Search Results: Titles starting with B from Black Sheep Books

1954. Card Cover. British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1954. The Commonwealth Games: starting with a short summary of its history, followed by a short introduction to each of its nations, an overview of the different sports competing with some records and the featuring of the diverse sports venues in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Card cover with staple binding, twelve signatures to dedication page mostly of athletes competing in swimming and diving events such as: Bill Patrick, Canada - gold medal winner diving, 10 m highboard; Ann Long, England - double medal winner, diving; Alan Hine, England - bronze medal winner, 220 yd. back stroke; Eunice Miller, England - silver medal, 10 m highboard illustrated throughout with drawings, 64 pages. Some shelf and edge wear, cover is detached and worn, shows a 3/4 split to spine, a few creases and dark spots, a few smudges to dedication page. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not… Read More

Cloverdale, BC, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good-/-. British Columbia's largest circulation outdoor magazine" This issue contains: 'Strip Mining: Need we pay the price of Experience?', 'Backpacking: The camp you carry', 'Family fishing Vancouver Island', 'What good is a wolf?' and an article about David Conover and his life on Wallace Island with a review of his book "Once Upon an Island". Illustrated cover, staple binding, many black and white photographs, 64 pages. The magazine is in very good condition, a light crease to bottom free corner, a mailing label to front. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1979. Card Cover. Very Good/-. Includes amongst others the articles "City-Building in the Canadian West: A Case Study of Economic Growth in Early Vancouver", "The Decline of Geese and Swans on the Lower Fraser River", "The Seaforths and the Strikers: Nanaimo, August 1913". Light brown card cover with brown illustration and titling to front, 115 pages. Small light crease to back cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1969. Card Cover. Very Good-/-. A B.C. historical periodical with articles on "Banning a book in British Columbia", "The Skagit River Atlatle", "The First Military Intelligence Report of the Interior of British Columbia", "Some Aspects of Chinese Communiteies in Britsh Columbia Twons" and "Patterns of Trade and Investement of the Pacific Coast". Yellow card covers with black titling and illustration, 62 pages. Light edge wear and a light pressure mark to front. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Los Angeles: Clymer Publications, 1973. Soft cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Book provides maintenance information on the Bavarian Motor Works 1600 and 2002 Series of cars imported into the U.S. from 1966 to 1973, including the 1600 and 1600-2, the 2002, 2002A, 2002ti and 2002tii. Soft cover (llustrated by specially-commissioned painting of Walter Gotschke) with black titling, white and yellow titling on black spine, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, drawings and diagrams, 202 pages. Cover has a protective clear plastic layer, minor edge wear, foxing spots on text block edges, owner's name sticker on title page, text is 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Bowen Island, B.C.: Osler, Richard, 2002. Limited/Numbered. . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blackwood, David. #97/300 A book of 44 poems and an eight-page preface by Bowen Island poet, Richard Osler. Blue illustrated soft cover, white titling, SIGNED by author and inscribed to Nick, black and white illustrations. 59 pages. Minor shelf wear. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1904. Hardcover. Good+. A novel by the author of Pigs in Clover. Frank Danby is the pen name of Julia Davis Frankau. Green cloth with black titling on spine and front, red and black decoration on spine, three-colour illustration and simple red border on front, colour frontispiece, duo-tone illustration on title page, attractive colour illustrations in text, 312 pages, several pages of publisher's advertising at back. Cover has light wear to corners and spine ends, cover is clean and bright, text block edges slightly darkened, foxing spots in front and back hinges, front hinge has a two-inch split at top end, frontispiece has a smudge and a half-inch tear at lower corner, text is clean, binding is tight. This is a very attractive book in nice condition. 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… Read More

Ringing Rocks Press, 2004. Soft cover. As New/-. Nickerson, Kern L.. 'Profiles of Healing' series is dedicated to helping the world's most revered healers, shamans, medicine people, and leaders of complementary medicine tell their stories. The series is a project of the Ringing Rocks Foundation, an organization that supports the survival and future development of global healing wisdom through education, research, and special project. New soft cover still in publisher's shrink wrap with an audio CD enclosed. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Kingston, ON: Quarry Press, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good/-. A "traditional ballad based, imaginatively, on the life of Isabel Gunn, on Orcadian who disguised hersalf as a man in order to join her lover in the service of the 'Hudson's Bay Company'. She shipped from Scotland to Canada in 1803, and worked with" them until she was found out. Glossy soft cover, green titling to front, black titling to spine, signed and inscribed 'for Phyllis' by the author to half title, several black and white illustrations, 58 pages. Light edge wear, a small light crease to top free corner of front cover, light age darkening to cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Regina: School Aids and Text Book Publishing Col, Ltd., 1945. Second Printing. . Card Cover. Good to Very Good. A collection of ballads, written in a prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. Red paper-covered rigid card cover with white titling and purple illustration on front, inside of cover and first and last free end papers have an overall green and white design, staple binding, illustrated with black and white photographs and a line drawing, 61 pages. Cover has light edge wear, some chipping of top layer of paper on spine, light shelf wear, two small spots of front endpaper missing top layer. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1981. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Inscribed and signed first edition of Jack Hodgins' book "The Barclay Family Theatre", a story about a family of seven sisters. Tan boards, gilt titling on red cloth spine, coloured end papers. 299 pages. Light edge wear, two creases to bottom free corner of ffep. Dust jacket shows shelf and edge wear, some chipping to spine ends. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vancouver, BC, 1993. Limited Edition. . Card Cover. Very Good/-. Limited edition of 150 copies. Grey card cover, red titling to front, unpaginated. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good/-. 'Baroque Horrors' turns the current cultural and political conversation from the familiar narrative patterns and self-justifying allegories of abjection to a dialogue on the history of our modern fears and their monstrous off-spring." Glossy soft cover, black titling to front and white titling to spine, 177 pages. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Jarrolds, 1924. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. A children's story by the author of "The Life of the School." Green cloth with three-colour illustration in a simple black border on front cover, two-colour illustration on spine, black titling on front and spine, captioned full-colour frontispiece, illustrated with black and white captioned plates, publisher's advertising on last three pages, 296 pages. Light wear to corners and spine ends, cover is clean and bright, text block edges darkened, some light smudges to edges and occasional smudges on edges of pages, foxing on end papers, sticker residue near top corner of first free end paper. This is a very handsome book - cover is clean and bright, binding is 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.… Read More

Los Angeles: Fox Searchlight, 2016. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. For your consideration: Battle of the Sexes. Best Original Screenplay. Yellow wrappers with green titling to front and spine.

Hove, East Sussex, U.K.: Apple Press. Soft cover. Very Good. In this book, beadwork artist Julia S. Pretl shares what she's learned about the Old World technique of bead knitting with modern-day beaders and knitters. Book covers step-by-step instructions on casting on and reading graphs to creating ten purses, bags and accessories. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with blue and white titling, illustrated throughout with colour images,112 pages. This attractive 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong

Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-. Privately printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn. Book written in commemoration of the marriage of "Kay and Jim". Katherine and James Caldwell married on 01. September 1929. Katherine was the daughter of Sara Bard Field (poet & suffragist). Sara B. Field was married the second time to Charles Wood (liberal author & politician). There is a handwritten note on page 64 that reads: "Then I read the following" which suggests that this copy belonged to someone with a part to play in the ceremony. The dedication at the front reads: "To Walter and Elizabeth with our love, Kay and Jim." Grey boards with black titling on tan spine label, leading and bottom textblock edges untrimmed, top edges of end papers uncut, small woodcut illustration with red text: "Los Gatos, The Cats, California, MCMXXIX" , 89 pages. Lower corners lightly bumped, light stain to bottom free corner of back cover, foxing spots to text block edges and some page edges. Shipping charges are calculated for a… Read More

Victoria, B. C.: Ekstasis Editions, 1998. Soft cover. Good+. Contemporary Canadian Poetry. Decorated purple soft cover, orange titling on front, white on spine, 76 pages. Light edge wear, shelf wear with some light creases, small black mark to bottom of textblock edge. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1956. A Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. Subtitled: The History of Wm. Thomson & Co. of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships owned and managed by them (1825 - 1955). This book tells the story of the birth, growth and health survival of one of the oldest shipping companies in the world in continuous private ownership. Red cloth with gilt titling on spine and decoration on front, red and white map on endpapers, black and white frontispiece and black and white illustrations throughout, 230 pages. Corners slightly bumped, corners and spine ends slightly worn, text block edge is darkened and has some small spots on leading edge. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has some edge wear, a two-inch closed tear at front, 1.5 by 1 inch open tear on spine, and a one by three inch open tear at right front bottom corner. 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… Read More

Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 1977. Card Cover. Very Good/-. A collection of songs derived from two villages in Wiru-speaking par of the Pnagia are in the Southern Highlands Province. The songs were translated by Paia and Strathem and they are mostly personal ones that express feelings about kinsfolk, courting partners, friends, enemies, spouses, neighbours. Orange card cover with illustration and white titling to front, staple binding, fold-out map at back, 121 pages. Light shelf wear. 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. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall