Search Results: Memoirs - British Columbia from First Used Books

Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2004. Miniscule rubbing, bumping or shelfwear. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. Inscribed and dated by author on title page. 216 pp.. Inscribed By Author. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: United Church of Canada, 1975. No wear to covers except color fading due to light on top of front and on spine. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. Name stickers of two former local owners at top of first two leaves. 177 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Elginburg, ON, Canada: Peter H. Hennessy, 2001. Miniscule rubbing, bumping or shelfwear, but short of fine condition because of two tiny stains on lower page edges and one tiny stain on upper page edges. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, crisp, unmarked except author's inscription to a church (First United, Vancouver) on the title page and the church's stamp on same page. 220 pp.. Inscribed By Author. First. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: Self Published, 1955. Dj has tears and chips involving some loss of material. Blue boards are very good condition. Hinges are tight. Interior shows an abrasion and red marker line on rear endpaper. The front free endpaper and first four leaves are separate from the gutter through the top half of their length. An errata sheet is laid in on front endpaper. Bray apparently the wife of a Vancouver lawyer and Rhodes Scholar and herself a newspaper columnist, and this book the account of a trip the couple took to the UK around the occasion of the Rhodes Scholars' Jubliee Reunion. 146 pp.. First. Cloth. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cranbrook, B.C.: Dewdney Pub, 1988. Very light wear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked except "West Coast Book Contest 1988" on title page. First hand account of a man who survived a plane crash, underwent months of hospitalization and operations for burns and fractures, eventually reestablishing his career as a physiotherapist. The book calls itself "a shining example for those in despair through suffering." 259 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Westminster, BC Canada: Zebra Publishing, 2008. No wear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked except author's signature and date on titole page. 116 pp.. Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Creative Connections Pub, 2002. Covers show no wear. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, unmarked, crisp. 159 pp. The Hungarian author escaped from a Nazis slave-labor battalion. Returning to Hungary he married his childhood sweetheart. Later they together escaped Soviet occupied Hungary. For some time they worked in UN refugee camps in Austria, and eventually were allowed to immigrate to Canada, where for many years they managed the renowned Ferguson Point Tea House in Stanley Park, Vancouver.. First. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: Self Published, 2013. No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. Unpaginated. . Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Naramata, BC, Canada: Crusoe Enterprises, 1999. Light rubbing or shelfwear to covers but top front corner bumped. Spine straight and uncreased. Inscribed and dated on flyleaf. Addendum laid in on last page. 199 pp.. Inscribed By Author. First. Pictorial Card. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: Romanov Pub, 2000. Would be fine condition except partial crease lower front cover and two following leaves. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked except author's inscription "Best Wishes, Pavlik" on fly. 177 pp.. Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1990. No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear, but fading of cover color along spine due to light exposure. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked, apparently unread. 260 pp.. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Woodcock, George (intro). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

British Columbia: Unknown No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, unmarked, crisp, unread. No publication data of any kind given for this book. Perhaps self-published or published by the author of the foreword (Bligh Stockwell) or his church. This is a first-person account of 20 years of life of an Eritrean immigrant to British Columbia who suffered immigration problems and mental illness with several hospitalizations, his conversion to Christianity and eventual gradual recovery from schizophrenia. 277 pp.. Unknown. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Vancouver: Self Published, 1999. No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, crisp, unmarked except author's inscription on title page. Described as a volume of miscellanea, including excepts from ancestral journals, poetry, essays and letters of the author. 188 pp. Bates at the time of publication was Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He is also the author of "A Citizen's Guide to Air Pollution" available through this seller though not at the moment listed. Please inquire.. Inscribed By Author. First. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Victoria, B.C.: First Choice Books, 2008. Light rubing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Small stains upper and lower page edges. Interior tight and unmarked. 340 pp. + appendices. Undated, but seller believes it to have been published in 2008. This is the journal of a fellow who insisted on his right to sleep outside in the city, and seller believes was incarcerated twice for his principle.. First. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chilliwack, BC, Canada: Ruth T. R. Reynolds, 2001. Miniscule rubbing, bumping or shelfwear. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. 190 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Richmond, BC Canada: Self Published, 2002. No rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight, unread, unmarked except author's signature on title page. 122 pp.. Signed by Author. First. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.