Latest posts tagged with #ExLibrary on Bluesky
This 1946 #ChildrensBook is unusual because its main character is a #Black girl. Beautiful #illustrations in #colour and #blackandwhite. The #American #author was a prolific #awardwinning #children's writer. $30. #Booksky #BlackHistoryMonth #MargueriteDeAngeli #exlibrary #BPOC
We have this #scarce 1992 #biography of #NewBrunswick #jockey, #RonTurcotte. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $85. #Booksky #horseracing #sports #Secretariat #horses #ExLibrary
This 1997 #biography (2nd Edition) tells about the efforts of a #Fredericton woman to reunite her broken family. #ExLibrary. $15. #Booksky #NellieWinnifredPlatt #MichaelAnthonyStaples #HomeChildren #MiddlemoreHome #LocalHistory #SocialHistory
Attn. #Canadian #military #collectors: This 1964 #history of the #RoyalNewfoundlandRegiment can be yours for only $75! Illustrated with #B&W #photos and 17 #maps (including many #foldout) by #EHEllwand. #Booksky #ExLibrary #FirstEdition #GWLNicholson #Newfoundland #war #RegimentalHistory
This #scarce 1926 #book was a #textbook for #printers (was written for #JuniorHigh students!). #Illustrated with #B&W #photos, #charts, and #drawings. #ExLibrary. $50. #Booksky #printing #technical #SocialHistory #oldbooks
1/2 In 1840, the #SaintJohnChronicle referred to the subject of this 1880 #ExLibrary #book as “That inflated bladder of wind.” At the time, #LemualAllanWilmot was the #LieutenantGovernor of #NewBrunswick. The cloth spine has been glued. $50. #Booksky #biography #asis #lawyer #judge #politician
This 1860 #memoir of #NapoleonBonaparte is a #reprint. #Blindstamped on front and back covers, with #gilt decoration on spine. $40. #Booksky #exLibrary #biography #France #oldbooks #prettybooks
This #scarce #book about #fans is an 1974 #facsimile #reprint of an 1895 book. #ExLibrary. $50. #Booksky #antiques #collecting #accessories #SocialHistory
RIP, #RonTurcotte. We ordered this #scarce 1992 #biography of the #NewBrunswick #jockey more than two years ago for a customer. He never picked it up! #ExLibrary. $85. #Booksky #horseracing #sports #Secretariat #horses
This 1958 #memoir by a #Prussian #priest about his #imprisonment in a #Russian #work #camp in 1944 is a gut- wrenching read...man's cruelty to his fellow man is staggering! $20. #Booksky #WWII #NeverAgain #POWs #exlibrary
This is considered by several to be #GKChesterton 's best #book. It was written as a response to criticism about his #Heretics book. This copy is a 1943 #reprint ( #exlibrary). $30. #Booksky #Orthodoxy #religion #Christianity #philosophy #ethics
This 1956 #reprint tells the story of #EdwinWayTeale 's 20,000-mile #journey from #CapeCod to #California in the fall. Lots of #B&W #photos. $20. #Booksky #exlibrary #travel #nature #outdoors #animals
Affordable 1970 #exlibrary edition of #HenryRoth 's coming of age story of a young #Jewish boy in the #slums of #Brooklyn during the #Depression. Roth was favourably compared to #JamesJoyce. #BringTheForklift - it has 599 pages! $70. #Booksky #fiction #CallItSleep
This 1988 #booklet is back in stock again...it tells the story of #JamesPCollins, a young #doctor sent to #PartridgeIsland in #SaintJohn, #NewBrunswick where #Irish #immigrants with #yellowfever were #quarantined. He died three weeks later. $15. #Booksky #exlibrary #biography
This #scarce 1898 #CanadianHistory #periodical had several #NewBrunswick contributors! $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #history #historians #GUHay #JamesHannay #WORaymond #WFGanong #PortRoyal #Acadian #FortCumberland #NovaScotia #PlaceNames #exlibrary
This #scarce #church #history of #Musquash, #NewBrunswick was published in 1946. It has 11 pages and #B&W #photos. $30. #Bluesky #exlibrary #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #religion
#Scarce 1954 #FirstEdition of #Muslim #scholar, #MuhammadAsad's #autobiography #illustrated with #B&W #photos. A review in a New York newspaper compared the #author favourably with #TELawrence. $75. #Booksky #exlibrary #RoadtoMecca #Islam #adventure #Muslims #religion
This #scarce 1927 #book on #CopperPrinting would make an excellent addition to your #photography #collection! $35. #Booksky #exlibrary #photogravure #printing #sepiatone
Buy this 1966 #ChildrensBook for the gorgeous #illustrations by #EugeneKarlin! $25. #Booksky #exlibrary #TheAeneid #Trojan #Virgil #art #classics
This 1919 #novel features a lovely #signed #ArtNouveau cover design "HPW". The #author wrote more than 20 #books, and is best known for her #shortstory about #AbrahamLincoln ("The Perfect Tribute). $50. #Booksky #MaryRaymondShipmanAndrews #prettybooks #exlibrary
I hit the MOTHER LOAD yesterday at the Rochester City Library (Central) Book Sale! So excited! Going to add my large print ex-library stash later this afternoon. :) #pangobooks #books #reading #largeprint #exlibrary #usedbooks
This #scarce 1983 #book was a #limitededition published by the #NewBrunswickSportsHallofFame. Text in #English and #French (some of each). $40. #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #sports #exlibrary #socialhistory
This 1946 #ChildrensBook is unusual because its main character is a #Black girl. Beautiful #illustrations in #colour and #blackandwhite. The #American #author was a prolific #awardwinning #children's writer. $30. #Booksky #MargueriteDeAngeli #exlibrary #BPOC
#Scarce #LargeFormat 1951 #book of #SeaShanties with #lyrics and #music! Lots of #Maritimes #songs! $30. #exlibrary #FolkMusic #music #maritime #lumbercamps
