@daveshootsbooks
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
This 2004 #biography of #Cleopatra would make an excellent #gift! www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1518... #Booksky #WomensHistoryMonth #AncientEgypt #Egypt #Pharoah #history
This 1996 #book by former #SaintJohn #newspaper #editor, #FredHazel, has reminiscences about life in #Fairville, and a trip to #Ireland. #Signed. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1628... #Booksky #StPatricksDay #NewBrunswick #Irish
#ElizabethBarrettBrowning was born on this day in 1806. We have a #book of her last #poems, and a 2-volume set of her #letters: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... #Booksky #poetry #oldbooks #prettybooks #BritLit
SOLD!!!
Thank you! Will get it out to you tomorrow!
Wonderful day to explore the 4000+ interesting #books on our #website, and buy a few: daveshootsbookseller.com Save the shipping and the exchange if you pick up your order in West #SaintJohn! We also #ship worldwide at our cost. #Booksky #LocalHistory #NewBrunswick #oldbooks #PrettyBooks
This ca. 1880 #poetry #book by #OliverGoldsmith features both gold and silver #gilt on the cover, and gilt page edges. #Illustrated by #HammattBillings (who was also an #architect). It could be yours for only $15! #Booksky #PrettyBooks #OldBooks #DesertedVillage #poems
This 1990 #book tells about #Irish #immigration to #NorthAmerica. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1730... #Booksky #StPatricksDay #genealogy #Ireland #NewBrunswick #SocialHistory
We have this #scarce #biography of #Moncton #nurse, #AlenaJeanMacMaster: www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1729... #Booksky #WomensHistoryMonth #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #medical
This 1929 #LargeFormat edition of #JamesFenimoreCooper's #Deerslayer features 9 stunning #ColourPlates by #NCWyeth! Slight #oldbooksmell. $50. #Booksky #literature #art #ChildrensBooks #FirstNations #oldbooks #PrettyBooks
This scarce book about an #Irish #woman 's seven years living in #NewBrunswick in the mid- #19thCentury is back in stock.
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1742... #Booksky
#biography #WomensHistoryMonth #StPatricksDay #LocalHistory #SocialHistory
#NovaScotia #boxer, #SamLangford was born on this day in 1883. We have his #biography. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1663... #Booksky #Blacks #boxing #sports #racism
This 1962 #biography written by #SaintJohn 's own #LarryWiezel (aka #LawrenceEarl) tells about #MaryBall, an #Anglican #missionary to #China. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1580... #Booksky #WomensHistoryMonth #religion
Just in time for #StPatricksDay... an 1893 #history of #Ireland (up to 1608) by #PWJoyce. #Colour #foldout #map.
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/4048... #Booksky #oldbooks #FirstEdition #Irish
Back in stock! We have this #scarce 1905 #FirstEdition of #WORaymond 's #history of the #StJohnRiver. Gifted to #CGordonLawrence, #GrandChaplain of the #GrandLodgeofNewBrunswick in 1924 ( #Masons). #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #maps. Fair. $80. #Booksky #asis #LocalHistory #NewBrunswick
I've been making this recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book (1984) for holiday meals for years (cook turnip pieces and onions in water over medium heat, covered, until turnip is fork tender - about 20 minutes):
This pretty little ca. 1900 #JohnRuskin #book features a #pastedown on the front cover. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1660... #Booksky #SesameandLilies #Victorians #SocialHistory #philosophy #literature #OldBooks #PrettyBooks #LittleBooks
The first #woman to become a member of the #NorthwestMountedPolice was from #Johnville, #NewBrunswick!
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1680... #Booksky #WomensHistoryMonth #KatherineRyan #KlondikeKate #LocalHistory #biography #CanadianNorth
Some #Iran #history #books from the late 1970's:
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1517...
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1309... #Booksky #biography #shah #Pahlavis #CIA #politics
YES!!!
We can help you celebrate two of these...you're on your own for the pie! daveshootsbookseller.com #Booksky #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #NationalOldStuffDay #oldbooks #reading #books #Prettybooks #LocalHistory
We have a 2020 #book about the #Miramichi #fire:
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1664...
I read it when I was about 12...saw a fantastic theatrical production of it a few years ago! I'd forgotten a lot of it. Steinbeck is my favourite author!
The #articles in this #scarce 1981 #book originally appeared in the #StJohnSun in 1893. There's some overlap with #SaintJohn #history and #people. $20. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #Fredericton #NewBrunswick #Loyalists #politics #GabrielLudlow #EdwardWinslow
#JohnSteinbeck was born on this day in 1902...
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1667... #Booksky #OfMiceandMen #AmericanLit #literature
We have several of #HenryWadsworthLongfellow 's #books in stock:
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... #Booksky #poetry #poems #AmericanLit #oldbooks #prettybooks
We have a few #VictorHugo #books in stock, including #LesMiserables in #Hungarian! www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... #Booksky #FrenchLit #literature
This made my day! If only adults were so considerate...our pile of books "on hold" is way too high!
This 1971 revised #mushroom #FieldGuide would be a great gift for the #forager on your list! $20. #Booksky #fungi #outdoors #WildFood #outdoors #NaturalHistory
This #scarce 1985 #history of the #Nackawic, #NewBrunswick area is back in stock. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #maps. Lots of family info for folks with roots in the area. $35. #Booksky #LocalHistory #YorkCounty #genealogy