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(Formerly Sabine's Fine Used Books)
3101-115 Fulford-Ganges Road
Salt Spring Island, BC
Canada V8K 2T9
Ph: (250) 538 - 0025
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Book of Grey Owl, A

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Grey Owl, Reynolds E.E Editor
Book Description: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, Toronto, 1964. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grey Owl's biographical account of the Canadian Frontier, selections from his stories: 'Men of the last frontier', 'The adventures of Sajo and her Beaver people', 'Pilgrims of the wild', 'Tales of the Empty Cabin'. Black and white photographs. 272 pages. Corners and edges slightly worn. Two to three inch thin light brown stain on front cover.
Price: $10.00

Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language of the North Pacific Coast
Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language of the North Pacific Coast

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Book Description: T.N. Hibben & Co., Victoria, B. C., 1972. Card Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, sorted by Chinook - English and English - Chinook. Cream card cover black titling to front, advertisment to front, back and inside the covers, 35 pages. Light age darkening to cover, inside clean and tight.
Price: $16.50

Eastern Band of Cherokees 1819-1900, The
Eastern Band of Cherokees 1819-1900, The

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Finger, John R.
Book Description: University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 1984. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians during the 19th century. Decorated cover with black titling, some black and white photographs, 253 pages. Very light edge wear.
Price: $19.75

 
Evolution of the Medieval World: Society, Government and Thought in Europe, 312-1500

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Nicholas, David
Book Description: Longman Group UK Ltd., Essex, England, 1993. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A comprehensive and sophisticated one-volume survey of medieval Europe. Illustrated soft cover with white titling on front, black titling on tan spine, twenty-four pages of duo-tone maps, 544 pages. Cover has minor edge wear, light shelf wear, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $18.00

French Revolution, The - Third Volume: The Republic
French Revolution, The - Third Volume: The Republic

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Allen, George H.
Book Description: George Barrie's Sons, Philadelphia, . A Hardcover. Book Condition: . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth with gilt decoration and gilt emblem with "Societe Des Amis de la Republique une et Indivisible de Bouc" to front, gilt titling to spine, red endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard, many black and white plates, pages uncut, 361 pages. Light edge wear, small bump in top of back cover, spine has some age darkening, previous owner's bookplate to first pastedown, front endpapers are both stamped by "Voluntary Services". Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $38.00

Kapetanios: Partisans and Civil War in Greece, 1943-1949,  The
Kapetanios: Partisans and Civil War in Greece, 1943-1949, The

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Eudes, Dominique
Book Description: Monthly Review Press, New York, 1972. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated from French by John Howe, the book by the journalist author reconstructs the complicated and dramatic course of the Greek civil war and the central role played by the guerrilla chiefs, called kapetanios, who organised the partisans in the Greek mountains. Black cloth with gilt titling and publisher's mark on the spine, a detailed black and white map of Greece on fontispiece, list of abbreviations on the page facing the Forword page and nine pages of black and white photographs. 381 pages. Some rubbing to front and back, minor edge wear, internally clean with a tight text block. Pictorial dust jacket is in a new protective Brodart cover, sunned on spine and leading edges, small chipping to the top and bottom of the spine and light edgewear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $35.00

Mirrors of Paradise: The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho
Mirrors of Paradise: The Gardens of Fernando Caruncho

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Cooper, Guy & Gordon Taylor
Book Description: Montacelli Press, Inc., New York, 2000. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong. Foreword by Dan Kiley. The gardens and landscapes designed by Fernando Caruncho, based in Madrid, are spectacular contemporary creations based on ancient principles and elements of garden art: geometry and summetry; stone and water; bay, box, cypress, and olive. Featured in this volume, the first monograph on his work, are more than twenty private and public gardens throughout Spain and other areas. Green hard cover with gilt titling on spine, blind-stamped titling on front, yellow end papers, colour frontispiece, illustrated throughout with beautiful colour photographs, 172+ pages. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, minor shelf wear, otherwise this very handsome book is bright, clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $45.00

 
Sculpture and Engraving of the Central Coast Salish Indians

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Kew, J. E. Michael
Book Description: UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, B.C., 1980. Card Cover. Book Condition: . 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. Museum Note No. 9, UBC Museum of Anthropology. Issued in association with the special exhibition "Visions of Power, Symbols of Wealth: Central Coast Salish Sculpture and Engraving" 21 October 1981 at UBC Museum of Anthropology. Illustrated front cover with tan titling, staple binding, illustrated with black and white plates. Except for some very light edge wear, this pamphlet is in great shape. Unpaginated (11 pages)
Price: $12.50

 
Simon Peter Gunanoot: Trapline Outlaw

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Book Description: Sono Nis Press, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1982. A Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 8vo - over 7.75"-9.75" Tall. The true story of Simon Peter Gunanoot, a prosperous Native trapper, rancher and merchant of Hazelton, British Columbia, who was accused of murder and lived as a fugitive for thirteen years with his wife, children, mother and father, and his brother-in-law and his wife, before surrendering in 1919 and being recieved as a folk hero. Brown boards with gilt titling on spine in a pictorial dust jacket, grey endpapers, black-and-white photographic frontispiece of Simon Peter Gunanoot. INSCRIBED by author on title page, contains 16 pages of black and white photographs, index, and one map. Book and dust jacket have very minor edge wear. 170 pages. Signed by Author
Price: $17.00

The Victoria Conference on Northwestern Languages: Victoria, British Columbia, November 4-5, 1976
The Victoria Conference on Northwestern Languages: Victoria, British Columbia, November 4-5, 1976

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Efrat, Barbara S.;British Columbia Provincial Museum
Book Description: British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, B. C., 1979. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Heritage Record No. 4, British Columiba Provincial Museum, November 4-5, 1976. The Linguistics Division of the British Columbia Provincial Museum invited 6 scholars, all of whom had researched native Indian languages in the Pacific Northwest, each to deliver an original paper about some topic of their current work. White illustrated soft cover. Lightly age darkened, a small smudge on front. 176 pages.
Price: $16.75



 
 

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