Recent Arrivals from Spafford Books

New York: Harper & Row [0-06-016213-9] 1989. (hardcover) 78pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve..

Toronto: Holt, Rinehart & Winston Canada 1972. (Mass market paperback) 112pp. Very good. Minor discolourations to inside cover and title page..

None Listed: Elim Group Publishing 978-0-9794875-1-4 [978-0-9794875-1-4] 2007. (hardcover) xvi, 133pp. As new in as new dust jacket. 8vo. As new copy in as new dust jacket. CD, housed in a plastic envelope at the rear, appears unused..

London: The Folio Society NONE [NONE] 2007. (hardcover) xxiii, 230pp. Fine. 8vo. Scholarly, but comfortable to read history of the english language. Quarter bound, maroon leather over printed paper sides. Housed in sturdy, plain maroon slip case, as issued. Fine copy in fine slip case. Introduction by Robert McCrum. Afterword by John Simpson..

Toronto Montreal: Holt, Rinehart & Winston of Canada Limited VARIOUS [VARIOUS] 1973. (Mass market paperback) ix, 307; xiv, 335; xiv, 333; xvi, 288pp. Very good. 8vo. 4 volumes, sold as a set. Anthologies of Canadian literature. Covers show light markings, and while there are check marks made to the table of contents in each (and… Read more about this item

Pretoria: University of South Africa [0 86981 287 4] 1983. (hardcover) x, 454pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Primarily concerned with the background of the French settlers who came to South Africa and adjacent territories in the first century of White colonization. Mapped endpapers. The jacket, lightly rubbed, shows some wear along… Read more about this item

Toronto: House of Anansi Press [0-88784-003-5] 1970, 1st edition; Fifth printing. (Mass market paperback) 80pp. Very good. 8vo. First edition, fifth printing. The last poem, entitled 'The Settlers', won the President's Medal from the University of Ontario, and the book itself won the Governor General's Award for Poetry in 1966. That said, the front cover… Read more about this item

Cody, Wyoming: The Buffalo Bill Historical Center NONE [NONE] [00no date]. (Mass market paperback) 22pp. Near fine. 4to. There is a name and date penned (small, delicate, tasteful) to the title page, otherwise, a clean and bright copy. A Heritage of the Blackfeet. Educaional series Number 1, published by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center,… Read more about this item

Port Hardy, BC: Harold & Irene Pym NONE [NONE] [00no date]. (Mass market paperback) 64pp. Fine. 8vo. Local history of Port Hardy and District, British Columbia, Canada. Includes settlement of the area, some Indigenous history, accounts of whaling, and the mining, logging, fishing industries, as well as civic history. Illustrated wrappers, stapled. Fine copy. … Read more about this item

New York: Abrams ComicArts (Abrams) 978-0-8109-5730-5 [978-0-8109-5730-5] 2009. (hardcover) 350pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 4to. Unprecedented collection of the greatest comics for children selected by two of the best known creators in the genre and in its publishing history. Focus is on the books, not comic strips, with stories that range in length from… Read more about this item

New York: DC Comics Inc. [1-56389-093-3] 1993. (hardcover) np. Fine in fine dust jacket. 4to. Fine / fine copy..

Victoria, BC: Heritage Architectural Guides NONE [NONE] 1983. (Mass market paperback) 40pp. Near fine. 8vo. The history of the Ross Bay Cemetery located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Includes tours, maps, black and white archival photographs, names of the interred, a key to the styles and names of various monuments. Fold-out plan of the entire… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers 978-0-00-752841-7 [978-0-00-752841-7] 2013. (hardcover) 718+. Very good. 8vo. There is a mark to the front free endpaper, possibly glue (?) and perhaps a publisher's flaw. The spine is lightly scuffed. Else is fine, almost as new. Smoke grey buckram, title, in blue, to front and spine. Fine copy. No jacket, as issued..… Read more about this item

Maple Creek, SK: Butterfly Books NONE [NONE] 1981, 1st edition. (hardcover) 163pp. Near fine. 8vo. SCARCE. Biography of Plains Cree Chief Piapot (also known as Payepot, Payipwat). Brown buckram; gilt titles stamped to front and spine. There is a gift inscription pencilled to the front free endpaper; else is fine. No jacket, presumed as issued.… Read more about this item

New York: Abrams ComicArts (Abrams) 978-0-8109-9595-6 [978-0-8109-9595-6] 2011. (hardcover) 672pp. Very good in fine dust jacket. Folio. Combined edition of 'The Comics before 1945' (2004) and the Comics since 1945 Illustrations (2002) with biographical profiles, genres, themes, divided by decade, used to explore the variety of American comics and their creators. Includes bibliographical references and… Read more about this item

Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Labour Congress NONE [NONE] 1969. (Mass market paperback) 62pp. Very good. 8vo. Scarce. English and French. Green and black card covers. Notations made, underlining throughout the English portion. Starting at pages 42-43 and in fact page 41-42 albeit present, has separated. Over all, a very good copy..

Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press 978-1-77284-065-0 [978-1-77284-065-0] 2024. (Mass market paperback) xvii, 176pp. As new. 8vo. Conversations, interviews, essays, and colour photographs of beadwork from expert and emerging artists, academics, and curators who pose and respond to philosophical questions with regard to beading on the Canadian Prairies and its importance in… Read more about this item

Toronto: Peter Martin Associates Limited [0-88778-126-8] 1976. (Mass market paperback) x, [4], 353pp. Very good. 8vo. Burgundy wrappers, titles in white to front and spine. Anthology of articles by and about Canadian women. Explores the lesser known and understood historical, geographical, and cultural experiences of women Canada. Light markings, faint wear; remains internallly clean and… Read more about this item

Whitehorse, Yukon: Yukon Native Language Centre NONE [NONE] 1987. (Mass market paperback) 84+. Very good. 4to. Documents the Indigenous names for geographical features in the Big Salmon River region of the central Yukon Territory, Canada. Èkeyi is about language and landscape, and about how each can lend perspective to the other. Full colour photographs. Starting… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf [0-679-42390-7] 1998, 1st edition. (hardcover) 291pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. First edition of the final volume of the Border Trilogy. Fine copy in fine jacket. Jacket protected in loose mylar sleeve..