Orca victoria bc (22 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $14.95, near fine, old small ink number 5191 at top of front endpaper. CZAJKOWSKI, CHRIS. Nuk Tessli: the life of a wilderness dweller. Victoria, BC: Orca Book Publishers, 1999, 1st printing number line ending with 1, xi, 179pp., . 9781551431338 ISBN 1551431335 11.30.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Fine in fine dust jacket. First Edition. First printing of this tall tale of what an imaginative little boy sees when he follows his father to work one morning. McPhail belongs to the new generation of children's book illustrators, along with James Marshall, Trina Schart Hyman and others, who bring a fresh originality to children's literature. His artistic style has been described as "marked by soft shading; bucolic spreads; a dreamy, gentle light. a certain delicacy" (Danielson), which shines through no matter what the topic of the illustration. 10'' x 8''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped (no price) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Clean. McPhail, David (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 271pp. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. This is a tight clean copy signed on the copyright page. The dust jacket has a little chipping at the front top right corner. Illustrated by Laszlo Gal. Gal, Laszlo (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Bottom front cover creased.; Inscribed!; 8vo 920501133.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Unpaginated, beautifully illustrated retelling of a Japanese fairy tale teaching that all forms of life must be respected. Size: 4to. Victor Bosson (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 195 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Grey cloth in dustjacket. Front panel of jacket sticking to front board, leaving marks.

[978-1-4598-1892-7] 2019, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) As new. 175pp. 8vo. Wrappers. Entirely unblemished; as new. Tight, bright, and clean. Replete with colour photos. Award stamp to title page.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 5-7/16" x 8-7/16", 157pp incl. prelims. Printed on acidic paper and perfect bound in laminated printed card stock cover. Some edge wear, shelf wear / rubbing to cover, and there is about 1" of delamination and creasing at the top fore edge on the front cover. Binding is square and tight. Pages are tanned but clean and unmarked.…

[2-89540-163-2] 2003. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 31+. French. As new. Card cover with flaps. Texte David Bouchard. Illustrations Dean Griffiths. Traduction Michele Marineau.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 156 pages. "Few British Columbians will be able to study this dictionary without being reminded of the way their fathers, uncles, and grandfathers spoke about things. The words ring true to the days when we were hewers of wood and drawers of water, and saw nothing particularly wrong with such tasks, even rating them as more honourable than such modern pursuits as enforcing laws against solitaire players who cheat. Preverves almost 700 words which over the years have helped the people of this province to understand it, themselves, and their neighbours." - from Foreward. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Possible cigarette odour. Quality copy. Collings, Steve (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Reprint. 198 pages. Author's nice inscription, rubber stamp and signature upon front flyleaf. Rather than a travelogue, this is an attempt to see events in China through author's own eyes and to interpret some of its history through personal experience. "The story of someone who has had a love affair with China." - from back cover. A very personal account of author's involvement with the three modern eras of Chinese history: the last days of the Ching dynasty, the republican years, and the years since the Communist Revolution. Author was born in Hong Kong in 1909. Includes black and white illustrations plus a special slip laid in which depicts the actual size of a shoe worn by women with bound feet. Minimal wear. No markings. Attractive glossy illustrated covers. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Brown cloth over boards, title printed in gold onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. viii, 215, B&W photos. Small crease to DJ back panel near spine, else fine. An intimate biography of Roderick Haig-Brown, written by his daughter. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 11" x 10.25" SIGNED with inscription to title page. Pictorial paper boards. Map endpapers. 91 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Small tear to lower corner of front cover of dust jacket, else fine. In the northwest corner of British Columbia, between Alaska and the northern tip of Vancouver Island, lies a land of green forest and sparkling blue. From the vast schools of silver herring to the massive silver-tipped grizzly bears, an immense array of wildlife calls this place home. This is the Great Bear Rainforest: misty, lush, wild, abundant. It rains most of the time in this coastal paradise; the falling water washes clean the trees and plants and mosses, soaks the roots deep in the dark soil and makes the forest fresh for each new day. Now the Great Bear Rainforest is accessible to everyone, in exceptional, immersive quality on the giant IMAX screen. Experience the making of this epic adventure with the whole family. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. various contributors, more than 40 essays on the crisis facing the Canadian political system in the 1990s, corners bumped, unmarked, 271pp, NF. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Hardcover; 8vo; 217 pages. Scarce. Red paper hardcovers with silver titles on spine. Rubbed edges. Bright and clean interior. In a grey jacket, light shelfwear. VG+/VG+. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. "Brings to life the drama and determination, the conflict and the double-dealing, that typified the development of the coal mining industry on Canada's west coast during the latter half of the 19th century. Central to the story is Robert Dunsmuir, the man whose single-minded determination and persistence led him to a position of unequalled wealth and power and made him a great many friends and not-a-few enemies. Also tells the story of the coal miners - the hardworking, sometimes abused men who cae from all over the world in search of a brighter future. Describes the rise of the union movement, the strikes, and dangers underground, and the racial tensions of the industry in its earliest days." - dust jacket. 195 pages. Footnotes, bibliography, index. Occasional black and white illustrations. Book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A nice copy.; 8vo.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 191 pages including index, bibliography and reference notes. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Author contends that in order to understand Chinatown today we must know about its past and the impact of Chinese traditional culture upon it. Explores the myths associated with Chinatown and explains their intent and purpose. In so doing he answers many questions that have long puzzled outsiders: How was Fan Tan Alley created? Are there still underground passages in Chinatown? Who is the God of Tam Kung? What are the tongs? Do the gambling dens still exist? What do the terra cotta animals on the Chinatown Gate represent? Illustrated with over 100 photographs, illustrations and maps. Author is a professor of geography at the University of Victoria and has been the Chairman of the Chinatown Redevelopment Committee since 1979. He was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 1983 in recognition of his distinguished service in the Chinese community. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.…