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Mountain Adventures At Home and Abroad

By: Abraham, George Dixon

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Page & Co.: 1910

Seller ID: 19576

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Some edgewear to extremities; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Green cloth covered boards, plain front board, gilt titles on spine. Top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. B&W frontispiece with tissue guard, all 26 plates present ; B&W Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; "George and Ashley Abraham were brother climbers and photographers who lived in Keswick, Cumberland in the English Lake District. They made a photographic record of the exploits of many of the climbing pioneers, especially Owen Glynne Jones, with whom they formed a close climbing partnership from 1896 u...
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Dragon Boats - A Celebration

By: Barker, Pat

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Vancouver, BC, Raincoast Book Distribution: 1996

Seller ID: 12929

ISBN: 1551920085

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Light fading of DJ spine ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. A bright solid, book ; Color Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 119 pages; A bright colorful book celebrating the increasingly popular sport of Dragon Boat racing.
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The England of Nimrod and Surtees 1815-1854

By: Bovill, Edward William

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press: 1959

Seller ID: 19429

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Green cloth boards show light shelf wear, light soiling pencil gift notation on front free end paper.; A tight solid book. B&W plates with colour frontispiece ; 5.7 X 5.0 X 0.7 inches; 188 pages; The author delves into two areas of study during this time of change in England - the rise of the sport of foxhunting which became a national sport and the rise and fall of the stage coach services.
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World of WarCraft Dungeon Companion II

By: BradyGames

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Indianapolis, DK Publishing: 2007

Seller ID: 18768

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

074400912X Card covers show very light shelf wear, crease on front cover.; A bright, solid book.; Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames); Color Illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 400 pages
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British Columbia Game Fish

By: Broomhall, Pete

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Vancouver BC, Western Fish & Game Magazine Ltd.: 1970

Seller ID: 17424

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

DJ has tears, chipping and creasing. Boards show some shelf wear. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Beautiful colour plates as well as B&W drawings. ; B&W and Colour Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 107 pages; Beautifully illustrated for the fishing aficionado. British Columbia has rich resources for both freshwater and saltwater fishermen alike.
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Snowshoeing for Everyone

By: Carter, Anthony Lawrence

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Vancouver BC, Self Published: 1975

Seller ID: 17137

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Light edge wear and scuffing to white card covers ; Stapled wraps are bright and solid ; Indian heritage wilderness series; B&W Illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Carter is largely known for his Indian Heritage Series hardcovers about British Columbia native bands. This small guide was published later and was touted to be the first of a followup series - 'Indian heritage wilderness series'. It is a scarce book, showing only 2 in libraries according to OCLC. This brief volume details various styles of snowshoes and how they would be used.
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The Golden Thread - Foxhunting Today

By: Clayton, Michael & John King

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Methuen Publishing: 1984

Seller ID: 17407

ISBN: 0413546101

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Red cloth boards have light shelf wear, DJ missing. ; A tight solid book. ; B&W and Colour Illustrations; X X ; 192 pages; This excoriated sport still flourishes in spite of the negative press.
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The Canadian Hockey Atlas

By: Cole, Stephen

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Toronto, Doubleday Canada: 2006

Seller ID: 17456

ISBN: 0385660936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

DJ & book show light shelfwear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W and Colour Photographs; 10 X 8 X 1.30 inches; 400 pages; From the back DJ cover: "A unique celebration of Canada`s game in all its variety, this beautifully desinged book is the definitive guide to hockey from sea to sea to sea. Tracing the sport and its heroes region by region, town by town, this is the most thorough anthology of Canadian hockey moments, images and reflections ever compiled." "Organized into 11 chapters by province and territory, with over 1,000 player entries complete w...
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Springbok Story 1949 - 1953

By: Craven, D H

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Wellington, NZ, A.H. & A.W. Reed: 1954

Seller ID: 18269

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

DJ shows tears, chipping and scuffing. Vendor's sticker on front pastedown, pages a little yellowed ; A tight solid book - hinges intact ; B&W Photographs, drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages
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99 Stories of the Game

By: Gretzky, Wayne & Kirstie McLellan Day

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Toronto, Viking: 2016

Seller ID: 18313

ISBN: 0735232628

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

DJ shows very light shelf wear, small spot on page foredges. ; A crisp, bright book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W and colour plates; 9.37 X 6.54 X 1.50 inches; 400 pages; "In 99: Stories of the Game, Gretzky looks back on the last ninety-nine years and tells us, from his point of view, about the NHL’s most memorable moments. We already know what he means to the game. Now he shows us what the game means to him.From hockey's fierce early battles on natural ice; through its mythical golden era, where Howe, Richard, Béliveau, Hull, Orr, and Esposito defined greatness; through the un...
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And ...Howe! An Authorized Autobiography

By: Howe, Gordie & Colleen Howe & Tom Delisle

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Traverse City MI, Power Play Pubns Inc: 1995

Seller ID: 18121

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

0964714906 Signed by All Authors; Light creasing top edge of DJ ; Signed by both Gordie and Colleen Howe. A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.21 X 5.98 X 1.89 inches; 428 pages; " Ask Bobby Orr who was the best ever, and he’ll tell you it was Gordie Howe. Ask Wayne Gretzky, and he’ll say the same thing. Big, skilled, mean, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated the game and the record books for decades. Today he is still known as “Mr. Hockey,” and any bruising forward who can be relied upon to take his team on his shoulders hopes to be compar...
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And ...Howe! An Authorized Autobiography

By: Howe, Gordie & Colleen Howe & Tom Delisle

Price: $16.95

Publisher: Traverse City MI, Power Play Pubns Inc: 1995

Seller ID: 18170

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

0964714906 Signed by All Authors; DJ shows light creasing.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Signed by both Gordie and Colleen Howe ; 9.21 X 5.98 X 1.89 inches; 428 pages; " Ask Bobby Orr who was the best ever, and he’ll tell you it was Gordie Howe. Ask Wayne Gretzky, and he’ll say the same thing. Big, skilled, mean, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated the game and the record books for decades. Today he is still known as “Mr. Hockey,” and any bruising forward who can be relied upon to take his team on his shoulders hopes to be compared to the guy who wore...
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Dive Ontario Two! More Ontario Shipwreck Stories

By: Kohl, Cris & Adam Henley

Price: $19.50

Publisher: Chatham, ON, Self Published: 1994

Seller ID: 18267

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

0969232683 Signed by Author; DJ shows some shelf wear, with tears, creasing, scuffing and chipping. Top of spine a little bumped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Signed by the author on the title page.; 9 X 6 X 1 inches; 312 pages
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Unsinkable; My Untold Story

By: Laumann, Silken

Price: $49.95

Publisher: Toronto, Harper Collins Canada: 2014

Seller ID: 17317

ISBN: 1443419079

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Signed by Author; Small ding on back panel of dust jacket, only light edge wear ; Inscribed by author on front free end paper. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.06 X 6.06 X 1.26 inches; 292 pages; The autobiography of the amazing Olympic rower, who came back from a leg-shattering accident 10 weeks prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics to finish in the Bronze Medal position. Laumann talks about both her professional and personal life, her children and the break-up of her first marriage. "Just ten weeks before the 1992 Olympic Games, Silken Laumann, the reigning world c...
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PICTURES OF SPORTING LIFE AND CHARACTER 1st volume

By: Lennox, Lord William

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Hurst & Blackett Ltd: 1860

Seller ID: 12152

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

1st volume only. Red cloth covered boards show wear to extremities, corners bumped, cloth torn down 2 inches back edge of spine, 1 inch at front, frayed top edge, worn away bottom edge, some soil of covers. Large sticker removed from front board leaving slight remnant, foxing to frontispiece, tissue guard and title page ; Cloth has pebbled finish with blind stamped design on front and back, gilt title on spine still bright, Hinges intact. Tight solid book ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 367 pages
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James Bay Athletic Association: The First 100 Years, 1886-1986

By: Madley, Lewis G.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Victoria, BC, James Bay Centennial Book Committee: 1986

Seller ID: 6583

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

0969275005 Signed by Author; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages; Signed by author on front free end paper. Light wear and scuffing of DJ. A tight bright book. Dust jacket in Mylar. The James Bay in Victoria, British Columbia is a beautiful contained community of Victorian homes. This is the story behind their athletic association
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Grantham Town Football Club The History

By: Mordan Barnes, Jonathan

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Taunton, UK, Gingerjonny Publications: 2003

Seller ID: 10370

ISBN: 0954503104

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Light wear to corners; Trade PB; 208 pages; Includes a 95 page history, followed by club records going back to the 1870's
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Chess Player's Pocket-book and Manual of Openings

By: Mortimer (editor), James

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Fitzgerald (Dick & Fitzgerald): [1894]

Seller ID: 17936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Some spotting of brown cloth covered boards, a repair of front hinge left a couple of pages skewed. Pages 69-74 assembled upside down. Notations on back free end paper ; There are no titles on boards ; Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 74 pages; This American edition is undated but appears to be published shortly before 1900 (Worldcat)
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World's Biggest Potlatch: Aboriginal Participation in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games

By: N/A

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Vancouver BC, Vancouver Organizing Committee for 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games: 2010

Seller ID: 16904

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Only slight wear to white card covers ; Color Illustrations; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 162 pages; This book chronicles the the participation of first nations peoples in the organizing of and participation in the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Many were involved in the torch relay, the opening ceremonies, performances at the first nations pavilion and competing in the events.
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World's Biggest Potlatch: Aboriginal Participation in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games

By: N/A

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Vancouver BC, Vancouver Organizing Committee for 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Games: 2010

Seller ID: 16905

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Signed by Associated; Only slight wear to white card covers ; Inscribed and signed by numerous BC First Nations leaders to someone who was involved in the organizing of the First Nations participation in the games. ; Color Illustrations; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 162 pages; This book chronicles the the participation of first nations peoples in the organizing of and participation in the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Many were involved in the torch relay, the opening ceremonies, performances at the first nations pavilion and competing in the events.
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