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Wendy, not Dave (he's my dad). Old broad. Selling interesting old and local history #books since 2000 (now online only). Other interests - music, cooking, baking, crocheting, writing, community. Saint John, New Brunswick. http://daveshootsbookseller.com
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#Local #books we're listing on our #website today: www.instagram.com/p/DGVuIUZOy9... #Booksky #LocalHistory

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Timely title from 1932: "A Short #History of #Human #Stupidity." $150. #Booksky #scarce #WalterBPitkin #oldbooks #BigHonkinBook

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#Scarce 1984 #history of #Norton, #NewBrunswick. Foldout #map from 1862 in the back! $25. #Booksky #LocalHistory #KingsCounty #SocialHistory

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Apparently, there was a #hockey game last night...want to know more about the #sport's beginnings in #NovaScotia? www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1552... #Booksky #Canadian

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If you've always dreamed of learning to play #whist, this lovely little 1893 #book will help! It has an #ArtNouveau cover, and all page edges are #gilt. The title page is one of the prettiest we've seen! $30. #Booksky #littlebooks #prettybooks #cardgames #games #hobbies

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Attention #NevilShute #collectors! This is the #scarce first #Canadian edition (2nd printing) of #NoHighway. $75. #Booksky #fiction #aviation #AustralianLit

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We have this popular #history of #Maritimes #FirstNations peoples written by a dentist from #Woodstock, #NewBrunswick back in stock! This one is the 1974 3rd edition. $30. #Booksky #GeorgeFrederickClarke #SocialHistory #arrowheads #anthropology

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This #scarce 1964 #history of #Loggieville, #NewBrunswick has a soft, flocked cover that feels like velvet. $50. #Booksky #LocalHistory #Miramichi #SocialHistory

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This 1963 #book about #Japanese #architecture is a #FirstEdition, and features over 100 #illustrations and #B&W #photos! $15. #Booksky #technical #design #Japan #building

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This 1921 #book will teach you everything you need to know about #WoodTurning! Laid in is a 1923 #catalog of other #books by the #ManualArtsPress. $50. #Booksky #technical #hobbies #lathe #crafts #wood

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These #Labrador #magazines span twenty years...$8 each, except for the Special Issue - $12. Take all four for $30! #Booksky #periodicals #LocalHistory #truestories #Innu

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This 1946 #technical #book about #building still has a lot of useful information and many #diagrams. $30. #Booksky #construction #JohnWileyandSons #concrete #lumber #framing

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This delightful 1883 #ChildrensBook has a #chromolithograph cover. #Illustrations inside are in #blackandwhite. Being sold #asis due to 1/4 of the last page being torn out. $40. #Booksky #prettybooks #oldbooks #poetry #stories

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We have a #biography of #MonaParsons in stock: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1669... #Booksky #NovaScotia #WWII #resistance #badasswoman

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If anybody needs me, I'll be busy packing up these 14 #religious #books to go to #Georgia! Thanks, Nathan, for your order! You can order some too...still 4200+ titles online to choose from (and hundreds more still to be listed)! daveshootsbookseller.com #Booksky #oldbooks

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Wow! We just passed 3000 followers! Thank you so much! Every #oldbook we post here is for sale (although not always listed on our #website - send us a DM for the ones you don't find there). We ship worldwide (#local folks can pick them up at our house in #SaintJohn)! daveshootsbookseller.com

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#BringtheForklift for this 2002 #CoffeeTable #book of #DorotheaLange's #photographs! First American edition. Three #photos damaged. $125. #Booksky #asis #photography #SocialHistory

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This #scarce #book about #Belleisle, #NewBrunswick is #signed by the #author. The #illustrator went to #SaintJohnVocationalSchool. $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory

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A #gift idea for your #Valentine! #Booksky #ValentinesDay #VirginiaWoolf #literature #authors

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This 1998 #book tells the story of one of the worst #maritime #disasters in history. $60. #Booksky #shipwrecks #EmpressofIreland #ship #GulfofStLawrence

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This #scarce #history of #Bristol, #NewBrunswick was published in 1984. $50. #Booksky #CarletonCounty #LocalHistory #SocialHistory

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This story of forbidden #love would make an excellent #ValentinesDay #gift for someone who loves #prettybooks! #Booksky #romance #Roycrofters

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Loved his books...RIP...

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This 1979 #CoffeeTable #book by #NormanRockwell is a #FirstEdition. Full of his beautiful #art! $80. #Booksky #SaturdayEveningPost #artist #Americana

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#Scarce 1978 #history of Northwest #Miramichi, #NewBrunswick. Lots of #B&W #photos. $65. #Booksky #NorthEsk #SouthEsk #NorthumberlandCounty #LocalHistory #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory

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We still have this one... #Booksky #BlackHistoryMonth

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We have two #books about #Africville in stock: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... #Booksky #BlackHistoryMonth #NovaScotia #CharlesSaunders

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Just a reminder to anyone who has #books on hold...only eight days left before you'll have to pay the #GST again! Please make arrangements to pick up your books as soon as possible! Thank you! #GSTHoliday

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This ca.1900 #reprint of an 1883 #novel set in #Australia features a lovely #ArtNouveau cover design. The author was a #British woman who moved to Australia with her minister husband, and wrote prolifically. $100. #Booksky #scarce #PrettyBooks #fiction #AdaCambridge

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This 1970 #vinyl covered #book is odd: #Poetry by a #Michigan woman, published in #India and edited by a #UNB professor in #Bathurst with a title #poem about #Miramichi! $20. #Booksky #scarce #EleanorDiGiulio #NewBrunswick

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#WellLoved ca.1900 edition of #TheIliad. Cover is split halfway down at front of spine. Translated by the #EarlofDerby. $20. #Booksky #Homer #asis #LittleBooks #prettybooks #poetry

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www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1690... #Booksky #BlackHistoryMonth #NovaScotia

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This #illustrated 1911 #book about #WhiteSlavery was written by a #Chicago #prosecutor who was involved in the fight against it. Heavy #religious bent. Missing front free endpaper. $60. #Booksky #SocialHistory #prostitution

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This #book of #Springfield, #NewBrunswick #history has some #FamilyHistory included. $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #maps #SocialHistory #mills #industry

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This scarce 1976 #book about #Blacks in #NovaScotia was approved for use in #schools. #PeterMcKerrow's original book was published in 1896. $50. #Booksky #BlackHistoryMonth #SocialHistory #religion #Baptists

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This 1999 #book is a collection of #books by #GreyOwl, a #Pretendian from the 1930s (his true identity as an #Englishman wasn't discovered until his death). $20. #Booksky #Canada #wildlife #nature #conservation #animals

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Another chance to own a really #oldbook for not much money! This 1799 #book is the 9th edition of a #satirical #poem about #literature by #ThomasJMathias (there were 16 editions done). $150. #Booksky #prettybooks #suede #leather #raisedbands #poetry

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These #outofprint #LocalHistory #books feature #OralHistory by #Boiestown area residents. $20 each (both for $35). #Booksky #NewBrunswick #Miramichi #SocialHistory #biography

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#local #books we're listing on our #website today: www.instagram.com/p/DFnpm82Oos... #Booksky

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This #scarce 1990 #book tells about #Black #refugees in #NewBrunswick and #NovaScotia. Minor underlining. $100. #Booksky #BlackHistoryMonth #Warof1812 #LocalHistory #SocialHistory

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Attn. #collectors! Scarce 1924 #ChildrensBook... number 8 in the #GirlScouts #series. $120. #Booksky #KidsSeries #EdithLavell

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A walk down memory lane for #NewBrunswick #crafts people: #scarce 1969 #book of works from the #CraftsmenCouncil's #FestivalofCrafts. $15. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory

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