Rare books from Don Wood Bookseller

Martin Secker, London, 1927, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 255 pages, 5" x 8", bumped corners, otherwise clean and tight. Allan Noble Monkhouse (1858 -1936) was an English playwright, critic, essayist and novelist.

Ontario CCF, Toronto, 1944, Very Good Softcover, 180 pages, 6" x 9", edgewear on cover and aged paper, otherwise clean and tight. See image for Contents.

University of Queensland Press, 1981, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 278 pages, 5.5" x 8.5", author inscription on ffep.

Grant Richards, London, 1902, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 134 pages, 5" x 7.5", a clean and tight copy.

Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.

Collins, Toronto, 1988. First Canadian Edition, Fine Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket, with edgewear, otherwise clean and tight, 179 pages, 5.5" x 8.5". Inscribed by author on ffep.William Patrick "W. P." Kinsella (1935 - 2016) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel Shoeless Joe (1982). His work often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and other Canadian issues.

P.S. King & Son, London, 1913, 312 pages, 5.5" x 8.5". Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, foxing to endpapers, gift inscription on half title, otherwise clean and tight. Sir John Charles Ready Colomb (1838 – 1909) was a British naval strategist.

British Insulated Callender's Limited, London, September 1956, Serial No: 41, Fine Hardcover / no dustjacket, 52 page, 8.5" x 11.25". Plus 16 page booklet produced by B.C. Electric Company, "120,000 kilowatts under the sea", Fine Softcover, 8.25" x 10.25". The details of linking Vancouver Island with the mainland power grid with a 17 mile submarine cable.

Image West, Vancouver, 2015, Very Good Hardcover / Fine Dustjacket, 110 pages, 8.75" x 11.25", ffep removed, otherwise clean and tight.

Oxford University Press, Toronto, 2005, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 410 pages, 6" x 9.25", Spine faded, otherwise clean and tight.

Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Missoula, 2000, Fine Hardcover / Near Fine Dustjacket, 696 pages, 9.5" x 12.25", slight edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Cover art by Bob Jenny.

Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 1998, Revised Edition, Fine Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket, 352 pages, 8" x 10.75", dustjacket damaged with one small hole and several dents which impact the front board, otherwise clean and tight.

The Vanguard Press, New York, 1941, Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, 319 pages, 5.75" x 8.25", spine faded, bumped corners, otherwise clean and tight.

Self Published, London, 1936, Very Good Hardcover / Good Dustjacket, TEG, leather bound, 344 pages, 6" x 8.75", edgewear on boards and spine, otherwise clean and tight. A world travel diary, January 1933 to December 1934. Sir Montague Maurice Burton (1885 – 1952) was the founder of Burton Menswear, one of Britain's largest chains of clothes shops.

Cedric Chivers Ltd., Bath, 1965 Reprint of the 1892 edition published by Richard Bentley & Son, London, Fine Hardcovers / Near Fine Dustjackets in mylar jackets, a total of 956 pages, complete in 3 volumes, 5.25" x 7.5".