Search Results: Books from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Saint John, N.B.: Self-published (?), 1992 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. First Printing Stated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original small black softcover booklet with white lettering. Textblock beginning to pull away from card cover at front gutter. The story of how a prominent urologist of Saint John, Dr. Arthur Chesley, has dealt with his communication problems, a form of dyslexia, while at the same time advancing the treatment of prostate cancer by his discoveries and inventions. A brief look at several broad, important issues. Scarce..

New York: Academic Music Co., 1908 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Soft Cover, Stapled. Academic Edition. 9 x 12 in.. Large format softcover. 52 songs with words and music on 32 pp. Spine is split at head and foot..

London: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1973 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Set in New Mexico in 1887. Tom Bell has just bought a newspaper business, and the man from whom he bought it is in a hurry to leave town. He didn't leave soon enough. 192 pp..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1962 Book. Illus. by Biro. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green and white softcover of 48 pp. Five stories: Jim Sands and the Bandit, The King of the Cannibals, Red Tom's Nuggets, Lost in the Hills, and The Gorilla and the Banana. Quizzes and sentence completion exercises. No writing or damage..

London: Blackie and Son Ltd. Book. Illus. by W. Edward Wigfull. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue pictorial cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. One of the most colourful, and thickest, volumes I have seen by this most prolific writer of air and sea adventures. 256 pp..

Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press Limited, 1991 Book. Illus. by B/W Photos. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. Fourth Printing. 5 1/2 x 8 Inches. Only damage is a cover crease. The editor has selected excerpts from several of the noted Maritime folklorist's books, and put them together in this one. In the introduction, she provides a biography of Ms. Creighton and her accomplishments. 143 pp..

Stanley, NB: Upper Nashwaak Bicentennial Committee, 1978 Book. Illus. by The Author. Good Plus. Soft cover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red paperback with line drawing of a woman and seven children on the front. 3/4" tear at bottom of spine at edge of front cover, and 1/2" tear at top of spine at edge of back cover. Minor staining to front cover. The author (1863-1946) shares her memories of growing up in an earlier time, one of which was learning of the Northwest Rebellion. Lessons at school were demanding, and discipline was harsh. Sickness and accident were serious matters. 132 pp..

N.Y.: Belgian Government Information Center, 1947 Book. Illus. by Various Artists. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original pictorial soft cover, stapled. A 61-page booklet traces Belgian art from its revival about 1830 to date of publication, with several illustrations..

Cleveland, OH: World Syndicate Publishing Company, 1933 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original bright red cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. DJ has tiny edge tears head and foot. "A pair of madcap twins become involved in the mystery of a missing guardian and in solving it unearth romance and adventure." - DJ. 222 pp..

N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1943 Book. Illus. by Photos and Maps. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. A survey of many classes of refuges, from federal to private, in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 257 pp..

N.Y.: Vantage Press, 1974 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown plasticized cloth on boards. Yellow pictorial DJ. All very good. No names or damage. The true story of a Canadian girl who became a missionary to India with her doctor husband during World War I. Her husband joins the Indian Army. All ends well with their return to medical mission work, culminating in the establishment of a hospital at Jobat. An inspiring, human story ! 306 pp..

Vancouver: Polestar/Raincoast Books, 2005 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First(Number Line Ends in 1). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Violet paperback with floral cover. Understandable free verse from an early-accomplished writer. A very clean copy. 120 pp..

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, Limited, 1885 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Yellow cloth on boards. Firmly bound, but missing first endpapers and decorated with two phone numbers and a colour drawing of Christ by a girl's bedside. How I wish I had had books like this in the States ! Begins with The White Ship by Dickens and ends with John Gilpin by William Cowper. 280 pp. Cover lightly hand-soiled..

Cincinnati, Ohio: M.W. Knapp, 1899 Book. Illus. by Halftone Prints. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original illustrated grey cloth on boards. Evangelical approach to religious education for children, from a publisher of Pentecostal literature. 202 pp. Minor underlining..

London: The Boy's Own Paper Book. Illus. by Uncredited Front.. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original maroon blindstamped cloth on boards. A reprint from the Boy's Own paper. First 35 pp. and edges freckled by foxing, but not hard to read. No writing and no other damage. Autobiography of a pocket watch ! 312 pp..

New York: Harper & Row, 1968 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Price-clipped DJ has 2-3 small nicks. Edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen. Author was Anglican Bishop of Oxford best known for his book, Honest to God, in 1963. 148 pp. with Bibliography. Many pencil lines in margins only..

Chicago: Moody Press, 1971 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green grained plasticized cloth on boards. Signed, "Alberta Hawse, I John: 5:11,12." Long gift note and previous owner's name. DJ unclipped. Vinegar Boy's regular job is carrying vinegar wine and myrrh to the crucifixion hill. Today he had hoped to meet a man who was gaining a reputation as a miracle worker, to see if he could remove the ugly birthmark on the boy's face. However, he was called to work - there were to be 3 crucifixions today. 176 pp..

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1940 Book. Very Good. Card Cover with DJ. Second Printing. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original white card covers with beige dustjacket with red and black designs and lettering. Jacket somewhat waterstained. 64 pp..

New York: John Day Company, 1970 Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beige cloth on boards. Plastic wrapper over DJ. Heavy shelf wear and library evidence. Reflections over several years, from the 30's to the 60's. 305 pp..

London: Blackie Book. Illus. by Freeman, Barbara. Very Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth, no DJ. Four vivid colour illustrations by Barbara Freeman. No faults. 126 pp..