Recent Arrivals from Old Whitby Books

A large print biography of Harry Houdini.

Brown Hardcover w Embossed front and spine. Hinges broken front & back, 401 pp

Detailed histories of the communities and the people around Lakes Simcoe & Couchiching in the early days. 173pp. Profusely illustrated with old photographs and maps

Spiral Bound Soft Cover, 174pp, excellent condition

pp 368, small 8vo. Essays concerned mostly with the author's personal responses to Nova Scotia geography and history. Faded blue cloth binding, Spine ends worn and chipped. Good reading copy. Decorations, Titles and Endpapers designed by Thoreau MacDonald.

170 pp - The harrowing story of an Arctic exploration ship in the Canadian arctic in 1913. The ship was trapped in the ice and gradually drifted for many months westward until it sank near Wrangel island north of Siberia. The author was one of the survivors.Foreword by Magnus Magnusson

Includes 2 CDs,130 pages, no internal or external markings

very good/none Cover page with copy of signature C.L. Dodgson. 42 illustrations by John Tenniel. Twelve chapters of Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Slight age-related browning on page edges. Some minor scuffing & slight indentations on cover. Probably from the 1970's. 192 pages

very good/ none Vanderwalker gives methods, materials & tools for natural, stained, varnished, waxed, oiled, enameled, and painted finishes, stippled, streaked & rough glazed finishes, plus stain making formulas.Illustrations & some photos throughout. Slight age-related yellowing of page edges.361 pages including the index.

very good/none How to conduct a successful meeting smoothly and fairly. Some age-related yellowing of pages, especially near edges.228 pages plus Rules of Motion chart.

very good/near fine Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize winner New York Times journalist, unravels the global scene of the 21st century, translating complex foreign policy & economic issues. 488 pages.

fine/very good Brand new condition in its own slipcase. Heavily illustrated. Includes a paperback insert, "The Mirror of History" which includes a large fold-out chart on "A Chronology of Painters from 1250 - 1966" (see pictures). 203 pages including the index, plus 8 page insert & chart.

very good/none Tight & clean text block. Slight yellowing on page edges. B & W photos throughout. The Canadian 'aristocracy' of 19th century Montreal with an emphasis on their homes. 224 pages including index.

good+, very good How to create beautiful seasonal displays from flowers & natural materials. hundreds of colourful illustrations. 256 pgs including index.

very good/good+ An account of the carriages, horses, harness, livery and carriages of the Royal Mews covering two & a half centuries of regal splendour & service.. Colour photographs by David Cripps throughout. 192 pgs.

good-/none minor water staining on bottom right edge. Based of the PBS TV series.Well illustrated with how-to diagrams. Text clean and tight. 270 pgs incl index.

good+/good Profusely illustrated (colour & b/w) book on the history of glassware from the Egyptians to the present. 80 pgs.

Very condition in original fitted box cover. Book consist primarily of photographs of and about Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister from 1968-84.160 pgs

very good/ good Dust jacket has sunfading along bottom edge (see picture) plus a 3/4" tear at spine and additional chipping. Body clean and tight - no markings. Profusely illustrated with thousands of photographs of individual spoons. Signed by both authors. 406 pgs incl index

near fine / near fine Detailed sections cover all aspects of cat care with discussion on correcting behavior problems. A wide variety of breeds described with more than 300 color illustrations. 192 pgs incl. glossary and index.