hancock house saanichton (131 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. b/w Illustration & Fold Out Charts (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. minor light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A nice copy with only minor wear. 408 pages, illustrated. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ has very small chips and light edge wear. ; 9.20 X 6.20 X 0.20 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Canadian First. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket and some rubbing to covers; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Clean cover and text. Filled with black and white photo's. --- We are a Benedictine Monastery/Seminary Library; thank you for your support.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bob Miller (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 50 pages. CONTENTS - Ideal hours Recreation & Conservation; 2 - Anchors Away Transportation; 3 - Dollars & Sense Pensions - Taxes-Budgets; 4 - Culinary Ways & Beans Eating & Drinking; 5 - Health & Farewell Coughing to Coffin; 6 - Mixed Pickles Relatives-Friends-Neighbors; 7 - Everlasting Ego parting Comments; >>> 170 grams; >> Papaer pull to backcover;rubbing to covers; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paper bound, first edition, illustrated with one map, black and white photos, and plates in colour. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 125 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Mass market paperback, second printing, illustrated throughout, 127pp includes list of bird clubs, Audubon Christmas Counts, regional check lists, and references. A very good copy. 125 grams. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Canadian First. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well lillustrated with black and white photographs. Book.

Self Wraps. Stapled Binding. Condition: Very Good. B/W Photo Illustrations (illustrator). 60pp. Unpaginated. Content clean, bright and sound.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. 88pp., ill., map. Very light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. J. M. Thornton (illustrator). Second Printing. 74pp. Clean copy inside & out. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. First Printing. The spine is a bit cocked, sunned, lightly creased; light shelf rubbing to the corners. Text is clean. 192 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG. First Edition. Well illustrated in colour. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Jacket chipped and worn, pages rippled. 128 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. A history of Vancouver accompanied by images ranging from copies of paintings by Spanish and English explorers through to a photograph of the first train arriving in Vancouver on May 23 1887. Book has bumped edges and some yellowing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Hirnschall, Helmut (illustrator). Third printing. Tight binding, clean interior. Red boards in nice condition with bright gold lettering. DJ is preserved in mylar, has not been price clipped, some faint smudges and a couple tiny tears to edges. Gift inscription on ffep, text unmarked. "'A collection of memories, life stories, wisdom and poetry from the perspective of one of the nations most influential First Nation's Chiefs." 95 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Card covers show shelf wear, sun-faded on spine edge. Gift inscription written inside front card cover. ; A tight solid book. Illustrated with B&W cartoons ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 102 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages; Light wear, short tear, crease base of spine, light scuffing. Dust jacket in Mylar, a tight bright book. "This book tells the story of a man's rise from the London slums, the adventures of a very young man entrusted with the difficult and dangerous task of building lighthouses in England, Africa, and all the along the coast of China. He predicted the fall of China to Communism. This book is also a book of amusing anecdotes about characters who flitted through his life. The author spent over 300 hours interviewing Bill Scott.".

Trade Paperback Original. Condition: Very Good Plius. First Edition. Full-sized, 8 3/8" x 10 7/8. Red lettering on spine is faded and some small paper loss at rear bottom(next to spine) affecting nine leaves. 96 pages full of B&W line drawings and illustrations from historical photos.

Thin Trade Paperback Original. Condition: Near Fine Plus. First Edition. Large format, 8 1/4" x 10 3/4". 96 pages. Inscribed on the half-title page "Best wishes from the author / Derek Pethick / March 1981". Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing. 4to pictorial hardbound. No dj probably as issued. 195pp. Illus. Glossary. Index. Somewhat generally soiled. Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hirnschall, Helmut (illustrator). 96pp, black and white illustrations throughout. Red cloth-covered boards; blind-embossed titles on front, gilt titles on spine; cream endpapers. 8vo. Sun-faded spine ends, lightly rubbed spine ends, boards starting to curl. Text block edges just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket tanned, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. Reflections, life anecdotes, wisdom and poetry from Chief Dan George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Their reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast part of the District of North Vancouver, British.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0919654614. Hardback. Good condition book in a Good condition dustjacket with rubs to covers, blacked out price sticker on back cover, minor chips, rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Slight smoky odor due to previous owner being a smoker. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Ex-library. Tape and sticker along spine, stamp on inner front cover and back of last page, W/D written in red marker on first page. Ripped at front inner cover along spine (spinal mesh is exposed). Rusty stain from a nickel embedded in back inner cover and last couple pages. Light water damage to back cover along top edge and last page. Colour of cover is patchy and fading. Pages are very age toned. Pictures available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. DJ shows some shelf wear, with large tape repaired tear on back. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages; Noted Vancouver radio personality and commentator Rafe Mair was known for his insightful wit, and those who listened to him invariably knew of his love for the outdoors and most especially fishing.

Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 262 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. DJ has some shelf wear present, with short tears and light chipping. ; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Illustrated with B&W & colour photographs. ; B&W and colour illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; This is an oral history narrated by Edwards and written by Gould. This is the first of a trilogy of books about and by Edwards family members. It is the amazing story of a man who lived a self dependent life in the wilderness of British Columbia, learned to fly at 65 and became a commercial fisherman at 70. Edwards is best known for his efforts to preserve the wild life of northern British Columbia. Lonesome Lake became a wildlife refuge which after his death was tended by his son John. Unfortunately in 2004 wildfires destroyed the buildings at this remote outpost. "Often called The Crusoe of Lonesome Lake, because of a best-selling book written by the American journalist Leland Stowe, Edwards has gone on to live at least one more life and reveals himself to be a pioneer of a breed that no longer exists. Best known for his almost single-handed rescue of the trumpeter swans from extinction in North America, Edwards now related in his own words other aspects of his long, varied life, including experience with his missionary parents in India, as a telegraph operator under fire in World War I and his eventual return to Lonesome Lake.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. DJ has some shelf wear present, with short tears and light chipping. ; A bright solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W and colour illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; This is an oral history narrated by Edwards and written by Gould. This is the first of a trilogy of books about and by Edwards family members. It is the amazing story of a man who lived a self dependent life in the wilderness of British Columbia, learned to fly at 65 and became a commercial fisherman at 70. Edwards is best known for his efforts to preserve the wild life of northern British Columbia. Lonesome Lake became a wildlife refuge which after his death was tended by his son John. Unfortunately in 2004 wildfires destroyed the buildings at this remote outpost. "Often called The Crusoe of Lonesome Lake, because of a best-selling book written by the American journalist Leland Stowe, Edwards has gone on to live at least one more life and reveals himself to be a pioneer of a breed that no longer exists. Best known for his almost single-handed rescue of the trumpeter swans from extinction in North America, Edwards now related in his own words other aspects of his long, varied life, including experience with his missionary parents in India, as a telegraph operator under fire in World War I and his eventual return to Lonesome Lake.".

Condition: Good.

4to. 206 pp. Photo frntsp., over 400 photos, maps, illusts., diagrams. Brown boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght shlfwr, mnr scuffng, price-clppd), NF/VG copy. First edition, stated of this excellent pictorial history of the Canadian National Railways line, describing the steps of its formation from 1919 through 1975, from the Iron Ore Lines, Electric Interurban Lines, Narrow Gauge in Newfoundland, The Great Slave Lake Railway, Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Grand Trunk Railway, Central Vermont Railway, and The Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway.