BASQUE, GARNET

Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of the Boundary Country

Surrey, BC: Heritage House, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 1895811821. Illustrated by B&W and Color Photos. Only slight wear, some corner curl.; Trade PB; B&W and colour Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 151 pages; "The many lost communities of British Columbia's Boundary country, which stretches from Osoyoos east to the Kootnays, are reborn with the help of 150 photographs, a dozen maps and a factual and entertaining text. Garnet Basque interviewed old-timers and scoured newspaper archives to create these entertaining accounts.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 19726

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia::Gold Rush

Keywords: 1895811821 Ghost towns British Columbia Mining History::Canada Mining

BASQUE, GARNET

Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the Boundary Country

Langley, BC: Sunfire, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919531334. Illustrated by Color plates. Signed by Author; Light fading of dust jacket fore edge, only slight wear. ; This limited edition hardcover has the same ISBN as the paperback edition. Number 189 of 400 is signed by the author on the front free end paper. ; B&W Illustrations; 0.15 x 10.7 x 8.2 Inches; 152 pages; Lavishly illustrated with colour plates, B&W illustrations and maps, this book covers the area just above the US border with British Columbia.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15219

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0919531334 Mining Ghost towns British Columbia History::Canada

BASQUE, GARNET

West Kootenay the Pioneer Years

Langley, BC: Sunfire Publications, 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 091953130X. Signed by Author; Cloth boards have edge wear on bottom. DJ shows light edge wear, 1/4" tear on top front of DJ. ; Signed and numbered by author on front free end paper. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book.; B&W and Colour Photographs; 8.43 X 5.85 X 0.73 inches; 168 pages; This is the deluxe cloth bound edition, number 22 of 250 copies.. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17123

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 091953130X British Columbia rossland Ainsworth slocan railway Kaslo History::Canada

BASRAN, GURCHARN S. & B. SINGH BOLARIA

The Sikhs in Canada Migration, Race, Class, and Gender

New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195648862. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 240 pages; "This book studies the migration and settlement of Sikhs from India to Canada, and looks at the socio-economic and cultural lives of that diaspora. It deals with gender, community, family, identity, religious beliefs, and language.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20417

Catalogue: Canadiana::ethnology

Keywords: 0195648862 Sikhism Canada migration punjab History::Canada India

BASSETT, JAN

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Australian History

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195544226. Boards show very light shelf wear, DJ shows light shelf wear, sun-faded on spine.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 7.1 X 4.1 X 0.9 inches; 276 pages; A compact and concise reference to Australian history. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19100

Catalogue: Australia

Keywords: 0195544226 Australia NSW Aborigine HISTORY

BASSON, W. P.

Pivotal Catalogues in the Aeneid

Amsterdam: Adolf M Hakkert, 1975. Paperback. ISBN: 9025607675. Light crease front edge of beige card covers ; A tight solid book, unread ; Trade PB; 0.3 x 8.7 x 5.9 Inches; 208 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 13304

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 9025607675 Greek literature Drama LITERATURE

BATE, GEOFF

The Places of Kettle Valley

Saanichton, BC: Geoff Bate and Associates, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0968698700. Signed by Author; Card covers show light shelf wear.; A tight solid book. Inscribed by the author.; Trade PB; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 182 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 17540

Catalogue: Canadiana::British Columbia

Keywords: 0968698700 British Columbia Railroad kettle valley History::Canada

BAUER, WALTER

Liebe Zu Deutschland Heisst Leiden an Deutschland Briefe Aus Kanada 1962-1976

Gifkendorf: Merlin Verlag, 1983. Hardcover. ISBN: 3875361458. Light wear, some creasing head & tail of spine ; Text in German. DJ in Mylar, bright, solid book ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 479 pages. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 12743

Catalogue: Biographies & Memoirs

Keywords: 3875361458 Letters Biographies & Memoirs

BAUERDICK, ROLF

The Madonna on the Moon

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0307594122. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Remainder dot on bottom page edges. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Text in English, translated from the original German by David Dollemayer. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 402 pages; This was first published in Germany in 2009 as 'Wie die Madonna auf den Mund kam' "An award-winning journalist transforms his lifelong fascination with the world of the Gypsies into fiction with this exuberant, deeply enchanting debut novel—both whimsical and suspenseful—winner of the European Book Prize, and translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21534

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0307594122 FICTION

BAUMGARTEN, E. LEE

Price Guide for Children's and Illustrated Books for the Years 1880-1950 2 Volumes

Martinsburg WV: Self Published, 1993. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Light shelf wear and soil to both volumes ; Top stapled paperbacks ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages; A somewhat outdated reference but quite thorough.. Very Good .

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Book number: 21780

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: price guide Juvenile JUVENILE ARTS Reference

BAWLF, SAMUEL

The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1577

New York: Walker & Co, 2003. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802714056. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, short tear bottom edge back of DJ. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 400 pages; "On September 26, 1580, Francis Drake sailed his ship, the Golden Hinde, into Plymouth Harbor on the southwest coast of England. He had long been given up for lost, and rumors quickly circulated about where he had been on his three-year round-the-world voyage, and about the plunder he had brought home to fill Queen Elizabeth's treasury. However, a veil of secrecy was immediately imposed on the expedition: Drake's journals and charts were impounded, and his men were forbidden, on pain of death, to divulge where they had been-especially during the summer of 1579, when they had dropped from sight in the North Pacific.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21197

Catalogue: Exploration::Maritime

Keywords: 0802714056 Queen Elizabeth I Exploration Golden Hinde francis drake

BAXTER, JOHN & ISAAC ASIMOV INTRO

The Fire Came By the Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Later Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 038511396X. Illustrated by Map Endpapers. DJ and boards show some shelf wear. Top corners bumped, sticker removed from front cover with a little damage. light soil back cover ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 8.20 X 5.60 X 0.80 inches; 165 pages; "One of the great accidents of nature occurred in Siberia in 1908 when a fireball appeared over the horizon and slammed into a remote forest area of Siberia, creating shock waves which were felt half a world away. THE FIRE CAME BY goes into great depth and explores not only what Russian scientists have to say about the affair today, but also enlightened opinions from scientists worldwide, as well as on-the-scene reports and interviews. The book makes the fantastic comprehensible and gives the event a threatening immediacy.". Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18585

Catalogue: Russia

Keywords: 038511396X Siberia Explosion RUSSIA

BAZILEVIC, I. E & V. G. BOLTJANSKIF

Thirteen Papers on Algebra, Topology, Complex Variables and Linear Programming

Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1968. Hardcover. Corners lightly bumped; A tight solid book. ; American Mathematical Society Translations Series 2, Volume 71 ; 236 pages; Mathematical papers by 15 Russian mathematicians. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 13322

Catalogue: Mathematics

Keywords: Math, Algebra, Mathematics RUSSIA MATHEMATICS

BEADLE, MURIEL

These Ruins Are Inhabited

London: Robert Hale & Co, 1963. Later Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0709119119. Boards show light shelf wear, DJ shows heavier shelf wear with short tears and light chipping. Corner clipped bottom front flap, but original price is still present. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages; Muriel Beadle, being a writer married to a scholar, took advantage of his temporary assignment as a visiting professor to Oxford University to write about her American family's experiences in a very British town and their travels. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 20906

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: 0709119119 Oxford University Biographies & Memoirs

BEAHM (EDITOR), GEORGE

The Stephen King Companion

Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1995. Revised Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0836204557. Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 311 pages; "In 1989, Beahm wrote The Stephen King Companion, the first general-interest book, resource guide, and reference work for King's millions of fans. This new edition of the classic book has been updated for the '90s, featuring more than 70 articles, profiles, and interviews about King, from contributors such as Clive Barker and Michael R. Collings.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21474

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0836204557 Stephen King Horror FICTION LITERATURE