Recent Arrivals from Frabjous Books

W Douglas Armstrong , 2013 8.25" x 9.75". 100 pp. "This isa historical account of a unique family of four totem poles, carved by, or under the direction of, the tlented carvers of the Kwagiulth Hunt Family during the 103 years between 1870 and 1973." Illustrated with colour and b&w photos and other images. Black boards with white front board… Read more about this item

McGill-Queen's University Press , 1996 8.75" x 8.75". xxxix, 231 pp. An account of the early days of the Grenfell mission. Illustrated with b&w photos and other images. Navy blue cloth with gold spine lettering. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise a bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear.

Severin Wunderman , 1989 9.5" x 8.5". 36 pp. Catalogue that accompanied the exhibition. Illustrated with numerous colour and b&w works. Bright clean copy. Covers have some light shelf wear.

City of North Battleford , 2012 8.5" x 11". 104 pp. Photographic history of the Saskatchewan town. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine and front board. Previous owner's 4 line name and address on first page, otherwise a bright clean copy. Photo-illustrated DJ has some light shelf wear.

Sono Nis Press, 1987 11.25" x 8.5". xvi, 336 pp. "More than 400 select black & white and colour illustrations, specially-prepared maps, timetables and reproductions..." Red-brown boards with gold spine lettering. Bright clean copy. DJhas some light edge wear. This book weighs 1.5 kg, extra postage may be requested.

Phaidon , 1980 8.75" x 11.25". 128 pp. "With 98 illustrations, including 31 colour plates." Blue cloth with gold spine lettering. Bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear. Includes a few railway brochures.

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts , 1985 11" x 9". 262 pp. The life and work of Morrice with a catalogue of the exhibition. English/French text. Text block lightly curled. Bright clean copy. Covers have some light shelf wear. This book weighs 1.1 kg, extra postage may be requested.

National Gallery of Canada , 2002 11" x 9". Catalogue raisonne that accompanied the exhibition. Bright clean copy. This book weighs 1.3 kg, extra postage may be requested.

Sophi Hicken , 1999 11" x 8.5". 109 pp. Numerous colour photos of the grain elevators, many full-page. Signed by Hicken on the title page. No. 1718 of 3000 copies. Bright clean copy. Covers have some light shelf wear.

NorskeCanada , 2002 8.75" x 11". xi, 228 pp. The author interviewed numerous mill workers and "tried to convey the feeling that was prevalent...Their memories range from the 1930s until the present[2002]." Illustrated with b&w photos throughout. Glossy boards with photo-illustrated front cover. Bright clean copy. Boards have some light shelf wear. This book weighs 1.2 kg, extra postage may… Read more about this item

Powell River Heritage Research Association , 1988 11.25" x 8.5". xii, 256 pp. This "book focuses on one year in every decade from 1907 to 1987..." Illustrated with b&w photos and other images. Colour photo endpapers. Signed by the authors on the title page. Brown boards with gold spine and front board lettering. Bright clean copy. DJ has some light… Read more about this item

1999 8.75" x 11". A bound copy of "The Railways of Calgary" consisting of Volumes One (1883 to 1930), Two (The Later Years of Steam), and Three (The Diesel Era - 1950 to 1999). Each volume 41 pages. Numerous b&w photos. Bright clean copy.

Pacific Fast Mail 11" x 8.5". 289 pp. "A pictorial history of rail development in southern British Columbia and the building of the Kettle Valley Railway." Numerous b&w photos and other images. Fold-out colour map at start of book. Gray cloth with gold spine and front board lettering. Slight spine slant. Bright clean copy. DJ has some edgewear, a few… Read more about this item

Moyie History Book Committee , 2002 10.75" x 8". 2nd prt. Originally published 1988. History of the town, the site of the St. Eugene silver-lead mine in south-west of BC. Illustrated with numerous b&w photos and other images. Bright clean copy. Covers have some light shelf wear, front corners slightly curled.

The Museum of Modern Art , 2000 11.75" x 9.25". 151 pp. The 15 paintings depicting "four German social activists turned terrorists...", some fold-out, along with analysis and other works and images. Black cloth with tipped in plate on front board, white lettering on spine and front board. 3 line inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise a bright clean copy.… Read more about this item

Seattle Art Museum , 2008 12" x 9". xx, 279 pp. Book that accompanied the exhibition. "The book traces the historic, cultural, and social context of Salish art from prehistory to the present." Numerous works and other images, most in colour. Bottom and top edges of text block have a few marks, otherwise a bright clean copy. Covers have some… Read more about this item

Sono Nis Press, 2007 9.25" x 11". 224 pp. The "story of the competing railways that were central to the mining boom." More than 400 photos, maps, and other images, most in b&w. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, otherwise a bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear. This book weighs… Read more about this item

Muriel V. Dempsey , 1977 11" x 8.5". 302 pp. History of the Saskatchewan community. Illustrated with b&w photos and other images. Bright clean copy. Covers have some light shelf wear, small amateur tape repair to front cover. This book weighs 1.1 kg, extra postage may be requested.

University of Calgary , 2004 8.75" x 10.25". xix, 376 pp. "The three distinct eras of Bar U ownership from its beginnings under the North West Cattle Company and manager Fred Stimson (1881-1902) to the era of Lane (1902-27) and Burns (1927-50)." Illustrated with numerous b&w photos, figures, and maps. 16 pages of colour images. Bright clean copy. Covers have… Read more about this item

Morning Sun , 2003 11.25" x 8.75". 127 pp. CP's " railway operations in the steam to diesal transition years from 1949 through 1968...from Halifax, Nova Scotia, westwards to Fort William, Ontario..." Numerous colour photos. Brown boards with gold spine and front board lettering. Bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear.