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THE CANADIAN ROCKIES. Early Travels and Explorations.
Edmonton, Alberta: Hurtig, 1969. Blue boards, colour endpaper maps. xvi, (252) pp + two double-sided colour photo plates; numerous photos in text, indexed. Covers have sunning to upper and lower margins, bit of foxing to page edges, VG otherwise. Price-clipped jacket is just good, with creases to flaps, yellowing and numerous edge tears to rear panel, spine; internal foxing; bubbling to lamination of front panel.
Book ID: 10974More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
THE DISTRICTS' DIARY : 95 years of history of the Crossroads, Poplar Ridge, Norma and Durham districts.
Edition: First Edition
Red Deer, Alberta: Poplar Ridge Historical Committee, 1981. Red illustrated cloth. Many photos, endpaper maps. Fine copy. Alberta local history. 1.8 kg parcel; Quarto; viii, 529 pages
Book ID: 54424More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
THE KITE
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Macmillan, 1962. Octavo, green boards. Spine very lightly sunned, else fine, no owner names. Dust jacket is very nearly fine, colours bright, with tiny nicks. Nice jacket and title page art by Leslie Smart. Author's second novel, third book, set in Alberta
Book ID: 39321More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
THE LEAVES ARE SILVER
High River, Alberta: Author, 1969. pp (6), 41, stapled in blue card covers. Corner crease to front cover, else fine. Signed by the author. A collection of essays, with some verse. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 51570More details Price: USD $9.95 USD $8.96 -
THE LONE TRAIL
London: Herbert Jenkins, no date. Later printing ("Popular Edition"). First was Jenkins, 1922. Green pictorial cloth stamped in black. pp 312, (8, ads). Fine copy. Alberta setting. RCMP interest. ; Octavo
Book ID: 51123More details Price: USD $50.00 USD $45.00 -
THE MAPLE LEAF FOR QUITE A WHILE
Edition: First UK edition
London: Dent, 1967. Red cloth. pp (vi), (185) + plates. Fine in near fine jacket. Author recounts her experiences growing up in Alberta, and a trip she made with her octogenerian mother to her Iowa birthplace.
Book ID: 43729More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50 -
THE PATH OF DUTY: the wartime letters of Alwyn Bramley-Moore 1914-1916. Edited and with introduction by Ken Tingley
Edition: First printing
Calgary: Historical Society of Alberta, 1998. Card covers, pp 140, index, illustrated. Ink owner name, else fine. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping price may be reduced.; Octavo
Book ID: 48037More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
THE PEACE RIVER DISTRICT CANADA: Its Resources and Opportunities
Ottawa: Department of the Interior Canada, 1920. Octavo, buff paper covers. pp 52 + folding map at rear; photos in text. Small corner chip to front cover, some tanning to covers, else fine, uncreased, no owner names. Issued to promote immigration to this district of Northern Alberta and British Columbia. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced, depending upon your location.
Book ID: 36273More details Price: USD $40.00 USD $36.00 -
THE SNOWS OF YESTERYEAR: J. Norman Collie, Mountaineer
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973. Beige boards. pp (186), photos, illustrations, chonology, bibliography. Fine copy. Dust jacket has tears to head of spine, VG otherwise. John Norman Collie, Professor of Chemistry, geographer, writer, and art collector, was one of the greatest mountaineers of his age, climbing in the greatest mountain ranges of the world, including the then relatively untouched Canadian Rockies.
Book ID: 44691More details Price: USD $19.50 USD $17.55 -
THE VANISHING POINT
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Macmillan, 1973. Brown cloth. Bit of foxing to top page edges, else fine. Brown jacket has the orange title lettering on the spine sunned to yellow, as usual, and the spine itself is very lightly sunned; very shallow chip to foot of spine; nicks, mild rubbing; small hole and short tear to front flap fold; VG otherwise. Author's fourth novel, about a schoolteacher and Indian agent in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta.; Octavo 0770510442
Book ID: 49115More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
THE VANISHING POINT (inscribed)
Edition: First printing
Toronto: Macmillan, 1973. Inscribed by Author; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on title page "Regards to Jim, W.O. Mitchell. 23 / 1 / 74". Nearly fine, with very narrow band of light sunning to upper and lower edges of covers; small very light soil spot to verso of title leaf; small light soil spot and one inch narrow ripple to dedication leaf. Brown jacket has the orange title lettering on the spine sunned to yellow, as usual, and the spine itself is very lightly sunned; minor rubbing to spine tips, outer corners; light rubbing to flap folds; VG+ otherwise. Author's fourth novel, about a schoolteacher and Indian agent in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta.; Signed by Author 0770510442
Book ID: 9401More details Price: USD $39.95 USD $35.96 -
THE VICE-REGAL COWBOY. (Life and Times of Alberta's J.J. Bowlen)
Edition: First Edition
Edmonton, Alberta: Institute of Applied Art, 1957. The paper issue. Octavo, illustrated card covers. pp 200. Photos in text. Front cover has a sticker scar to upper corner with partial loss of "N"; soft cover creases; VG clean and tight copy otherwise. Bowlen was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in Jan., 1950.
Book ID: 44072More details Price: USD $18.00 USD $16.20 -
TRAIL TO THE CHARMED LAND
Edition: First Edition
Hamilton, Saskatoon, & Vancouver: H.R. Larson Publishing Company, 1950. Octavo, illustrated card covers. [4], (x), 135, [3] pp. Photos and map in text. Spine faded, with tears at ends neatly repaired, VG copy otherwise. Edwards writes of his days as a guide in the Canadian Rockies, including the Yoho National Park, at the turn of the 20th century. Not in Peel.
Book ID: 38221More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
TURNING THE PAGES OF TIME : a history of Nampa and districts, 1800-1981. (2 volumes)
Nampa, Alberta: Nampa and District Historical Society, 1800. Two volumes, red pictorial cloth printed in black. Many photos. Alberta local history. Books just a little leaned; ink gift inscription, else a VG+ pair. 3.6 kg parcel; Quarto; 1008 pages
Book ID: 54438More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY
Edition: First Canadian issue
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1958. Brown boards. Page edges tanned; 1963 ink gift inscription at front, text paper lightly toned; else fine. White dust jacket has a sticker stain in corner of front panel, a few nicks, near fine. A novel set in the foothills of the Rockies in Alberta. ; Octavo
Book ID: 55833More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
WEST OF THE 4TH
Edition: First Edition
Lloydminster, Alberta: THE WEST OF THE 4TH HISTORIANS. Brown simulated leather stamped in gilt. Many photos. Fine copy. Alberta local history, Lloydminster area. 2.5 kg parcel; Quarto; 633 pages
Book ID: 54422More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
WHAT THE CROW SAID
Edition: First of this edition
Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1998. Card covers with flaps. A new edition, with corrections and an Introduction by Robert Wilson. Ink inscription at front (of Robert Wilson?), else fine. ; Narrow octavo
Book ID: 53238More details Price: USD $10.95 USD $9.86 -
YES FATHER. Pioneer Nursing in Alberta.
Edition: First Edition
Manchester, NH: Hammer Publications, 1979. Dark blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt without dust jacket (presumably as issued). vi, 186 pp. Photos throughout. Fine copy. Signed by the author, and with her small name label to front pastedown. Reprints a short 17 Feb., 1941, letter from Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell (she thanks the author for her kind words and encourages her in her book project). Author's experiences as an Alberta nurse in the first half of the 20th century.; Octavo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 17557More details Price: USD $15.00 USD $13.50