Authors starting with C from Canterbury Books

Chicago: Thos. W. Jackson (©1898).. Hardcover. G.S. Littlejohn & others.. 471pages: full-page illustrations throughout; 19cm. Brown cloth with black lettering & design. POOR to FAIR (cover soiled & slightly worn; interior intact; p35 & following illustration torn; paper browned; about eight 1/4" insect edge holes; light fore-edge stains first 50 pages; 1" fore-edge tear title-page; good reading copy). ... more information

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S.B.A.C., 1955.. Stapled wraps. Programme for exhibition held at the Farnborough Airfield, 10th and 11th September 1955. GOOD (colour illustrated front cover is edgeworn (with short tears) and detached, rear cover is torn at the spine but hanging on; rest of the booklet is very good and intact, slight soiling). Will ship under 1 kg. 32 pages: black/white photos; 13cm oblong.. ... more information

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NY: E.P. Dutton (©1960). Second printing June 1960.. Orange cloth hardcover. Dennis McMains.. 214 pages: line drawings, 4p black/white photos on coated paper hors-texte; 21cm. Appendices, Index. Book VERY GOOD PLUS (light spotting top edge otherwise clean, bright & sound). Pictorial dustjacket GOOD (edgewear with small chips & tears taped inside; price clipped). "A noted aviation writer's personal guide to fun, skill, and safety in flying your private airplane." Some topics incl... more information

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Numata Center: Wiley, (©1984). First Printing.. Red cloth hardcover, gilt. Fine (clean & sound, no defects)/Very Good (slight edgewear with a few small tears and chips). Twenty papers, each with References and Index. Much on the Great Lakes Fishery. 333p: tables, maps; 25cm. 660g. [C] ... more information

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Saint-Pierre, QC: IQRC: Institut québécois de recherche sur la culture, (©1982). Softcover. Very Good (clean, tight, uncreased and unmarked; slight edgewear). Identité et changements culturels No 2", is a collection of papers by various Québec authors. "Their writings constitute sincere attempts at giving a sense to an English presence, at describing its recent history, and at providing some bearings for the future." 464p: maps, diagrams; 24cm. Bibliography.... more information

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Norman: Univ of Oklahoma Press (©1953). Revised edition.. Green cloth hardcover. Weekly units published in the "Oil and Gas Journal" were bound into a booklet. Demand was high for the booklet so a hardcover went to press. There are 161 "units", each "self-contained requiring little additional reference work on the part of the reader". NEAR VERY GOOD (slight wear to cover, name free-front endpaper, introduction underlined + 1st six pages; otherwise solid). No dj. Will shi... more information

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Boston: L.C. Page (©1926). Fourth printing 1939. . Hardcover. The author travelled three thousand miles across French Canada and this is a travelogue of that journey, and the history and folklore of the regions he visits, thanks to the many inhabitants, monks, and priests he meets along the way. Lovely binding in green cloth with bright gilt titles and framed gilt illustration. 372 pages: illustrated endpapers, colour fold-out map, colour frontispiece + 3 other colour illustrations with titled tissues... more information

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Quebec: Galerie Madeleine Lacerte / Galerie Trois Points (©1990). Exhibition catalogue. . Softcover. 79 pages: 32 colour plates, exhibition card layed-in; 28cm. NEAR FINE (both covers slightly flaired out). In English et traduit de l'anglais par Alain Caven. ... more information

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Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co., (1974). . Dark blue hardcover, gilt. Removed from shrinkwrap for inspection & description. Unused but flawed by the following: .5cm spine lean, very slight corner bumps/compression from shrink, bottom edge remainder sprayed: thus book NEAR FINE. Pictorial dustjacket also NEAR FINE, due to a 7cm tear front flap top, and shrink compression. Liberally illustrated throughout in black/white: from the Normans to the House of Hanover in reproductions, from Queen Victoria o... more information

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Oxford, etc.: Blackwell Scientific Pub. (©1977). . First Edition.. Softcover. Fifth volume in series. VERY GOOD (light wear, slight flair to top cover; interior Fine). 148 pages: table, plates, figures; 23cm.. ... more information

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Winchester Press (1974).. Green/blue cloth hardcover. GOOD ex-library (usual marks, pocket; well used, some spillage on foreedges but still solid - good working copy). Pictorial dustjacket NEAR VERY GOOD (price clipped; slight edgewear; stickers removed; no chips or tears). 177 pages: illustrated; 26cm. Index.. ... more information

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London: Hodder and Stoughton (©1938). . First Edition.. Blue cloth hardcover. The whole adventurous story of the wreck of the Alceste is true in every detail, for there are ample contemporary documents and journals of survivors to piece together this sea epic." 318 pages: black/white frontis + 2 fold-out maps + 7 illustrations on coated paper hors-texte; 22cm. Bibliography. Book NEAR VERY GOOD (clean; spine faded, small discolouration front board; the mull showing at a few gutters). Illustrated d... more information

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Ottawa: F.A. Acland, 1928.. Hardcover. Half-bound in black leather, raised bands, gilt spine titles. Binding NEAR VERY GOOD (spine ends, raised bands & tips worn otherwise clean, bright & tight). Interior FINE. 311 pages; 24cm.. ... more information

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Ottawa: Information Canada (©1971).. Glossy illustrated softcover. VERY GOOD ex-library (pocket neatly removed, one stamp; slight edgewear, mostly at tips, otherwise sound). "This exhibition is devoted to the many nationalities involved in the settlement of Western Canada between 1870 and 1914, and to the literature designed to attract them." The book is divided half in English, the other half in French. Will ship 500g. 22p + 24p; 23cm. . ... more information

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Toronto: Simon & Pierre (©1979) . Softcover. Very Good. A collection of poems, short stories, and photographs in honour of the International Year of the Child arranged around the seasons of the year. "Spring in British Columbia, Summer in the Northwest Territories, Autumn in Quebec, Winter in Prince Edward Island and more." VERY GOOD (clean and tight, slight edgewear, light crease front cover). [A] 93p: photos; 23cm.. ... more information

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Willowdale: C.N.A., 1960.. Wraps (softcover). Fine. 9 of 12 issues. Illustrated. Includes Index. 23cm.. ... more information

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Willowdale: C.N.A., Jan-July/Aug 1961.. Wraps (softcover). Fine. 6 of 11 issues, (360 pages): illustrated; 23cm. Lacks index. Articles include "Coins of Canada" & "Coins of Lower Canada" by R.C. Willey. ... more information

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NY, etc.: Scholastic (©2000). Fourth printing. . Glossy illustrated hardcover. Near Fine. Andrea Perrine Brower (cover art). . Stories written for teens, by teens. 369 pages: illustrated; 22cm. . ... more information

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Key Books (©1971). Pink softcover. Marks listed by country for Earthenware, Soft and Hard Paste Porcelain, Pottery & Porcelain from England and U.S.A. and Porcelain from China and Japan. VERY GOOD (light wear, tear to spine foot, paper lightly tanned, otherwise sound). [B] 180 pages: 908 marks; 21cm.. ... more information

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NY: Dial Press, (©1975). First Edition, first printing.. Salmon cloth hardcover. Near Fine (cloth edges faintly faded)/Very Good (one front top edge snag; faint soiling). Ernest Schwiebert (cover art).. Follows the life cycle of a male Pacific salmon, from birth to his final journey. 135 pages; 21cm. 314g. [B] ... more information

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