Search Results: Titles starting with P from SK Books (IOBA)

Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2009. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers. Near Fine/with No dust-jacket as issued. 20.5 cm. A near fine copy, clean, bright and tight. A quote from the dust jacket. In their second collection of Saskatchewan crime stories, Pacholik and Pruden uncover a number of little-known are long-forgotten tales from Saskatchewan's history,..

Winnipeg: Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, 1959. First Edition. Paper Wraps. Very Good/with No dust-jacket as issued. 23.0 cm. Soiling to covers, otherwise very good. Articles included are: Early Manitoba Newspapers (A. M. Pratt), The Hudson Bay Railway (Earl), Sir Hugh John Macdonald(George P. McLeod), The origin and growth of Western Canadian Aviation(Roy Brown).The article written about MacDonald was taken from letters and diaries, Hugh MacDonald had written home. They pertained to the trip out and back from the Riel Rebellion. The Quance Lectureship Committee of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Reissue. Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover). Near Fine/in a near fine dust jacket. 22.0 cm. Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney). The book is in near fine condition with a clean and bright interior. Blurb: In this personal narrative, written with the simplicity and charm, he graphically describes life in the wilderness and delightful antics of his pets....The beavers disappeared and Grey Owl with his wife search for them.

Winnipeg: Peguis Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/in a very good dust jacket. 23.0 cm. The book and jacket are very good to near fine in condition. The jacket shows light sunning and the text block is clean and tight. A comprehensive biographical source of Manitoba early pioneers.

London: Collins, 1959. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover). Good/in a good dust jacket. 20.0 cm. The jacket show open and closed tears to corners there is rubbing to spine and fore edges. The interior has foxing to front and back paste down and ffep also to bfep. Every one wants their pistol back, a continuation of From Here to Eternity.

Glasgow: George Routledge and Sons, 1887. Reprint. 1/4 Cloth with Marbled Paper Covered Boards (Hardcover). Good/with No dust-jacket. 13.0 cm. There is rubbing to edges and the corners are worn. There is discolouration to the cloth. The interior hinges are done. All else is very good. from the preface. On a graver point I must take leave to touch, in further reference to my dramatic poem. The divine saviour is represented in vision towards the close, speaking and transfigured....

Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1975. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/with No dust-jacket as issued. 21.5 cm. Book shows light rubbing and creasing. This is a very good to near fine copy. Fictional account of James Gardiner life as a young man. James Gardiner an elected politician in Saskatchewan from 1914 to 1935 served as premier 4 years in total.

Toronto: McGraw Hill, 1971. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover). Near Fine/in a good dust jacket. 22.0 cm. The dust-jacket is rubbed and creased with chipping. The Book is in near fine condition. The dust-jacket did do the job of protecting this item. Biographical sketches of great leaders among the aboriginals. Maski-pitoon, Tom Three Persons, and Poundmaker are but a couple included.

Chicago: Frederic J. Drake & Co., 1913. Revised Edition. Illustrated Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover). Very Good/with No dust-jacket. 19.5 cm. The book shows rubbing to spine edges and corners. The hinges are starting. The interior is clean and bright. Volume 1 is a collection of steel square problems with their solutions. This volume includes floor plans and elevation views in b/w, for various early 20th century homes.

Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1984. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover). Near Fine/in a near fine dust jacket. 23.5 cm. The dust-jacket and book are in near fine condition, crisp and clean. Blurb: Prairie Fire: The 1885 North-West Rebellion tells us about the Métis, who simply wanted the long-standing boundaries of their river-lot farms respected by the government as Ottawa divided up the land to sell it to homesteaders.

Regina: School Aids & Text Book Publishing Co. Ltd., 1952. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth Covered Boards (Hardcover). Near Fine/with No dust-jacket. 21.0 cm. The book shows light rubbing to spine ends and front corners. Previous owner name neatly done on ffep. The interior is clean, tight and bright. The story is about the Currie family coming to settle in Regina(Pile of Bones) in the 1880's. The story is told thru Mort the son.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, [1984]. First Edition. Faux Leather (Hardcover). Near Fine/with No dust-jacket as issued. 25.0 cm. Tom McNeely. The book and slipcase are in Near fine condition, clean bright and tight. Of settlers and the politics of settling the Canadian West.