the dust jacket features the parka clad author with a faithful canine companion, against an ill ustraded sailing vista which shows the famous white schooner, "Bowdoin" heading into the wind. An autobiographical and voyage reference of an adventurous woman who with her famous Arctic explorer husband, "Donald MacMillan", experienced the hardships and joys of Arctic exploration, she was noted as being the first woman member of an Arctic expedetion. Her narratives include her friendships, sled d og and Eskimo interactions, sad experiences, travels and survival within the Eskimo communities including the effects of diseases transmitted by contact with advanced cultures which she witnessed wipe out entire communities. There are very detailed expedition and voyage observations, travel hardships,dangerous incidents, adventures, and her lust for knowledge and new experience. Illustrated with s everal photo's taken by the author during her travels. USD 20.42 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 | £UK 12.5 | JP¥ 1802] Book number: 562219 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| PRICE, RAY Yellowknife Toronto, Canada: Peter Martin Associated Limited, 1974. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. 1st Printing, Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0887780911. Tight copy, professionally reinforced cornertips and spine, no marks or stamps, clean text, light reading wear with faint soiling, light edgewear. The detailed founding and heritage of the community of Yellowknife, located in the remote and rugged Northwest Territories of Canada. Mining, his tory, boom years, settlement, notable events and personalities, commerce, and etc. 308 pages. USD 7.92 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 | £UK 5 | JP¥ 699] Book number: 564497 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY / SCIENCE PROGRAM Life In The Arctic US: Nelson Doubleday & Odhams Books. Trade Softcover. Very Good+. 1966, 63 pages,well illustrated and very detailed, with the 25 vivid color reference stickers in mint condition. Arctic life, Eskimo Culture, Plants, and general ecology, a great educational reference! Part of a national educational series. USD 7.42 [Appr.: EURO 5 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 655] Book number: BQB225 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| RUMSEY, MARIAN, ILLUSTRATED BY JOSEPH CELLINI High Country Adventure N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, 1967. Hard Cover. Very Good+/N/dj. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, pictorial bindings, very light edgewear. A young man fights for survival after he and the pi lot of his transport plane, crash in the rugged unforgiving Canadian wilderness. 159 pages. USD 8.42 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 | £UK 5.25 | JP¥ 743] Book number: 563220 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| SCIENCE PROGRAM / SCIENCE SERVICE Antarctica US: Nelson Doubleday / Odham's Books. Soft Cover. Very Good. 1971, light minor wear, 64 pgs. A very detailed juvenile reference text about the South Pole. With scientific research, history, and exploration. Contains color reference stickers , 10 of the 11 stickers are present. USD 7.42 [Appr.: EURO 5 | £UK 4.5 | JP¥ 655] Book number: BQB254 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| MITCHELL PRESS LTD. STAFF & EDITORS Mitchell's Vancouver Book First Edition. Trade Paperback, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vancouver: Mitchell Press Ltd. 1957, light edgewear, spinal reading creased front hinge, " Thought you might be interested in this booklet put out for our Centennial Year " is written at the end of the contents page, the rest of the book is unmarked text, color Vancouver Port pictorrial front cover, the rear cover features a b&w pictorial scene of a large Totem Pole and forested area wih a large sign labeled "Prospect Point". Features city histories, shopping dining, achitecture, commerce, municipal works, macroengineering works, transportation, tourist points of interest, and more. With many unique city, rural, and rustic b&w photographs. 122 pages.. Very Good. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 | £UK 9.5 | JP¥ 1361] Book number: 900547 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| SULLIVAN, WALTER, ILLUSTRATED BY RAY PIOCH Polar Regions / The Geography, Climate, and Life of the Arctic and Antarctic, and the Explorers and Scientists Who Discovered First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Golden Press, 1962 , Tight/Bright copy, minor edgewear with tip edge board exposure, light cover mylar pulling, unmarked and clean text, professionally reinforced spine and cover cornertips with no names, labels, or stamps. A very well illustrated and detailed juvenile learning book on the Polar Regions of the Earth. With geophysics, climate, natural history, ecology, science, events, discoveries, treks and explorations by: Submarine Nautilus, Richird E. Byrd, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Robert F. Scott, Vilhjalmus Stefansson, James Ross, Henry Hudson, Lapps, Nathaniel Palmer, Robert Peary, Fridtjof Nansen, Adolphus Greeley, James Cook, Nils Nordenskjold, Sir Vivian Fuchs, Sir John Franklin, Lincoln Ellsworth, Edward Bransfield, and others. illustrated with color drawings by Ray Pioch and with black & white and color photographs. 54 pages. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 11.95 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1055] Book number: 901211 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. | ||
| THE EDITORS OF NEWS FRONT YEAR America in Pictures: The Dramatic Story of the United States & Canada from the Age of Discovery to the Atomic Era Told in 2500 Pictures, 200,000 Words NY, News Front / Year. 1974, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0913482005) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Tight/Bright copy in a red leatherette protective cover with a large gold gilt United States Globe illustration on the upper cover, light soiling, unmarked text, no names, no labels, no stamps. A richly illustrated History of America with some Canadian History. With Explorers, Settlement, Eras, Events, Wars, Politics, Notable Personalities, Wilderness, and more. Trace the rich and detailed history of America and Canada from the Age of Discovery to the Atomic Era. 416 pages Illustrated in b&w.. Very Good+/Very Good. USD 26.95 [Appr.: EURO 18 | £UK 16.25 | JP¥ 2379] Book number: 906124 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books. |
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